Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

amazing.
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Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

jude was very depressing. i had to read it for ap english and i must admit that i didn't like it at all. honestly everything bad that could have happened to jude did and he was just a big whiner and ugh, i hated this book.
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Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging by: Louise Rennison

today was a snow day, so, naturally, i had to read a trashy novel. snogging was quite trashy and VERY hilarious. i was cracking up all afternoon. honestly, i am so tacky, i watched the movie version of the book forever ago and i've wanted to read the book ever since but i was too embarrassed by the title. this book is the first of a series, and if i ever have time, i will definitely read the others.
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Heartbeat by: Sharon Creech

i read this book a while back and forgot how much i loved it. a friend of mine showed it to me again the other day and i am so happy that he did.
sharon creech is one of my favorite authors. walk two moons and heartbeat are probably her best novels; chasing redbird is maybe in third place, and absolutely normal chaos is in fourth.
heartbeat is written in the format of a poem and it is perfect. sharon creech writes with so much heart and love, i find it hard not to relate to her characters.
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The Pearl by John Steinbeck

the pearl is the retelling of an old mexican folk tale about a pearl and how it was found and changed, drastically, the lives of those who found it. as with eoe, john steinbeck creates beautiful images and leaves us with some wonderful lines to gobble up. my favorite line came from page 5 and it said "It was a morning like other mornings and yet perfect among mornings". that line spoke leagues to me.

i have a nice stack of steinbeck's next to my bed and i am excited to read them all.

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East of Eden by John Steinbeck

the reading binge came to an abrupt halt when i saw the size of this novel. i had to read it for school, and by george, it is large. i read 100 pages a day, and finished in 6 days; quite the novel. it kicked my butt, and i loved every second of it.

this book, east of eden, needs to be renamed to the life book because it taught me so much about my life, my mind, my world. this story is absolutely timeless.

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