It is a fiction novel, but it is about a clan of rabbits and their trip to find a new home. It is supposed to be a classic, and from what I have read so far, it is a very good book. The rabbits in the book have the same emotions and way of looking at things that people do too, and that makes it easy to connect to them.

I haven't read that... what is it about?

I'm reading the book Watership Down right now, and it is very good. Has anyone else read it?

All those books are AMAZING reads. You'll have a great time reading them.





Angie wrote: "So in April I read everything I wanted to read! In May I want to read:

The Long Walk
I am the messenger
Emma
The last 3 of the Stephanie Plum Series
Dead and Gone


"

I am reading The Giver. I feel long overdue.

Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book

Finally started Airborn, the audio version. I've just scratched the surface, but so far it's quite intriguing!

I am reading "Hunted" by P.C. and Kristin Cast. It's really good so far. I am a little over halfway through the book. My goal is to finish it today.

Lisa wrote: "I thought that The Willoughbys was very funny. It does help if you're familiar with the books & genres its spoofing."

Well, I did look at the books that are involved, and I am familiar with them. I've only read the first chapter so far, so there hasn't been the literary involvement yet that I am looking forward to. I think I will find it funny, too, after I get into it more. Like I said, I love Roald Dahl, and he definitely has a dark side to his humor, which I like. I think what made me not the dark side of the first chapter in The Willoughbys is the parents both saying that they didn't like their children and want to get rid of them. I'm probably a little more sensitive than others to such statements as these right now, as I have been way too familiar with a real life case where the parents didn't want a child, or they put their own selfish needs before the child. Thank goodness someone else did want and love the child now.

I thought that The Willoughbys was very funny. It does help if you're familiar with the books & genres its spoofing.

I started The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry last night. I think it's going to be good, but it certainly starts out on the dark side. I guess it's in the tradition of Series of Unfortunate Events and those books that pit children against a largely devious and self-serving realm of adults. Of course, I love the master of this theme, Roald Dahl, so I should like this new Lowry book, too.

I loved the Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. One of his best.

I read The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, and I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak and the Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry.

I am currently reading Cast the First Stone by Rebbie McEntire and Looking for Alaska by John Green.

So far it is good. It is several short stories so the nice thing is I can read a story and finish a story in one sitting.

Angie wrote: "I swear I never read what I say I am going to read. Right now I am reading M is for Magic. Has anyone else read this? "

Never heard of it, but it kind of sounds similar to Laurie Faria Stolarz's Blue Is for Nightmares series.

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Edit: Haha! I just searched it; it's by Neil Gaiman. It's gotta be good, right? Now it's not sounding anything like Blue Is for Nightmares.

I've read:
Evernight
Blood and Chocolate
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Impossible
Write Naked
Deadly Little Secret A Touch Novel
Black Box
The Book Thief

And I plan to read:
Hunted
Stargazer
The Boyfriend List 15 guys, 11 shrink appointments, 4 ceramic frogs, and me, Ruby Oliver
The Boy Book A Study of Habits and Behaviors, Plus Techniques for Taming Them
Dead Is the New Black
Blind Faith
The Sea of Monsters
Kiss Me Kill Me
When It Happens

Okay, sorry for the three posts in a row! Doh'

Anyway, I recently finished listening to Around the World in 80 Days, narrated by Jim Dale. Dale is incredible! I'd never listened to a book on cd before, and now I'm hooked:) I did enjoy the story, too - much more than I'd expected.
I also picked up to read The Thief Lord - so far very different from "Inkheart" (which I loved!! Hope you enjoy it Ralph!) but so far I'm intrigued...

Jamie wrote: "Sara - Regarding Sorcery and Cecelia, I'm looking forward to that one, too. It seems to be a combination of Harry Potter and Jane Austen, which are my absolute favorites. "

I read S&C recently and quite enjoyed it! I'd really like to read the sequel, but heard it wasn't *quite* as good. Still, I enjoyed the characters enough to sit through a second reading. I hope you enjoy the first, Sara!:) And yes, Angie, I hope you get to it soon, too;>

Angie wrote: "So in April I read everything I wanted to read! In May I want to read:

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Congrats of that, Angie!! That's quite an awesome accomplishment!:D
And is that Austen's Emma you're planning to read? I'm so curious to see what you think!:)

I swear I never read what I say I am going to read. Right now I am reading M is for Magic. Has anyone else read this?

well im reading Twilight New MoonEclipseBreaking Dawn you should read them 3rd time reading the series

My Mother's Day present to me was a Scholastic Warehouse sale :)
I got some children's, YA, and Adult
Hate that Cat Sharon Creech
Scat Carl Hiaasen
The Second Mrs Gioconda E.L. Konigsburg
Run Ann Patchett
Breaking Through Francisco Jimenez

A few others, but my daughter has already hidden them in her room!

I'm currently finishing up City of Bones - Cassandra Clare.

I'd like to get to:

City of Ashes &
City of Glass - both by Cassandra Clare
The Thief Lord - Cornelia Funke
Hoot - Carl Hiaasen
Flipped - Wendelin Van Draanen

I'd also like to get to Wake by Lisa McMann and Lady Macbeth by Susan Fraser King in May.

I didn't get to any of the books I wanted to last month so I will try again. I plan to read:

Into the Mist patrick Carman
Dark Hills Divide " "
Beyond the Valley of the Thorns " "
Tenth City " "
The Maze of Bones Rick Riordan
One False Note ?
The Sword Theif ? (those three are the 39 clues series)

And if all goes well I hope to get to:
Sphere Michael Cricton
Amazonia James Rollins

I am hoping to read:

Catcher in the Rye
Anne of Green Gables
Christy
The Princess Bride
Little House on the Prairie
The Haunting
I Capture the Castle
I Am the Messenger
The Wind in the Willows
Summer of the Swans
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

I've already read Gulliver's Travels - what a bear. I'm currently working through Wondrous Strange, The Battle of the Labyrinth, and Royal Affairs A Lusty Romp Through the Extramarital Adventures That Rocked the British Monarchy.

I'm planning on reading the following this month:
Lament The Faerie Queen's Deception
Alis
Secrets of the Tudor Court The Pleasure Palace
Eon Dragoneye Reborn
The Last Olympian

At least these... we'll see what else I get through on my to-read list. Especially since classes are over after next week.

In adult fiction, I'm currently halfway through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I also plan on reading Grave Goods by Ariana Franklin, Silent On The Moor by Deanna Raybourn, and The Language of Bees by Laurie R. King.

YA books I'm going to try to get to this month are The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, Glass by Ellen Hopkins, and I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. I have seen I Capture the Castle listed in both adult and YA fiction, but whatever it is, I definitely want to read it soon. I think there are many books that are YA or adult fiction and can easily cross the classification.

I've got a long list of books I want to read :D

In no particular order:
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
I am the Messanger
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
The Boy in Striped Pajamas - John Boyne
Lirael - Garth Nix
Weaveworld - Clive Barker
From Boys to Men: Gay Men Write About Growing Up - Robert R. Williams
Fledgling: Jason Steed - Mark A. Cooper
Abhorsen - Garth Nix
Inkheart - Cornelia Funke
The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan
Luck in the Shadows - Lynn Flewelling
Mister Monday - Garth Nix

That is one book I have really been meaning to get around to! I've had it on my TBR list for a while. I need to get to it soon!

Sara - I adore epistolary novels, too, so I have little doubt that I will enjoy S&C.

Jamie, Sorcery and Cecelia most certainly is a combination of the two- and still unique in it's own sense. I love how it's written through correspondance. You feel like you know the two cousins intimately because you are reading their letters and you not only follow along with the plot but get humorous little tidbits like the things they chose to buy on a certain day! The rest of the series is great too!

And as for The Last Olympian, me too! I really loved the others books and sincerely hope I will not be disappointed with the conclusion.

Sara - Regarding Sorcery and Cecelia, I'm looking forward to that one, too. It seems to be a combination of Harry Potter and Jane Austen, which are my absolute favorites.

I can't wait until The Last Olympian comes out! I read all of the Percy Jackson books that were available recently and I'm really interested to see how the story ends. I'll be picking it up Tuesday for sure.

Jamie,
I'm so glad you are going to read Sorcery and Cecelia. I LOVED that book. =) And aren't you excited for the Last Olympian? I sure am!
Jamie wrote: "People of the Book
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
The Sword Thief
The Last Olympian
Sorcery and Cecelia
Pride and Prejudice
I am the Messenger
The Well of Lost Plots
The Goose Girl
A Raisin i..."

Need to finish;
Sylvester by Georgette Heyer
Thirtheenth Child by Patricia Wrede
39 Clues: The Sword Theif(Book Three)by Peter Lerangis

Will also be reading;
The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan (yay!)
The Messenger by Markus Zusak
A College of Magics by Caroline Stevermer

(and perhaps try for more)

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
Ever by Gail Carson Levine
The Amaranth Enchantment by Julie Berry
Morning in a Different Place by Mary Ann MgGuigan
Thirteenth Child by Patricia Wrede
The Crossroads by Chris Grabenstein
The Red Blazer GirlsThe Red Blazer Girls The Ring of Rocamadour
The Mysery of the Third LucretiaThe Mystery of the Third Lucretia

I'm finishing up A Thousand Splendid Suns

and then also finishing Thanking the Monkey: Rethinking the Way We Treat Animals

and hopefully

Admission

The Speed of Dark

First Among Sequels

Heaven to Betsy

I could change my mind. It depends on what I get in the mood to read.

Edit: Oh, AND I Am the Messenger if it becomes available in time to read in May.

So in April I read everything I wanted to read! In May I want to read:

The Long Walk
I am the messenger
Emma
The last 3 of the Stephanie Plum Series
Dead and Gone