I don’t post spoilers in this blog, so I can’t comment much on the books below, but if you’ve read them, too, you know what I’m talking about!
by Sue Grafton
Liar
by Justine Larbalestier
by Justine Larbalestier
"The Lottery"
by Shirley Jackson (short story)
by Shirley Jackson (short story)
"Good Country People"
by Flannery O'Connor (short story)
by Flannery O'Connor (short story)
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
by John Steinbeck
The Tenth Justice
by Brad Meltzer
by Brad Meltzer
Whale Talk
by Chris Crutcher
by Chris Crutcher
What I Saw and How I Lied
by Judy Blundell
by Judy Blundell
Stuck in Neutral
by Terry Trueman
by Terry Trueman
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
by J.K. Rowling
by J.K. Rowling
Another person who has not forgotten what happened in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. I wonder... Will we ever forget? Or will that book's ending be etched in the minds or readers for all eternity? It really was that moving. I cried.
ReplyDeleteThe ending of Half Blood Prince was horribly shocking and sad. It had to be for the series to work, but I hated to see it happen.
ReplyDeleteOhh yes, The Lottery. We read that in high school, I think, and I could not get it out my head for such a long time. Terrifying.
ReplyDeleteI love it! We both picked HP 6!!! Of all the books in the series I think it's the one that shocked me the very most. I was crying for days. :o(
ReplyDeleteOOOOO, I was so mad at the ending of Half-Blood Prince! I didn't want it to happen! I forgave J.K. Rowling for it when I saw how the seventh book ended, but I'm still not sure I've forgiven her for the fate of one character in particular (trying to avoid a spoiler) in Deathly Hallows. I must say, I'm impressed at how diverse your list is.
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The Beauty of Eclecticism
Th HBP definitely was a shocker for me too as was the first time I read the Lottery.
ReplyDeletethe first, third and six book looks interesting. all are new titles for me.
ReplyDeleteI just read Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. I must get my hands on a copy of The Lottery! She's a fabulous writer.
ReplyDeleteThe Lottery was crazy shocking, I remember reading it in school.
ReplyDeleteYes to Liar!
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