I placed my first book order--which means I've been researching new releases, while trying to cram in a bunch of books I wanted to have read so I know who to recommend them to. See what I mean! Work is creeping into my free time territory. (I know: poor me, right?)
Ok, so now you're a wee bit curious as to what's up and coming, right? Well, I'll give you a few YA titles to maybe look forward to yourself. (these are what I would order for my personal library, only some of them will be coming to the library I work for).
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| Robing McKinley. Enough said. (Big Mouth here: isn't the cover beautiful too!) |
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| Bartimaeus is hilarious (thank you Mr. Stroud for writing another one!) |
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| By the author of The Mortal Instruments Series, which I liked well enough. (ok, so this one came out on Aug. 31.) |
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| Seems like there might be some time travelish thing between a girl in Revolutionary France and the present day. |
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| Girl spy/revolution/disguises... |
Did you know Orson Scott Card is writing a trilogy for YA? Yeah. The first book, by the name of Pathfinder, is scheduled to come out on November 23. I'm curious to see if I'll like it.
And the book The Agency: A Spy in the House is already out, but I haven't read it or heard anything about it until now. (So if you have first hand info on it, give me the scoop!).
Also, (this is a long book post), have you read anything by Brandon Sanderson? I've only read one, Mistborn, and I loved it. The others are on hold all the time, and they are fairly long, so I haven't gotten to them yet. BUT! He has a stand alone book (sigh of relief because this isn't a common thing anymore it seems) called Warbreaker. AND! it's free on the internet right now. I haven't read it yet, but I'm itching to get started on it. Let me know if you do.
One interesting thing is that now it seems people feel obligated to mention books they've heard about or read. Even before I worked at the library I was plenty happy to talk books, but now it seems I can't escape it. I wonder if that happens to high school teachers: people divulge their own high school experiences because that's what they know about high school? I'm undecided as to whether these book confessions are a good thing. Well, either way, you can give me book recommendations, but maybe not too many all at once, seeing as how I'm already bringing home piles of books to read. It's dangerous to methodically go through an entire library's shelves. You might be surprised what you've overlooked.
4 comments:
Most people feel themselves most fortunate when their hobbies can also be the same as their jobs. I'm not sure all people that love reading books would love to be a librarian, but it seems to work well for you.
your job sounds awesome! Seriously.
I'm so glad you are loving your new job! I'm also excited for the recommendations...even though I still have a long list from you and Emily to go through. I at least know where to come when I'm ready for something new!
Working at the library was a dangerous profession for me as well. I am totally addicted to books and would check out way more than I could ever get through. But it's so fun right?
And thanks for the heads up on the fourth Bartimaeus book! I didn't even know he was coming out with a new one. That will have to go on my Christmas list. And I'll be coming back to your blog for more recommendations!
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