Brittany’s Comments (group member since Feb 21, 2013)

Brittany’s comments from the YAholics Anonymous! group.

Here is where we'll have our Author Q + A discussion on the 22nd and 23rd.

Karen Ann Hopkins was kind enough to agree to meet with us and answer any questions! A big thank you to her!

Karen's Books



While the official discussion won't happen until this coming weekend, feel free to go ahead and start posting any questions you might have here. =)

Iced coffee

It was supposed to, but today was really busy for me, so I didn't have time to start a thread...

...And apparently none of the other mods did, either...

Please join us in reading Altered by Jennifer Rush, as chosen by our You Pick, I Pick winner!



Synopsis: When you can’t trust yourself, who can you believe?

Everything about Anna’s life is a secret. Her father works for the Branch at the helm of its latest project: monitoring and administering treatments to the four genetically altered boys in the lab below their farmhouse. There’s Nick, Cas, Trev . . . and Sam, who’s stolen Anna’s heart. When the Branch decides it’s time to take the boys, Sam stages an escape, killing the agents sent to retrieve them.

Anna is torn between following Sam or staying behind in the safety of her everyday life. But her father pushes her to flee, making Sam promise to keep her away from the Branch, at all costs. There’s just one problem. Sam and the boys don’t remember anything before living in the lab—not even their true identities.

Now on the run, Anna soon discovers that she and Sam are connected in more ways than either of them expected. And if they’re both going to survive, they must piece together the clues of their past before the Branch catches up to them and steals it all away.

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You don't have to participate in the Group Read - it's entirely up to you, but if you read the book along with us or have already read it, we would love to hear your comments, questions, thoughts, etc. That's what makes the Group Read fun! Please keep from posting too many spoilers early in the month, though, as people might still be reading it. If you feel that you might "spoil" a part of the book by commenting, be sure to put something like "***Spoiler Alert***" or something to let others know to read at their own risk! And make sure to have fun!

Fourth one.

vs.

Wendy's

Milkshakes or Smoothies?

Yum!

Salmon?

Diet Soda

I could read it with you if you wanted to wait a couple weeks. Maybe the first of April?

Nadia, Id be interested in reading it, but I don't think I'd get around to it for a couple of weeks. :/

Is anyone else doing this?????

Stephanie wrote: "Have we read gone by michael grant?"

Yep, but we haven't read any of the sequels.

I'm a little more then half-way through with this one. It's pretty good so far, even if it seems like the romance is developing a little too quickly, especially considering Noah's Amish.

It'll be interesting to see how they can be together...

@ Margaret - which of these books do you want me to put down for you? And do you have a contemporary nomination?

@ Zoey - Yep, we've read all the John Green books except for Will Grayson. Is there another book you'd like to nominate for the contemporary genre?

Good suggestions Heidi. ^.^

We need more nominations, guys!!!

Otherworldly: Across the Universe by Beth Revis

Contemporary: Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins

Kiss! <3

Severus Snape from HP?

Kiss!

Rudy from The Book Thief?

Name: Brittany
Total Points: 10
Breakdown of Points: Nominating two Books of the Month: 2 Points
Reading a Book of the Month (Temptation) : 5 Points
Reading a book that contributes to a challenge (eBook): 3 Points

So, as you might remember, our group now has a new point system we're going to be using to determine who will be able to choose the final Book of the Month for the following month. Here, you can keep track of your points. You can keep track of it however you like, but it would be easy to use something like this:

Name:
Total Points:
Breakdown of Points:

As a reminder, here is a list of what you can get points for:

* Reading a Book of the Month: 5 Points

* Discussing a Book of the Month: 5 Points (Must be a detailed discussion, more than "I like this book" and you must have more than three comments in the thread)

* Writing a Review

For a Book of the Month: 5 Points
For any other book: 3 Points (Must be at least a paragraph and something more than "I liked/disliked the book.)

* Participating in a Buddy Read: 5 Points

* Participating in a Group Contest (Such as You Pick, I Pick): 5 Points

* Participating in Read-A-Thon (When available): 5 Points

* Participating in Writing Challenge (When available): 5 Points

* Reading a Book from the Banner Challenge (must have been read during the current month): 3 Points

* Reading a book that will contribute to a current Reading Challenge (such as Name, Flower, EBook Challenges): 3 Points

* Participating in a Reading War: 1 Point (limit 10 points in one month)

* Nominating Books of the Month: 1 Point each

* Participating in Author Q & As (when available): 5 Points