While She Knits

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Gosh, it's been quiet around here!

What great things have you read recently that are totally obscure?  Something other people are unlikely to ever find on their own?

I'll go first:

Boris by Cynthia Rylant - if you've ever loved a pet, you'll like this one.  So sweet!  And, it's told in verse.

A teen sci-fi series that you'll like if you're a Star Trek nerd * - the Galahad series by Dom Testa.  A comet has infected the earth with a disease that is killing off all the adults.  As a last-ditch effort to save the human race, scientists build a spaceship to travel to another planet, and choose 251 disease-free teens who must learn how to get the ship there, and colonize the planet.  Lots of fun.  The first book is The Comet's Curse.



* No, not me.  Not a bit.

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[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

I just finished to first two Time-Traveling Fashionista books, On Board the Titanic (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12847314-the-time-traveling-fashionista-on-board-the-titanic), and In the Palace of Marie Antoinette (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13455459-the-time-traveling-fashionista-at-the-palace-of-marie-antoinette). If you're a fan of breathtaking descriptions of vintage clothing and time travel than this is the book for you!

It does read more like a Middle Grade book than a YA one, as it's marketed, because the protagonist is only twelve and deals with some very Middle School type issue (not in a bad way); however, I really enjoyed Louis's travels into the past. Through discovering history, she comes to better understand the problems she's dealing with in the present. It would definitely be refreshing for fans of historical fiction, as it's a very different take on how to teach a history lesson and make it pertinent to the present. All around, very entertaining and lovely

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

Adding one more in a new comment, because LJ is being weird!

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, Regina Doman. You'll probably never see her books in a store; because she's published through the independent publishing company she runs. Nevertheless, she's written some of the best modern fairytale reduxs I've ever read. My favorite is her trilogy retelling Snow White, Rose Red; Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs; and Sleeping Beauty.

The Shadow of the Bear (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6146985-the-shadow-of-the-bear)
Black As Night (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6013686-black-as-night)
Waking Rose (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1912546.Waking_Rose)

Mystery, murder, intrigue, and suspence set in, surprisingly enough, a New York Catholic community. Check it out!

[booksrgood4u.livejournal.com]

Wah. Those are the ones about the homeschooled sisters, right? I want to read them, but my library is too full of Twilight, it's sequels, and it's knock-offs to get the stuff I want. *pouts.*

Ooh, but you know what my library is getting? There are about 8 libraries in my library system that are purchasing *second copies* of all four QT books -all at the same time, too. I don't know what's up with that, but I'm sure not complaining!

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

I can commiserate with your lack of a Doman suppling library. I had to drop the fifty bucks to order all five of her books from Amazon after I realized she'd published sequels to Snow White and Rose Red: A Modern Fairytale (the original 1990s title of The Shadow of the Bear, the Bethlehem Books version), which my library did happen to carry when I was a kid.

Maybe you could request a birthday present? :) Doman is worth it! My fav is probably Black As Night. No other Snow White redux can top those seven awesome friars.

"Well, I'll say one thing. You certainly are--different from what I thought friars would be like."

Brother Leon immediately put an enraptured look on his face and began to chant in Latin. Brother Herman didn't miss a beat and joined in.

Matt made a face. "Hasn't anyone told you Franciscans can't sing?" he groaned. "Don't even try."

Leon turned the chant into a rap beat and began to cut lose with the mop.

XD The trash can derby race is even more amusing!

[booksrgood4u.livejournal.com]

LOL, I've known quite a few priests who can't sing and shouldn't try XD Well, I already have a couple of books I want for Christmas, but I will keep them in mind - there's a used bookstore we go to sometimes, and they tend to get alot of older books in. But I'm glad you reminded me! I'd totally forgot that you had recc'ed them before :)

[valiantarcher.livejournal.com]

You might be able to try getting some of the books via Inter-Library Loan; that was how I got the first two (I had to go ahead and buy the others, though, since none of the libraries had them available to lend then). :) Also, I don't know how you feel about e-books, but it looks like they're only $5, so that could be another option.

At any rate, I hope you get to read them sometime! :)

[valiantarcher.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, I've really enjoyed Regina Doman's fairytale series. :) Have you heard about the new one she has coming out, hopefully next spring? It's a retelling of Rapunzel, and it looks dark but really interesting and good.