Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Provisions and Paperbacks Book Club: 2012 Recap

Provisions and Paperbacks, my book club, read a lot of great books this year. My friends and I started the book club in 2011 and I brought our discussions here in 2012.

Here are all of the books we read in this year. I've included some quick thoughts, links to reviews and our discussion posts. I've always thought there isn't anything lonelier than reading a book and not having anyone to share it with. Feel free to share your thoughts.

This one brought me to tears. I stayed up late to finish it. Cried.
Went to sleep. Woke up and cried some more.
This was a book club favorite.

Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
link to: Book Club Discussion


After finishing Delirium, we had to read the follow-up. Again, this one blew us away. Several of us were so enthusiastic about Lauren Oliver's books that we even took a road trip to one of her book signings at Quail Ridge Bookstore.

Meeting Lauren and listening to her talk about books and writing and her upcoming projects was fantastic.



Hallowed by Cynthia Hand
link to: Book Club Quick Thoughts
Reading about the ups and downs of these young characters in high school was a lot of fun. In addition to discussing the book, we spent a lot of our time sharing our own high school "horror" stories.


A vast difference from all of the young adult books that we usually read. For many of us, it was the first time to read a book my Holly Chamberlin, but we agree that she is an author whose books we will continue to read.


Timepiece by Myra McEntire
We would like to thank Myra McEntire for:
1. staying away from the Love Triangle
2. writing Timepiece from Kaleb's perspective
3. giving us Lily - yes, she was pretty awesome in Hourglass
but she is pretty kickass in Timepiece

A great introduction to steampunk. Excited to read the follow-up The Tinker King.


Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire 
link to: Book Club Discussion 

What We Are Reading in 2013:

 First Up:



Authors New to Provisions and Paperbacks:
(but some of my favorites)



 And

Finishing the Series:


Infinityglass by Myra McEntire
(cover not available)

I'm interested to know if any of my readers have a book club of their own. What books did you read in 2012? Do you have any suggestions for us in 2013?





 





Saturday, December 22, 2012

Books of the Month (5): Part 1

Books of the Month is where I share books I got In My Mailbox, read, and reviewed during the entire month. This month I've added a new category: Shared from My Shelves. This includes books that I've loaned to my friends and other readers. Variations of these types of posts exist on many blogs so I am not claiming credit for this idea.

Books of December

Purchased
Gifted



 Blubber by Judy Blume
If I Lie by Corrine Jackson
Reunited by Hilary Weisman Graham
The Piper's Son by Melina Marchetta
 bookmark, post-its, magnet
The Strand button, pin, pen, and tote, and holiday mix cd  
The Broke and the Bookish Secret Santa Swap

I'm not even going to lie, I teared up a little bit when I opened this package.

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Shared from My Shelves
(books borrowed by friends)

If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Where She Went by Gayle Forman
I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder
Dead to You by Lisa McMann
Easy by Tammara Webber 

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Many thank yous go to bloggers Estelle, Jen, Jamie, and Karen, Random House/Random Buzzers, Penguin, Comfort Publishing, Hachette Books Ireland and Green Valley Book Fair for making this one of the biggest and best months of books yet.  

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