What is the best book you’ve ever received as a gift?
For July 12th: What is the best book you’ve ever received as a gift?
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For July 12th: What is the best book you’ve ever received as a gift?
What time zone are you in??? I’ve been waiting all day!! ?
Huge Harold or any of the kids books my Aunty gave me as a kid… she was a kindergarten teacher
I’m in Central time
@Barbara ha ha… I’ve never heard of Central Time!! I learnt something new today!!!
Enjoy your day as we get ready for bed! ?
,Where are you? I live in Texas, USA
@Barbara we’ve just moved this month to Singapore.. the bonus is.. more reading time!!
Time Travellers Wife
My favorite childhood story was Ferdinand the Bull. My husband bought me a copy one year as part of my Mother’s Day gift from the kids. I was shocked he remembered!
Sisterchicks On the Loose for my 40th birthday from my sister.
Three cups of Tea
White Orleander
Sorry Oleander. For some reason I cannot edit my comment.
for my 50th i asked my friends for a copy of their best book (not necessarily a new one), and my bestie gave me a copy of White Oleander which we realised was the copy i gave her 10 years previously because i had so loved it and knew she would too. It is weather beaten because she has read it so often
Three Men and a Boat as a wedding present to read on a long plane ride I would be taking. I laughed until I cried. I’m sure the other passengers thought I was a bit of a loon.
What is the author? I love books that make me laugh. In audible there are 3 books with the same name
@Hallie Jerome K. Jerome. It’s an old English classic.
@Lauren thank you!
Audible has it for $2.99 Yayy!!!
Harry potter
Harry Potter…and the funny thing is, I was so mad at my Dad for getting it for me?
At least you got it from your Dad. Someone special to remember whenever you see the books. Mine was from a shitty ex boyfriend ?. Of course i cant feel bad about the books just because it came from a top shelf, class A jerk. So i kept and took care of the books until its fateful demise because of the termites.
Battle Cry of Freedom by James McPherson
The grapes of wrath
Little House on the prairie
The Sea of Tranquillity by Katja Millay
The Illustrated version of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
When I was 10 in 1983, I received Are You There God? it’s me Margaret. It really helped me feel better about all the changes and feelings I had going on.
Secret History by Donna Tartt
I loved all Donna Tart’s books
My sister gave me Anne of Green Gables when I was a young girl. Still have that book.?
She did? What a great gift!
@Rhonda for those wondering, Rhonda is my sister.
Gone With The Wind, One Christmas, From My Mother!!!
Mine, too. Sat and read the rest of the day.
I Did TooIt!!! Did You Read, Forever Amber—-That Was A Book, My Cousin And “ Snuck” And Read!!! At That Time, Forever Amber”—-“ Off Limits!!! This Is Trish!!!
The Kite Runner
David Hawkins audio lectures, I listen to them in the car.
The giving tree. I had this book when I was little.
#3 in the Frankenstein series by Dean Koontz. I ended up going out and buying the first two because I start a series from the beginning and I ended up loving the series.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
And this illustrated version of The Hobbit
My 1st Bible
The Time Travelers Wife
When We Were Very Young by A.A. Milne
Ahab’s Wife
I loved Ahab’s Wife.
I have two–both given to me by my mother….The Complete Works of Van Gogh one Christmas. Then when I was growing up I loved this beautiful little book, Old Tales of Japan, by Yuri Yasuda. Such beautiful stories and illustrations! I would bring it home from the library over and over again. Until it was stolen……When I was in college my mom surprised me with a copy of it for Christmas. It’s a treasure.
When I was a little girl, Nancy Drew, because it started me on reading the whole series of 50+ at least 3 times?!
The Shack
A Woman of Independence Means. A wonderful book I received 40 years ago Still have it.
That was a good one!
Loved that book
@Betty me too. Re read it about a year ago. Loved it again
Hunger Games
The secret
The Catcher in the rye. ?
I am not spock by Leonard Nimoy
Her mother’s hope by Francine Rivers
Never cry wolf by Farley Mowat.
No has given me a book since childhood really, Little House Series, sparked my interest of American History.
The one and only book I’ve received as a gift was Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul
Gone with the Wind
A pop up book when i was 4 … 1963 … Gulliver and the Lilliputs.
The Hobbit, I was 11. I didn’t appreciate it until years later.
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins.
Little House in the Big Woods
The Diary of Ann Frank
Pride and Prejudice
I broke my arm in 5th grade. My aunt bought me a Trixie Belden paperback. I loved those mysteries. Read over and over.
LOTR in one decorative volume
Never received book as a gift ?
1-My mother took me for a library card at 6 years old. She gave me ALL the books. ❤️
2- The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet
1984
Hans Christian Andersons collected stories from my Aunt when i was six. Fell in love with the little mermaid and it was definitely not the Disney version. It’s the one book that has survived every move.
Charles Krauthammer :things that matter
I think loved nursery rhyme book when little, used to memorize and recite..had cool pics too…still have is beat up and some missing.
Conversations With god
It isn’t really a book but my son bought me my @Kindle and he made it so when I get a book he pays for it so all my books on my Kindle are bought fimy son, love him so much
I asked my husband for one for my birthday
@Becky it’s the best thing, if I finish a book at night I don’t have to wait until tomorrow to get a new book lol, and it has a light so you can read at night and on the airplane and not bother anyone
My first. A huge book of faith tales my dad bought me when I was 2. Black and whits , cheap paper, but by slept with that under my pillow for years. I would hold it, smell it, turn the pages, long before I could read a word.
The Prophet by Gibran
Shame , Shame I know your name and Hope you guess my name both written by my daughter and given to me from her
Nobody ever gives me books as gifts. It’s really depressing.
Oh the places you’ll go! Graduation present.
Me too.
Maps of Middle Earth, from my husband, because it showed he knew just what I liked.
A Monster Calls illustrated edition from my sister
My husband just gave me a leatherbound copy of The Grapes of Wrath last night for our anniversary. That has to be the best!?
The Science of Mind
The Anne of Green Gable series.
My Bible with my name on it
A copy of Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone that my husband leather bound and stained himself. He even made me a Gryffindor-colored ribbon bookmark. Definitely a favorite of mine ?
In His Own Write by John Lennon
Silence of the Lambs. Stayed up all night reading it in one sitting!
The Hours
Above the Law by JF Freedman
stones from the river by ursula heigl.
I received the entire Death Gate Cycle by Weis and Hickman as a birthday present once. Pretty much the best gift I’ve ever received.
My best book gift was my Kindle Paperwhite…. possibly the best gift my husband has ever given me. But, an actual physical book… probably the first Harry Potter back when they first arrived on the scene… introduced me to nearly a decade of reading the same series.
I have received 2 books as gifts so far. 1 was a book I wanted- my friend and I spent my birthday at the bookstore and it was wonderful. The other was a book that another friend loves and thought I might like, so he bought me a copy of my own- and I did love it. I really don’t have a favorite of the 2, though.
The birthday gift was Wonder by R.J. Palacio. The 2nd book was One False Move by Harlan Coben. Two very different genres lol
I haven’t read it yet; it’s on my TBR list. The stand by Stephen King
Nancy Drew
Women Who Run With the Wolves
Definitely when I was a kid and received a Nancy Drew or Cherry Ames book. I owned so few, so having my own copy was awesome.
Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
Its a toss-up: either Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone or Charlotte’s Web
Secret Garden
An older edition of Jane Eyre.
Too numerous to just pick one. Reading some of the above comments, I have to say that I am very fortunate to have both family and friends who not only thought it was important to give me books as I was growing up, but also recognize that books are all I really want as gifts anyway! ?
I received them both at the same time so… Girl of the Limberlost and Anne of Green Gables.
Ryan White: My Own Story.
A lot of my favourite books as a child were given to me as presents rather than being chosen by me. IT is difficult to choose one. I particularly remember A Traveller in Time by Alison Uttley, given to me when I was ten.
“Weird Michigan” to my nephew for his birthday.
It was a fun (funny) book by Laurie Notoro. The Idiot Girls Action-Adventure Club. Laugh out loud. I’ve since ordered a bunch and given them to my friends as gifts!
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Loved that series. i have all of the books packed away. Maybe I will reread them. It wouldn’t be the first time.
As I was typing it, I was thinking maybe it’s time for me to reread them as well!
Harry Potter #1 published 1998
Little Women from my mom.
Me too
When I was 11, I got a box of books from my father. It included the Hobbit, Hans Brinker, The Melendeys by Elizabeth Enright and a Betty Cavanna book, as well as others. Best birthday gift ever!
Harry Potter ❤️
Bible
A huge hard cover, beautifully illustrated version of The Iliad for my 10th birthday. It is a children’s version, so it’s not like I was reading Homer in primary school ? All the illustrations were drawn in the Ancient Greek style that you see on pottery. A fabulous book
Always wanted my own copy of Not Without Peril by Marquerite Allis. Searched for 30 years and many states traveling, Mom got it at Old Fort #4 in NH in 1990. I cried as I cradled this tome!
After what Yalta said, ( Bible is best) second best was Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. Took a while for me to start, but has added such beauty and fun to the days?
Agree. I love the whole series. Then jumped into the Lord John series.
Mary Shelley’s journals
When I was little I received the set of Little House on the Prairie books ?
Knowing my love of Outlander I got the next 2 books and I’ve received new titles by other authors I love (Linda Howard for one)
Now We Are Six by A. A. Milne.
The Wind in the Willows – with beautiful illustrations – for my 10th birthday – from my Uncle Dickie.
Beloved by Toni Morrison.
I can’t say there’s any book that fits this question for me because usually I’m the only one who treats myself with books. Usually I get money or giftcards for books as presents 😀 But one thing that I’ll never forget was the entire Haruki Murakami collection I received as a gift from my mum when I was 18. I cried and it’s one of my happiest moments.
My Mom gave me a white Bible when I was 10 years old.
? Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo”
?The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
My brother gave me Leon Uris’ “Trinity” as a Christmas gift when I was in college. It’s the only time he’s ever given me a book-related gift and I was so touched by it. I liked the book (not sure how he knew I would) but kept it for years because he gave it to me.
Reading this list reminds me that my favorite book changes and I keep remembering books that need to be on that list: A Town Like Alice (I re-read this, it is like coming home), The Stand (I re-read this one too and it is so rich there is something new to focus on each time), the Little House books were my favorites when I was in elementary school. And then Robert Heinlein space operas when I was in Junior High School. This list could go on and on depending on my age, my life at the time, etc.
Eats Shoots and Leaves. And also Lona A Fairy Tale. It’s a kids book I received when I was 10…by William.Dare..
I see a 50th anniversary edition is out