Saturday, January 2, 2016

January To Be Read~ Let's Vote

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It is always a continual goal for me to read books on my goodreads TBR list. I started 2015 with 313 books on my TBR and I'm starting 2016 with 335 books on my TBR list. The list is endless as authors continue to write and there is a million good books out there. I used random.org to choose 3 books from my goodreads TBR list. These books are very different from each other. I'm interested to see which one you guys choose.

In her highly anticipated new novel, Judy Blume, the New York Times # 1 best-selling author of Summer Sisters and of young adult classics such as Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, creates a richly textured and moving story of three generations of families, friends and strangers, whose lives are profoundly changed by unexpected events.

 In 1987, Miri Ammerman returns to her hometown of Elizabeth, New Jersey, to attend a commemoration of the worst year of her life.

 Thirty-five years earlier, when Miri was fifteen, and in love for the first time, a succession of airplanes fell from the sky, leaving a community reeling. Against this backdrop of actual events that Blume experienced in the early 1950s, when airline travel was new and exciting and everyone dreamed of going somewhere, Judy Blume imagines and weaves together a haunting story of three generations of families, friends, and strangers, whose lives are profoundly changed by these disasters. She paints a vivid portrait of a particular time and place — Nat King Cole singing “Unforgettable,” Elizabeth Taylor haircuts, young (and not-so-young) love, explosive friendships, A-bomb hysteria, rumors of Communist threat. And a young journalist who makes his name reporting tragedy. Through it all, one generation reminds another that life goes on.

 In the Unlikely Event is a gripping novel with all the hallmarks of Judy Blume's unparalleled storytelling.

The Garretts are everything the Reeds are not. Loud, messy, affectionate. And every day from her rooftop perch, Samantha Reed wishes she was one of them . . . until one summer evening, Jase Garrett climbs up next to her and changes everything.

 As the two fall fiercely for each other, stumbling through the awkwardness and awesomeness of first love, Jase's family embraces Samantha - even as she keeps him a secret from her own. Then something unthinkable happens, and the bottom drops out of Samantha's world. She's suddenly faced with an impossible decision. Which perfect family will save her? Or is it time she saved herself?

 A transporting debut about family, friendship, first romance, and how to be true to one person you love without betraying another.

Senior Paul Wagoner walks into his school with a stolen gun, he threatens his girlfriend, Emily Beam, and then takes his own life. Soon after, angry and guilt-ridden Emily is sent to a boarding school in Amherst, Massachusetts, where two quirky fellow students and the spirit of Emily Dickinson offer helping hands. But it is up to Emily Beam to heal her own damaged self, to find the good behind the bad, hope inside the despair, and springtime under the snow







13 comments:

  1. I picked, And We Stay, that sounds interesting.

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  2. And We Stay sounds awesome, plus it takes place near my hometown :)

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  3. I went with My Life Next Door because I've heard good things about it! I need to focus more on my TBR as well this year. :)

    -Lauren
    www.letsgetbeyondtolerance.blogspot.com

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  4. I voted for My Life Next Door as it sounds like a sweet and cute romance novel.

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  5. My Life Nextdoor sounds awesome!!

    http://yumiandyuji.blogspot.kr/

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  6. The Unlikely Event, because I've been curious about that one. Haven't read Judy Blume in years, and back then it was Super Fudge and Are You There God, so this sounds very different.

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  7. I went with My Life Next Door, because I really want to read this author. Her books go out all the time at the library.

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  8. I grew up reading Judy Blume and think so highly of her. I vote for that one. The others sound good too! I don't think you can go wrong whatever you end up reading. :-)

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  9. The spirit of Emily Dickinson? This gets my vote!

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  10. I picked My Life Next Door because it's on my tbr. ;)

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  11. I voted for My Life Next Door. :) It sounds sweet and romantic.

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  12. I voted for My Life Next Door. I hope your tie has disappeared!!
    Lexxie @ (un)Conventional Bookviews

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  13. I hope I'm not too late for my vote to count, but I went for And We Stay. Something about it really appeals to me. Hope you enjoy whatever wins!

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