A few fall reading suggestions:
Throughout the summer, I've finally had some time to read some books, several of which I'd like to recommend to the readers of this new blog. Most are fiction, with school assigning most of my reading during the fall and winter, I like to lighten things up during the summer. There are still a few weeks left in summer break, so if you're looking for a good read I'd suggest:

• Chuck Palahniuk - Survivor: A Novel. Flying 39,000 feet above Earth, Tender Creedish, the last known survivor of a cult after a highly public mass suicide, dictates his life story into the flight recorder during his last moments above the Australian outback. Before the plane goes down, Creedish shares his journey from domestic servant to television messiah, and his secret love for Fertillity Hollis, a women who despises him but is convinced my Creedish's alter ego to get close to him.
  
  [as a personal note, I hadn't discovered Palahniuk until this summer, and would recommend him to anyone looking for an exciting read every time.]
  
  
• Christopher Priest - The Inverted World. An interesting story of an encapsulated city. The inhabitants of which constantly move the city to follow optimum, the best place for the city to sustain itself at any given point. The population of this city refers to where the city is moving as the future, and where it has been as the past. A great science fiction in which guilds reign supreme and the rules of everyday life are vastly different. A great read.
  
  
• Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting. Turned into a movie, this classic book follows several heroine addicts and their escapades throughout Europe. I'll admit the story is sort of a downer, but good none the less. The whole book is written in local dialect, which can be confusing at first but the book includes a glossary which will clear up any questions you have. Overall rather inspiring when once you make it though, which to me makes the whole thing worth reading.
  
  
• Herman Daly - Beyond Growth: The Economics of Sustainable development. The only non-fiction on my recommendation list, this book is much more for the niche of my blog. Within the pages of this book Daly lays out and explains (in terms most educated people can understand) many of the problems with today's economy, how these problems will destroy the environment if not corrected and some possible solutions to some of the most major problems. According to amazon.com:
  

  ...In a book that will generate controversy, Daly turns his attention to the major environmental debate surrounding "sustainable development." Daly argues that the idea of sustainable development--which has become a catchword of environmentalism and international finance--is being used in ways that are vacuous, certainly wrong, and probably dangerous. The necessary solutions turn out to be much h more radical than people suppose.
  
  This is a crucial updating of a major economist's work, and mandatory reading for people engaged in the debates about the environment.
  
  "Daly is turning economics inside out by putting the earth and its diminishing natural resources at the center of the field . . . a kind of reverse Copernican revolution in economics."
  
  
  --Utne Reader

  
  
  
• George Orwell - Animal Farm. The classic story of rebellion and oppression, this is a quick read I'd suggest to anyone. While many people may have already read this, I'd even suggest picking it up again. At just under 150 pages, even people with little free time can finish this fairly quickly. I'll admit it took me longer to get to this book than many people but I now openly suggest reading it to anyone who hasn't experienced it.
  
  In this engaging story of a revolution gone wrong, Orwell shares his disillusionment with Communism and his overall negative view of the human condition. This is a great read. Although you're not reading a fairy tail in the classic sense, you get the feeling that you're reading something truly inspired and find yourself immersed in the story within only a few pages of the beginning.
  
  
• Annete Curtis Klause - Blood and Chocolate This book follows Vivian Gandillon, a 16 year old werewolf who's pack has been forced temporarily into the suburbs. The story documents her life, trying to balance a social life with the life of her pack. Trouble arises when Vivian falls in love with Aiden, a soft-hearted human and tries to tame her undomesticated side, realizes she can't, and must decide between keeping him in the dark, or sharing this dangerous secret.
  
  
  This is another book that's hard to put down. The story is very engaging and you'll find yourself thinking about what happens next during any down time in your reading. The 300 pages of this book will fly by, and you'll find yourself finishing the book in a day or two. If you choose to read any book from this list, make it this one.