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A Clash of Kings
The Diviners
The Book of (Even More) Awesome
Dear Bully: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories
Shatter Me
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Watchmen
A Monster Calls
When my book club selected A Monster Calls, I was unsure of what to expect. All I’d really heard about it was that it was good. Now when I look at the summary of this book, it gives me chills up and down my books. A Monster Calls stirred fear and sadness within me, and has made me want to pick up everything else written by Patrick Ness and Siobhan Dowd.If you haven’t already, go find a finished copy of A Monster Calls. It’s actually an illustrated book, which means that illustrations are embedded throughout the story. The illustrations add to the already dark tone of the novel and for me, also made me feel like the monster really was a creature of nightmares.I loved the plot of A Monster Calls. Not only was I unsure of what to expect from that plot, at first I wasn’t sure what direction all of the plot threads were going. They coalesced beautifully.A Monster Calls was probably one of the most emotionally difficult books I read in 2011, and I mean that in the best way possible. So much has been said about this book that I have a hard time figuring out what I can really add. A Monster Calls is a fast but moving read, and is well worth the time and emotional investment of the reader.