First one for December, and we have 29 books left on the list between now and the end of the year! So we need to clear them by the end of the year and start all over again! I need to be ruthless!
I am not shocked with the clear winner from the last week but I am surprised with what did, unfortunately, leave my shelves and one book that did stay!
Interesting choices there my fellow bloggers!
Right off we go then with this weeks choices!
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Goodreads
Natasha: I’m a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. I’m definitely not the kind of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York City street and falls in love with him. Not when my family is twelve hours away from being deported to Jamaica. Falling in love with him won’t be my story.
Daniel: I’ve always been the good son, the good student, living up to my parents’ high expectations. Never the poet. Or the dreamer. But when I see her, I forget about all that. Something about Natasha makes me think that fate has something much more extraordinary in store—for both of us.
The Universe: Every moment in our lives has brought us to this single moment. A million futures lie before us. Which one will come true?
The Reason You're Alive by Matthew Quick
Goodreads
The New York Times-bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook offers a timely novel featuring his most fascinating character yet, a Vietnam vet embarking on a quixotic crusade to track down his nemesis from the war.
After sixty-eight-year-old David Granger crashes his BMW, medical tests reveal a brain tumor that he readily attributes to his wartime Agent Orange exposure. He wakes up from surgery repeating a name no one in his civilian life has ever heard—that of a Native American soldier whom he was once ordered to discipline. David decides to return something precious he long ago stole from the man he now calls Clayton Fire Bear. It might be the only way to find closure in a world increasingly at odds with the one he served to protect. It might also help him finally recover from his wife’s untimely demise.
As David confronts his past to salvage his present, a poignant portrait emerges: that of an opinionated and goodhearted American patriot fighting like hell to stay true to his red, white, and blue heart, even as the country he loves rapidly changes in ways he doesn’t always like or understand. Hanging in the balance are Granger’s distant art-dealing son, Hank; his adoring seven-year-old granddaughter, Ella; and his best friend, Sue, a Vietnamese-American who respects David’s fearless sincerity.
Through the controversial, wrenching, and wildly honest David Granger, Matthew Quick offers a no-nonsense but ultimately hopeful view of America’s polarized psyche. By turns irascible and hilarious, insightful and inconvenient, David is a complex, wounded, honorable, and loving man.
The Reason You’re Alive examines how the secrets and debts we carry from our past define us; it also challenges us to look beyond our own prejudices and search for the good in us all.
Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook by Christina Henry
Goodreads
There is one version of my story that everyone knows. And then there is the truth. This is how it happened. How I went from being Peter Pan’s first—and favorite—lost boy to his greatest enemy.
Peter brought me to his island because there were no rules and no grownups to make us mind. He brought boys from the Other Place to join in the fun, but Peter's idea of fun is sharper than a pirate’s sword. Because it’s never been all fun and games on the island. Our neighbors are pirates and monsters.
Our toys are knife and stick and rock—the kinds of playthings that bite.
Peter promised we would all be young and happy forever.
Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
Goodreads
Also by this author: Behind Closed Doors
"Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace.He has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance.You might not want to like them, but you do.
You'd like to know Grace better.But it's difficult.Because you realize that they are never apart.Some might call this true love.
Others might ask why Grace never answers the phone.Or can't meet for lunch, without Jack.And why there are bars on one of the bedroom windows.
Sometimes the perfect marriage is the perfect lie."
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Goodreads
You can't stop the future. You can't rewind the past. The only way to learn the secret. . . is to press play.
Clay Jensen doesn't want anything to do with the tapes Hannah Baker made.
Hannah is dead.
Her secrets should be buried with her.Then Hannah's voice tells Clay that his name is on her tapes-- and that he is, in some way, responsible for her death.
All through the night, Clay keeps listening. He follows Hannah's recorded words throughout his small town. . .
. . .and what he discovers changes his life forever.
Last Seen Alive by Claire Douglas
Goodreads
Also by this author: The Text, Then She Vanishes
The Hero
Libby Hall never really wanted to be noticed. But after she saves the children in her care from a fire, she finds herself headline news. And horrified by the attention. It all reminds her of what happened nine years ago. The last time she saw her best friend alive.
The Swap
Which is why the house swap is such a godsend. Libby and her husband Jamie exchange their flat in Bath for a beautiful, secluded house in Cornwall. It's a chance to heal their marriage - to stop its secrets tearing them apart.
The Hideaway
But this stylish Cornish home isn't the getaway they'd hoped for. They make odd, even disturbing, discoveries in the house. It's so isolated-yet Libby doesn't feel entirely alone. As if she's being watched.
Is Libby being paranoid? What is her husband hiding? And. As the secrets and lies come tumbling out, is the past about to catch up with them?
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So here are your 6 with the all important chuck them all button – sorry for that last week whoops!!!
Over to you now!
Until next time xxx
Kelly says
Gosh darn it woman, I don’t need the chuck ‘m button today, I need two votes ?♀️? No matter what the results you need to keep Lost Boy AND Behind Closed Doors!!
Zoé says
Well you get as many as you want lol woohoo at least I made it difficult for you lol x
Meggy | Chocolate'n'Waffles says
Voted for Behind Closed Doors even though I haven’t read it because I think it’s a must read after all the buzz it received!xxx
Zoé says
?? well if you have voted fingers crossed it does! Xxx
nickimags @ The Secret Library Book Blog says
Definitely keep Lost Boy and Last Seen Alive!
Zoé says
I have to do what the votes say ?
nickimags @ The Secret Library Book Blog says
What did they say?
Zoé says
I haven’t checked yet… I always check on Thursday lol
nsfordwriter says
Interesting, which ever one I vote for usually turns out to get the most votes!
Zoé says
?? it’s a sign obviously! You have fab taste!
nsfordwriter says
I know 😉 😀
FictionFan says
Glad In Cold Blood is staying! Haven’t read any of this week’s so I reckon you should chuck them all… 😉
Zoé says
?? I love this philosophy!!