Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread. If you are anything like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in your stacks.
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This week’s neglected book
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell Series: Simon Snow #1
Published by Macmillan, St. Martin's Griffin on October 6, 2015
Genres: Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / Contemporary
Pages: 530
Format: ARC
Source: Publisher
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#1 New York Times best seller!
Booklist Editors’ Choice 2015 - Youth!
Named a "Best Book of 2015" by Time Magazine, School Library Journal, Barnes & Noble, NPR, PopSugar, The Millions, and The News & Observer!Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who's ever been chosen.
That's what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he's probably right.
Half the time, Simon can't even make his wand work, and the other half, he starts something on fire. His mentor's avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there's a magic-eating monster running around, wearing Simon's face. Baz would be having a field day with all this, if he were here--it's their last year at the Watford School of Magicks, and Simon's infuriating nemesis didn't even bother to show up.
Carry On is a ghost story, a love story and a mystery. It has just as much kissing and talking as you'd expect from a Rainbow Rowell story - but far, far more monsters.
Why did I add Carry On to my bookshelf?
It is probably no surprise to you that I downloaded this one from NetGalley years ago and didn’t get around to reading it. I remember downloading it when it was available as a Read Now and being pretty excited about it. I think that June will be the month that I finally scratch this one off my tbr list.
What are your thoughts? Have you read this book? Would you recommend it?
I did try a few of her books but I don’t think I’ve read this one yet
That’s a good one for Pride month. I read her Fan Girl and thought it was cool that she wrote the Simon Snow book. I’ll get to it at some point.
I don’t remember this one at all.
Confession: my least favorite parts of Fangirl were the fan fiction bits. I know! I am an outlier, but that’s why never read this book. I hope you love it though
I like Rainbow Rowell.
I’ve only read one of her books but I loved it. I really should try more.
I remember they hype from this book!
Just like Sam, I enjoyed Fangirl but didn’t care anything about the fanfic parts. Therefor, I never picked up Carry On or any of the sequels.