books

I know, kind of random right, why do I have a books tab on my fashion blog? Well books have been a huge part of my life, still is. They’re what inspired me to think, write, and write in my blog of course! I also seem to have *good taste* in books according to my friends heehee. And, I refer to a lot of my readings from my Art History class right now so I wanted to list my books here too. Honestly I just love a wide range of books, any good book. But I guess if I did have to pick, I really like historical fiction and books about people in different cultures. I just love learning about cultures, and stories told in firsthand are the best way to learn. Anyhow, yes so the point again for having this section is to recommend books to you all because again, I don’t ONLY read cultural, historical, or classical books— I love bum beach reads too like Shopaholic haha. So I think I have a prettttty wide range of books I read. I love them all. And I just want to share!

So here I will post all of my finished books, and current readings as well (even my academic books)!
I’ll put * for good and ** for MUST read!

Currently reading: (I have a problem w/ reading like over 4 books at a time!)
Lady Chatterly’s Lover by D.H Lawrence 
Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 
Twenty Someone by Dunham & Serven 

Books finished in my life (mostly a collection since 2005)

Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji ***
Woman At Point Zero by Nawal El Sadaawi **
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer **
Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult *** 
No Telephone to Heaven The Perks of Being A WallflowerThe Alchemist *The Great Gatsby *Miles from Nowhere
Twilight
New Moon
Timeline
100 Things You’re Not Supposed to Know by RussKick
The Food of Love: A Novel by Anthony Capella
Benito Cereno by Herman Melville
The Bright Forever: A Novel
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffeneger **
Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia by Jean P. Sasson *
Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger
All-American Girl by Meg Cabot
Boy Meets Girl by Meg Cabot
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks *
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Romiette and Julio by Sharon M. Draper
The Autobiography of Benjanmin Franklin
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas: An American Slave
The Odyssey by Homer *
The Iliad by Homer *
Beowulf
Diary of an Anorexic Girl by Morgan Menzie
How Do I Love Thee by Lurlene Mcdaniel *
A Rose for Melinda by Lurlene Mcdaniel
I’ll Be Seeing you by Lurlene Mcdaniel
Telling Christina Goodbye by Lurlene Mcdaniel
The Angels Trilogy by Lurlene Mcdaniel *
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
In the Face of Jinn: A Novel by Cheryl Howard Crew *
Here Kitty Kitty: A Novel by Jardine Libaire
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley **
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
Nice Girls Finish First by Alesia Holliday *
We are All Fine Here by Mary Guterson
Matilda by Roald Dahl **
The Witches by Roald Dahl **
The Twits by Roald Dahl *
The BFG by Roald Dahl ********** :)
Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah *
Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah
Waterwoman by Lenore Hart
This Side of Married by Rachel Pastan
Disturbing the Peace: A Novel by Nancy Newman
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Woman, Child for Sale: The new Slave Trade in the 21st Century by Gilbert King **
The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green: A Novel by Joshua Braff
Atonement by Ian McEwan
The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella *
Can You Keep A Secret? by Sophie Kinsella **
Confessions of a Shopahlic by Sophie Kinsella **
Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella
Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Sophie Kinsella
Shopaholic and Sister by Sophie Kinsella
Fox Girl by Nora Okja Keller
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden **
Jia: A Novel of North Korea by Hyejin Kim *
Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
Something Blue by Emily Giffin *
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen **
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair**
The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory**
Veil of Roses by Laura Fitzgerald *
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Last Voyage of he Valentina **
Wish by Melina Gerosa Bellows *Finished Academic Reads (mostly political science reads haha) 

Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof **
A Thousand Sisters by Lisa Shannon
Crack in America
Art Since 1940: Strategy of Being by Jonathan Fineberg Trade Offs **

The New Economics of Human Behavior
Greener Than Thou
The Dance of Legislation by Eric Redman
Kim Il Sung by Dae-Sook Suh
The Not So Wild, Wild West: Property Rights on the Frontier by Terry L. Anderson
Politics in the Trenches: Citizens, Politicans and the Fate of Democracy by Thomas J. Volgy

Bellissima by Stephen Gundle **Bourgeois Gentleman by MolièreConcise History of Italy by Christopher Duggan The Supreme Court 10th Edition by Lawrence BaumA History of Iraq by Charles Tripp A History of Modern Iran by Ervand AbrahamianA History of Saudi Arabia by Madawi Al-RasheedOil & Politics in the Gulf by Jill Crystal (I recommend this book for anyone who wants to understand the whole deal with oil and what’s going on over there in the middle east, Crystal is a good writer, easy to read and understand)
A Civil Action