I have a friend who reads [b:The Brothers Karamazov|4934|The Brothers Karamazov|Fyodor Dostoyevsky|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327882764s/4934.jpg|3393910] cover-to-cover every year. It's his favorite book. I've always thought that was a bit odd; there are so many books to read, and so many books I've loved already, I could never understand the desire to re-read a book over and over (and over!) again, until now. I want to go back to the beginning of [a:Marilynne Robinson|7491|Marilynne Robinson|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1256021025p2/7491.jpg]'s Gilead series and read through them, again.

Robinson's writing is beyond superb. She is my favorite author - fiction or non-fiction. I love her style, I love her topics, I love the way she weaves in her own religious beliefs in her fiction writing without proselytizing. Her writing, for me, is the complete package.

Dear Santa, This Christmas I want a set of the Gilead trilogy books for my very own.