Duodecathon discussion

Recommend all your favorite books and maybe someone will choose them to complete the recommended book challenge!

To start us off, some of my favorites are: Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, all the Sarah J. Maas books, Illuminae/Gemina, the Raven Cycle, and The Martian!

Some of my favorites are:
-The Book Thief- Markus Zusak
-The Night Circus- Erin Morgenstern
-Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandell
-Homegoing- Yaa Gyasi
-The Muse- Jessie Burton
-The Golem and the Djinni- Helene Wecker
-Six of Crows- Leigh Bardugo
-The Diviners- Libba Bray

Happy reading :) x

-Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia
-My Lady Jane by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows
-Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake (releases in May?, read an ARC and loved it)
-Flame in the Mist by Renee Adhieh
-The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

Savannah wrote: "Some of my favorite books!

- Scythe by Neal Shusterman
- Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco
- Sphere and Prey by Michael Crichton
-Renegades by Marissa Meyer (only about 1/4 way through ..."

I loved Renegades, The 5th Wave, and Fangirl too!

Sarah E. wrote: "-Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia
-My Lady Jane by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows
-Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake (releases in May?, read an ARC and loved it)
-F..."

Ahh Eliza and Her monsters is so good!

Bridget wrote: "Sarah E. wrote: "-Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia
-My Lady Jane by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows
-Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake (releases in May?, read an ARC..."

It was my favorite read of 2017 :)

Some of my favourite books are:-

Harry Potter
Percy Jackson
The Selection Triology
Sarah J Maas
Any Kasie West book

If your looking for a quick but somewhat emotional read I always rely on good ol’ Micheal Morpurgo

The Firebird trilogy by Claudia Gray
As You Wish by Chelsea Sedoti

The Forgotten Book by Mechthild Glaser

The Medoran Chronicles by Lynette Noni
Daughter of the Burning City by Amanda Foody
This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater
Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton

Every Heart A Doorway !

Here are some of my favorites:

- The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
- The Martian by Andy Weird
- Wonder by R.J. Palacio
- We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
- Looking for Alaska by John Green
- Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland

I figured most would recommend newer books so here are some oldies that i adored in middle school early high school and never hear recommended:

-The Pendragon Series

-The Amulet of Samarkand

-Christy Miller Collection, Vol. 1
note: This is a christian coming of age series thats actually very romantic and has a follow up series during her college years and a companion series following one of her friends. its actually one of my fav book series from middle school and is a contemporary romance series that's a nice fast read.

Some of my all-time favourites that may not be that famous (or that not many people talk about them) are:
-The Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins
-The Lotus Wars by Jay Kristoff
-The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
-The Edge Chronicles: The Twig Saga by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddle

Books I totally recommend:
-ANYTHING that Morgan Matson's written
-The Scorpio Races, by Maggie Stiefvater
-I'll Give you the Sun, or The Sky is Everywhere, by Jandy Nelson
-A Great and Terrible Beauty, by Libba Bray
-The Giver (and/or the sequels) by Lois Lowry!

Good luck, everyone!

Have you read Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden. It is a book most Aussie’s had to read when I was in high school. It’s pretty short and really good!

Some of my favorites are:
- The Smell of Ohter People's Houses
- The Little Prince
- My Lady Jane
- Harry Potter
- Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
- Girls Made of Snow and Glass
- A Million Junes
- Three Dark Crowns

Some of my favorites:
- Absolutely, Positively by Jayne Ann Krentz
- Ravished by Amanda Quick
- Getting Rid of Bradley by Jennifer Crusie
- Manhunting, also by Jennifer Crusie
- A Little Fate by Nora Roberts
- A Little Magic, also by Nora Roberts
- the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews (book one: Magic Bites)
- the Anita Blake series by Laurell K. Hamilton (book one: Guilty Pleasures)

If you read any of these, I hope you'll enjoy them! :-)

Great books I've read recently:

Finnikin of the Rock
The First Law Trilogy
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
On the Jellicoe Road

-They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
I cried so hard. In this world, 24 hours before you die you get a phone call telling you. This book is about two lgbt teenage boys who get the call and end up meeting each other on an app. Chaos and looooove ensues.
-The Shatter Me books by Tahereh Mafi
Yes, yet another dystopian love triangle book, but it's not so bad (but maybe I think that because my favorite guy wins???) These books are about people with powers trying to overthrow the corrupt government. Also the MC literally sucks the life from people with a touch. How about that?
-Willful Machines by Tim Floreen
A scifi story about a teen in boarding school and boy he has a crush on, with kind of an overarching plot about AI terrorism. It's pretty great.
-We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson
Basically a gay teenager who keeps getting abducted by aliens who want him to decide whether the human races lives or dies. There's a big red button and everything.

Rose wrote: "Every Heart A Doorway !"

...was fantastic! Highly recommend Down Among the Sticks and Bones and Beneath the Sugar Sky if you haven't read them yet.

Historical Fiction: The Boston Girl
Fantasy:The Black Jewels Trilogy: Daughter of the Blood, Heir to the Shadows, Queen of the Darkness, any book in Anne Bishop's Others series, or any Patricia Briggs's books (Masques-first book she ever wrote)
YA: Letters to the Lost

I recommend anything by Ellen Hopkins!

Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman

The Graceling trilogy by Kristin Cashore

The Diviners by Libba Bray

A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly

Song of the Current by Sarah Tolcser

Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert

And I Darken by Kiersten White

The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich

And

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline!

Savannah wrote: "I have no clue what I'm going to read this month.

If you have some good ideas for these challenges let me know!

1. Published year you were born (1997)
2. Multiple POV
3. Antonyms in title
4. Ban..."

Harry Potter #1 and Ella Enchanted were both first published in 1997.

For antonyms, I read Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day by Seanan McGuire. It's not very long but wow! It packs quite a punch. :-)

For banned books, wasn't Harry Potter banned somewhere?

For multiple POVs, I think most books by Nora Roberts and Jayne Ann Krentz feature multiple POVs, so if you're open to romantic suspense (some are paranormal). . .

I hope that the above helps! :-)

Would anybody recommend Children if blood and bone by Tomi Adeyemi?

Would anybody recommend Children of blood and bone by Tomi Adeyemi?