The spookiest day in the world is coming up soon, and in my book that is the beginning of the end of the year. Although I read very little during the first half of the year, the second half made up for it mostly.
Over the last two weeks, I finished only two books - Monsters of Men and The Perks of Being a Wallflower. I enjoyed the Chaos Walking trilogy quite a bit and Monsters of Men brought it to a nice conclusion. Since I never reviewed any of the books of this trilogy, I'll do it in one post. The Perks of Being a Wallflower was an amazing read. It brought to mind another book - Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian but I think I loved this one more. It was sad, moving and occasionally made me worried for the narrator but it was also very uplifting and made me feel very hopeful by the end.
Next in the list

Reviews posted
1. The Boy Who Could See Demons by Carolyn Jess-Cooke (Very thrilling!)
2. The Dinner by Herman Koch (Loved it!)
Review Backlo
1. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
2. Chaos Walking trilogy by Patrick Ness
3. Quarantine by Rahul Mehta
4. MetaMaus by Art Speigelman
5. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
6. Maus by Art Speigelman
7. Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
8. Can you Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella
9. Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick
10. In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
11. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

14 comments:
Have you seen the movie version of Perks? It's well worth watching.
Oh wonderful Chaos Walking books! I can't wait to hear what you thought of them. Are you planning to read Patrick Ness's new book, More than This? It's slower to start than the Chaos Walking ones, but it's fantastic in its own way.
Perks of Being a Wallflower really is a good one. It will be interesting to see how the movie does.
I need to get busy reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower so I can see the movie. My oldest daughter really enjoyed it.
I noticed that The Perks of Being A Wallflower is on of the books World Book Night has chosen for givers to give away this year. I really want to read it!
I really need to try Perks of Being a Wallflower.
I remember being a bit annoyed by the ending of the Reluctant Fundamentalist, as always I wanted more answers!
Not yet! That's next on my list.
I'd like to read that one. I'm intrigued by it plus I liked the Chaos Walking trilogy enough to want to read more books by this author.
I'm hoping to get hold of the movie sometime. It should be pretty good.
I need to watch the movie too. The book was amazing and I have a lot of hope for the movie.
I noticed that too and was so thrilled. That book deserves to be on that list.
I'm enjoying the narrative of The Reluctant Fundamentalist. It is pretty fast-paced so I'm looking forward to seeing how it goes.
I borrowed The Perks of Being a Wallflower from my boss, but haven't read it yet. Clearly I need to soon!
I remember reading and loving The Perks of Being a Wallflower as a teen, but I definitely think an adult re-read is in order! It's amazing the difference a decade and a half can make, eh? Also, I missed seeing the movie in theaters . . . must track it down!
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