Carolyn Parkhurst
What are 5 of your favorite books? And why?
Mine:
1. “Inivisible Monsters” by Chuck Palahniuk – an amazingly, haunting ending (I won’t ruin it for those who haven’t read it)
2. “Dogs of Babel” by Carolyn Parkhurst – true love between husband and wife and owner and dog, makes me cry
3. “Welcome to the Monkey House” by Kurt Vonnegut – his audacious sense of humor and extraordinary creative vision
4. “Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs” by Chuck Klosterman – I love pop culture and his writing is very assesible
5. “Memiors of a Geisha” by Arthur Golden – beautifully written, I find the geisha culture fascinating and the book left me very satisfied.
1. ‘A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius’ by Dave Eggers – i find this book to be amazingly real and relatable. Eggers creates beauty out of his tragedy.
2. ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’ by Jonathan Safran Foer – this book shows how different people deal with loss in different ways and how even in death, the ones we love continue to affect our lives.
3. ‘Killing Yourself to Live’ by Chuck Klosterman – Chuck Klosterman has such an amazing outlook on life and this book contains some of the most intelligent thoughts on everything from pop culture to love that i have ever read.
4. ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald – this novel is a classic for a reason
5. ‘Everything Is Illuminated’ by Jonathan Safran Foer – this novel made me laugh, cry, and gasp in shock. it is a piece of pure genius.
Carolyn Parkhurst. Part 1
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