We sit for hours looking through our TBR lists wondering when we will ever get to that one book we were dying to read when we added it 3 months ago or maybe even a year. As our piles get bigger we realize there is just not enough time in a day to read all the books that we wanted to read. So I had a great idea, pick 3 books from my TBR Pile and have you all pick which one I should read next. This is a monthly MEME and you are more than welcome to join me by posting your voting post in the linky below. Need the rules? No problem you can find them all right HERE. Don’t forget to stop by the blogs on the linky below to help them vote on there next read!
I am in the mood for a little genre change so it’s time to go back to some middle grade fun, I have had these on my kindle for a lot longer than I would have liked and I am looking forward to reading anyone! I can’t wait to see which book wins
So this month I picked
Of Giants and Ice (The Ever Afters #1)
by Shelby Bach
Paperback, 346 pages
Published May 7th 2013 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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Rory Landon has spent her whole life being known as the daughter of a famous movie star mom and director dad. So when she begins a new after-school program and no one knows who her family is, Rory realizes something is different. After she ends up fighting a fire-breathing dragon on her first day, she realizes the situation is more unusual than she could have imagined. It turns out the only fame that matters at Ever After School is the kind of fame earned from stories Rory thought were fictional. But as Rory soon learns, fairy tales are very real—and she is destined to star in one of her own.
This first installment of The Ever Afters series reimagines classic fairy tale characters in a modern context, merging familiar fantasy with the everyday realities of middle-grade existence.
Monsters Around the Campfire
by Donovan Scherer
ebook, 125 pages
Published July 22nd 2014 by Ratatat Graphics LLC
Even on a hot summer night, there can be chills around a campfire. For Ollie Carothers and his fellow campers, the goal was simple – have the best time ever.
In the glow of the fire, stories are told, one camper to another. But are they just stories? What snapped the branch? Is that just a shadow? What lurks under the surface of the swimming hole?
Could it really be …
Monsters?
Monsters Around the Campfire is collection of five short stories all brought together by a group of kids at summer camp. The book features 13 illustrations by the author.
The Witch’s Boy
by Kelly Barnhill
Hardcover, 384 pages
Published September 16th 2014 by Algonquin Young Readers
“A lightning bolt erupted from the cloud and aimed directly at Ned’s heart. He couldn’t cry out. He couldn’t even move. He could just feel the magic sink into his skin and spread itself over every inch of him, bubbling and slithering and cutting deep, until he didn’t know where the magic stopped and he began.”
When Ned and his identical twin brother tumble from their raft into a raging, bewitched river, only Ned survives. Villagers are convinced the wrong boy lived. Sure enough, Ned grows up weak and slow, and stays as much as possible within the safe boundaries of his family’s cottage and yard. But when a Bandit King comes to steal the magic that Ned’s mother, a witch, is meant to protect, it’s Ned who safeguards the magic and summons the strength to protect his family and community.
In the meantime, in another kingdom across the forest that borders Ned’s village lives Áine, the resourceful and pragmatic daughter of the Bandit King. She is haunted by her mother’s last words to her: “The wrong boy will save your life and you will save his.” But when Áine and Ned’s paths cross, can they trust each other long enough to make their way through the treacherous woods and stop the war about to boil over?
With a deft hand, acclaimed author Kelly Barnhill takes classic fairy tale elements–speaking stones, a friendly wolf, and a spoiled young king–and weaves them into a richly detailed narrative that explores good and evil, love and hate, magic, and the power of friendship.
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I had to go with Of Giants
Thank you for voting Bunnita!
I’m no expert on MG, so I just voted for the cover I like best! The Witch’s Boy! 😀
LOL The cover is a good way to pick 🙂 I always seem to judge books by covers! Thanks for voting!
All of these sound really good but I voted for Of Giants and Ice. I love the cover and I’m in a fantasy mood right now so the story sounds really fun. I hope you enjoy whichever book wins!
Thank you Kathy! It sounds like a cute retelling 🙂
I voted for The Witch’s Boy, it looks really good, Michelle. I hope you’ll enjoy the books that wins 🙂
Thank you Lexxie! I hope they are all good books, I am so excited to read one of them 🙂
I waffled but finally went with Of Giants and Ice. 🙂
lol It’s suppose to be a start of a good series! Thanks for voting 🙂
The Witches Boy sounds really interesting, I’d give it a go:D
I heard pretty good things about it, Thanks for voting 🙂
Of Giant and Ice for me- looks fun! There is so much good middle grade stuff out there now… Happy 4th!!
They really do have a lot of really good MG stuff coming out. I am loving it 🙂
Happy 4th to you too Greg!
I choose the Witch’s Boy. I like that both characters require help from each other to survive and her magical elements sound really interesting.
I have heard really great things about it. I’m excited to see which one wins
I had a hard time deciding between Monsters around the Campfire and The Witch’s Boy. I eventually went with Witch because I’m not a big fan of short stories.
I realized Monsters around the Campfire is a little short might do that for a read-a-thin that is associated with COYER later this month (if it doesn’t win) 🙂
Hard decision because I probably wouldn’t read any of these myself LOL! But since if it were in a more YA context I’d gobble up The Witch’s Boy I voted for that one… Can’t wait to see which one wins!
LOL I had a feeling even before I saw your response which one you would have picked 🙂
Okay that was really hard to pick, but I went with Of Giants and Ice, sounds super cute. 🙂
I am in a Middle Grade mood 🙂 Thanks for voting!
All these three books look fun and cute! I voted for Of Giants and Ice as I like that cover the best and it looks so much fun!
Of Giants and Ice is a cute series, I have seen some pretty good reviews for it 🙂 Thanks for voting Lola!!!