Books. Books. Books.

I am seriously addicted to books. There was this one time my mom and I went to the library, we wandered around for awhile and than both left with an armful of books. We than proceeded to a book store where we needed to buy a book for a friend; we had borrowed it, it fell in a puddle, we wanted to replace it. A simple enough mission, right? Wrong. Even though we had a nice stack of (free!) books waiting for us in the car we both had to look around some; the lovely smell of fresh new books and delicious book store coffee teasing us. If you haven't already guessed the end of this story...We bought a replacement book for the friend and than left with a few more new ones for ourselves. Seriously, it's an addiction. My parents have never censored my reading and have encouraged me to read for a very early age. Thanks to them, my nose is ALWAYS in a book and I always have one in my purse. I have a nice stack of books sitting on my desk at home that I have already finished and don't have space for in my dorm. It's sad. But I must say, I think this is a much healthier addiction than crack, thank-you-very-much!

Anyways, I just wanted to share a few of the books I have read most recently! What are you reading? What are your favorite books of all time?

1. "The Children Of Men" by P.D. James. This one was an assignment for my English class. I usually don't like reading assigned books, for me it takes all the fun out of it. But this one was pretty good. The human race has gone infertile and there is no one on earth younger than 25. It was pretty interesting and creepy to think about; what would it be like if that really happened?

2. "Oogy" by Larry Levin. You could compare "Oogy" to the well known book "Marley and Me" although in my opinion the latter was a better book. Oogy was a fighting dog who wouldn't fight, was attacked and than left for dead. Out of the goodness of their hearts a vet and his staff did surgery to save for the dog at their own expense and a family eventually adopted him and learned many lessons through him. It was a cute story, but I found "Marley and Me" to be more relatable and written better.

3. "Dismantled" by Jennifer McMahon. If you read the series or have seen the TV show "Pretty Little Liars" than you can compare this book to a grown up version of those series. When I first started reading I thought it was kinda silly, predictable. But I actually couldn't put it down, I really wanted to know what was really going on to freak this family out. The ending was not at all what I expected! I love when that happens. If you want a suspensful, easy read than check it out.

4. And finally, "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson". When I first started this book I thought it was incredibly boring but than I was HOOKED. I love stories like this that are told from different perspective and that really keep you guessing until the end. You definitely need to pay attention when you read but at the same time it isn't exactly a difficult read. It's hard to explain. But I definitely suggest it! I have the second book in the trilogy and will be reading it soon :)

I hope I gave you a few good reading ideas! Have a great Monday.