I notice that we have no current threads pertaining to any kind of favorites, so here's one that covers them all! Genre, author, book, short story, poem, any literature favorites you have, post them all! With explanations of course, as per the no-spam rules.

Favorite: Genre

Fantasy. Even from a young age, I was absolutely fascinated with ideas of imaginary worlds and stories about things that don't exist in ours. That feeling has never left me and even to this day, I love fantasy. Everything about it, the limitless possibilies, the fantastic characters, the magic, it never ceases to amaze and entertain me.

Favorite: Author

Michael Crichton. Amazingly, he doesn't write fantasy but still tops my list as favorite author! I own almost all of his books save his most recent and two of his nonfiction works. I fell in love with his writing in third grade, the first time I read The Lost World, which was a new release back then. I make a point to keep track of and purchase every new book he writes.

Favorite: Book

Unfortunately, I am going to refrain from listing anything right now. I could easily write entire threads of nothing but favorites because honestly, I love most of the books I own. Otherwise I wouldn't own them. I will try to narrow the list down as much as possible and probably list my top five at a later time.

Favorite: Poet

Robert Frost. A local, he lived and died in my home state of New Hampshire. His writing is beautiful and spot-on. I even sought out a nearly complete collection of his poetry for my library. I can relate to his work and every time I read one of his poems, I'm moved by the depth and emotion his writes simply yet so elegantly.

Favorite: Poem

Fire and Ice, Robert Frost. Short but so memorable. This poem is what led me to seek out more of his work, and the impact of it was never forgotten.

I will be sure to expand and add more of my favorites in as I think of them.

What are your favorites?

~DragonHeart~