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[Alyson (Kid Lit Frenzy)]

Starting A Match Made in High School Reading it for a book chat.

[Angela Sunshine]

I'm just finishing up my audiobook, and have started The Scorch Trials, the followup to the Maze Runner. It's okay so far. I am not as bothered by their weird lingo in this book.

[Esther]

I've just finished Incarceron. It was excellent.
I have now started The Marriage Artist and the e-book of Drummer Boy neither of which is YA.

[Kellyflower]

Picked up Firelight by Sophie Jordan. It's the first of it's kind for me and so far I like it.

[Alyson (Kid Lit Frenzy)]

I just finished A Match Made in High School. If you are looking for a light, fast read that is funny, has a great ensemble cast, and actually has cool parents - give it a try.

[Angela Sunshine]

I'm going to start Zombie Blondes by Brian James. It didn't get the greatest reviews, but I'm on a zombie kick :)

[Roshini]

I'm finishing and I quite liked it. Definitely one I would read again.

[Alan]

Mid way through Paranormalcy and things are really hotting up! Difficult to do anything other than read...

[juliegoonie]

Just purchased Graceling by Kristin Cashore this weekend. I was initially drawn to the beautiful cover. Plus, it got great reviews here at Goodreads. Score!

[Kellyflower]

Jules wrote: "Just purchased Graceling by Kristin Cashore this weekend. I was initially drawn to the beautiful cover. Plus, it got great reviews here at Goodreads. Score!"


I couldn't decide which one I liked better, Graceling or Fire.

[juliegoonie]

I'm sure I'll be reading Fire as soon as I get through Graceling. Good to know that you thought highly of it!

[Cheryl]

Just finished Downright Dencey. It was surprisingly interesting and easy to read. Provocative though, as it is dated and has an issue of racism.

[Madeline]

I finished Pirate Latitudes today, it was good fun, very wild adventure! I'm going to start Tam Lin today. My sister highly recommended it to me. So hoping for the best!

[Roshini]

Re-reading Just Listen - one of my favourites by Sarah Dessen.

[Angela Sunshine]

Roshini wrote: "Re-reading Just Listen - one of my favourites by Sarah Dessen."

I just started it on audiobook yesterday. I'm only at the beginning still, though.

[Roshini]

AngelaSunshine wrote: "Roshini wrote: "Re-reading Just Listen - one of my favourites by Sarah Dessen."

I just started it on audiobook yesterday. I'm only at the beginning still, though."

A lot of people have recommended the audiobook version of Just Listen. Let me know if it's good, might just buy it.

[Kellyflower]

On the last 100 pages of Torment and on page 73 of Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle

[Amy]

I just bought Torment this week and can't wait to read it. I'm getting ready to start The Alchemyst. My brother recommended it and said he really enjoyed it.

[Alan]

I'm half way through Suzanne Collins' Mockingjay, my tongue hanging out and beads of sweat forming on my brow. How can I tear myself from the pages?

[Amy]

LOL, I may have to try reading this book. I keep hearing so much about it.

[Angela Sunshine]

Roshini wrote: "AngelaSunshine wrote: "Roshini wrote: "Re-reading Just Listen - one of my favourites by Sarah Dessen."

I just started it on audiobook yesterday. I'm only at the beginning still, though."

A l..."
DUH! I already read Just Listen, I started This Lullaby on audiobook. Both music-ish titles threw me off I guess! I liked Just Listen when I read it. And the audiobook of This Lullaby is good so far.

[Angela Sunshine]

Kellyflower wrote: "On the last 100 pages of Torment and on page 73 of Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle"

I really liked We Have Always Lived in the Castle.

[Madeline]

I really want Scumble! I loved Savvy.

[Amy]

I love the cover of Savvy. But have yet to read it.

[Brenda]

My son and I finished "Swindle" by Gordon Korman. We enjoyed the story.

[Alan]

Finally got round to writing about Mockingjay which I finished the other day. Published it in my reviews on Goodreads.

[Alan]

Heather wrote: "Alan wrote: "Finally got round to writing about Mockingjay which I finished the other day. Published it in my reviews on Goodreads."

Nice review Alan. :)"

Thanks Heather. I have published all my 'reviews' on my Secret-Paths web site: http://secret-paths.com/EN/Books-en/T...

[Amy]

I'm very slowly reading The Alchemyst by Michael Scott (about Nicholas Flamel)

[Alan]

Amy wrote: "I'm very slowly reading The Alchemyst by Michael Scott (about Nicholas Flamel)"

Hi Amy. Is it that the book slows you down? Or you have so much else to do? Or is it that you want to make the most if it? Or you are busily annotating the pages? :-)

[Alan]

Begun Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception. Soothing after Hunger Games madness.

[Stephanie]

Paranormalcy And im loving it!

[Alan]

Stephanie wrote: "Paranormalcy And im loving it!"

I enjoyed it too. But I'm hard pushed to write a review about it. Keep putting the thing off... Wonder what that means :-)

[Stephanie]

I'm nearing the end of it, not quite at it yet. She definately has me not liking some characters and loving others. And the pink boots!

One I just finished is Strange Angels and I really liked that one too. Strongly recommend.

[Amy]

Alan....I'm really enjoying the book. But I work full time (I'm a teacher), have four year old twins, and I'm in graduate school. So those three things right there keep me from really being able to sit down and read. I did get a bit read while at my nephew's baseball game yesterday and while I was outside with the boys today. But right now I"m lucky if I can read four or five pages a day.

[Alyson (Kid Lit Frenzy)]

Amy - I so understand. I am a principal and some months I am lucky to get anything in. I have given up on chapter books that take me longer than 30 minutes to read. LOL! So I am currently reading picture books in any spare minute I get and thinking about a Mock-Caldecott list. Also I can squeeze in a couple of graphic novels. I am looking forward to Thanksgiving Break and maybe getting in a mini-read-a-thon.

[Alan]

Amy wrote: "Alan....I'm really enjoying the book. But I work full time (I'm a teacher), have four year old twins, and I'm in graduate school. So those three things right there keep me from really being able to..."

Reading you and Alyson, I realise I didn't know how lucky I was. Of course for many years my life was a helter-skelter (teaching a lot of my time) with little place for reading. My life nowadays gives me a lot more time to read despite the great deal of writing I do and preparing my photos exhibitions etc. What an absurd luxury to read three books six times. I'm almost ashamed to have flaunted that here.

[Alyson (Kid Lit Frenzy)]

No worries Alan - in the summer and on winter breaks I do more reading than the average person does all year...but yes, I wonder about jobs and schedules that allow for a book to be read over and over again. Such a luxury in my world.

[Amy]

THat's what I enjoy about winter break and summers. I can read to my heart's content. The real world just seems to get in the way of that. LOL.

[Stephanie]

I have the opposite problem. I work in a bookstore and am constantly surrounded by them. I also like to try and keep reading (what I like and things I wouldnt normally read) so that I can tell peoples what is awesome and what is not so awesome.

[Esther]

Stephanie wrote: "I have the opposite problem. I work in a bookstore and am constantly surrounded by them. I also like to try and keep reading (what I like and things I wouldnt normally read) so that I can tell pe..."

I work in a library in a community centre. During story time the library is closed and the light turned off (so I can't shelve books). My colleague sits in on the story-time to assist and I sit at the front desk to direct people to the toilet and offer other niblets of information.
One time I was bored so I read my book by the light of my computer screen. The community centre manager 'caught' me and tried to fire me for setting a bad example!!!
On the other hand our library patrons expect us to have read, and have an opinion on, every single one of the thousands of new books we have. Most of them seem to think the books catalogue themselves while we sit reading all day. (I wish!)

[Amy]

Setting a bad example by reading??? That makes no sense.

[Arya]

I'm reading The Wild One, and yes I know I am a Roswell fanatic thank you very much! :D

[Cheryl]

Esther, I too am appalled by the reaction of that manager. I always try to see others' points of view, but I cannot see what you did 'wrong' from any perspective. If you can share what exactly troubled the manager I'd like to learn (and so, I gather, would Amy :).

(edited to move discussion of Book of Lost Things to its folder)

Now I'm reading Interesting Times and although the Discworld novels are usually, imo, chaotic and confusing, this one is more coherent and I'm enjoying it.

Btw, these are, I believe, both marketed to adults, but I opine they'd be ok as YA. Do we prefer this thread to focus on YA titles?

[Arya]

Yes Esther that is ridiculous. As long as reading was not keeping you from your work (and from what you said it sounded like it was slow and you had nothing to do) then I don't see why it is a problem . . .I mean you work in a LIBRARY!!

[Madeline]

Arya wrote: "I'm reading The Wild One, and yes I know I am a Roswell fanatic thank you very much! :D"

I loved Roswell Arya! I wish it could have continued, but I felt the series ending was well done. Are the books good? I was hesitant to start them since they are said to be very different from the show.

[Arya]

They are different but I actually like them better! You should read them and then take my quiz about them!!

Finished The Wild One and totally enjoyed it. . . I am reading them in a wacky order because I am getting them via interlibrary loan so - I think they would be even better read in order! LOL

[Amy]

I absolutely love Roswell too. Glad Max and Liz did end up together in the end but would have liked it to go further. Might have to look into the books.

[Arya]

YESSSSS read the books! So far NO TESS which in my book makes it 100000 times better!

[Roshini]

Reading

[Alyson (Kid Lit Frenzy)]

Roshini wrote: "Reading "

What do you think? I admit...I read the initial chapter/prologue and then skipped to chapter 11 read to the end and then went back and read the other part. It honestly made more sense in that order. LOL!