How To Pick a Book as a Gift (Part 4): My Recommended

So here are my personal preferences if I am buying a book for a present. I know that some of these are listed in previous posts, but I hope that instead of boring you (and I'm sorry if I am), my persistance to try a book may help you expand the reading experience for yourself or someone else.

Kids:

• Ages 3-5: Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino
• Ages 5-8: The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey (I have even purchased this book for a gift already this year!)
• Ages 9-12: Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
• Teen: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Paranormal Romance:

• Dark Prince by Christine Feehan (this is the first book in the series called the Carpathians)
• Note: This series I recommend to any who will listen. This series is enormous and a thrill to read. I have also reread this series more times than I can count and still enjoy it as much as when I first turned its pages.

Romance:

• The Velvet Promise by Jude Devereaux 
• Note: This is a series that is also very large but highly entertaining and a classic romance series. This series starts in the Highlands with the Montgomery family and follows them and their cousins the Taggarts to America and then to the present. It is a full and delightful series. 

Mystery:

• Orchid Beach by Stuart Woods
• Note: I own each book in the series and usually have the new books as soon as they are on the shelf for sale. This author is detailed and a great read, even if you are reading the book for the 15th time!

Science-Fiction:

• Hammerfall by C.J. Cherryh
• Note: This book a colorful and entertaining sci-fi with much mystery and spunk.

Fantasy:

• Rhapsody by Elizabeth Haydon
• Note: This is one of my favorite books (the series is called the Symphony of Ages). I have worn out 3 separate copies of these books by simply reading them. I would recommend this novel and series to anyone who likes fantasy novels.

Non-Fiction:

• Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
• Note: This book is amazing and so informational. There is more culturally and emotionally to being a Geisha and this book is very enlightening and emotionally tuned.

Fiction:

• The Labryinth by Kate Mosse

Classic:

• The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

Historical Fiction:

• The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
• Note: There was an old movie made of this, if you watched it, trust me....the book is way better, and is part of a series, so the story continues, and develops so beautifully and delightfully that you become immersed in the books.

I hope you have been able to find the perfect gift for whomever you like. I hope that if you aren't buying a gift for someone but just want a recommended read, that you try those listed above. If they don't seem like a book you would enjoy, be sure to check out the previous posts for Amazon.com's and Barnes and Nobles recommended, plus some of my own buy genre!