#favorite novels

[xtrablak674]

My Eleven Favorite Books

The Color Purple - Alice Walker

The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinback

A Wrinkle in Time - Madeline L'Engle

Native Son - Richard Wright

The World According to Garp - John Irving

The Phantom Tollbooth - Norman Juster

Clan of the Cave Bears - Jean Auel

The Dark Tower: The Drawing of Three - Stephen King

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis

The House of Spirits - Isabel Allende

Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keys

My born day was eleven so lets do eleven of my favorite books. Curiously I was bought back to this list after my Friday Night Movies selection bought me to re-watching Charly a film based on the Daniel Keys Flowers for Algernon. After reading comments on YouTube I didn't even know there was a short story before the novel which I read this morning in about forty minutes. I had recalled that I had started a list of my favorite books and I wanted to make sure that Flowers for Algernon was on this list and to my surprise it already was.

As I put a graphic together for this post I included the covers that I first encountered when I read these books. Even if I have lost the original version of the book I read I will purchase a replacement that has the same cover, that is my nostalgia kicking in big time. With the exception of Allende I currently have all of these books in my home.

#reading list #favorite novels #favorite books #favorite authors #alice walker #john steinbeck #madeline l'engle #richard wright #john irving #norman juster #jean auel #stephen king #cs lewis #isabel allende #daniel keys #reading #well read #reading is fundamental #bibliophile #young adult literature

[indianaterrors221]

My brain is telling me that I should re-read Pet Sematary and Misery next month.

My favorite part of Pet Sematary is the perfect building of anticipation, because yes, I know something bad is gonna happen. I've watched the movie. I've read the book at least twice. But I can never remember the exact moment when things go sour, so the bits of dreadful foreshadowing still get to me.

Misery is like a half dream, half nightmare that you get when you're running a really high fever and all you can do is lay in the bed and watch flies dance on the ceiling above your head. Suddenly you're unnerved because you can't tell the difference between the horrors of reality and your weird fever dream, and it's almost like waking up in a different time period.

#books #novels #pet sematary #misery #stephen king #horror #scary #thriller #horror novel #thriller novel #favorite novels #me trying to describe why I love these

[cottoncandysprite]

They mean everything to me

#genuinely the graphic novel is my favorite of all time #the movie is very different but hit just as hard and I love it so much #thank you nate stevenson and blue sky and the ppl who finished it at netflix #nimona #nimona comic #nimona 2023 #ballister boldheart #ballister blackheart

[ceru-draws]

[wangxian] Thirty-Three for One

#mdzs #wangxian #lan wangji #wei wuxian #mo dao zu shi #my art #teehee one of my favorite novel moments #cant believe i havent drawn this scene before now actually

[faiiryteethh]

#anne rice #interview with the vampire #goth #gothic #goth aesthetic #gothic aesthetic #gothic literature #favorite authors #favorite writers #spooky #gothic novel #༺☥༻

[artificial-condition]

Me watching tv: it’s what murderbot would have wanted

#my thoughts #murderbot #tmbd #the murderbot diaries #Martha wells #rewatching the queens gambit #good show based on an excellent novel #highly highly recommend the book #one of my favorites #beautifully written

[andthebeanstalk]

Me: hm, I want something to put on the TV as background noise... Huh. Looks like YouTube is recommending something called The Last Unicorn. That's perfect, it's probably some old shitty animation that has aged poorly! I can watch it ironically!

Me, 2 hours later as the credits roll: *crying, cheering, buying the book, composing the songs*

Me, 2 weeks later: So I have compiled all of the quotes from the book that I think could make good tattoos, and also, HOW HAVE I NEVER LEARNED ABOUT HOW THE LAST UNICORN FUCKING SLAPS??? This gay-ass little fairytale fed my soul! Watered my crops! Transed my gender! Can't believe I heard of this story from youtube recommendations, of all places!!

#original #the last unicorn #tlu #peter s beagle #molly gru #schmendrick #schmendrick the magician #two of my favorite characters in anything right there in the center of the story! and I'm glad I saw the film first! #my reading ability has diminished due to trauma disability etc. but it seems like having a visual reference actually really helped! #no wonder i only ever want to read fan fic! turns out reading is not actually Superior to other types of Storytelling. it's just different. #to say otherwise is snobbishness I have been eminently guilty of in my life! #but like it is easier for me to consume tv and movies and that is fine actually. also that's why I'm doing a graphic novel lol #because i wanted to make something i would actually be able to read if i found it at a library. altho the audio book IS gonna be bomb #the audiobook is for visually impaired readers and anyone who wants or needs it! accessible stories for everyone! yeah!! #my gender was already transed but now I've gained an ADDITIONAL gender! which one? I'll never tell 😘 #i am so powerful i have so much fuckin gender. my wife has no gender. and she is equally as powerful. #and also she has STUDIED THE BLADE #mostly zoro's blades from One Piece #normally YouTube recommends me shit movies like idiocracy or smth this is like if every day ur cat brought you a piece of rotten food and #then one day it brings you a BEAUTIFULLY ANIMATED TALE FEATURING MY BELOVED TWINK FUCK-UP WIZARD FRIEND AND MY ALL-TIME HOMEGIRL MOLLY GRU #and also it's soft and beautiful and funny and fucking weird!! i wrote melodies to the songs in the books on my ukulele

[cottagecore-raccoon]

The more I think about it, the more I think that Persuasion has my favorite premise of all of Jane Austen's novels

Anne Elliot as a character speaks to my soul. She feels tremendous guilt for a decision she made eight years ago. Her life is lonely, as she doesn't really have anyone she can truly confide in despite being surrounded by people. So she swallows her pain, the yearning she feels deep in her soul, and vows that if nothing else at least she'll be helpful.

And of course she is reunited with Frederick Wentworth (the one that got away) who seems to hate her now, and she just keeps going. She keeps being kind and supporting her loved ones while slowly carving out a life for herself. There's something about her classic heroism that just feels so attainable. I don't have Elizabeth Bennett's wit, or Jane Bennett's unwavering belief in the goodness of everyone, or even Elinor's constant composure. But I can be like Anne and just keep moving forward attempting to be helpful

Of course it all works out in the end, and Anne is finally surrounded by people who truly appreciate her, even if she had to wait an extra eight years. Others have observed the fairy tale quality of the ending, and perhaps that's why it speaks to me. The idea that if you just keep doing your best and being kind, you'll eventually find happiness

#Would I say that Persuasion is my favorite of Jane Austen's novels? #I don't think ss #Pride and Prejudice is her most well written in my humble opinion #and i do with persuasion had more characters that were fully interesting individuals #and of course I would love more of an actual period of time where Anne and Wentworth are together in the narrative #since we never see what they're like as a happy couple or before their separation #(unlike Austen's other couples where you can see hints of their dynamic before they're together) #but the premise of persuasion is just so beautiful #persuasion #anne elliot #pride and prejudice #jane austen #cottagecore-raccoon

[memewife]

old reaper danny :] for funsies

#i had been bingeing danny phantom when i drew this freakshow is still my underrated favorite . i like all the episodes hes in a freak amount #danny phantom #dp #happy graphic novel coming out everybodyyy #my art #was gonna queue this but got too excited . oh well

[abzania]

Aziraphale looks at Crowley like he hung the stars.

Because he did.

#good omens #good omens 2 #good omens spoilers #good omens 2 spoilers #crowley #good omens season 2 #aziraphale #good omens season 2 spoilers #anthony j crowley #ineffable husbands #this is totally not a line stolen from one of my favorite novels #yup definitely not #also love love love them #as always #glad to know my post is bringing people pain #i feel like i made it #<- this is a joke btw #hey! it hit 1k #thanks guys

[qourmet]

re: i won't let you undress corpse trousers re: i'm drunk and i don't like wen ning re: pre-yi city's waiter that got too handsy with wwx "why's this guy looking like i laid a hand on his wife" re: i'm drunk again and i don't like wen ning

#i have questions #and the first one is Why havent i seen someone else draw this meme #i've seen it recreated with The Untamed screencaps #but cmon #meme redraw #wwx #wei wuxian #wei ying #lwj #lan wangji #lan zhan #fanart #my art #this is some of the Fastest art turnover ive yet had #mdzs #the untamed #mo dao zu shi #the grandmaster of demonic cultivation #novel! lwj is my favorite lwj

[delphiniumjoy]

"Little girl, your honesty and pluck have made me a friend, and that's rarer than a lover; it's more unselfish anyhow."

#wasn't expecting such wise words from the one american in this book #dracula daily #turns out quincy might be my favorite #he's so stupid and genuine #aromantic #dracula novel

[justanotherfanfolks]

Detective Time! Book 2 keeping the ball rolling with mystery, lore, Grilled Cheeseburglers, and wild Malleus appearances.

#twisted wonderland #twst #memes #leona kingscholar #ruggie bucchi #jack howl #twst grim #twst yuu #ace trappola #deuce spade #cater diamond #riddle rosehearts #shout out to that one pomefiore student that was so eager to throw down the gauntlet loved him #this book also reaffirms why Ruggie is my favorite Savanaclaw boy he was great #the Ruggie fan experience in Book 2: ah look at our funky little kleptomaniac Leona LEONA NO NO NOOOOO LEONA NO! #the novel said: we can make it worse #also TWST making us go: what the heck sir?! and then immediately: oh my gosh Im so sorry king #malleus draconia #lilia vanrouge

[pinkd3mon]

Kirby deals with existential crisis and Bandana is a good friend

#kirby #kots #kirby of the stars #kirby fanart #hoshi no kirby #king dedede #bandana waddle dee #gooey #i like the fact that gooey is canonically Kirby's roomie and we never see him therr #i don't think even Kirby knows where he goes #he's like a wild cat you let live in your house but still manages to go out and returns when it wants #did you know gooey means everything to me #everyone's pal gooey #enough about gooey let's talk trauma #Kirby's existential crisis is my favorite subtextual overall narrative from the kirby novels #it's so good how Kirby is always a bit uncomfortable every time they find someone who looks like them #and no one makes them feel worse than void #i think Kirby understood more about void than we give them credit for #and if you ask me why does Kirby have nightmares despite being inside of Dreamland and around the fountain of dreams #the answer is idk #anyway bandana is really perceptive about it #marx is an asshole as always #i wish Kirby's fear and inadequacy could be explored more #they're only hinted at by the novels #but i know Kirby saw themselves in Galacta Knight #the novels confirmed Galacta used the allies sparkler when defeating void termina and the sparkler represents something objectively pure #so my favorite hc is that Kirby was born after the heroes of yore defeated void and star allies draws parallels to that giving you og Kirby #Kirby defeated void and got friends Galacta got imprisoned for eternity #i wonder if Galacta went through the same identity crisis Kirby went through but Galacta sealed with it worse #anyway nothing bad will happen to Kirby after all they have tons of friends to rely on

[sinusoidaldisfunction]

Princess Burn. The collector.

#wings of fire #wof #wof fanart #wings of fire fanart #wof burn #dysfunction's designs #she's my favorite of the three #i love her stupid little chainmail sweater in the first graphic novel #anyways. burn has a different dad than the other two #king char (who i headcanon as half nightwing. hence the other two's darker scales) was oasis's second husband #and oasis has like. a skywing great grandpa or something #idk i feel like. at least the sand. mud. and sky royal families would have at least a little bit of hybrid marriages for politics #like look at Europe

[cactus-juiceee]

“See, I told you. We’d have been good friends, I think.”

#HOLY SHIT #i have been trying to draw this scene since I read it in. december of last year #ive started it over from scratch three times and it finally feels right #but all worth it this is vying for my absolute favorite scene in the entire novel #weheheh and im v happy with the colors and textures so #this was a lot of fun #orv #omniscient reader's viewpoint #yoo sangah #kim dokja #cactusjuiceart