So, has anyone read any good books lately? If you want to recommend any titles or just discuss any of the books you've read recently, comment here.
Since I work in a library, I have daily access to lots of great books! Feel free to comment on/discuss anything I've read. Some of my most recent reads are:
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
First Light by Rebecca Stead
The Possibilities of Sainthood by Donna Freitas
Hot Lunch by Alex Bradley
Dingo by Charles de Lint
Madapple by Christina Meldrum
Paper Towns by John Green
Envy: A Luxe Novel by Anna Godbersen
Alfred Kropp: The Thirteenth Skull by Rick Yancey
Wrath of the Bloodeye by Joseph Delaney
The Bone Magician by F. E. Higgins.
I can't wait to hear about what you've been reading!
6 comments:
It’s a terrible thing to read a book, love it, and then months later be unable to remember the title. I know I have read dozens of wonderful books but it is hard to remember them all. Well here is a list of the ones I do remember and a some small details about them to better help you choose what you would like to read.
1. Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer
(1st in a series)
Girl dresses as a boy to join the Royal British Navy. Somewhat Historical.
2. Luxe by Anna Goberson
(1st in a series)
Almost a soap opera with who loves who, who is blackmailing who, etc. Set in Manhattan 1899.
3. Peeps by Scott Westerfield
Vampirism is caused by a parasite in this interesting twist on vampires. Main character must find all his ex-girlfriends he unknowingly infected. There is a sequel, but I didn’t find it as entertaining as the first.
4. Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Awesome Book! In the future parents may choose to have a child between the ages of 13-18 “unwound” (taken apart piece by piece to be used as transplant material later)
5. Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth Speare
Newberry Award Winner. Girl goes to live with her Puritan relatives in America and gets accused of witchcraft.
6. Life as we knew it by Susan Pfeffer
A meteor collides with the moon causing the moon to come closer in orbit to Earth. This causes flooding, volcano eruptions and massive electronic failure. Follow the story of a girl (diary style) and her family’s struggle for survival. (There is a wonderful sequel about another family in New York)
7. Hunt for the seventh by Christine Morton-Shaw
Old castle, 12 year old boy seeing ghosts, ancient curse that needs to be broken.
8. The Host by Stephanie Meyer (yes the author of Twilight)
Meyer’s first adult book. Imagine Invasion of the body snatchers. Aliens land on Earth and start taking over to “help” the human race. They get inserted into your brain and take over your body. Our heroine refuses to relinquish control of her mind and forces her memories onto the alien to show her that humans are not so bad after all.
9. The Declaration by Gemma Malley
Set in the year 2140. Due to medical advances a drug is now available to make a person live forever, however this causes overpopulation and there are not enough resources to go around. The solution…it’s illegal to have children if you take the drug. But what happens if you break the law?
I just read and LOVED Nation by Terry Pratchett.
Thirteen year old Mau is the only survivor from his island after a giant wave sweeps everyone else away. Then he finds Daphne, the sole survivor of a ship that was wrecked by the same storm.
I personally love to read books!! "First Light" is nice book and one of the my favorites...
I've just finished reading The Inferior by Peadar o Guilin and thought it was a really good read for older teens. It was kind of like a dystopian Tarzan meets the Truman Show. The action and pacing of the novel was great! I really liked Stopmouth and Indrani and their "Tribe." As this is the first book in a planned trilogy, I can't wait for the next installment.
I just read The Guernsey Literary and Potatoe Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer. Its an adult book but totally great. The book is done it letters between a writer in London and the literary society on Guernsey. It takes place right after WWII and the Guernsey islands were occupied by the Germans. Interesting look into the past and a bit of romance too.
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