Book List - Updated

HashTag #1 : Attack on Titan (All Versions):  

Okay, I know this is not a traditional book, but I think this is one of the greatest works GLOBALLY! In Japan, where this book originated from, it has gotten so big that it even has a light novel series, a T.V show with 2 seasons, a manga, and now, a Movie. This is such a great franchise, it also has become such a big franchise that the T.V show is now airing in other countries! I’ve been reading this book since 6th grade, and it’s probably not going to stop any time soon. That’s the popularity of it, and there is a reason why. This book/manga/show/movie will completely break your heart. It’s mostly about tragedy and about how cruel the world really is, that the world won’t slow down for you, that they won’t listen when you say, “wait!” or “stop it!” It will show you that some won’t listen to reason, that some have become so corrupted that there is nothing you can do to persuade them. It will show you the scars that the character’s have. It will show you the part of you that is able to cry. Yet, it still will show you the beauty of this world. This book/manga/show/movie, will make you realize that the world is an unbalanced piece of feces.

*I HAVEN’T DONE A BLOG ON THIS YET!!! BE PREPARED!!!*

HashTag #2 : Sword Art Online (All Versions): I read a lot of books that come from Japan…

I watched the show when I was in 6th grade and read the book in 8th. I scored this pretty high just because it had an interesting story. Wait, I shouldn’t have said “just because”. This story is basically every gamer’s dream… or nightmare? You’re trapped inside of a game where there is this ultimate rule to never let you’re Health Bar reach 0%, if you do, you die not only just in the game, but in real life. Another big key to the plot is the characters, I only kept on reading just because it had more detail then it did in the show, about the characters of course. They don’t have the facial expressions, but the way they speak and the way they thought in their minds, that’s something that the show did not incorporate thoroughly. I’m not saying that the show is bad, it’s actually on the complete other side of the spectrum but, the light novel beats the show in the character aspect. I pretty much just put it here because the concept and the plot were incredibly interesting. There is also that piece of romance in there which I really liked, the romance takes up about 1/3 of the show, so you can’t really help but like it.

Hashtag #3 : Rot and Ruin

This is probably one of the greatest post-apocalyptic books I’ve ever read, next to the Walking Dead. This book, will make you cry and will make you hate it. You’re going to think that the author’s choices were wrong, you didn’t want that to happen. YOU WILL GO IN THE STATE OF DENIAL. Just like I was. I remember re-reading a chapter where as something drastic happened, and it all went too quickly. The author doesn’t ease you into a major character’s death, it’s realistic, when you get head-shot by a gun, it happens right there and then. Like, BAM! He’s dead. You’re going to actually harbor feelings for these characters, you’re going to disagree with their actions, agree, hate, love, connect, and surely you’re going to be sad. I won’t even be surprised if the main character dies somewhere in the middle of the book (I’ll actually be surprised, but I won’t hate it. It’s already happened quite a lot of times.) Books that are realistic like this, unlike ones where as everything will go your way at the end, are books that I love, with a passion… A PASSION.

Hashtag #4 : The Dead and the Gone (Second book in the “Life as we knew it” series)

I don’t know what to say, just that this is way scarier then zombies. This book, is a book of death. It’s like, Death himself wrote this book. Everyone dies. Only because of an asteroid hitting the moon and knocking it out of it’s orbit creating a big climate change which turned the city of Manhattan into a deadly wasteland. The main character, Alex, had his parents disappear and now has to care for his 2 younger sisters, the bad part is, food is scarce, really scarce. Not at the beginning because stores still had plenty food, but they just stopped coming. The government had to give out rations, but that’s not enough to feed the entire city. But the plot’s not really why I love this book, it’s because of what happens in these small little details. The author has you come to love and know each of the character’s only to make your heart break as they disappear. The author makes the happy moments add up, only to make the punch of reality harder. It’s crazy.

Hashtag #5: The Giving Tree

I think this book should be on everyone’s list. I’ve read it in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade. It’s still really memorable to me right now. Every that has read this book should be able to remember this. This book was my childhood, well, next to pokemon. I really loved this book, it was like the second bible when I was a kid. It really influenced me more then I think it should have actually. There was an immediate change from before and after I’ve read that book. I was pretty selfish, I had to admit. I didn’t like sharing, especially when I was forced to share, because when the teacher did force me to share, I didn’t take it out on the teacher, I took it out on the one I’m sharing with, even if they didn’t want it. That changed after The Giving Tree, pretty drastically.

Hashtag #6: The Lost Hero

This book, has influenced my writing by so much. The way that the author puts emotion into the characters, he makes them feel like they’re actual people. They’re really, completely unique from each other, and even from the people within our school. They’re not clung onto cliches, and they make mistakes like normal people would. They feel really… REAL. You know how some books have these character’s which you find in every other book. Such as, the caring type, the courageous type, the shy type, and so on. They all have some pieces of the types all in one. Like Leo! Leo is the perfect example for this, I think he has the most emotion. He has SARCASM. He’s funny, and makes a lot of mistakes. But he can’t be defined. Of course you can be really broad about it and say that he’s really easy going but that’s not all! He’s serious and has his own worries, he just creates a facade of happiness to keep things lively. He has his own sense of morality! He even creates jokes at the most serious times, because that’s Leo! He does things that don’t go against his character.

Hashtag #7: The Giver

This book, is most likely, on everyone’s list. Don’t deny it. Probably the only reason why this book isn’t on some dude’s list, is because he had dumb moment and forgot about it. This book is the definition of… (Forgive me for my short vocabulary) speechlessness. The great thing about this book is that you actually have to think about everything! That the book doesn’t give you answers, the book doesn’t tell you exactly what “release” is, everything about this book is implicit! You’ve gotta love that! That gives you a sense of freedom and creativity, a little bit of confusion but it gives you creativity and freedom. This book is something that you can’t really imitate, it gives you this whole bunch of mixed feelings. Whereas you don’t really know what to think of that. Whether you’re on the side of that, whether or not you agree with what the book says. It will destroy your morals, your sense of “perfection”. If you read it, you’ll get what I’m saying. *wink* *wink*

Hashtag #8: Dr. Seuss books

The reason why I had to bunch all of these books up together is that, if I didn’t, they would take up at least 2 spots. The Dr. Seuss books are up on this list not because of the influence they had on my life, not because of some big and mysterious meaning, but because they were fun. Insanely fun. These books made my childhood enjoyable. They gave me joy when I reading them. The fun words he would create, the great rhymes that would get stuck in my head, the simple and clean way of his writing, and the reason why I can’t seem to forget them no matter how hard I tried. The memories of me asking stupid questions to the reader, “Oh no! He died! HE DIED DIDN’T HE!” They were just really fun to read. Especially tongue twisters.

Hashtag #9: Charlotte’s Web

"I don't want to die! Save me, somebody! Save me!"

I, I cried. I cried at the end of this book. I was 7, a small little kid who doesn’t understand how to cry at sad things, but I cried because of this book. I think, I think I thought I read this book because, “Oh look! She’s holding a pig and talking to a spider! How cool!” or something like that. I read that book because of it’s cover, and kept on reading it for what’s inside. I didn’t understand it for the most part, which I think is the reason why I don’t really remember what the middle part is. But I was attached to the characters, they got me attached, then cut the red string of attachment by smashing it with a sledgehammer a thousand times. It wasn’t the most effective way to do it, but it was brutal. I cried, but I didn’t cry like a little baby, I cried like a 7-year old, which is worse.

Hashtag #10: Where the Wild Things Are

The reason why I put it so low, was because I couldn’t relate to the moral of the story. You’ll miss your mom? Is part of what I got from that. I love my mother from the start, all you people who want to deny that, I can’t accept. Well, this book shows you your greatest dreams, your utopia, but you’ll end up coming back to this dystopian world, because you know that your perfect dreams aren’t real. That you’ll end up coming back to where you belong. Thing is, this place is my utopia. Low ideals and low expectations, I know.