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The first 30 are in somewhat random order from January - July.
Book number 31: Moose: A Memoir by Stephanie Klein 
I initially picked this up because it dealt with adolescence and one of the myriad of ways kids feel like they don't fit in. I'm still digesting how I feel about it. Not one of my most favorite reads, but I think it will be one that sticks with me for a while.
I couldn't believe all that I had read! Since I'm a doc student and I work full time I don't read as many books for pleasure during the school year. When I actually looked at my shelves, I couldn't believe how much I had read! Thanks for the support. I'm hoping to knock out the last 19 in the next few weeks! Who knows, maybe I'll even hit 60 this year!
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Both have been plaguing me with stink eye. I liked the writing of both books; I wasn't crazy about the plots.
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This fits in the category of Dark and Depressing; however, I couldnt' put it down.
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This fits in the category of Pleasant and Uplifting. I see this as the "boy's version" of Stargirl.
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I read this in anticipation of the movie release. I loved this book. It was such a beautiful and bittersweet story. Looking at the trailer for the film now that I read the book, I don't know if I'll see the film. It seems like there are some changes that might ruin the story.
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This was a reread for me. I read it as a teen-ager. I read it when I began teaching 8th grade 16 years ago. I read it this summer because it's a summer reading choice for my incoming 8th graders. Truly a classic - written in '68, John and Lorraine's story is still poignant and relevant in '09.
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I had high hopes for this book. Unfortunately, the pedestrian writing style got in the way of my overall reading of this text. This was a book club read (along with Burn on my TBR), and I have no doubt that we will have a lively discussion about the book.
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(this was so so) and 40. 
(I'm glad my bookclub read this with Please Stop Laughing at Me.)
Aprile, I agree with you. Some of my favorite books are YA and are more in-depth than "adult" books - take The Book Thief, for example. Most of the YA I've been reading lately have been pretty quick reads.
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Could've been more suspenseful
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While I'm usually not stymied by time switches in novels, I had a bit of trouble in the beginning figuring out when the story was happening compared to when it was being told. Once I got past that, I was sucked into this story, which was like a train wreck - I didn't want to look but couldn't stop myself from looking.
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I'm thoroughly disturbed after reading this. Glass is much grittier than the first book in the series, Crank.
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This is a re-read. Just as good, if not better than the first time I read it. It's the August book for YA Reads for Teachers (and Any Other Adults), and I'm looking forward to the forum's disucssion of this book (yes, that was a shameless plug).
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I initially picked up this book because it was the latest Barnes and Noble recommends. I wasn't as thrilled with the selection before this one, Prayers for Sale - it was good but not as good as others. This was more like The Thirteenth Tale - I couldn't put The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane down.
The big countdown begins........5, 4, 3, 2, 1. I've got my party hat and my noisemaker ready to celebrate, LOL!
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Hauntingly beautiful I was also struck by the numerous references to Paulo Freire's work and his concept of Reading Your World. There are so many ways to read this book. It would be fun to go back and read from the lens of critical literacy.
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At times rambling, but at other time poignant a good read - especially if you've ever tackled a home repair with a partner.
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Another book I will call hauntingly beautiful. I felt like I was reading vignettes of the journey between father and son, man and boy - vignettes of a journey through life.
Thanks! It feels good to hit my 50 books before school starts up again. Albeit I just made it since I start back to work tomorrow. From here on out, I'll be posting YA and required reading for grad school.
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Darkly Depressing - I'm not sure how I feel about this one. At times I sympathized with the characters and other times I reviled them.
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I love Chris Crutcher! He rocks - and better yet my students will read his books.
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I read this for the Ultimate Teen Book Guide challenge. I enjoyed it, but it's definitely not YA.
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I read this for YA Reads for Teachers (and any other adult). I'm not a fantasy person, but I love how the author combined realism and fantasy.
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YA historical fiction dealing with the Vietnam War and its aftermath
I liked the verse aspect of the book, but I don't feel the author was able to truly write a male protagonist.
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Read for the Ultimate Teen Book Guide Challenge - I'm with the rest of the group that this isn't really YA or Teen.
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Another one for The Ultimate Teen Book Guide Challenge - it's not my genre, but it wasn't a bad read.
60. A slow start but worth it once I got going.
I wonder if I'll make it to 70; I'd like to see 75 for this year.
Thanks for the vote of confidence, Lisa! I'm hoping to finish another YA today. I've decided I'm not bringing another book into this house until I start reading through my stash (of course I'm meeting Bill for lunch today, I have to walk through Barnes and Noble to get to the food court. . . )
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NBA finalists for Books for Young People
If I were voting between these two, I would choose Jumped to win. I have the other 3 to read, so time will tell who my ultimate pick is.
I need RA - readers anonymous. Sad, but true. We currently have turned a linen closet in our upstairs bathroom into a storehouse for books (because we don't use the closet and ran out of bookshelf space) until the library is finished. And we're worried that even with the library finished, we're out of shelf space. And RE: Message 38 - when I walked through B&N to meet my better half for lunch, the two of us walked out of there with <sigh> more books (but I did get a signed copy of the new Clarence Clemmons book, even though I had a conflict and couldn't meet him when he was signing them).
Cherylann, re your Nov 10th answer, where I work someone instituted a 'Lending Library' up on the fourth floor years ago. The premise is that you can borrow (and return) a book, or outright keep it, and/or restock the supply yourself...kind of a book freecycle. Well, I've donated very few, but every time I go up on the fourth floor I HAVE to stop by and 'just see' what they have, and I usually come away with something, if only a magazine. I mean, sometimes there's some really GOOD STUFF there...who could pass that up? I keep telling myself that someday I'm going to actually donate piles of books to the thing...but right now I'm too busy to sort through all the books I have. I know that's just an excuse, I just don't want to part with any of them. I might want to re-read one someday. Maybe I'll have time after I retire.
I haven't yet started my 'list', for the same reason. That and the fact that I keep thinking I will have to list them in order and I can't remember what I've read this last year (past the time I started reading the GoodReads 50 Books A Year blog, starting about two months ago). I've started to make a list from books I still have around the house (and not in storage), but I really don't know how to get my own personal heading and blog started. Maybe someone can help me with this.
Carol wrote: "Cherylann, re your Nov 10th answer, where I work someone instituted a 'Lending Library' up on the fourth floor years ago. The premise is that you can borrow (and return) a book, or outright keep i..."I completely understand the list thing. I probably did read more this year than the 64 books I have listed because I started late and had to go back and remember what I read.
I'm curious to see what my final number will be. I'm going to set a 2010 goal based on what I've read this year. I'm also going to attempt the seasonal challenge this winter. This will be a HUGE challenge for me because I'm also going to be starting the final push finishing my doctoral coursework, which means lots of reading (not of the pleasurable kind) for the spring.
