GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Mitchell was a biggie for me. I read it in
high school and remember being so caught up in it--my mother took my sisters
and I to Idaho one snowy winter night to see the movie on the big screen.
Both book and film made a HUGE impressions!!
THE EXORCIST by William Peter Blatty. I bought this one for myself in the
eighth grade. At the recommendation of my English teacher. Imagine my
surprise when my mother and older sister read it first and my mother threw it
in
the trash!!! This meant I had to get devious--checking it out of the library,
checking one the same size out of the library and switching the dust jackets.
I remember being completely and totally enthralled by Father Karras and
sobbing when he was killed.
THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS by Jacqueline Susann, SCRUPLES by Judith Krantz and
HOLLYWOOD WIVES by Jackie Collins. Ahhhhhhh, my introduction to fun,
hedonistic, women's books!! I always wanted to own my own "Scruples".....
THE SHINING by Stephen King. Read this one home alone during a
thunderstorm. Excellent mood read and one of the first page-turners I
remember getting
my hands on!!
THE STAND by Stephen King. My husband brought this one home from the
library and I started it first. Then he, unknowingly, picked it up. The next
week
saw both of us racing home from work to "get the book first"!!
CENTENNIAL by James Michener kept me from my final exams my last year in
college. Michener was indirectly responsible for me leaving college on
academic
probation--hard to put a book down that follows the history of the area
you're living in!!! SACAJAWEA by Anna Lee Waldo and PAINT THE WIND by Cathy
Cash
Spellman follow in the same tradition.
A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE by Barbara Taylor Bradford. Took me 3 tries, but once
this book hooked me, it didn't let me go until I was finished. Other similar
books are a pale comparison, imho...
THE THORNBIRDS by Catherin McCullogh, RICH MAN, POOR MAN by Irwin Shaw, KANE
& ABEL by Jeffrey Archer, ROOTS by Arthur Hailey, SHOGUN by James Clavell.
I hate to break it to Oprah, but network television and its mini-series had
the first big book club!!
A VOICE IN THE WIND, AN ECHO IN THE DARKNESS and AS SURE AS THE DAWN by
Francine Rivers, THE ROBE by Lloyd C. Douglas, BEN HUR by Lew Wallace, THE
SILVER
CHALICE by Thomas B. Costain. Biblical fiction opened the door to actual
Bible reading for me....
OUTLANDER by Diana Gabaldon. Romance, history,time travel, action,
adventure!! What more could you want in a book?!! Led me to discover the
books by
Sarah Donati--INTO THE WILDERNESS, etc.
These are just a few that have crossed my mind as I've read everyone's posts
on the subject. As soon as I hit the "send" button, my mind will remember
all the others that didn't make the list.
Meanwhile, one of my favorite genres--mystery--left me with the following
favorites that made a big impression on me: L.A. REQUIEM by Robert Crais,
MYSTIC RIVER by Dennis Lehane, DARKEST FEAR by Harlan Coben, IN THE BLEAK
MIDWINTER by Julia Spencer-Fleming, CROCODILE ON THE SANDBANK by Elizabeth
Peters,
THREE TO GET DEADLY by Janet Evanovich, CALIFORNIA GIRL by T. Jefferson
Parker, NIGHT PASSAGE by Robert D. Parker and A DARKNESS MORE THAN NIGHT by
Michael
Connelly....
Cindy in Wyoming
"Come with me.....I know a way out."
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