My 10 Favorite Books

Tagging friends to post their 10 favorite books is a game making the rounds on Facebook and making social media more fun these days, BUT none of my friends has tagged me yet, maybe they think books are only for intellectuals? LOL. 

Some of the books I own and treasure

 I don’t claim to be intelligent but I do have a share of books that I like and I have some at home  that date back to my glorious High School days, some I have read a couple of times. I was a voracious reader as a teenager but the stuff I read were mostly novels and magazines. I practically grew up with Mills and Boon and Barbara Cartland - ahhh, those romantic stories about Royals and Aristocrats, Castles and Palaces, of Kings and Queens, Dukes and Duchess, of Earls and Countesses, that kept me awake all night and made me dream of them in my sleep! How I enjoyed reading those books and fantasizing about my own prince, the perfect man I’d meet and marry some day.  Oh I did not meet a prince nor did I marry the perfect man, but who did? LOL.

 I don’t have my Mills and Boon anymore, nor do I have my Barbara Cartland books but I still keep many of the books that brought lessons, happiness and meaning to my existence, books that kept me company when I was sad, alone or just wanted to relax. My collections include novels, magazines, self-help, business, Christian, and even reference books. Some of the books I like were written by lesser known authors but I like them anyway.

I don’t want to limit myself to 10 books, but the game says only 10. So, here are my 10 favorite books (in no particular order).

1.       Living, Loving and Learning – Leo F. Buscaglia

2.       God wrote a Book – James Mcdonald

3.       The Little Prince – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

4.       Couplehood – Paul Reiser

5.       Five people you meet in heaven – Mitch Albom

6.       Mom and Me and Mom – Maya Angelou

7.       The Alchemist – Paulo Coello

8.       You’ve Got What It Takes – Wesley Harris

9.       The Heart of Healing – Ardy Roberto

10.   The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen Covey

Three of these books are in e-book format but I'd still one day would like to get a hard copy. E-books are a dime a dozen these days rendering them easy to get, easy to discard. I can hardly finish a book in e-book format. I don't know, but for me, reading a hardcover or a paperback book is different in a way and owning one is classic. The feel of turning a physical page is a joy in itself. Physically seeing books in my shelf evokes a proprietary feeling that I don't get with e-books. I don't connect with e-books, but for some strange, nostalgic reason I do feel a great connection with hardcovers and paperbacks. I am not saying I don't like e-books, I do. They're handy, they're cheap, they're easy to acquire. All I am saying is, I prefer printed books, I like them that way, they are beautiful to look at. I feel happy to see them sitting peacefully and comfortably in my bookshelf, a constant reminder of the joys I get from reading and for learning new things and for taking me to places I have never been to and possibly will never be :)