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It's been a while since I read a novel for enjoyment. The last time I did was back in September, when I finished Brenna Yovanoff's The Replacement. (Gosh... has it really been that long?) In the meantime, I've read a few picture books, but most of my reading has been of the non-fiction sort. I don't think I can come up with 10 novels that I want to read this spring (nor can I promise to read anywhere near 10 novels this spring), but here are a few that have really piqued my interest and that I want to read at some point:
3. The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi - Ship Breaker was one of my favourite 2011 reads. While The Drowned Cities doesn't appear to be a straight sequel, it does feature some of the characters from Ship Breaker. Bacigalupi's post-oil world is so interesting; I wouldn't mind reading another book set there.
2. Replay by Ken Grimwood - The plot of this book appears to bear some resemblance to Lauren Oliver's Before I Fall, which I absolutely loved. It's one of those books that I still think about, even years after reading it. What if you had a chance to go back and do things differently? I love those sorts of plots in novels.
1. Under the Light by Laura Whitcomb - I read A Certain Slant of Light back in 2008, and I loved it. For whatever reason, I only gave it 4 stars on Amazon.com... but if I were to use my current rating system, it would definitely be a 5-star book. It was a great stand-alone novel, so I never really expected a sequel (though I'd heard the author was working on one). Under the Light is finally coming out this May! I rarely get excited about new releases, but I'm really looking forward to this one.
