I bet I'm not the only one excited this coming Thanksgiving. Who wouldn't be? It's a non-working holiday which means there's plenty of time to rest, and of course, an ample of time to read books! I could only imagine how it will feels like, lounging at our sofa, with my comforter keeping me cozy as I smell the delicious aroma of the turkey being roast. Yes, heaven. And I'm sure, my fellow bookworms' idea of Thanksgiving will not be any different from that.
But the question is, do you have a specific book to read this coming Thanksgiving? Well, if not, then here are five Young Adult novels and series, I will definitely recommend to keep you company this coming Thanksgiving holiday:
- Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Summary: Four kids travel through a wardrobe to the land of Narnia and learn of their destiny to free it with the guidance of a mystical lion.
Just to touch the nostalgic cockles of your heart, the Chronicles of Narnia, for me, is one of those books that won't tire me from reading it again and again. It's a classic for the young adults, we grew up with this book's characters and together became charmed with the enchanting world of Narnia, and mystified with its great ruler Aslan.
Thanksgiving seems to be one of the perfect days to reminisce Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy's adventure as they face Jadis, the White Witch, and learn to trust each other as they defy the odds and fulfill the prophecy that lies in their hands.
- InkHeart by Cornelia Funke
InkHeart is the first book in the Inkworld trilogy written by no other than multiple award-winning German author Cornelia Funke. The best thing I love about this book is you can read it with your younger brother and sisters, perhaps cousins, while waiting for your parents to prepare the Thanksgiving table in the backyard (Yeah, I don't help with the preparations).
It's a good book that tells about a twelve-year old girl named Meggie Folchart and her father Mortimer (Mo) who has an uncanny ability which is that when he reads aloud, he can bring characters and items from books into the real world. The story starts when Meggie was only three years old and her father Mo read a book entitled InkHeart aloud to her mother. "In an instant, Meggie's mother, Resa, and the family's two pet cats vanished into the Inkworld and three men from the novel (two of whom are murderous villains) entered into the real world. Nine years later, these men have come back into their lives and Mo, Meggie, and Resa's aunt Elinor need to return the villains back to the book's pages." - Wikipedia
The story like other of Funke's book delivers us the essence of family and how important it is in our lives.
- Before Ever After by Samantha Sotto
Summary: Three years after her husband Max's death, Shelley feels no more adjusted to being a widow than she did that first terrible day. That is, until the doorbell rings. Standing on her front step is a young man who looks so much like Max–same smile, same eyes, same age, same adorable bump in his nose–he could be Max's long-lost relation. He introduces himself as Paolo, an Italian editor of American coffee table books, and shows Shelley some childhood photos. Paolo tells her that the man in the photos, the bearded man who Paolo says is his grandfather though he never seems to age, is Max. Her Max. And he is alive and well.
Before Ever After is one of those romance, fantasy novels in the verge of classicism. It reminds me of Audrey Niffeneger's The Time Traveler's Wife. The best thing I love about this novel is how it takes you to the wonderful streets of Europe, as Shelley looks for Max and remembers the things they have shared in the past. It's romance in elegance. I quite applaud the writer Samantha Sotto for a debut novel well done, and I definitely would recommend this for sappy hopeless romantics like me.
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Kill me now, if someone in the crowd here tells me this book is not worth being read all over again. It's classic, people! And yes, though I know the film adaptation has ended last year, Potter fans couldn't just get over it. We can't move on, J.K. Rowling! Like the C.S. Lewis characters, we practically grew up as well with Harry, Hermione and Ron, and what couldn't be more exciting than to re-live their first adventures in Hogwarts.
And better get your following Harry Potter books nearhand, because I'm sure once you start it, you're going to continue a reading marathon up until the end. That's how magical J.K. Rowling narration could be.
- Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
He's twelve, he's cute and perhaps he's the most charming protagonist/antagonist in the history of forever. Okay, that was an exaggeration, but who wouldn't love Artemis Fowl and be amaze with his incredible wit. Back in high school, I always wanted a brother like him, someone cunning enough to devise such plots and yet in the end of the day, will admit that he is still a kid which is prone to mistakes.
What makes Artemis Fowl a good read in Thanksgiving is not only because of its interesting main character to start first, but with the development of the story and the characters as well. Eoin Colfer's third person narration surely would entertain you and introduce you into another world of fairies that is far more dangerous than we think so.
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