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. Captive Queen by Alison Weir
2. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
3. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
4. The Metamorphisis by Franz Kafka
5. Walden by Henry David Thoreau
6. The Power of Less by Leo Babauta
7. The Book of Joe by Jonathan Tropper
8. For Laci by Sharon Rocha
9. Love Your Life by Victoria Osteen
10. The Boy Next Door by Meg Cabot

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. This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
2. Forbidden by Elizabeth Lowell
3. The Alex Cross series (starts with Along Came a Sprider) by James Patterson
4. The Seven Spiritual Laws of Parents  by Deepak Chopra
5. Secrets of Eden  by Chris Bohjalian
6. On Beauty by Zadie Smith
7. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
8. Sail by James Patterson
9. The Prophet by Khalil Gibran
10. Candide by Voltaire

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. For the brains: The Intellectual Devotional by David Kidder
2. Moving tribute: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
3. Surprisingly insightful: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
4. My favorite short story: The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
5. Suspense: Cry No More by Linda Howard
6. Humorous: Bitter is the New Black by Jen Lancaster
7. Sarcastic: The Book of Joe by Jonathan Tropper
8. Young Romance: Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
9. Motivational: Love Your Life by Victoria Osteen
10. Fun Chick Lit: The Boy Next Door by Meg Cabot

The Metamorphosis

My favorite short fiction piece is Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis.” Rarely do I read something that gives me chills and makes my mind spin; this story did both. The main character wakes up one day as a giant bug. Sounds crazy, right? If I hadn't been forced to read this story in college, I may not have fallen in love with it. I may have lost interest from the beginning. But since I was being graded and had a sheet of questions to answer I continued. It brought me to tears.

I fell in love with Kafka.He is the master of dark lit. He has a gift for rich, vivid imagery.

If you don't appreciate literature that you have to read into and analyze, don’t read this one. However, if you love classic, serious prose, this story gives you so much to enjoy and reflect upon. I have interpreted the meaning different ways at different times.

In short--Amazing.