If you were stranded on a deserted island, what five books would you bring with you? (Of course, if you knew to pack your five favorite books before you boarded your plane, wouldn’t you also know the plane was going down and would not get on it anyway?) But, let’s suspend all logical thought and use that premise as a starting point…
If I was about to embark on a journey I knew would end in my being stranded on a sunny and lush Pacific island and also knew I could bring my five favorite books with me that would, in theory, sustain me on that deserted island while awaiting rescue, I would bring:
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
The Shell Seekers by Roseamund Pilcher
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
The Collected Works of Jane Austen (it’s really just one big book!)
This premise is similar to a favorite party game intended to let people get to know each other while discussion which five DVDs they would bring with them, but let’s put a literary spin on it….So, let me know what five books you would cram in your duffle bag (along with the other necessities for survival… IPOD, clean underwear, bottled water, first aid kit……) Then each week, I will share why the above five titles were my picks to keep my occupied awaiting rescue (in addition to finding fresh water, hunting food, building rescue fires….)
