[What do you avoid?]

I avoid most Young Adult books, especially if they're supernatural ones.  All of the covers look the same when you walk down the aisles in the bookstore!  I know there are good ones but it's so hard to find them...

 

I also avoid all of the BDSM erotica books that have come out in droves since the release of 50 Shades of Grey.

[ladyofshalott's 2013 Booklist]

I hope you enjoy Girl with a Pearl Earring.

 

Thanks!  So far I'm enjoying it very much.   I saw the film version a while ago and I've always wanted to read the book.

[ladyofshalott's 2013 Booklist]

Books I've Read

After Dark - Haruki Murakami

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden - Joanne Greenburg
Piece by Piece - Tori Amos & Ann Powers

We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson


Books to Read

Girl With a Pearl Earring - Tracey Chevalier
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson

American Gods - Neil Gaiman

1Q84 - Haruki Murakami
Cracks - Sheila Kohler
Dragonflight - Anne McCaffrey
Violet & Claire - Francesca Lia Block
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath (reread)
Faery Tale - Signe Pike

(I have some more to add here.  I own way too many books that I haven't read yet!  I can't remember them all off of the top of my head.)