A lot of books
Although I have read a ton of books this month (>50), I haven't been discovering new books. Actually, I've been retreating into my book "comfort zone" and re-reading books I've read before. Like Tamora Pierce's Circle of Magic books, and Anne McCaffrey's Dragon books, and Mercedes Lackey Arrows of the Queen trilogy, Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game, and many sci-fi favorites.
Luckily for me, my sister-in-law shares her new finds with me, so I get new things to read anyway! So the following will not be everything that I remember reading in the past month - just the ones that were new discoveries or old favorites. Click here for the rest of the post.
In no particular order, just as I remember or find their names:
Rowan Hood (series) by Nancy Springer - these are fairly short kids books, but I like them anyway. When her mother dies, Rowan searches for her father, Robin Hood, in Sherwood Forest.
Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale - I loved it. A servant girl ends up locked in a tower with her mistress, who goes a little bit crazy.
Changelings and Maelstrom by AnneMcCaffrey - set in the Petaybee universe, these are books about selkie twins, a living planet, and others in the universe who don't like them.
Heris Serrano (series) by Elizabeth Moon - really, the end books of the series are stretching things a lot, but I enjoy them anyways. This series is for when I want a little space opera.
Austenland by Shannon Hale - AWESOME. Especially for anyone who has spent as much time watching Pride & Prejudice (the long version) as myself (and all of my college roommates). Of course this one deserves its own post, and hopefully it will happen.
Princess Nevermore by Dian Regan - cute. A princess from the other side of the wishing well ends up on earth, possible forever. Not the greatest book ever written, but still good.
The Dark is Rising (series) by Susan Cooper - Even though I've read them over and over, I still love these books. Fantasy, set on Earth amid reality, with a clash of Dark and Light and legends of Arthur. One of my favorite things is that people choose their own destiny - whether Dark or Light wins really depends on individual, everyday people.
Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver - Good book. the story of a boy losing his father, finding out that there are secrets he didn't know about himself, and undertaking a journey to save the world.
The Hollow Kingdom - Clare B. Dunkle - Good book. The goblin king really wants Kate to be his bride, but who would go live underground forever willingly? I like how this one ends up, but of course I won't write that here.
The Little Princess by Francis Hodgson Burnett - I love this book, no matter how many times I read it. When Sara's father leaves her at a boarding school, it is the first time they are separated. I like Sara as a heroine, and I like how everything works out.
Pagan by Catherine Jinks - This book was really fun to read. An world-wise Arab boy becomes a squire to the perfect Templar Knight, Lord Roland Roucy de Bram, serving in Jerusalem as the Arab cities are being taken back from the English conquerors. The story doesn't focus on the big movers and shakers or the politics (yawn) or even too much on the battle scenes - it focuses on the relationship between the street rat of Jerusalem and the knight while everything happens around them.
Ember by Jeanne DuPrau - Ember is fun, mostly because of its interesting basis - it's something that really could happen (but is really not very likely).
Luckily for me, my sister-in-law shares her new finds with me, so I get new things to read anyway! So the following will not be everything that I remember reading in the past month - just the ones that were new discoveries or old favorites. Click here for the rest of the post.
In no particular order, just as I remember or find their names:
Rowan Hood (series) by Nancy Springer - these are fairly short kids books, but I like them anyway. When her mother dies, Rowan searches for her father, Robin Hood, in Sherwood Forest.
Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale - I loved it. A servant girl ends up locked in a tower with her mistress, who goes a little bit crazy.
Changelings and Maelstrom by AnneMcCaffrey - set in the Petaybee universe, these are books about selkie twins, a living planet, and others in the universe who don't like them.
Heris Serrano (series) by Elizabeth Moon - really, the end books of the series are stretching things a lot, but I enjoy them anyways. This series is for when I want a little space opera.
Austenland by Shannon Hale - AWESOME. Especially for anyone who has spent as much time watching Pride & Prejudice (the long version) as myself (and all of my college roommates). Of course this one deserves its own post, and hopefully it will happen.
Princess Nevermore by Dian Regan - cute. A princess from the other side of the wishing well ends up on earth, possible forever. Not the greatest book ever written, but still good.
The Dark is Rising (series) by Susan Cooper - Even though I've read them over and over, I still love these books. Fantasy, set on Earth amid reality, with a clash of Dark and Light and legends of Arthur. One of my favorite things is that people choose their own destiny - whether Dark or Light wins really depends on individual, everyday people.
Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver - Good book. the story of a boy losing his father, finding out that there are secrets he didn't know about himself, and undertaking a journey to save the world.
The Hollow Kingdom - Clare B. Dunkle - Good book. The goblin king really wants Kate to be his bride, but who would go live underground forever willingly? I like how this one ends up, but of course I won't write that here.
The Little Princess by Francis Hodgson Burnett - I love this book, no matter how many times I read it. When Sara's father leaves her at a boarding school, it is the first time they are separated. I like Sara as a heroine, and I like how everything works out.
Pagan by Catherine Jinks - This book was really fun to read. An world-wise Arab boy becomes a squire to the perfect Templar Knight, Lord Roland Roucy de Bram, serving in Jerusalem as the Arab cities are being taken back from the English conquerors. The story doesn't focus on the big movers and shakers or the politics (yawn) or even too much on the battle scenes - it focuses on the relationship between the street rat of Jerusalem and the knight while everything happens around them.
Ember by Jeanne DuPrau - Ember is fun, mostly because of its interesting basis - it's something that really could happen (but is really not very likely).
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