So I'm just munching on a bit of chocolate cake here. It was sent to me through the mail today from a really good friend. Who does that? That is so great. And it's also reallllly good cake as well. I'm a very happy girl right now.
Now, I read an awful lot. I counted my books today specifically for this post and it turns out I have a lot more than I thought I did. I have 376 books. I could start a library! Now, I haven't really read all of them because I have a really bad book buying addiction. I'll be reading one book, but by the time I've finished it I'll have bought ten more. But because I have so many, I have a lot of favorites so I thought I would give you my top 10 favorite books. But then I realized I can't choose just 10, so I settled for 11. HOWEVER, I have left out Harry Potter, Maximum Ride, and the Hunger Games because I love all of those series equally and couldn't possibly pick a favorite.
So at number 11 we have Green Angel by Alice Hoffman. I read it when I was around 10 but it still remains to be one of my favorite books. It's a story of a girl who loses her family and has to learn to live on her own in the retreat of her garden and discover exactly who it is that she is.
At number 10 I have the Doomspell by Cliff Mcnish. Again, I read these before I even reached my teens but it's the first fantasy series that I ever really got into. It's about two young children who find themselves in another world and they discover that they've got magic powers. It's slightly Narnian but much darker.
Number 9 is the Five People you meet in Heaver by Mitch Albom. It's about this old man who dies saving a little girl and goes to Heaver. And when he gets there there are 5 people waiting for him that he effected in his lifetime and they have to explain his life to him. It's really nice because it's a book about how you can effect someone's life and change people's worlds without ever really knowing them.
At number 8 is Inkspell by Cornelia Funke. It's actually the second book in a trilogy, but it's much more fast paced then the other two in the series. It's about this girl and her father who find they can read people in AND out of books, and they read themselves into a specific one called Inkheart where it's Medieval and stuff. It's very intriguing and I love the characters so much.
The next one is an offer you can't refuse by Jill Mansell. I can't resist a bit of chick flick every now and then, and this just happens to be my favorite. Right, answer me this: What do you do if you're boyfriend's mom offers you 10,000 dollars to break up with him? Read it and find out. So good.
Dream Factory by Brad Barkley is at number 6. It is about a girl who plays Cinderella at Disneyland while all the regular actors are on strike. Then the boy who plays Dale at the park starts falling for Ella (that's really her name) even though he's dating the so called "perfect" Cassie. The book describes their jobs, (Ella has to get married 4 times a day to prince Charming) and you get a peek into what it's like to work in Disneyland through their dry, cynical humorous descriptions of what happens behind the manufactured "magic".
Number 5 is the Book Thief. This is the first book I've come across where the main character has blonde hair and brown eyes. It's a rare combo. This book is actually narrated by Death and it's about his encounters with a little girl who's living in Nazi Germany and she keeps stealing and saving books from book burnings. I cried a lot whilst reading this, so if you're going to give it a go have some tissues at the ready.
Number 4 is The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller. This is part of a series and I actually haven't read the next ones yet but I just really liked this book. It's about this girl in Haven who keeps having visions and flashbacks about a past life that she once lived and she feels like there's a boy who she once lost and needs to find again but little does she know he's actually looking for her too. Now it's actually tied with another book called Reincarnation by Suzanne Weyn and it has a lot of the same story line, it's just about this couple that tries and tries to get together over history and just ends up always dying on the other one. It starts in the cave man days and they actually end up killing each other within the first two pages. It's a really good book and makes you think a lot.
Ok Top 3. These are the really good ones. Number 3 is The Night Circus By Erin Morgenstern. The Circus arrives without warning no announcements proceed it, it is simply there when yesterday it is not. Just read it. I can't even explain what is in this book, you just need to read it and love it.
Number 2 is Grow Up by Ben Brookes. I would read the blurb on the back of the book, but it's not exactly family friendly. It is definitely 18 and up, (Not saying that's when I read it) but it's really good. It's about being a teenager and experimenting and growing up. And it's really good. If you're old enough, read it.
And finally, at my top spot... and it's going to take a lot to knock it off the top position but it's One Day by David Nicholls. Every chapter is the same day, every year for 20 years. And it's about Emer and Dexter and how their relationship builds, breaks down, and finally comes together. Again, it's a tear jerker but I've never had a book speak to me as much as this one did. And plus it's hilarious as well, but it gets sad. So... be prepared.
So yeah, that's my top 11 so look them up, they are so good, and I've given a few of these books to people who don't like reading and they read them within a week, they're just that good, so seriously, give it a go.
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