Topeka & Shawnee Co. Public Library discussion

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This ongoing discussion is your place to share what you are reading and what you think about it! It's fun to see what other people are reading in the community... plus you might discover a new book to read.

So, when I'm stressed, I read. A lot. And with access to a bunch of teen fiction ebooks before they are published later this spring, I've read A LOT this month.
Here are the books I would recommend that I've read recently -- I have notes posted on my goodreads account but I will eventually review some of them for the library website also!

A School for Unusual Girls (Stranje House, #1) by Kathleen Baldwin
The Summer After You and Me by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski
The Trouble with Destiny by Lauren Morrill
The Swift Boys & Me by Kody Keplinger (technically middle grades fiction, and I re-read this author's "The DUFF" twice this month, once before and once after seeing the very-different-not-as-good-movie-version)
The Truth About Us by Janet Gurtler
Kissing Ted Callahan (And Other Guys) by Amy Spalding
Finding Mr. Brightside by Jay Clark (AWESOME!)
Say What You Will by Cammie McGovern
My Best Everything by Sarah Tomp (THIS ONE IS AWESOME!)
Some Kind of Normal by Juliana Stone
Jesse's Girl (Hundred Oaks series) by Miranda Kenneally
Flunked (Fairy Tale Reform School) (more middle grades fiction) by Jen Calonita

I'm always looking for more teen fiction recommendations that aren't overly scary/sad/dystopian. :) - I like to keep my escapism as happily-ever-after as possible.








The Season

I just started The Good Girl by Mary Kubica. I don't like a lot of suspense, but so far this one has me hooked!

I just started the 5th book in the Song of Ice and Fire Series, A Dance With Dragons by George RR Martin. Only 90 pages in so it will be awhile until I finish. :)

Just finished A Light Btween Oceans by M.L. Stedman. Emotions of love, anger, betrayal, and even forgiveness are so well done. It took longer than I thought to get through this book, but I found some great quotes. It was a great escape to Janus Rock.

My biggest book this month is Cibola Burn, book 5 of The Expanse. This has been an awesome epic scifi series that is being turned into a tv series on Syfy.