I Had To Steal This GTKY From Nest Book Club

amandaf6383 · March 2014

Because I love it. I don't even post on there but I love lurking for book recs and I saw this and loved the question.

If you were headed off to another planet because Earth was no longer able to sustain life, and you could only bring 5 books with you, which books would you choose? (This is non negotiable. You must go, and you can only bring 5.)

starstruckxo · March 2014

1.) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling

2.) A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks

3.) This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen

4.) Looking for Alaska by John Green

5.) Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

They aren't the most intellectual but I love them and could re-read them a million times.

brij2006 · March 2014

1. The Giver

2. Breaking Dawn

3. Helen Keller

4. America Unchained

5. 50 Shades, because I like trash like that.

seahorse01 · March 2014

1) complete works of Shakespeare 2) Pillars of the Earth 3) Fahrenheit 451 4) 1984 5) The Glass Castle

rccola1981 · March 2014

1. The Bible 2. The Historian 3. The collected works of Jane Austen 4. Horton hatches the Egg 5. The chronicles of Narnia (unless there is a book of all the Harry Potter books)

KonaCoffeeBean · March 2014

So hard... I think instead of bringing my five favorite books, I would just bring five I haven't read before, but want to read. So these are on my list:

1) The man who mistook his wife for a hat, 2) brave new world, 3) cocktail hour under the tree of forgetfulness, 4) the curious incident of the dog in the night-time, 5) playing with fire.

If these books suck, then I would be screwed, but I guess the loss of my home planet would but things in perspective.

RockABye · March 2014

1. The Bible 2. The Circle series by Ted Dekker 3. To Kill a Mockingbird 4. Mere Christianity 5. The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

mrsvedo · March 2014

XPing my answers from NBC

1 & 2. Outlander and Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
4. Little Women
5. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

Gimme the big, fat books with all the feels.

DangerMuffin23 · March 2014

RockABye said:

1. The Bible 2. The Circle series by Ted Dekker 3. To Kill a Mockingbird 4. Mere Christianity 5. The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

Score for Calvin and Hobbes!

nfp147 · March 2014

This is so hard!

1) Brave New World

2) The Handmaid's Tale

3) Unaccustomed Earth

4) The Kite Runner

5) An Archie Double Digest

lfk2013 · March 2014

Such a hard decision...

1.) The Giver

2.) A book my grandmother got for me when I was a baby that was signed by the author (I don't remember the name, but it's on my bookshelf).

3.) The Hunger Games Trilogy

4.) Contact

5.) Petals on the River

starstruckxo · March 2014

nfp147 said:

This is so hard!

1) Brave New World
2) The Handmaid's Tale
3) Unaccustomed Earth
4) The Kite Runner
5) An Archie Double Digest

I almost put The Handmaid's Tale! I'm trying to get everyone I know to read it.

brij2006 · March 2014

@seahorse01 & @mrsvedo I'm 80% through Pillars of the Earth. Where has this been all my life? AMAZING!

amandaf6383 · March 2014

- The Princess Bride

- To Kill A Mockingbird

- The Light Between Oceans

- Summer Sisters

- Little Women

This was reallllllllllly hard to do. The books I chose aren't the books I thought were the most technically perfect or the "best" but they are the ones that have made the biggest impact on me.

saralynn7 · March 2014

1. Hunger Games trilogy (I have all 3 in 1 on my Kindle so I'm counting it)
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
3. Outlander
4. Divergent
5. The Glass Castle

This was hard!

starstruckxo · March 2014

saralynn7 said:

1. Hunger Games trilogy (I have all 3 in 1 on my Kindle so I'm counting it) 2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 3. Outlander 4. Divergent 5. The Glass Castle This was hard!

LOVED Divergent but not Insurgent and Allegiant. What were your thoughts? I'm making DH take me to the movies

RockABye · March 2014

DangerMuffin23 said:

RockABye said:

1. The Bible 2. The Circle series by Ted Dekker 3. To Kill a Mockingbird 4. Mere Christianity 5. The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

Score for Calvin and Hobbes!

Well, it has to be either Calvin and Hobbes, Get Fuzzy, or the Far Side. One of those would absolutely HAVE to go with me! Preferably all three

saralynn7 · March 2014

I wasn't really into Insurgent and I HATED Allegiant. I'd like to see the movie but I'm not sure I want to spend the $ until I see what the ladies on NBC thought

lfk2013 · March 2014

amandaf6383 said:

- The Light Between Oceans
.

I loved this book, but I'm always hesitant to recommend it. I really want to recommend it to my book club, but the theme is tough and I don't know who has been through something like it.

nfp147 · March 2014

lfk2013 said:

amandaf6383 said:

- The Light Between Oceans
.

I loved this book, but I'm always hesitant to recommend it. I really want to recommend it to my book club, but the theme is tough and I don't know who has been through something like it.

I found I had really good conversations of the "what would you have done" variety with my girlfriends about it afterwards. They are all Moms, so it was interesting.

nfp147 · March 2014

amandaf6383 said:

- The Princess Bride

- To Kill A Mockingbird

- The Light Between Oceans

- Summer Sisters

- Little Women

This was reallllllllllly hard to do. The books I chose aren't the books I thought were the most technically perfect or the "best" but they are the ones that have made the biggest impact on me.

I loved Summer Sisters.

amandaf6383 · March 2014

nfp147 said:

lfk2013 said:

amandaf6383 said:

- The Light Between Oceans
.

I loved this book, but I'm always hesitant to recommend it. I really want to recommend it to my book club, but the theme is tough and I don't know who has been through something like it.

I found I had really good conversations of the "what would you have done" variety with my girlfriends about it afterwards. They are all Moms, so it was interesting.

I always recommend this book but always give the warning of the theme. I had my Book Club read it when it was my month to pick and we had a great convo, too. I found that the opinions definitely differed between mothers vs. non mothers.

LuckyAngel07 · March 2014

Despite having read a ton during all my college courses (English lit major!), these lists make me realize how much is out there that I haven't read.

I'm still trying to figure out which 5 books I'd take...

poppies717 · March 2014

This was so hard! I've been thinking about this thread since you posted it, @amandaf6383. Curses!

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling (unless there is a collection of all 7 I can take - then I choose that)

2. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

3. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

4. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

5. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (this is my second-favorite book to teach; Night would be the icing on the cake of this sad list)

poppies717 · March 2014

starstruckxo said:

1.) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling
2.) A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
3.) This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
4.) Looking for Alaska by John Green
5.) Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

They aren't the most intellectual but I love them and could re-read them a million times.

Another Speak fan! Yes! This book totally changed me when I was 15. I bragged a few weeks ago about the signed copy my friend got for me!

arj14 · March 2014

1. A Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
2. Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie (specifically, the beautifully illustrated copy that I own)
3. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsberg
4. Half Magic by Edward Eager
5. Mathilda by Roald Dahl

Kid's lit for the win.

LuckyAngel07 · March 2014

1) Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austin

2) Complete Works of Shakespeare (I don't have to pick just one play, and I get all the sonnets!)

3) Outlander - Diana Gabaldon

4) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - JK Rowling

5) A compendium of science fiction short stories (A book I had when I was younger; I don't remember the exact title or any of the authors specifically, but it was the book that started by obsession with sci fi)

lfk2013 · March 2014

LuckyAngel07 said:

1) Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austin
2) Complete Works of Shakespeare (I don't have to pick just one play, and I get all the sonnets!)
3) Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
4) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - JK Rowling
5) A compendium of science fiction short stories (A book I had when I was younger; I don't remember the exact title or any of the authors specifically, but it was the book that started by obsession with sci fi)

I'm going to have to look for this. I love science fiction!!

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