SophomoreNovel

jmtrivera

One Hundred Years of Solitude | Gabriel Garcia Marquez

A #sophomorenovel we read for #EclecticReaders which I really enjoyed! #JubilantJuly @RealLifeReading

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MallenNC

The Untelling | Tayari Jones

My favorite contemporary author is Tayari Jones. This is her #sophomorenovel though she's best known for her third book, Silver Sparrow. I cannot wait to read her new book in 2018! #jubilantjuly @RealLifeReading

RadicalReader @MallenNC this sounds like an absolutely wonderful novel. Love discovering new authors and their masterpieces 7y

MallenNC @RadicalReader I love Tayari Jones so I love when people discover her. I hope you like her work! Her new book comes out in early 2018 7y

RadicalReader @MallenNC thanks so much for that tidbit of helpful information. Like the breadcrumbs leading Hansel and Gretle to the candy house in the forest 7y

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booksandsympathy

The Door in the Hedge: And Other Stories | Robin McKinley

No sophomore slump for some of my favorite fantasy authors. These three ladies continue to leave me in awe of their world building. I honestly don't know how they do it. #sophomorenovel #jubilantjuly

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merelybookish

The Man of My Dreams: A Novel | Curtis Sittenfeld

Curtis Sittenfeld's #sophomorenovel exemplifies the lacklustre follow-up to breakout success. In spite of some impressive advanced praise from Alice Munro on the back!
(Some of the themes in this one are picked up/recycled in Eligible.)
#jubliantjuly @RealLifeReading

Cinfhen Never even heard of this one☝️ I enjoyed Prep & American Wife but thought SisterLand was awful

Sisterland: A Novel

merelybookish @Cinfhen I agree. I really like Prep and American Wife but found Sisterland kind of dull. Apparently she's working on a new novel about Hillary Clinton if she hadn't married Bill. 7y

Cinfhen Oh that sounds juicy! I'd like to read that 7y

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charl08 Oh I loved this one. Not as much as Prep, of course. 7y

batsy I liked Prep. And I really disliked Eligible, not least for some dodgy race and gender politics in her use of a black character and a trans character 🙁 7y

merelybookish @batsy oh yes, 💯 %! It was liberal tokenism at its worst! I have lots of thoughts on that book and CS in general. (Started an article on her but it didn't get finished.) 7y

batsy @merelybookish Oh yes please! I hope you do finish it so we can read it 👍😇 7y

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AnneCecilie

Little Fires Everywhere | Celeste Ng

I absolutely loved her debut novel, and I can't wait to get my hands on her #sophomorenovel when it hit the shelves #jubilantjuly

RealLifeReading, Pronounced_ing

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rubyslippersreads

Tenant of Wildfell Hall | Anne Bront�

What would Anne think of this cover for her #sophomorenovel? 😱 #sophomorenovel #jubilantjuly

RealLifeReading

TheLondonBookworm Hmmm looks a bit like Taylor Swift 😂 7y

Birdsong28 Thats a bit different to the cover I had when I read it!! But it is nice, probably will make more people read it as it doesn't look 'old and stuffy' and like something new.📖📚 7y

britt_brooke @TheLondonBookworm I thought the same thing! 7y

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Sace Being the old cranky crank that I am I have to say that a cover like that would keep me from buying the book. 🙁 7y

Wife Not feeling this cover!😐 7y

MicheleinPhilly @Sace You're not alone there. 😒 7y

LeahBergen What the HELL? That's hideous. 7y

Sace What @LeahBergen said. 😂 7y

Lcsmcat I'm with @Sace, this would totally push me away from this book. 7y

rubyslippersreads @iSace @Wife @MicheleinPhilly @LeahBergen @Lcsmcat I agree—it reminds me of that tacky Anne of Green Gables cover I posted awhile back. 7y

rubyslippersreads @TheLondonBookworm @britt_brooke I didn't notice that when I first posted it, but now I do. 7y

rubyslippersreads @Birdsong28 I prefer a more traditional cover, but this book was considered pretty scandalous when it first came out, and this woman certainly looks scandalous. 😄 7y

Jess_Read_This @TheLondonBookworm I was just going to say the same thing!! When did Taylor Swift model for book covers?! 😂 7y

heikemarie I agree it looks like Taylor Swift and it would totally throw me off from buying the book! 7y

erzascarletbookgasm No! No! No! 👎🏼 7y

Caroline2 What a weird cover?! A modern pop princess wanna be on the cover of a Bronte novel?!? What the?? 🤦🏻‍♀️ 7y

batsy Nooo. I can understand updating a cover but why does it have to look like a generic perfume ad 😝 7y

rubyslippersreads @batsy Well, Taylor Swift does have a line of perfume. 😂 @TheLondonBookworm @britt_brooke @Jess_Read_This @inwhichHeikereadsharder @Caroline2 7y

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leslieisreading

Between, Georgia | Joshilyn Jackson

Joshilyn Jackson is one of those authors who I don't think of as being a favorite, but when I look at her bibliography I realize that I have read most of her books and really enjoyed them. Her #sophomorenovel is not one that gets talked about much, but it's the only one I own, the only one I've read more than once, and it's one I really have a soft spot for. #jubilantjuly

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Chelsibno

Eleanor & Park | Rainbow Rowell

#SophomoreNovel #JubilantJuly While figuring out which book to use for this post, I came across several articles about how writing a second book is so different from the first one. I'm glad Rowell was able to write such an amazing second novel, especially a YA title. Every time I'm in a bookstore and see that Rowell has a new book out, I become so giddy and can't wait to check it out.
@RealLifeReading

Librariana She's an auto-buy author for me 😊 I don't care what she's writing, I'll buy it. Where I *might* make an exception is with Runaways (Marvel graphic novel); I might be borrowing that from the library. And I am still holding on to Landline and Carry On, tho... mostly just to know that I have some Rainbow on reserve 😄 But I'd like to read at least one before her November release of

Almost Midnight: Two Short Stories by Rainbow Rowell

sprainedbrain Great choice! I love everything Rainbow! 7y

britt_brooke E&P 💚 7y

Blaire I loved this book - it's the only one of hers that I've read. 7y

ABrakes85 I loved this ❤️ 7y

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