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.
Little Heathens
Two-Part Invention!
I also love that you used the word "flummoxed" in this post.
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
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Cold Sassy Tree
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Russian Winter
The Handmaid's Tale.
I've been thinking a lot about The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner recently (strange to randomly think about a book a read a year ago), so I echo Mia's vote! I actually liked The King of Attolia best, but you really do need to start with the first book in the series.
I'm currently reading The Kitchen House and really enjoying it.
Cinderella Ate My Daughter, so I know if I need to read it.
The Unlikely Disciple- Kevin Roose
Room, a novel by Emma Donoghue
Did you ever read Water for Elephants? Love that book deeply. I am currently in mourning that the movie is coming out. Not that I am against book to movies but rather I am against Robert Patinson playing beloved characters.
How depressing.
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Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
East of Eden, Steinbeck.
(After suggesting this almost every month I have developed a bit of a complex. What if you pick it, and what if you hate it? I mean, it's lengthy to start with, and what if you just can't get through it!? Yes, these are the things that keep me up at night.)
xox
Committed by Liz Gilbert.
Prince of Foxes
The Company She Keeps
by Georgia Durante
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
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.