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

Brittany’s comments from the YAholics Anonymous! group.

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Haha, that's where I'm headed tomorrow! I have Pushing the Limits, Shiver, and Heist Society on hold for me.

Ooh, which ones did you get?

Yay! It's a great list! I still need to read Gone and Shiver for the Banner Challenge and I have to review The Courier of Caswell Hall and The Curse Keepers. I can't wait to get started! ^-^

Joi, here's your list:

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Cinder by Marissa Meyer (Looove this series!)
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
The Selection by Kiera Cass
Delirium by Lauren Oliver (Loooove this series, too, lol)
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
Burn for Burn by Jenny Han

Hope you like the list! =D

Okay, I'm going to go ahead and close entries and name the partners for this challenge so that we can all have our lists by the time the challenge officially starts tomorrow.

Anyone who wishes to join after this can, but you will have to wait until I or another mod makes a list for you.

So, without further ado, here are the partners:

Joi and Brittany (Me)
Kat and Miriam
Devon and Kyra
Turtlefrog and Brittany
Cassie and Shrishti

Be sure to post your partners list of 12 books today or early tomorrow so we can all get started on the 4th!

Good luck everyone!

Jessica (Goldenfurpro) wrote: "You guys might not want to put too many 2014 releases on the banner.
Especially ones that release near the end of the year, since that gives us less time to read them."

That's what I was thinking. A few - especially if they release earlier in 2014 - would be doable, but if they're released later in the year, it would be harder.

We need at least one more participate to make it even guys! Sign up, cause its the last day to!

Hi Douglas! If you're wanting to participate, you need to put down 20 books you want to read. Once I partner everyone up, you'll be able to choose for your partner. :)

Welcome Marissa and Joi! It's great to have you here! It's the beginning of the month, so be sure you nominate books for next months Books of the Month and feel free to participate in the "You Pick, I Pick" Challenge. :)

No, not at all. They can be published anytime, but I'd like to put only popular ones up there that everyone would be at least willing to try.

Athena wrote: "What? I thought it came out on the 15th! I won't be able to finish it by Friday..."

You're date could very well be different, seeing that we live in different countries. But for the US, it comes out the 8th. :)

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I like the third...

vs. vs. vs.

Lasso in my pants. Awkward, lol...

Jeans!

Garfield or Simon's Cat?

Sure do!

TPBM can't wait for Christmastime?

True Love in my pants. Lol.

Kristina, these are some great choices - I actually want to read each one, too, lol.

The only thing is, I don't know if we should include sequels to books we haven't read as a group or sequels that weren't on this year's Banner. The upside is that there would be a ton of people who's want to read them, like us, but the downside is that there will be people who have yet to read any of the books and might be lost if they try to jump right into the series. Or be forced to read a series they really don't like. Say, if they didn't like Shatter Me, they'd be forced to read the whole trilogy to complete the Banner. So I dunno...

What would you guys think? Would sequels be a good idea to add? A lot of these we actually read the first book to this year (Cinder, Shatter Me, ect), so would you like to see the series continued, or would you like to focus on a new series or stand alones only?

Something to ponder, I guess.

I'd love to see these on there...









Or, if we're going to the sequel/compantion series way...

I'll nominate Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor

And...

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

So, within the next few weeks, I'll probably start working on next year's Banner Challenge. (Can you believe the year is almost over?!?) The mods and I are already thinking about books we'd like to see on the header, but - naturally - we'd like to have the group members' imput as well.

So, what are some popular books we haven't read in Group Reads or books that are coming out next year that you'd like to see on the banner?

If we have enough responses, I'll try to hold a poll so that we can all vote on some of the books we'd like to see added!

So... any suggestions???