Emily's comments
(member since May 23, 2009)
Emily's comments from the 50 Books A Year group.
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Another batch update that I'm sure leaves off some of what I have read. 54. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
This series is such fun fantasy fluff. Makes me happy!
55. Racism without Racists Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
An extremely readable take-down of "colorblind" rhetoric.
56. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
I'm not sure how I missed this one when I read the bulk of her work as a teen, but it was amazing.
57. Tools of the Mind A Vygotskian Approach to Early Childhood Education by Deborah Leong
I wish my school's library had the new edition. This book has a great blend of theory and usable strategies.
58. Therefore, Repent! by Jim Munroe
I had been saving this one up, and it was more awesome than I had hoped for.
59. Fallen Angels by Larry Niven
Lame.
60. Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs
A quick fun read.
Oh I haven't updated in forever!49. Beast by Walter Dean Myers
50. The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
51. Fun Home A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
52. Waiting To Score by J.E. MacLeod
53. The Eternals by Neil Gaiman
I think I finished 50 in August, but I've definitely slowed down since school started. All of these were good books; it is hard to pick my favorite of the batch!
Hooray for fifty!
47. Uglies by Scott WesterfeldAnd guess who bought the rest of the series from amazon even though she determined she was not going to spend (as much) money on books.
48. Big Mouth & Ugly Girl by Joyce Carol Oates
Another one of those great YA novels I'm not sure I would have enjoyed in high school.
44. Romancing the Dead by Tate Hallaway45. Graceling by Kristin Cashore
46. The Fold by An Na
Loved Graceling and The Fold. RtD was probably the most disappointing of that series so far.
Huzzah!
42. Draegon Taymerx Book 1 The Secret of Aejution by A. Steve Zimm43. Lizard by Banana Yoshimoto
I only finished the first one because I won it as a first read; it is not very well written. Lizard isn't my favorite Banana Yoshimoto book, but it still has her characteristic charm.
So close to fifty I can smell it!
40. Black Boy by Richard Wright41. All the Lovely Bad Ones by Mary Downing Hahn
I wasn't a big fan of AtLBO, but anything would be a let down after Black Boy.
38. Hidden in Sight by Julie E. Czerneda39. Code Talker A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two by Joseph Bruchac
I am so sad I don't have any more books by Czerneda in the house. As for Code Talker, it really read as a first-person account of WWII, not fiction. I am also sad I don't have any more books by Bruchac in the house...
37. The Black Prince by Iris MurdochThe second book by Iris Murdoch I've read, and I enjoyed it just as much as the first. I'm glad I didn't read the back cover synopsis before reading the book - why would they give so much away?
36. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1 The Pox Party by M.T. AndersonSeems like I've been reading a lot of historical fiction this summer. This one was a gem, but very different from most YA novels. An excellent look at racism and American history in a fictional work.
35. Dead Sexy by Tate HallawayI liked this one better than the first, but maybe that's just because I had a better idea of what to expect.
33. Messenger by Lois LowryBetter than Gathering Blue, not as good as The Giver.
34. Leaving a Trace On Keeping a Journal by Alexandra Johnson
Honestly, just finished it so I could say I read the whole thing. It wasn't really what I was looking for.
32. When My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue ParkSometimes in historical fiction, the author's research sticks out like a sore thumb. Not so with this one. It's an excellent portrait of WWII Korea, under Japanese occupation.
31. Daughter of the Forest by Juliet MarillierIt has a good mixture of fantasy and folklore. The first hundred pages could have used some editing though...
30. The Book Thief by Markus ZusakRead as a book of the month for the group Wild Things, and I am so glad I did. I absolutely fell in love with this book, and I cried my eyes out at the end.
Emily wrote: Virgin Suicides was good but Middlesex was amazing. Start with that!Alright, I'm going to hunt it down. Thanks!
Congrats on twenty! I've been thinking about reading something by Eugenides for a while now (or maybe feeling like I should), how did you like Virgin Suicides?
29. The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan DowdI read this book because it had a young adult with autism as the main character. I'd read other books with people with autism in the supporting cast, but never the main character. I thought the author did a really good job with that aspect of the book, but for me the mystery part of it sort of fell flat. Maybe I'm just overstimulated with all the fast-paced action adventure I've been reading...
26. The Man Who Loved Books Too Much The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession by Allison Hoover Bartlett27. Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
28. Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
The first I got as a First Reads, which always makes me happy. The other two are from my school library's fabulous YA collection. Little Brother was fantastic. I was kind of disappointed with Gathering Blue though, after having loved The Giver as a kid.
