Top Ten Tuesday: Books Kayla Reviewed That I Need to Read

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Ten Books That Kayla Reviewed That I Need to Read

I'm going to do something a little different this week. If someone I know and trust recommends a book to me, I'll normally read it almost immediately if I can get my hands on it. So I don't really have a lot of book recommendations sitting around that I need to read. However, Kayla has been reviewing for quite a while and has an abundant amount of books that she rated highly. I've made my way through some of them, and this is a list of some of the books I need to read sooner rather than later.



1. Stitching Snow by R.C. Lewis
October 14, 2014
I am loving this science fiction fairy tale retellings trend. Snow White and a frozen planet - I'm sold. You can read Kayla's review HERE.



2. Magic Marks the Spot (The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates #1) by Caroline Carlson and Dave Phillips
Cute adventure fantasy with a girl and a talking gargoyle wanting to become pirates. Of course I want to read this. Kayla recommended the audio version, so I jumped on the chance when Audible had a children's family sale. You can read Kayla's review HERE.

Audiobook Review: Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'Brien

Title: Birthmarked (Birthmarked #1)
Author: Caragh M. O'Brien
Narrator: Carla Mercer-Meyer
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press (Macmillan) and Tantor Media
Acquired Via: Library
Release Date: March 30, 2010
In the future, in a world baked dry by the harsh sun, there are those who live inside the wall and those, like sixteen-year-old midwife, Gaia Stone, who live outside. Gaia has always believed it is her duty, with her mother, to hand over a small quota of babies to the Enclave. But when Gaia's mother and father are arrested by the very people they so dutifully serve, Gaia is forced to question everything she has been taught to believe. Gaia's choice is now simple: enter the world of the Enclave to rescue her parents, or die trying.

My Review

Audiobooks are the best things ever because they give me the opportunity to read "Kayla books" while I'm drowning in a sea of reviews. Since I've been reading a lot of historical fiction lately, there's nothing like a good doom and gloom dystopian novel to offset it. The world of Birthmarked was one with a huge societal gap and that required the "advancement" of a quota of babies born each month outside the Enclave walls. However, only perfect, healthy babies are allowed to advance, with them being taken to the Enclave within 90 minutes of their births.