MY FAVORITE READS!

“Reading takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.” - Hazel Rochman

WHAT'S ON MY SHELF!

Since taking the reader's advisory course in the summer semester, I decided it was time to starting recording what books I have actually read, plan to read or am currently reading. Here are some of my favorite books that I have read! My favorite genre is historical fiction but as you can see, I will read in various genres if the topic interests me! The books I typically enjoy the most are:fast-paced, well-developed characters, strong secondary characters, accurate with a lot of background detail and they must have a character-centered storyline.

HISTORICAL FICTION

Push not the River is one of my all time favorite books, I am constantly suggesting it to all my friends and family to read. It is written by James Conrad Martin who was actually my high school English teacher my sophomore year. It is based on the diary of a 18th century Polish princess.

For historical fiction, it is hard to choose just one so I have decided to include two more of my favorites. I was introduced to the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon and could not stop reading them. It combines history of Scotland, and the Americas with very well-developed characters, with a little bit of fantasy with the element of time travel. I am eagerly the next book in the series.
Sarah's Key is written by Tatiana de Rosnay, which has recently been made into a movie. It is the story of a woman journalist who writes about the Vel d'Hiv incident in France where the French police rounded up all of the Jewish people in France and deported them to the concentration camps. It is a moving story that was well portrayed and represented in the film.

MYSTERY

When I am in a lighter mood or want a fast read, I generally tend to choose a mystery. One of my favorite books is Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol. It was action packed with many twists and plot changes.

WOMEN'S LIT

I also enjoy Women's Lit and one of my favorite books is Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs. It is a heartwarming story of life, relationships, friends and family. I have cried every time I have read this book.

TRACK YOUR OWN READING

Some of the other books that I have read that I have thoroughly enjoyed are the following:

• Winter Garden, Kristin Hannah
• Galway Bay, Mary Pat Kelley
• The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein
• In the Garden of Beasts, Eric Larson

You can find these books on the site where I track all of my reading. I used Shelfari, but I have included some other websites that you can use to keep track of what you are reading!

• Shelfari
• Good Reads
• LibraryThing

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