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thatkillersmile
27 July 2006 @ 04:32 pm
book list  
This is a list of books I have read or want to read. Feel free to make suggestions.
*= I have read them.
Better Than Running at Night *
Speak *
Nothing To Lose *
Hard Love **
The Perks of Being a Wallflower *
To Kill A Mockingbird *
Wasted
This Lullaby *
Blind Faith
Heart On My Sleeve
The Truth About Forever
Things Change
Breathing Underwater *
Stop Pretending:What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy
What My Mother Doesn't Know
One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies *
Shattering Glass
You Don't Know Me
Cut
Monster *
The First Part Last
Sloppy Firsts
Second Helpings
Charmed Thirds
Love and Other Four-Letter Words
Smack
Pieces
The Catcher in the Rye
Crank *
Brave New Girl
Floating
Candy:A Novel of Love and Addiction
Here Is Were We Meet: A Story of Crossing Paths
Beauty Queen
The Torn Skirt
It Happened To Nancy
Almost Lost
My Sister's Keeper *
Junk
The Great Gatsby *
A Small Journal of Heroin Addiction
Give A Boy A Gun
Esperanza Rising *
The Parallel Universe of Liars
The Watcher
Skin *
The Realm of Possibility
Define "Normal"
Razzle
What's In A Name
My Heartbeat
Flipped
The Bell Jar
Go Ask Alice
A Land Remembered *
Wasteland
Echo
The Afterlife
Burned *
I'm Not Myself These Days
A Million Little Pieces
Dry: A Memoir
Jay's Journal
Almost Lost: The True Story Of An Anonymous Teenager's Life On The Streets
Impulse
Glass
Kissing Doorknobs
Lisa, Bright and Dark
 
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[info]lovelikeautumn on July 27th, 2006 09:20 pm (UTC)
of the ones you listed i've read...hard love, speak, the perks of being a walflower, you don't know me, love & other four letter words, and the catcher in the rye. they're all very good :]

some i would suggest:
the parallel universe of liars by kathleen jeffrie johnson
the watcher by james howe
stargirl by jerry spinelli
the realm of possiblity by david levithan
define "normal" by julie anne peters
razzle by ellen wittlinger
what's in a name by ellen wittlinger
my heartbeat by garret freymann-weyr
flipped by wendelin van draanen


haha sorry that was a long list, but those are my favorites :D
amandajoy.[info]thatkillersmile on July 27th, 2006 10:21 pm (UTC)
thanks. :)
Jordan[info]hii_imjordan on July 27th, 2006 11:06 pm (UTC)
I've read What My Mother doesn't Know.
YOu'll like it alot if you like poetry. :]
tracey![info]keepsakes on July 27th, 2006 11:54 pm (UTC)
Those sound like some pretty sweet books :]
herstory: winona[info]iamnotmybody on July 28th, 2006 02:13 am (UTC)
i'm about half way through wasted, and its pretty damn good. catcher in the rye can be read in a day, but i love it to pieces. get your hands on the bell jar and anything by charles bukowski.
amandajoy.[info]thatkillersmile on July 28th, 2006 02:10 pm (UTC)
thanks, let me know how wasted is. :)
monica: fuck you ants.[info]aswebothfall on July 28th, 2006 03:11 am (UTC)
the book 'it happened to nancy' is really sad.
i started crying towards the end :/
i read it in 7th grade and i was new to all sort of diseases and junk.
so it left me pretty shocked.
another book that is similar to that is called 'go ask alice' and it's really good as well.
have fun =)
KRISTINA.[info]mockhorror on July 28th, 2006 03:14 am (UTC)
Ah I see we like the same kind of books. :) Definitely definitely read The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, Heart On My Sleeve, Stop Pretending:What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy, What My Mother Doesn't Know, Cut, Sloppy Firsts, and Give A Boy A Gun. I also reccomend my favorite book ever, Wasteland by Francesca Lia Block. It's a really amazing book and it's really short. :D
amandajoy.[info]thatkillersmile on July 28th, 2006 02:10 pm (UTC)
I'm reading The Perks Of Being A Wallflower now. I have about 10 or so pages to go.
Claire[info]c_1music on July 28th, 2006 03:48 am (UTC)
I've heard The Perks of Being a Wallflower is amazing.

It's on the top of my "to read" list.
amandajoy.[info]thatkillersmile on July 28th, 2006 02:11 pm (UTC)
I'm reading The Perks Of Being A Wallflower now. I have about 10 or so pages to go.
l0velust[info]l0velust on July 28th, 2006 04:16 am (UTC)
I dont read books really. Damn, thats a lot of books.
amandajoy.[info]thatkillersmile on July 28th, 2006 02:11 pm (UTC)
:D
melinda marie[info]twocanaries on August 15th, 2006 10:11 pm (UTC)
i just ran across your journal through jr__nal.
i'm a big reader. the ones i've read are: speak, hard love (very good.. i've read it twice), the perks of being a wallflower, to kill a mockingbird, heart on my sleeve, stop pretending: what happened when my big sister went crazy, you don't know me (one of my favorites!), define "normal", & go ask alice.
some books that i enjoyed are: lovely bones by alice sebold, white oleander by janet fitch, night by elie wiesel (a school read but, so good! about the holocaust), i am the wallpaper, & kissing doorknobs! (so good! about a girl with the struggles of obsessive compulsive disorder.. really short too).
have fun reading! (:
amandajoy.[info]thatkillersmile on August 16th, 2006 01:17 am (UTC)
oh. thanks. :D
sauoverhekken on October 6th, 2006 09:56 am (UTC)
I like the idea of a bood list, I think you're the only one I've seen with one. Mind me adding you? I'm Adrian.
amandajoy.[info]thatkillersmile on October 6th, 2006 10:43 am (UTC)
Don't mind at all, Adrian. Added you back.
NICOLE.: obsessiveicons-bigben[info]sidewalks on December 5th, 2006 11:50 am (UTC)

I have read so many of those books.
The Bell Jar is one of my favorite books of all time.
TJ[info]t_mak on January 7th, 2007 05:03 pm (UTC)
I've read Speak, it was pretty good. And to kill a mockingbird, that was great. But my favorite book of all time is Catcher in the Rye because Holden is such a sarcastic son of a bitch. I can't help but to say I am the character.
I like the count of monte cristo and ethan frome as well...classics.
Ashley: Milo & Jared[info]ashleyylauren on April 7th, 2007 01:05 am (UTC)
Ah, pretty much all of those are on my list of books to read as well.
You should definitely read Sloppy Firsts as soon as you can. It's sooo good.

As for suggestions:
Lisa, Bright and Dark is a pretty good book about a schizophrenic girl.
Please Stop Laughing at Me - Jodee Blanco. Her story of how she'd been bullied all throughout school. It's amazinggg.

Happy reading :D
Tam[info]onceuponatam on May 22nd, 2007 10:54 pm (UTC)
Of the books you haven't read I've read The Truth about Forever, Cut, and Go Ask Alice.

If you liked This Lullaby, I think you'll also like The Truth about Forever. Personally, I am a huge fan of Sarah Desson and have enjoyed all of her novels I have read.

I also really enjoyed both Cut and Go Ask Alice. They're both relatively short reads, but very eye-opening. When I read Go Ask Alice I didn't put it down. Cut I have one or two problems with, but it's still a good read.
amandajoy.: keep your head up.[info]thatkillersmile on May 29th, 2007 10:15 pm (UTC)
I loved This Lullaby and I am currently reading The Truth About Forever.
Thanks.
Ashlex[info]xo_ashlex on May 29th, 2007 10:09 pm (UTC)
some of the books on your list are for sure my favorites.

if you haven't updated this in awhile, I strongly suggest you read:

go ask alice, cut, wasted, catcher in the rye, the torn skirt, shattering glass, and kissing doornobs.

asap!

seriously. :]]


xo.
ashlex
sylvia: hair + ad[info]planeology on May 30th, 2007 11:43 pm (UTC)
I've read a few of those. And a lot of them I have on my own "to-read" list, which I have yet to make a dent in. Which sorta sucks, cause I really like reading. lol.

Oh yeah, erm, I found you through [info]topicless. Hope it's okay if I added you. If not, no hard feelings :)
amandajoy.[info]thatkillersmile on May 30th, 2007 11:50 pm (UTC)
yeah. adding you back. =)
illegible mess.[info]dia310 on June 1st, 2007 04:24 am (UTC)
The Great Gatsby -was it any good?
iwas considering reading it

i've read many of the ones on oyur list.

i would recommend: Twilight-Stephanie Myers?(sp)
amandajoy.: ripped jeans.[info]thatkillersmile on June 1st, 2007 05:51 pm (UTC)
i read it last year in my english class. i liked it but i know a lot of my people in my class did not. so i guess it depends on what you like?
underthestars1[info]underthestars1 on June 10th, 2007 02:08 pm (UTC)
Speak *
Hard Love **
To Kill A Mockingbird *
This Lullaby *
The Truth About Forever
What My Mother Doesn't Know
You Don't Know Me
Cut
Monster
It Happened To Nancy
Give A Boy A Gun
Go Ask Alice


I LOVE these books. They are all very good. I want to read the perks or being a wallflower so badly! i have to go to B&N sometime soon.
EXPLODE™[info]girlwithradio on July 1st, 2007 05:33 pm (UTC)
I have read 80% of the books on this list in the last two years.
Might I recommend...
The Pact
My Sister's Keeper
and The Perfect Match
by Jodi Picoult?
forbiddenhate[info]forbiddenhate on July 5th, 2007 11:06 pm (UTC)
I've read a lot of those books.
Speak, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Smack, Crank, A Million Little Pieces & Go Ask Alice, to name a few.

I would recommend My Friend, Leonard by James Frey. It's the sequal to A Million Little Pieces. It's amazing.

Also, Mosh Pit by Kristyn Dunnion.
Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat books by Francesca Lia Block.
Fall On Your Knees by Anne-Marie MacDonald
Tenderness by Robert Cormier
amandajoy.[info]thatkillersmile on July 5th, 2007 11:07 pm (UTC)
Thanks, I'll be sure to check those out! =)
 

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