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What Are You Reading Today?
For YA I am reading Soul Screamers Vol. 1 : My Soul to Lose • My Soul to Take • My Soul to Save I haven't started yet, but I'll let you know how it turns out!For MG, I haven't gotten anything yet, but I will soon!
Kristina wrote: "For YA I am reading Soul Screamers Vol. 1 : My Soul to Lose • My Soul to Take • My Soul to Save I haven't started yet, but I'll let you know how it turns out!For MG, I haven't gotten anything yet,..."
God! I need to get those books. They have been calling my name for months!
Sarajayne wrote: "Unfortunately with the holiday weekend we're crazy busy right now and I probably won't get in any reading over the next few days :( On the bright side, my kids all got back to school on Tuesday and..."Oh that's right! Your kids got the first day of school off. They must have been happy about that. Thanks for joining Sara (:
I'm reading Around the World by Matt Phelan. He illustrated The Higher Power of Lucky, winner of the 2007 Newbery Medal, as well as its sequel, Lucky Breaks. Matt Phelan was also the author and illustrator of The Storm in the Barn, which won the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.
I am reading a Juvenile book, The Iron Thorn,
Changed my mind, no longer feel like reading the book I previously posted, I am going to start The Golden Lily :D
Josiah wrote: "I'm reading Around the World by Matt Phelan. He illustrated The Higher Power of Lucky, winner of the 2007 Newbery Medal, as well as its sequel, Lucky Breaks. Matt Phelan was also the author and ill..."I love Matt Phelan's illustrations. I know about his book The Storm in the Barn when I came across his blog a few years ago. You know that there is a play based on it?
Kristina wrote: "Changed my mind, no longer feel like reading the book I previously posted, I am going to start The Golden Lily :D"Haha (:
That happens. Is Bloodlines a continuation of Vampire Academy or is it separate?
Adriana wrote: "Kristina wrote: "Changed my mind, no longer feel like reading the book I previously posted, I am going to start The Golden Lily :D"Haha (:
That happens. Is Bloodlines a continuation of Vampire Ac..."
Bloodlines is just a spin off series about Sydney and Adrian. It has all of the characters in it though. Mostly talks about alchemists.
Oh! I'm on the third book of the Vampire Academy so I think I know what happens now love wise.. maybe.
I just finished Glitch today and really liked it but I'm not so sure about the love part. I know it wasn't instalove but it was still kind of fast. Other than that it was awesome.I'll probably be reading the sequel to Dairy Queen for YA which is: The Off Season
Oh yeah. The first book is Anna Dressed in Blood right? What is that about?
Would have never expected it was about a boy. By blood I thought she was a vampire or something. Way more interesting than I thought. (:
Ugh. I have been not feeling so well plus school and spending some time with my gorgeous mama. So I haven't read that much but now I'm reading four books at one time! Night Circus for my at home book club, Stupid Fast
(I'm half way through!) for the tbr challenge, The Golden Compass for this readalong I'm doing for my blog (hosted by someone else), and A Month of Sundays that I just started and I know I will devour!
If you end up liking A Month of Sundays, I think you'll probably also like Belle Prater's Boy, Ruth White's 1997 Newbery Honor book. I noticed that it's already on your to-read list.
Thanks for the tip (;I recently reviewed a book for an indie writer called Our Blissful Bayou Beginnings and I really enjoyed it (:
Now off to finish A Month of Sundays!
Chick lit is awesome! But I get it if you were expecting a romance/suspense book/
On the list for me today: finishing The Perks of Being a Wallflower, hopefully continuing with Cinder. Perhaps I'll start Gone Girl if I finish Perks before it gets too late tonight.@Sara, haha - I get that way sometimes! Pick up your favorite author's latest book. Then you'll be back on track!! ;)
I'm currently reading Specials by Scott Westerfeld. I'm interested in seeing how it compares to the first two books of the "trilogy", Uglies and Pretties.
Sarajayne wrote: "Adriana wrote: "Chick lit is awesome! But I get it if you were expecting a romance/suspense book/"lol, chick lit is actually the only genre I can't stand. I don't know why but it just drives me b..."
lol. Love triangles are awesome if done right. I can't help but love chick lit. I love mushy romances and I love really girly books sometimes.
Josiah wrote: "I'm currently reading Specials by Scott Westerfeld. I'm interested in seeing how it compares to the first two books of the "trilogy", Uglies and Pretties."There's another one you know!
So many exams and I got an essay this week. I'll try to read Stupid Fast. I have to got to the library soon too. I've got like 8 books waiting for me. My dad will not be amused.
Adriana wrote: "There's another one you know!"Actually, there are another two! When I finish Specials and Extras, I'll still have Bogus to Bubbly: An Insider's Guide to the World of Uglies to read. I'm interested in seeing what that one will be like.
Josiah wrote: "Adriana wrote: "There's another one you know!"Actually, there are another two! When I finish Specials and Extras, I'll still have Bogus to Bubbly: An Insider's Guide to the World of Uglies to re..."
huh. I didn't know about that one. I don't read guides anyways...
Amber wrote: "
This book is awesome so far."
Welcome Amber (:
I have not I admit read any of that series. It's around everywhere so I really should... How many books are there?
Sarajayne wrote: "Just got finished with 
and liked it, but it's one of those books that should have been a single and not a start to a series (like Twilight lol). I gave it a 4 star ..."I read that one and really liked it but when I read the next one.... I mean how many times are you going to get kidnapped in this series? Plus the guys ability... it's so creepy. *shudders*
I did this thing for school - Reading Plus where it helps you with your speed and your comprehension. The highest level is M which is college level. Guess what level I got?.........C! What is that! I kind of wasn't paying attention in the first two things with what I was reading because I blanked... Oh well. I'm pretty excited to do this and get really fast in my reading. I want to be able to read books in not time. I'd be able to read so many. It would be amazing :D
Adriana wrote: "huh. I didn't know about that one. I don't read guides anyways..." I don't think that this is a typical guide, though. Oftentimes official companions and guides aren't written by the author, but as far as I can tell, Scott Westerfeld actually wrote this book. I'll have to look into it to confirm that for sure.
I'm reading The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox now. I know that she's a fine writer and The Slave Dancer is her most famous book, so this could be quite a memorable experience.
I just finished The Forever Contract.
I really liked it a lot! Really good ya. for mg I just read Storybound
. Soo good! I'm about to start The Realm of the Lost
. xox
Welcome Courtney (:Ooh! That The Forever Contract does not look suitable for grade 8 based on the cover... It sounds like a movie that came out with Bruce Willis.
Hmm... I've never seen Storybound. I will have to check it out.
I really liked The Forever Contract. It's more like New Adult than YA. It's short but pretty awesome.Storybound is AMAZING!
I'm reading The Realm of the Lost
and Letters to Elise . 
I see you like novellas. What are novellas anyway?
Shorter novels. My mother actually writes short stories, novelettes and novellas. She had me reading them when I was young. I really prefer novellas to short stories because you get to know the characters better. Its hard to care too much about the characters in short stories. when I was a kid The Golden Key was my fave book. it's a novella The Golden Key
I've started reading Cadmus Henry by Walter D. Edmonds. The book wasn't even in the Goodreads system, so I had to manually add it and enter all of its information, including reproducing word-for-word the description on the dust jacket. The Newbery Medal that Walter D. Edmonds won in 1942 for The Matchlock Gun is what first interested me in this book.
How do you manually add a book?What is Under the Never Sky about? Aliens? I really don't know...
I'm more than half way through Pretty Crooked. God it's good!
I'm not sure if one can manually add a book unless one is a Goodreads librarian. Since I am one, every time I look for a book here on Goodreads that doesn't appear to be in the system, there's an option for me to manually add it to the site.
Oh a goodreads librarian! How do you become one?I love when there are more than 1 POVs. I would have never guessed what it's about.
Adriana wrote: "Oh a goodreads librarian! How do you become one?"It's been a while since I first became one, so I can't remember exactly where I found the application here on the site. It's a short form, and I think that they approve most serious applications for the position fairly quickly. Being a librarian on Goodreads can be a major convenience.
I'm currently reading Triss by Brian Jacques. I've been a fan of the Redwall series for most of my life, and this is the first time that I've read Triss. I wish that I could have met Brian Jacques before he passed away in early 2011. He's a fantasy author nonpareil.
Started
yesterday! Seems... different. Everyone has said they enjoyed it, though.
Sarajayne wrote: "Starting 
this morning." The Escape from Furnace series has become one of my favorites. I had never even heard of Alexander Gordon Smith before I read Lockdown, but I've learned in the months since then that he is a very, very good writer.
Ooh! Gone is on my tbr list. Let me know if it's any good.I still haven't read Lockdown. I need to be in the mood for it.
Josiah wrote: "Adriana wrote: "Oh a goodreads librarian! How do you become one?"It's been a while since I first became one, so I can't remember exactly where I found the application here on the site. It's a sho..."
Thanks!
I'm reading First Light by Rebecca Stead. It's been slow going and probably will be for the next couple of days, though, because I have a couple of reviews to write and polish and I'm going to be meeting two Newbery Medalists in the next two days! I'll see Sharon Creech Sunday afternoon and Patricia MacLachlan on Monday night. In honor of Patricia MacLachlan's visit, I just finished reading Grandfather's Dance, the final book of the Sarah, Plain and Tall odyssey, on Friday night.
Sarajayne wrote: "I finished 
and 
yesterday and I think I'll start our book of the month, 
next."Cool. I actually want to read Half-Blood. Was it any good. I admittedly already read two books I wasn't supposed to. One for a ghost book and the other is the middle grade book. Loved them both :D
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For YA I'm reading Glitch where the world lives underground and feelings are controlled by... chips in their brains. They feel no emotion unless you Glitch like the heroine.
For MG: Nothing yet but I'm getting a couple of books from the library soon!