What's on your bookshelf?

Since graduating college, my husband and I have been reading books like crazy.  We have to catch up for all that time spent reading textbooks in college.

I wanted to show you some of our books that we've been collecting (mostly from Goodwill and used book stores, 'cause that's how we roll).  It's so much fun reading a good book and then finding it for sale somewhere.


So, what's on our bookshelf?

Let's start with the hubby's books.  My husband has a crazy assortment of books he likes to read.  They tend to be classic books like The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde or A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway.

He also really likes to read books by authors like Chuck Palahniuk and Cormac McCarthy.  Those are his favorites at the moment.

My collection of books (currently) tend to be best sellers, I'm a sucker for a well-reviewed book, and books that have been recommended to me by people that I respect.


The Hunger Games, Water for Elephants, Eat, Pray, Love, and anything by Sherman Alexie, are just a few that I have collected recently. 

It's easy for my husband to find new books/authors to read because he was raised with such a great and diverse literary background.  I have found that for me to really want to read a new book by a new author, I have to have a great review by somebody that I respect.  Is that weird?

That's just a piece of our life and something that we both enjoy doing whenever we have the time to.

What's on your bookshelf?

Day 7: Four Books

Christmas Eve is tomorrow?!  When did this happen?  This month has gone by so fast!  We don't have any plans until tomorrow night since Nick has to work until the afternoon.  Anyways, gifts are wrapped and now I need to finish this post and clean house. 

Today it's four books.  This was really hard.  I love reading and there are a lot of books that I like, but I wanted to make sure that I put books that I loved on here. 

1.  Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert.  I just finished reading this book and I was pretty bummed that I was done.  It is so well written, funny, witty, and cute.  If you don't know about it, it's about Elizabeth's travels in Italy, India, and Bali in search of inner peace.  Read it!  :)

2.  The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks.  I could put all of Nicholas Sparks' books (I love cheesy romance novels), but this is my favorite of his.  I was completely caught of guard at the end and it's a beautiful sequel to The Notebook.
 

3.  The Gollywhopper Games by Jody Feldman.  I had to read this book in my Children's Lit. class at school.  It's like a modern day Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  It's meant for young adults, but I thought it was a lot of fun to read.  It's really good!

4.  Calvin & Hobbes: The Day Are Just Packed by Bill Watterson.  I never read Calvin & Hobbes until I went to Nick's house.  Those comics are some of the funniest things I've ever seen/read.  If you haven't read them before, I suggest you do.  Very funny.

What about you?