Books August 21, 2007
These books may change your life;
Written on the body - Jeanette Winterson
Anthropology and a hundred other stories - Dan Rhodes
Like water for chocolate - Laura Esquivel
Eleanor Rigby - Douglas Coupland
The girls’ guide to hunting and fishing - Melissa Bank
The house of spirits - Isabel Allende
The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton
The Tricksters - Margaret Mahy
The life and death of Charlie St Cloud - Ben Sherwood
After you’d gone - Maggie O’Farrell
I’m reading House of the Spirits at the moment. It’s very entertaining and well-written. But I’m curious about how it could possibly change my life. How did it change yours?
Shit, I hadn’t counted on anyone asking me that question! Busted!!
I’m not sure how it can change your life but I can tell you how they changed mine…House of Spirits in particular made me realise what a fantastic tool magic realism is when writing…it can lead the reader on some pretty amazing journeys.
Oh, and I think I may need to change that pesky line about changing lives!