Welcome to Shelf Control — an original feature created and hosted by Bookshelf Fantasies.
Shelf Control is a weekly celebration of the unread books on our shelves. Pick a book you own but haven’t read, write a post about it (suggestions: include what it’s about, why you want to read it, and when you got it), and link up! For more info on what Shelf Control is all about, check out my introductory post, here.
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Title: Wonder
Author: R. J. Palacio
Published: 2012
Length: 316 pages
What it’s about (synopsis via Goodreads):
‘My name is August.
I won’t describe to you what I look like.
Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse.’Ten-year-old August Pullman wants to be ordinary. He does ordinary things. He eats ice-cream. He plays on his Xbox. He feels ordinary – inside.
But Auggie is far from ordinary. Born with a terrible facial abnormality, he has been home-schooled by his parents his entire life, in an attempt to protect him from the cruelty of the outside world. Now, Auggie’s parents are sending him to a real school. Can he convince his new classmates that he’s just like them, underneath it all?
Narrated by Auggie and the people around him whose lives he touches, Wonder is a frank, funny, astonishingly moving debut to be read in one sitting, pass on to others, and remember long after the final page.
How and when I got it:
I bought it… years ago.
Why I want to read it:
I know, I know… absolutely everyone has read this book, and it’s supposed to be amazing! There’s no good reason why I haven’t yet, except, well, I just haven’t gotten around to it. I’m determined to finally make time to read Wonder this year, and then I’ll watch the movie. I’m not made of stone, people — of course I’ll read this book!
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I really want to read this too — though shockingly I actually don’t have a copy!
I think there was a temporary Kindle price drop at the time when I grabbed a copy. 🙂
Oh, I recently read Wonder and you should definitely give it a go!
It’s the most cute and beautiful story. Be warned though, it will probably make you cry!
And you will even love those tears ♥
Awwww. I’ve been told to expect tears! I’m looking forward to it. 🙂
My kid insisted I read it when it came out. I always listen to her book recommendations (which are few and far between and she reads voraciously). and she wasn’t wrong 🙂
An excellent recommendation of hers is Challenger Deep, which won the National Book Award. It’sYA.
My daughter has recommended amazing books to me over the years! It’s such a delight having a bookworm for a kid. 🙂 I’ve heard good things about Challenger Deep – I’ll keep an eye out for it. Thanks!
I’ve had this one on my TBR list but haven’t gotten around to it. Thanks for hosting. I’m a little late but better late than never. http://www.thereadingdiaries.com/2018/02/shelf-control.html
Never too late! 🙂