What We Read Last Week, Part 8: The Final Week
It's the final week of Word Out (already?) and I was fortunate enough to read some great books last week to prepare for my final "What We Read" post this summer.
First off, and my favourite of all the YA I've read this summer: The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness. Great YA science fiction, set in an offworld colony where a plague has killed all the women and made all the men into uncontrolled broadcast telepaths (they continuously spam everyone around them with their thoughts). Of course, it turns out things aren't exactly as they seem, and the viewpoint character is forced to flee with his dog… highly recommended. Looking forward to reading the sequel, The Ask and the Answer, this week.
Also last week: Ooku: the Inner Chambers, a manga set in an alternate-history feudal Japan where a plague has reduced the male population to 25% of normal levels, and women have taken on key roles in society. Writing this I realize that a lot of my reading last week revolved around gender-selective plagues–nothing intentional, believe me! Anyway, the premise is really just a framework for lots of personal and political intrigue among the men of the "inner chambers", the private harem of the (female) Shogun. A really good series with well-drawn characters and great high drama.
What did everyone else read last week? I know many of you are going back to school soon, but I hope you haven't all stopped reading for pleasure. 🙂
Alan H. is a web librarian at Toronto Public Library. He's going to miss making these posts every week.
13 thoughts on “What We Read Last Week, Part 8: The Final Week”
Aw, the summer (and Word Out) has been going by so fast! Thank you to everyone at Word Out for this awesome program!
Last week, I read “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck. It’s a very good read! 🙂
I finished Ironfire by DAvid Ball which is the historical and fictional recount of how the ottomans tried to capture Malta. It is set in the time of the crusades and is a very good albeit a long read.
I also read Nightshade which is about a little town taht has a problem with a killer also another books concerning the Templars.
I haven’t finished reading what I started last week, but so far Anansi Boys is pretty good! I really like Neil Gaiman’s work, he’s a fantastic author!
I’m reading a book I picked up late last week called Prophecy of the Sisters. It’s a really good Edwardian-era read that takes place in the late 1800’s. It’s a bit of fantasy and suspense and really reminds me of A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray. It’s nice.
I read the final book in the Uglies Series by Scott Westerfeld and re-read The Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins to refresh my memory since the final book in the trilogy will be released tomorrow.
I read “Agnes and the Hitman” by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer. I have not finished it but it seems good so far.=)
I bought the first book in The Hunger Games trilogy
(The title being “The Hunger Games” ironically enough)
And read it of course.
Last week I read Nine Doors and Dead End Job, which are both by Vicki Grant.
Hey, me too! Of Mice and Men is an awesome book, although I dare say at first I only read it for it’s relation to the tv show Lost…
I read The Judgement, the 3rd and final book of the ‘Feather and Bone: The Crow Chronicles’ series and Emma Vol.9 (such an amazing manga!)
I just finished reading Shadow of the Moon. The last book in the Dark Guardian series. It was an amazing book with mystery with a hint romance. It was the perfect book to end the whole series! I loved it so much! The whole series is about 4 girls that have met through camp that are about to turn into werewolves and they are searching for their perfect mate (a male werewolf that is like their soul mate) to go through the transition with them.
Now I started reading Feast of Fouls, the fourth book in the Morganville Vampires series. I only started reading it (the first chapter) and already it is breathtakingly amazing! (well, it started of very catchy). I can’t wait to start reading it again, because it is a book that is very hard to put down once you start reading it!
I finished reading Whip it, which the movie is based on 🙂
i finished reading dengeki daisy by motomi kyousuke. i’ve recently been only reading mangas
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