Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice--(current read)

Kate Messner

Capture the Flag--This is geared toward a much younger crowd, but it was a fun read.  I enjoyed it. 

Orson Scott Card

Ender's Game--I'm not the biggest sci-fi fan in the world, but I really enjoyed this one!  It had suspense, action, and a great twist!

Anita Stansfield

Passage on the Titanic--I love Anita Stansfield.  I love the story of the Titanic.  I love reading different perspectives about the Titanic.  Perfect combination!  It was a good read, and interesting that the events were based off a real person. 

Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird--I had to read this book in order to teach it for student teaching.  It was a LOT better than I thought it would be!  I struggled with the trial, but other than that it was fun to watch the characters grow and develop in this book.

Gary D. Schmidt

Okay For Now--AMAZING READ!  I would recommend this book to anyone!  It is fantastic!  It's relatable from teens-adults.

Gerald N. Lund

The Guardian--VERY different Lund book, but I enjoyed it for the most part.  It just wasn't what I was expecting from him and it threw me for a loop for awhile. 
The Undaunted--LOVED IT!!!!!!  It was gripping me from the very first page.  I like his style and this genre.  LDS historical fiction meets romance can be so much fun! (especially when I'm in that kind of mood)

Eleanor H. Porter

Pollyanna--such a cute book.  It was a fun, quick read.  Uplifting as well, kinda puts life into perspective a bit.

J.D. Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye--hated this book.  I couldn't get into it.  I couldn't relate with the character at all and the language made Stephen King look like an innocent child was speaking.  I struggled, but I've heard others loved it, so don't let my review deter you from reading it if you are so inclinced. :)

Ally Condie

Matched--Not too bad.  It finally picked up toward the middle.  It was really predictable for me, but I still enjoyed the storyline for the most part.

Christopher Paolini

Eragon--(current read)

Kurt Vonnegut

Slaughterhouse Five--This book kept me engaged because I just couldn't understand why the kid was doing what he was doing.  I wanted to get into his psyche.  It wasn't my favorite book, and extremely explicit, but overall intriguing.

Matthew J. Kirby

The Clockwork Three--It was a good book.  My mom knows the author and his wife, so it was fun to read.  I enjoyed reading it...there was even Italian in it! (makes every book better :) )

Agate Nesaule

A Woman in Amber: Healing the Trauma of War and Exile--Wow!  It was horrific and shocking, but so real.  It is about a woman and her experience of living through the war. 

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The Gulag Archipelago: 1918-1956--It was a tough one to read, but very intriguing in it's descriptions of war.

Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games--A-M-A-ZING!!!!  I still dream about this book and even more so now that I've read it twice. 

Catching Fire--So good! 

The Mockingjay--I just love this series!  It's probably one of my all time favorites ever and I will read it a thousand times and it will never get old.

Kathryn Stockett

The Help--I could not put this book down.  It was captivating and exciting.  I loved every word!

Erin Morgenstern

The Night Circus--This was a pretty good book.  It had a few twists that I didn't expect, kept me interested.  My friend from Germany knows this author and so it was fun to hear about her firsthand.

Sigmund Freud

Civilization and Its Discontents--an interesting read

Stephen King

IT --I was disappointed in this one.  I thought it would scare me a lot more than it did.  But it was decent, just not my favorite by Stephen King.