The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

I just started this book last night and so far so good! Here's the synopsis from the back of the book:


"My name was Salmon, like the fish: first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973." So begins the story of Susie Salmon, who is adjusting to her new home in heaven, a place that is not at all what she expected, even as she is watching life on earth continue without her-her friends trading rumors about her disappearance, her kill trying to cover his tracks, her fried-stricken family unraveling. Out of unspeakable tragedy and loss, The Lovely Bones succeeds, miraculously, in building a tale filled with hope, humor, suspense, even joy.

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

I started this book while on vacation in Hawaii and after reading the Hunger Games, I found the beginning of The Road to be a little slow moving. But it did pick up and I ended up quite enjoying the book.

Well, maybe enjoying is the wrong word to use, this book was just very depressing. It's another post apocalyptic book where there are only a few people still alive on Earth. The story follows a father and son as they travel South in hopes of warmer weather and civilization with "the good guys". They have to travel discreetly in order to avoid "the bad guys" who are the humans who have banned together to become cannibals and are in constant search of a "meal".

Gross, I know. But don't worry, it's a good book, however I was a little disappointed with the ending which was a little short and abrupt.

It is now a movie that should be coming out soon, I'm curious to see how well they adapted the book into a screen play. I will definitely be seeing the movie and I definitely recommend this book but it is not one I will be reading again. Too depressing.

Wicked by Gregory Maguire

I had to put the True Blood series on hold again so that I can read this book before I see the play this Saturday. I can't wait to go!

I just started it and I was surprised at how adult the book is. Since it's a spin off from The Wizard of Oz, I thought it'd be a kids book. But definately not! It's the Wicked Witch of the West's side of the story and how she grew up to be the witch she is today.

So far it's pretty interesting. The writing may be a little hard to follow at first because it is written in an old fashion style, but you get used to it pretty fast.

I'll let ya know what I think when I'm done!

Update: 5/6/09 Didn't finish it before the musical but it didn't really matter because the musical is WAY different from the book. Still reading though...

I LOVED THE MUSICAL!

Dead As A Doornail by Charlaine Harris

On to the next book in the Sookie Stackhouse series. Too bad Eric is no longer under that spell, it was kinda nice to have a naive Eric in the last book.

Now who is Sookie gonna end up with? I'm still waiting for her to get back together with Bill.....we'll see!


(Oh, and does anyone else think that the title's of her books are just cheesy?)

Dead To The World by Charlaine Harris

Okay, I'm back to my Sookie Stackhouse series!


Just finished and I though this was a good one. No Bill in this one either which I was okay with because Sookie had an interesting time with Eric. I like Eric a lot better when he has no memorie of who he is....much better!

Plus what happens to Sookie's brother makes me excited to start the next book to see what happens to him!

Angels & Demons by Dan Brown

I finally finished this book and I loved it! If your looking for a page turner, this is it! I liked it better than the Da Vinci Code for sure and I can't wait for this movie to come out. They better not screw it up or I'm gonna be pissed!

I'm seriously amazed with Dan Brown. He must have done years of research to write his books! All the crap he knows is crazy, it really is so interesting. When Alex read this book he would stay up until 2 am because he couldn't put it down. I woke up one time and there he was next to me in bed on his laptop looking up some interesting facts from the book.

So if you can't tell, I highly recommend this book to anyone.

Club Dead by Charlaine Harris

Just finished! I really liked this one, definately better than Living Dead In Dallas.

This book reminded me so much of the 2nd book in the Twilight series. You know the one where Edward leaves for the whole book and Bella spends all her time with Jacob? Yep, pretty close to the same plot line here...

...hmmmmm...

Dead Until Dawn by Charlaine Harris

So because I am a Twilight fan I wanted to read these vampire books by Charlaine Harris to see how they compare to Stephanie Meyers books. These books were written before Meyer ever wrote the Twilight series so I can't help but think she pretty much stole her vampire ideas from Harris, or at least she was inspired by Harris.

Harris' books are like an R-rated version of Twilight. For everyone that was frustrated over Bella and Edward's non physical relationship, Dead Until Dawn is for you! This book is only for adults because of the sexual content!

In Harris' books, the girl falls in love with the vampire just like in Twilight, but the girl is the one who can read minds instead of the vampire. And since the girl, Sooki, is the one who reads minds she can't read the mind of her vampire, Bill.

Yep, Bill the vampire!

I did like this book and thought it was interesting because the vampires were supposed to be accepted by humans now because of the invention of synthetic blood. So since the Vampire's don't have to kill humans to survive, they have been able to live in the same society as humans.

I've decided to continue reading the series, the next one is "Living Dead in Dallas" so we'll see if they keep my interest.

Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

I enjoyed this book, I've never seen the movie and wanted to read the book first. It's a great short read.

A Cry in the Night by Mary Higgins Clark

Again.

My mom's friend gave her a bunch of old Mary Higgins Clark books so I thought I'd re-read them!

The Cradle Will Fall by Mary Higgins Clark

I've read this book before but I have totally forgot what it was all about. I just remember I liked it.

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

Again.

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

The Life Before Her Eyes by Laura Kasischke

Pride & Predjudice by Jane Austen

Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer