What Should I Read Now?

Interesting and Original

readbetweenmylines — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin

This book was very interesting for me, I was constantly reading it after I bought it some months ago. Its about a young girl who dies and goes Elsewhere, the place where the dead live. It’s like a normal city, except when you die you age backwards until you’re one day old and float down the creepy baby-river to be born again. This girl who is now deceased and living in this town is obsessed with watching her family and friends and can’t accept her death. It’s in present tense, which I haven’t come across in many books.

The Compound by S.A. Bodeen

Another interesting book. Eli and his family (sister, mother, father) live deep underground in a compound his uber-rich father built for a nuclear war. It comes and they’re stuck. Sadly, Eli’s twin and grandmother were lost in the outside. They don’t know what happened but the family thinks it’s a safe bet they’re dead. They have taken all necessary precautions; even having the mother pop out more babies once they’re hauled up to use as live stock in case someone gets sick, injured, etc. Creepy right? The mom and sister treat the kids as, well, kids. The father sees them as cows and our star won’t get close to them on principal. It’s a bad idea to name a cat you can’t keep, huh? For six years life goes on like this. That is, until Eli realizes his life is a lie.

These books…read them.

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be..."

readbetweenmylines — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:37:13 -0400

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”

- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Fairest of All by Serena Valentino This cover really drew me in...

readbetweenmylines — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:17:00 -0400

Fairest of All by Serena Valentino

This cover really drew me in to it. As a small child, I was a big fan of Disney movies. (Although, Snow White wasn’t my favorite. I was very fashion-oriented as a child and Disney’s Snow looked like she got dressed in the dark. And short hair on a PRINCESS? No, no, no. Mini-me wasn’t having it.)

I took it home and started reading right away. I found after the first chapter that I couldn’t put it down.

The “Evil” Queen is portrayed in a whole new light, as a warm-hearted woman who’s the daughter of a mirror maker. The King sees her and falls madly in love. No catch, no plots, no evil schemes. The king, Queen, and Snow White live happily together… that is, until the mirror that the King got for the Queen as a wedding gift turns out to be an evil mirror that uses the guise of her dead father to feed on her insecurities about her beauty. She becomes paranoid and cruel as the mirror feeds her darkness and lies about those around her.

And right now, if you’ve ever seen Snow White, you’re thinking “It all makes sense, now!”

Books I Have Read More than Twice and Still Love to Read

readbetweenmylines — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Mr Darcy’s Diary by Amanda Grange

Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

Paper Towns by John Green

The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory

The Mediator Series by Meg Cabot

Fairest by Gail Carson Levine

Give these a try, I almost guarantee you’ll love them all.