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

Brittany’s comments from the YAholics Anonymous! group.

Here's the place to talk about all your favorite sequels - or to gripe about sequels you didn't like.

Feel free to discuss any sequels you might read this coming month, but be sure to hide any potential spoilers so that others won't be taken by surprise!

Please join us this month in reading Heist Society by Ally Carter, chosen by October's "You Pick, I Pick" winner!



Synopsis: When Katarina Bishop was three, her parents took her on a trip to the Louvre…to case it. For her seventh birthday, Katarina and her Uncle Eddie traveled to Austria…to steal the crown jewels. When Kat turned fifteen, she planned a con of her own—scamming her way into the best boarding school in the country, determined to leave the family business behind. Unfortunately, leaving “the life” for a normal life proves harder than she’d expected.

Soon, Kat's friend and former co-conspirator, Hale, appears out of nowhere to bring Kat back into the world she tried so hard to escape. But he has a good reason: a powerful mobster has been robbed of his priceless art collection and wants to retrieve it. Only a master thief could have pulled this job, and Kat's father isn't just on the suspect list, he is the list. Caught between Interpol and a far more deadly enemy, Kat’s dad needs her help.

For Kat, there is only one solution: track down the paintings and steal them back. So what if it's a spectacularly impossible job? She's got two weeks, a teenage crew, and hopefully just enough talent to pull off the biggest heist in her family's history--and, with any luck, steal her life back along the way.

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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, ect. 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!

Please join us this month in our "Sequel Themed" Group Read, City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare!



Synopsis: Clary Fray just wishes that her life would go back to normal. But what's normal when you're a demon-slaying Shadowhunter, your mother is in a magically induced coma, and you can suddenly see Downworlders like werewolves, vampires, and faeries? If Clary left the world of the Shadowhunters behind, it would mean more time with her best friend, Simon, who's becoming more than a friend. But the Shadowhunting world isn't ready to let her go — especially her handsome, infuriating, newfound brother, Jace. And Clary's only chance to help her mother is to track down rogue Shadowhunter Valentine, who is probably insane, certainly evil — and also her father.

To complicate matters, someone in New York City is murdering Downworlder children. Is Valentine behind the killings — and if he is, what is he trying to do? When the second of the Mortal Instruments, the Soul-Sword, is stolen, the terrifying Inquisitor arrives to investigate and zooms right in on Jace. How can Clary stop Valentine if Jace is willing to betray everything he believes in to help their father?

In this breathtaking sequel to City of Bones, Cassandra Clare lures her readers back into the dark grip of New York City's Downworld, where love is never safe and power becomes the deadliest temptation.

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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, ect. 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!

Please join us this month in reading Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry!



Synopsis: No one knows what happened the night Echo Emerson went from popular girl with jock boyfriend to gossiped-about outsider with freaky scars on her arms. Even Echo can't remember the whole truth of that horrible night. All she knows is that she wants everything to go back to normal.

But when Noah Hutchins, the smoking-hot, girl-using loner in the black leather jacket, explodes into her life with his tough attitude and surprising understanding, Echo's world shifts in ways she could never have imagined. They should have nothing in common. And with the secrets they both keep, being together is pretty much impossible.

Yet the crazy attraction between them refuses to go away. And Echo has to ask herself just how far they can push the limits and what she'll risk for the one guy who might teach her how to love again.

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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, ect. 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!

Please join us this month in reading Angelfall by Susan Ee!



Synopsis: It's been six weeks since angels of the apocalypse descended to demolish the modern world. Street gangs rule the day while fear and superstition rule the night. When warrior angels fly away with a helpless little girl, her seventeen-year-old sister Penryn will do anything to get her back.

Anything, including making a deal with an enemy angel.

Raffe is a warrior who lies broken and wingless on the street. After eons of fighting his own battles, he finds himself being rescued from a desperate situation by a half-starved teenage girl.

Traveling through a dark and twisted Northern California, they have only each other to rely on for survival. Together, they journey toward the angels' stronghold in San Francisco where she'll risk everything to rescue her sister and he'll put himself at the mercy of his greatest enemies for the chance to be made whole again.

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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, ect. 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!

Let's open the nominations for next month!

Since we now plan to have two Group Reads per month, we're going to have two different categories as well. So when you submit your nominations, be sure to include one book for each of the two categories:

1.) Dystopian/Paranormal/Otherworldly/ect.

And

2.) Contemporary/Real Life

Rules:
1.) Any YA novel is eligible.
2.) One nomination per person, per category.
3.) Nominations are open from the 1st until the 14th of the month, after that, I'll put all the nominated books in a poll until the 21st. I'll let you know which books won on the 22nd.
4.) Please don't nominate a book we have already read. Check our list a Group Reads to be sure it hasn't been read.
5.) Only nominate the first book in a series UNLESS we have already read #1. In this case, #2 is then eligible for nomination! Any stand alone novels are eligible.
6.) Please keep in mind that recently released books, while eligible, might make it more difficult for everyone to get a copy. It might not be available at libraries yet and not everyone is willing to shell out $20 for the hard-cover.

Happy Nominating! :D

Dystopian/Paranormal/Otherworldly/Ect

The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

Contemporary

The Vincent Boys by Abbi Glines
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
The Rules for Disappearing by Ashley Elston
Dare You To by Katie McGarry

It comes out this Friday! *Squee*

Brittany, if The Curse Keepers gets chosen for our picks, we need to Buddy Read! I was one of the winners, too! ^.^

Okay! From what I can see, Turtlefrog won with a grand total of seven books!

Turtlefrog, let me know what you'd like to choose as the Book of the Month and I'll add it. :)

Thanks for participating, guys, and be sure to sign up for November's challenge!

They are fun, aren't they? ^.^

I'll start us off!

So, I had planned a fun reading challenge for November, but due to graduate school and mid-terms, I was unable to work on it, so we'll have to wait until December. Until then, we'll have another "You Pick, I Pick" challenge.

Just like last month, if you want to participate, post with your name and TWENTY books you'd like to read. The person who reads the most books chosen by their partner will be able to choose a Book of the Month for December.

I'm opening the challenge for participants today and it will remain open until Monday, November 4th. That same day, I'll post the partners for this challenge and you'll be able to post the list you'd like your partner to read.

Feel free to sign up now! =D

Today's the last day guys. Be sure to update what you've read so I can announce the winner. :)

Welcome new members! It's great to have you here! :D

We officially have 700 members! Way to go, guys! *Throws confetti*

The days in October are winding down. Be sure to finish as much as you can before Thursday. :)

Great dystopian read free on Kindle today! Be sure to download it while you can!

http://www.amazon.com/The-Bane-Eden-T...

I'm hoping to get to this series soon! It's been on my to-read list for ages, but sadly I don't think I'll get to it this month. (Stupid university. >.>)

I hope so, too! My friends and I are already making plans to go see it together.

Indeed, I'll need to bring a whole box of tissues! Lol.

Natural (Most instances, anyway.)

Nyan Cat or Grumpy Cat?