The Book List Challenge

1.) The Fault in Our Stars - John Green
This is one of my all time favorite books of the whole theme around the storyline. The story is about two teens with cancer, but it gives people with this illness a whole new light to society. I find that most intriguing because I always expected people with cancer to spend their entire lives in a hospital without the same emotions that "regular" people feel. This book was the first book that I have ever cried in, and by reading this, I learned a lot about real, modern day, world struggles.

2.) Looking For Alaska - John Green
This book means a lot to me because it has so many themes woven into it, that something you get out of a chapter can be completely different than what someone else got. For example, my cousin and I were reading this book at the same time and when we talked about what we read, I got how Alaska was someone who was really broken down and needed help, while she said that Alaska seemed to stand out as someone independent and strong. This book, to me, shows mystery, love, and self denial in such a well written way that when you take a step back and look at our society, the character's thoughts and feelings are happening around us, all the time.


3.) The Giving Tree - Shel Silverstein
This book has always had a huge impact on my life and the lesson that is in the book, is always floating around with me. I think that the lesson that connects with me the most is not to take things for granted. In the story this little boy keeps on coming back to the tree asking for help after leaving for years and not caring about the tree at all. I feel like sometimes I'm the tree, but then other times I can be the little boy.


4.) You are Special - Max Lucado
This book is basically about a world of handmade wooden dolls and when they look perfect, (no chipping paint, working eyes, smooth wood, talented, etc.) they get golden, star stickers, but when they don't look as good as the rest of the dolls, they get gray dots stuck on them. In this book, one doll, Punchinello, always gets gray dots and he gets really sad because he feels like he doesn't belong, but when he meets the person who actually made him, he learns that he was made to look like he does, and act like he does. That no matter what the other people thought of him didn't matter at all.

5.) The Lion King - Don Ferguson
The Lion King has always played a special part in my life, ever since my mom first read it to me when I was about five years old, I remember that I just fell in love with Simba and the type of personality he carried. Now, when I see the movie or read the book to my sister, there is always one message that always stands out to me and the message is that you can't change anything that happened in the past, but you can learn from it and try to make yourself someone better.


6.) The Perks of Being A Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
This novel is one of the most well written books I have ever read. I feel like this book is so explicit and has such a deep and dark meaning and story line. I feel like this is one of those books that just make you keep on thinking and the events are so vivid, I have to read this book like once a month.

7.) Black Box - Julie Schumacher
Black Box was the first book I ever read that had characters with depression and characters who self-harmed, I think that because it was the first book to that type of topics, it seems to be one of my favorites and most remembered books.

8.) Wonder - R.J. Palacio
Wonder is a book that I recently just finished reading and I have to say that it has to be one of the books that I would actually talk about to my friends. This book does such a great way of viewing one situation in two different point of views. This book is so touching and cute, and sad, it just makes me happy.

9.) Will Grayson, Will Grayson - John Green
This book is one of my favorites because I love the idea of two different authors writing two completely different stories and then merging it into one. This book is so good at combining two different stories, with two separate conflicts, and characters into one emotional ending.


10.) The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs - Jon Scieszka
This book has always been one of my favorite books because when I was little, The Three Little Pigs was one of my favorite books and when this book came out, it was a perfect little twist to a classic tale. I think that how the book is written, more specifically how the wolf is actually talking in the book is so cute, and I love it.