A random fun fact about Shannon: I love to make lists. When I was in eighth grade, my friends and I had a notebook of lists (among many other notebooks- it was how we passed notes to one another because it looks much less obvious) that was quite infamous to say the least (think Mean Girls, and you pretty much have me and my friends in middle school, but we weren't quite that bad). So I thought that for this blog, I would make a list of my top 5 reading picks (in no particular order), accompanied with a little blurb for those of you that like details. After all, Spring Break is coming up :)
1.) Hissy Fit by Mary Kay Andrews
~ok, so this is not exactly a book that I would readily recommend for guys, but ladies, its great! Keeley, the main character, throws the mother of all hissy fits when she finds her fiancee, in the service closet with her Maid of Honor, at her rehersal dinner (nope, sorry, it wasn't Colonel Mustard in the Library with the Candlestick). Keeley devotes her life to rennovating (she is an interior designer) to an amazing antebellum mansion in Savannah (yes, Georgia) for a new client, who just happens to not only be filthy rich, but amazingly attractive as well. Has Keeley finally found her Tara and Rhett? Read it and find out :)
2.) Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
~laugh all you want, but this is my favorite book of all time. Better than Cinderella, and not nearly as cheesey as Twilight (which is nothing but Cinderella with vampires), Ella Enchanted is timeless. So timeless, in fact, that I have the majority of the book memorized. This book encorporates many classic fairy tales, and if you tell me that you do not need to read it because you have seen the movie, I may smack you. This is the defining case for the saying "the book is better than the movie". I love Anne Hathaway, but its nearly impossible to do Ella, or any of the book proper justice, no matter your budget. Just read it, for the love of good fairy tales. And boys: THIS IS IMPORTANT- you need to read this some at least SOME of you know how to treat a girl. His name isn't Prince Char for anything, ya know.
3.) The Stephanie Plum novels by Janet Evanovich
~ok so this actually covers 15 novels, but I promise, they are very fast reads! Stephanie Plum is a bounty hunter, and caught between two hott guys. The first novel is a little graphic (at least I think its the first...the one where she is going after the boxer), but they are all hysterical, and have a very realistic outlook on life. She gives a whole new meaning to "getting lucky" in this novel. And get your mind out of the gutter, I was talking about how she always makes her catch. But in case you were wondering, she always gets the guy(s) too.
4.) Mary, Mary by James Patterson
~If you like the abnormal psychology field, you should definitly read this book! Its a hard book to explain, but basically, someone is killing off Hollywood's A-List, and FBI Special Agent Alex Cross must scramble to figure out who. Can you guess who done it?
5.)Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
~can you say EPIC? The movie comes somewhat close to doing this book justice, but you should still read the real thing. Tyler Durdan's look on life is amazing, and Palahniuk does an excellent job of convincing you of these ideals. Its almost enough to make you want to give yourself a 'lye kiss'. But don't. It will hurt, I promise.
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List making is one of my specialties as well. I am a constant list maker. Just ask Jeff in class. He sees me make a “to do” list almost everyday.
ReplyDeleteFrom your list, I haven’t really ready any of the books. I have read a book or two by Janet Evanovich, but that’s the closest I’ve come. My cousin is OBSESSED with that series, though, so I might have to check it out. My dad and grandma are also big James Patterson followers, so “Mary, Mary” might be on my Summer Reads list as well. It has an interesting plot as well. Thanks for the recommendations.
I guess, my recommendation for your would be the Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy. I love that book.
Here’s a quick summary from Barnes & Noble:
“Pat Conroy's dark novel exposes a terrible family secret behind recollected Carolina pastorale. The middleaged protagonist, with the help of a sympathetic female psychiatrist, confronts that repressed horror”.
It’s great and captures the beauty of the Lowcountry (South Carolina coastal region where I live for two years) magnificently well. His descriptive abilities are so good, I literally am left in awe.
Hah, I just remembered I wrote a blog about this at the beginning of last semester. You should check it out, and buy the book or get it from your local library or get it a copy from me.
That sounds right up my ally! I will definitly check it out, although I'm not going to try to make a promise on the timeline because I need to go all out in Lit for the rest of the year haha! If you would like to borrow Mary, Mary let me know! I actually found it at the Alpharetta Library book sale a few months ago (the sales are on the first Saturday morning of every month if you haven't been to one- great books and they are insanely cheap! I think I paid $1 for Mary, Mary).
ReplyDeleteAnd if it helps, I read the first 13 Evanovich books in a month :) They go by FAST!