I know that I am an avid reader (can sometimes read 3-5 books a week if provoked, lol), so I thought that maybe we can have a thread where we can post book recommendations along with a short description. I'm always looking for something new and interesting to read!


Here are some of my favourites of the moment:


SATI- Christopher Pike


(yep, the same guy who writes those books that, if you were born in the late 70s/early 80s, you probably read in middle school)


Description from back of the book:


I once knew this girl who thought she was God. She didn't give sight to the blind or raise the dead. She didn't even teach anything, not really, and she never told me anything I probably didn't already know.


On the other hand, she didn't expect to be worshipped, nor did she ask for money. Given her high opinion of herself, some might call that a miracle.


I don't know, maybe she was God. Her name was Sati and she had blonde hair and blue eyes.


For all who meet her, Sati will change everything. Sati may change everything for you.


I really didn't expect this book to really leave an impression on me- I figured it would be a good distraction.....but I was actually really impressed. It's definitely not a hard read, but is facinating in its simplicity.


Postcards from the Edge - Carrie Fisher


"I'm expecting a breakthrough any decade now..."


Suzanne Vale is funny and famous, a thirty-ish actress who has crash-landed in rehab, and navigated the humorous and harrowing byways of all of her addictions...even love. Tough yet fragile, she's hanging on -- and she's not sure why. There is her unsupporting cast of friends and lovers: Alex, an arrogantly handsome TV writer. Suzanne has a place in his heart...and maybe even in his new script. Jack, a producer and super-stud. His relationship with Suzanne is heavy on analysis and light on commitment. Lucy, her trusted gal pal. When the going gets rough, they charge away their blues on Rodeo Drive. Jesse, a novelist and the almost-too-good-to-be-true result of a "dating accident." His Niceness is boring Suzanne to death -- and driving her crazy with love.


Poignant, painful, excruciatingly funny, Carrie Fisher's bestseller is a dazzling survivor's tale, and "a wickedly shrewd, black-humor riff on the horrors of rehab and the hollows of Hollywood life" (People).


Essentially, forget anything you think you know about Carrie Fisher, or any pre-conceived notions you may have based on her acting roles or famous family. This is one of my favourite books- I read it at least once a year. It's so unique, funny, and well-written that the first time I read it I went "Leia WHO?!"


So....anyone else have any recommendations?


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