Five things meme, part three

[mari4212]

This one's for elvisvf101.


Books Series, because naming just five books is flat-out impossible
5. Brian Jacques' Redwall series. I have problems with this series, starting with the fact that there are about three plots repeated through over twenty books, and including some rather major stereotyping. Mice are always good, rats are always evil. It got annoying after a while.

But there's an innocence to this series in a lot of ways. There's friendship and loyalty and love, and I still love the ideals of Redwall Abbey. Ultimately, this is one of my childhood comfort books.

4. Star Trek books. There are good and bad ones, but at least for me the good outweighs the bad. I love the crazy idealism of this series, I love the characters, and every now and then there's a book that absolutely blows me away because it's just that good. I read these to remind myself that I do believe that people tend towards good.

3. Mercedes Lackey. Okay, I've mentioned she's my favorite author before, so it makes sense that she's on this list. Her books again have the insane idealism that I loved about the other series I've mentioned, but she also catches me up in her plots and her characters to an incredible degree.

2. Chronicles of Narnia. This is my ultimate comfort read. There are sections that I can quote by heart. And there are scenes I read whenever I need to be reminded of who I am and what I value. Puddleglum's speech rebutting the Green Witch, for example.

1. Anything by Madeline L'Engle. Her books just radiate joy and peace and hope. I cannot be depressed or upset when I read them, even at the darkest moments in the books.

Comments

[cornelis.livejournal.com]

I tried to keep going through the Redwall books, but it got hard to tell the characters apart after a while. Though I read Mossflower to pieces.

Though on some level I was reading for the evil villians (who can't love the name Cluney the Scrouge?)

[vaudy.livejournal.com]

I do dearly love Redwall, though I don't think I've read quite enough of them to find it repetitive yet. They all have that basic sort of "unlikely hero sets off on adventure and overcomes adversity" plot to them, but sometimes I need that. And stereotyping, yeah. Weasels are always evil, too.

But, furry woodland creatures! With swords! And I love Bella of Brockhall.

[vaudy.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, in my furry woodland creature enthusiasm, I forgot to mention my Narnia and Madeleine L'Engle love, too. Narnia is largely responsible for my large collection of lions.