The Chosen One: A Novel | 
#AyupAugust
At 13, 15, 16 & 17, it‘s #TooMuchTooYoung for Kyra, Sara & Rachel, Twig & Hanna to be forced into a life of polygamy & marriage to men old enough to be their fathers or even grandfathers. All 4 of these novels from my “read” stack are set within religious sects & cults where young girls are abused & treated as chattel.
pickI am a sucker for books about cults, and I read this in one sitting. The author did a good job of shaping the world and writing believable characters, but there were a few things that felt off and the ending left me with several unanswered questions. It wasn‘t the best fictionalized cult book that I‘ve ever read, but it wasn‘t the worst – it would be better for those just starting to fall down the rabbit hole of cult-related stories.
pickReally enjoyed this one. I found a lot of the subject matter to be frustrating, but I loved rooting on the main character, 13 year old Kyra as she fought for her right to chose her own future when her community tried to force her to marry her 60 year old uncle. #fightforyourrights ♥️
pickThis is such a sad book. I felt so bad for Kyra however for being just 13 she had enough nerve to do what needed to be done. It's a shame that things like this really happen with people using God as their reasoning. I read this for SWON teen reading challenge.
#DecDays #Believer I have long been fascinated with cults & sects-religious or not & reading about why people believe what they do. I like both fiction & non-fiction but for this prompt here are 6 novels from my stacks where the young women, girls in some cases, started out as believers. In most (except for The Girls) it was the life and belief system they were born into. I've read them all except the last one, which is in one of my #TBR stacks.
#Septembowie #YoungAmericans I looked back on my Goodreads YA shelf for some books featuring young Americans that I enjoyed reading or listening to relatively recently. I'm sure there are some I'm forgetting since I've been bad about posting reviews on Goodreads, 😬 but these have some different ages and perspectives. 🇺🇸📚💙❤️
pickThe stellar audio book definitely made this one a pick for me. Kudos to Jenna Lamia who was perfect-her voice was just what I expected 13-year-old Kyra to sound like. I was completely pulled into the story & rooting for Kyra to escape the fate of being forced to marry her father's older brother in their polygamist cult. A relatively short 5 1/2 hour YA novel, it has some disturbing violence & subject matter-so probably for older teens/adults.👍
Sadly, I have a few hours of editing workshop slides on a Saturday, but it's made better by ice brew coffee, a bagel with lox & a good e-book. This is a YA book about a 13-year-old girl in a polygamous cult. The narrator is awesome--Jenna Lamia who is in her 30s but sounds like a teen & has won awards for her audio book work including this one. Thanks to @Jenshootsweddings - I stacked it from her posts. Happy Saturday Everyone 📚❤️ #HelloOctober
pickI must have read about or saw a recommendation for this one some where, since it was in my library holds. By the time I got it, I had forgotten all about it - literally. So I went into it blindly .... And read it all in one night. Quick paced, intriguing and tense. Thanks to whomever recommended it to me!
OH. So that's why I put this on hold! I can't put it down!
Home from Vegas and missing it already. I accidentally left my ereader at my husbands house, which is annoying. Walked down to the library and found this waiting for me - I don't even remember putting it on hold! Guess I'll put Outlander on pause until next week. Now excuse me while I recharge on the front porch and jog my memory about why I wanted to read this one.
pickA solid three star book. Ending was slightly jarring and not in a necessarily good/haunting way. Other books have done it much better but a good palette cleanser
Do you ever read a book that you know is going to be three stars but you still want to read it because it's a nice break from what you were reading? Bueller? Bueller?
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