.Keeper of the Lost Cities, by Shannon Messenger. Sophie Foster has a secret: she can read minds! But not all is as it seems, as a mysterious boy may reveal. I could go on a thirty minute rant about this series, but I don't want to spoil it. It hooks you in from the start, leaving you hungering for more. For more Sophie discovers, the more questions she has...

Just give a try. I promise you won't be disappointed.

.Anything by Sarah J. Maas. I would recommend her works to fans of fantasy or romance. She blends them together marvelously, making me enoy a genre (romance) that I normally hate.

.The Host. Earth has has been invaded by "souls"(read: bodysnachers). One soul, Wanderer, is implanted in a rebellious adult host. As she struggles to resist her host's urges, she is plunged upon a perilous journey. Along the way, she'll find out what it truly means to be human. You might have noticed I didn't write the author for this work. That's becuase if you knew, you probably wouldn't give this novel a chance. Her previous novel is infamous. Regardless, this is a great read, even if it was written by Stephenie Meyer.

. War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy. It's not as long as it pretends to be. Contains facinating insights on Russia during the French revolution.

I absolutely loved this book!! Those who like murder mysteries, time-travel, and body-swapping adventures will not be able to put this book down. Not only can I not get over the creativeness of this book but also its style and word-choice *BeeeeeeaaauuuuUtiful* (similar to agatha christie in some dialogues but also completely different in other ways). I definetly recommend this book to anyone even if you´ve never liked murder mysteries.

Imagine how differently

the Word might appear

if the gospels were written

by Him they hold dear.

Imagine how differently

he may have writ

of events that he lived

as he saw fit.

Imagine how He might have viewed

how his Name has been used

’cross centuries and continents

waging war, torture, death, abuse.

Imagine what he might have thought

of religions that arose

to pay homage to him

and the ideas that he posed,

that led to pomp and ceremony

and strict laws and beliefs

but few actually living

as he himself had preached;

when all that he encouraged

was to live as he had done

to love each other as oneself

and to love God, the One.

I think he might cry

to see how his words and life

have been entombed in a Book

leaving the world full of strife.

list of my favorite books at the moment:

- far from the tree by robin benway

- they both die at the end by adam silvera

- sad girls by lang leav

- i'll give you the sun by jandy nelson

- words in deep blue by cath crowley

- fangirl by rainbow rowell

- we contain multitudes by sarah henstra

- our chemical hearts by krystal sutherland

- girl made of stars by ashley blake

- field notes on love by jennifer e. smith

- all the bright places by jennifer niven

- your name by makoto shinkai

- girl in pieces by kathleen glasgow

- where we come from by oscar cascares

(i mostly read YA books, but most of these are really heartwrenching and talk about real-world problems. i love these books)

The Grace Year is a feminist read for sure. It reminds me of The Handsmaids Tale as it is set in a fictional society that oppresses women and a young girls fight against the society. In the Grace Year, Tierney lives in a society that believes women have powers that let them control and seduce men. Because of this, girls are sent away for a year after their sixteenth birthday so the magic can expel into the wild and they can hold no power over women. The book displays the many way men subtly keep women down in our own society. I would definitely recommend.

The original ( not PG movie adaptation back to book for kids) The Art Of Racing In The Rain by Garth Stein. It’s very insightful, realistic (except that it’s POV of the family dog), and emotional. Entirely beautiful.

I’ve read many books more than once but this one I’ve read over and over and over again and it makes me cry every time. It’s also changed the way I think about things and how I see life (I reread it so many times to remind myself)

Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon. Post apocalyptic “red scare” era America follows the stories of several main characters that slowly and amazingly all come together, including a little girl who makes things grow (plants, crops, dead trees back to life etc...)

The Watchers by Robert R. McCammon. Again “red scare” era America; a man finds a random, beautiful golden retriever in the woods and take him home to find out he’s exceptionally intelligent. Eventually, he discovers that he was genetically engineered to spy on the Russian leaders ( he was meant to be a “gift” from the American government). And more they made another creature whose base form was once a golden retriever but no longer resembles one...and it hates the dog who gets named Einstein.

The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Claire. The move that was made was awful, didn’t follow the books at all, the show that seems to have done better I haven’t seen so I have no opinion. The books are 6 in total with many spin off only one of which I’ve also read and recommend (waiting for all the books from the rest of the spin off to be released so I don’t have to get into them and then have to slowly die waiting for the next books to come out). The spin off I read is called The Infernal Devices. 3 books.

There’s many more I can’t think of right now, enjoy!

I am going to adamantly recommend the Renegades series by Marissa Meyer. There are three books in the series: Renegades, Archenemies, and Supernova. It has become my favorite book series, which I read in its entirety within a couple of weeks and then immediately started reading again. The story is basically about superheroes- or Prodigies,

as they're called in the book, though they're technically humans with extraordinary abilities (almost like the X-Men)- that are trying to rebuild society and establish peace and order after a long period of Anarchy and chaos. They're called the Renegades. At the same time, the people who ruled in that period of Anarchy- the Anarchists (haha)- are trying to topple the Renegades and bring about the freedom of Prodigies everywhere through their ideals of Anarchy, that being the right to live their lives the way they see fit, without a hypocritical government dictating how they live their lives. They want peace and freedom for Prodigies everywhere, devoid of the fear and persecution that had once dominated their lives. So, you've got Nova, one of the Anarchists, who infiltrates the Renegades to gather intelligence on them, trying to find a way to bring them down from within. She ends up joining a Patrol Unit, led by this guy named Adrian- they call him Sketch- who also has an alter-ego that no one knows about. These two basically go on a cat-and-mouse hunt for each other's alter-egos while simultaneously building their relationship with one another and growing closer, the whole time ignorant of the fact that they are looking to take down one another. Plus, they're both seeking their own forms of vengeance and seeking answers to questions that have been haunting them since they were kids, which ultimately ends up bridging their paths together even more. It's enthralling. There's compelling action, drama, and a believable romance- which I personally think is hard to find. The character development is top-notch, and the world-building is incredible. If it interests anyone else, there are also many characters that are people of color- including Adrian- and two of the most powerful characters that oversee the Renegades are a married gay couple- AND THEY ARE JUST SO PRECIOUS. It really reads like a comic book, as well, which I found all the more enticing and overall just fun to read. I will say this also: there are few book series that have an ending that is satisfying, that have that ending that brings everything full circle without contradicting itself or falling flat. This is one of those book series that manages to be so wide-reaching, with so many possibilities for how it can end, but never loses sight of where it needs to go to keep you turning the pages. It definitely has that sense of completion by the time you reach the end that you end up wanting to read it all again, with all the answers in place, so you can experience everything with a renewed appreciation of the story as a whole. Personally, I think this is one of those book series that is everything you wish other series' would be and more.

One of the best books I can suggest to a writer is “The Good Thief” by Hannah Tiniti.

From a writer’s point of view, every event moves the story forward, almost at a breathless pace and you get carried along with it. Took me less than a week to read it. For most of the book, it is a real lesson in plot and character development.

It does lose its way a little, around two thirds of the way in, I thought, with a development that possibly isn’t explained too well. Or maybe I just missed that bit as I was being swept along by the pace of the story.

A great read for anybody.

But as I say, as a writer you should read this book as part of your own development.

At some point, I intend to go back and read it from a purely technical point of view, making notes on story ‘beats’ and character motivation in each chapter.

https://www.headline.co.uk/titles/hannah-tinti/the-good-thief/9780755395224/