Monday Recommendations

Monday Recommendation List

Random list of 10 books Monday! I have read and enjoyed each of these enough to flag for a potential personal library purchase.

Be bold and just choose randomly, stick to your normal genre...or step outside of your normal reading zone and try something you usually wouldn’t. You can look up the descriptions at Amazon.com, or search my blog for old posts by entering the title in the little search box in the top left-hand corner and clicking the magnifying glass.

This week-- 10 recommendations (in no particular order):

1. Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
2. Van Gogh: The Life by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith
3. The China Study by Colin Campbell
4. The Paris Wife  by Paula McLain
5. Ashes to Ashes  by Tami Hoag
6. Hoda by Hoda Kotb
7. Maybe This Time by Jennifer Crusie
8. The 10 Greatest Gifts I Give My Children by Steven Vannoy
9. Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
10. The Bride Collector  by Ted Dekker

Monday Recommendations

Monday Recommendation List

Random list of 10 books Monday! I have read and enjoyed each of these enough to flag for a potential personal library purchase.

Be bold and just choose randomly, stick to your normal genre...or step outside of your normal reading zone and try something you usually wouldn’t. You can look up the descriptions at Amazon.com, or search my blog for old posts by entering the title in the little search box in the top left-hand corner and clicking the magnifying glass.

This weeks 10 recommendations (in no particular order):

1. Still Missing by Chevy Stevens
2. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
3. Blood Vines by Erica Spindler
4. Lift by Kelly Corrigan
5. Sister Queens by Julia Fox
6. Lead Me On by Victoria Dahl
7. Lies My Teacher Told Me by James Loewen
8. The Kindness of Strangers by Katrina Kittle
9. Never Look Away by Linwood Barclay
10. A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro

Running with Scissors

Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs

Description from Amazon:

"Running with Scissors is the true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton) gave him away to be raised by her unorthodox psychiatrist who bore a striking resemblance to Santa Claus. So at the age of twelve, Burroughs found himself amidst Victorian squalor living with the doctor’s bizarre family, and befriending a pedophile who resided in the backyard shed. The story of an outlaw childhood where rules were unheard of, and the Christmas tree stayed up all year round, where Valium was consumed like candy, and if things got dull an electroshock- therapy machine could provide entertainment. The funny, harrowing and bestselling account of an ordinary boy’s survival under the most extraordinary circumstances."

 

My thoughts:

A definite recommend for the memoir enthusiast. Burroughs story is both witty and heartbreaking. This was a quick read for me, as I followed Burroughs through his sad childhood. In the end, I love that he is able to go on and have a successful life after the setbacks of his childhood.