I hope to use this site to promote lesser known books that I have found to be awesome, but may not be main stream. Why did I decide to do this? Well it all started with Patrick Rothfuss and a staff meeting. It was the first of the year, and we had a new principal and a few new staff members. To introduce ourselves to the new members of our school, we were asked to tell a little about ourselves and what book we were reading. I was reading Patrick Rothfuss's "The Wise Man's Fear" at the time, so I sat and listened to my fellow staff mention books they had been reading. I soon noticed a trend, they were all reading either the same book or other very popular books that had recently been in the media. This is when I realized I was going to be the renegade reader amongst my peers. I decided to stand up and tell them what I was reading, thinking since it is a popular book amongst fantasy readers, someone will at least have heard of it. Sadly no one had, even with all the recent accolades and awards for the series.
This experience, rather then making me embarrassed, made me realize even teachers often -due to lack of time- tend to read whatever the media and promoters advertise. Not to say anything is wrong with reading what is popular; many of the popular books and series are very good reads. Even I am fond of The Hunger Games series, which is soon to be in theaters. I will even be one of those crazy people waiting at the midnight showing, but I also think there are many good authors out there, especially new up and comers, that should be recognized.
That is what this blog is about. I will introduce books ranging from young children's literature to adult literature in various genres, since my main goal is to introduce "everyone" to the idea of reading something different. I plan to reintroduce some older books that have gotten lost over the years, while also introducing some new books from up and coming authors or lesser know authors. These might just be the perfect book for you, if you are also willing the go against the crowd and become a renegade reader.
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