Wow. Already to the fifth round of Tell Me What to Read! Last month's was awfully good. So what's a great read for the hot month of August? Tell me what book I should read this month. It can be any genre, any age level, and have been published last week or three hundred years ago. You can pick it because it's a book that everyone should read or because it changed your life or because it is great literature or just because it entertained you. My friends Janssen and Emily are also running this monthly feature on their blogs. Janssen started it all! So be sure to stop in and vote for their selections as well. This month, in fact, Emily will be reading Daughter of the Forest
on my recommendation. Here's hoping it goes down well!Here's how it goes:
- Comment with the title and author of one book you think I should read (any book you want). One title only, please, lest my brain explode.
- I'll select one comment at random.
- On the off-chance that I've already read the book you select, I'll contact you and ask for a follow-up suggestion (make sure there is a way to contact you either by blog or email).
- I'll get a copy of the book and read it by the end of the month (or so....).
- I'll write a review of it here. Even if I hate the book, I will not hate you.
Freak Magnet by Andrew Auseon.
ReplyDeleteI have already convinced Ana over at The Book Smugglers to read this one, so we both know my persuasion skillz are strong.
Your Retro Fridays have me thinking about The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye. I really enjoyed this story. ^^ Short and sweet.
ReplyDeleteI loved How It Ends by Laura Wiess
ReplyDeleteAsleep by Banana Yoshimoto - it is actually three short stories but I like her writing though it is translated from Japanese by Michael Emmerich.
ReplyDeleteI would recommand Goodbye Tsugumi if you rather read a novel - though that is short read
Yet another plug for Lois McMaster Bujold's THE WARRIOR'S APPRENTICE...
ReplyDeleteI'm in the middle of a re-read now and very much heading in the direction of a full series re-read!
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
ReplyDeleteSince I reviewed the third in the series today and loved it like it was my precious, how about the first book in Seanan McGuire's October Daye series:
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Life as We Knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer. Very awesome, very short.
ReplyDeleteThe Keeper of the Bee's by Gene Stratton Porter. One of my favorites :)
ReplyDeleteShipwreck at the Bottom of the World by Jennifer Armstrong.
ReplyDeleteJust finished Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi and I loved it. Pretty good stuff.
ReplyDeleteOnce again, I'm plugging The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud. You won't be sorry. :)
ReplyDeleteI don't know if I should keep suggesting the books that I mentioned in the other rounds until they get chosen or if I should come up with a new one, LOL. I'll go with a new one this time. I know you love the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs but I'm not sure if you've given her epic fantasy books a try. I'd love to know what you think of them, starting with the first Hurog book Dragon Bones.
ReplyDeleteA Girl Named Disaster, by Nancy Farmer.
ReplyDeleteI'll keep putting this title up until it wins. :)
The Goose Girl, by Shannon Hale
ReplyDeleteI'd be interested to hear your thoughts on The Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Sratton Porton. You've probably already read this one, but on the off chance you haven't it's lovely. And retro!
ReplyDeleteThis time I recommend a chick lit, "If Andy Warhol had a girlfriend" by Alison Pace, it's well written, smart, and it has a slant of something
ReplyDeleteI was going to say "Unwind", but I think you've already read that one.
ReplyDeleteWhat about something light, have you tried the Jane Jameson series by Molly Harper? "Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs" is the first.
Velocity by Kristin McCloy. Beautiful and sexy.
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This is my first time on your blog and I have to say that I'm very, very impressed. I'm a graduate student in an MFA program and I love to read YA novels. You have a fantastic site here, and though I'm sure you've already read it, I'll suggest "A Great and Terrible Beauty" by Libba Bray.
ReplyDeleteYou've given me some inspiration for my next post, so thanks alot :) I'm looking forward to reading your review.
Hmm. First thing that popped into my mind is North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley. I splurged on that a few months ago, and it ended up being one of my favorite reads this year. :)
ReplyDelete"The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society." I think you'll love it.
ReplyDeleteOK. I'm going to offer my recommendation of the last couple months again. Maybe I'll get lucky. However, I'm starting to worry that I'm talking this book up too much, and I would hate to have your expectations higher than they should be because I really do have a weak spot for Jasper Fforde. I just think he's so darn creative and funny.
ReplyDeleteSo here it is (again):
Jasper Fforde's The Eyre Affair
Ooh! I'm so glad that 'Unwind' got plugged, even though you've read it, because I LOVE it! Uh, my recommend is 'The Amaranth Enchantment' by Julie Berry. It's a neat little fairytale-esque tale.......or you should try 'The Book of Lost Days' by John Connolly. Similarly amazing.
ReplyDeleteMadapple by Christine Meldrum
ReplyDeleteEverlost (and especially its sequel, Everwild) by Neal Shusterman, because it is poignant and thought-provoking and suspenseful and captivating, because it has intricate characters and an exciting plot and a breathtakingly fascinating world, because it is full of delightful and shocking twists and wonders abound.
ReplyDeleteOnly picking one is hard, but I certainly don't want to be responsible for your brain exploding so I guess I'll pick the same book I did last time - Transformation by Carol Berg.
ReplyDeleteBELLWETHER by Connie Willis. My copy is well worn from countless rereads. It's science fiction-ish (according to the tags on Amazon: science fiction - 21, chaos theory - 6, awesome - 1): there's science, and there are thing that happen in relation to/because of science, but really it's all about the characters. And chaos theory. And fairy tales. And sheep. And love. And Barbie.
ReplyDeleteIt's smart and sweet and charming, and one of my very favorite comfort books.
If you haven't already decided I'll make a plug for 'Dance Night' by Dawn Powell.
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