SURVIVAL STORIES

This week's post will highlight survival stories.  Books that fall under the survival fiction genre are consist of works where the main character(s) are trying to survive with little or nothing.  Some of these will follow a character that has gotten lost or hurt in a natural environment setting, and he/she will need to survive until rescue arrives.  Others will follow characters that live in a society that has collapsed for failed them.

Give one of these books a try today!

Children's Fiction

• Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
• My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
• The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
• Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
• The Music of Dolphins by Karen Hesse
• Abel's Island by William Steig
• The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
• Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry

Young Adult Fiction

• Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• The 100 by Kass Morgan
• The City of Ember by Jeanne Du PuPrau
• The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey
• The Maze Runner by James Dashner
• Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne
• Wilder Girls by Rory Power

Adult Fiction

• The Road by Cormac McCarthy
• The Odyssey by Homer
• Last of the Breed by Louis L'Amour
• The Stand by Stephen King
• The Martian by Andy Weir
• Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
• The Children of Men by P.D. James
• The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean Auel

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NATIONAL LIBRARY LOVER'S MONTH

Happy National Library Lover's Month!  Use the month of February to visit your favorite school, public, or private library.  To celebrate, this week's blog entry will feature books about libraries or stories that take place in libraries.  Check one out today!


Picture Books

• The Night Library by David Zeltser
• Planting Stories by Anika Denise
• The Midnight Library by Kazuno Kohara
• The Library Dragon by Carmen Agra Deedy

Nonfiction

• Dewey by Vicki Myron
• The Public Library by Robert Dawson
• The Little Free Library Book by Margaret Aldrich
• Public Library and Other Stories by Ali Smith

Fiction

• The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
• The Story Collector by Kristin O'Donnell Tubb
• The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
• Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine
• Books Can Be Deceiving by Jenn McKinlay
• The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
• The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami
• The Forbidden Library by Django Wexler
• The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
• Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein

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MYSTERIES IN MARCH

In March, the Mixed Bag Book Club will be reading and discussing mysteries.  Mysteries are a genre of fiction that usually involve a death or crime to be solved.  The mystery genre can be further broken down into detective mysteries, law mysteries, "cozy" mysteries, etc.

Not sure where to start on your mystery journey?  Try some of the options listed below.

Series Mysteries:
Hercule Poirot Series by Agatha Christie
Miss Marple Series by Agatha Christie
Hannah Swensen Series by Joanne Fluke
Cormoran Strike Series by Robart Galbraith
The Millennium Series by Stieg Larsson
Sherlock Holmes Series by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Jesse Stone Series by Robert B. Parker
Harry Hole Series by Jo Nesbo
Magical Cats Series by Sofie Kelly
Regan Reilly Series by Carol Higgins Clark
Under Suspicion Series by Mary Higgins Clark
Puzzle Lady Series by Parnell Hall
George Smiley Series by John Le Carre


Stand Alone Mysteries:
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
The Second Sleep by Robert Harris
The Witch Elm by Tana French
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

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A BOY IN WINTER

We will be reading and discussing A Boy in Winter by Rachel Seiffert at our February book club meeting.  This novel takes place in a small Ukrainian town.  One morning, the town is overrun by the SS.  The book takes place over the three days that follow, and it shows how lives are affected by this event.

Rachel Seiffert is the author of 5 works.  You can find them listed below.

A Boy in Winter

Field Study 

The Dark Room

Afterwards

The Walk Home

Looking for more books like A Boy in Winter?  Give one of these a try:

The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman - This novel tells the story of one Jewish child's flight to safety from Berlin and her mother's decision to send her away.

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah - Hannah's novel centers around two sisters, Viann and Isabelle, and how their relationship is tested during World War II.  With life changing in horrific ways, the two sisters are forced to face situations they never thought possible and must explore their own senses of right and wrong.

Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris - Cilka is only 16 when she is brought to Auschwitz during World War II.  One of the officers notices her beauty and keeps her separate from other women prisoners.  After liberation, Cilka is charged as a collaborator for sleeping with the enemy and sent to Siberia.  

Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian - Skeletons at the Feast takes place towards the end of World War II and follows a small group of people as they attempt to travel from Warsaw to the Rhine in order to reach the British and American lines.

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne - Bruno's family relocates from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" when his Nazi officer father is transferred.  While adjusting to life in his new home, Bruno befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence.

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