Something I want to do this year is keep track of how many books I read. I was just trying to think about how many books I read this past year...and I'm not sure. It was probably at least twenty. But I want to really keep track this year, just out of curiosity. So I'm going to try to keep a running list here. We'll see if I remember to keep up with it. I've already read four books so far.
And let me gush for a moment about the first three on my list, the Divergent series. Flipping awesome books. Definitely on my new top favorite list, alongside Harry Potter and Percy Jackson. It's kind of Hunger Games-esque. Futuristic society and impending revolution. You know, the stuff that's all the rage these days in young adult literature. But here are some of the things that I think make these books phenomenal.
- The characters are very real. Veronica Roth develops the characters very well, and then they act accordingly through the entire series. Nothing random, out of the blue, why the heck did he do that? type of stuff that happens sometimes in books.
- The characters are pretty likable, unlike other leading protagonists in futuristic dystopian books.
- The love story in this trilogy is very real and very satisfying. And there is no love triangle! I mean, I like a good love triangle as much as the next guy, but I think they've been a little over done lately. Also, it wasn't a fairytale, magical relationship either. They fought. They disagreed. They lied to each other. And they tried to figure out if it was worth it to keep trying and how to best go about doing so.
- There were fantastic themes and morals throughout the books. They made me think about my own life and about forgiveness, sacrifice, and love.
I could probably go on and on forever about these books, but I'll stop there. Phenomenal. Just to let you know though, I bawled my eyes out for the last THIRTY pages of the last book. So maybe you won't enjoy them as much as I did, but I deem any book that can make me cry a good book. Seriously, just thinking about it again is getting me so worked up! So without any further ado, here's my list:
- Divergent
- Insurgent
- Allegiant
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck
- The Twits
- Tuck Everlasting
- Dragon's Gate
- Soldier X
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- HP and the Chamber of Secrets
- HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- HP and the Goblet of Fire
- HP and the Order of the Phoenix
- HP and the Half-Blood Prince
- Becoming Naomi Leon
- HP and the Deathly Hallows
- Trapped in Death Cave
- Delirium
- The Book of Three
- The Black Cauldron
- The Castle of Llyr
- Taran Wanderer
- The High King
- Unenchanted
- The Mark of Athena
- The House of Hades
- The Blood of Olympus
- Hunger Games
- Catching Fire
- Mocking Jay
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