Weekend Reads September 27th

What are you reading this weekend?! I am back in the reading groove and have three books on tap for this weekend. Now that the weather is getting cooler, it feels like the perfect time to read. And I've got three spooky books to start getting into the Halloween Spirit!

Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson

This book just came out this week and I've jumped on reading it. It is wicked cool. A really cool and unique "boy" book (I hate labeling books based on gender...ugh). This book is about super human beings gone bad. You always expect the superhero to be good but what happens when they get drunk with power? I'm only about 45 pages in and the book has me completely hooked. It's a large and beautiful hardcover and I'm so excited to add this to my home library. 

Dead Reckoning by Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill 

I'm pumped to read this book. 1867 Texas and zombies are on the loose?! You know I will like this book. Especially because it sounds like there is a lot of girl power in this book. The protagonist, Jett (a girl) goes around disguised as a boy and living as a gambler as she searches for her long lost twin brother. She encounters Honoria who is a fierce inventor who travels the prairie alone. Reviews are saying it's a "steampunk Zombie Western". Um, yes please. 

Freaks by Kieran Larwood. 

I'm a little under halfway done with this one. And I like it. It tells the story of the wolf girl, Sheba, covered in fur and sitting in a sad old Freak Show in a small sea side town. Her owner sells her and she is whisked away to Victorian London where she goes to live with a group of peers; more 'freaks'. This band of performers work together to solve the mystery of why London's poorest children are being snatched by the banks of the Thames River. What is really cool about this book is that it is a Common Core title. If you are involved even remotely with education in the United States, you know that Common Core is a buzz word. This is a well researched books with many real facts about London and the Crystal Palace Exhibition that took place in 1851. A very fun read for kids who need some non fiction done in a cool (and sneaky) way. 

So I've got a lot on my plate this weekend! I can't wait to start. So, what's it going to be for you? Zombie Western? Evil super heroes in Chicago? Or a freak show in Victorian London? Where will you be traveling to this weekend?