I've loved reading ever since I was really young. I was the kid with the flashlight under the pillow so that when it was time for lights off, I could continue reading long into the night. It's amazing that I have developed the need for glasses because of it. So here's a post dedicated to my favorite books.
1. The Harry Potter series.
I'm a Harry Potter geek. A biiig one (hello husband, when are we visiting the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal?!). Words cannot express how deeply I fell in love with reading when these books came out. And since I often dream of writing my own novel, I can't help but gush how beautifully these books were written. I love that questions that felt unanswered in the first book get answered later in the series (e.g. what does Dumbledore see in the Mirror of Erised?) and that that Rowling really took her time writing it because the wait made reading the books even better. I return to this series frequently whenever I need a healthy dose of imagination or just a little escape (my favorite books in the series? Sorcerer's Stone, Goblet of Fire and Deathly Hallows).
2. The Eight
I love this book because it makes me think (as in, its not one of those light-read kind of books. You have to pay attention). Not to mention it had a strong (geeky!) female protagonist with a little bit of history sprinkled in. It's laid out a bit like a chess game has two intertwined story lines that produce one exciting adventure. It's a lovely little mystery thriller and always there for me should I want to go on an adventure.
3. Through a Glass, Darkly
This one was a gift from my father. It's a bit more of a religious book, but it talks about the meaning life through a child's point of view. It's short and sweet and contains one of my favorite quotes:
"Every single eye is a tiny scrap of the divine mystery. Sight is the very meeting place of object and thought; it is the very gate of pearl between sun and mind. The human eye is the very glass in which the creative space in God's consciousness meets itself in the created space outside."
4. Night
I read this one in high school as part of summer homework and I can't stress enough how much this book affected me. It's a first-hand account of the Holocaust by a man names Elie Wiesel and very beautifully written. I don't read this one quite as often as the others but I keep it as a reminder to be thankful because things could always be much, much worse.
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