Recommend Me (4) – The Wake Trilogy by Lisa McMann
March 5th, 2010 by the1stdaughter
Recommend Me is a weekly event hosted by Kate at The Neverending Shelf. All you have to do to participate is share a book that you loved reading for whatever reason. It can be something you read yesterday or years ago.
My choice for this week:
Wake and Fade by Lisa McMann
Published by Simon Pulse
Publishers Summary for Wake:
Not all dreams are sweet.
For seventeen-year-old Janie, getting sucked into other people’s dreams is getting old. Especially the falling dreams, the naked-but-nobody-notices dreams, and the sex-crazed dreams. Janie’s seen enough fantasy booty to last her a lifetime.
She can’t tell anybody about what she does — they’d never believe her, or worse, they’d think she’s a freak. So Janie lives on the fringe, cursed with an ability she doesn’t want and can’t control.
Then she falls into a gruesome nightmare, one that chills her to the bone. For the first time, Janie is more than a witness to someone else’s twisted psyche. She is a participant….
“These books were wonderful! They are short quick reads that anyone from age 15/16 and up would enjoy. Which is part of why I think it recently won the ALA’s award Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers.
“McMann’s concept of a girl who can fall in and out of someone’s dream at any given moment is refreshingly original. Her character Janie has lived a hard life and has a hard time learning to trust anyone but herself. Although she soon finds out that that may be her only way to survive the dreams and sometimes nightmares she must endure. If I had any hang up about this series it would have to do with some more mature scenes in the second book. Thus, the 15/16 or older recommendation. Other than that, a great series that will have you glued to the book until the very last page!”
Here’s a Trailer put together for the 1st book in the series Wake:
Other books you may be interested in:
Gone by Lisa McMann (The 3rd and final book in the series.)
For the comments: If you could walk in and out of other people’s dreams would you and why?
These books were purchased for our home library.
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Ha ha. I wouldn’t walk around in others’ dreams only because my own are strange enough, I don’t need other people’s weirdness too.
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Nice recommendation! I have the first book…alas, unread at this point, but it is on the TBR listing. Hmm..if I could walk into people’s dreams…I guess that depends on whether they would see me or remember me in them or not…cuz that could just be awkward. Thanks for sharing….and happy reading! =0)
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The Wake trilogy is a great pick. I really enjoyed reading all three books and loved how McMann decided to end the series.
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They sound fascinating! Two more books to add to the growing reading list
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Thank you so much!
This is a book I’ve looking forward to as well!
Isn’t it terrible! So am I! I have it on my shelves right now but can’t spare the time to read it for a few days at least!