Nomination Post #16
July's theme is wild.
Off you go!
1. Name of book.
2. Small blurb about the book.
3. Why this book is awesome.
Nominations will be open until Friday night. Voting will happen Saturday.
Off you go!
1. Name of book.
2. Small blurb about the book.
3. Why this book is awesome.
Nominations will be open until Friday night. Voting will happen Saturday.
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2. Small blurb about the book. From GoodReads: Twenty-seven-year old Anne Elliot is Austen's most adult heroine. Eight years before the story proper begins, she is happily betrothed to a naval officer, Frederick Wentworth, but she precipitously breaks off the engagement when persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that such a match is unworthy. The breakup produces in Anne a deep and long-lasting regret. When later Wentworth returns from sea a rich and successful captain, he finds Anne's family on the brink of financial ruin and his own sister a tenant in Kellynch Hall, the Elliot estate. All the tension of the novel revolves around one question: Will Anne and Wentworth be reunited in their love?
3. Why this book is awesome. Because it is and I say so. But really, I read For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund today, and it's a dystopian YA retelling, and now I really, really want to reread the original. And honestly, this is my favorite Austen. I think it's the most relatable Austen. ( ... )
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2. Small blurb about the book. A reluctant voyager crossing the Pacific in 1850; a disinherited composer blagging a precarious livelihood in between-the-wars Belgium; a high-minded journalist in Governor Reagan’s California; a vanity publisher fleeing his gangland creditors; a genetically modified “dinery server” on death-row; and Zachry, a young Pacific Islander witnessing the nightfall of science and civilisation -- the narrators of Cloud Atlas hear each other’s echoes down the corridor of history, and their destinies are changed in ways great and small. (from Goodreads)
3. Why this book is awesome. I was assigned to read this book during my MA year and never did, but everyone who actually read it said it was amazing. And you know if people are raving about a book they had to read for class it's probably worth a shot.
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2. Small blurb about the book. On an island of sandy beaches, dense jungles, and slumbering volcanoes, colonists seek to apply archaic laws to a new land, bounty hunters stalk the living for the ashes of their funerary pyres, and a smiling tribe is despised by all as traitorous murderers. It is here, in the midst of ancient tensions and new calamity, that two sisters are caught in a deadly web of deceits ( ... )
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2. Small blurb about the book. From GoodReads: Jerusha Abbott has grown up in the John Grier Home for orphans. As the oldest, she is in charge of the younger children. An anonymous benefactor on the Board, "Mr. Smith," decides to send her to college, as long as she writes to him faithfully detailing her education. Originally published in 1912, Jean Webster's coming-of-age tale continues to be relevant to young women today. Actress Kate Forges shares these months and years, from freshman to senior in college. Through a series of letters Jerusha writes to "Daddy-Long-Legs," a relationship filled with affection and respect develops...
3. Why this book is awesome. I crossed out part of that because I have no idea what it's talking about, but, otherwise, this was my favorite description. Anyway, this is basically historical new adult! Set in college! It's an epistolary novel, meaning the story is told through letters. It's been a long time, but I just remember loving this a lot and I've been ( ... )
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