Re: Books

I myself am an avid reader and always have been. When I was a kid I loved reading about monty the dog who wore glasses, (Met the author, got it signed!), and then I moved on to Harry Potter and then Series of Unfortunate Events, Roman Mysteries, Inkheart and of course most of Jaqueline Wilson's work.
Now, being a little older my tastes have changed and these are a few of my favourite books and authors.

Torey Hayden/ Jodi Picoult
Both of these authors write similarly and My Sister's Keeper is really similar to most of Torey Hayden's books. She writes about childen with issues, sometimes psychological. There are some real cute stories of kids who change completely from being locked in silence to opening up and experiencing the world. Tug on your heart strings kind of stuff.

The Thorn Birds
This book is beauty itself. The story starts when Meggie, living in the rolling hills of Ireland is three years old. With many brothers and a rather emotionless mother, her live is pretty average. However her rich aunt living in Australia gets lonely and invites her and the family to come and live on a massive peice of land called Drogheda. On arrival, the aunt's good friend, Ralph de Bricassart greets them. The book is over Meggies whole life and part of her childrens. Growing up you see her changing through many points of view. Her own, her fathers, the priests. It's written from different points of view. Pure gorgeousness. Such a classic.

Mandasue Heller
OH MY GOD I love this woman. She writes great thrillers that you won't catch on to until that last page where you go OH MY GOD! And sometimes you have to read them twice to really understand all those little hints. My mum says she can figure them out but I can't and I love them. I've read, the club, forget me not, tainted lives (Best) and the front. Awesome.

The Wish House
This book is actually a little young for me and a bit too short for my liking. It was another one you can totally see the subtle changes throughout the book. It's about Richard who has a very boring life but an avid imagination. He goes on holiday caravaning and there is a nice forest and one house which seems to whisper "wish" in the wind. He finds out a family have moved there and becomes very involved in their lives and see what's behind their exotic exterior is alot darker than first thought. Also it's a cute love story.

Can't be bothered thinking about other books, but those are really really really good. Read em!