Featuring Favorite Reads of NMH English teacher
Meg Donnelly
Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster
Ms.Donnelly: I read it when I was thirteen. It was perfect combination for me- a mysterious benefactor, boarding school life and letter writing, it sparked my continuing love for epistolary novels and now that I think about it,probably my love for my husband, who wooed me by mail.
The Once and Future King by T H White
Ms.Donnelly: On every version of my top 5 reads (and there have been at least 20 versions) this title appears. It is not my favorite novel, but it is one of my favorite reads for all ages. I can’t wait to read it to my son, Mackinnon!
House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Ms.Donnelly: My best friend once compared me to this novel’s protagonist, Lily Bart somewhat disparagingly. I sat down and read the novel to find out what that meant. She is now one of my favorite literary characters and I take it as a compliment to have been compared to her.
Margaret Atwood (Anything by )
Ms.Donnelly: For me, Atwood gets her characters exactly right. I understand them and how and why they make the mistakes they do. if I had to pick one maybe Cat’s Eye, no, Alias Grace, or Wilderness Tips, oh I can’t choose!
The Bone People by Keri Hulme
Ms.Donnelly: This is a New Zealand novel that I loved even before I loved New Zealand. It has three remarkably desperate and resilient characters. Each one I would find hard to understand or appreciate in real life, but I love them deeply on the page.
