Just for general wonderings…
‘Turtles All The Way Down’ by John Green
Teenage Fiction.
The blurb says the book is about a sixteen-year-old girl called Aza who is trying to track down a fugitive billionaire. Sounds like teenage crime fiction right? But it is nothing of the sort, in a good way. It’s all about Aza and her compulsive thoughts and how she overcomes them.
Well worth a read.
‘How to be Hopeful’ by Caitlin Moran
I quite enjoyed it. Not my normal reading material, but after attending Caitlin Moran’s book tour it was inevitable the book would be read.
If you like Caitlin Moran it’s definitely worth a read.
‘Two Kinds of Stranger’ by Steve Cavanagh
Crime thriller. A pretty good one. Pretty standard Steve Cavanagh. He writes a good crime thriller.
Go read it.
A trip to Norwich for a bit of a mooch. Picked up a few books…
‘Dear Martin’ by Nic Stone
Teenage fiction – although it might actually be adult fiction – it was in the book cupboard at school. Feels like teenage fiction.
It follows Justyce, a black high school student from Atlanta, who gets shot by a white officer duty police officer. Justyce survives but his best friend is killed.
He starts a journal to Dr Martin Luther King Jr, to try to make sense of everything that is happening.
It’s a good read. Apparently based loosely on the murder of Jordan Davis in 2012.
‘The Eternal Return of Clara Hart’ by Louise Finch.
Teenage fiction. I liked it.
Spence wakes up. Clara hits his car. He goes to class. House party. Drink. Clara dies. Spence wakes up. Clara hits his car. He goes to class. House party. Clara dies….
How many times will Spence watch the same girl die? Can he even do anything about it?
Well worth a read.
