i'm not talking about mere favourites here. i mean i could list zillions of books i consider "favourites". i'm talking about books that have like, devastated you with their amazingness, made you cry, and maybe even changed your life.

i only have three. they are The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, and Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood.

now you tell me yours.

the proud highway - hunter s thompson

that's the only one i can think of that had a really profound effect on me

a clockwork orange by anthony burgess - it was the whole concept of free will that really stuck with me.

the bell jar by syvlia plath & prozac nation by elizabeth wurtzel - both were extremely validating at a time when i felt constantly invalidated.

Will I be able to read A Clockwork Orange in a day or less and take it in?

i really need to finish this book. i feel like i'm on the precipice of it getting good but i haven't had time to read it for one reason or another.