It all started when my parents decided to teach me how to read. Then they moved on to the next step and bought me my first book and I was hooked. Hooked to death, I tell you! But reading is a wonderful thing. So, I thought I'd like to share what I read with you and spread the joy of reading. However, some books are horrible, but they make you appreciates the good ones. Okay, enough ranting, here they are:

01. Lord of the Flies by William Goldings: Story about a group of young boys (6 - 12 year old) got stranded on an island. They had to learn to survive, organized some kind of government, learned some politics, and killed each other. They did a really good job demonstrating human nature.

02. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger: One of my favorite growing up books. Holden, the typical teenager, hated everyone and was disgusted by all of the grown ups' actions. He's on the borderline of being an innocent kid and a grown up. Anyhow, it's a good book too, if you're in the mood of hating the world and wanting to become a hermit. If you're not, it's still a good book.

03. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien: Okay, the coolest book ever! It's a story about and whole bunch of rats and some mice which were caughted, "trained" and tested by these scientists. They've gotten to point that they were super smart and escaped from the laboratory. Then, they built this civilization from the info and skills they acquired from the lab. Way cool. Go read it!

04. The Chosen by Chaim Potok: Two Jewish boys, raised in the same town but different environments. Their fathers dislike each other, but they became best friends after one injured the other. Very deep.

05. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey: Who's crazy and who's not? The question will be answered in this book. Warning, sad (but deep) ending.

06. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens: Two cities: London and Paris. It took place during the beginning of the French Revolution. Yeah, it's that one revolution where they took the rich people and just chop chop chop their heads off, including their rich dogs. Well, but it's also a story of two men in love with the same woman. They look alike, very much alike, but the woman only loved one man. Like all crazy love story, it ended with sacrifice. Wah, I didn't like the love story, but it's a cool book since I hated the other Charles Dickens' book, Great Expectation.

07. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley: In the future, the alpha males will dominate! Hahaha... just kidding. But in this book, the alpha males and females dominate over all of the other types of people. Children exploring the wonders of sex is a good thing, according to the people of the future too. Anyhow, a very good book of one man's prediction of where we are heading. Read and think!

08. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck: I like this Steinbeck's book a whole lot better than his other book, The Pearl. Very interesting book.

09. Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaga: It's a very nice book about an Indian woman and how she viewed the world. Her world's view is very different from my own, so it was very nice to be able to walk in her shoes for a while. However, please read this book with a wide open mind because her customs and ideologies are very different from what Americans are used to.

10. The Princess Bride by William Goldman: Oh, please, don't be scared away by the title. I learned my lesson. When my best friend picked out this book for me, I scoffed and said that it's a chick book and refused to buy it. Well, I bought it and loved it! You wouldn't believe how many people have told me that they won't read it because it sounds like a chick book. For reals. Anyhow, enough about the title. The book is written with unique humor and it has one of the best sword fighting battle ever! Super funny. Read it! I order you to READ IT!

11. The Redemption of Althalus by David & Leigh Eddings: Written by one of my best friend's favorite authors. It's a really long book. If you like fantasy, this is a good book. Very interesting. The story is of a master thief chosen by one of the gods to help save the world from evil. My favorite character is the little boy who can hecka think.

12. The Tower at Stony Wood by Patricia A. McKillip: It's a nice story of a typical male wanting to save his fair princess trapped in a tower. However, it's a very nicely written.

13. Sir Stalwart by Dave Duncan: One of my favorite fantasy series. It's a funny and light story of a kingdom's academy for the knights. So yeah, I like to read books about guys injuring each other with swords.

14. The Crooked House by Dave Duncan: The follow up of Sir Stalwart.

15. Silvercloak by Dave Duncan: The follow up of The Crooked House and my favorite of the series.

16. The Multan Files by Dave Duncan: Sci-fi. A collection of short stories about multans and their struggles to live in this closed-minded and full of fear world of the normal people.

17. The Riddle Master of Hed by Patricia A. McKillip: Not one of my favorite fantasy books.

18. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel: The first romance that I actually finished. The second romance that I've ever read in my whole life and probably will be the last. Anyhow, Rosa was cursed with this crazy tradition of her family. She couldn't marry anyone because she's the youngest daughter, therefore, she has to remain single to take care of her mother. Guess this, she fell in love with a man, and he loves her. Since her mother won't let him marry her, he marries her sister instead. Why? Just to be near her. Oy oy oy.

19. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling: Letting you know that this is the 3rd time I read this book means that I really like the Harry Potter series! It's not blasphemous, it's not telling you to join a cult, it's fun. I've met some lady who wouldn't let her kid read Harry Potter. I asked her why and she replied that it's all fake and not real. Basically, she was lying to me because she lets her kid reads all of the other children books (fairy tales and such)... they are not non-fiction, hence they are fake.

20. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien: The prequel to Tolkien's famous series "Lord of the Rings." I didn't think it was that interesting. Not too much action.

21. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut: A unique story of an ordinary man who is abducted by the aliens. They show him how to see through time, so sometimes he's in WWII and sometimes he's marrying his wife, etc. Overall, it's a good book.

22. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain: Little adventures of a little kid. Fun to read. Oh yeah, like most of Mark Twain's works, there's a satire.

23. Night by Elie Wiesel: Great writer, Mr. Wiesel. It's a true story told in details of a Jewish little boy during WWII. I really like his writing style. It's like he's telling you a fiction story, but it's also like a journal of his.

24. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer: A child criminal genius who goes around the world stealing cool technologies and such. He also has a super cool butler who can beat anyone up even a troll! Did I just say troll? Yes, I did, not only does this book contains cool super technology gadgets, it also has fairy magics with super cool gadgets.

25. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut: Oh, another one of Vonnegut's works. It's so cool. It's about Ice-9. Read it. You'll know what it is.

26. Heir of Sea and Fire by Patricia A. McKillip: Another fantasy, yes my friend is a fantasy freak (she will deny the "freak" part) and let me borrow this book. I have forgotten what it was about (XD), so long ago. Something about this man going on this journey and a woman with special powers. All of them have special power... I remember enjoying it when I was reading it.