for my sweet sixteen post i'm going to make another list, because making lists is one of my favorite hobbies. this list revolves around another of my favorite pastimes, reading. i have had a life-long love affair with books, which i have my parents to thank for. i love to read - it's such a tactile, sensual, transporting and transformative experience. so, the following are 16 books that greatly impacted me in one way or another. if you care to learn more, just ask me. i love talking about books i've read.
1. A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole
2. The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
3. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
4. The World According to Garp, by John Irving
5. The B.F.G., by Roald Dahl
6. Everything is Illuminated, by Johnathan Safran Foer
7. Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides
8. Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad
9. The House of the Spirits, by Isabel Allende
10. Corazon Tan Blanco/A Heart So White, by Javier Marias
11. Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
12. In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote
13. A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle
14. The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz
15. The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls
16. The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
there are so many more books that have touched me, changed me, influenced me, and that i have loved, but to list them all would take forever. this list is in no particular order, and does not even represent my 16 favorite books of all time, but it gives a good snapshot of the words that have stayed with me.
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