Books I’ve Read
There are many interesting types of books or novels that I have read. These books can be categorized into many kinds of groups, yet I want to group these books according to my interest in them. The group goes like this, most interesting books, second interesting ones, and the least interesting ones.
The most interesting books that I have read from elementary school and up to these days are the books written by Agatha Christie, John Grisham, Ed McBain, and Sidney Sheldon. The books written by these authors are interestingly entertaining. Murder at the Vicarage, Thirteen at Dinner, The Man in the Brown Suit, They Came to Baghdad, The Mysterious Mr. Quin, Murder in Retrospect, and even some other Christie novels reveal vivid detail of mysteries that are extraordinary. John Grisham’s novels are also remarkable and enjoyable to anybody interested in justice. The Firm, The Client, The Rainmaker, and some other books by him could make someone to know the justice department better after reading such books. Ed McBain’s first book I read, The Vanishing Ladies, took my breath away. The first setting I read talks about a lady that was taken out of a vehicle and was kidnapped. In this mystery McBain shows how talented he is in authoring mystery stories. Sidney Sheldon is another of my favorite authors of novels. His stories, The Other Side of Midnight, Nothing Lasts Forever, Memories of Midnight, A Stranger in the Mirror, The Naked Face, The Best Laid Planes, and some other more made me to be a faster reader. A Stranger in the Mirror was the first of his books I read. I read this book for two and half hours. I kept turning page after page, could not put the book down; and as a result mother never allowed me to read in her presence. The books mentioned above, and some others by these authors are going to turn uninterested readers to be addicted to reading books, books especially under this group.
The second interesting books I’ve read are the ones written by Danielle Steel. Her books deal with family life. Her books, such as Kaleidoscope, Fine Things, Secrets, A Perfect Stranger, Long Road Home, Season of Passion, and many more, make me sad. Her books deal more about tragedies in families; and when I read her books I used to cry. Her books make me think more on my family’s disasters and it is not a good thing sometimes. Some other times when I read her books, I try to think that whatever good is happening in the stories maybe could come our way, in reality. Kaleidoscope, her book that I first read is a story that choked me up. When I read it, I remembered the time mom and dad separated. Our family broke up, some of us going to stay with total strangers, same as Hillary, in the story of Kaleidoscope, when she was left to be with other people when her parents died. This story and other of Steel’s stories are good, written extraordinarily, but they are not interesting to read as much as the mystery stories of some decades ago.
Last but not least, the books that are not so interesting are books of romance. Romance novels written by Janet Daley, Barbara Cartland, and some other romantic authors are not as full of action as mystery novels and not as informative as Steel’s novels. I could not persuade people not to read any romance novels, but I just want to state that romance novels are not as creative and informative as other books. For example, romance novels could not make me learn about issues in school subjects.
The many books I’ve read are interestingly informative, especially the first group, (the most interesting one), and the second group, the ones by Danielle Steel about families’ tragic sides, are more expressively mournful, and lastly the romance stories by other authors, which are not as interesting; they could be enjoyed by other readers just as I enjoy reading them.
- Leoleen Susumu