The BBAW topic of the day encourages us to discuss books we wish would get more chatter in the book blogosphere.
Talking about books that don't seem to get enough internet buzz is tough. There's quite a few books I love that maybe haven't been read by many of the bloggers I read. Additionally, some of the books I love passionately slip under the radar because they're faith driven which automatically makes the market smaller. So I had to think really hard for this question. I decided to go with two books I loved but have seen little chatter about.
The first is Life of Glass by Jillian Cantor. I read this book pretty much cover to cover which is a rarity for me. I absolutely loved it, it felt like such a true story of grief and growing up. And the good news? Jillian has an adult novel coming out this fall!
Another book I really loved and have recommended like a thousand times but still haven't seen many bloggers in my sphere reviews is The Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci. I devoured this book when I read it and longed to talk about it with people so I started recommending it to everyone, but alas! No one read it.
Have you read either of these books? Looking for more suggestions? Head over the BBAW site and find out what everyone else is recommending!
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Some Forgotten Treasures
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AMY. WHAT IS THIS. WHAT.
I have read The Body of Christopher Creed! I have been begging people to read it for years! WE HAVE BEEN SHIPS IN THE FOGGY NIGHT OF OBSCURE YA LITERATURE.
My love of Jesus in this book, let me show you. :D :D :D *sparkle*
I have read The Body of Christopher Creed! I have been begging people to read it for years! WE HAVE BEEN SHIPS IN THE FOGGY NIGHT OF OBSCURE YA LITERATURE.
My love of Jesus in this book, let me show you. :D :D :D *sparkle*
Haven't read either of these (or heard of them), but I'm taking note of BOTH of them. I love YA, and these sound great.
I love how in both of your reviews you referenced how much you liked them because they trumped TV, Ha! I can (and do) definitely read while I'm eating. In fact the other day, I rushed to eat lunch, because I DID want to read.
I love how in both of your reviews you referenced how much you liked them because they trumped TV, Ha! I can (and do) definitely read while I'm eating. In fact the other day, I rushed to eat lunch, because I DID want to read.
When you recommend something with this much passion, I sit up and take notice! I need to get my Kindle out and start shopping.
Hey! I bought The Body of Christopher Creed after reading your review! I just.....haven't gotten around to reading it yet. But I will! Pinky swear!
I haven't read either of those books. My wish list is going to be a mile long after today.
OMFG I love the Body of Christopher Creed. I read it in high school pre-blogging. You are so right that it deserves more love.
I have The Life of Glass on my owned TBR. Can't wait to get to it.
I have The Life of Glass on my owned TBR. Can't wait to get to it.
I bought The Body of Christopher Creed a year or so when you recommended it to me. I'm still planning to read it eventually!
His work couldn't be more different from mine, but I think in creating Lady Glencora and Plantagenet in his Palliser novels, Trollope gave literature one of its most complex and intelligent love stories.
There is a ton of books out there that are truly amazing but get overlooked and that is sad because that means people don't know about them to read them.
I've had The Body of Christopher Creed on my shelves for ages! Probably should get around to reading it! ;)
I've got Christopher Creed on my TBR list and my shelf thanks to your comments during our 13 Reasons Why discussion! I hope to get to it soon. (but really, isn't it that way with every book?)
THE BODY OF CHRISTOPHER CREED sounds really good...adding it to my list!
The Body of Christopher Creed is on my shelves, I just need to get unearth it and actually read it! Oh, my poor unloved books waiting patiently for me to get to them while I comb the book blogosphere adding yet more books to my lengthy wish list - including Life of Glass, which I haven't heard of until now.
those both look interesting I'm going to put them on my wishlists. thanks for visiting my blog today :)
I've never heard of Life of Glass, but I'm definitely another fan of The Body of Christopher Creed!!! Seriously, I loved that book! And after your post here, hopefully tons of other people will read it and find they love it, too!
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