7/21/10

15 books in 15 minutes

http://jseliger.com/2009/06/18/fifteen-books-in-fifteen-minutes/

The goal is to come up with 15 book titles of books that have influenced your life in less than 15 minutes.  ...

Here goes. Starting at 8:30

1. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
2. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig
3. The Complete Works of Shakespeare
4. Lamb by Christopher Moore
5. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
6. On Writing - Stephen King
7. Dubliners by James Joyce
8. On Chesil Beach- Ian McEwan
9. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling
10. The Joy of Sex
11. The English Teacher's Companion- Jim Burke
12. 9 Rights of Every Writer - Vicky Spandel
13. Ariel by Sylvia Plath
14. Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
15. 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King

8:37

It got hard near the end because I had to consider what books changed my life, or influenced me to become who I am.  There aren't many that I can remember or that I would carry around with me everywhere.  These are some of my favorites, some that made me a better writer, a better teacher... a better me.

What are yours?  Have you read any of mine?


And yay! Posted!