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message 2651: by Angela Sunshine (new)

Angela Sunshine (angelasunshine) I loved Life As We Knew It! And now I'm FINALLY in the mood to read Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George.


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Madeline | 89 comments Buffy can be hard to get through in the first season, just because of Joss's inexperience, he hadn't learned to break the formula yet. The quality really improved after though. My favorites are the 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th seasons.


message 2653: by Amy (new)

Amy I agree. THe first season was odd but by the second season is was much more put together. I didn't really care for the Angel series as much. The thought of him off fighting evil was just eh. Never really liked Cordy much so maybe that's why. Loved Lorne though.


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Kellyflower | 136 comments AngelaSunshine wrote: "I loved Life As We Knew It! ..."

Angela,
are you going to read the other two books in the Survivor series?


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Kellyflower | 136 comments I'm still having a hard time getting into Clockwork Angel and I have two books at the library waiting for me. (A Swift Pure Cry, The Windup Girl )
I may put Clockwork aside for a little bit


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Arya (izlandzadi) | 686 comments AWww really? I didn't like Cordy in Buffy, but in Angel I thought she was HILARIOUS!! Especially that part in the first season where she kisses Angel because she wants to give him her seer power! And he is like "Man, she's snapped!"

I am going to start a discusion thread for us to talk about Buffy, Angel and Roswell so that we don't totally hijack this one!


message 2657: by Angela Sunshine (new)

Angela Sunshine (angelasunshine) Kellyflower wrote: "AngelaSunshine wrote: "I loved Life As We Knew It! ..."

Angela,
are you going to read the other two books in the Survivor series?"


I plan to. I just got the second one used today :)

I read that it's written in a different format, so I'm hoping it's as good as the first. I've got 2 books ahead of it still. Have you read them all Kelly?


message 2658: by Amy (new)

Amy I have. The book that's written from Alex's perspective was harder for me to get through but still good. The continuation to the first book was scarier I thought.


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Kellyflower | 136 comments AngelaSunshine wrote: "I read that it's written in a different format, so I'm hoping it's as good as the first. I've got 2 books ahead of it still. Have you read them all Kelly?..."


I've read all three and I gotta say I didn't care for the middle book, and was angry with the third book.


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Stuart (asfus) | 15 comments Not really YA, but I am reading The Scar by China Miéville


Alyson (Kid Lit Frenzy) (alybee930) | 446 comments Kellyflower wrote: "AngelaSunshine wrote: "I read that it's written in a different format, so I'm hoping it's as good as the first. I've got 2 books ahead of it still. Have you read them all Kelly?..."


I've read al..."


I have held off reading the next two books. The first one was anxiety producing. Does the third one end hopefully????


message 2662: by Amy (new)

Amy None of those books are hopeful Alyson. Sad to say. That was the biggest downer series I've read.


message 2663: by Arya (last edited Nov 13, 2010 06:40PM) (new)

Arya (izlandzadi) | 686 comments Here is the link to the TV conversation if ya'll want to talk!

Buffy, Angel and Roswell


Alyson (Kid Lit Frenzy) (alybee930) | 446 comments Amy wrote: "None of those books are hopeful Alyson. Sad to say. That was the biggest downer series I've read."

I can't do it then...guess I won't be reading the two additional books in the series. First one was hard...not sure I can read another 500 pages of downer.


message 2665: by Amy (new)

Amy For me, it was a downer but at the same time I felt like I had to continue the story to see how it turned out.


Alyson (Kid Lit Frenzy) (alybee930) | 446 comments Stayed up late to finish reading Five Flavors of Dumb by Anthony John. Really liked it despite some of my initial irritation with some of the technical stuff about deafness.


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Madeline | 89 comments Stuart wrote: "Not really YA, but I am reading The Scar by China Miéville"

I liked The Scar. It was my first Mieville (and only so far) I've heard his other in the same world is darker, but this was pretty dark. His imagination is very inky. Not sure what that means, but that's the word to describe it in my head. :)

Also not YA, I started Brideshead Revisited today. Interesting beginning.


message 2668: by Amy (new)

Amy Beyond the Grave by Jude Watson. It's book four of the 39 Clues series. Hopefully there aren't thirty nine books or I'm gonna have to be done with the series.


message 2669: by Angela Sunshine (new)

Angela Sunshine (angelasunshine) I'm listening to Waiting for Normal but not really enjoying the narration. It's a MG book, which is fine, but I guess it wasn't what I was hoping for.

Plus, it's supposed to be set in NY (not in the "big city" though) but the characters all have twangs like they're from OK or AR or something. Do New Yorkers sometimes have twangs too??


message 2670: by Amy (new)

Amy No New Yorkers (which I used to be) have really heavy accents where the "r" is usually drawn out. No twang.


message 2671: by Paula (new)

Paula (pauldajo) I am listening to The Replacement. It's a bit creepy, but I am enjoying it.


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Angela Sunshine (angelasunshine) Amy wrote: "No New Yorkers (which I used to be) have really heavy accents where the "r" is usually drawn out. No twang."

That's what I thought! I knew that I had never met a country-singer-ish New Yorker


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Stuart (asfus) | 15 comments Madeline wrote: "Stuart wrote: "Not really YA, but I am reading The Scar by China Miéville"

I liked The Scar. It was my first Mieville (and only so far) I've heard his other in the s..."


I just finished Brideshead, found it quite moving in the end. Still enjoying The Scar


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Arya (izlandzadi) | 686 comments Started (and finished) Deception, just thought I should let everyone know . . . I LOVED it!

Now I'm reading Down to the Wire, a specialists novel . . . so far so good.


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Robin Robertson (mcrobus) Just finished The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan. Not so excited.


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Arya (izlandzadi) | 686 comments Really? I thought it sounded interesting. . .


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Paula (pauldajo) I enjoyed The Red Pyramid. Though I listened to the story and sometimes that makes a difference.


message 2679: by Amy (new)

Amy Just started Vampire Academy.


message 2680: by Roshini (new)

Roshini Has anyone read The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb ? Seen it a couple of times and wondering whether to pick it up.


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Robin Robertson (mcrobus) Arya wrote: "Really? I thought it sounded interesting. . ."

I listened also. Think I was in a funk. I usally like audio books, but may be this time I would have liked reading print. I will be looking for the second vol;ume.


Alyson (Kid Lit Frenzy) (alybee930) | 446 comments I read A Tale Dark and Grimm and The Strange Case of Origami Yoda today. Both are great middle grade reads. A Tale Dark and Grimm is a twist on Hansel & Gretel - I thought it was well done but would have to say it can be a little bit gory. If you have kids that are sensitive to that kind of stuff, I wouldn't recommend it to them. And The Strange Case of Origami Yoda is just hilarious and I have two copies at school and I can't keep them in. Someone always wants to be reading it.


message 2684: by Amy (new)

Amy I'm reading The Fallen 2: Aerie and Reckoning.


message 2685: by Angela Sunshine (new)

Angela Sunshine (angelasunshine) I'm reading Tattoo by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. I picked it up because I loved her book Raised by Wolves. I'm not loving this one so much. It's faeries... again.


message 2686: by Robin (new)

Robin Robertson (mcrobus) Just finished Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine ,Mockingbird
by Kathryn Erskine this morning. Very good. Still thinking about it tonight.


Alyson (Kid Lit Frenzy) (alybee930) | 446 comments Finished reading The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpinby Josh Berk. Still thinking about this one.


message 2688: by Angela Sunshine (new)

Angela Sunshine (angelasunshine) Robin wrote: "Just finishedMockingbird by Kathryn Erskine,Mockingbird
by Kathryn Erskine this morning. Very good. Still thinking about it tonight."


I'm listening to Mockingbird on audio. My son has Aspergers, but not nearly as severe, so I'm not relating to it as much as I thought I might.


message 2689: by Madeline (new)

Madeline | 89 comments I've been reading Dead Until Dark I'd picked it up a while ago when True Blood had just come out and just never got around to reading it. I like it, apart from certain key characters missing, I'm surprised how true to the story the first season managed to be. The characters they added or enhanced are some of my favorites on the show however, so I do miss them a little in the book.


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Arya (izlandzadi) | 686 comments AngelaSunshine wrote: "I'm reading Tattoo by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. I picked it up because I loved her book Raised by Wolves. I'm not loving this one so much. It's faeries... again."

Oh you are not enjoying it as much?? I loved that book! To be fair I did read the second one first and go back to read the first one. I really liked Fate! Hope you start to enjoy it more! :D

I am reading three books right now Blue Fire, Down to the Wire and Spirited: A Retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" . . . I don't know which one I will finish first! Exciting!!


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Madeline | 89 comments I was going to start Dracula, but I started The Princess Diaries instead. This is my first Meg Cabot, I've heard a lot of good things about her.


message 2692: by Brenda (new)

Brenda Klaassen (librarymom23) Madeline wrote: "I was going to start Dracula, but I started The Princess Diaries instead. This is my first Meg Cabot, I've heard a lot of good things about her."

I have enjoyed many of her works. She is an interesting author.


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Arya (izlandzadi) | 686 comments Madeline wrote: "I was going to start Dracula, but I started The Princess Diaries instead. This is my first Meg Cabot, I've heard a lot of good things about her."

That is hilarious Madeline! Dracula and Princess Diaries couldn't be farther apart! Hahaha . . .
I have actually never read Princess Diaries, but I do enjoy Cabot's books. Hope you enjoy it!


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Brenda Klaassen (librarymom23) My son and I started reading Zoobreak by G. Korman last night. I think it will be very interesting.


message 2695: by Cheryl (new)

Cheryl (cherylllr) I've enjoyed the Korman I've read - thanks for alerting me to Zoobreak.

I'm about to start The Dewey Decimal System of Love but I think it's adult only.


message 2696: by Kellyflower (last edited Dec 02, 2010 03:21PM) (new)

Kellyflower | 136 comments I've got these book on my headboard to read:
Rot & Ruin , Angel Star and I can't decide between Gossamer by Lowry or The Kneebone Boy by Potter


Alyson (Kid Lit Frenzy) (alybee930) | 446 comments Kellyflower - Read The Kneebone Boy. Loved it.


Alyson (Kid Lit Frenzy) (alybee930) | 446 comments Did a whirlwind picture book read today as well as read Babymouse: Skater Girl and Lunch Lady and the Summer Camp Shakedown and Lunch Walks Among Us


message 2699: by Angela Sunshine (new)

Angela Sunshine (angelasunshine) Kellyflower wrote: "I've got these book on my headboard to read:
Rot & Ruin , Angel Star and I can't decide between Gossamer by Lowry or The Kneebone Boy by Po..."


I really liked Rot & Ruin, but I am in a zombie phase :)


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Roshini Reading The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson


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