Tell Me What to Read: Round 9
I’m feeling good this month because not only am I making good progress through Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede (the winner for February) and should be done by the end of the week, but because I ALSO read two other books suggested for this round: Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer and Bloody Jack: Being An Account Of The Curious Adventures Of Mary Jacky Faber, Ship’s Boy by L.A. Meyer.
Never expect such awesomeness from me again.
So, tell me what you’ve got!
Here’s how it goes:
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 later next 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 March.
5. I’ll write a review of it here. Even if I hate the book, I will not hate you.
I know I've suggested this before (but only because it's so good!): Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas.
I made my mom read it recently and she loved it, too.
"Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbitt, one of my very, very favorites. 🙂
Beautiful Boy : A father's journey through his son's addiction by David Sheff 🙂
1,000 White Women, I know, I'm harassing you with this one, but you will LOVE IT!!!
Olive Kitteridge, again!
Jackaroo by Cynthia Voigt.
How about Beauty by Robin McKinley? We just read it for book club and everyone really seemed to enjoy it.
Okay, I know this book has had a lot of hype, but I really liked it, and I think you might, too. I think others have suggested it before, but whatever.
The Help, by Kathryn Stockett
Because I obnoxiously think every new mom should read this book…
Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Marc Weissbluth
You won't regret it.
I'll second Suey's suggestion of Beauty by Robin McKinley. I read a number of years ago, and I think I'm going to pick it up this month too!
Since this is a Newbery Medal winner, it's highly likely that you'll be able to put this one on your "already read that" list, but here's my suggestion:
The Twenty-One Balloons
by William Pene du Bois
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese. I recommended this one last month and I'm recommending it again because it's the best book I have read yet this year.
I've also heard great things about Olive Kitteridge. I'm excited to read it, once it gets through the 170 (!!!) people ahead of me in the queue. I may just break down and buy this one before I read it.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy. In the original Russian (you may have to learn Russian real fast)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley. You will love the heroine, a ten year old chemist!
Prince of Foxes by Samuel Shellabarger
BOO! Somebody took my suggestion, but I'm going to do it again, HA!
Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
It's time for a good preggo book!
"It Sucked, and Then I Cried" by Heather Armstrong.
It's hilarious.
I read every sleep book I could get my hands on and the one Carly recommended was my favorite. It had fewer definite rules (which annoyed me at the time) but the overall assumptions keep coming to mind the older he gets. Anyway, my book choice would be A Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins.
It has already been suggested, but I loved it too: The Help by Kathryn Stockett. Excellent book.
I'm re-reading one of my favorite books that I used to listen to (over and over and over again) when I was a kid…
So, have you read There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom by Louis Sachar?