Great Great Books

[dumbledore11214]

> > Bonnie:
> > > I'd love to hear what you all think are the "Great Books".  
Maybe 
> > I can broaden my horizons, or at least figure out why these 
books 
> > grab me like they do.
> > 
> > Dungrollin:
> <SNIP>
> > If you like animals and like laughing very *very* hard, read 
> > everything you can get hold of by Gerald Durrell, starting with 
My 
> > Family and Other Animals.
> 
> Alla:
> 
> Oh, yes, yes,yes - I love Durrell, I second this recommendation - 
> every single book of his, in fact. He has a very charming style 
and 
> so very funny.
> 
> In fact, I just bought  My family and other animals today - I read 
> it, but did not own it yet.
>

Alla:

Right, sorry about replying to my own post, but I was not at home 
when I was typing the first one and wanted to double check the 
author for one of the two books I wanted to recommend. I don't think 
anybody else recommended them so far.

The first one is the latest (I think) book by Neil Gaiman - Anansy 
boys. I fyou liked "American Gods", you will enjoy this one, IMO.

The second one is by much less known author, I guess I can even say 
unknown author (at least to me). The author is Nina Bernstein ( the 
book cover says that she used to be staff reporter for New York 
Times) and it is called "Magic by the book".

I was surprised that I enjoyed it, because at the first look I 
thought that this is the book which is sort of below my reading 
level.

I will be the very last person to look down upon children books, LOL.

I can enjoy SO many of them, but some of them I just feel that I 
overgrew. Luckily this is turned to be not one of those.

Basically this book is about three siblings, who get strange book in 
the library, which when one begins to read, transports them into 
famous books of the past and describes their adventures within those 
famous books. ( War and peace, Robin Hood and some other book, I 
don't remember which one).

Probably I loved this book so much because I loved imagining myself 
inside the books I loved when I was a child.

Alla