Books that will hold your attention – Remember books? Sure you do. They’re like Netflix but you have to use your brain-meats. When I was a kid, I was an voracious reader. That’s right, it should come as no surprise: This girl was a massive nerd. My parents were deeply understanding. As long as I was tucked away in my bed, I could stay up all night reading, and I often did.
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I subsisted on a diet of words. It didn’t matter what they were as long as the story pulled me in. I was just as entranced by Little Women as I was by Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.I had a fever and the only prescription was more fiction. If said fiction contained butt-touching, all the better.
I’m just as big a reader now that I’m in my 30s. But because I have, you know, a job and a life and stupid adult responsibilities, it’s hard for me to stay up in my bed until all hours reading. I’ll be real: when my butt hits that Egyptian cotton (lol, I wish) I’m usually down for the count.
In order to keep me flipping the pages until sunrise, I need a story that’s exceptionally compelling. As a slut for totally-engaging-forgetting-it’s-a-Monday books, I thought I would take this opportunity to share my favorite un-put-down-able books here with you.
9. Asking For It by Louise O’Neill
Rape culture is a subject that’s still deeply uncomfortable for many people. And it should be: There’s nothing easy or OK about the way victims of rape are treated in our society.
This novel about a Regina George-esque mean girl who finds herself the victim of a gang rape and a full-scale social media attack, is hard to read but impossible to put down. The ending will leave you raw in the best sense of the word.
Purchase it here.
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