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My Favorite Books of ALL Time!
I wanted to talk a bit about my
favorite books. Like, EVER. Because these are the books that are so awesome, it
makes me wonder why I bother writing at all and at the same time challenges me
to improve as a writer.
In the midst of a deadly blizzard, eighteen-year-old Rex Shellenberger
scours his father’s pasture, looking for helpless newborn calves. Then he makes
a shocking discovery: the naked, frozen body of a teenage girl, her skin as
white as the snow around her. Even dead, she is the most beautiful girl he’s
ever seen. It is a moment that will forever change his life and the lives of
everyone around him.
What
I love about this book: This is one of my favorite mysteries. The way Pickard
switches back and forth between then and now works to build suspense and
mystery! And the paranormal aspects gave the story a nice touch!
In Sola’s city, everyone obeys the rules. Stay away from the trigger
cameras and regularly update your Debtbook, and you just might survive. But
having to watch the way criminals are dealt with—murdered by Demonstrators in
the Stadium—is a law Sola tries to avoid. When a charming Demonstrator kisses
her at a party, however, she’s thrust into the Stadium and forced into the very
role she despises.
What I love about this book: More like what DON’T I love about
this book. There’s a reason I published it and can’t stop recommending it. I
haven’t been this addicted to a book in YEARS. I couldn’t put it down, and I
didn’t want it to end! I’m DYING for the sequel. I loved the plot, the
characters, everything about it.
When Martin Grace enters the hip Philadelphia coffee shop Cornelia Brown
manages, her life changes forever. But little does she know that her newfound
love is only the harbinger of greater changes to come. Meanwhile, across town,
Clare Hobbs—eleven years old and abandoned by her erratic mother—goes looking
for her lost father. She crosses paths with Cornelia while meeting with him at
the café, and the two women form an improbable friendship that carries them
through the unpredictable currents of love and life.
What I loved about this: The whimsical writing
style had me smiling throughout, the descriptions had me in awe, and the
characters had me in tears. I love a book that can make me laugh and make me
cry and leave me mystified by the writing. This book did it all.
More of
my Favorite Books
Girl Over
the Edge by Amy Kinzer
Promise
Not To Tell by Jennifer McMahon
Girl
Next Door by Jack Ketchum
The
Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
The
Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The
Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard
The
Kindness of Strangers by Katrina Kittle
So there you have it, 10 of my favorite books of
all time! I hope you can share my enjoyment of some of these books. If you’ve
read any of them before or think any of them look interesting, I’d love to hear
your thoughts!
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Her Sweetest DownfallForever Girl Journals, Ophelia
Ophelia's been successful at hiding her true identity, until the mark of the serpent appears on her neck—a death sentence, should it be seen by anyone in her town. Hiding the mark might save her from falling victim to the witch hunts of her era, but the scorching sensation it carries can’t be ignored.
When the mysterious Ethan is sent to collect her for a life of something more, she learns concealing the mark is the least of her concerns. She’s destined to do a new task—to join a dark, supernatural world and protect the future of people she may never meet.
What she doesn’t know—what she learns too late—is that her initiation won’t be complete until she kills the man who’s captured her heart.
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