Esperanza's Box of Saints

Mhmmhm, now this book. Ooh, this book...I was in awe of it. I loved it so much and I felt like I couldn't recommend it because it was just too much a part of me.
About a woman from Mexico who loses her husband, and then her daughter. This book is witty and silly and also very religious and very mexican. A lot of it also takes place in Los Angeles, and there is even a luchadore. Hmm, I tried to get my mom to read it..that was a no go. I even bought it for her in spanish. Her and I have absolutely nothing in common, it makes me sad.

The Princess Diaries

Truth be told, I LOVE MEG CABOT and I loved the Princess Diaries. She has this way of writing that feels like I am reading something I had written. She's just cute and adorable and she really brings out my teenage years when she writes. I really like her adult fiction, too!

Pigman

I re-read the Pigman years later because I wanted to revisit one of the first novels I read. :) I was still charmed by it, but it seemed really dated. Also, what a horrible name for a book.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

This one was read in April 2002. It was one of Sherri's favourite books at the time. I read it for her and I really really enjoyed it myself. I loved the father, is that terrible? He made me smile. I also really loved the time of the book and the fact that it did place in Brooklyn. :)

Sabriel

This one was a pretty cool teen book. It was pretty dark, I remember that. Wow, I read a lot of teen books, didn't I? :)

Road Taken

This one was good, I wished it stayed on the bookshelves longer. :)

Smart v.s. Pretty

Sherri recommended this one to me and it was really good. :) One of the better chick lit books. It was one that people forgot about though. It came out, we hand sold it we kept it afloat for a while..but in the end, it was just another title lost in bookmaster.

Treasure Box

A book I really wanted to like but couldn't. I have a thing for treasure boxes and just treasures in general. But this book was really really horrible. Mhmm, the cover of the book is still inspiring though.

Bad Beginning

Hahaha! I love this series. Lemony Snickett is so amazing and creative and just fun! He reminds me a little of Tim Burton, or Neil Gaiman for kids. Its fantastic! And I really love the movie version of the book. Jim Carrey is one of my heroes and he just did an amazing job.

Little Altars Everywhere

This book was so boring. Oh my god! Where Divine Secrets was more about Sidda and her relationship with her mom, this one was more about the rest of the family in general. It was also written before Divine Secrets. It was horrible. I am surprised I even finished it.

Gone With the Wind

Man, oh man. Gone with the Wind. I read this because of The Outsiders. When Pony Boy and Johnny ran away and they stayed in that old abandoned church and read out loud to each other to pass the time. The passages they read were in the movie and it makes me happy every time. I wanted to read it for them. Silly thing, I know. But I read it without ever having seen the movie and the book was WONDERFUL!!! When I saw the movie after I read the book though-I didn't like it. I didn't like the cast. In my version of Gone with the Wind, Scarlets face was softer, and her eyes weren't so mean. Rhett was less creepy looking and more of a gentleman. Ashley was, well my Ashley was just as handsome as one could be.
I dont actually own this book and we had an advanced copy of it when the publisher changed the cover...I didn't take it. I want the book I own to look like the one I read from years before. Small, red.

Good In Bed

This book was really big at the time. Chick lit *was* big at one time. I think that this book is supposed to be really funny, but I think I am the only one who thought it was really sad. The girls life, etc. She was really angry about a lot things and couldn't just let go.