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message 3251: by Amy (new)

Amy I'm reading The Passage. On page 48 of 800. Ugh! Good book but I just don't have much time to read right now.


message 3252: by Paula (new)

Paula (pauldajo) I'm in the same boat, Amy. I don't think I'll finish my current book anytime soon. However I will finish it, I hope.


message 3253: by Joanna (new)

Joanna (jrlmccall) | 1 comments I just finished the The Keeping Place and am super excited to start the next book in the Obernewtyn Chronicles, Obernewtyn Chronicles 5: Wavesong.


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message 3255: by Amy (new)

Amy I finished Wolfsbane, which was awesome. I'm now reading I Love This Bar, which is not YA but good.


message 3256: by Paula (new)

Paula (pauldajo) I am now reading A Living Nightmare.


message 3257: by Amy (new)

Amy I just finished Ultraviolet which definitely wasn't worth the time it took me to read it.


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Kirsten (kirsten27) | 53 comments Donna wrote: "Reading I am Number Four"

I really enjoyed it, and the movie, too. Embarrassed to admit it, but it's true.


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Kirsten (kirsten27) | 53 comments Amy wrote: "I'm reading The Passage. On page 48 of 800. Ugh! Good book but I just don't have much time to read right now."

I LOVED the Passage! What an awesome book. It keeps getting better as you get further in.


message 3260: by Amy (new)

Amy I'm having trouble picking it back up. I read to page 80, then took a break and now I have no idea where it went. I think my son is actually using it for a car ramp. LOL.

I started Kindred but not really feeling it so I may not continue with it.


message 3261: by Donna (new)

Donna (dfiggz) | 1332 comments Kirsten wrote: "Donna wrote: "Reading I am Number Four"

I really enjoyed it, and the movie, too. Embarrassed to admit it, but it's true."


Embarassed? Why?


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Maddy | 1 comments Amy wrote: "I'm having trouble picking it back up. I read to page 80, then took a break and now I have no idea where it went. I think my son is actually using it for a car ramp. LOL.

I started [book:Kindred..."


The Passage while so intricate whith all of ithe different characters is definitely worth the time and effort put into finishing. It is the first in a trilogy and this particular book stands up against Stephen King's "The Stand". I really recommend you push on through until you find your rhythm so to speak.

As for "Kindred", please dont give up! There are so many little references and nuances that looking back we can pick up on but at the time that Butler wrote it, many missed. She was very clever in that way, and the over all message of the book is powerful. I liked the book so much that I actually did my short senior thesis for my Bachelor's on it.


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Kirsten (kirsten27) | 53 comments Donna wrote: "Kirsten wrote: "Donna wrote: "Reading I am Number Four"

I really enjoyed it, and the movie, too. Embarrassed to admit it, but it's true."

Embarassed? Why?"


Well, James Frey is the author, and he is sort of a laughing-stock, especially now that he's got this YA factory going on. And the movie got savaged in the reviews.....Oh well. I still enjoyed them both.


message 3264: by Angela Sunshine (new)

Angela Sunshine (angelasunshine) I'm almost finished with Lisa Schroeder's The Day Before. I'm liking this book better than I thought I might. Books in verse are often lost on me. I like the story in this though.

I also just started the audio version of White Cat, Jesse Eisenberg from Zombieland and The Social Network is the narrator, and is good so far.


message 3265: by Kellyflower (new)

Kellyflower | 136 comments Almost finished with Anna Dressed in Blood and then moving on to Lola and the Boy Next Door


message 3266: by Amy (new)

Amy I'm reading The Fox Inheritance. It's written by the same author as The Adoration of Jenna Fox. Haven't figure out if it's a sequel or just about the other two characters, since the Adoration book was all about Jenna.


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Dawn Miller (dawnraemiller) | 1 comments I've been trying to get through The Magicians (not exactly YA, but kind of?) but I'm stuck on chapter 5.

I may start Amaretto Flame, an indie book by Sammy Spencer. It sounds promising.


message 3268: by Paula (new)

Paula (pauldajo) I finished reading A Living Nightmare and am now reading The Amulet of Samarkand.


message 3269: by Amy (new)

Amy Reading End of Days, which is the third book in the series.


message 3270: by Eden (new)

Eden Silverfox (tsalagi_writer) | 265 comments Paula wrote: "I finished reading A Living Nightmare and am now reading The Amulet of Samarkand."

How did you like A Living Nightmare?


message 3271: by Paula (new)

Paula Griffith (drgeewiz) | 5 comments I am reading Becca Fitzpatrick's Silence and listening to Unseen Academicals (Pratchett).


message 3272: by Amy (new)

Amy How is silence? I can't wait to read it.


message 3273: by Angela Sunshine (new)

Angela Sunshine (angelasunshine) I've picked up and set down Entwined by Heather Dixon all week! It looks good, but by the time I get settled in to read it, something else pops up.

Gotta love audiobooks for that reason, at least I can listen while I'm cooking and cleaning! White Cat by Holly Black is moving right along. There are a couple of things I'm still confused about, but it might be that I wasn't paying close enough attention!


message 3274: by Ann (new)

Ann | 88 comments Angela wrote: "Gotta love audiobooks for that reason, at least I can listen while I'm cooking and cleaning!"

I'll second that! When it's a really well done audiobook I find I even end up cleaning or organizing things I hadn't meant to get to that day, just to keep listening.


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Cristen | 135 comments Reading Please Ignore Vera Dietz and really liking it so far


message 3277: by Nancy (new)

Nancy | 5 comments Reading Want to Go Private? by Sarah Darer Littman. I heard her speak last week and was very impressed with her research and methods in getting across the message of online safety to teens. So far, a great book.


message 3278: by Amy (new)

Amy I'm reading Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick. Not sure what I expected but it's definitely not what I expected.


message 3279: by Donna (new)

Donna (dfiggz) | 1332 comments So I am reading Family and am not really feeling it but it seems like a quick read so I am going to try and stick it out a bit more.


message 3280: by Amy (new)

Amy I'm reading The Hunger Games and it's just so so. Not sure why everyone is loving this book so much. I'm just reading to be finished with it.


message 3281: by Angela Sunshine (new)

Angela Sunshine (angelasunshine) I'm reading Shine by Lauren Myracle and Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin. I'm just starting to listen to Solitary by Alexander Gordon Smith today also.


message 3282: by Angela Sunshine (new)

Angela Sunshine (angelasunshine) Amy wrote: "I'm reading The Hunger Games and it's just so so. Not sure why everyone is loving this book so much. I'm just reading to be finished with it."

How far in are you? I really loved all the action in The Hunger Games!


message 3283: by Cristen (new)

Cristen | 135 comments I'm reading Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast and liking it pretty well so far


message 3284: by Amy (new)

Amy I'm about page 150.


message 3285: by Stephanie (new)

Stephanie (Reading is Better With Cupcakes) (imjustcupcake) | 191 comments I am reading Anna Dressed in Blood. Interesting so far.


message 3287: by Angela Sunshine (new)

Angela Sunshine (angelasunshine) I'm listening to Eggs on audio and it should have been finished by now but work is so busy I don't have time to listen. I'm also reading Dust & Decay and it's good so far.


message 3288: by Dominic (new)

Dominic | 4 comments I've just read the summary of Divergent! It's gonna be goood!


message 3289: by Angela Sunshine (new)

Angela Sunshine (angelasunshine) Dominic wrote: "I've just read the summary of Divergent! It's gonna be goood!"

It is good. Lots of action.


message 3290: by Dominic (new)

Dominic | 4 comments Angela wrote: "Dominic wrote: "I've just r ead
the summary of Divergent! It's gonna be goood!"

It is good. Lots of action."

Awesome! Angela, have you read The Hunger Games?
People compare them to each other. I want them to be "similar, bit different" lol.


message 3291: by Angela Sunshine (new)

Angela Sunshine (angelasunshine) Dominic wrote: "Angela wrote: "Dominic wrote: "I've just r ead
the summary of Divergent! It's gonna be goood!"

It is good. Lots of action."
Awesome! Angela, have you read The Hunger Games?
People compare them t..."


Yes, I loved The Hunger Games. I would definitely say that Divergent is good for fans of The Hunger Games. :)


message 3292: by Dominic (new)

Dominic | 4 comments Great! Then I'm sure I will love Divergent! Thanks:)


message 3293: by Kellyflower (new)

Kellyflower | 136 comments Angela wrote: "I'm also reading Dust & Decay and it's good so far."

I enjoyed the Benny Imura books.


message 3294: by Angela Sunshine (new)

Angela Sunshine (angelasunshine) Kellyflower wrote: "Angela wrote: "I'm also reading Dust & Decay and it's good so far."

I enjoyed the Benny Imura books."


Me too! Such a nice take on a "zombie" book. Almost can't call it that.


message 3295: by Angela Sunshine (last edited Nov 27, 2011 08:13AM) (new)

Angela Sunshine (angelasunshine) I'm still plugging along with Eggs. Wish I had the actual book instead of just audio. It's so short, I would've been done by now.

Finished Dust & Decay and loved it. Finished Because I am Furniture and liked it. It's always hard to read books about abuse. :(

I've just started Entwined and so far, so good. Love the cover! Entwined by Heather Dixon


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message 3297: by Amy (new)

Amy Reading Enthralled Paranormal Diversions by Melissa Marr . It's been a while since I've read a short stories book. I've read maybe six of the stories so far and a few just seemed like they ended abruptly. I hate that.


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message 3300: by Alan (new)

Alan (alanmccluskey) I just finished Ender's Game and am now reading Annie on My Mind. That's a real cultural shock!


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