Tell Me What to Read: Round 19
I’m among friends here, right? Good, let me admit something very embarrassing.
You may remember that the winner of Tell Me What To Read for March was Maisie Dobbs, suggested by Alison K. I went to get it the other day out of my library basket so I could begin reading it and. . . couldn’t find it. I searched everywhere. Nothing.
I went online and looked at my library account. I apparently had never checked it out. I am completely flummoxed by this as I was SURE I had brought it home with me on my last library trip. But, the fact that the library has no record of me doing so and my apartment, which is not that hard to search from top to bottom, has not revealed it, makes me think that I am, in fact, losing my mind. This is unfortunate.
What is even more unfortunate is that someone ELSE in my town had the audacity to check it out so I now have to wait another two weeks for it to be returned so I can start reading it.
So, I’ll be doing that book AND another one this month. If I’m not busy trying to remember how to brush my teeth or something, since it appears I’ve lost a good many brain cells in recent days.
1. Comment with the title of one book you think I should read (any book you want). One title only, please, lest my brain explode.
2. I’ll select one comment at random and announce it on the blog by the end of the week.
3. 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).
4. I’ll get a copy of the book and read it by the end of April.
5. I’ll write a review of it here. Even if I hate the book, I will not hate you.
Ho Hum. How about Emily of New Moon by L. M. Montgomery. (Much like Anne of Green Gables, but a different heroine. She has dark hair!)
Austenland! Ok, ok, I'll stop bugging you about that one. 🙂
My real book suggestion is A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn which seems to be one of those ever popular modern reworkings of a fairy tale, this time Sleeping Beauty.
The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex.
I've been reading your blog for a while (I found your blog through Jenna Cole, who I had a class with at BYU, and I work at a library myself and love some of your book picks!) but never commented before. I just discovered True Meaning of Smekday and can't stop telling people about it!
Precious Bane by Mary Webb
I still think you oughta read Poisonwood Bible 🙂
Into the Wind by Jean Ferris (parts 1-3) — a teenage-hood favorite of mine which I recently read again and loved as much as an adult. Fluffy, light, romantic, YA gold.
Wish You Well by David Baldacchi
I loved all the Maisie Dobbs books and I can't wait to read your impressions of the first!
the shadow of the wind by carlos ruiz zafon
Words In the Dust by Trent Reedy.
I won a free copy of this and thought that it was an intriguing book, loosely based on a real situation. Not the best book I've read by any means, but good. I just thought that I should spread the word about it, as the publisher was kind enough to give me a free copy. It is worth reading.
One Child by Torey Hayden
365 Thank Yous by John Kralik.
The Selected Works of TS Spivet, by Reif Larsson.
Ella Minnow Pea! By Mark Dunn.
'At Home' by Bill Bryson
I might be too late for this month, but I will recommend The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett. It's the first of four books starring Tiffany Aching, who is one of my favorite characters in literature!
Ohh I just noticed that you already did the book I suggested. So if it's not too late, I change my suggestion to Letters from the Inside- John Marsden.