Nomination Post #18

[torigates]

September'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 August 29.

Comments

[kittu9]

1. Name of book. The Tiger's Wife, by Téa Obreht.

2. Small blurb about the book.: Natalia, a young doctor in a post-war Balkan state, receives word of her grandfather's death and sets out to understand why such a rational man would go seeking "the deathless man," and what this has to do with the stories her grandfather told her of the tiger's wife.

3. Why this book is awesome. This book is lovely (it was a finalist for the national book award); it's kind of a saga of doctors and their relationship with death, but it's also a family narrative and an exploration of Slavic folklore. I can't get over how gorgeous and riveting it is, and I really want to talk about it with someone!!!

[spyglass_]

1. Name of book. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

2. Small blurb about the book. "It's the year 2044, and... Wade Watts escapes his grim surroundings by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia that lets you be anything you want to be, a place where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets.

And like most of humanity, Wade dreams of being the one to discover the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this virtual world. For somewhere inside this giant networked playground, OASIS creator James Halliday has hidden a series of fiendish puzzles that will yield massive fortune-and remarkable power-to whoever can unlock them...

And then Wade stumbles upon the first puzzle."

Full blurb/summary from Amazon here.

3. Why this book is awesome. "A not-dystopian about 80's pop culture!" - katayla

If you like 80s pop culture or video game trivia or just books that have a positive portrayal of online relationships, this is a book for you. It's an extremely fun read, but it is

[katayla]

I probably should've said something about it being a game, but I stand by my description!

[spyglass_]

It's a good description! That's why I included it!

[beth_shulman]

Oooooooh.

[myr_soleil]

Man, wild again? I have no ideas about this theme. How about "neat and proper" next time! ;)

[torigates]

Oops, wild just means it can be anything you want. There is no theme so to speak.

[myr_soleil]

Hahaha I wondered how Persuasion was wild! GO ME!

[torigates]

My fault, it's probably an anglicism!

[katayla]

1. Name of book. Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase

2. Small blurb about the book. via Amazon: They call him many names, but Angelic isn't one of them . . .

Sebastian Ballister, the notorious Marquess of Dain, is big, bad, and dangerous to know. No respectable woman would have anything to do with the "Bane and Blight of the Ballisters"-and he wants nothing to do with respectable women. He's determined to continue doing what he does best-sin and sin again-and all that's going swimmingly, thank you . . . until the day a shop door opens and she walks in.

She's too intelligent to fall for the worst man in the world . . .

Jessica Trent is a determined young woman, and she's going to drag her imbecile brother off the road to ruin, no matter what it takes. If saving him-and with him, her family and future-means taking on the devil himself, she won't back down. The trouble is, the devil in question is so shockingly irresistible, and the person who needs the most saving is-herself!

3. Why this book is awesome. I've been resisting re-