I love blogging and writing and recommending books… but I know that I tend to get a little long-winded in my blog posts! FAST FIVE FRIDAY is a means for me to recognize some favorite books and round them up for recommendations without talking your ear off.
FAST FIVE FRIDAY | ABOUT A GIRL
I needed another quick post for Friday and these Fast Five Friday posts are too much fun! I feel like more and more books lately have names in the title and it hit me as a quick inspiration for another recommendation post. Here are some of my favorite leading ladies whose names appear as the title!
What: Cinder (Book one of The Lunar Chronicles)
Who: Marissa Meyer
Why: I mean, obviously. It’s only one of my favorite series. But really, CINDER and The Lunar Chronicles are VERY popular with a large crowd. Fairy tales. Retelling. Cyborgs. Space. If the cyborg throws you off, it did for me too. Don’t worry — it’s awesome.
Where: Goodreads | Review
What: Seraphina (Book one in the Seraphina duology)
Who: Rachel Hartman
Why: I actually still need to read book two (the books are just so large!) but SERAPHINA was delightful. I easily fell right into the book and felt at home. I also love the dragons-living-as-humans thing and there’s a lovely musical connection as well.
Where: Goodreads | Review
What: Tiger Lily
Who: Jodi Lynn Anderson
Why: Coincidentally, another fairy tale retelling. I don’t even really like Peter Pan that much but I loooved Tiger Lily. Great story of a deep love, friendship, family, and tough decisions. It was actually quite the emotional book and beautifully written.
Where: Goodreads | Review
What: Alanna: The First Adventure (Book one in the Song of the Lioness quartet)
Who: Tamora Pierce
Why: This was my first Tamora Pierce book and I looooved it. I don’t read a lot of middle grade books but ALANNA gave me the same feelings I have reading Harry Potter — the nostalgia was there even though I was reading it for the first time. I just absolutley loved it. I still need to continue the series!
Where: Goodreads | Review
What: Summer of Sloane
Who: Erin L. Schneider
Why: This was a great book about really putting yourself first and a great journey of self-discovery. After a huge fight with her best friend and her boyfriend, Sloane takes a break from “reality” when she visits her mom back in Hawaii. The book had an amazing atmosphere and made me even more anxious to visit Hawaii and it had some really great relationships. I especially loved their friendships.
Where: Goodreads | Review
2 thoughts on “Fast Five Friday | About a Girl”
Oh god, I loved Tiger Lily so much. Such beautiful writing, and it prompted this odd interest in Peter Pan-related things that I never had before. I also definitely need to read Seraphina! I swear it’s been on my TBR for years now, and it’s really about time I get around to it. And I love Tamora Pierce, I feel like I grew up reading her and I will just always love her books.
And, just to make this long comment longer, I think you have finally convinced me to check out Cinder. I always thought the idea sounded interesting, but I’m not really into space/cyborg/etc. things so I always held off. But there must be *some* reason why everyone loves it so much, so I think I’ll give it a chance. 🙂
Great list of books!
Cinder and Seraphina are great books. Cinder has so many wonderful, colorful characters that come into their own by the end of the series. *smiles