My Book List

So, it looks like we're going to be iced in for a few days. Been raining all day, and in about two hours it will be sleeting all through the night. That means lots of time for homework, writing, and reading that we would otherwise not have. I plan to snuggle up with Wuthering Heights after finishing all of the lessons I'm behind in. Then again, I've been trying to read it for about three months and I always find myself getting lost in the language. Emily is a great writer, but Charlotte's classic is a lot better in my opinion. Wuthering Heights is just...a little depressing. I might skip out on it and just dive into Northanger Abbey or some Shakespeare. But, you have to appreciate what another INFP has to say.

There are some books that have greatly impacted me as an author and influenced my writing. Here are a few of them:

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte <<< One of the best novels of all time
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (Even though we all know who wrote P&P...)
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley <<< HECK YES. It's like my favorite novel right now
The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux (I've read the book, watched the live performance, and watched the movie countless times. It's a classic).
The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis
The Uglies - Scott Westerfield
The Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
The Christy Miller & Friends Series - Robin Jones Gunn 
The Fairest - Gail Carson Levine
The Two Princesses of Barmarre - Gail Carson Levine
The Fairy's Return - Gail Carson Levine (It's an excellent book of short stories)
The Princess Academy - Shannon Hale
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple - Karen Cushman << Is one of the reasons I write. It was a book that engaged me as a child, and though I hardly remember it at all, I know it made a huge impact on me
*Pretty much anything by Gail Carson Levine that I read as a child

THE BFG - Oh my gosh. Yes. I will read this to my children just like it was read to me. I even named my cat Sophie (not knowing that in the book it was spelled "Sofie," hence being read to me).

What are some of the books that have made an impact on your life? Why do you write? If it's true that there are people reading this - which my statistics say that there are - then leave a comment with your response as proof I'm not just shouting into cyberspace.