What are your five favorite books, and why?
The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton - one of my first exposures to the lives of youth gangs or social issues
The Hobbit, LOTR, Silmarillion, JRR Tolkien - okay, so that's five books at once, but I love the whole journey from mythology to epic fantasy and a personal journey
Anything by Dick Francis - I love the level of heart-pounding tension, sympathetic characters, the complex mystery
The Pigeon, Jay Bennett - like S.E. Hinton, a journey into the world of the young offender - love the hard-hitting bare bones dialogue
Nero Wolfe books, Rex Stout - fabulously colourful characters, complex plots, and gourmet eating
What do you read for pleasure?
Thriller, mystery, fantasy, general fiction, Christian/Amish romance, cookbooks... pretty much anything with a fast-moving plot, good characters, and no 'adult' content.
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