Day 13 - your 5 favorite books and why

So, this list is never a permanent list - it fluctuates so frequently I can't really keep up (honestly, it's not that I read that much, just that my tastes change). Here goes - I'll try to keep to five. Might have to do two lists...yes, I think that may be the best option.

Favorite All-Time (mostly):

1. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte - out of any book, this is the one I can pick up at any point and find something in it that speaks to me. It changes every time I read it, and even though there are some things I don't like (ahem...St.John?) it's still just so lovely.
2. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte - tragic love story, raging gothic elements, desire, hatred, redemption, ghostly hands reaching out from the past - what's not to love? I will have to admit that my love for this book is deeply tied to Kate Bush's classic eighties ballad.
3. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood- I promise it's not just that I've studied it in like a billion classes with Dr. Dawkins. I really think this is my favorite dystopian novel - and I do love that genre.
4. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde - simply put, this never ever fails to make me laugh. So very witty, Mr. Wilde.
5. The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) by Antione de Saint-Exupery - this book has more wisdom in it than perhaps any other novel I have ever read. I have loved it ever since I was very little and it never ceases to give me that pleasurable sense of beauty in its effortless grace...draw me a sheep!

My favorite quote: "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." I wished this was graffitied on my wall.

And now, my list of current favs: (sans descriptions, because I'm getting sleepy - you'll have to guess as to why I like them!)

1. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
2. Beloved by Toni Morrison
3. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
   
4. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhyss
   
5. The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan