Who's Reading What on Wednesdays?

Each week, Early Career Committee members are asked to recommend a book published by a house other than their own. Here are their (anonymous) picks...

What’s Left of Me | January 30, 2013

What does it mean to exist? And how far would you go to stay alive? These are the questions posed by Kat Zhang’s What’s Left of Me, the intricate story of Eva and Addie, two souls woven together in one …

Black Dog | January 23, 2013

In a cold, snow-covered forest a big, black dog comes to visit the Hope family’s house. As each family member notices the dog outside, it grows bigger and bigger, until the beast envelops the house and frightens the people inside. …

Shadow and Bone | January 16, 2013

Leigh Bardugo transports her readers into the world of Ravka and the hard life of Alina Stakov in her the first book in the Grisha Series, Shadow and Bone. Alina and her best friend Mal Oretsev are orphans in the …

Abe Lincoln’s Dream | January 9, 2013

Do you need to read a review of a Lane Smith book to know it’s going to be good? Probably not, but Smith’s latest, Abe Lincoln’s Dream, is the kind of book that demands to be talked about, even if …

Kel Gilligan’s Daredevil Stunt Show | December 19, 2012

Ever wonder what Evil Knievel might have been like as a child? Of course, you do! Well, in Kel Gilligan’s Daredevil Stunt Show, young readers get to meet Kel — a preschool-aged, spitting image of the renowned vehicular acrobat. This …

Cheer Up, Mouse | December 12, 2012

When you’re feeling down, friends can be the best cure. That’s the idea behind Cheer Up, Mouse! which features one of the cutest (and saddest) mice to star in a children’s book. Jed Henry’s animal characters try out all of …

This Moose Belongs To Me | December 5, 2012

Marcel the moose belongs to Wilfred. This much is certain. It came to Wilfred after all, and Wilfred “just KNEW that it was meant to be his.” Wilfred is generally happy to own the moose, except the moose just doesn’t …

Enchanted | November 28, 2012

Sunday Woodcutter has a unique talent: everything she writes comes true. And as the seventh child of a seventh child, that’s not the only magic she’s used to living with. From an adventurous, pirate-queen sister, to one with a magically …

The Christmas Quiet Book | November 14, 2012

As the title suggests, The Christmas Quiet Book by Debra Underwood and Renata Liwiska does for Christmastime what The Quiet Book did for everyday life; it celebrates the many kinds of calm that punctuate our otherwise busy lives. From “Lights …

Beta | November 7, 2012

Rachel Cohn’s Beta walks the subtle young adult line between the 2005 movie thriller The Island and Ishiguro’s brilliant story, Never Let Me Go. In Beta, the first in this YA sci-fi series, Elysia is a Beta, an experimental model …