Monday, 16 February 2009

Message in a Bottle


Eleven books that bring back memories! Thanks, Noelle! Cony, Aly, and all other marvellous bloggers can share!

1. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte - because you have to cry for Cathy and Heathcliff.

2. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon- because it brings back the magic of Barcelona.

3. Memoirs of a Gheisha by Arthur Golden- because I never really wanted it to end.

4. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte- because I had to admire Helen.

5. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - because there's only one Mr Darcy.

6. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier - because it kept me on the edge of my seat.

7. Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie - because it left me dumbstruck.

8.The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett - because it's the very fisrt book I read in English.

9. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy - because I love Hardy and hate Angel.

10. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath - because it's scary and real.

11. Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence - because I was mesmerised.

Bonus tracks: Crime and Punishment by F.M. Dostoievsky - because it made my blood curdle.
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini - because I got to share it.
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling - because it's close to my heart.
The Lord of The Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien - because it's genius.
The Lord of the Flies by William Golden - because it's brilliant.

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