I love books, so here are some of my favorites:
[Recent favorite reads as of May 2012]: The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, The Midwife’s Confession by Diane Chamberlain, More Than You Know by Beth Gutcheon, The Bean Trees and Pigs In Heaven (both by Barbara Kingsolver). These are all recent must reads! Seriously. Go. Read them. NOW!
[Other favorites]: My Sister’s Keeper (Jodi Picoult), Dear John (Nicholas Sparks), The Time Traveler’s Wife (Audrey Neffinger (sp?)), The Bell Jar (Slyvia Plath), The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold), Crime and Punishment, Breaking The Silence (Diane Chamberlain), Firely Lane (Kristin Hannah).
Authors: I like a variety of authors. Jodi Picoult is my all-time favorite because of her complexity and depth. I like Nicholas Sparks for his stories of romance. Kristin Hannah has also become a favorite due to the fact that her novels are associated with friendships, love, and family. Diane Chamberlain is someone I discovered this past summer. I’m drawn to her because she used to be a psychotherapist before she became a novelist, and throughout her novels I can understand the counselor in her (I want to be a counselor myself so I’m drawn to her novels almost like a magnet).
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Exciting to find a fellow college girl all the way on the other side of the states who also has a passion for blogging! Not to mention identical taste in books. Keep writing!!
Haha, yay! Have you read anything recently that you’ve really enjoyed?
I heard that Jodi Picoult’s Vanishing Acts is a very good book among her published ones. I marked it down, to buy it next time when i go to a bookstore.
Vanishing Acts was the second of Picoult’s that I read. It’s definitely one to look out for!
I loved reading The Time Traveler’s Wife — it left me crying and wanting more!
Love all of those too! You should check out Patti Callahan Henry too…love your blog!!
I’ve read some books by Patti Callahan Henry. She’s great!! 🙂
I have read all of Jodi’s books, she always knows how to add that gut wrenching twist somewhere in her story. My favorite is probably Songs of the Humpback Whale or Salem Falls
My favorite is Harvesting The Heart. I usually read it every year, and it’s always fun because every time I read it again, I pick up something that I missed the time I read it before.
Those are a few author’s I haven’t read, but are actually on my list for this year. I am reading the second book in the Hunger Games Trilogy. My 12 year old daughter wanted to read them, after getting mixed reviews about if they were appropriate for her age, I started them myself.
Now I am hooked and she is starting the first book this weekend!
Happy Reading.
As an ancient lover of books I suggest novels by Graham Greene for you.
Thank you so much for the suggestion. I always love discovering new authors! 🙂
Amelia, I am glad you liked my blog. Although my reading tastes are varied, you may have noticed I often read foreign literature. I am fortunate to live next to one of NYC’s best public libraries (Brooklyn Public Library) and in a community with a lot of editors. The library gets small titles that are often not widely available. As a journalism major you may want to check out the law part of my blog from time to time-although it can get pretty dry (thus my outside reading). Saw you want to go to the Grand Canyon. It’s great, but also check out Bryce, Zion National Parks, Dixie National Forest, and if you can double back, Mesa Verde.
Ever read Chaim Potok? He’s a bit different than a lot of the authors you mentioned above, but one of my favorites.
No, I haven’t. I’ll have to check him out though.
IQ84 by Haruki Murakami is a must read!!
Crime and Punishment is one of my favorites, too!
Have you ever read The death and life of Charlie St. Cloud? I’m reading it now and from the other books you seem to like, it seems your style… 🙂
No, I haven’t. I’ll have to check it out!
If you like Crime Fiction Please (if you find some time for it) do try Ian Rankin’s John Rebus Series 🙂
Thanks!
how did you make your website look this cool?