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I think most folks have something that speaks to their soul. That certain thing or things that they enjoy that they really get and that really gets them. It's the thing they seek out when they need cheering up or calming down or centering their self. For someone like Poppy, it's music. My friend, Candy, loves film in that way. My friend, Mollie, relates to art and photography. For me it's books. I love music and film and art and technology as well but books are the thing that I seek out when I need that thing to fill my soul. Books are my escape and my entertainment and I've always said that if I have something to read, I'll never be bored.

So it's natural that when Traveller One posted a meme about books, I had to swipe it. By the way, go check out her blog. She's a lovely lady, has lived all over, visted the rest and has great pictures to prove it.

Meme instructions: Look at the list of books below. Bold the ones you've read, italicize the ones you might read, cross out the ones you won't, underline the ones on your book shelf, and place parentheses around (or strike through) the ones you've never even heard of. Extra commentary by me on select novels.

The DaVinci Code - Dan Brown...Good but not great.
The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger...I read this book every year at the holidays.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald...I started it once and just never finished it.
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee...One of my alltime favorite books. It gets an annual reread from me as well.
The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger...Recommended to me by a lot of friends and lived up to the recommendations.
(His Dark Materials) - Philip Pullman
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling...I heart HP.
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Animal Farm - George Orwell
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien...Great adventure!
(The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time) - Mark Haddon
Lord of the Flies - William Golding...Junior high isn't complete without reading it.
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austin...I own it, now I should finally read it.
1984 - George Orwell
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling...I heart him very much.
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden...A fascinating story.
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold...A difficult read but wonderful.
Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut...Classic craziness. I loved it.
The Secret History - Donna Tartt
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte...Read it so long ago that it would nearly be like a new book to me now.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis...Loved it as a kid, loved it again when I reread it as an adult.
(Middlesex) - Jeffrey Eugenides
(Cloud Atlas) - David Mitchell
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
(Atonement) - Ian McEwan
(The Shadow of the Wind) - Carlos Ruiz Safon
The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway...Bored the shit out of me. I'd rather take a slapping than reread this crap.
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood...Started it, never finished it. Same with every other Margaret Atwood book I've ever picked up.
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
Dune - Frank Herbert

No tagging but I'll extend an invitation to you literary types to steal it. Especially you, Katya. And you too, Sari. And Brandi, of course, because the law says I must always tag Brandi.