Book Reviews

Hi! My name is Maranda and I am an addict. My drug of choice is books. I've been looking for reform programs and have not found any to suit my needs, itches, twitches, and cravings. Over the years I have become accustomed to my addiction and do not think I could survive without it. Therefore, I have dedicated this page to the books I am currently reading and a few that I have read in the past. Some titles contain links to my thoughts on the books.

I urge you to proceed with caution as this drug is extremely addicting and can push you over the edge with me.

Biography/Memoir:
A Wolf at the Table by Augusten Burroughs
Believe It, Be It: How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life by Ali Vincent
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Through the Storm by Lynne Spears
Why We Suck by Denis Leary



Fiction: 
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Almost Moon by Alice Sebold
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Blaze by Richard Bachman
Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Unseen by T.L. Hines
Trans-Sister Radio by Chris Bojhalian


Horror:
Books of Blood Volumes I through III by Clive Barker
Hell House by Richard Matheson

 
 
Personal Development:
Co-dependent No More by Melodie Beattie
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
Wild Mind by Natalie Goldberg


Science Fiction/Fantasy:
All Together Dead (Sookie Stackhouse Book #7) by Charlaine Harris
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
John Dies at the End by David Wong
Wizard's First Rule 


Writings on Food:
Julie & Julia by Julie Powell Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
My Life in France by Julia Child
The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Useable Trim, Scraps, and Bones by Anthony Bourdain