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(group member since May 08, 2015)
Seira’s
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from the Amazon Editors' YA Book Club group.
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Has anyone started this or already finished? The reviews have been five star and authors like John Green and Jason Reynolds have also given it high praise. I was pretty blown away by it myself--the protagonist Starr already faces issues of race from both sides of her world before tragedy hits. And after? It's on another level... I'm really glad I read it.
This is going to be such a fun read for summer! I'm a total Black Sails (Starz TV series) fan and there is one female pirate on that show that reminds me of the main character...
This will be our June read. It's gotten so much attention since it released at the end of February, and it's very timely. If you're going to get a copy from the library it might be good to get on the list for this one now if there is a wait.
I'm really curious how the movie will go when it opens in a couple of weeks. It's been a while since I read the book but so much has stayed with me! Who else has already read it? Book first then movie? Sometimes I like to preserve my own image of the characters so not sure I'll see it or not...
Here are the titles listed on the polls:MAY:
Strange the Dreamer
Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case
Everything, Everything (paperback)
JUNE:
The Hate U Give
The Valiant
Girl in the Blue Coat (paperback)
JULY:
Who Killed Christopher Goodman?
Daughter of the Pirate King
Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad (paperback)
Check out the poll on the bottom of our group homepage to vote for the books you'd like to read in May, June, and July. Here's hoping we have lots of time to relax with a book this summer!
I really enjoyed the personal growth we saw in both main characters as they came to understand things about their societies prejudices and misdeeds (historical and present time) and what that meant for each of them personally and in the community. I love dual narration, especially the past/present like this one. No spoilers but the revelation at the end about the cigar store owner in Will's time had a good twist to it, even though I expected there to be something more than met the eye...
Has anyone started this or read it already? I really loved it and I think there's a lot to talk about...
Caraval has me picturing every detail the way I felt like I did with The Night Circus...I want one of those invitations from Legend to stare at all day.
Veronica Roth will answer some of our questions -- what do you want to ask her about Carve the Mark?
The publisher, HarperCollins, is doing a giveaway! Last day to enter is February 21st : https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...
For those who have started (or finished) this one, what's your overall impression of it so far?
This book is AMAZING - I made it my top pick for Best YA Books of February on Amazon and can't wait to discuss it with all of you in April - I know it will still be very much on my mind. The publisher, Little Brown, is hosting a giveaway so make sure you enter before February 28th. https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...
The publisher is hosting a giveaway for Caraval! Enter before February 10th - I think you'll like this one :)
I'm really thrilled we're going to read this for April -- Dreamland Burning is going to be a nice change in direction from our more fantasy driven books in February and March. It looks amazing, can't wait to start...
The votes were close between Caraval and City of Saints & Thieves but Caraval is the poll favorite. Should be a good one to kick off the spring...
Looks like a lot of us are excited about Veronica Roth's new novel! Carve the Mark just came out this week and won the poll for our February book.
I thought we might start this year with a month hiatus (January) and choose our next three months' books now so we can read ahead and folks can get books added to wish lists or waiting lists once we have them. I've posted three polls at the bottom of our home page - one for each of the next three months. Please vote there or send me a message with your choices by next Monday, January 16th. Looking forward to seeing everyone's picks!
Our book this month is Sarah J. Maas' Throne of Glass. This has been such a popular series--the fourth book was last year's Goodreads YA Fiction Readers Choice award winner--how many of you have had this on the "to read" shelf?
