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“You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.” - Paul Sweeney.
I love a good book. I really do and considering I am doing a degree in English, this is a good thing. There are a select few that I can read over and over again and never tire of...
Daisy Miller - by Henry James. One of the few "Classic" novellas I truly love. James has created a character completely before her time, a story of a young woman determined not to succumb to the stifling constraints of the upper class society surrounding her...But, is that all there is to this story? I dont think so...
Veronika Decides To Die - by Paul Coelho. If ever there was a book to make you question life...Dont be put off by the initial idea of a 'suicide heroine'. This book is a wonderful journey looking at the intricacies of life and death in small relationships and large communites...with a great twist...
Girl, Interrupted - by Susannah Kaysen. An autobigraphical memoir decribing in detail Kaysen's sectioning and subsequent period of incarceration in a Mental institute. It strikes me people may often be put off the idea of reading books set in this sort of environment but I would urge them not to be. As with many other books of this genre, Girl, Interrupted is a compelling, moving and often hilarious look at a side of life largely unexplored.
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower - by Stephen Chbosky. Often said to be Chbosky's homage to Catcher in the Rye, this is a simply amazing book. Following the adolescent years of the narrator, simply known as 'Charlie', through a series of letters, the reader is taken on a rip roaring journey both painful and humourous that will remain with them for a long time after reading.
Girl - by Blake Nelson. I took a chance with this one. The very 'teenage angst' cover didnt exactly fill me with confidence (but we all know not to judge books by their covers!!) but I decided to push past it. And I'm glad I did. What Nelson has achieved is a very clever thing indeed. He has chronicaled two years in an American teenage girl's life, in quite a juvenile style (almost diary like) but has managed to retain literary credibility and create a novel not only readable, but also enjoyable and educational. The trials and tribulations Angela Marr encounters should be read by every parent of a teenage child the world over, it may just give them hope.
TO BE CONTINUED! ...
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