My favorite books.

1. Stephen King’s The Eyes of the Dragon- I remember once in high school when I was researching Stephen King that his daughter Naomi had asked her Father why he never wrote anything that she could read. So Stephen King wrote a fairy tale for his daughter. The book is amazingly beautiful, a great adventure and my favorite book that I have ever read which is saying a lot because I read A LOT of books and nothing will ever compare to this amazing story.
2. The Ruins by Scott Smith- This is the best scary book I have ever read. Smith is an incredible storyteller and his words weave an incredible world of terror where it is difficult to put the book down while reading it. The characters are complex, the story is exciting and the fact that this man has only written 2 books is such a shame!!
3. Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man by Fannie Flagg- Flagg creates entire worlds within her novels. This novel takes place in the South and the book is filled with rich lively characters. Daisy Fay is the little girl that the book is about and the story just talks about her and it is so funny. This is a great happy book, a great beach read and a great book to cuddle up under some blankets and enjoy. It’s such a joyful experience!
4. The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg-This is an amazing children’s book that begins with a modern day myth and then the book transgresses into a series of gorgeous pictures and each picture has a sentence that evokes the imagination into another world.
5. The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub-I love this book. I read it over and over again in high school. The child Jack in the book is one of the noblest characters to ever grace the page. I always said that if I had a son one day I’d name him Jack after Jack Sawyer in the Talisman. It’s a great adventure about a 12 year old boy that travels across the country shifting between two worlds on a quest to find a magical Talisman to save his mother’s life.
6. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt-This book is so beautiful it’s like the most beautiful song you’ve ever heard. This book tells the story of a little girl that meets a family that has drank from a mystical spring so they will never grow old. This book makes me feel like a perfect fall day, that’s how wonderful and perfect this sweet tale is.
7. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold- Ok definitely the heaviest book on my list and I was wary to ever read this book thinking why would I possibly enjoy a book so sad that the subject matter is so intense? Well even with the intense subject material this is the sweetest story about life and death and a true story about the ultimate hero and villain. I was so immersed in this book I felt like Susie was someone I loved and lost and her Father was the most loving man ever. The bonds of family and the love between Susie and her father are so strong that it makes the tragedy in the novel something able to deal with. I never thought I could read about such a thing but Alice Sebold wrote such an amazing novel.
8. The Giver by Lois Lowery- I love imagining what the world could be like in a dystopian or post apocalyptic state and the fact that there is an incredibly well written children’s book about this type of society is a dream come true. This book…every page…is amazing! I gave it to my Mom for Christmas a couple of years ago and I told her “You don’t even understand, this will change your life,” Yes it’s that amazing.
9. Books of Blood Volume 1 to 6 by Clive Barker- A master of horror this ginormous book has enough creepy tales to satisfy the most avid horror fans. I absolutely devoured this book. I carried it around with me at work and people were like “What in the world are you reading?” Because I had to carry the huge book with both my arms and I’d respond with “Oh I’m just reading the best book ever!”
10. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky-A quirky lovely little book that is something you just can’t put down. This novel takes you on a rollercoaster of emotions and man do you love the main character in this story. It’s a beautiful modern and hip new classic.