Blog Post #10: Reading Wishlist

1) Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. This book is about a girl who has committed suicide, but has left behind an archive of tapes to specifically blame 13 people for her suicide. I think I'd like this book because I think it's interesting that she decided to call people out on her own suicide, and it's just different from other books, because you know the narrator is dead.

2) Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien would be a good book because it is a fantasy book, and I am very interested in that genre, and people tell me it would best compare to Harry Potter, which I obsess over.

3) Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell would be a good read for me because I can relate. The main character is a girl who is obsessed with one person and spends a lot of time on the computer in solitary, and that's kind of what I do a lot.

4) It's Kind Of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini. I've heard a lot of good and bad opinions of this book, which contradict each other, and I just wan to see what I'd think pf the book. Plus, I really like comedic stories.

5) Looking for Alaska by John Green because Green is a talented writer in my eyes, if not everyone's eyes, and I've read almost every other book written by him, so why not read this one?

6) Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle would be a good read, because I watch the BBC's 'Sherlock', and I enjoy the show very much. I'd like to be able to compare the show to a book. I also really enjoy mysteries.

7) Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell because I've never seen the movie and it was recently ranked best movie of all time, so I want to start to read and see what is recognized as some of the best literature and art.

8) A Time to Kill by John Grisham because I've seen the movie, and it makes me really think about how far we have come in less than 100 years and fighting for equal rights, yet we still aren't all equal. The books that can spark thought into my mind are the ones that deserve to be acknowledged forever.

9) Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare because everyone talks about it, and I like fantasy/Dystopian novels, so this one would appertain to what I like.

10) The Help by Kathryn Stockett because, as mentioned in A Time to Kill, I enjoy books that make me think, and the fact that two black maids and one white girl can change a racist town forever by just writing a book.