Celeste's comments
(member since Mar 11, 2009)
Celeste's comments from the YA Book Club group.
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Michelle wrote: " I am currently reading Blood promise the 5th book in the vampire academy series. I am on page 203 and so far it is very good.I cant wait til Rose faces Demitri face to face.The suspense is killing..."
Ahh I would kill to get my hands on that book.
Right now I'm reading The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly. It's really good! Here's page 46:
. . . there was still the Boy's Own paper every month, which David always filed carefully alongside his Aircraft of the Fighting Powers books.
"Will you have to go and fight?" David asked his father, once dinner was over.
"No, I shouldn't think so," his father replied. "I'm more use to the war effort where I am."
"Top secret," said David.
His father smiled at him.
"Yes, top secret," he said.
It still gave David a thrill to think that his father might be a spy, or at least know about spies. So far, it was the only interesting part of the war.
Not the best excerpt I could give, but there it is. The book is about fairy tales =] And it's really, really, really good.
Oh, I loved the surprise ending! I totally didn't see it coming, but after I found out . . . It just makes sense, doesn't it? I think my mouth literally dropped at the end. I enjoyed rereading Identical and seeing the story piece together.
If you love Identical, you'll love Me & Emma. The main character is a young girl--I think eight?--but she also deals with some of the same issues as the girls in Identical. Abuse being the main issue. But because she's young she deals with her problems in other ways.
Anyway, it was really good. I cried. The ending was . . . very similar to Identical.
I'm so excited that Ms. Hopkins is participating in this month's discussions. Identical is one of my favorite books, and I'd love to hear her thoughts on it.
I loved it from beginning to end, just like I have all of her other books. It was easy to grasp her characters and distinguish between the two sisters. I hate books where I have to really concentrate on them. That's a sure sign that the story is boring, and that it's going to be a painfully long time before I finish it. Ah but this was nothing like that. :)
Uglies
Twilight
Gemma Doyle
Mortal Instruments
Midnighters
House of Night
Night World
. . . There's more--a lot more--but I just can't think of them right now!
WARNING: DON'T READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T FINISHED THE SERIES. SPOILERS AHEAD!!!
In the first book, when we found out that they were siblings, I thought that was a great twist. Really shocked readers. But when the relationship between Jace and Clary was still there in the second book, I knew that they couldn't possibly be related. I didn't think Cassandra Clare would keep it going if they really were related. I mean, all she would succeed in doing was disgusting readers. And by the third book, it was too obvious that they weren't.
Finally read the last one! Loved it. It was ah-maz-ing. I knew when Clary and Jace still had feelings for each other in the second book that they weren't related, though. I knew the author wouldn't spend so much time on it otherwise. And the hints were WAY too obvious by the third book. But I loved it. :) More action in this series than in other fantasy books.
Oh, wow! I just read City of Glass and LOVED it. I wrote a super long review over it, filled with spoilers. XD
I've already read City of Ashes, An Abundance of Katherines, Lock and Key, Twenty Boy Summer, No More Us For You, and Just Like That.
I also plan to read Night World, No. 1 Secret Vampire; Daughters of Darkness; Spellbinder, Night World, No. 2 Dark Angel; The Chosen; Soulmate, City of Glass, Carpe Corpus, and Bad Girls Don't Die.
Angie wrote: "Anyone notice the connections in this book to Dessen's other books? Here are some, beware of spoilers:
- Marshall, who is Ruby's ex-boyfriend, is roommates with Rogerson, Caitlin's boyfriend in..."
Oh wow. I've never noticed that, probably because I'm so bad at remembering names. Thanks for posting that! Now I'm going to start paying attention to that. . .
I have a myspace. I love it because I can connect with old friends that I would've otherwise lost touch with. And I can talk to family members that I'm not able to visit often.
Obviously I use goodreads, too. I know none of my friends on goodreads personally, but it's nice to have someone to chat with about books.
Danielle wrote: "To my knowledge, she hasn't yet. But she will often have characters or references from her other novels show up in newer stories since all of her books take place in Lakeview or near it. "
Really? Cool. I haven't noticed that. . .
Danielle, I agree with you on your earlier post. The ending did fall flat, which isn't typical Sarah Dessen. I was kind of disappointed with that.
Now what did I think? I didn't like this book as much as I liked her other books, but I did love the characters--Jamie and Nate especially--more than normal.
I haven't finished Lock and Key yet, but I can already tell that it's not going to be one of my favorites. I loved This Lullaby, Just Listen, and The Truth About Forever, but I wasn't so crazy about Dreamland. This is sounding alright, just not four-star worthy.
Tamir wrote: "I liked the romance. Makes you think. We don't know enough about Gale yet, which I think we'll probably find more about in Catching Fire. At first I was thinking I liked Gale better. I was still un..."
I feel the same way about the romance. I really like Peeta, but I really liked Gale at the beginning, too. Peeta has to be my favorite though because he still protected her even in the Hunger Games when he was supposed to kill her. I don't know. . . I wish he'd forgive her, at the very least. Gah! I just can't wait until Catching Fire is released!
*Kaitlin the Vampire Goddess* wrote: "I like Twilight, but I think that all this attention on it is really killing the excitement of it. It was a really good series until there was a huge spotlight on it."
Totally agree with you there.
This is why you should never ask me for a list of recommendations. I get over-excited and write down way, way too many. I’ve typed in my recommended books (31 in all) and “tags” beside them that describe what teen issues the book pertains to. Also beside that it says if the book is nonfiction and what gender the protagonist is.
Ellen Hopkins books are written in verse and all of the protagonists are female:
Impulse – rehab, suicide, homicide, sexuality, sex, drugs, self-harm
Identical – sexual abuse, drugs, sex, bulimia
Burned – abuse (physical and emotional), sex
Crank and Glass – drugs, sex, rape, pregnancy
Wintergirls – anorexia, death, suicide, female protagonist
Speak – rape, female protagonist
Jerk, California – Tourette’s syndrome, male protagonist
Pictures of Hollis Woods – foster homes, female protagonist
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian – racism, poverty, death, male protagonist (Extra note: This book is hilarious!)
Finding Alice – schizophrenia, religion (Christianity), female protagonist
The Burn Journals – nonfiction (memoir), suicide, male protagonist
Give a Boy a Gun – suicide, attempted homicide (Students bring weapons to school and threaten to kill other students and teachers.)
Boy Toy – sexual abuse, male protagonist
Thirteen Reasons Why – suicide, male protagonist
Go Ask Alice – nonfiction (diary), drugs, female protagonist
Chloe Doe – prostitution, abuse, female protagonist
Runaway – child runaway, female protagonist
Rx – drugs, female protagonist
Skin – eating disorder, male protagonist
Skinny – eating disorder, female protagonists
Candy – prostitution, drug addiction, male protagonist
Dreamland – abusive relationships, female protagonist
Just Listen – rape, female protagonist
You Don't Know Me – male protagonist
Wrecked – DUI, death, female protagonist
I Know It's Over – teen pregnancy, sexuality, relationships and sex, male protagonist
The Perks of Being a Wallflower - sexuality, male protagonist (A must-read for every teenager.)
Blind Faith - death, depression, religion, female protagonist
Black Box - depression, female protagonist
After the Wreck, I Picked Myself Up, Spread My Wings, and Flew Away - death, depression, drugs, female protagonist
The Year of My Miraculous Reappearance - alcoholism, female protagonist
So the next book coming out is the last one? What's it called again?
I like the series, but I have to agree with Ashley here. I hate the repetitiveness (especially about the "twins") and the many boys Zoey has been "ho-bagging" with.
You should get Wintergirls first, definitely.
