Some of my favorite books

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Normally, I'm a big reader. I especially love autobiographies, but lately I haven't been into reading as much. It's hard with everything going on for my mind to focus. I bought a bunch of used books very cheaply, but have yet to read any of them. There are a couple I remember reading before that I got from the library and really loving, so I bought them to reread. I have always loved reading about other people's lives, famous or not. I find the way others live fascinating. Someone once told me I should write a book about my life because I have had a lot happen in my family, but I don't see that ever happening. If my family ever found out, they'd be angry. I don't plan to ever go down that road, but I still enjoy reading about others' lives. Some of my favorite books that aren't non-fiction are: Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. It's extremely different from the movie if you have ever seen the movie and not read the book, there are a lot of things I obviously don't agree with in the book, but it tells a tale about two extremely flawed and selfish people during and after the Civil War. Flowers in the Attic by VC Andrews and the sequel, Petals on the Wind: This book is extremely messed up and not for the faint of heart, as it has a lot to do with incest, but the thing that makes it such a great book is what caused it. Locking children in an attic where they had no interaction with the outside world. The sequel talks about their life after escaping the attic and how the older brother and sister tried to move on from each other. The sister even goes as far as trying to seek revenge on her mother for allowing her and her siblings to be locked in the attic by having an affair with her mother's husband. There are other sequels, but I was unable to read them, because while the first two play around with the idea of incest, it was them fighting it, the books after that, they just succumb to it, and I couldn't get my head around that and found it too sickening for me, but the first two books I really liked. The Giver by Lois Lowry- I read this one in high school and loved the idea of it. The story about a boy who lives in a "perfect" utopia. Everyone has a place in this world, or so they think. Jonah is given the job of a receiver, where he is given all of the memories of what came before this "perfect" utopia and what it was like to feel real feelings. He learns that the world he thinks is so perfect actually isn't. He learns how the world really works. My favorite non-fiction books: Ghost Boy by Martin Pistorius and Megan Lloyd Davies- The story of a boy who everyone thought was in a coma and couldn't hear them, finally wakes up but can't communicate, but hears things being said about him that are incredibly hurtful. He eventually starts waking up more and starts having more control over his own body and building a life for himself. It's a great book. The Sound of Gravel: A Memoir by Ruth Wariner- It's the story of a girl who grew up in a polygamist sect and had to endure the pain of being abused in more ways than one. Her father was originally the head of their church, but was murdered by his own brother, and how her mom eventually fled briefly, only to be drawn back in. The Polygamist's Daughter: A Memoir by Anna LeBaron- This is the story of the cousin of the previous author who lived a very similar life to Ruth, only her father is the brother who shot Ruth's father and Anna's dad, and her family often lived in hiding as her father hid from the law. Angela's Ashes- The story of an Irish boy who lived a very difficult life, from moving to America to moving back to Ireland. He watched as his family struggled in almost every way imaginable. There are sequels to this one, too. I have read them all and own most of them. A Child Called It by David Pelzer- The story of a boy who was once considered California's third most abused child, the year he was saved, with the other two cases having died. Dave's mother made it her mission to abuse him, and only him, not his other brothers. His dad allowed it and eventually abandoned him. His brothers thought it was normal that he was abused. A lot of people failed him until the day he was saved. Like Angela's Ashes, this one also has sequels that talk about his life in foster care and beyond. I have many favorite books that I've read over the years, but these remain some of my favorites.