Happy Friday again, dear Book Nerds!
Were already more than halfway through the end of July now, which means that we have time to bring you one more installment of our special Alpha-Books feature before the month ends. Here, we take you on a special all-access tour of our bookshelves, from A to Z. Weve now made it to the letter F, and were thrilled to bring you some heavy hitters this time around , so theres no time to lose.
Lets go meet our books, shall we?
Book #1: “Fahrenheit 441”, by Ray Bradbury – Full disclosure: This chilling sci-fi dystopian classic is one of our absolute favorite books ever written. Here, we are told the story of a world where possessing books is illegal, in favor of pursuing nonstop decadence and excess. Whenever books are found, a team of trained “Firefighters” is tasked with burning them to ashes. One such Firefighter, Guy Montag, is more than happy to play his part in removing the poisonous tomes from the world. That is, until his eyes are opened to the fact that perhaps books aren`t the real problem with society, after all…
Book #2: “The Face On The Milk Carton”, by Caroline B. Cooney – Imagine this: You`re living a perfectly normal, carefree life in small-town America. You have friends and a family that loves you. In your mind, you want for absolutely nothing. Then one day, everything turns upside down, when you realize that your happy life is completely a lie. That`s exactly what happens to protagonist Janie Johnson in this classic YA thriller when she finds a picture of her younger self on the side of a milk carton, naming her as a missing person…
(NOTE: We did not have the time available to thoroughly read these books, and therefore are unable to provide proper content warnings for them. As such, please proceed with caution if you decide to check them out for yourself. Reader discretion is advised…)
It is here, dear Book Nerds, that we conclude our final installation of Alpha-Books for July!
Dont worry, though; We‘ll be back again soon, for more literary fun… See you then!
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