Recently I won a $100 gift card for Penguin books, which is about the greatest thing that can happen to a book nerd like me. I didn’t have a hard time finding books to spend the money on, but now the hard part is choosing which book to read first! Here are my options:
1. The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
2. Orkneyinga Saga (I’m a nerd for Viking history)
3. The Time Machine and The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
4. The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson
5. Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
6. The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson (sequel to The Name of the Star)
7. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
8. This Star Won’t Go Out by the late Esther Earl and her parents.
Are there any books on this list you would particularly recommend? Or any that you would like to see me read and review? Let me know below!
katliterary 
First… how did you win this gift card?!!!! Second… I think The Impossible Knife of Memory sounds like a phenomenal book. I’m waiting on it now from the library. I would love to know what you think about it!
I got the gift card because a university near me needed some volunteers to take a standardized test (to make sure it was understandable and fair), and if you took it you were entered to win a gift card. So I took it and I won! Best test I ever took 🙂
And I was leaning toward The Impossible Knife of Memory, so I think I’ll go with your suggestion. Laurie Halse Anderson is one of my favorite authors, so it has to be good!