Outrun the Wind
By: Elizabeth Tammi
Available: November 27th
Of all the myth retellings that I’ve read or even heard of recently the story of Atalanta, who challenged her suitors to footraces in order to stay unmarried while still collecting their money, is not one that I see around a lot. Turns out it is more than worthy of a retelling.
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So this weeks Top 5 Wednesday Topic is the Top 5 Characters You’d Invite for Friendsgiving and this really depends on what kind of Friendsgiving do you want to have.
Do you want a party? Peace and quiet? Someone else to do all the work while you spend the day reading? (Yes.) All my book boyfriends? To many decisions! This is why I never host dinner!
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Paperback Crush
By: Gabrielle Moss
Feeling a little nostalgic for non-fiction November I decided to read Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of 80’s and 90’s Teen Fiction and wound up having quiet the little trip down memory lane. This is actually one of two books I’ve read that said Jessica Wakefield (my fav from Sweet Valley High) was a sociopath.
Honestly it doesn’t surprise me a bit.
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Shadow of the Fox
By: Julie Kagawa
A half kitsune half human girl, a demon possessed samurai, a down-on-his luck ronin and a noble with a strange past time walk into your village… What do you do? You should probably run because they’re likely being trailed by demons and giant centipedes. Maybe don’t try to take advantage of them though.
Either way.
Okay, so technically it’s a little early for Christmas- though that and the end of the year are approaching at the speed of holiday shopping. So I thought I’d do the End of Year Tag originally created by Ariel Bisette over on Youtube.
It’s technically for books but I’m a tag rule bender so I’m adding movies to…
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
By: Hank Green
Grade: B -ish
So how about another Green brother?
Hank Green’s first book is about a twenty-something woman called April May who stumbles over a new “sculpture” in New York that she dubs Carl, uploads a video and becomes the center of this great, vast and mysterious world-wide phenomenon. What are the Carls? How did they get where they are? Who put them there?
The Diary of a Bookseller
By: Shaun Bythell
Grade: B
A year in the life of a second-hand bookseller in a small Scottish Town. Shaun Bythell owns The Book Shop- the second largest 2nd hand bookstore. So it fulfills two dreams of mine. Owning a bookstore and living in Scotland.
But also provided great memories of customer service which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. I can laugh about them now 🙂
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Fake Blood
By: Whitney Gardner
Grade: A
I thought I’d do quick mini-reviews of the rest of my “Halloween” reading as I throw myself into non-fiction/sci-fi November because there were some interesting reads. See Fake Blood. Which is completely my kind of relationship drama.
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Vengeful
By: V.E. Schwab
Grade: D
Okay, just fair warning since this is the follow-up to Vicious there’s going to be spoilers concerning the end of that book. Also a warning if you loved Vicious like I did maybe just keep the happy memories in tact.
And yes, I know before anyone points out these are not supposed to be good people. I just think when writing about bad people it helps not to make them boring and cliche.
One of these days I’m going to have the appropriate amount of candy for handing out on Halloween. I swear I half want to do some neighborhood census in September. Like do you have kids? Will you be trick-or-treating past my house? Does anybody ever nail the correct amount needed?
I hope everyone had a great Halloween!
Anyway we’re officially in November! Clocks change this weekend and it’s my favorite time of the year. Hoping my mood will improve with the time 🙂
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