For The L♥ve of Reading discussion

what are books that you've read that have created exquisite scenery? books that help you envision the landscape and so the setting becomes a character too?

also, books that create such good scenes, you want to visit the places you read about?

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
In a Sunburned Country
Jane Eyre

Inkheart
The Jungle Books
The Graveyard Book
any book in the chronicles of narnia
any book by roald dahl

excellent choices! yes. i didn't think of other worlds such as narnia. in that spirit, how about The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings?

The Shadow of the Wind - Barcelona never had such a feel as when I read this book!

I'd say Twilight as well because I'm an Arizonan and I could feel all that green around me. That might sound silly, but when you are surrounded by so much red and brown and not a lot of green, the rain gets ominous as does all that green.

Yes. Just like snow falling on cedars.

Yes! Agreed! It's nothing I've ever thought about before, but now that I am I can feel the difference around me here just sitting on the couch and it's scorching outside. I can perfectly see the white coating of snow covering my family room just thinking about it *shivers*.

Twilight... I was recently in the Olympic Peninsula and wow. It really is green and so beautiful. I want to take the boys camping there at the end of this summer!

How about Under the Tuscan Sun?

Beautiful Creatures is another book. I used to live not to far away from Gatlin, SC. I miss the south so much and, well, the good BBQ!

Here! Here! I second the BBQ! *salivates*

you should visit texas then! i don't eat beef or pork, so miss out on quite a bit of good BBQ.

oh god, not a bbq war pleasee

I don't eat pork either, so that drops most ribs out of the equation. However, I make a mean braised beef ribs. Lucille's has excellent BBQ sauce, so I like to drip that all over it.

I lust for chicken, so BBQ added is like mmmmmm delicious!! (to put it meekly)

Oh, and Leo, you know you lust for the BBQ as well!:D

Pork ribs are so tiny... Go Beef ribs! LOL!

I'm not racist when it comes to meat. I eat frog, bison, rabbit, cow, and I've even enjoyed alligator several times.

I've done lamb and goat, that's as wild and crazy as I get. :D

Jen wrote: "Oh, and Leo, you know you lust for the BBQ as well!:D "

actually, i dont like bbq that much - its a weird american thing lol

Ha, I know. I was just joking with you. Although, my husband loves it. But, my husband will eat anything except pork and anything pork related (i.e. lard, gelatin). And when I say anything, I mean anything. The other day he ate a whole lemon. I mean peel and all. I think it goes with being hungry for a large portion of your life. :D Can't say I'm the same.

why is he jew?

Nope, Muslim. And before you ask, I'm not. We make an interesting couple. :D

You can say that again!!

I read a book... Growing up Iranian in America. By Firoozah. The book is really good, you might be interested.

Anyway, she tells a story about how he would sneak off to the store and take his daughter with him. Of course, the mom had no part in the ham. One day she came home from school and told him he was going to hell bc he was breaking one of the Allah's rules. Often.

HA! My family likes to make jokes about my girls doing that. Like:

"Shhh, don't tell mom & dad, but I ate a pork chop today."

I haven't had pork since I was prego with my 3.5 year old. I used to sneak sausage egg mcmuffins and then I grew tired of the sneakin and gave it up. Oh well, it's super fatty :D It's funny because when I gave it up most of my family switched to turkey and beef sausage. They may mock me, but they don't really eat pork either now. HA HA!

I'm really not a fan. I like my bacon but I used to get sick if my mom cooked ham in the house. I can tolerate it now. I hate, no loathe pork chops. Yuck. But crispy bacon for BLT's, now that is YUM!

*Scrolls up to find out what thread I am on*

Ah, yes. Well, I just got done with reading the first two books of the Spiderwick Chronicles over the last 3-4 days and well, my boys are loving it. I think these books paint a nice fantasy world for younger minds.

*also scrolled up to recall the thread name* Oh yeah, traveling in the mind, the BBQ distracted me. :D

*Drools*

Yum!

I also really dislike ham Elyssa but Crispy Bacon might be the best thign....ever