Recommended Reading/Listening

Yes, some of these books are young adult books, but if you weren’t forced to read them in school, you should read them now.  I’ll add to the list periodically, and figure out a way to mark new additions to the list.  These are in no particular order, I am just trying to pluck all the good books I’ve read out of my memory (which fails me quite often).

 

Fiction

The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
The Winter of Our Discontent By John Steinbeck
The Chronicles of Narnia By C. S. Lewis
Kushiel’s Legacy Series By Jacqueline Carey (the first book is Kushiel’s Dart)
The Vampire Chronicles By Anne Rice (includes the famous Interview with a Vampire, and Queen of the Damned)
The Hatchet By Gary Paulsen (The River and Brian’s Winter carry on the story)
The Worlds of Lois Lowry By Lois Lowry (Includes The Giver, Gathering Blue, and The Messenger)
The Crucible By Arthur Miller
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Dracula By Bram Stoker
The Twilight Saga By Stephanie Meyer (being made into movies, but I’m not sure I like that idea, maybe because I love the books so much and I have a certain picture in my head…)
The Gemma Doyle Trilogy By Libba Bray
The Witch of Cologne By Tobsha Learner
The Thorn Birds By Coleen McCullough

 

Non-Fiction

Don’t Ask Stupid Questions: There Are No Stupid Questions By Tim Brownson

 

Blogs

http://www.adaringadventure.com/blog/wordpress/
http://meeshisense.wordpress.com
http://ittybiz.com
http://www.fluentself.com/blog

 

What’s in my iPod

(well, what I think is noteworthy in my iPod)

Cold By Static-X

Lux Aeterna by Clint Mansell

Death is the Road to Awe By Clint Mansell

Recoding Your Mind By Havi Brooks

Vampire Heart By HIM

Rip Out the Wings of a Butterfly By HIM

King Nothing By Metallica

Unforgiven II Metallica

Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ remake of Rollercoaster

Criminal By Fiona Apple

Masquerade from the Phantom of the Opera

Psychosocial By Slipknot

Queen of the Damned Score Album 

Podcasts from Dave Ramsey