Top Ten Books

Moved from Myspace. Original Post 12/28/07

I know it has been a while since I wrote, but you know it has been crazy around here with year end. So those of you that really know me, know that I love to read books. I will read anything I can get my hands on. I wish I could instill this value into my children, but they do not want to hear it. So for those of you who are readers like me, I am going to do my top ten favorite books. Now some of these may be a series of books. Just remember that the books I list here are the ones I got through in about 2 days. If you don't like to read maybe you should try. It will really allow you to live life in somebody else's shoes.

1. Roots (Alex Haley) - I am actually just now finishing up this one. I have never seen this movie believe it or not. It actually came out the year that I was born and I always here my mom talking about how she watched it on T.V. when she was pregnant with me. The whole first half of the novel was about Kunta. I was so inspiored by it, I am going to try to trace back my roots on my mom and dad's side. If anyone has the dvd, let me know so I can borrow it.

2. The Left Behind Series (Jerry Jenkins, Tim LaHaye)- These books are filled with action, romance, edge of you seat drama. All of this and it is about the bible. The Left Behind Series is a fictional story about the Rapture and the years after. These were books that i would stay up all night to finish. The worst part is that it was a 12 part series. The first four books were released in a year. Every other book after that was release maybe every 9 months. So I would get through and book in one day and have to wait 9 months for the next. Honestly though these are the most life changing books I have ever read.

3. A Time To Kill (John Grisham) - This was the very first John Grisham book I read. And it was another one of those that I got through in about a day. Many of you have probably seen the movie but it does no justice for the book. The book was a masterpiece from the first page to the last. An example was that at the end of the trial in the movie Matthew M does his closing statement and says "Imagine if that girl was white". Well in the book, he really doesn't have a great closing and believes he has just lost the case. It is in the jury deliberations that one of the jurors makes that statement, and you are just blown away.

4. Loves Music, Loves to Dance (Mary Higgins Clark) - I really love all of her novels, but this was the very first one I read. She is great because the female is always the heroin. And the female is not always some sort of detective. Clark writes very well and byt the time you figured out whodunit, you are struck by the fact that the heroin pulled all of the information from a few clues.

5. Vampire Chronicles (Anne Rice) - I used to read these in my bus taking days, and I loved them. My favorite is Queen of the Damned. This book, again, is nothing like the movie. As a matter of fact I was trying to figure out what in the movie was from the book, except for the fact that Lestat was a rock star. I mean NOTHING is similar, The book explores the beginning of vampires and how how Akasha came to be. My second fav is The Tale of the Body Thief. Another wonderful book, that deals with Lestat in human form.

6. Death from Child Abuse.... and No One Heard (Eve Krupinski) - This book is one of the most profounding stories I have ever read. It deals with child abuse and matreatment from a first person perspective. I cried all night for Ursula, and for every other child out there who has gone through what she did.

7. Blow Fly (Patricia Cornwell) - Just like Clark, I like Cornwells novels for the female heroin. Kay is a medical examiner who solves crimes. Blow Fly is just one of her many books that i have enjoyed.

8. Sweet Valley High (Francine Pascal) - These are from my middle school days. C'mon now you all have to remember the Sweet Valley Twins Elizabeth and Jessica

9. The Green Mile (Stephen King) - Okay I confess, I did not really read this book. I had it on cd, and listened to it. But again, this is another great example of how the book is much better than the movie. Then again, I do not think that you would be able to fit all of that information into a movie.

10. Chicken Soup for the Soul (Jack Canfield and Mark Hansen) - Have you ever read these. Goodness thay are just awe inspiring stories and essays that are motivational. There are over 105 titles, so no matter what your situation is.... One of these will suit you.