Mrs. Diehm's List of Books by Nicole Diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp No - I'm not caught up on my Middle Ages books like Mrs. Culliton (though I should be!), but here's a list of the books I've read in 2015! en-us 2015-03-31 23:24:06 UTC 2016-11-10 16:12:21 UTC hello@padlet.com Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater (magical realism) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/55580964 This is the third book in a series, and is quickly becoming one of my FAVORITE series of all time. The writing is BEAUTIFUL and the story is just incredible. Start with THE RAVEN BOYS if you want to dive into a new series!

]]> 2015-03-31 23:29:24 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/55580964 If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch (contemporary) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/55581091 I listened to this one on audiobook, and boy did it get intense at certain times. It's about a girl who has lived in the woods with her mom basically her whole life, and she has gone through some experiences none of us can imagine. A very intense read!

**meant for an older audience (age 15+)

]]> 2015-03-31 23:32:27 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/55581091 Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins (contemporary) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/55581185 You are about to see three books by Ms. Perkins with similar covers - that's because they aren't quite a series, but companion novels. Each book is narrated by a different character, but the other narrators show up in the other novels!

This book takes place in...you guessed it. France! And no, the title isn't really right. It's just about a kiss IN France. It's a pretty good one, but maybe above your reading prowess for now.

**meant for an older audience (age 15+)

]]> 2015-03-31 23:34:42 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/55581185 Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins (contemporary) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/55581260 Okay, I definitely didn't like this one as much as Anna or the next book, Isla. This one was just kind of annoying for me - I didn't love the main character who was just not what I was expecting. It's definitely a book for a high schooler, so save until then (or skip straight to Isla which is what I wish I would have done!).

**meant for an older audience (age 15+)

]]> 2015-03-31 23:36:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/55581260 Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins (contemporary) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/55581377 I'm still saying her name in my head like IS-la rather than Eye-la (which is apparently how it's supposed to be pronounced), but this one takes place back in Paris like the first book which is awesome. The characters are artsy and cool.

**meant for an older audience (age 15+)

]]> 2015-03-31 23:38:51 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/55581377 The Conspiracy of Us by Maggie Hall (contemporary thriller) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/55581611 This is a brand new author (who I'm totally friends with on Twitter...yeah, I'm cool). It takes place mostly in Europe (Paris and Istanbul) and incorporates a TON of history. It's definitely adapting events in history to meet the storyline, but some of the elements are pretty cool. There are some older teen scenes that may want to make you hold off on reading until high school.

**meant for an older audience (age 15+)

]]> 2015-03-31 23:42:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/55581611 The Distance Between Us by Casey West (contemporary) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/55581781 This one is super good - it's narrated by a girl who grew up without a lot of money, and her love interest is a pretty rich boy. And that's the distance between them! I really liked it. A great, quick read!

]]> 2015-03-31 23:45:19 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/55581781 Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard (fantasy) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/55581983 This one took me a while (it was hanging on my board foreverrr) but I'm not entirely sure why. It was pretty good! Lots of cool fantasy elements, a great twist at the end that I didn't see coming, and some intense action scenes that are written really well.

]]> 2015-03-31 23:50:01 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/55581983 Cress by Marissa Meyer (fantasy) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/55582128 My other FAVORITE newer series is CINDER - futuristic world based around the fairy tale stories that we know and love. The second book is SCARLET, and the third book is CRESS. I *think* CRESS is my favorite, but I also read it most recent so that's probably unfair. They are all GREAT!

]]> 2015-03-31 23:53:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/55582128 The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey (dystopian) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/55582565 This book is awesome, but be prepared for some swearing. It's got aliens, fighting, a little love story, and some great twists throughout the entire story!

Here's the info from Goodreads!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16101128-the-5th-wave?from_search=true

(this book is probably meant for a bit of an older audience - there is some swearing as well as other elements that are probably better for a 15+ reader!)

]]> 2015-04-01 00:01:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/55582565 The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey (dystopian) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/57140234 This book was almosttttt as good as the first one. Definitely lots of action, but the story was really similar to the first, just with a different character, which was boring at times. But there were LOTS of revelations and secrets revealed, and I can't wait for book 3!

Here's the info from Goodreads!

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16131484-the-infinite-sea

(this book is probably meant for a bit of an older audience - there is some swearing as well as other elements that are probably better for a 15+ reader!)

]]> 2015-04-16 16:36:06 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/57140234 The Giver by Lois Lowry (dystopian) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/59047222 Oh, The Giver...I read this in 8th grade I believe, and it has always been one of my favorites! I hope you guys like it, too!

]]> 2015-05-01 16:55:15 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/59047222 The Start of Me and You by Emery Lord (contemporary) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/60955864 This book was an AWESOME representation of what friendship between girls should be. It had humor, interesting clubs (Quiz bowl, which is like trivia, which is awesome!) that students joined, and a little romance, too. I definitely recommend it!

Her other book, Open Road Summer, is also a great story!

]]> 2015-05-19 12:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/60955864 Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider (contemporary) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/65991444 Robyn Schneider's first book "The Beginning of Everything" was one of my favorite books of 2014. This one was really good, too! It's a made up modern day scenario where a new form of tuberculosis has emerged and is extremely contagious. Some of those that are infected and are high school age are sent to a school in the middle of nowhere to live until they heal (or worse). It's a good tale, but probably meant for at least a 13+ reader.

]]> 2015-08-15 21:53:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/65991444 All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven (contemporary) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/65991492 This was a realllllly dark book. I mean, really dark. It is about two high schoolers going through deep depression who are both at risk for suicide. I do not recommend this one lightly unless you have the tissue box handy and can handle some dark thoughts and deep storylines. But I will say - it was a pretty powerful tale! Definitely meant for a 15+ reader.

]]> 2015-08-15 21:57:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/65991492 Simon vs. the Homo Sapien's Agenda by Becky Albertalli (contemporary) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/65991507 This book was one of my favorites that I read this summer. It's about Simon who knows that he is gay but is struggling with this identity and coming out to his family and friends. It's a funny story with lots of humor and a little bit of language (so beware).

]]> 2015-08-15 21:59:14 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/65991507 Fairest by Marissa Meyer (fantasy/steampunk) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/65991567 One of my favorite series is the Lunar Chronicles (the final book comes out in November! Yay!) and this is the only book in the series from the perspective of the antagonist. Technically it's probably a "novella" but I can't wait to start reading it and hear her side of the story!

]]> 2015-08-15 22:03:30 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/65991567 Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen (contemporary) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/66005479 This is a great contemporary story about family dynamics and friendships in a high school setting. I really like the main character (the narrator) and the side characters are awesome as well!

]]> 2015-08-16 17:43:09 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/66005479 To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han (contemporary) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/89862989 To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is the story of Lara Jean, who has never openly admitted her crushes, but instead wrote each boy a letter about how she felt, sealed it, and hid it in a box under her bed. But one day Lara Jean discovers that somehow her secret box of letters has been mailed, causing all her crushes from her past to confront her about the letters: her first kiss, the boy from summer camp, even her sister's ex-boyfriend, Josh. As she learns to deal with her past loves face to face, Lara Jean discovers that something good may come out of these letters after all.

]]> 2016-01-18 18:40:42 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/89862989 P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han (contemporary) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/89863225 I don't want to write the description because it will give away things that happened in the previous book (see the book to the right!).

]]> 2016-01-18 18:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/89863225 Emmy & Oliver by Robin Benway (contemporary) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/89863461 Emmy’s best friend, Oliver, reappears after being kidnapped by his father ten years ago. One day, he mysteriously reappears to their home town. Emmy hopes to pick up their relationship right where it left off. Are they destined to be together? Or has fate irreparably driven them apart?

]]> 2016-01-18 18:45:09 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/89863461 An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir (fantasy) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/89863571 Laia is a slave. 
Elias is a soldier. 
Neither is free.
It is in this brutal world, inspired by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother. The family ekes out an existence in the Empire’s impoverished backstreets. They do not challenge the Empire. They’ve seen what happens to those who do. But when Laia’s brother is arrested for treason, Laia will risk her life to spy for them from within the Empire’s greatest military academy.

There, Laia meets Elias, the school’s finest soldier—and secretly, its most unwilling. Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he’s being trained to enforce. He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies are intertwined—and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself.

]]> 2016-01-18 18:46:07 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/89863571 CURRENTLY READING: Winter by Marissa Meyer (fantasy/steampunk) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/89863756 This is the final book in the Lunar Chronicles series and I can't wait to see how it concludes!

]]> 2016-01-18 18:47:38 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/89863756 Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon (contemporary) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/128766562 My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I’m allergic to the world. I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla.

But then one day, a moving truck arrives next door. I look out my window, and I see him. He’s tall, lean and wearing all black—black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking and stares at me. I stare right back. His name is Olly.

Maybe we can’t predict the future, but we can predict some things. For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. It’s almost certainly going to be a disaster.]]> 2016-10-06 11:59:41 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/128766562 Red Rising by Pierce Brown (semi-adult fantasy) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/128767100 Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations.

Yet he spends his life willingly, knowing that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children.

But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity already reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and sprawling parks spread across the planet. Darrow—and Reds like him—are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class.]]> 2016-10-06 12:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/128767100 When We Collided by Emery Lord (contemporary) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/128767496 Jonah never thought a girl like Vivi would come along.

Vivi didn’t know Jonah would light up her world.

Neither of them expected a summer like this…a summer that would rewrite their futures.

In an unflinching story about new love, old wounds, and forces beyond our control, two teens find that when you collide with the right person at just the right time, it will change you forever. ]]> 2016-10-06 12:03:36 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/128767496 The Raven King by Maggie Steifvater (magical realism) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/128767771 THIS BOOK SERIES IS MRS. DIEHM'S FAVORITE OF ALL TIME BESIDES HARRY POTTER. THIS IS THE LAST BOOK. READ THEM ALL. ]]> 2016-10-06 12:04:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/128767771 The Love that Split the World by Emily Henry (magical realism) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/128768648 There's time traveling and love and lots of crazy stories. ]]> 2016-10-06 12:08:04 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/128768648 The Last Star by Rick Yancy nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/128769822 *Last book in The 5th Wave Series

They’re down here, they’re up there, they’re nowhere. They want the Earth, they want us to have it. They came to wipe us out, they came to save us.

But beneath these riddles lies one truth: Cassie has been betrayed. So has Ringer. Zombie. Nugget. And all 7.5 billion people who used to live on our planet. Betrayed first by the Others, and now by ourselves.

In these last days, Earth’s remaining survivors will need to decide what’s more important: saving themselves…or saving what makes us human.]]> 2016-10-06 12:11:52 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/128769822 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by JK Rowling and friends (YA fantasy) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/128770892 Do I really have to explain that one?]]> 2016-10-06 12:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/128770892 The Season of You and Me by Robin Constantine (contemporary) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/128771197 Cassidy Emmerich is determined to make this summer—the last before her boyfriend heads off to college—unforgettable. What she doesn’t count on is her boyfriend breaking up with her. Now, instead of being poolside with him, Cass is over a hundred miles away, spending the summer with her estranged father and his family at their bed-and-breakfast at the Jersey Shore and working as the newest counselor at Camp Manatee. 

Bryan Lakewood is sick of nevers. You’ll never walk. You’ll never surf. You’ll never slow dance with your date at prom. One miscalculated step and Bryan’s life changed forever—now he’s paralyzed and needs to use a wheelchair. This is the first summer he’s back at his former position at Camp Manatee and ready to reclaim some of his independence, in spite of those who question if he’s up for the job. 

Cass is expecting two months dealing with heartbreak.
Bryan is expecting a summer of tough adjustments.
Neither of them is expecting to fall in love.]]> 2016-10-06 12:15:53 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/128771197 P.S. I Like You by Kasie West (contemporary) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/128774728 While spacing out in chemistry class, Lily scribbles some of her favorite song lyrics onto her desk. The next day, she finds that someone has continued the lyrics on the desk and added a message to her. Intrigue!

Soon, Lily and her anonymous pen pal are exchanging full-on letters—sharing secrets, recommending bands, and opening up to each other. Lily realizes she’s kind of falling for this letter writer. Only, who is he? As Lily attempts to unravel the mysteryand juggle school, friends, crushes, and her crazy family, she discovers that matters of the heart can’t always be spelled out…]]> 2016-10-06 12:25:58 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/128774728 Let's Get Lost by Adi Alsaid (contemporary) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/128809796 This book is crazy. It's making me SO anxious. The main character, Leila, is just a tornado of trouble. ]]> 2016-10-06 13:47:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/128809796 Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta (contemporary) nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/128810821 This book takes place in Australia, and there are territory wars, and it's crazy! ]]> 2016-10-06 13:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/128810821 CURRENTLY READING: Bone Gap by Laura Ruby nicole_diehm https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/129475358 2016-10-10 11:30:03 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_diehm/yaz8eivkoklp/wish/129475358