Favourites: Books (part one)

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Books.Movies.Music.

That's the order of importance that the three major "art" forms take in my life. Yes, yes, there is also theatre, musicals, actual art, etc., but I just want to include those three. I'll prolly do a full list on all types of art forms and the order of importance that they take in my life later on.

I'm only going to do a top five so don't worry.

*the only reason why I'm doing this list is because I want to put up pictures but not of myself or my lifestyle...just yet anyways*

BOOKS

I have read these books over and over and over again and I have never ever been bored. They stimulate me mentally and the way that the authors manage to let me *I'm the special reader here remember!* become one of the characters with such ease...phwoar. I get emotionally attached with the characters in the book so easily, I fear whether the life I lead right now is really mine or if it's controlled by some author out there *oh wait, that was in Sophie's World*

1) She's Come Undone (Wally Lamb)

An AMAZING book by Wally Lamb.
Telling the life story of how a woman was raised from childhood to adulthood and the trials and tribulations that she faced. It talks about psychological issues that affect people when put in those situations and how this young woman dealt with them and overcame the mess that she had to go through.

*read it 8 times*

2) Prozac Nation (Elizabeth Wurtzel)
I read this book when I was 16.

Having a young, nubile, mold-able mind, I was so influenced by the book that it actually made me want to go out there and try every single drug that she described. It's not that I wanted to, it's the way that she describes them. I think that's why I love this book so much. She remembers all the little details and the descriptions; mind blowing. It's my favourite type of book to read. Being able to sit there on my bed and imagine what it would be like to go through what she did. Obviously now, I don't really want to try touch the stuff, but I'm tempted to re-read it and imagine it all over again.

*read 4 times*

3) The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
A friend of mine passed me this book knowing how much I like to have my mind poked by abstract thoughts. Quite philosophical, it compares and contrasts how two couples that are strangely linked together react to different romantic situations. I find it brilliant because, well to me anyways, Kundera managed to understand the female psyche and describes with such ease why men react the way they do. Both the women in the book, as well as the men, are complete parallel opposites in the way that they look at life and how they deal with their insecurities.

*read once but bought my own book to read again*

4) The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The only other book (apart from She's Come Undone) that had me so enraptured by the characters that I basically cried throughout. A sad, dramatic story of twins and how they were affected by the actions of their parents and family. God, even while I'm writing the review it fills my tear ducts.

Just trust me on this one, if you love reading books of coming of age stories and family interactions (dramatic or not) this is a MUST have.

*read 3 times. Cried 3 times*

5) His Dark Materials (Philip Pullman)
The one and only fantasy book that I truly enjoy (Harry Potter is interesting, but these books just rip it to shreds).

A trilogy that follows the path of two children from different worlds, it sort of lets you imagination run wild. Just thinking that there is a parallel universe where it is almost exactly like this one, 'cept you have talking souls that are in the form animals and if they die, you die...
Not exactly children friendly, it revolves around coming-of-age, love, family, death and bonds that could never be broken no matter what parallel universe you are in, in this massive galaxy. :D

*read twice*


Now go read.