Favorite Books?

[Jay]

It's National Library Sheflie Day! If you have a local library, or even a small home library/single bookshelf/nightstand with a book on it that you've been neglecting for months, you can share a shelfie  or some of your favorites in your collection! I can always use some good reads. 

I usually have my "library" on display

And for books that you'd typically see in a library, I've been reading through The Witcher series by Polish author, Andrzej Sapkowski. 


I'm a big fan of Fantasy, Horror and Thrillers, but I've been wanting to read more non-fiction as well. Any suggestions?

-Jay

[MarkJFine]

Hmmm... no Hush?

[Jay]

I do own the entire Hush run but it's hidden somewhere in one of my long boxes. 

I used to rotate the books on the wall regularly, but I've gotten lazy on that recently. Batman #612 was up on the wall for a long time!

-Jay

[MarkJFine]

Of course there's this, too.

[Jay]

That's actually one I don't own in a first print, just the graphic novel form. It's on a short list of books I need to buy 

[MarkJFine]

I have it digitally, which is fine for me. I can't justify the space for what I would have accumulated and disk space is cheap.

I used to have lots of long boxes of golden age comics (40s-60s) back in the mid-60s. They disappeared in one of our moves.

Worth adding that I used to have original newspaper-style copies of Rolling Stone and the first few years of Heavy Metal in the 70s. My hoarding skills started early.

[Jay]

If you need to offload any other comics, I'll send you my address. 

[GabeU]

I'm not much of a novel reader, as I don't really have the longer or more relaxed attention span required for it, but I do like reference works, and especially those concerning history.  I'm a sponge when it comes to historical information, and especially that concerning WWII, though the older I get the less of it I retain.  😛  I can also get lost for hours in Wikipedia articles.  

I am currently reading Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, though, which is a bit odd considering I don't normally read things like that.    

[maratsade]

"I am currently reading Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, though, which is a bit odd considering I don't normally read things like that. "

I love the Meditations.  Yes, I'm weird.

[GabeU]

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@maratsade wrote:

"I am currently reading Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, though, which is a bit odd considering I don't normally read things like that. "

I love the Meditations.  Yes, I'm weird.

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It's definitely a good book.  He was a pretty brilliant guy.  

BTW, did you notice that the introduction was LOOOOOONG for such a small book?   I thought, nah, this has got to be a mistake.  A third of the book is the introduction!  😛 

[maratsade]

He was amazing, and YES, they do make you wait a bit with that long intro!

[Liz]

That sounds intense, but I'm intrigued, so I'll look into it.

Don't really have a fave, but one very memorable book that affected me was house of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. It made me scared of the dark again as an adult. A spooky and creatively mind-bending read.

I do have a couple of fave authors: Kurt Vonnegut and Haruki Murakami, but sadly it's been a few years since I picked up and (re)read any of their books.

-Liz

[GabeU]

@Liz 

After reading a little about that book, it sound very interesting, and most definitely unique.  

[maratsade]

I love House of Leaves. It's weird and creepy. 

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@Liz wrote:

Don't really have a fave, but one very memorable book that affected me was house of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. It made me scared of the dark again as an adult. A spooky and creatively mind-bending read.

-Liz

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[maratsade]

Currently reading this in when I have a few moments. 

(Looking forward to National Pie Day tomorrow!!)

[Jay]

Just read the synopsis, it looks interesting! I'll add it to my list of non-fiction to get to.

[maratsade]

It's actually very good, but I'm a corporate atto*ney, so it's of interest to me. I don't think it has superheroes in it, but it can be argued it does have villains. 😉

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@Jay wrote:

Just read the synopsis, it looks interesting! I'll add it to my list of non-fiction to get to.

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