I've got:
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
The Book Thief by Markus Zuzak
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
How exciting! I would have gotten more, but I had no bag and I couldn't physically carry more than seven books. Also, on topic with The Broke and the Bookish's post a few days ago on library summer reading programs: I picked up the Teen/Adult summer reading brochure at the library! After I read eight books, I'll get a free book bag - which I clearly need, as evidenced above.
I bring your attention to the fact that more than half of the books I got are YA. This is clear evidence of my expanding reading comfort zone. I literally have not stepped into the YA section of my library in YEARS - until yesterday. Thanks to blogging and reading other blogs, I have gotten more comfortable expanding into non-classics. The reason why I read classics is because I don't want to waste time on books that aren't well-written. There are SO MANY bad YA, fantasy, sci-fi, and contemporary books out there - I just didn't want to try them randomly. But with book blogging, I am able to read multiple reviews of books, and decide if they are for me. So yippee more YA! :-)
(And also, the YA section of my library is very nice and has a variety of seating options to choose from. I'm going to have to spend more time there. Actually, they redid the whole library, and it's way nicer, so I'm going to have to spend more time at the library in general!)
What books did you get recently? Which of the books that I got do you recommend I read first?
~Sophia
I'll look forward to your reviews of your YA books. I've avoided the YA section for the same reasons as you, preferring to stick with old YA classics. Every time I try a YA book, I'm usually unimpressed. I do, however, want to read Code Name Verity, and The Book Thief interests me, although my daughter read it and thought it was "meh!", so we'll see ......
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your "stash"!
I'll definitely let you know about the good ones! I tend to only read the YA that I've heard a bunch of stuff about or has been recommended by someone who I know has similar reading taste to mine.
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