I've said it before, but...I'm not a big fantasy genre fan. I like to read about real events, or at least how real people react and respond to real life situations, even if they are somewhat far-fetched - that's just me! However, as I encourage you to do, I try to stretch my genre preferences now and again and delve into something unusual for me. The Reader by Traci Chee has a very cool cover, and when it came out it got a lot of good reviews, and so it's always been at the edge of my reading perifery. It just happened to be available at the local library last week, so I thought I's give it a try.
Apparently, this is the first YA book for Chee, and the first book in a trilogy (I just added the second book to the BMS library collection...we already have this book, number one, and I will soon add book three). The good reviews are warranted! It was a real page-turner, reminding me a lot of Fablehaven or Inkheart. Chee creates a new world, and writes three different story lines that, as the book progresses, eventually begin to work off of each other, until they come completely together, making the page-turning even faster! A strong female protagonist, great action, a story revolving around the power of words, especially the written word...and, of course, danger, death, destruction, lies, cheating, some violence...what more could you ask for?! I can't say for sure that I will read the second book, because I really am ready for something back in my reading preferences, at least for the next few books. But I do recommend The Reader - I'll bet you won't be able to put it down, either!
4 paws!
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