OUR TOP TEN READS OF THE YEAR

It is our tradition to name the top 10 books we have read this year. May you find something on our lists that catches your fancy for the new year. Happy Holidays!

Mrs. Wilson’s List

1.    One for the Murphys by Linda Mullaly Hunt

2.    Unstoppable by Tim Green

3.    The One and Only Ivan by K. A. Applegate

4.    Almost Home by Joan Bauer

5.    Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea

6.    Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein

7.    The Doll Bones by Holly Black

8.    The Maze Runner by James Dashner

9.    Divergent by Veronica Roth

10. Rump; The True Srory of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff

Miss Hagensee’s List

1.    Unstoppable by Tim Green

2.    The Compound by S. A. Bodeen

3.    The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong

4.    The Royal Ranger by John Flanagan

5.    Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan

6.    The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau

7.    Bomb; The Race to Build – and Steal – the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin

8.    Ghost Hawk by Susan Cooper

9.    The Candymakers by Wendy Mass

10. Mr. Lincoln’s High-Tech War by Thomas B. Allen

A CONSPIRACY OF KINGS

I am currently reading A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner which is the fourth book in her series Queen’s Thief. The first book, The Thief, fits a modification of the old saying “it takes a thief to catch a thief.” In this case the saying would be “it takes a master thief to steal a treasure guarded by many traps.” Gen is in prison because of his thievery, but is offered a pardon if he can steal a precious stone from a remote temple of the gods. Gen survives several deadly traps on his way to the prize. I greatly enjoyed this adventure and its sequels, The Queen of Attolia and The King of Attolia, so when I got a copy of the fourth book I wanted read it before I decided to purchase a copy for Lakeview. I have only just started the book but I can see that you do need to read the previous books to really understand what’s going on. Lakeview has all of the first three books in the series. Maybe by the time you have read those, I will have gotten a copy of book four for Lakeview.