Books I Love

I used to be such a huge bookworm a few years ago. When I was in college I was a commuting student and I didn't drive the 4/5 years while in college so I rode the bus. It was a four hour commute from LA to the Valley so I had lots of time to kill so I'd read one book a week. Now I don't have a lot of time to read but I've been getting back into reading rather than being on my phone scrolling through social media or watching Netflix during my free time.

I used to have my bookshelf in my room filled with books but now I only keep a few. I'm going to share the books I've come to love and recommend so that you guys can check them out!

Poetry

• Milk and Honey - Rupi Kaur 
• The Sun and Her Flowers - Rupi Kaur
• Neon Soul - Alexandra Elle 
• Pillow Thoughts - Courtney Peppernell
• Salt - Nayyirah Waheed
• Whiskey, Words and a Shovel I, II, and III - r.h. Sin
• Flux - Orion Carloto
• Beautiful Chaos - Robert M. Drake
• The Flowering Woman - Q. Gibson

Novels

• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
• One Day - David Nicholls
• Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
• Modern Romance - Aziz Ansari 
• 13 Reasons Why - Jay Asher
• Harry Potter Series - J.K. Rowling
• The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
• The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald 
• Choke, Lullaby and Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
• The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
• The Marriage Plot - Jeffrey Eugenides
• Looking For Alaska and The Fault in our Stars - John Green 
• Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom
• Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer
• Divergent, Insurgent, and Allegiant - Veronica Roth
• It's Kind of a Funny Story - Ned Vizzini
• The Lover's Dictionary - David Levithan
• The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold

To-Read List 

• Sour Honey & Soul Food - Billy Chapata 
• Corazon - Yesika Salgado
• Flawers - Billy Chapata 
• Peluda - Melissa Lozada-Oliva
• I Love My Love - Reyna Biddy
• I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter - Erika L Sanchez
• Note to Self - Connor Franta
• #Girlboss - Sophia Amoruso
• In the Country We Love: My Family - Diane Guerrero
• Loose Woman: Poems - Sandra Cisneros
• The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up - Marie Kondo
• Yes Please - Amy Poehler 
• Me Before You - Jojo Moyes 

I've read so many other books but these are the ones that come to mind. Back in college, I enjoyed reading a lot of fiction and young adult novels. Now that I'm older my preferences have definitely changed and I love reading poetry, self-improvement, autobiographies, and fiction. I'm currently reading You are a Badass by Jen Sincero which I was super excited to pick it up because I've heard nothing but great things. All the books on my to read list are in my Amazon cart, haha! But books can get so expensive so I'm being good about not buying multiple books at once. If you guys have any book recommendations, let me know!