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Repost because it's not YA at BPL after all!20.6 Dead Souls
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
I'm in a bit of a trend reading books about murderous/dangerous high school and college students - just read S.T.A.G.S and am in the middle of The Secret History. So it's an odd but enjoyable mini-pattern for me! This is a fantastic addition to that collection. The story follows four high school students who were all in detention when a classmate dies unexpectedly, and not from natural causes. The four are being investigated and at the same time trying to solve things themselves. It reads like a clever, fun locked-room type of mystery, since the solution has to lie within the room and within those four people. Definitely recommended if you like YA and suspense!
+20 task (M)
+5 combo (10.9)
+10 review
Task Total: 35
Season Total: 115
20.6 Dead Souls A Novel Approach: Whole-Class Novels, Student-Centered Teaching, and Choice by Kate Roberts
This is an odd review because unless you're a teacher immersed in a a particular world of literacy teaching, you'll probably have no interest in this book! However, if you are, like I am, you were also possibly waiting by the mailbox for this book to come out. I'll say up front that Kate, the author, was my mentor in my current job, and so I'm a bit biased. That said, it's a funny, readable professional text that lays out concrete strategies for teachers to balance two competing desires - first, to make sure that kids are developing a strong reading life and growing as the kinds of readers who can independently take on challenging books, and second, to teach content around particular books. If you are in the world of literacy instruction, it's a definite should-read.
+20 task (R)
+5 combo (10.5 - 9 ratings)
+10 not-a-novel (nonfiction)
+10 review
Task Total: 45
Season Total: 100
20.6 Dead Souls One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
Low lexile
+20 task (M)
Task Total:20
Season Total: 55
I've been excited about planning for March 15-April 14! I've got some oldies planned...and yes, reviews!! :)
10.3 Series This Thing of Darkness by Harry Bingham
This is book 4 in a really interesting, not very well known mystery series. Fiona Griffiths, the main character, is a Welsh police officer who, in her teen years, suffered from Cotard's Syndrome. This illness makes you believe you are dead. Having recovered from this, Fiona has a special affinity for the dead, making her an excellent homicide investigator, and has a really odd way of being in the world, making her an interesting character to read about! This is definitely a series that works best when read in order -- at this point in the series we've seen Fiona develop into a bit more of a team player in investigations and in this installment, she's making connections between a group of seemingly very different crimes to unravel a larger financial plot. One of the things I enjoy about the series is that while Fiona is an excellent detective and in that way figures things out quicker than her colleagues, the author doesn't cheat - all the clues and the logic are there, so you can think alongside Fiona.
+10 task (#4 in series)
+5 combo (10.5 - 947 ratings)
+10 review
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 25
OK I am in!
30.1 Holiday Bonus!The Mayor of Mogadishu: A Story of Chaos and Redemption in the Ruins of Somalia by Andrew Harding
+30 task (set more than 51% in Somalia)
+5 combo (20.1 - http://www.andrew-harding.com/about/#bio - he began his journalism career in 1991 so that puts him in the right age range)
+10 not a novel (nonfiction)
Task Total: 45
Season Total: 810
Thanks for another great season, moderators!
15.5 Page Count As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes
+15 task (259 pages)
+100 completion!
+50 all living authors
Task Total: 165
Season Total: 775
15.4 Page CountA Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip: A Memoir of Seventh Grade by Kevin Brockmeier
+15 Task (208 pages)
Season Total: 610
15.10 Page Count The Unlikely Spy by Daniel Silva
+15 task (752 pages)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 595
15.8 Page Count The Strange Death of Fiona Griffiths by Harry Bingham
+15 Task (400 pages)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 580
10.10 Group ReadsThe Secret in Their Eyes by Eduardo Sacheri
+10 task
+5 combo (20.1 - born 1967)
+10 Lost in Translation
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 560
What about Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present? The title says stories, the description says novellas. Looking at the table of contents, there's a 5 page story and the other stories all seem to be 40-50 pages. Would this work?
20.4 Doctorate Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
+20 task
+10 combo (10.9, 20.1)
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 530
10.8 Fantasy!Artemis by Andy Weir
+10 task (shelved fantasy 102 times)
+5 combo (20.1 - born 1972 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Weir)
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 500
20.2 ScottishGods and Beasts by Denise Mina
+20 task (GR bio - born in Glasgow)
+5 combo (20.1 - 1966)
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 485
15.3 Page Count Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King and Richard T. Chizmar
+15 task (171 pages)
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 475
10.1 Readers Also Enjoyed Where They Found Her by Kimberly McCreight
+10 task (from The Good Girl)
+5 combo (20.1)
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 460
