I teach High School English. One of my classes has decided they wanted to have a “secret Santa” so
I acquiesced but only on the condition that the gifts MUST be a book
and not just any book
a used book
nothing over 5 dollars.
Well, the enthusiasm that ensued was far beyond my expectation. Students have been leaving little notes on my “Potluck and Prose” for Secret Santa informing him of their literary preference.
Recently I received a post asking what “were the books that “have most stayed with me in some way” (Thanks Darlene!) and I compiled a list…then proceeded to send the same post to a few of my friends.
Here are the titles that appeared. All of them wonderful suggestions for gift ideas (new and used) this Christmas. After reading the list please add a few of your own in the comments!
What were some books that stayed with you over the years??
- .Watsons Go To Birmingham 1963
- Harry Potter -series
- Sanctus
- The Giving Tree
- Press Here
- The Pact
- Misery (taught me that a book can scare you 1/2 to death)
- Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
- Catching Fire
- Morris The Moose Goes To School
- Gone with the Wind.
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- The Book Thief
- Cold Mountain
- Wuthering Heights
- Great Expectations
- Are You There God It’s Me Margaret
- The Sound and The Fury
- The Pilgrim of Tinker Creek
- Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
- The Hobbit
- Lord of the Rings
- Dune
- Marcovaldo
- A Wizard of Earthsea
- Nonsense Novels
- The Tombs of Atuan
- The Elements of Style
- Hocus Pocus
- Catch 22
- Heidi
- Famous Five Series
- A Christmas Carol
- The Secret Scripture
- That They May Face the Rising Sun
- Chocolat
- The Bodhran Makers
- No Great Mischief
- A Christmas Memory
Ink And Spine 