A Sea of Ink

It's National Book Lovers Day!!! and y'all know that I'm one of them. What better way to celebrate than by sharing a couple of titles from my [very long] list of favorite books with all of you?! (Ordered alphabetically by author's last name.) As you can see, I tend to enjoy historical and fantasy. Enjoy! The Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo The Six of Crows Duology by Leigh Bardugo River of Time series by Lisa T. Bergren The Infernal Devices trilogy by Cassandra Clare A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Entwined by Heather Dixon Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Scarlet series by A. C. Gaughen The Princesses of Westfalin Trilogy  by Jessica Day George Ruby Red trilogy by Kerstin Gier Cotillion by Georgette Heyer Les Misérables by Victor Hugo The Agency series by Y. S. Lee Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer The Nigh...

So...I'm a bit of a sucker for a good re-imagining of a classic story. Here are a few of my top picks: The  Scarlet series by A. C. Gaughen [Robin Hood...and Maid Marian *wink*] The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer [Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Snow White] The Healer's Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson* [Sleeping Beauty] *And this author has a whole slew of lovely fairytale retellings set in medieval times with a Christian-centered spin! The  Princesses of Westfalin series by Jessica Day George [The Twelve Dancing Princesses, Cinderella, Red Riding Hood] Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine* [Cinderella] *Levine is another very successful fairytale re-teller. The  Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan [Greek mythology exported to modern day] The Grimm Legacy series by Polly Shulman [Grimm Brothers, H. G. Wells, Edgar Allan Poe, and other literary masters' artifacts stored in a modern-day repository...yes!] Bella at Midnight by Dian...

An inescapable trait of mankind is the fact that all humans are naturally peppered with the blemishes of greed, ambition, and self-interest. A common occurrence in humanity is the incident of a person giving in to the temptation of greed, letting themselves slowly spiral out of control with desire, and eventually finding themselves in a place of negativity and regret. In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare portrays Lady Macbeth as an epitome of the darker side of human nature in order to demonstrate a common psychological cycle of self-interest through her actions of greed and ambition, followed by consequences of sorrow. A common theme in human history is that of greed. One is never satisfied with what he has, and this oftentimes means that a person will do anything to get what he wants. Lady Macbeth is a prime example of the consuming influence of greed. Even at her first entrance, she is wishing to be something else. Make me a man, she says, and “unsex me here” ...