Originally posted by Corinna
My favorite animal books are about a bunch of collies they were written by Albert Payson Terhune. My mom read them as a kid, I fell in love with them too
Oh I how could I forget! These books I read as a kid too, and LOVED them. They are also what helped me to fall in love with the collie breed. I had read them all before I got my first collie, Cody and my second, Willie. You could just feel his love of his dogs when you read those books.

I also very recently read Shogun and other Clavell novels. I have very much enjoyed them, and have actually learned a lot about Japanese and Chinese cultures. I have found them very fascinating and well written. I'm in the middle of Noble House at the moment.

GoldenRetrLuver, that book sounds really interesting too. I'll have to check that out!

I'm also curious why To Kill a Mockingbird made you angry Kay? . I haven't read it since high school but I remember enjoying the book.

I read The Jungle for a history class in college, it was quite an eye opener for that era in America (during the Great Depression). It's historical fiction, the characters aren't real, but the situation and conditions were all real.

A series I really enjoyed by Steven R. Lawhead was The Pendragon Cycle. His version of Arthurian legend, exceptionally written and totally engaging and hard to put down. I have read that series twice now.