Wrappers Recommend

Books recommended at the November Wrappers meeting. Try one! 

This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab

Leah on the Off Beat by Becky Albertelli

The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

Love, Hate and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed

Dry by Neal and Jarrod Shusterman

In Real Life by Cory Doctorow

This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki

Wrappers Recommend

With school holidays and upcoming exams there are only a few recommendations this month:


The Giver by Lois Lowry


A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park


The Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett


Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

Wrappers Recommend

Find a good book to read from the following recommendations:

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (it keeps coming up on this list, it must be good1)

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Virals by Kathy Reichs

Lies we tell ourselves by Robin Talley

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Meet Cute: stories by by Jennifer L. Armentrout and thirteen others

Dare, Truth or Promise by Paula Boock

Milk and Honey by Michele Leggott

Two boys kissing by David Levithan

They both die at the end by Adam Silvera

The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

Autoboyography by Christina Lauren

The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

 

Wrappers Recommend

Books recommended at the July meeting - and only the recommended ones. Not the ones described as 'rubbish' or 'boring'!

Death Coming Up the Hill by Chris Crowe

Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman 

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

My Hero Academia series by Kohei Horikoshi

Welcome to Nowhere by Elizabeth Laird

The Call & The Invasion by Peadar O'Guilin.

Firstlife by Gena Showalter

The Lie Tree by Francis Hardinge 

GLBTQ+ Theme Reads

The theme read chosen by the group for the next month (school holiday leisure reading perhaps) is LGBTQ+ books.  It can be difficult to find them by subject so here are some titles recommended by Wrappers who have already read them. You can search the catalogue here to reserve one for yourself.

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan

The Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley

We are Okay by Nina La Cour

I am J by Cris Beam

Dreadnought by April Daniels

Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli   

I'll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

More Than This by Patrick Ness

 Six of Crows (especially the second one) by Leigh Bardugo

Timekeeper by Tara Sim

More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

It's Our Prom (So Deal With It) by Julie Anne Peters

The Anatomy of Curiosity by Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton, Brenna Yovanoff

The Difference Between You and Me by Madeleine George

Wrappers Recommend

More great books recommended by Wrappers - the title links to the catalogue so you can reserve a copy of the book. 

Lyla by Fleur Beale 

Silver Spoon by Hiromu Arakawa 

Dreadnought by April Daniels 

Simon vs the Homo Sapiens agenda by Becky Albertalli 

Mosquitoland by David Arnold 

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

The Concubine's Daughter by Pai Kit Fai

 My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologies by Fredrik Backman

Welcome to Nowhere by Elizabeth Laird 

 

Wrappers Recommend

A good variety of books were recommeded at the last Wrappers meeting. The title links take you directly to the catalogue so you can reserve the book.

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

Zeroes by Scott Westerfeld

The Amateurs by Sara Shephard

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

White Night by Ellie Marney

Shadow Wave by Robert Muchamore

Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo

Carry On: the rise and fall of Simon Snow by Rainbow Rowell

The Dalai Lamas Cat by David Michie

The Wrappers Recommend

Some suggestions from the April meeting. School holidays are a few days away, take some time to read one of these books and let us know what you think of it. 

Lyla by Fleur Beale 

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 

Hamlet by William Shakespeare 

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera 

Octavia's brood : science fiction stories from social justice movements  edited by Walidah Imarisha and Adrienne Maree Brown

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu

The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson