Oh, this one is so hard! Like I said on Day 1, I have several favorite books, but can never pick just one absolute favorite!!! The one I’m choosing for this post is a little known book that needs to be a well-known book. And I love, love, love this novel. The Saffron Kitchen by …
His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman The three books are The Golden Compass (in the UK, this one’s called Northern Lights), The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass. These books are found in the YA section, but they are really books for adults because of the depth and complexity of their content. Set in …
The Giver by Lois Lowry YA is my absolute favorite genre, particularly fantasies or dystopian stories. I thought today’s choice would be really hard, but this book immediately stood out to me. The Giver is a dystopian novel centering around Jonas, who attends his “Ceremony of the Twelve” in which he turns twelve and is …
Child of God by Cormac McCarthy I’m sorry, literary fiction lovers. I’m sorry, Cormac McCarthy fans. I can’t help it; I HATED this book. I had to read it for a Lit class while getting my MFA. I feel like I am supposed to like the book because of that. But I cannot muster the …
All during July I will be posting daily about books based on this booklist. Day 1 is the hardest: Favorite Book!! Inevitably, I’ll name something here, and then I’ll think of a different book I liked better in a few days. But I generally have 5-10 all-time favorites that take turns being my absolute favorite!! …
