Laura L.

When I’m not at the library I am either writing melodramatic poetry or watching the Great British Baking Show, despite not being able to bake.

The Last thing I read: Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood; Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Currently Reading: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story by John Berendt; A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab

My Top 6 favorite books (trying to keep it to 5 nearly gave me an existential crisis)

• Cat’s Eye by Margret Atwood
• The Night Circus By Erin Morgenstern
• Bright Dead Things by Ada Limon
• The Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
• War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Favorite Genres and Subgenres:

• Young Adult Fiction: Dystopian, Fantasy romance
• Horror: Zombies, Paranormal, Apocalyptic
• Science Fiction: Galactic empire, Generation ship, Space exploration, Time travel
• Literary Fiction: Japanese translations, Coming of age stories, Experimental
• Poetry:  Autobiographical, Satire