Book Rec Meme

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How does a book rec meme work?

5 EASY STEPS TO REC SUCCESS:

1. Find the genre/type of book you're looking for in the comments! The following genre/types are listed in alphabetical order:
   
   Chick Lit
   Children's and Young Adult Lit
   Classics
   Contemporary Literature
   Fantasy
   Historical Fiction
   Horror
   Manga, Comics, and Graphic Novels
   Mystery/Detective/Crime
   Non-Fiction
   Romance
   Science Fiction
   Thrillers
   and "Other" (For any genre or type not already listed.)
   
   
2. Click 'reply to this' on the comment with the genre you're looking for. If you're recommending a book, type "RECCING" in the Subject line of your comment. If you're requesting a recommendation, type "REQUESTING".
   
3. Either copy, paste, and fill out the handy forms provided, or describe in your own words the book you're recommending or looking to read.
   
4. Browse the other recommendations that have already been left. Read the rec requests other participants have left, and make suggestions for books you think they might like.
   
5. Share the love! ♥ Copy and paste the following code into your journal to send your friends to the meme:
   
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It's that easy! ;)

Just remember:

* Keep it civil, or suffer the consequences! (Consequences TBD, but may include deletion, bannination, or unsightly rash.)
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Happy Reading! ♥

Comments

Reccing

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SUBGENRE: Low fantasy
Title: Gullstruck Island (or The Lost Conspiracy; it goes by multiple titles)
Author: Frances Hardinge
Length: Definitely on the long side.
Summary: Hathin is the helper for her sister Arilou, who is a "Lost" - a person who can leave their mind and wander about with absolute freedom. Or is she a Lost? Is Arilou just like the grass tigers made to scare people from the village's borders?
Books it's similar to: Hell all else.
Why I'd rec it: This book has a singularly unique flavor. There's a massive cultural shift taking place on the island that is fascinating in itself. Men from across the sea have settled bringing with them their own culture, their laws, and their dead, and the native islanders have either adapted, or moved away from where they have settled. It's very interesting to watch this battle of cultural wills. But what's better is the tension this book is dripped with. It's like watching a storm build over the corse of the day, that wall cloud get bigger, and bigger, and why won't it rain yet? And then you're sorry you ever asked the clouds to let loose. The characters, the prose, the dialogue... everything's just so crisp and wonderful.

"It was a burnished, cloudless day with a tug-of-war wind, a fine day for flying. And so Raglan Skein had left his body neatly laid out on his bed, its breath as slow as sea swell, and took to the sky."