Cindy Sue

What is your favorite book? I know this can be a hard question, but I believe we all have one book that really moved us, set us on our path, reinvigorated us.

Mine is Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God

I discovered this book over 20 years ago in my AP English class in high school. (Thank you, Mr. Ewald!) I am not a rereader by any means, but I have read this book a number of times throughout the years.

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Nov 28, 2022 at 11:36amWeb
Show threadPeter BlairNov 28, 2022
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"The Third Witch" by Rebecca Reisert - just wonderful #favouritebook #bookstodon # books
Show threadCindy SueNov 28, 2022
@peterblairuk @bookstodon I am going to have to look this one up!
Show threadPeter BlairNov 28, 2022
@CindySue @bookstodon I really recommend it and hope you enjoy reading it
Show threadCeeDub70Nov 28, 2022
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. I actually watched the TV movie first, but was so haunted that I had to read the book. Maya Angelou’s grace, resilience, and gift with words has seen me through all my days.
Show threadCindy SueNov 28, 2022
@CeeDub70 @bookstodon That is a great one! I remember reading it for the first time. It was actually banned at my high school and that made me want to read it.
Show threadCeeDub70Nov 28, 2022
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Banned? My goodness, why? English fairytales are much more disturbing.
Show threadCindy SueNov 28, 2022
@CeeDub70 @bookstodon It was the only banned book at that time. My English teacher my senior year let us read it though as long as we didn't tell admin.
Show threadCeeDub70Nov 28, 2022

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Wow. 🤯 Glad you got the opportunity. Just gonna ban someone’s harrowing true story. 😟

You know, I was in my 20s before I read the Autobiography of Malcolm X. I remember being quite upset that we weren’t taught about him in school. His story, too, was incredible and it’s easily number 2 on my list of favorite first books.

Show threadCindy SueNov 28, 2022
@CeeDub70 @bookstodon That's definitely one that should be taught. I need to get a copy for my own library.
Show threadNosNov 28, 2022
@CindySue I don't have all-time favorites because it's too hard to choose but my right-now favorite is A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (sequel to A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet). It explores personhood and existing in a body in ways I haven't really seen written about before or since, ways that deeply resonated with me and made me feel seen. I read it earlier this year and still think about it often.
Show threadChalkwhitehandsNov 28, 2022

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Ulysses - James Joyce.

I first read it when I was 18 or 19 (so 47 years ago) and I've gone back and reread it every few years.

It's far funnier than people think, wonderfully optimistic and humane.

And yes it's full of virtuoso linguistic gymnastics and demands some dedicated reading, but it gives so much back.

Not so much "a read" as "a re-read" and probably even "a vocation", but wouldn't be without it.

Show threadGav ReadsNov 28, 2022
@CindySue Hogfather and Sourcery by Sir Terry Pratchett are my most reread ones. They’d count as favourites too
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Show threadSky "Bunny" Stanton 🌈♾️🧠Nov 28, 2022

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In keeping with the #Pratchett theme already in the answers: my favorite book is Good Omens. I have a copy signed by both Sir Terry and Neil #Gaiman, and it's what I would take wirh me if my house was on fire.

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Show threadLory Widmer HessNov 28, 2022

@CindySue @bookstodon I can't say a favorite book ... but "one book that really moved us, set us on our path, reinvigorated us" -- I'm going to pick Jane Eyre because it was one of the first classics I really loved and I still do. Jane's struggle to be free and self-determining resonates with me.

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Show threadMary YNov 29, 2022
@CindySue @bookstodon my favorite book is “Anne of Green Gables” by Lucy Maude Montgomery. My mom introduced it to me when I was 13 years old, and I have loved it for nearly 50 years! #favoritebook
Show threadBogi [Crossing The Pond]Nov 29, 2022

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There's an Audrey version of that book, if you search for the Audrey app. It should be an audiobook with an enhanced experience. Sadly, I can't review it, because Audrey is currently not giving out review kits to people not living in UK and US.

But I heard interesting things about that app.

Show threadSapphireNov 29, 2022
@CindySue Raptor Red! It follows a Utahraptor for about a year of her life. Published when I was 15, I was already a dinosaur nerd so I read it right away. I strongly connected with the main character, she very felt like "me."
Show threadZilla NovikovNov 29, 2022
@CindySue @bookstodon Vita Nostra is a book that will forever change how I look at words, existence, and my own writing.