Hey everyone!
Thanks for sticking with me through this hiatus. And a huge thank you to all my guest reviewers!! They had some great things to say. Which was your favorite? I’ll see if I can get them to contribute more!
Tomorrow we go back to our regularly scheduled programming… see you there!
The 20 most common nouns in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain
I recently saw a blog post with a list of favorite things A to Z and I thought I should do that with books! Some of the decisions were really hard and some letters only had one book!
A |
 |
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman I love this whole series and The Subtle Knife might be my favorite of the trilogy but I generally like endings. Plus this one starts with A. |
B |
 |
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson This is my favorite book from my childhood. I’ve read it many, many times and I still get emotional at the end. |
C |
 |
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo I had a tough time picking a C book. There were several options that were equally good but not great. Not that Crooked Kingdom isn’t good, it is a great read. |
D |
 |
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown Yep, I read this at the height of the hype but I still thought it was original and intriguing. Still the best Robert Langdon book. |
E |
 |
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde Interestingly enough, even though this is the first book in the Thursday Next series, I didn’t read it first. But, Jasper Fforde is one of my favorite authors due to his obvious love of literature and the absurdity of his worlds. |
F |
 |
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell Super cute, nerdy novel |
G |
 |
The Giver by Lois Lowry Another book from when I was younger. I think this was my first dystopian novel. |
H |
 |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling This is my favorite of the Harry Potter books so it was an easy choice. I will always ♥ Sirius Black. |
I |
 |
Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins Another finale in a trilogy. I really enjoy all three of the books in this series. They make me happy. |
J |
 |
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan Amy Tan has a beauty to her writing in general but I feel that this is her masterpiece. The different mother/daughter stories are woven together effortlessly. |
K |
 |
Kissed a Sad Goodbye by Deborah Crombie I enjoy a good mystery and Deborah Crombie writes just that. If you read this blog, you are probably sick of my extolling her character development. |
L |
 |
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Five) by Rick Riordan I love the Percy Jackson series and this was the one that just happens to show up in this list. Truthfully, I could have selected any of them. |
M |
 |
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie This one was also a bit of a no-brainer. It’s a classic and set me off on an epic two summer journey to read every single Hercule Poirot novel. |
N |
 |
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern I’m not usually a huge fan of magical realism because it tends to confuse me, but I truly enjoyed this one, even when I didn’t know what was going on. |
O |
 |
Old Friends and New Fancies by Sybil G. Brinton This is the first “sequel” to Jane Austen’s novels that was published. It’s basically a fanfiction where Austen’s main characters meet each other. Kryptonite for an Austenite like me. |
P |
 |
Persuasion by Jane Austen Some might be surprised that this beats out Pride and Prejudice but it’s my favorite Austen. |
Q |
 |
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Talking by Susan Cain This book kinda changed my life. I finally felt like I had permission to be an introvert and that it was a strength rather than a flaw that I had to work on. |
R |
 |
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams “A large dairy animal approached Zaphod Beelbebrox’s table, a large fat meaty quadruped of the bovine type with large watery eyes… ‘I am the main Dish of the Day. May I interest you in parts of my body?'” Need I say more? |
S |
 |
Stardust by Neil Gaiman Rousing fantasy adventure by a truly excellent writer. |
T |
 |
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Classic. So much so that I refuse to read Go Set a Watchman just in case it ruins this book for me. |
U |
 |
The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson Not many U books to choose from but I like Morgan Matson very much. |
V |
 |
The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg V turned out to be a really difficult decision. It was a three-way tie between this, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle. But The View from Saturday won out in the end because I always related to the characters and appreciated that intelligence and being different were celebrated. |
W |
 |
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein This was really my first exposure to poetry and will always have a nostalgic place in my heart. |
X |
 |
X-Wing Rogue Squadron by Michael A. Stackpole This was the only X book but still a great choice. I love Star Wars and I wish Rogue Squadron was still canon. |
Y |
 |
You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day Felicia Day is really awesome and I appreciate the reminder that it’s okay to be weird. |
Z |
 |
Zia by Scott O’Dell Again, the only Z book that I’ve read. This is the sequel to Island of the Blue Dolphins (which I would choose over this book, but it doesn’t start with Z!) |
Novel Escapism 