Jonathan's Showcase Sunday 4-28-2013

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Here's my very first Showcase Sunday! SPOTLIGHTS!

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 

I’m a little slow getting on the train to this one, but this is the acclaimed story of friendship between two boys, one of whom is in a concentration camp. I’ve been looking at this book for a while, but just recently bought it since reading Annexed reawakened my interest in the Holocaust. I’m very excited to read it and see how it turns out, since there seems to be a lot of hate for it on Goodreads.

The God Box

Written by Alex Sanchez, this is a story about a guy named Paul, content with dating his girlfriend and being active in his religion based high school. His life gets complicated when a new student named Manuel arrives and tests what he thinks he knows about himself, his faith, and the world he lives in.

I always see the Rainbow Boys series at the library and I want to get into those, but I figured I’d try another book of Sanchez’s first.

Avalon High

This is a purely guilty pleasure read. Meg Cabot wrote this book about a girl who goes to a school and realizes that everyone seems to have a connection to Camelot and the world of King Arthur. I have to say I loved The Princess Diaries series. I found them laugh out loud funny, and I can’t wait to see what Meg Cabot does with these well known characters. 

Jonathan's Waiting on Wednesday

Jessi got on the ball early (as usual) for our first Waiting on Wednesday, so I thought I'd follow and post mine!

I'm actually waiting on two books, the first of which is already released but isn't getting much buzz. It's True, by Hilary Duff and Elise Allen.

I loved the first two. I thought Elixir was paced well, adventurous, and interesting. Devoted was a great follow up, and was nowhere near as boring as some sequels to three part series can be. (I'm looking at you, Crossed by Ally Condie).

I'm excited to see how this series concludes. There's several mysteries to be revealed and (of course) a love triangle to be resolved. Thankfully, the romance comes second to the paranormal and supernatural globetrotting Clea and her crew embark on in the series, and, for me, what sets it apart from similar novels in this genre.

This book was not available when I went to buy it yesterday at Target (too much space devoted to 50 Shades knockoffs I'm guessing), so I may be ordering it from Amazon or manning up and paying full price at Books a Million, or even (shudder) making a solo trip to Walmart.

The second book I'm waiting for releases in August, and it's written by David Levithan. The cover is worth a thousand words, so I will let that do the talking.

I can't wait to read this book based on the cover alone, and I connect to this sort of literature for personal reasons (wink, wink) and I hope that this turns out to be romantic and uplifting. So much literature written for the LGBTQ audience ends with sadness, no matter the age of the intended readers or general plot lines.

This book releases August 27, and as much as I know so far it is about two boys who try to break the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest kiss. I can't wait to read this. I may preorder it from Amazon so it can come directly to my door and I can lock myself in my room and live vicariously read it as soon as possible.

So now you have two posts for books we are waiting for! Quit being shy and share your own!

 Happy Hump Day!

-Jonathan