Here's a list of some books I've
read recently. I haven't always included books for adult audiences in my lists,
but I'm going to start doing that now.
1. ANYA'S
WAR by Andrea Alban (Feiwel and Friends- Young Adult) Based on a true story, a
Jewish family finds refuge in China during World War 2.
3. INSURGENT by Veronia Roth
(Katherine-Tegen- Young Adult) A sequel to DIVERGENT, a young girl must
consider making big sacrifices for the greater good.
4. JACOB WONDERBAR FOR PRESIDENT
OF THE UNIVERSE by Nathan Bransford (Dial-Middle Grade) A boy runs for president
of the universe against a power-hungry opponent. Check out my author interview
here.
5. ENDER'S GAME by Orson Scott
Card (Starscape/Tom Doherty Associates- Young Adult) An intellectually gifted
child trains to be a military commander to help Earth destroy a species known
as the "buggers.
6. EVERNEATH by Brodi Ashton
(Balzer + Bray-Young Adult) A young girl returns from a hundred-year
incarceration in the underworld to say good-bye to her boyfriend.
7. THE BOOK THIEF by Markus Zusak
(Alfred A. Knopf- Young Adult) A German family hides a Jew in their home during
the Holocaust.
8. SWITCHED by Amanda Hocking
(St. Martin's Griffin- Young Adult) A girl finds out she is both a changeling and the princess of the Trylle, and she must leave her everyday human life as she
has known it.
9. MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE WORST YEARS
OF MY LIFE by James Patterson (Little, Brown and Company- Middle Grade) A
sixth grade boy tries to survive middle school while dealing with a bully at
school and problems at home.
10. MIDDLE SCHOOL, MY BROTHER IS
A BIG FAT LIAR by James Patterson (Little, Brown and Company- Middle Grade)
A girl attends middle school under the dark cloud of the reputation her
brother left behind.
11. MIDDLE SCHOOL, GET ME
OUT OF HERE by James Patterson (Little, Brown and Company- Middle Grade) A boy starts over at a new school in his mom's hometown and he tries to find out
about his MIA father.
12. LIKE MANDARIN by Kirsten
Hubbard (Ember- Young Adult) A 14 year-old girl yearning to know what life is
like beyond her small Wyoming town befriends a worldly but troubled older girl
named Mandarin.
13. CHARM & STRANGE by
Stephanie Kuehn (St. Martin's Griffin- Young Adult) A troubled boy must
confront his past and inner demons. Update: Check out my author interview here.
14. PROPHECY by Ellen Oh (Harper
Teen- Young Adult) A young Korean girl strives to fulfill her duties as a demon slayer
and protector of a young prince.
15.
BLOOD, BONES, & BUTTER: THE INADVERTENT EDUCATION OF A RELUCTANT CHEF
(Random House- Adult Non-Fiction) In this food memoir, Gabrielle Hamilton, owner of New York's Prune restaurant, dishes about her on-the-go life and the role food has played in it.
Have you read any of the books from this list? Read any good books lately?
I'm also doing my library's summer reading program this year, so stay tuned for a list of some picture books I've been reading to my kids...
19 comments:
Wow! You've been busy. I've read Prophecy, Divergent, and Insurgent.
I'm happy to see The Book Thief and Divergent on this list- two books I enjoyed. Just in time for their movie adaptations!
Quite the array today on display
That's a lot of books! I'm currently reading Ender's Game.
Heavens! That's quite a list. No wonder you haven't been blogging! I simply must get back to "The Book Thief". I started it but was pulled away to read a more current book for review purposes.
I liked your interview with Nathan Bradsford. His book sounds good!
Nice to have you back among the bloggers, dear.
~Just Jill
The Book Thief is wonderful. I really need to read it again. And I love the sound of a couple of those middle grade books for my son.
I've read Divergent and part of Ender's Game. I liked Divergent, but couldn't really get into Ender's Game (I know, it's a classic, but still). Everneath looks interesting, and I've been meaning to check out the Trylle books.
Thanks for popping over to my blog! I live in FL, so not coming to the LA SCBWI. I'll have to check out one of the east coast events.
I've read Divergent, Everneath, Ender's Game, and The Book Thief. There are others that are on my list of things to read. I LOVE The Book Thief.
You have been busy! Lots of great looking books there. ANYA'S WAR caught my attention. I love WWII books and one about finding refuge in China sounds interesting and unique. And of course, I'm curious about the James Patterson books too. Thanks for sharing.
Paul R. Hewlett
THE BOOK THIEF is one of my all time favorite books! I've got CHARM AND STRANGE on my TBR list.
I recently read THE NEVER LIST by Koethi Zan - good and creepy! Right now I'm reading ELEANOR AND PARK by Rainbow Rowell - just loving it! :)
I started reading the first book in Brandon Mull's "Beyonders" trilogy, just because my editor compared my writing to his and I though, "Hey, let's check out the competition. I'll just read enough to get a feel for it."
Well, thanks to Brandon Mull, I spent the whole weekend on my Kindle, feverishly reading. I started the final book late last night around midnight ...
You just reminded me that I bought myself DIVERGENT to be one of my summer reads. I haven't even started it! OMG! So many books!!!
Wow, that's a lot of recent books. And the only one I've read was Ender's Game, actually most of the series. So many books, so little time!
You know, I read DIVERGENT and BOOK THIEF and didn't like either of them - and they happen to be two of the most popular books you've listed here! Maybe I should give them another chance eventually. I just read R.J. Palacio's WONDER and cried my eyes out - it was so good!
I read 2, 3, and 12. The rest look amazing, some of which I own.
I love your taste in books! I haven't read them all, but I've at least heard of most of them. Way to go, reading all those!
Hi, Cynthia -- Just to answer your question over at my blog -- No, I won't be at the SCBWI event in LA. My family is headed to the U.K. for a 10 day vacation!
Not that my publisher offered to fly me out to LA for it anyway ...
The Book Thief is my all-time favorite book!! I've heard of many of the others, but haven't read them yet.
Thanks for commenting and for sharing some of your book recommendations!
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