As Rebecca said, this meme has been making the rounds on Facebook. This would be a lot harder (maybe impossible) if it were fifteen favorite books, but, no, it’s just fifteen books that you can think of in fifteen minutes that stick with you. In that case, I could go on and on, but here’s my fifteen (in no particular order):

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
The Four Loves by C. S. Lewis
The Brothers K by David James Duncan
What Is the What by Dave Eggers
Dakota by Kathleen Norris
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory by Randall Balmer
Mudhouse Sabbath by Lauren Winner
Reviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

And now I want to go back and read each of these (and several more that came to mind).

So, we’re taking this little trip to Japan, and I have a feeling that we’re going to have a decent amount of reading time, since the little pumpkin likely won’t want to be out all night dancing. I’m currently reading The Time Traveler’s Wife, but I’m enjoying it so much that I’ll probably be done with it before we go. Does anyone have any suggestions? I’m guessing it might be a three-book vacation (one or two might be more realistic, but better safe than sorry).

I’ve lately been engrossed in George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones. I finished tonight, and I can see why Jason was so taken with it. (Jason has lately been spending his evenings/late nights after I crash thusly.)