TGIF is hosted by Ginger at Greads. It’s about answering/asking our readers a random book related question. The question posted by Ginger today is…
Giving Thanks: Which books are you most thankful for receiving from other bloggers, friends, family members, or publishers?
To be honest, I don’t receive a ton of physical books from people. Maybe I read too much/too fast…You’d reallly think more people would be giving me books, lol. Usually just lots of gift cards. Which is fine by me 😉 But over the years I have received a few books and book suggestions that have been some of my favorite reads…
Persuasion from my Aunt Janine
I wasn’t a huge Jane Austen fan back in the day. I didn’t even begin to enjoy her books till my 3rd time through Mansfield Park…yep, Fanny the wet rag got to me. Obviously stymied by the worst of Austen’s books I wasn’t too keen to try my new-found appreciation elsewhere in her writing. That is until my Aunt Janine gave me Persuasion…and I found myself bored and *shockingly* without a book. I plucked this one off the shelf and never looked back. The way he writes that love letter…While She’s In The Room!!! Damn, Austen really did know what she was doing. So a big THANKS to my Aunt Janine for saving Austen for me 😉
The Red Tent from my Aunt Patty
This book came as a part of a themed Christmas gift. The adults in my family trade names and then buy a single gift for their person at Christmas. Oh, and did I mention that gift has to fall under each year’s “theme”. Yep, we’ve done things like Sweaters and Socks, Relaxation, and Fits in a Shoe Box. Where does my book fit in do you ask? Why the year we did Rest and Relaxation. I’d seen the title in bookstores. But it’s one of those books where the summary on the back isn’t the most intriguing. But I gave it a shot, and the whole thing was finished before I was back on the plane to Boston [where I lived at the time]. Such an amazing story of women! About the lives of women the histories of men forget. If you haven’t done this one yet, trust me, pick it up. This is a story that stays with you.
Outlander from RachelKiwi
RachelKiwi can be pushy. How else do you explain the fact that she got me to read several THOUSAND pages of this series. She just went and shoved Jamie Fraser in my face and I was lost. Easily one of my favorite series ever. There are many more books RachelKiwi and I have shared…but this one hit me hard. Ignore the slightly sci-fi time-travel portion of this novel. Trust me, it’s really all about the love and all about that tragic Scottish History. Plus, Men. In. Kilts. need I say more…
I’ll end my Giving Thanks with a few shout outs to bloggers who have reviewed/suggested books I’ve loved:
Ashley @ Into the Hall of Books for pointing me in the direction of The Night Huntress. Love Cat and Bones. My new favorite paranormal romance!
Jess @ Gone With The Words for mentioning The Forest of Hands and Teeth in a Halloween TGIF Post. The name intrigued me enough to check out the series. Blown away by the trilogy…one of my favorite reads of the year.
Amy @ Bookgoonie for encouraging me to do the Iron Fey series. Loved it! Especially the final book *sigh* Gotta love a man who will go to the Ends of the Earth for the woman he loves…
Awesome – love how you have pictures of your family & friends to go with the books. Really nice stories.
You are so freaking sweet. I totally bought my mom The Red Tent. She only reads Self-Help books. Gag. I hoped I could lure her away with something religious. No such luck. It is collecting dust. I am so going to go steal it from her.
I am so thankful for you being such an awesome reading buddy.
Oh my god, steal the Red Tent away right now…So, so good!
i need to reread persuasian… totally don’t remember lvoe letter incident!
and i enjoyed red tent too. those saucy biblical ladies.
and you know what im gonna say next my dear, finish the dang series! 😉
Ahhh! Fine!! I’m gonna enter that challenge thingy. I just don’t know that I have the strength to go on!! lol. It’s like I’m in the middle of a marathon…and I kinda wanna stop at a 1/2…But I will do it for you. Because I love you that much. And maybe Jamie Fraser too 😉
Ooh, I still have to read Outlander! I haven’t yet read that one 🙂