Rick Jordan: Percy Jackson and the Olympians series:
1. The Lightning Thief
2. The Sea of Monsters
3. The Titan's Curse
4. The Battle of the Labyrinth
5. The Last Olympian [downloaded free ebook!]
6. C. S. Lewis: Till We Have Faces [downloaded free ebook! It's not available in stores anyway.]
7. Mitch Albom: Tuesdays with Morrie
Books I might read in the near future
1. C. S. Lewis: The Four Loves
2. Harper Lee: To Kill a Mockingbird
3. Mitch Albom: Have a Little Faith
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Reflections on books read:
The Percy Jackson and the Olympians series are enjoyable to read. It's something like Harry Potter, with more sarcasm, and a lot shorter. I still think Harry Potter was more fun, simply because the stories were longer, and there was better plot build up in the Harry Potter series. Or maybe I'm biased because I read HP before watching it, rather than vice versa for Percy Jackson. Or maybe because I'm getting older and the magic/nostalgic thing isn't there with the Olympians. It's a highly recommended light-read book.
Till We Have Faces is pretty interesting but dark story, that seemed to be pagan, but isn't quite.
It is from the tale of Psyche and Cupid, that focuses on Psyche's older sister, Orual. In this book, the characters are often grey. I want to read it again, this time without withdrawing from the story at the key parts. It's a very highly recommended book, as a book that is pretty easy to read, yet heavy, passionate, and dark.
Tuesdays with Morrie is the popular book about Tuesday meetings between a student and a dying teacher. It's a good read full of the old man's ideas, which you can ponder for its truth. Morrie really focuses on being human, human affection, and empathy. It's a good book for living while imagining the dying moments ahead of time, and thinking about how you'd live, given all that.
Edited on 25 Jan 2011
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