Bookworm Favorites!

I've pretty much been a book nerd my whole life. Something about opening a book is just magical. While it's closed there's worlds to be discovered, people to meet, things to learn. How could anyone resist that kind of adventure??

On Instagram I've been sharing some of my favorites here and there depending on genre. (Some do contain affiliate links)

Here are my European Literature favorites:

I honestly have a hard time remembering which book was my first introduction to classic European lit but I believe it was The Three Musketeers which is one of absolute favorites. Jane Eyre is my top favorite but followed very closely by many of them haha I just love the language, the stories are original, and they speak from the past but have lessons to be learned now more than ever.

My WW2/Holocaust collection thus far:

I am a total history nut. I love reading about the past and learning things about people long gone.  By far my most researched and "favorite" time period is WW2 and the Holocaust. When I was 8 years old and in the second grade, a performing troop came to my elementary school. I don't remember the name of the play or even the name of the group but the show they put on was all about this time. I hadn't heard of it before then, at least not that I remember. The show was about Anne Frank and a Nazi Youth living in the war times. And I'm telling you, something moved me beyond my thoughts that day. And since then I have been collecting books, movies, taking classes all about this time. Is it odd that something so monstrous would have such an impact on my 8 year old mind? (Favorite out of this bunch is Book Thief - just trust me)
 
2 of my favorite fantasy series:

I have too many favorites in the fantasy section of books haha so I started with the best series (other than Harry Potter cuz DUH!). My first ever book series when I was a kid was The Unicorn Chronicles.  When I started them, there were only 2 books and I was having a really hard time adjusting to moving from one city to another and not being able to make many (read: ANY) friends. Fast forward almost 15 years later, the other 2 finally came out! I got extremely lucky and was able to meet Bruce Coville at the school my mom was working at one day and he was gracious enough to sign my books I had AND apologized for making me wait until I was a full grown adult before he finished the story! 😂 It filled my heart with joy which is probably juvenile but I don't care! Now do you see why unicorns are so important to me?? 🦄 Plus The Last Unicorn was/is one of my favorite movies and when I read the book it was even more magical! 🦄🦄🏰

The other series I was introduced to as an adult but it's a YA series of course! I read The Goose Girl not knowing it had companion stories that followed! But once I knew, you bet I got on the library website and checked them out! It's such a clean and thrilling series I have loved reading it multiple times over! 👸🏼👑🏰🐴
 
The other series I shared is one that isn't necessarily a favorite BUT it was a clean, easy read and was a fun one to get through.

The Selection Series.
I will say this though it is NOT a straight up 5 book series. It's more like a trilogy with 2 extras hahaha BUT it was entertaining to escape from reality into a completely different view of what the world could turn into and just how hard it is to find and fall in love with your soul mate.
 
Can you also see how much my picture taking skills have come too? Hahaha I finally found a perfect sweet lighting spot in my house!
 
I'll plan on sharing more of my book favorites on Instagram and then on here as well!