Tell Me What to Read: Round 20
It’s BACK! After a more than year-long hiatus, I’m back in Tell Me What to Read business.
I am just a little ridiculously excited.
I hope you are too, and that you’d like to suggest something for me to read over the next month or so. If so, here’s the guidelines:
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 in a reasonable time frame.
5. I’ll write a review of it here. Even if I hate the book, I will not hate you.
Comment away!
Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch by Sally Bedell Smith. It's a really readable biography of the current Queen Elizabeth and timely too. We read it for book club and everyone loved it.
I'm so glad this is back, I used to add several of the recommendations each month to my reading lists! I read a hilarious YA book (that I first heard about on NPR) that you should add to your list – I'm curious as to your opinion. The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex.
I love that I just added a dozen books to my library list based on these recommendations! I suggest reading Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.
So exciting! I love telling people what to do, er, I mean, suggesting books to read. 🙂 Oh and ditto to the above comment about Ready Player One. I got that for my husband for fathers day and he said it was fantastic. But since someone already suggested it, I am suggesting Divergent by Veronica Roth. I'm currently in the middle of reading it so I can't say for sure how great it is overall, but so far so good!
I just discovered your blog and haven't yet commented, but I couldn't help myself on this one!
Anything by Julia Alvarez, but particularly In the Time of the Butterflies. Love it!
I also love that now I have a whole list of suggestions too! Perfect idea.
I'm sticking with my old favorite Precious Bane by Mary Webb. So worth a read.
The Last Shot by Darcy Frey
An oldie, but a goodie. I just read for the first time a few months ago and I'm still thinking about it.
Please don't read any shades of gray. Other than that, I don't actually have a recommendation, which is strange and new for me. 🙂
xox
Oh yay! I've missed this! Oh dear, let's see. So many choices. How about The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss? I'd love to see you reviewing some epic fantasy, which is my fave. 🙂
For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund
NOt sure if you've read it… but Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks. Just finished it and it was amazing.
Although I'm tempted to suggest something horrible like 50 Shades of Gray just because you'd HAVE to read it if my comment won (mwahahahahaha!) I'm going to suggest Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls instead. I read that recently and really enjoyed it.
Oh. Sad. I wasn't the first to think I was clever with the Shades of Gray comment 🙁 And here I was, patting myself on the back for being so hilarious.
Divergent by Veronica Roth. Loved!
Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage, it just came out in 2012 and I think it's Newbery potential.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
I'm also going to recommend The Night Circus. I loved it, but I'm interested to see what you think. (And I'm excited that several other people recommended it as well.)
Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry.
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver – totally loved it and each time I reread it, it gets even better
Edenbrooke, by Julianne Donaldson. Best book I've read in a while!