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I didn't come close to finishing my Winter 2013 Reading List, and I didn't
even write a spring reading list. I did do some reading, but not as much as
usual. I'm going to pretend it was because I was writing more...
My Favorite Books of Winter 2013
(the link to goodreads is on the author's name, because I spent so much time making the book name's all pretty and then realized it was too complicated to keep it pretty and make it a link too)
This is dystopian fantasy. I loved, loved Legend, and while I enjoyed Prodigy a lot, it wasn't quite the same. Maybe because I listened to Legend and read Prodigy???
This is a sci-fi/fantasy crossover. It's pretty intense
stuff, but one of the better things OSC has written lately.
Dark, sexy and funny--I think is would be called an Urban YA Fantasy. It danced on the edge of being too dark and sexy for me, but it didn't cross over the line. For older readers.
4. Insignia by S.J. Kinkaid
Science Fiction. If you love Orson Scott Card, but sometimes
wish he was funnier--this is the series for you!
And one that wasn't on the list that I'm recommending
anyway:
Historical YA Fantasy. For older YA readers.
***The books I have yet to read from my winter reading list are Palace of Stone, Code Name Verity, The Outcasts, Screwing Up Babylon, and Princess of Glass.
My Summer 2013 Reading List
It's impossibly long, but
I'm overdue for some intense reading, so we'll see how far I get.
The link is on the author's name.
The link is on the author's name.
MG Fantasy. If its anything like the first one, I can't wait
to read it to my kids.
7. Earth Afire: The
First Formic War (Book 2) by Orsons Scott Card
Science Fiction This is the prequel series to Ender's
Game--all about the Formics coming to Earth
8. Clockwork Princess
(The Infernal Devices #3) by Cassandra Clare
Steampunk YA. I've heard the audio is to die for
6/2013: There were things I really liked about it, (like the main character, Sutter) but I can't recommend it. Lots of sex, lots of bad language, and lots of drinking. The drinking was kind of the point...that's what the book is about. The values are contemporary ones--live together, have sex, party a lot, but grow up eventually. But those kinds of values don't exist in books I recommend. On the other hand, the end of this hit me like a mack truck, and I'm going to be pondering it for a long, long time. Contemporary YA Soon to be a movie
10. The Hero's Guide
to Storming the Castle (The League of Princes Book 2) by: ChristopherHealy
MG Fantasy--Fairy Tale Retelling from the male POV
Historical Romance
13. When You Were Here by: Daisy Whitney
Contemporary YA, set in Japan
14. The
Spy Who Loved: The Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville by ClareMulley
Ooh! Lookit this. An actual non-fiction book in my list.
Biography.
I don't know if this is really my cup of tea. It's Chick
Lit. We'll see.
16. Pushing The
Limits by Katie McGarry
Contemporary YA
17. Perfect Scoundrels
(Heist Society Book 3) by Ally Carter
Contemporary YA
18. Switch!
By Karen Prince
19. Vortex
(Insignia Book 2) by: S.J. Kinkaid
YA Science Fiction
YA Science Fiction Classic. AKA best book ever.
21. Meant To Be by: Lauren Morrill
Contemporary YA
22. 6/2013 And, because I'm crazy like that, I just finished reading Murder On The Orient Express by Agatha Christy. It's been such a long time since I read it that it felt brand new again. I definitely recommend this if you haven't read it or if it's just been a while. Mystery.
21. Meant To Be by: Lauren Morrill
Contemporary YA
22. 6/2013 And, because I'm crazy like that, I just finished reading Murder On The Orient Express by Agatha Christy. It's been such a long time since I read it that it felt brand new again. I definitely recommend this if you haven't read it or if it's just been a while. Mystery.
What do you recommend?
Let's see:
ReplyDeleteChris Wooding's "Retribution Falls, The Black Lung Captain, The Iron Jackal," and on September 19th the last book in the series: "The Ace of Skulls."
This looks interesting. One review called it "swashbuckling" and you know that's all I need to hear. Besides, it sounds a little like firefly. (One of the characters is even named Malvery. Ha!) I always enjoy books you recommend. Thanks Rich!
DeleteMelanie, I made my Terry Pratchett recommendations in this post: http://theprosers.blogspot.com/2013/04/d-is-for-discworld.html
ReplyDeleteAlso, definitely read Code Name Verity!!! It does start slow, but keep with it. By the time I got to the second half, I couldn't stop reading for anything. Love it, love it, love it.
I actually have a huge long TBR pile which includes Princess of Glass and Wednesdays in the Tower. :)
Thank you, Sabrina, I was aiming that plea for you. Heading up to change it now. I knew I'd promised to read one, but I couldn't remember which, and I'd already spent way too much time on this post.
DeleteGreat list, Melanie!
ReplyDeleteYes, please don't skip Code Name Verity. Also, Edenbrooke - Yay!
A few months ago, I read my first Agatha Christie novel ever, And Then There Were None - aka Ten Little Indians. Interesting.
If you need one more book, I thought Chime by Franny Billingsley was amazing.
Chime sounds awesome. Thanks for the recommendation.
DeleteGreat list. I've got Prodigy and Black Heart on my summer reading list. Book 1 of the His Fair Assassins series is on my list as well. I've heard great things about those books.
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