1. Room- Emma Donoghue
I blew through this book in a little over a week. I fell in love with the characters and I truly loved seeing it on the big screen. Both versions were great. (**Caution: may convince you that your neighbour has kidnapped someone and is keeping them in their shed- no joke, we are now bona fide conspiracy theorists**).
2. Burnt Tongues- Edited by Chuck Palahnuik, Richard Thomas and Dennis Widmyer
Chuck Palahniuk is an all time favourite, so to find a group of short stories that he had hand picked was a dream, especially since I knew that short stories were where he got his start. Did you know Fight Club started as a short story?
Needless to say this book was amazing and a great way to read some young un-established writers. Some of these stories actually scarred me for life. If being scarred for life interests you make sure to read to read the short story "Ingredients" from this collection.
3. The Girl on the Train- Paul Hawkins
Ironically enough I read this entire novel on a train while we were in Europe. I also left it on a train to lighten my load while we trekked across countries. I did love it a lot so I wish I had kept it but I also love when I recommend it to people and they ask to borrow it because I get to tell them that I left The Girl on the Train...on a train.
4. Me & Earl & The Dying Girl- Jessie Andrews
I ate this book up. I had seen the preview for it and was dying to see it. I found out it was a book at 8:30 one night and I literally got up from where I was sitting, sped to the book store and showed up 10 minutes before the place closed and was "that person" who zig zags all over the place while the employees are trying to push people out. Two days later I finished the book and I'm very happy that I got on some book store employees' bad sides to do so.
Trust me though, I do have a couple of books I began and put down simply because I couldn't get into them. I'm definitely not immune to that.
Some of those include:
1. A Clock Work Orange- Anthony Burgess
Sorry world, I know I'll receive some flak for this one but I find it SO hard to get into books that don't use easy to digest language. My apy-poly-logies.
2. Just Kids- Patti Smith
I'm still in the middle of this one but I'm not finding that it's not really doing it for me. Life is too short to read books you're not in love with but who knows, I may pick it back up soon. I'm just still waiting for something exciting to happen!
I've also got a couple of books on the docket that I'm very excited to start. Those books are Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty and The Grownup by Gillian Flynn.
So stop reading what I'm writing and go pick up a new book!
From the desk of:
Taylor Brown
Bibliophile
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