The Bucket List!

1. The Snow that Falls on Cedars

David Guterson

      The Snow that Falls on Cedars won the PEN and Faulkner Award and was also a number one best seller. The book is about a trial of a Japanese American accused of killing a white man. I’m aspiring to be a lawyer and I LOVE Law and Order so I thought I would like reading about a trial since I like watching them.

2. The Sledding Hill

Chris Crutcher

    This book depicts the life struggle of a boy who has lost his dad and best friend. But he “refuses to let death” get in his way. I love the fact that this blurb of the book characterizes such a bond between the two friends and I would love to find out how this ends.

3. Perfect

Nastasha Friend

    The amount of stress we have to overcome in high school is absurd and then with the constant push to “climb the social” turns our life into a downward spiral. This book describes all of the coping a young girl with a disorder has to go through and the way she endures high school.

4. Thinking in Pictures-My Life With Autism

Temple Grandin

   Temple Grandin is an amazing women, she pursued life not with doubt upon herself, but with the drive to learn. The movie about Temple was an eye opening motion picture and I absolutely loved it! I think this book will be a realization for me and I hope it will be as captivating as the movie. 

5. Perfect Chemistry

Simone Elkeles

   This love story is almost like a modern day Romeo and Juliet. Where social groups and stereotypes threaten to separate the true love of a couple. I love these new world remixes of Romeo and Juliet, they are sweet and it is what every girl wants in a relationship; compassion and tension.

6. Fifty Shades of Grey

E L James

    This daring love affair intrigues many, the reason I chose this book is because shows the other odd side of a relationship, instead of the lovely dovey cupcake public stage. This is about a college student who goes on an interview and realizes she wants the young entrepreneur she is interviewing. This odd means of meeting and the secrets kept in this book make it an interesting read.

7. The Fault In Our Stars

John Green

   This book about a girl who has been “completely terminal” her whole life has found a boy in her Cancer Support Group. Her life is about to change completely. The story of a doomed cancer child in love makes this book a must read, it reminds me of the movie/book “A Walk to Remember.”

8. The Perks of Being A Wallflower

Stephen Chabosky

   I know it seems like I am picking tons of teen books, but I love to read about highschoolers and the way they persist through their high school career. I love reading books that are written different, like in poems or in this case letters. The fact that’s it’s not a straight up chapter by chapter book makes it a more enjoyable read.

9. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Ransom Riggs

   This odd book is full of an odd and chilling story of a boy exploring an island that once had a “Home for Peculiar Children.”  This book is filled with a captivating story that screams MYSTERY. I love the idea of odd and creepy children ghost lurking around the remains of their old and disturbing home.

10. Pretty Little Liars

Sara Shepard

   The TV series is amazing. The murder of a close friend of four girls unravels all of the secrets they knew and some new ones. The twisted and unbelievable turns these girls face are crazy and almost impossible to keep track of. The love stories and the search for A’s killer. Who killed A?