This year I got Book 1 in The Ruins of Gorlan series titled Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan, by handing out these books I hope to allow people to turn into another person even if it's just for a day and explore a whole new fantasy world escaping from the hustle and bustle of real life into the pages of a good book.
Last year I had a good year and people seemed to snatch up the copies as quickly as I could hand them out but sometimes it isn't so easy to open people up to the world of literature. Skeletor handed out books one year and people would act like they were interested until we tried to hand them a book then they would run or shy away from us like we had an contagious illness. This year for me also didn't start out so well when I was told by my local movie theater that I could not hand out books because it violated one of their rules. The guy got even more upset when I asked what rule would be in danger from handing out a free book to promote reading. The guy then acted like I was a criminal just for wanting people to read more. I was there to see the new Captain America movie which was good and just thought I would hand out some books while I was there. I ended up becoming so angry at this guy that if Sheldon hadn't already bought the tickets I would have walked out of the movie theater. I guess I just don't understand why anyone would frown upon reading. I just hope that my hand out go a little better for the rest of this week.
Here are the list of books that are being given away this year by volunteers:
The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
After the Funeral by Agatha Christie
The Ruins of Gorlan: Ranger's Apprentice Book 1 by John Flanagan
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
The Lighthouse Road by Peter Geye
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Wait Till Next Year by Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon by Garrison Keillor
Same Difference by Derek Kirk Kim
Enchanted by Alethea Kontis
Miss Darcy Falls in Love by Sharon Lathan
Bobcat and Other Stories by Rebecca Lee
Young Men and Fire by Norman Maclean
Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
Waiting to Exhale by Terry Mcmillan
Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
The Raven's Warrior by Vincent Pratchett
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago
Cuando Era Puertorriquean by Esmeralda Santiago
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff
I would like to give a big THANK YOU to Owen's community college for being so awesome and allowing me to pick up my books at their library!
Also if you would like to be a book give or are interested in World Book Night and want to learn more please visit: www.WorldBookNight.org
Below are pictures of my box!
That is half a cat face :3
Do you have a World Book Night experience? Share it with me in the comments!
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