Category: Books

Today’s challenge: A book that makes you happy.

Not a great question, because when I’m reading, most books make me happy. But, to pick one in particular, I’d go with Brian Daley’s Han Solo novels — which I pretty much think of as one thing. This one is the first one I read, and I have fond memories of doing so, and so when I pick it up again from time to time, the recollection of those memories make me happy.

Today’s challenge: Your favorite book from your favorite series. I came to the Bond movies first, and became a fan, and then I discovered the books. On my parent’s bookshelves was a paperback edition of a Bond novel that had NOT been made into a movie (at the time, I was unaware of the weird comedy version produced at the height of Bondmania), so I snatched up the opportunity to read a book that had nothing to do with anything I’d seen. (The edition was not the one pictured, but one of the 1960s Signet paperbacks — which I still have.)

It remains, to this day, my favorite Bond novel, and has, in my opinion, the best closing line in a thriller novel EVER. I was ecstatic when the book was finally adapted to film in the Bond series proper — and, modernization aside, became one of the most faithful adaptations of the series.