amandaonwriting:

1. P.L Travers - Mary Poppins 
2. Stephen King - The Shining. 
3. Anne Rice - Interview with the Vampire
4. Winston Groom - Forrest Gump 
5. Clive Cussler - Dirk Pitt tales, especially 2005’s Sahara 
6. J.D. Salinger - Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut made into a movie retitled My Foolish Heart. 
7. Anthony Burgess - A Clockwork Orange
8. Bret Easton Ellis - American Psycho 
9. Roald Dahl - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
10. Ken Kesey - One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 
11. Richard Matheson - I Am Legend 

(via laurenlikesbooks)

literaryescapist:

Day 9: Favourite quote
THIS IS AN IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION OK? For me choosing a favourite quote is as hard as choosing a favourite book is for John Green.

I can give you a selection, that’s all I can do.

“Expectation is the root of all heartache” - William Shakespeare
- Because it’s true and…

literaryescapist:

Day 10: Book that changed you life
Beneath the Wheel by Hermann Hesse

This book has changed my life in so many ways and so many times over.
I read it first in school, I think in 8th grade, that means I must have been 14 or 15. It was the first thing I ever read by Hermann Hesse.

It brought…

cityseries:

She walked through the front doors of the building, said hello to the security guards, and wished them a good morning as she calmly walked to the elevator room. She pressed the button and stepped back. It was a good thing that the room was silent and solitary at the moment because she needed to be…