Alisha's comments
(member since Apr 28, 2009)
Alisha's comments from the Wild Things: YA Grown-Up group.
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I finished My Enemy's Cradle last night and am now reading The Portable Dorthy Parker. I'm really enjoying it.
Right now I'm reading My Enemy's Cradle by Sara Young and I'm really liking it. I'm only thirty pages in, but so far I'm having trouble putting it down.
Jinnifer wrote: "I just got done reading 
it was really good! It was a tear jerker and my heart hurt for Clay and Hannah!
I am starting
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Jinnifer, you're going from one tearjerker to another. After reading Life as We Knew It, I was utterly exhausted. I just went through so many emotions while reading that book and cried a ton. I had to pick up a nice, fluffy, book right after. Still, it was an amazing book.
I'm about to start The Fortunes of Indigo Skye by Deb Caletti. I'm pretty excited since I haven't read any of her books in a few years and absolutely loved them then. Hopefully this doesn't dissapoint.
Misty wrote: "Keep in mind I've only read one thing by him, but it just seemed to me that he was trying to hard to write sentimental stuff and play with people's emotions. It was like a formula,'if I do this, t..."
I noticed that his writing wasn't all that great either. Although, if the plot has me engaged enough, I can overlook using the same descriptions for every single thing, but The Last Song didn't do it for me. Plus, I found the character of "Ronnie" supremely bratty and I really couldn't deal with her after the first two chapters.
So, I gave up on The Last Song. Apparently, Nicholas Sparks...not my thing. I'm getting ready to pick up The Blue Notebook and it seems like a tearjerker.
Jennifer, I absolutely loved Deb Caletti's books. I read Honey, Baby, Sweetheart, The Queen of Everything, and Wild Roses about two and a half years ago. I just picked up The Fortunes of Indigo Skye from the library yesterday and am looking forward to it.
Finished Once a Witch and absolutely loved it! I thought it was just this really cute, yet great book. I'm hoping there's a sequel. I'm thinking of picking up The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks. I'm not a romance fan (although I do like chick-lit and YA romance) and I do think that the movies based on his books are a tad bit overrated (yes, The Notebook, is good, but the best romance movie of all time it is not, or at least that's what I think), but my sister loves his books so I decided to give it a try. If I don't like it then, ehhh, it was a library read so not that big of a deal.
Jennifer, I absolutely loved Keeping the Moon! And I remember reading The Truth About Forever as my next Dessen and not enjoying it as much. I just thought it was such a great book.
Yeah, I finished The Second Summer of the Sisterhood last night and picked up A Good and Happy Child A Novel this morning without any problem. It truly does work (at least for me).
I finished A Certain Slant of Light last night and absolutely loved it! The writing was just absolutely beautiful. I do have The Fetch by Laura Whitcomb and will probably picking it up soon.
Anyway, since A Certain Slant of Light was so great, I figured the next book I read won't be as good. And when I start thinking like that, I get into a sort of reading slump. So, to curb the slump, I decided to re-read The Second Summer of the Sisterhood. A re-read helps to sort of cleanse my palate and that way I can pick up a new book afterward.
Yeah, I agree that House of Leaves doesn't seem like a book that you can read in one go. I took it out of the library and then when I saw how it was structured on the inside, immediately took it back to the library since I knew that I would never finish it by the due date. So, I'm glad I now own a copy and can take as long as I want with it.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I just found the holy grail of thrift stores and the best part of it...it's amazing used book section, which had a separate shelf for science fiction and fantasy and a separate shelf for horror (this always surprises me since most bookstores just tend to lump those two together).
Anyway, I picked up:
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging Confessions of Georgia Nicolson-Louise Rennison (YA)
Eragon-Christopher Paolini (YA)
Skylight Confessions-Alice Hoffman
Mystic River-Dennis Lehane
Odd Thomas-Dean Koontz
Possession A Romance-A.S. Byatt
Inkheart and The Thief Lord-Cornelia Funke (YA)
The Drawing of the Three, Night Shift, IT, Carrie, and Pet Sematary-Stephen King
House of Leaves-Mark Z. Danielewski
And there were so much more that I wanted, but I decided to exercise a little bit of control. Still, I'm so excited that I found a used copy of House of Leaves since I was thinking of splurging and buying it full price. And I really can't say no to it for 2.99.
I liked Coraline more than I liked The Graveyard Book, but I still didn't think it was great. I was a bit bored with it. I wouldn't bother reading any more Gaiman if it wasn't for the fact that I absolutely loved Stardust. It's one of my favorite books ever, so I'll still give some of his other books a try.
Today at B&N I picked up:
Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink
The Princetta by Anne-Laure Bondoux
I'm reading A Certain Slant of Light and the writing is just beautiful. I'm starting to get really into it.
I'm currently reading I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You. I'm not too far into it, but I like it so far. It seems to me like a more younger version of the movie DEBS.
Kathy, I'm glad you enjoyed A Certain Slant of Light. It's in my TBR pile and moving closer to the top.
I'm currently reading Emily the Strange The Lost Days and I think it's just okay. Some parts are funny, but for the most part, I just want to get to something better.
