Great and Terrible Need to Read
When I was in 6th grade the teacher made me finish a wretched book that I did not like. She had the nerve to tell me she was teaching me to read for enjoyment. HA!
I already knew what it meant to enjoy reading.
What she really taught me is that it is OK to not like a book that someone else thinks is great.
Life's short so move on and find something else that is great.
But finding the next really really great book is not easy.
Some people find it helpful to go straight to a best seller list or to look at a list of award-winning books.
Another way is to figure out exactly what was so appealing about that last great book you read and then try to find a book that has the same feature. So I propose to do that with a book many Nerinx people are currently reading.
A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY
by Libba BrayThis is the first book of a fascinating series that combines so many elements. Any one of those elements could lead you to another really good read. If one element was particularly intriguing for you, you might take a look at some of these books in the Nerinx Library:
Victorian / Edwardian ladies sow the seeds of change for women
The Buccaneers by Edith Wharton
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Other Powers: the Age of Suffrage, Spiritualism, and the Scandalous Victoria Woodhull by Barbara Goldsmith
It is set in a Girls' Boarding School
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Her life is threatened
Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams
Hard Truth by Nevada Barr
Danger follows her between the real world and a fantastic world
Dreamhunter by Elizabeth Knox
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
She is destined to be a savior, but must discover the way herself.
Beauty by Robin McKinley
The Tower at Stony Wood by Patricia McKillip
Jackaroo by Cynthia Voigt
Clever girls try to decipher the clues to a dangerous mystery
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The handsome one who disappears is aloof and she is uncertain of his motives.
An Acceptable Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
A secret society is behind many of the events
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Secret Society Girl by Diana Peterfruend
Have you read any other books to suggest for someone who really liked A Great and Terrible Beauty? Please use the comments button below!
