Book Nook

Reading Is Fundamental.

I love reading. For as long as I can remember, books to me were the absolute ultimate best thing ever. They opened up new worlds and got you thinking. Then came the internet and my books got less and less attention from me. And now that I don’t really have the time to read the back of a cereal box let alone a whole book, I’ve been listening to audiobooks at work like there’s no tomorrow. Not quite the same as curling up and losing yourself in the words but it works.

The point of this section is for me to share some of my favorite books. I’ll be adding them here as I can get the time. Maybe someone will find something they might not have bothered with before.

1984

1984

“Outside, even through the shut window pane, the world looked cold. Down in the street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals, and though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue, there seemed to be no color in anything except the posters that were plastered everywhere.”
The year [...]

Maynard’s House

Maynard’s House

“Some houses hide you from the terrors of the night. Some houses invite them in.”
First he took possession of the house…then the house took possession of him. For Austin Fletcher, any place was paradise after Vietnam. Even the ancient house in the frozen Maine wilderness left to him by his slain buddy, [...]

Stephen King

Stephen King

Okay I’ll start this off by recommending any book by Stephen King. I don’t know what it is about his writing, but for me it seems like he can take any off-the-wall scenerio and make it seem like it CAN happen in real life. From the monster in “IT” to the vampires in “Salem’s [...]