Born to Run

Hands down, one of the best books I've read this year!!  As I was reading it, I felt genuine awe and inspiration.  You don't have to be a runner or a sports fanatic to appreciate the book.  I only run around my block every once in a while and I could still glean life lessons from just about every chapter. I highly recommend this book.

Focus

Very short ebook (approx 120pages) available on Kindle (maybe Nook too, but I'm not sure).  I really need to apply some of the tips to my life....I'll let you know how that goes. Seriously, if you want to lessen the distractions of constantly being bombarded with information in day to day life, this may be worth a glance. I think everyone can apply something from here to their life.

The Fall

This is another book that took me forever because I made the grave mistake of starting it at the beginning of LAST semester.  This is the sequel to The Strain, which I finished back in March.  I liked the first one better because it was all new.  Part 2 of this trilogy was good as well, but I wasn't as scared as I was while reading the first one.  Probably because I already got the idea.  There are some twists, but Del Toro takes his time getting you there.  Most of the main action is in the last 100 pages.

One Day

I don't know where to begin.  It took me a long time to get through this book because in the beginning I kept thinking "What is the point?". It's about 400+ pages and I honestly didn't really get into the story until about page 244.  BUT.....the last 120+ pages left me stunned, teary-eyed and philosophical about life, love and the path of our lives.  I finished the book around midnight and I lay in bed just thinking about it for another hour.  I think it's because I really identified with the character Emma. Then I read some reviews and the one that most closely said what I was feeling was that it is a book that is quiet in it's profoundness and "it melts as you read it so that you don't notice all the hard work that it's doing".