Who's Reading What on Wednesdays?

Each week, Early Career Committee members are asked to recommend a book published by a house other than their own. Here are their (anonymous) picks...

The Darkest Part of the Forest | February 24, 2016

In the town of Fairfold, humans and Folk live side-by-side in a delicate truce. Tourists flock to the town, eager to witness the wonders of Faerie—especially the horned boy who has slept in the glass coffin in the forest for …

Passenger | February 17, 2016

Time travel, tangled family lines, and heart-pounding adventure and romance—Passenger by Alexandra Bracken has enough to last several lifetimes! Etta Spencer, a violin prodigy, is a modern-day girl who is suddenly whisked back to the American Revolution–era 1700s. There she …

Bone Gap | February 11, 2016

When Roza disappears from her quiet town nestled in cornfields, Finn is haunted by the memory of her kidnapping. He is the sole witness of her disappearance, bearing the burden of not being able to identify her captor. As Finn …

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown | February 3, 2016

A few years after the vampire frenzy struck the publishing industry, I finally got around to reading Holly Black’s The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, and I’m very glad I did! Set in a world where vampire regularly infect humans, the …

Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass Book 1) | January 27, 2016

This is the fantasy novel that I’ve been waiting for since I began to read the genre. It incorporates all the genre-specific elements that you’d expect: a complex magic system, an exciting new world, intelligent nonhuman species, and of course, …

Deception So Deadly (Run to You Book 1) | January 22, 2016

Tessa Carson might be normal, but her family is not. Her parents, older sister, and younger brother are all psychically gifted, and as a result, they’ve been on the run for the last eight years. Tessa isn’t gifted, but that …

Last Stop on Market Street | January 13, 2016

A Coretta Scott King Honor, Caldecott Honor and a Newbery Medal? Oh my! Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson knock it out of the park with their picture book, Last Stop on Market Street. Every Sunday after church, CJ …

The Game of Love and Death | January 11, 2016

Though the helpfulness of author blurbs has been debated lately, the advance praise for Martha Brockenbrough’s whimsical, wonderful The Game of Love and Death does a great job letting the reader know just what’s inside. With reviews from Elizabeth Wein …

The Storyteller: The Riverman Trilogy, Volume 3 | December 16, 2015

The Storyteller is every bit as weird and wonderful as its predecessors in The Riverman trilogy. In this final volume, Aaron Starmer hands over the narration to Alistair’s older sister, Keri. I’ll admit, I was initially wary of the move, …

I Don’t Like Koala | December 9, 2015

Adam does not like Koala. It’s easy to see why. The stuffed animal is disheveled, expressionless, and there’s just something off about its lifeless little eyes. But no matter how hard Adam tries to get rid of Koala, Koala just …