lotus wrote:Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd-amazing and I cried my eyes out
I LOVE this!!
Other good books:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Jean-Dominique Bauby - Very interesting, very inspirational
Rowing Without Oars by Ulla-Carin Lindquist - VERY sad, very inspirational
October Sky - Homer H. Hickam - just a very good read
Deerskin - Robin Mckinley - SA triggers here...but amazingly written.
Also, Rose Daughter, which is based on Beauty and The Beast, but also very good.
Watching The Roses - Adele Geras - also potential SA triggers, but again, very very good...
Cut - Patricia McCormac - obvious trigger there, about a girl in a rehab center.
Merlin Trilogy - Mary Stewart...The Crystal Cave, The Hollow Hills and THe Last Enchantment. VERY good reads. Engaging, interesting...
Surya series - Jamila Gavin - The Wheel Of Surya, The Eye of the Horse and The Track of the Wind
For more children-y books:
Robert Muchamore - Cherub series - about children who are used in undercover security missions. Makes you wish you were a 'CHERUB'
The Swish Of The Curtain - Pamela Brow
Diana Wynne-Jones - anything by her is VERY good. Fantasy, magic stuff,
but very good
For romantic, easy to read, girly stuff:
Kate Cann - VERY good!
Marian Keyes - especially Rachels HThe Swish Of The Curtain - Pamela Brown, oliday - about a drug and alcohol addict who goes to rehab
Cecilia Ahern
Sheila O'Flanagan
Hating Valentines Day - Alison Rushby
This Lullaby - Sarah Dessen (All time fav book!!)
Love and Other Four Letter Words - Carolyn Mackler
My comfort book is Alice In Wonderland (I have so many copies of this that people have given me for xmas and bdays (my name is Alice - how original) and I have my favourite copy and everything!!