Top 10 Favorite Books and Why
1. Angela’s Ashes – I found this book when I was in high school, I picked it up
at a bookstore when on a church trip. I thought it looked good, but in some
weird way, I saw my life mirrored in it. I have had a hard life growing up, and
reading about another’s trials, and knowing that he made it through, and that I
wasn’t alone was very big difference in my life.
2. Playing the Jack – Before
e-readers I frequented a library about twice a week. I devoured books and I got
to the point that I was just pulling books off of the shelf in the hopes that
they were good. That was how I found this book. And I love it. It has been out
of print for about twenty years, but I really believe that it deserves to see
the light of day again. It was my first foray into historical fiction and
probably put the idea of writing back into my mind.
3. Sideways Stories from Wayside School – This book was my first
introduction into chapter books in second grade, at least the first book that I
remember. I guess it made that much of an impact on me that it erased the
memory of all previous chapter books. I love the humor and the craziness. I
think this was the first time that I realized that I could get lost in a book.
That feeling is so addicting.
4. MacBeth – I was in sixth grade
and my school was putting on a Shakespearean festival, the play of choice was MacBeth
– The Scottish Play – and I was determined to be cast as the lead. I memorized
that monologue and climbed out a window to audition (I wasn’t allowed to
audition) and snagged the lead. This may just seem like another bond with a
show I had once performed; but it is so much more than that. This play was my
first experience with Shakespeare. I think everyone remembers their first
introduction to Shakespeare, be it good or bad. For me I remember how the words
fell into my mind and stayed there, lingering to create worlds and images that
I could only dream about. To me, Shakespeare was a magician.
5. Alice in Wonderland – When
I was in third grade my teacher Ms. Flowers was in charge of the school play.
And that year it was Alice in Wonderland. I was ecstatic. I devoured the book,
twice, before auditions. Prepared a one line ‘monologue’ and was cast with the
fifth graders as the Iris in the Flower garden. I read the book several times
since then and when my first daughter was born I proudly named her Alice. I
probably love Alice in Wonderland more for nostalgia sake. But I still love it.
7. Wizard of Oz – Everyone
has a first book love, the book your parents read to you at night. This was
mine.
8. Significance-
Significance was my first introduction to indy publishing. My husband got me a
Kindle for Christmas – he saved all year and so I was limited. If I remember
the book was free or at .99 I bought it, and gobbled it up. I loved it, but
what was more it put in the back of my head and when my sister dared me to
publish Kiss of Fire, I knew what I was going to do.
9. The Sea of Tranquility – Not
many recent reads are on this list – but this one definitely deserves to make
it. It was so well written and well thought out. I think I read it twice, right
in succession my desire to devour it was the high. I still recommend it to
everyone.
10. I’m torn between something
religious or a book that truly made my life better for number 10. I am not sure
which one fits, so I will leave you with something I heard two nine year old
discussing during a rehearsal in the late 90s. I’m not sure what book they were
talking about but one small child said to the other “You should read it. That
book changed my life.” I laughed at the time. But, even at ten books changed my
life too.
Scorched Treachery by Rebecca L. Ethington
Series: Imdalind #3
Publication date: July 12th 2013
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance
Synopsis:
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Edmund has infiltrated the underground hallways of Prague, guiding the massacre that would end the lives of the last of the great magical race. In her attempts to stop him, Wynifred has been captured and her magic restrained. Chained up in the ancient dungeons of Prague, her fate is left in the hands of her father, who has tried to kill her before.
With Ryland’s screams and Sain’s fragmented sights as her only company, Wyn must rely on something that has been hidden deep inside of her for centuries to help them break free.
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Ilyan’s whole life has been building up to one purpose. Protect the Silnỳ. He knows what he must do, and he has no doubt in his ability to do so. But when his father’s magic removes Joclyn’s mind from her body, he is left protecting the shell of the one person he loves. Desperate to find a way to break her free of her prison, he makes a choice. And that one choice changes everything.
Now, Ilyan finds himself bound to Joclyn in a way that he never knew to be possible.
They say that blood is thicker than water, but Black Water burns, and Ilyan’s heart may not be strong enough to keep it pumping through his veins and give the girl he loves back into his brother’s care.
Even if he can, it may not be safe to do so.
Scorched Treachery is the third book in The Imdalind Series
Clean Young-Adult Paranormal Romance
Language: Low
Violence: Moderate
Sexual Content: Low to None
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