Beware the Wild | 
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pickA small Louisiana town harbours a swap that has the power to steal people and memories. A dark gothic tale for young readers. After Sterling Saucer has a fight with her brother and stepfather Phin storms off and disappears into the swamp and a girl returns in his stead claiming to be her sister. Nobody remembers he ever existed and together with Heath the only person who believes must discover the secrets of the swamp. Great atmospheric mystery.
Really enjoying this. It's taking a *slight* edge off my craving for a new Kate Karyus Quinn book (she writes amazingly surreal YA novels, check her out). This isn't as fantastic or crazy but it's definitely along the lines of something between teen magical realism and a certain brand of real world fantasy.
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📖 Post a Shelfie (my toddlers are wild, I give up realphabetizing after a while)
📖 History or Futuristic books? Both!
📖 Wine, beer, or liquor? 🍺🍺 🍺
📖 What color are your eyes? Brown
📖 Currently reading? Candide, Beware the Wild, & Her Body and Other Parties
I'm posty and all over the place tonight. But I cannot resist a creepy swamp story. Definitely a fast moving plot so far.
Will start with Beware the Wild. Good day for tea and books!
pickThis book was everything I wanted and more. The characters were not typical "Oh shucks" stereotypes of the South. The mystery was completely real and upheld until the very end. Natalie Parker did an absolutely astounding job bringing the south and the swamp to life in this gripping novel about a girl desperate to find her brother - who came out of the swamp as her new sister.
My Top Reads Of 2016!
Beware the Wild by Natalie C Parker
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury*
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
Golden by Melissa De La Cruz
The Fireman by Joe Hill
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket*
The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare
Passenger by Alexandra Bracken
Honorable Mention:
Flowers for Algernon by David Keyes*
* = reread
so-soBeing a YA book, this really wasn't bad. I need to pay more attention to genres before I read a book because I expected this to be spooky. It wasn't. It was a bit cheesy. The beginning and most of the middle was okay, but the end dragged and it lost me.
Anyway. Interesting idea, just not my favorite. However, Cynthia loved it.
My 7 year old agrees. Pants are just horrible. Dresses all day every day.
I hate it when things role away. Or when editors miss things. I realize it can't be the easiest job but really. Roles.
The swamp in Sterling's small Louisiana town proves to have a power over its inhabitants when her brother disappears and no one but Sterling even remembers that he existed. Now Sterling, with the help of brooding loner Heath, who's had his own creepy experience with the swamp, must fight back and reclaim what—and who—the swamp has taken.
#TBR 😱📚
I finished Escape from Asylum on audio yesterday. Today I'm listening the Lindy West's Shrill on audio, which is FANTASTIC! I'm really loving this. I'm continuing Beware the Wild during lunch. I'm really liking this one too! Let's see...how else can I squeeze books into my day? I may be reading up to the very last second AND I may have to switch out some of my book choices, but I'm determined to place for the #BookishOlympics challenge! 😄
This is my planned reading stack for #bookisholympics. I'm going to switch in and out between the physical book and audiobook of Escape from Asylum as I bake and cook today. I should start with Eileen since it's a library book, but Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell has been calling to me recently. 😀
pickWhat happens when you mix Louisiana, gothic Fairytales, and shine? You get a hauntingly beautiful book with raw to the bone characters and a twist at every turn of the page.
Loved Beware the Wild, and Natalie is the best! Makes me want to explore Louisiana.
