A Departure from the Legitimate.

“He ran his fingers down her spine over her thin blouse, and for a moment he forgot the danger he was in, grateful for the world which purposefully puts divisions in place so that we can overcome them, feeling the joy of getting closer, even if deep down we can never forget the sadness of our insurmountable differences.”

30 Day Book and Literature Challenge.

Day 2: Your 5 least favorite books of all time.

1. Veronika Decides to Die- Paulo Coelho 

I really hate when the author addresses the reader. Coelho does this a lot in this novel, and like, right in the middle of the story. So annoying.

2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn- Mark Twain

DISCLAIMER: This is by no means a bad book.  This is a great book.  I’ve read it about… 6 times in the past two years? It keeps getting assigned in my classes, and I think if I have to read it again I will actually blow my brains out.  

3. The Catcher in the Rye- J.D. Salinger

This books is horrible. White kid whining blah blah blah who cares. 

4. Anything by Stephanie Meyer. 

5. Jazz- Toni Morrison

I love Toni Morrison and all of her books but I could not get into this one at all. 

30 Day Book and Literature Challenge.

Day 1: Your 10 favorite books of all time.

• The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao- Junot Diaz
• Mother Night- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
• Love in the Time of Cholera- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• The Satanic Verses- Salman Rushdie
• In the Time of the Butterflies- Julia Alverez
• Beloved- Toni Morrison
• Jesus’ Son- Denis Johnson
• Everything that Rises Must Converge- Flannery O’Conner (does it count if it’s a collection?)
• Ethan Frome- Edith Wharton
• The Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald