Friday, October 30, 2009

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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