Pontius Pilate

Ok ok ok. This book was really amazing for me. Wow. It was a biography of Mr Pilate and obviously it's not all fact. However, it did cover a lot of the times back then, down to daily routines. It was very intriguing. I was always very interested in Rome and Roman figures and this one is probably my favourite roman-esque book. Even though a lot of it of course covers the crucifixation, the book shows you what it was like for Pilate and how he basically lived his life. The decisions he may have made and the reasoning for them. A very great book...it was written really well. Plus the book cover is really fantastic. I also like the whole picture. I have always been drawn to it.

Alexander: The Child of Dreams

Yes yes, I read this one before and I loved it even more the second time. It was SO amazing. :) I wanted to kick some butt and wear armor after this book. Oh, I wanted to take 'em all down!

The Wizard of Oz

I love the Wizard of Oz so much that I read it twice. I love the Tinman especially.
<3 I really need to watch The Wizard of Oz with Pink Floyd. :) Fun fun fun in the sun.

To Have and To Hold

Only 18 more books to go until I started at Barnes & Noble! :)
Ok, this book here..well..it was UBER depressing. Really. And it makes me sad to even think about, so onto the next book!

Journal of the Dead

A true story.

OK, this book is WAY too interesting for me not to write about it...2 friends-David and Raffi-from Boston decide to take a road trip (inspired by Kerouac). They stop in New Mexico for a night out under the stars. They take a few beers, a water or two and start their hike into the night.
The next morning, theyre lost. No water, no beer. No food. At the end of the short trip that lasted only a few days, one of the friends is dead. Murdered.
Since they had gotten lost with no food or water, they started to panic. David can no longer so on, so he asked his friend Raffi to take his life. Raffi then killed his best friend out of an act of compassion. Or was it murder?
This book is interesting to me because they were never more than a mile or two out. Something like this could have easily been prevented, but these guys lost it so fast. And I like how pyschological this book was. It was riveting.

Prophecy of the Stones

So, as a children's dept manager, I was always looking for something really great to recommend to the youngsters. I really wanted to inspire kids to read, which is why this one stands out. This book is a really great read for girls around 13 or 14. I loved that this book was so easy to recommend.
I recently recommended it at BN. :)

Island of the Blue Dolphins

YEAR RE-READ: 2004

Yes yes. I read this one when I was really little but I didn't include it because I read it before I loved to read. Anyway, I wanted to re-read it as an adult. I love how peaceful this book is.