Books that Haunt Me

Inspired from Randy Susan Meyers's blog, Word Love, I am making a list of ten books that haunt me.

1. The Murderer's Daughters by Randy Susan Meyers herself. Though I am not even done with this, it is sad and amazing. A review will be up soon. It is so amazing.
2. Promise Not to Tell by Jennifer McMahon. Terrifying, and it is falling apart now, I have read it at LEAST seven times. Her other books are haunting as well. This one made me cry and scream "NO!" as I was reading.
3. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. Makes me cry each time I read it. 
4. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. So sad and beautiful, a definite favorite as well as one that will haunt me for my entire life. 
5. Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix. Let's see, the last time I read it... seventh grade? Scary and depressing book. Amazing as well though.
6. Family History by Dani Shapiro. Oh wow. This book scared me and, like many others made me nearly cry. Though sometimes I forget the characters names, I always remember the story, down to some details that seem unimportant.
7. Bad Girls Don't Die by Katie Alender. Scary? YES. Amazing? YES. This book had my checking my room for ghosts and such, it makes me look at my photos a little longer than usual. 
8. The Candy Darlings by Christine Walde. How on earth could I forget this? I have read it so many times I can practically recite it from memory. And it hardly gets publicity. I ADORE it, and it is creepy to the max.
9. Ghost Girl by Torey Hayden. Non Ficton, and so disturbing but also amazing and compelling. I still always think of Jadie. 
10. The Reader  by Bernhard Schlink. Oh my gosh. So sad, like most of these books are. Compelling, disturbing... makes you feels sympathetic for someone that most people do not feel sympathy for.

--Bookie

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I am back! (and reviewing!)

So, today was PSATs. They went well. (or so I hope)

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And now! BAD GIRLS DON'T DIE!

Another amazing novel. So far all my reviews on here have been raves, and this book deserves no less.

This one has a story that goes with it as well. Like with Looking for JJ I went to Barnes and Noble many times before choosing it. The reason for this was because I usually do not buy hardcover books.

I am VERY glad to have purchased it. The story grabs you in, from the first sentence up until the shocking and creepy ending. Alexis is so real, as are all the rest of the characters. The description Alexis gives of taking photos was beautiful. Being a photographer myself, it is nice to see such detail paid to something that usually gets overlooked.

Now, most books do not scare me. But, as I was reading this one it gave my the jitters, and I found myself looking around my room to make sure no one else was there. Thanks Katie for creating a book that actually scared me! :)

Another WONDERFUL thing about this book is I could not guess what happened next, another nice treat that I do not often come across with mystery novels. The suspense kept me wanting to read more and more, desperate to find out what happened next to Alexis, Kasey and those around them.

Brilliant novel. Creepy, detailed, and fast-paced.

Katie is writing a sequel to BGDD, and also a third one in order to make it a trilogy. Though these will not be released for another year or so, I cannot wait!