BOOKS
Books are an opportunity to see how the other half lives and view the world as someone other than yourself experiences it. Books help us fight off ignorance, gain perspective, learn something new, or just plain entertain us. And I love them for it.
Now that you know why it's a good idea to read fiction, check out some of my favorite books:
- The Red Queen Series: A young woman takes on the role of a long-lost princess in order to save her family. The poverty stricken Reds are commoners, living under the rule of the Silvers, elite warriors with god-like powers. To Mare Barrow, a 17-year-old Red girl from The Stilts, it looks like nothing will ever change.
- City of Bones: Clary joins forces with a group of Shadowhunters and enters Downworld, an alternate realm filled with demons, vampires and a host of other creatures. Clary and her companions must find and protect an ancient cup that holds the key to her mother's future.
- All Fall Down: A now sixteen year old Grace Blakely witnessed her mother's supposed murder when she was only thirteen. She finds herself being transported from army base to army base spending only summers at her grandfather, the U.S. ambassador's, mansion. But, Grace is now permanently moving in with her grandfather.
