The Wrong Order
I am a fan of libraries. You can read ANY BOOK YOU FIND either for free or for little cost. HOW AWESOME IS THAT!?!?!?!?
While I am waiting on my copy of Looking for Alaska, I decided to borrow a book from my local library using the Overdrive Media app (since actually getting to the physical library with work schedules is kind of tricky) and I found a book that I haven't read before (one of my habits) and looked interesting based on the little blurb included. I figured I'd give it a try; if I didn't like it I would just return in. ITS FREE, who am I to complain? The snappy cover (what I believe is the second version of artwork, but I can't say for sure) reminded me somewhat of the art-deco look, and since I am SUPER HYPED about the new Great Gatsby movie adaptation, I thought this would be a nice little jaunt back into the pre-depression, post-Great War era.
I was slightly wrong (I should have read the blurb a bit more carefully!), this journal actually takes place in the years before World War II. The book is titled The FitzOsbornes in Exile by Michelle Cooper. The book is pretty awesome, especially if you are a fan of reading young adult lit when you are not a young adult (another habit, and one that I personally don't see anything wrong with) and you are a fan of diary-style books.
That really is all I care to say about the plot. I don't think its really fair of me to do any sort of Scrivener Scribbles review without reading the full series, as I assume I'll have even more to rave about after viewing the books as a whole, in their proper order as they are historical fiction. *sigh*
Having just finished the book today, I realized that I had read the second book in a trilogy! The FitzOsbornes in Exile is actually the second book in The Montmaray Journals. Don't get me wrong, I would love to read this book again, I just think my second read will be in the correct order! Though I haven't read all of the series, based on the middle book, I highly recommend the series.
Check out The Montmaray Journals and, as always, feel free to tell me what you think!
Question Time!
1-What historical fiction novels have you read/look interesting to you?
2-Have you ever read a book series in the wrong order?