Birthday Haul: Books

Last week I celebrated my 20th birthday and I received a few books from my siblings.  I thought I would share them with you since they will most likely be reviewing them in the near future.

Book Review: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Book Specifications 
Original published: 1988 (Portuguese)
English translated published: 1993
Pages: 167
Parts: Contains an introduction, prologue, two parts, and an epilogue
Genera: Fiction
ISBN: 978-0-06-112241-5
My Review(Spoiler Free)
Coelho is one my favorite authors. Of the books that i've read of his, which is about three to four this has to be my favorite of his.  The way that he has Santiago, the protagonist of the story, who is a shepherd boy from Spain having reoccurring  dreams about how this treasure is waiting for him at the Egyptian pyramids.  We are taken on a journey with Santiago where he meets a handful of people on his personal journey.  Along the way we meet a gypsy women who tells Santiago his future, a man who claims to be a King and tells Santiago that he must go on his personal journey to the pyramids, an English man who is traveling to a town in the desert to find the alchemist, and we meet a girl named Fatima who Santiago ends up falling for.  This book was a complete and utter page turner from the get go, I finished it in about four hours, I couldn't put it down, even for my statistics class that I had that day ;)  What I loved about this book is that it opened my eyes to really think what am I doing in life?  I know personally that the daily bullshit that I have to deal with gets in the way that I sometimes am not able to really clear my mind and figure out what I am meant to do with my life.
My Rating
4.75 stars/ 5 stars

To Be Read: October 2011

1. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
2. Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer
3. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
4. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
5. Twilight of a Queen by Susan Carrol
6. The Other Sister by S.T Underdahl
7. The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen (I feel like I am the only person in the world who hasn't read anything by Sarah Dessen)