Monday 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. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
2. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
3. The Prophet by Khalil Gibran
4. Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert Massie
5. An Incomplete Education by Judy Jones
6. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
7. Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
8. Wild Swans by Jung Chang
9. The Stephanie Plum series (starts with One for the Money) by Janet Evanovich
10. The Blessings of the Animals by Katrina Kittle

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. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
2. Spirited by Rebecca Rosen
3. The Book of Joe by Jonathan Tropper
4. Genesis  by Bernard Beckett
5. Say You’re One of Them  by Uwem Akpan
6. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
7. Raising Freethinkers by Dale McGowan
8. Freakanomics by Steven Levitt
9. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
10. Schindler’s List  by Thomas Keneally

Twilight series

Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer

I was home sick and I happened to catch the first Twilight movie on cable. Movies made from books are a huge annoyance for me. But I was slightly interested in this one. The Twilight franchise is such a phenomenon. I wanted to see what all the fuss was about! While I didn’t really like the movie…it did make me want to revisit the books and remember what I liked about them.

I picked up “Twlight” and read it over a weekend. I love the relationship Meyer creates between Edward and Bella. They have a special chemistry and that was the one thing that was also apparent in the movie. Then I moved to “New Moon” and I like this one a little less. It is a whole book of angst. The redeeming quality, that kept me reading, is getting to know the Jacob character more.  Next up is Eclipse—this one loses me. The part that I hate is when Bella is now “in love” with Jacob, too. That pushed me over the edge to BLAH by ruining the special chemistry I mention above. Breaking Dawn is a decent wrap up to the series. And I thank the author for WRAPPING up and not just continuing to write the same story over and over.

Meyer was a creative new voice in the vampire genre. Many have imitated her, but few have been able to create something as long lasting.  That was what I enjoyed more in the series—the uniqueness.

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 weeks 10 recommendations (in no particular order):

1. History Lovers: Captive Queen by Alison Weir
2. Deep Thinking Required: The Power of Now  by Eckhart Tolle
3. Dramatic Story: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
4. Suspenseful, but Quick: Sail by James Patterson
5. Simple Life (Original): Walden by Henry David Thoreau
6. Simple Life (ala modern times): The Power of Less by Leo Babauta
7. Vampire Madness: The Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer
8. Mom Humor: Life Laughs by Jenny McCarthy
9. Beautiful Classic: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
10. Sweet Romance: Just One of the Guys by Kristan Higgins