Rainy Day Reads

I’m kicking off a new series in which I will give 5 book recommendations based on a subject. And in honor of Halloween we are kicking off with monsters. I don’t read a lot of super scary books, but I still managed to find 5 books with monsters, although some of these monsters perhaps don’t fit the conventional monster stereotype. From "A Monster Calls" This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab This is part one of a duology. The story takes place in a dystopian version of our world. A city is divided between a corporation that deal out their version of justice, and a mob boss using monsters for his own gains. In this world monsters are created by bad actions - you hurt someone, you spark the creation of a monster. Both sides of the city are trying to control things in their own way, but when Kate and August get caught in the middle, the unstable equilibrium threatens to topple. Kate is the daughter of the mob boss, and she wants nothing more than to be as tough as he...

I saw this idea on Pinterest and thought it sounded like fun. When recommending books it can be hard to hit all the things that make a book great, and sometimes you really enjoyed one aspect of it, but maybe not so much other aspects. So I’ve tried to find popular books that many people will have read to recommend from and then tried to find not-so-popular books to recommend according to a specific topic in the book. Does that make sense? Hopefully it will once you read the recommendations.  The Book Thief by Markus Zusak:  Why: Unusual narrator: Two Boys kissing by David Levithan World War II setting: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein Understated romance: The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins: Why:  The competition element: Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin Dystopia: Angelfall by Susan Ee Rising up against the government: Legend by Marie Lu Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling: Why: Friends...

I saw this on Youtube on the channel Bookables and thought it sounded like a fun idea. Spring is still making up its mind where I live (it snowed a few days ago!), so I hope I can entice it to come out and play with this tag! 1. The struggle of getting started: a book/book series that you have struggled to begin because of its size. I am not often daunted by the size of books as I don’t mind starting long books, because I have the hope that they will be so good I won’t notice the length. I often struggle to finish long books though, because eventually I will feel like I have been reading the same book/story forever. This is also the reason I very rarely marathon series. I just get bored of the universe/story after hundreds of pages, even if I am enjoying it. This is the struggle I am currently having with “Mistborn” by Brandon Sanderson. I am really enjoying it, but it is just soooooo long and I am reaching the point where I just want it to finish! 2. Cleaning out...

I found this tag browsing on Tumblr a while ago, and while many seem to have done it, I can’t seem to find the original. But kudos to whoever made it because who doesn’t love books and chocolate? Dark Chocolate: (A book that covers a dark topic ([abuse, domestic violence, rape, loneliness, bullying, death, etc]) Easy by Tammara Webber. This book deals with attempted rape at college and how people are discouraged from reporting it by the authorities who ought to help them. If you are interested in the topic you can also watch the documentary “The Hunting Ground”. It should still be on Netflix.  White Chocolate: (Your favorite lighthearted/humorous read) The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice. This book still deals with some heavy topics but there is just this feeling about it that I really enjoy. Set in 1950s England it deals with family, friendship and love.  Milk Chocolate: (A book that has a lot of hype that you’re dying to read) I try not to get...