Monday Recommendation List

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. Sookie Stackhouse Series (first is Dead Until Dark) by Charlaine Harris
2. Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas
3. Fragile by Lisa Unger
4. Lead Me On by Victoria Dahl
5. My Sister’s Keeper  by Jodi Picoult
6. One True Thing by Anna Quindlen
7. The Post Birthday World by Lionel Shriver
8. Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton
9. If This is a Man by Primo Levi
10. Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

Monday Recommends

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. Classic YA: The Outsiders by SE Hinton
2. Relax Your Mind: Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff by Richard Carlson
3. Suspense: Dark of the Moon by John Sandford
4. Complex: The Post Birthday World by Lionel Shriver
5. Unique YA: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
6. Sweet Romance: Nobody’s Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
7. Entrepreneurial: Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker
8. For Parents: Perfect Parenting by Elizabeth Pantley
9. Leadership for Women: Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office by Lois Frankel
10. Emotional Romance: Only With Your Love by Lisa Kleypas

The Post Birthday World

“The Post Birthday World” by Lionel Shriver is unique and clever. You will either love this book, or hate it.

I loved it, feeling myself drawn toward the main character, Irina. In her, I found much of myself. The plot takes two journeys that hinge on a single moment in time, a single kiss, a single decision. What if I give into my desires? What if I resist? How does life change based on that one moment?

I would mark this as one of my favorite reads. I tried to read other books by Lionel Shriver, but found this is the only one I feel strongly about. Her novel “What About Kevin” is often talked about being her best. This one is the gem, in my opinion.