Sharing the Love: The Booker Award

Posted on August 24, 2012 by russtowne

My dear friend Mimi at http://waitingforthekarmatruck.com/

presented me with The Booker Award. Thank you, Mimi. I love to read!

Part of the fun of receiving this award is that we’re requested to list our 5 favorite books.

For me, the first two are easy, Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card and Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach.

After that a bunch of books all tie for third place. Some that quickly come to mind are:

The Virginian by Owen Wister

Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scottt

Alas Babylon by Pat Frank

Russ

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I'm awed by the beauty of nature and the power of love and gratitude. Some of my favorite sensory experiences include waves crashing on rocky shores, waterways in ancient redwood and fern-filled forests, and rain. My wife and I have been married since 1979. We have 3 adult children and 5 grandchildren. I manage a wealth management firm that I founded in 2003. My Beloved is a Special Education teacher for Kindergartners and First Graders. I'm a published author of approximately 60 books in a variety of genres for grownups and children.

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3 Responses to Sharing the Love: The Booker Award

beebeesworld says:

August 24, 2012 at 11:53 pm

What a nice new take on the awards. I find knowing what books a favorite blogger reads much more enlightening than random “facts! congrats!

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- russtowne says:
  
  August 25, 2012 at 12:27 am
  
  Thank you, beebee!
  Russ
  
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Cathy Ulrich says:

August 25, 2012 at 2:13 am

That’s a really interesting synchronicity, Russ! I posted, just this morning on another blog site, about my experience one weekend in Medicine Bow, Wyoming at the Virginian Hotel (It’s a couple hours north of where I live in Colorado)! It’s where Owen Wister lived and is apparently the setting for “The Virginian.” We even had dinner in the “Owen Wister” room! I love it! I’ve never read the book, but remember the T.V. show from when I was a kid. Maybe I ought to read it.

Cathy

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