Rainy Days and Mondays...are the same (and some books)

Today was a rainy day and a Monday (Ha! See what I did right there?). To be exact, it was the first rainy day of the season, which means....drumroll please....fall has come to Marin County! And I am so happy because I love fall. First, we have Halloween, then my birthday (AKA The Most Important Day of the Year), then Thanksgiving (favorite holiday), then we roll right into winter and Christmas, then New Year's, both of which I will be spending in PARIS! Plus, lots of my absolutely awesome friends and family have birthdays this season, and I love birthdays!

But back to today. It was gloomy and rainy when I set off for work and it stayed that way, which I found delightful. For the first time, I actually had to use the fluorescent lights in my office because it was so gloomy outside. It rained and made all kinds of lovely noise on the skylights and the roof and made the whole day so much better. I drank hot herbal tea and wore boots and a comfy sweater and was just smiley-smiley all day. Ahhhh. Fall.

Now I sit all curled up under my warm covers with a sleeping, purring kitten by my side, trashy reality show on the TV and life is just very wonderful right now, in this very moment.

And now, books!

I was going to to a more detailed post, but I've decided just to day a list for today. The theme is young adult novels. People give YA a bad reputation (thanks Twilight!), but there are a lot of great YA novels out there. Give them a chance people!

Here are some goodies:

Looking for Alaska by John Green
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty (first in a series)
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Identical by Ellen Hopkins

I've read all of these and they are SO GOOD. I love John Green because he writes how I would think. Sloppy Firsts was a hugely important book for me in high school, I can't even explain it. Identical is intense and so incredible. I feel like none of my descriptions will ever do the books justice, so I recommend at least reading a page or two next time you're in the bookstore. And, as always, let me know what you think or if you have any favorite YA novels.