Friday Finds is a weekly meme hosted by Should Be Reading which encourages you to share the books you have discovered over the past 7 days with your fellow bloggers. Whether you found them in a bookshop, online, in the library or just heard about them from a friend, Friday Finds is a great way to spread the love with other readers. All books are linked to their Goodreads pages so you can discover them too.
I’ve had a very busy week and I’m heading out to a family dinner tonight, so I’m afraid I’ve run out of time to write my usual length Friday Finds post. Today has completely gotten away from me! I’ll be back on form next week though.
1) The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton: My local indie bookseller said this was one of the best books she had read this year, which is good enough for me! I feel like this might remind me of watching The Borrowers when I was younger.
2) The Everything by Richard C. Cox: This book sounds crazy and really interesting. I love novels that turn the usual concepts of genre, style and layout on their heads, so I’m looking forward to this one.
3) Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz: I had seen this one popping up around Goodreads for a while before I finally put it on my TBR list. It’s another coming of age novel, but instead of the usual male and female pairing we have two male leads, which is what drew me to it. I love YA but the male/female journey of self-discovery can get a little repetitive, so I’m looking forward to a change of pace with this one.
4) Beautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kirstin Cronn-Mills: I’m not sure how I feel about the title, but I’ve never read a novel which deals with the issues faced by those who identify as transgender before, so I’m curious to see how the author handles this subject, particularly since this is a YA novel. I hope it’s done well and sensitively.
So what books have you discovered this week? Have you read any of the ones I’ve mentioned? Let me know in the comments!
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I want to read The Miniaturist too! Here my Friday Finds for the week: http://captivatedreader.blogspot.com/2014/11/friday-finds-60.html
I was so close to buying it when I was in the bookshop but I had already chosen four others so I made myself put it back (for now at least!). You can never have enough books, but I have so many waiting to be read and I’m running out of room on my shelves so I’m going to wait to get The Miniaturist for now. Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
I got Aristotle and Dante for my birthday! I haven’t read it yet, but I’ve definitely been meaning to.
Cool! Goodness knows when I’ll actually get to it, but I’m glad it’s on my TBR list.