Last year I set up a reading challenge for myself to read a book with a local angle of some sort this year. I had googled local authors and local books. To my surprise my next door neighbor wrote a book. I considered that one. Then I was listening to a podcast (Imaginary Worlds by Eric Molinsky) and he talked to Kim Stanley Robinson about this book which was about to come out. Well, after the third mention of Davis, I thought, "All right, my local book this year just might be New York 2140." I've tried to read Kim Stanley Robinson before and I found him hard to get through, but I decided to give it a go. At 642 pages this book took a bit of time to read, but it was definitely worth it! I loved this book! And it is so of the moment. I mean it did just come out this year, but it's set in the future and feels immensely relevant to us in the here and now.
47. Dash and Lily's Book of Dares by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn
I got this book from the library at about the same time as New York 2140 and chose to read that one first because it was so long. It's funny to me that they are both set in New York and how different they both are, but Dash and Lily are charming teenagers navigating life, learning how to deal with their various disappointments and challenges in life. It's absolutely delightful!!
48. Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
This is my third Gabriel Garcia Marquez book, if memory serves (and it doesn't always!) It's a very interesting take on a murder and a town's culpability in said murder.
49. Far Far Away by Tom McNeal
This is a book my student, Vahid, gave me. It's about a boy, a girl, and a ghost. Right up my alley!! Well, this is a wonderful modern-day fairy tale. I really enjoyed it!
50. Zenn Diagram by Wendy Brant
This YA novel grabbed me from the first page! The main character has some supernatural power to learn about people through touch, but she learns about them in the form of fractals and she's so into math. Love it!!!!
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