Title: Misspent Youth

Title: The Angel Collector

     This is one of my favorite books. 

Title: Alis

  This book, was absolutely painful to read.  

Title: Rabbit, Run

Is it possible to love a book but hate the protaganist? This is something I'm struggling with.  It's a good story about this man, Rabbit, who once had a bright future ahead of him but has let that future fizzle away. Now he's caught in too many situations where he refuses to make a decision, or takes the easy road instead of the appropriate steps....

Oy.

It's well written, interesting, provocative, and definitely made me think. It's also the story of a horrible man I hope to never meet!

Title: The Zenith Angle

Title: Peace War

Title: Catch-22

Title: Hey Nostradamus!: A Novel

Title: One Billion Customers: Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China (Wall Street Journal Book)

McGregor gives a fabulous review and description of doing business in China.  There are excellent real life examples and suggestions.  These are intertwined with major news stories and "big time" deals.  It is an essential read for anyone considering doing business with the world's most populous nation.

Title: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 2)

This book is the best-known book out of the series, and with good reason. The story is completely loveable, and anyone who reads the series will surely hope to stumble upon Narnia when they least expect it.

Title: The Magician's Nephew (The Chronicles of Narnia)

The Chronicles of Narnia is another set of must-read-before-dying books. As a young child, I remember falling in love with and becoming amazed by the unique story of Narnia and the several other worlds that exist in the book. The birth of Narnia was one of the most memorable moments not only in this book, but in the whole series.

I believe that all children should be giving an opportunity at one point in time or another to read these books. And if you're too old to be called a child today, read them anyway! They're wonderful classics.

Title: The Hobbit

The Hobbit is one of the many books I think everyone should choose to read before dying. Tolkein creates a beautiful, but sometimes dangerous, world known as Middle Earth, where elves, dwarves, hobbits, and other creatures are just as common, even more common in certain areas, as humans.

The tale of Bilbo is a classic favorite, and with good reason. In this book we find out where and how the famous ring was found, after a rare encounter with the creature known as Gollum.

This is a book that literally everyone can enjoy. It's appealing to all age groups, and has a story that both guys and girls can easily fall in love with and enjoy. If you've never given this book a chance, you have no idea what you're missing out on!

Title: Eldest (Inheritance, Book 2)

In the second book within the Inheritance Trilogy (oops, it's the Cycle now... sorry, I forgot), the plot thickens. Things happen here and there, some good, many bad, and the book leaves us hanging, wondering what will become of the characters.

I enjoyed it.

Title: Eragon (Inhertitance)

I'm sure that most readers have heard it all before through the works of Tolkein and Lewis; a magical world different than our own where creatures far from human live and where animals (some, at least) can speak in one way or another. This book was, however, a nice breath of fresh air in the young adult genre. More fantasy books like these need to become mainstream in my opinion. For being so young, Christopher Paolini should be proud of his writing ability. If I hadn't known any better, I would have guessed that he were a middle-aged professor.

The book left me craving for more, which leads us to Eldest...

Title: Prey

Michael Crichton is one of the many authors that I've been meaning to read more works by. Prey is the only book I've read by him; I read the book in my school's TAG program when I was in 6th grade, and I remember thinking that it was one of the best books I had ever read. The book took an unexpected turn near the end that I certainly didn't expect, and I loved it.

Title: Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4)

Everything readers have long awaited to see happen happens in this book! The narration switch about a third of the way through the book took me by surprise. I really didn't like seeing things from Jacob's point of view at first, but the more I read the more I enjoyed it. Also, there are certain things that happened that us readers wouldn't exactly have been able to see if we were reading from Bella's point of view.

The ending was exactly as perfect as I had expected it to be. While I was, of course, sad that the series was over with (until/unless dear Stephenie decides to finish and publish Midnight Sun), I have to say that the ending left me perfectly satisfied, and I'm very glad that I read the series. :]

Title: Eclipse (en español)(Twilight Saga, Book 3) (Paperback)

I can't say that I read this book in Spanish, but I couldn't find any darn English versions on here! This website's wack...

Anyway, I really enjoyed this book. A lot of "holy crap" moments came up that I must say I did not expect. The book as a whole picked up with the feelings that were present in book two, which definitely made things awkward at several points throughout the book. The ending was nice as always.

Title: New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Book 2)

This book, being the second of four books in the Twilight Saga, was good, although it certainly wasn't my favorite. As a reader, it was difficult my first time reading this to get through a chapter without getting upset at Stephenie Meyer.  A lot of things that happened between the two main characters were things that had to happen eventually, but it still wasn't a joy to read about them.

 

The ending is, of course, most satisfying, leaving us ready for book three.

Title: Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)

While I usually try to avoid books aimed at teen girls, I have to admit that I absolutely love the Twilight series. The story puts a new spin on the popular storyline of forbidden romance. While the four books in the series are mostly stories of romance, they have enough action and twists to keep most audiences hooked.

Title: Plenty: Eating Locally on the 100-Mile Diet

While I'm interested in the idea of local eating, I think the 100-mile diet is a little simplistic. I was worried that this book would be preachy, but it's not. The author's write in a very personal style. I was interested in their project all the way through, and learned a lot about what can be grown locally, if you just try.