The last book in the world....

but OH HOW DULL!!  I'd take something like the sherlock holmes collection.  I'd say Edgar Allan Poe but then I'd get scared....

I'd have to pick the Complete Works of Agatha Christie. Is there such a volume. I'd better check just in case I need it. LOL!

I'd go for entertainment. And I'm going to be greedy and take my top 10 books...

1. Mary Stewart's Nine Coaches Waiting
2. Annemarie Selinko's Desiree
3. Georgette Heyer's Devil's Cub
4. Loretta Chase's Lord of Scoundrels
5. JR Ward's entire BDB seires (so the top 10 will increase as time goes by)

Is the bookshelf waterproof Kathy D we might all want one or three.

I also watched Gilligan's Island.  It was funny how they had so many visitors come and go from the island, but they could never get off.

OK, you said 1 book.  Now the first book that came to mind was "The Medusa Project" by Cindy Dees.  This is one of my favorite books and I read this book when I get in a reading slump.  But it seems that everyone else is cheating so I decided to see if I could get away with glueing all of the Medusa books together to make it one BIG book.  I also don't want to leave the Brothers behind (also glueing them together to make 1 BIG book), so it looks like it's going to be a toss up between Cindy and J.R. Ward. 

Kathy

I would take the book Grace was reading in Kenyon's Fantasy Lover.  Then I could summon a sexy Greek god to tell me stories!  Oh - wait - now that book holds the bad guy . . . back to the thinking chair.

LOL Kathy K, Gilligans Island used to frustrate the heck out of me everytime they had an opportunity to get off that Island, and they'd screw it up somehow...but i never missed an episode...mind you...back then we only had one channel , so had i had more selection...maybe i would've watched something else?  Another pertinent fact...had they been saved, the show would have been over...before it got started....so i guess they all had no choice but to act a little on the brain dead side.  

I can't bring a floating bookcase Vicki? Rats! Guess i'm gonna have to borrow Kathy K's idea then(a genuine light bulb moment i say!! ) ...and glue a whole bunch of books together to make one.

I almost had an anxiety attact thinking about having to make a choice on just one book.

Then I saw everyone cheating so I began to wonder if I could take the complete works of Nora Roberts/J.D.Robb. It sounds so official that way. The Complete Works. With all the books she has written, it would take a long time before I had to start over at book one again.

But if I really had to pick only one, I have no clue what it would be. I think it would have to be a spur of the moment decision for me. I'd have to be jumping off a sinking ship and in that moment I would know what book I wanted.

But I like the idea that we could all be stuck on the same island. Start our own library. If I could be assured that we could share then maybe it wouldn't be so hard to pick one.

Margie :)

hmmm. tough one. I'm a huge Shakespeare fan and he wrote a LOT of stuff. so that's one possibility. I'm also a huge Jack London fan and he wrote lots. So I'd have to take either The Complete Unabridged Collection of Shakepseare that i actually DO own! (bought it in college when i saw it had everything he ever wrote in it)

or I'd have to find a complete unabridged all works of Jack London to take with me. But I can't decide between the two! LOL I do own a couple separate unabridged collections of Jack London but neither is everything he ever wrote so I'd see which one had more books in it and take that one!

I also had an idea for us.  Now, I don't know where we would find this, but how about if we get a BIG hard bookcover (no pages) and stick the smaller books inside of it.  If we have to we just glue the binding to the hard cover and presto we the complete works of say, Cindy Dees' Medusa series or J.R. Wards' BDB series in one book.  I think we should vote.  I Vote YES.

Kathy 

What if we had ebook readers? It would be light and then have a ton of books..... or would that be cheating lol

in the first place?

Why not just stay at home with your book collection and read about people stuck on desert islands if you really must bother with the subject?

I went to Denmark once with only three books - for two months

I didn't need to reread them for quite a while when I got home

If I thought I was going to get stuck on any journey I wouldn't go anywhere without the Brothers

If I were stuck in bed (in hospital) for a long time I'd give DH a nice long list of what to bring from home (it's alright he knows exactly where to find the Brothers )

But a lot of my favourite books are in my head, so if I were parachuted onto a deserted island without them I think I'd like a couple of crates of blank paper and some pens so I could write down my favourite passages from memory and then I could write books to amuse myself when I got bored with that

Hugs

Sadhbh

And I'd probably have to be on a deserted island to get around to reading it. I should say re-reading it, as I read most of the books in paperback already. It's got humor, adventure, a little romance. 

But, if ereaders are allowed, and I don't see any guards at the entrance to the deserted island to check whatcha bring, I'd take my ereader and solar charger. 

You wouldn't have to pick anyone, that is just too hilarious. I almost spit my tea out reading your post. Tell your husband that was a good one. As for the question well my first thought was the guy on the cover of Flyboy but then I looked at the cover of Coming Undone by Stephanie Tyler even though it is a back view I'm going with that one and my imgaination added some details.  

Initially I thought "Shadowhawk" by Jill Shalvis.  But the more I thought about it the more I realized that this would be an excellent time to pick a Breed.  So I am gonna say Tanner from Lora Leigh's "Tanner's Scheme".  It's the eyes.  Holy Cow, those eyes are yummy.  Plus, he's be a kick as$ hunter when it comes to finding food.

JR ward is a MAN?

Hi Deb – The DH started laughing after reading a few of the responses.  He said that everyone seemed to be giving it some serious thought.  Flyboy was my first thought too.  That man is so HOT.  I dug that book out of the drawer it was in and showed my DH.  He just shook his head and smiled.  What could he say?  He will turn 57 in a couple of months and knows he can’t compete with the hunks they have on some of the covers (physically that is).  I also have Coming Undone by Stephanie Tyler, but it has already been put away in my keeper box.  I do kind of remember that cover, but plan on visiting her website to refresh my memory.

 Ellejay – He really thought it was great that you showed the book cover.  He was chuckling over it.   

Jillyan – My second thought was Shadowhawk.  My, was he yummy too.  That book is also put away in my keeper box, so I couldn’t show the DH.  Good choice with Tanner though.  Shows you were thinking about survival and well as……..well you know. 

Sadhbh – Sorry, he said you get Gilligan for not following the rules.  Although I thought it was a good idea you had.  Looking toward getting rescued and brainstorming on the next book while you wait.

Kathy

P.S.  He also wanted to know if the batteries in those ereaders could be used in other devices.

I decided to give you the benefit of the doubt.

Kathy

I haven't the slightest idea what/who Gilligan looks like

with a skinny dark haired dork ?

(given that FF keeps telling me I qualify as a book geek )

Good one Kathy K! I saw that and burst out laughing. Too funny.

as long as you don't think about the Brothers