Most requested books of August 2009
For the last six months straight Stephenie Meyer's books have topped our most requested list! At one point her standalone title The Host: a Novel took her listings up to 5 - an unusual event for us. This August, however, Lee Child has pushed his way in. Gone Tomorrow, book 13 in Child's very popular Jack Reacher series, takes its stand at #5.
We'll be watching to see if there's any noticeable shift this time next month but remember, it's all down to what you're requesting and reading!
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Twilight
(Twilight saga; 1)
by Stephenie Meyer
YF MEY
When seventeen-year-old Isabella Swan moves to Forks, Washington to live with her father she expects that her new life will be as dull as the town itself. In spite of her awkward manner and low expectations, she finds that her new classmates are drawn to this pale, dark-haired new girl in town. But not, it seems, the Cullen family. These five adopted brothers and sisters obviously prefer their own company and will make no exception for Bella. Bella is convinced that Edward Cullen in particular hates her, but she feels a strange attraction to him, although his hostility makes her feel almost physically ill. He seems determined to push her away - until, that is, he saves her life from an out of control car. Bella will soon discover that there is a very good reason for Edward's coldness. He, and his family, are vampires - and he knows how dangerous it is for others to get too close.
New moon
(Twilight saga; 2)
by Stephenie Meyer
YF MEY
When the Cullens, including her beloved Edward, leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they are vampires, it is almost too much for eighteen-year-old Bella to bear, but she finds solace in her friend Jacob until he is drawn into a "cult" and changes in terrible ways.
Eclipse
(Twilight saga; 3)
by Stephenie Meyer
YF MEY
As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob - knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which?
Breaking dawn
(Twilight saga; 4)
by Stephenie Meyer
YF MEY
Bella Swan has been pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen, and in another by her profound connection to werewolf Jacob Black, she has endured a tumultuous year of temtation, loss, and strife to reach the ultimate turning point. Her imminent choice to either join the dark but seductive world on immortals or pursue a fully human life has become the thread from which the fate of two tribes hangs. Now Bella has made a decision.
Gone tomorrow
Jack Reacher; 13
by Lee Child
CRI CHI
Suicide bombers are easy to spot. They give out all kinds of tell-tale signs. Mostly because they're nervous. By definition they're all first-timers. Riding the subway in New York at two o'clock in the morning, Reacher knows the twelve giveaway signs to look out for. Watching one of his fellow-passengers, he becomes sharply aware: one by one, she ticks off every bulletpoint on his list. So begins the new heartstopping new thriller starring today's most admired action hero, the gallant and enigmatic loner Jack Reacher.
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