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So last week, when I noticed the #1daybook hashtag on Twitter, I had to find out what all the fuss was about.
Looks like it started over at Reddit when someone posed the question: What's the best/most unusual/longest/most enthralling book you've read in a day?
It got me thinking. What's the best book I've read in a single day? What book has kidnapped me, held me for ransom, and refused to let go until I closed the back cover?
My answer: Pictures of You by Caroline Leavitt. She had me on page one, and by the time I finished a few hours later, I was a blabbering book reader, tugged in multiple directions by conflicting emotions. I felt such a connection with Isabelle, the photography, the sense of place.
I think about that book often, pull it from the shelf and reread snippets - a snapshot of descriptions and characters - that beg to be read once again.
It takes a special book - and writer - to create that sense of empathy with readers. And Caroline's words and story formed that bond for me.
What's the best book you've read in a single day?
by LuAnn Schindler. When she's not reading, she's writing about Nebraska at luannschindler.com.
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2 Comments on What's the Best Book You've Read in One Day?, last added: 1/28/2012
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You read between 10 and 15 books a month? Wow, do you put me to shame. I just finished Diane Keaton's memoir "Then, Again," but with my reading time mostly confined to just before bedtime, it took my a lot longer than one day. How would I best contact you regarding reviewing my book, "Suitable for Giving: A Collection of Wit with a Side of Wry?"
http://www.suitableforgiving.com/
Hmmm...Actually, I think I read A Patch of Blue, by Elizabeth Kata, in one day. I was probably a young teenager and cried my eyes out at the ending. I'm pretty sure that was the first book that ever made me cry. Since that was a million years ago, you can see that it definitely stayed with me!