Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday! This week the topic at The Broke and the Bookish is unique. Literally! Officially listed as ‘Top Ten of the Most Unique Books I’ve Read’, I’ve decided to put a slightly different slant on the topic and share my ‘Top Ten Unique Settings I’ve Visited Through Books’.
If you’ve read my Best of 2016 post, you’ll know I promised a post where I highlighted books according to various memorable features. Well, this has turned out to be Part 1 of that list. Which actually makes it Part 2 of my ‘Best of’ series. Confused? Don’t worry! It’s not really that important. Just read the post anyway. 🙂 It is worth mentioning that this list is compiled from books that I read in 2016, not necessarily just books that were published in 2016. Clicking on the cover will take you that book’s Amazon page, and there is also
Publisher’s Overview Grey Haward has always detested the Chemists, the magicians-come-scientists who rule her small western town. But she has always followed the rules, taking the potion the Chemists ration out that helps the town’s people survive. A potion that Grey suspects she—like her grandfather and father—may not actually need. By working at her grandfather’s repair shop, sorting the small gears and dusting the curio cabinet inside, Grey has tried to stay unnoticed—or as unnoticed as a tall, strong girl can in a town of diminutive, underdeveloped citizens. Then her best friend, Whit, is caught by the Chemists’ enforcers