Lately I've been going to my town library a LOT more often, in the first couple weeks of summer I've already completed four books. So I figured I could give any readers some suggestions for good book series to read (I prefer to read series, it keeps me busier longer. But if you'd like some single books just send me an email or comment on this post, I'll give some).
Firstly is the series I'm currently reading, one of my favorites. This series is called the Ember series (I believe, I'm not quite sure the series name), by Jeanne DuPrau. The first book is called The City of Ember, and there are four books in total (City of Ember, The People of Sparks, The Prophet of Yonwood, and The Diamond of Darkhold). These stories are science fiction novels that take place in a post-apocalyptic United States. Each book is approximately 300 pages long, and they're honestly not very challenging reads. I've loved the first book for many years until I discovered that it was a series, and the rest of the books have me just as captured. To sum things up, the first two books (Ember and Sparks) follow two pre-teens as they find a way into the post-disaster world from the place they have lived in for generations (250+ years). Sparks tells the tale of what happens after they take their townspeople into the world and find a small town. Yonwood actually serves as a prequel to the first two books, telling a tale of a girl in a town in the US that had "visions of the future" from what they believe to be God. It ends telling how Ember began and tying the very end of the book in to the beginning of Ember. Then finally there's Darkhold, which I haven't completed but continues the story of the people of Ember.
Another wonderful series I started (and haven't finished because the town library does not own any of the series so I'm buying the rest of the books myself) is the Land of Stories series by actor, singer, author, and producer Chris Colfer (he played Kurt Hummel in Glee). This series interested me most because it takes average pre-teens of this time into the fairy tales we've known as children. It adds creative insight and add-ons to the fairy tales and characters I love from famous tales like Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow White, and more. There are currently (to my knowledge) 4 books released and a 5th coming out soon (don't take my word for it). I absolutely love these and would recommend these to anyone that loved fairy tales as a child or currently loves fairy tales, the first book in the series is called The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell.
Since those are the only series I'm currently working on, go check them out! I absolutely love both of them. Have a great day and keep on reading lovelies!!!!! (PS all posts are now on Mondays)
-Ki
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