Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

I didn't really get to read in November because I was so busy between work and preparing for finals, but once school wrapped up, I jumped back in to my reading list. The next couple posts will be featuring my December reads. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer Published by Mariner Books on Apr. 4, 2006 Genre(s): Contemporary,Historical, Adult, Fiction Format: Paperback Pages: 326 Goodreads Nine-year-old Oskar Schell is an inventor, amateur entomologist, Francophile, letter writer, pacifist, natural historian, percussionist, romantic, Great Explorer, jeweller, detective, vegan, and collector of butterflies. When his father is killed in the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Centre, Oskar sets out to solve the mystery of a key he discovers...

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Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn Published by Broadway Books on Apr 25, 2009 Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction, Thriller Format: Kindle Pages: 370 Goodreads From The #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Of Gone Girl Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in “The Satan Sacrifice" of Kinnakee, Kansas. She survived—and famously testified that her fifteen-year-old brother, Ben, was the killer. Twenty-five years later, the Kill Club—a secret secret society obsessed with notorious crimes—locates Libby and pumps her for details. They hope to discover proof that may free Ben. Libby hopes to turn a profit off her tragic history: She’ll reconnect with the players from that night and report her findings to the club—for a fee. As Libby’s search takes her from...

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Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Published by Faber and Faber in 2005 Genre(s): Dystopian, Science Fiction Format: Kindle Pages: 272 Goodreads From the acclaimed author of The Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans, a moving new novel that subtly reimagines our world and time in a haunting story of friendship and love. As a child, Kathy – now thirty-one years old – lived at Hailsham, a private school in the scenic English countryside where the children were sheltered from the outside world, brought up to believe that they were special and that their well-being was crucial not only for themselves but for the society they would eventually enter. Kathy had long ago put this idyllic past behind her, but when two of her Hailsham friends come back into her life, she...

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If I Stay

If I Stay by Gayle Forman Published by Dutton Books on Apr 2, 2009 Genre(s): Young Adult, Romance, Fiction, Paranormal Format: Kindle Pages: 207 Goodreads Just listen, Adam says with a voice that sounds like shrapnel. I open my eyes wide now. I sit up as much as I can. And I listen. Stay, he says. Choices. Seventeen-year-old Mia is faced with some tough ones: Stay true to her first love—music—even if it means losing her boyfriend and leaving her family and friends behind? Then one February morning Mia goes for a drive with her family, and in an instant, everything changes. Suddenly, all the choices are gone, except one. And it's the only one that matters. If I Stay is a heartachingly beautiful book about the power of love, the true meaning of family, and the choices...

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Into The Wild

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer Published by Anchor Books on Feb 1, 2007 Genre(s): Nonfiction, Biography, Adventure Format: Paperback Pages: 240 Goodreads In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself. Four months later, a party of moose hunters found his decomposed body. How McCandless came to die is the unforgettable story of Into the Wild. Immediately after graduating from college in 1991, McCandless had roamed through the West and Southwest on a vision quest like those made by...

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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Published by Broadway on May 24, 2012 Genre(s): Mystery, Crime, Fiction, Thriller Format: Kindle Pages: 578 Goodreads On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick’s clever and beautiful wife disappears. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn’t doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams about the slope and shape of his wife’s head, but passages from Amy's diary reveal the alpha-girl perfectionist could have put anyone dangerously on edge. Under mounting pressure from the police and the media—as well as Amy’s fiercely doting parents—the town golden boy parades an endless series of lies, deceits, and inappropriate...

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Summer Reads

Hello!! Long time, no post, I know. Summer is in full swing, and while I have been busy busy busy with work, summer classes, and getting things together for Seth and my big move in August (more on that later), I still have been able to find time for my favorite hobby, reading. I have always been a big reader, and I can think of few things more relaxing and enjoyable on a lazy summer day. I have a hard time choosing favorites, but one of my go-to book genres are those that are soon-to-be recreated for the big screen. I'm a pretty big movie lover, too, so reading a book before it becomes a movie, then seeing the film adaptation is always fun for me. I like to do it the other way around as well, just for comparison, even though the book is almost always better. (In my personal opinion, one of...

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The Giver

The Giver by Lois Lowry Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on April 26, 1993 Genre(s): Young Adult, Fiction, Dystopian, Science Fiction Format: Paperback Pages: 208 Goodreads This haunting story centers on Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he's given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. Of course, like most people, I read this book in middle school. In light of the upcoming release of the film adaptation, I wanted to refresh my memory (no pun intended). It was just as good as the first time around; however, I realize now why it is read in sixth grade and not eleventh. It's very much a book for a young...

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Welcome!

Welcome to my new blog! I’m so excited to begin sharing my thoughts, ideas, and experiences with everyone! xxo image source: google image...

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