"The test of literature is, I suppose,
whether we ourselves live more intensely for the reading of it."
-Elizabeth Drew

My choice of reading material has changed throughout the years,
but below are some books which have affected me in some way...


The Paperbag Princess by Robert Munsch
There's No Such Place As Far Away by Richard Bach
One by Richard Bach
The Bridge Across Forever by Richard Bach
Running From Safety by Richard Bach
The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
Beach Music by Pat Conroy
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson
Listen Up: Voices From The Next Feminist Generation edited by Barbara Findlen
Reviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher, PH.D.
Bodies of Subversion: A Secret History of Women and Tattoo by Margot Mifflin
Daughters of the Moon, Sisters of the Sun by K. Wind Hughes and Linda Wolf
My Life As A Boy by Kim Chernin
A Girl's Guide To Taking Over The World: Writings From The Girl Zine Revolution
ed. by Karen Green & Tristan Taormino
Surface Tension: Love, Sex, and Politics Between Lesbains and Straight Women ed. by Meg Daly
The Tao of Womanhood by Diane Dreher
My Posse Don't Do Homework(a.k.a. Dangerous Minds) by LouAnne Johnson
Beaches by Iris Dart
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
Sneetches by Dr. Seuss
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
Splish, Splash, and Splush
The Emporer's New Clothes
Sati by Christopher Pike
With You and Without You by Ann M. Martin
A Night Without Stars by James Howe
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
So Much to Tell You by John Marsden
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee