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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* If you need to ask me something or get my attention, either PM me or post a reply under the "Questions" thread, otherwise I may not see it.

Happy Reading! ♥

Comments

Reccing

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SUBGENRE: Military, Space Opera
Title: The Spaceship Macedon series (first book Warchild)
Author: Karin Lowachee
Length: Longish
Summary: When Jos was very young the ship he was on was sunk by pirates, his parents killed, and he was apprenticed to Falcone, their leader. Desperate to escape this hell, he runs away during a firefight on a station and finds himself saved by the human sympathizers of the alien race humans are currently at war with. Raised by them, he becomes their spy.
Books it's similar to: I fail so hard at this. I can't think of any...
Why I'd rec it: Ms. Lowachee is a master of perspectives. The first book starts out in second person, but persevere! There is a good reason! It shifts then into first person where you're with Jos, who has a very emotive (and purple on occasion, but it's hard to fault the kid) mental prose. The second starts out in third person limited and in the end shifts into a very intimate first person that leaves you with the feeling that the narrator, Ryan, simply gave up trying to fool you about himself. The third is in first person, but Yuri's such an unreliable narrator, always trying to twist things so he looks at least a little better.

The story itself is like a puzzle. Each of the books overlaps with different perspectives on some of the same events, and what's awesome is that it never feels old.