Books and Authors List

As promised, here is my list of "must read" books. It's the closest thing I can make to a list of my favorite books. These were all just good reads.


“Must Read” Book List

Auel, Jean: The Clan of the Cave Bear (Series of 5 books)
Berg, Elizabeth: Open House
Blume, Judy: Summer Sisters
Brown, Dan: Angels and Demons
Burns, Elizabeth: Tilt
Chopin, Kate: The Awakening
Clark, Mary Higgins: All Around the Town
Cook, Robin: Toxin
Crimmins, Cathy : Where is the Mango Princess?
Deaver, Jeffery: The Blue Nowhere
DeMille, Nelson: The General’s Daughter
Golden, Arthur: Memoirs of a Geisha
Gregory, Julie: Sickened
Flock, Elizabeth: But Inside I’m Screaming
Franzen, Johnathan: The Corrections
Frazier, Charles: Cold Mountain
Harris, Thomas: Silence of the Lambs (first book in a series of 3)
Hyde, Elizabeth : Crazy as Chocolate
Irving, John: Cider House Rules
Kaysen, Suzanne: Girl, Interrupted
Kettlewell, Caroline: Skin Game: A Cutter’s Memoir
Kinsella, Sophie: Confessions of a Shopaholic
Kidd, Sue Monk: The Secret Life of Bees
Koontz, Dean: Night Chills
Koontz, Dean: False Memory
Lamb, Wally: I Know This Much Is True
Lamb, Wally: She’s Come Undone
Lehane, Dennis : Mystic River
Letts, Billy: Where the Heart Is
Maguire, Gregory: Wicked
Mitchard, Jacquelyn: The Deep End of the Ocean
Parkhurst, Carolyn : The Dogs of Babel
Patterson, James: Kiss the Girls
Patterson, James: Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas
Plain, Belva: Whispers
Rowling, J.K.: The Harry Potter series
Rule, Ann: The Stranger Beside Me
Seabold, Alice: The Lovely Bones
Sheldon, Sidney: Tell Me Your Dreams
Sherwood : The Man Who Ate the 747
Smiley, Jane: A Thousand Acres


My Favorite Authors List
I have all of the books of these authors, and buy their new ones as soon as they come out.

Cornwell, Patricia—she writes thrillers about a forensic pathologist who solves
crimes but always is endangered in the process
Kellerman, Johnathan—a child psychologist who writes mysteries that involve
crime, murder, children in trouble, etc. Some of his titles include Dr.Death,
Monster, Flesh and Blood
King, Stephen--he became my first favorite author when I started reading his books in
elementary school. Although his newer books haven't been great, he's still a great writer.
Reichs, Kathy—she writes about a forensic anthropologist who solves crimes by
examining bones.
White, Stephen—another psychologist who writes books about interesting fictional
cases, ethical dilemmas, and his character works with the cops to solve
crimes. Some titles are Warning Signs, Cold Case, Private Practices, etc.

An introduction to me

Okay, so most of you who are actually reading this probably already know me...but I have to start somewhere so here it goes.

Hobbies: reading, scrapbooking, playing piano, writing poetry, shopping, watching movies,
playing games of any kind although board games are my favorite, doing puzzles (such as crosswords, making crafty things such as bracelets and magnets, painting things
Other favorite things to do: taking pictures, going swimming when I can, blogging!, sleeping
although I don't do very much of that anymore, traveling
Things I absolutely hate: doing dishes, being in and driving in big cities, crowds or places with
lots of people (well this list could probably go on for awhile so....)
Favorite foods: pizza, pickles, junk food, broccoli, cheese
Favorite color: purple
Favorite bands: Metallica, Cranberries, White Zombie/Rob Zombie
Favorite singers: Fiona Apple, Sarah MacLachlan, Norah Jones
Favorite song: Martina McBride "In My Daughter's Eyes"
Music I hate: rap, Phil Collins, and most 80's music
Favorite movie: Labyrinth
Favorite TV shows: Scooby-Doo, X-Files, Unsolved Mysteries
Favorite channel: Lifetime
Favorite drinks: peach daquiri, Bailey's, peach snapple, mudslide
Favorite vacation spot: (of places I've gone so far) Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas,
Cape Cod, and Pocono Cesars


Well, the list is not complete yet so I will add more to this another time when I think of what else it needs.

Hi and Welcome Back!

Hi everyone! I decided to start my webpage up again because I realized that I do have a lot of things I'd like to share. I'm not looking for this to be an online journal because that's getting a little too personal for me, but there are a lot of other things I'm going to post up here. For example, people always ask me about good books to read and a few years back I made a list of "must read" books that I've been updating as time goes by. So I'll post that. Since the posts are listed by the title name, you can just read those on topics that interest you. And feel free to email me any thoughts or comments back about the site.