The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen

Published in 2004. 374 pages.


I read Dessen's Just Listen during the summer last year. My daughter recommended The Truth About Forever to me as her favorite of Dessen's books. I enjoyed them both and look forward to reading more.

Dessen talks about The Truth About Forever on her website.

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342,752 Ways to Herd Cats

With just one month left to go in Renay's quirky challenge, I've been browsing the master reading list to decide what three books I'm going to read. There are 632 titles on the list, and although I've read quite a few of them, there are so many that I could choose from - including a lot that are already on my to-read list!

In case you're curious, among those I've already read and liked (besides the ten I recommended myself):

• The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom


• Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom


• Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher


• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood


• Midwives by Chris Bohjalian


• Tell No One by Harlan Coben


• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey


• Pope Joan by Donna W. Cross


• Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson


• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon


• The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton


• The Kite Runner by by Khaled Hosseini


• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston


• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley


• Brainiac by Ken Jennings


• Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes


• The Stand by Stephen King


• The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver


• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver


• Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver


• Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella


• The Historian by Elizabeth Kostovo


• Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer


• Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott


• Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik


• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee


• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle


• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis


• The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis


• Beauty by Robin McKinley


• Twilight by Stephenie Meyer


• Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock


• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger


• Island of the Blue Dolphin by Scott O'Dell


• Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson


• My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult


• Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult


• Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult


• The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath


• My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok


• The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand


• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold


• The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield


• The Jungle by Upton Sinclair


• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith


• The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks


• The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks


• The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan


• The Secret History by Donna Tartt


• The Color Purple by Alice Walker


• To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis


• Tending Roses by Lisa Wingate

The three books I've decided upon for this challenge:

• Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
  (recommended by J - and also by one of my high school English teachers very long ago, so I figure it's about time I read it)


• Enchantment by Orson Scott Card
  (recommended by booklogged)


• The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
  (recommended by Becky - and also by my daughter Jelly Bean)

342,752 Ways to Herd Cats(or tl;dr)

I've been diligently avoiding any new challenges.
Really.
Until now.

Host: Renay (aka bottle_of_shine)

Time Frame: May 1 - November 30

Basic Premise: List ten beloved books. Then choose at least three books from other participants' lists to read. Write reviews of the books read.

Links: Bloggers' Reading Lists and Master Reading List (alphabetical - with 416 entries as of this moment) and Renay's Explanation (with all the details)

~ten of alisonwonderland's all-time favorite books~

• American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
  (I reviewed this young adult graphic novel here.)


• Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian
  (Bohajalian is a favorite author of mine. His website is here.)


• The Giver by Lois Lowry
  (I reviewed this young adult novel here.)


• The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
  (This life-changing account of two Dutch sisters during World War II was first published in the 1970s. I first read it four or five years ago and couldn't believe I'd never read it before.)


• A Live Coal in the Sea by Madeleine L'Engle
  (I loved L'Engle's children's books when I was young, and when I stumbled upon this novel for adults on a bookstore discount table, it immediately became an all-time favorite. I love its exploration of what God's grace is and what God expects of us.)


• The Princess Bride by William Goldman
  (Right after we saw the film, some friends and I walked to a bookstore to buy the book. Both the film and the book are favorites of mine!)


• Replay by Ken Grimwood
  (I reviewed this time travel novel here.)


• The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
  (I wrote a little about why I love this novel here.)


• Small Change: The Secret Life of Penny Burford
  by J. Belinda Yandell
  (I mentioned this short but meaningful novel here. This just might be my all-time very most favorite book ever.)


• Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
  (I told a little about this young adult novel when I picked it for the "Something About Me" Challenge last year - here - and I reviewed the sequel here.)

That I love this video is one of the reasons why I just have to join this challenge!