Writes of Passage | 50 Books That Will Change Your Life

Hi guys, did you all have a lovely World Book Day? I spent it attempting to articulate into words how much I liked Maureen Johnson's book for WBD, The Boy in The Smoke, and reading a bit more of Philip Pullman's Grimm Tales. I've been reading it for over a month now, but even if it kills me, I'm going to get the to the end of that book.

Released on World Book Day was the Writes of Passage, 50 books which have been nominated by Young people and adults as the books that will change your life. I thought I'd pass it on, and go through it and see how many I've read.

Books that will...Scare You

• The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
• The Rats by James Herbert
• The Shining by Stephen King
• 1984 by George Orwell
• Lord Loss by Darren Shan

Score: 1/5.
I don't do well with being scared. I can't even watch Pretty Little Liars after 8pm. The only book I've read here is 1984!

Books that will...Teach You About Love

• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• Forever by Judy Blume
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
• The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
• Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
• How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff

Score: 2.5/6. Better! I've read Anne Frank's diary, Twilight, and some of Pride and Prejudice, hence the .5! Typically, How I Live Now is very high up on my reading list.

Books that will...Make You Laugh

• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
• Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
• Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
• Geek Girl by Holly Smale
• The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend

Score: 3/6 - I sense a theme here. I've read Hitchhiker's, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging.  I was seven or eight when Angus... came out, who would have thought it's been that long!? I wanted to read the series when I got to about 12/13 but my mum never let me, so naturally  I did it anyway.

Books that will... Transport You

• The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald
• The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
• Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
• Percy Jackson (series) by Rick Riordan
• Harry Potter (series) by J.K. Rowling
• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein

Score: 3/6, technically. I haven't read all of the Percy Jackson books, just the first one. Obviously read Harry Potter and who hasn't read the absolutely fantastic Northern Lights.

Books that will... Change The Way You Think

• Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman
• A Streetcat Named Bob by James Bowen
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in The Night-Time by Mark Haddon
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• Wonder by R.J. Palacio
• The Book Thief by Marcus Zusack

Score: 4/7. Noughts and Crosses is one of the books I thank for my love of reading and writing stories. Perks I read recently, same with Wonder. I read Curious Incident not long after it came out, and I want to read it again soon, as an adult. I'm currently reading The Book Thief but didn't want to cheat and include it.

Books that will... Make You Cry

• Before I Die by Jenny Downham
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
• War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
• The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
• My Sister's Keeper by Jodie Picoult
• Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
• The Colour Purple by Alice Walker

Score: 1/7. Dropping way down again! I read War Horse when I was much younger - and yes it did make me cry!

Books that will... Help You Understand You 

• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
• The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
• The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
• I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

Score: 2/5 - TFiOS and The Knife of Never Letting Go. 

Books that will... Thrill You

• A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
• City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
• Gone by Michael Grant
• Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
• Divergent by Veronica Roth

Score: 2/7, The Hunger Games and Divergent. 

Ultimate Score: 18/50. 
Wow! I expected to have read much more of them. Bad book blogger. Looks like my TBR list will be going up a little bit!

How many have you read?

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