The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Attwood):
Absolute horror, fear, understanding, enlightenment
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis de Bernier):
Cultural journey, romantic, desperately sad
Coming Home (Rosamund Pilcher):
Satisfying old-style romance, family saga
1984 (Orwell):
Truly terrifying, horrific journey into possibilities
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulkes):
Horrific journey into this country's past, emotional journey with characters
The Other Boleyn Girl (Phillipa Gregory):
Convincing history, tinged with romance
Ferney (James Long)
History, with past lives theme, dealing with who we might be
One Day:
Personal relationships in 80s society, with memorable cultural backdrop,
Ferney (James Long)
+ Jane Eyre and Crime and Punishment from a previous blog...
Jacqueline (What an almost impossible job - I just wanted to say 'loved it' for every novel....)
I do agree - the older one gets the harder to restrict it to just 10!
ReplyDeleteWe should put all these emotions together and find out which one comes out on top. Then write a novel which attempts to elicit that emotion for maximum sales. There would be thirteen chapters and we'd write one chapter each.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jacqueline!