I have no magical devices or cheesy 70s artifacts to pick my next book for me! I guess I’ll have to do it the old-fashioned way… and just dive in, start a few books, and hope something clicks in a big way. Think of the possibilities! How about a Magic 8 ball that picks a genre for you? Or maybe a cootie catcher with eight different book titles inside?įor now, though, I’m kind of stuck. Purple? I’d go with YA, anything current and fun and bestselling, of course. Yellow? Hmm, I don’t know, perhaps some contemporary dramatic novels? Green? I’m thinking hints of magic, like a fairy tale retelling ( Bitter Greens, perhaps) or some new urban fantasy, like Nicole Peeler’s Jinn and Juice. Red? How about something with battles and blood, like a war epic or a history book or historical fiction? Maybe even some war-themed sci-fi, like Old Man’s War by John Scalzi? Wouldn’t that be awesome? Instead of starting a book and reading a few pages, then sighing and looking for something else, wouldn’t it be great to have a magical mood ring that could identify exactly what the perfect next choice would be?īlue ring? Pick up some epic fantasy, like Mistborn or The Lies of Locke Lamora! I want to read them all… but I don’t know what I want to read right now. On the tops of my piles are a history book, some YA contemporary, a few random ARCs, and a classic or two. And now I look around at all the stacks of books waiting to be read, and I just don’t know what to read next. I read a highly anticipated sequel that was mostly a disappointment, and then read another book that really fell flat for me. Perhaps it’s a result of the reading week I’ve just had. Well, I’m having one of THOSE kind of days, stuck in the reading doldrums. I don’t even remember any more, except that we loved them, we teased each other over what our rings said about our moods, and then the fad faded away, as such things do. Blue means you’re happy! Orange was… angry, I think? Red was supposedly in love. Every girl had to have one - and we took them seriously. Make sure you get the stone that fits the slot on the ring base, or you will have to get the stone cut in the desired shape and size. You will find them in any craft store around, and along with the stone, also purchase a ring base that fits your finger. Mood rings! Gah, we were obsessed with these (briefly) in my middle school days. The first thing you will need is a heat sensitive stone.
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