What I’m Going to Read: Round 20

And now, the moment you all no one has been waiting for. . .

The winning book for Round 20 is The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl, recommended by Katie. My library had it sitting on the shelf, which makes it a complete win already in my book.

Other excellent suggestions:

• A Friend at Midnight by Caroline B. Cooney (Carrie Jo)
• Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel (Katie)
• The Selection by Kiera Cass (Melbh4284)
• Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie (Meridith)
• Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings (Erica)
• The Night Circus by Eri Morgenstern (Bethany, Allerkins, Melanie, and Shannon)
• Mudbound by Hilary Jordan (Peaceful Reader)
• Evertaster by Adam Glennon Sidwell (Katie)
• Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys (Lisa)
• Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (Mom)
• Bringing Up Geeks by MaryBeth Hicks (Amy)
• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin (Debbie)
• The Paris Wife by Paula McLain (Jenn)
• The Leftovers by Tom Perotta (Life of a Doctor’s Wife)
• The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh (Amanda)
• Outside the Lines by Amy Havtany (Kayris)
• My Cousin Rachel by Daphne DuMaurier (Jules)
• What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty (Ally)
• Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman (Saskia)
• Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch by Sally Bedell Smith (Megan)
• The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex (Smalldog)
• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (NGS)
• Divergent by Veronica Roth (Mary and Lucy)
• In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez (Anna)
• Precious Bane by Mary Webb (Melissa)
• The Last Shot by Darcy Frey (Emma)
• The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (Caitlin)
• For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund (Jen)
• Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks (Jen B)
• Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls (Rachel)
• Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage (Vickie)
• Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry (Song)
• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (Jen)
• Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson (CCR in MA and Shelly)
• Samurai’s Garden by Gail Tsukiyama (Diane)
• Fall of Giants by Ken Follett (Laura)
• Blackout by Connie Willis (JoLee)
• Mao’s Last Dancer by Li Cunxin (Shante)
• The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye (Hannah)
• …And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer (Mandy)
• A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller (Michelle)
• I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Treviño (The Morris Family)
• Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard (Kathie)
• Wonder by R. J. Palacio (Deanna H)
• I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (Tasha)
• Cinderella Ate My Daughter by Peggy Orenstein (Sherry)
• Modoc by Ralph Helfler (Jenae)
• The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (Stacy)
• Goodnight, Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian (Emily)
• A Work in Progress by Brad Cotton (Feezle)
• Complications by Atal Gawande (Andrew)
• The Sparrow (Shelly)
• Breaking Beautiful by Jennifer Shaw Wolf (Alison K)
• Swept Off Her Feet by Hester Browne (Emily)
• Two-Part Invention by Madeleine L’Engle (RA)
• Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson (Merry)
• The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai (Aleks)
• Jumper by Stephen Gould (Audrey)
• The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Trish)

Of these, I’ve read:

• Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
• What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
• Divergent by Veronica Roth
• Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage
• The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye
• I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
• The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

I cannot tell you how happy I am to be doing this again. Thank YOU all for participating!