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Happy new year! With the new year, we bring to you a new reading challenge: in keeping with the theme, read a book with the word “new” in the book title or the series title. Here are a few ideas to get you started:
New Spring by Robert Jordan
Genre: Fantasy
For three days battle has raged in the snow around the great city of Tar Valon. In the city, a Foretelling of the future is uttered. On the slopes of Dragonmount, the immense mountain that looms over the city, is born an infant prophesied to change the world. That child must be found before the forces of the Shadow have an opportunity to kill him.
Moiraine Damodred, a young Accepted soon to be raised to Aes Sedai, and Lan Mandragoran, a soldier fighting in the battle, are set on paths that will bind their lives together. But those paths are filled with complications and dangers, for Moiraine, of the Royal House of Cairhien, whose king has just died, and Lan, considered the uncrowned king of a nation long dead, find their lives threatened by the plots of those seeking power.
New Spring begins Moiraine and Lan’s quest to find the Dragon Reborn that will lead to the events of The Eye of the World . . . and their fateful meeting with Rand al’Thor.
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck
Genre: Nonfiction, Personal Success
After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. People with a fixed mindset—those who believe that abilities are fixed—are less likely to flourish than those with a growth mindset—those who believe that abilities can be developed. Mindset reveals how great parents, teachers, managers, and athletes can put this idea to use to foster outstanding accomplishment.
In this edition, Dweck offers new insights into her now famous and broadly embraced concept. She introduces a phenomenon she calls false growth mindset and guides people toward adopting a deeper, truer growth mindset. She also expands the mindset concept beyond the individual, applying it to the cultures of groups and organizations. With the right mindset, you can motivate those you lead, teach, and love—to transform their lives and your own.
Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery
Genre: Literary
Emily Starr never knew what loneliness was. Not until her beloved father died. Now an orphan, Emily’s snobbish relatives reluctantly decide who will take her to live with them. It’s finally decided that she would live at New Moon farm. Positive that she would forever be unhappy there, Emily holds her head high and uses her quick wit to deal with her stern aunt Elizabeth and her malicious classmates.
Before long Emily makes new friends and things slowly begin to change for the better. From Teddy Kent and his phenomenal drawings to Perry Miller, New Moon’s hired boy who has sailed the world with his father but has never been to school, and above all, Ilse Burnley, a tomboy with an unpredictable but short-lived fiery temper. As Emily embarks on wonderful adventures with her delightful friends at her side, she finds that her new home is not so bad after all. Actually, she finds it so charming and enchanting that she begins to think of herself as Emily of New Moon.
Excelsior: The New Frontiers Series by Jasper T. Scott
Genre: Science Fiction
The lines are drawn, with the Confederacy in the East, and the First World Alliance in the West. In hopes of finding a refuge from the looming war, the Alliance is sending Captain Alexander de Leon to explore an Earth-type planet, code-named Wonderland, but at the last minute before launch, a Confederate fleet leaves orbit on a trajectory that threatens both the mission and Alliance sovereignty. The resulting power struggle will determine not only the fate of Alexander’s mission, but the fate of the entire human race.
The New Husband by D.J. Palmer
Genre: Domestic Thriller
Nina Garrity learned the hard way that her missing husband, Glen, had been leading a double life with another woman. But with Glen gone—presumably drowned while fishing on his boat—she couldn’t confront him about the affair or find closure to the life he blew apart.
Now, a year and a half later, Nina has found love again and hopes she can put her shattered world back together. Simon, a widower still grieving the death of his first wife, thinks he has found his dream girl in Nina, and his charm and affections help break through to a heart hardened by betrayal. Nina’s teenage son, Connor, embraces Simon as the father he wishes his dad could have been, while her friends see a different side to him, and they aren’t afraid to use the word obsession.
Nina works hard to bridge the divide that’s come between her daughter and Simon. She wants so badly to believe her life is finally getting back on track, but she’ll soon discover that the greatest danger to herself and her children are the lies people tell themselves.
The New Kid at School by Kate McMullan
Genre: Chapter Book, Humorous Fantasy
When a traveling minstrel foretells that he is to become a hero, Wiglaf sets out to fulfill his destiny: he signs up at the Dragon Slayers’ Academy. But how can he ever hope to be a dragon slayer when he can’t even stand the sight of blood?
What book will you read for this month’s reading challenge? Let us know in the comments below!
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