The Thief

For those who were interested, the book we didn't choose for next month is The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner. I just found out it is a Newberry Honor book. It's the beginning of a trilogy. (I've read the first two.) It's a fantasy book set in kind of an ancient Greece kind of country. It's has a quest and politics. I think the romance (such as it is) doesn't begin until the second book, The Queen of Attolia.

Fablehaven

Rachel picked a great book for next month, "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull . It is technically juvenile fantasy, which we haven't delved into for awhile. I am quite excited. Possibly this is because the cover art totally rocks.



Oh, yes. I judge them by their covers. I can't help it.

Airhead

Meg Cabot has the first two chapters of Airhead, her YA novel coming out on May 13, here. I think this will actually be a very interesting read after "Uglies", because it deals with much the same issues.

enjoy the excerpt!

K

Uglies

So on Thursday April 17 we are having bookclub at Betsey's house, at 8 pm. The book is Uglies, by Scott Westerfeld:


oh shoot! sorry, THAT'S not the cover! what was i thinking? there's a picture of the book a couple of posts below this one. ;) We haven't posted to the blog for a long time. We need to rectify that.

I just ordered 10 - no wait, 11 - books from amazon and barnes and noble and I'm very excited, and if they are any good I will certainly pass them on. Athough 5 of them won't be mailed until May 6 when The Host comes out.

which, YAY!

Looking forward to seeing you ladies there.

Stephanie Meyer has a link to an excerpt from her adult novel "The Host" on her website
Fun.

Book club worthy series

The Uglies series is SO good! I'm currently on Pretties. Then comes Specials. I'd love to have this entire series for book club sometime. I love the social commentary of it. You can read more on Scott Westerfeld's site.

great books!

I loved these books! Star Girl is first, then Love, Star Girl. Star girl is zany and fun! They are very quick reads and Love, Star Girl is in short sections like a journal, so it's a great one for those of you who don't have time to read a book in one sitting.