The Book Plank

Review Round-up March My top 5 favorite books of March! 1. Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch, Gollancz Ever since being introduced to the first book in the Gentlemen Bastards series by Scott Lynch, The Lies of Locke Lamora , I have been hooked! The Lies of Locke Lamora introduced on of the best protagonists that I have read about, Locke Lamora. In the first two book Scott Lynch readily build up the world surrounding not only Locke's character but also many others that you follow either in the present storyline or in the flashback interludes to Locke's past. Red Seas Under Red Skies left Locke Lamora fighting for his life and he is facing some dire times in The Republic of Thieves. I was very eager to read this book and it took Scott Lynch several years to finalize this third book in the series, however long the wait it paid of to the fullest! Scott Lynch's books never falter and each time he takes his writing one step further. He continues to build up a solid w...

Last year I started with the Review Round-Up posts in which I highlight several of the books that I read that month, they do not necessarily have to be the highest rated ones though. If the idea behind the book is great but that may have a flaw in the execution can still be one of my favourites, because in my opinion a fresh idea is just as valuable. The listing of them in the top 5 does not mean that the first one was the best I read this month all the books that I read in March were great, I did not encounter any books that I disliked in particular. I have been skipping the months of January and February with the Round-Ups, I will do my best to have them up and running starting March!  So what are my favorite picks for this month?  1. The Tragedy Paper by Elizabeth LaBan (Random House Children) I have been a fervent fan of young-adult fiction for sometime now and I really like to see authors taking time in showing creativeness in approaching this genre in a diffe...