I know we're all on this site to read and write, so it's pointless to say that that's what I love, but words change lives and I think it's important to remember that. So these are some of the words that have changed me.

Authors
*John Green
*Khaled Hosseini
*Scott Westerfeld
*Rainbow Rowell

Series
*Graceling Realm, Kristin Cashore
*Old Kingdom, Garth Nix
*His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman

Recent Books (that I just can't stop thinking about)
*Code Name Verity
*Kite Runner 
*The Perks of Being a Wallflower
*Seraphina
*Ready Player One
*Someone Knows My Name

Artists
*Arctic Monkeys
*The Kooks
*The Fray
*George Ezra
*Bad Suns
*Young The Giant