Book Recommendations

Happy New Year everyone! One of my resolutions was to have a better posting schedule for my blog so today I’m going to talk about some books that I love. I haven’t done any reading for a while since I soak up so much information on the internet, so I’m looking for some reccomendations. Here’s my list of books:

Last on Earth by Marilyn Kaye

This is a trilogy of books about a class of high schoolers that are left on earth alone after the rest of the world is abducted. Basically, whatever would happen if teenagers were ruling the world, and there were only 25 people on the planet. I haven’t read it in a few years, but it was interesting. Also, this author wrote the Replica young adult series which I loved, but this trilogy was a little more grown up.

Broken Sky by Chris Wooding

This is a fictional anime-like series of a feudal society where each person has stones in their back that give them superpowers, and the powers you have are based on how many stones you can afford to buy your child. There are two worlds living side by side, and the two main characters are twins. I enjoyed the strong female character and the originality of the writing.

Wicked by Gregory Maguire

This book is very long and very different from the Broadway show but I love them both. Very adult and descriptive language, he also writes many other fairy-tale inspired books but this one is my favorite. I need to read the rest of his Wicked series.

Wasteland by Francesca Lia Block

My favorite book by one of the most imaginative authors alive. A boy and a girl fall for each other but they are siblings so they don’t act on it. Later the one dies, and they find out they were adopted. Super intense amazing novel about growing up and facing your fears.

World War Z by Max Brooks

Yes, there is a movie coming out based on this, but I don’t remember the book having a main character. This is a better version of Resident Evil.

Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf is maybe one of the best writers of the 20th century. I love Mrs Dalloway because it shines the spotlight on an ordinary day and shows what makes life and living great. If you watch the movie The Hours, you will appreciate this book more.

Perfume by Patrick Suskind

Read the novel, watched the movie, loved both. Amazing french historical fiction, complete with gripping murders and an evil genius. About a young man who can create based on smell the most amazing perfumes, but he is driven to kill to capture the one scent he cannot recreate- the scent of a young innocent girl.

Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z Brite

This is a very disturbing book, but if you like Anne Rice, Stephen King, and gay fiction, this is the strange most interesting book for you. Set in New Orleans and London, two serial killers find love as they share a passion for destroying young men.

Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris

The True Blood series is based on these novels, and I love Charlaine Harris’ writing. Her imagination is amazing and if you’ve watched True Blood and liked it, you will like these characters.

Sleeping Beauty by Berta Ruck

This is a book from 1936 sitting on my shelf that isn’t about Sleeping Beauty at all. It is about a young woman engaged to a WWI pilot who is shot down and must find his way home. I need to reread it but I’m wondering if my book is a secret treasure or just one of the many old books out there today.

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

Love this as a feel good novel about high school and finding love. Very fantastic like Francesca Lia Block, but he’s also written some historical fiction.

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter by Seth Graham Smith

The book was better than the movie. I like vampires, and this was one of his better books. 

The Lover by Marguerite Duras

An intense affair between a French school girl and a Chinese business man in Vietnam. This novel might have been based on the author’s own experiences? The movie was super intense and their relationship suffers because they like each other too much and they know they can never be together. (dramatic pause...dun dun dun!!!) 

So that’s my list and I know it’s a strange one. Let me know if you have any ideas! Thank you for reading. I will probably do another restaurant post soon.