This week’s Inspired By focuses on our fearless leader, Crystal Patriarche. Crystal co-founded BookSparksPR based on her passion for books and extensive experience in the PR world–who could ask for a better combo? Here are a few of Crystal’s all-time favorite books that inspire her:

Flowers in the Attic by VC Andrews

 The strange, dark, terrifying tole of passion and peril involves the lives of four innocent children, locked away from the world by a selfish mother.

The Season of Open Water by Dawn Tripp

The passionate, searing story of a young woman coming of age in a New England seacoast town that is swept up in the dangerous trade of rum-running.

The Divorce Party by Laura Dave

Two women at the opposite ends of marriage are trying to answer the same question: When should you fight to save a relationship and when should you begin to let go?

Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter

Gloriously inventive, constantly surprising, Beautiful Ruins is a story of flawed yet fascinating people, navigating the rocky shores of their lives while clinging to their improbable dreams.

We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates

A shattering event touches off an extraordinary journey into 25 years of shameful secrets and despair, culminating in the unforseen miracles that can bring a family closer together.

Pinterest PS – What inspired Crystal most? Books, of course! Check out this Pinterest board sure to make a die-hard reader drool.