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March Book Madness 2017
Young Adult List1. The Serpent King
2. All the Bright Places
3. When I Was the Greatest
4. Read Between the Lines
5. Salt to the Sea
6. Orbiting Jupiter
7. Bone Gap
8. The Summer of Letting Go
9. The Great American Whatever
10. Everything, Everything
11. Fangirl
12. Winger
13. Red Queen
14. Cinder
15. The Impossible Knife of Memory
16. Challenger Deep
I'm going to try the YA list this year too. Marking out titles previously read as there are some duplicates from last year's lists. Middle Grade Titles:
4. Echo
14. Counting by 7s
Young Adult List
1. The Serpent King
2. All the Bright Places
3. When I Was the Greatest
4. Read Between the Lines
5. Salt to the Sea
7. Bone Gap
8. The Summer of Letting Go
9. The Great American Whatever
11. Fangirl
12. Winger
13. Red Queen
14. Cinder
15. The Impossible Knife of Memory
16. Challenger Deep
I might try to do some of this year's list since I want to start going to the library again. This would give me book ideas to look for. Some are on my TBR list as well.
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6. Roller Girl
7. Absolutely Almost
8. Crenshaw
9. A Night Divided
10. The War that Saved My Life
11. Booked
12. El Deafo
13. Sisters
14. Counting by 7s
15. The Honest Truth
16. Pax
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3. When I Was the Greatest
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7. Bone Gap
8. The Summer of Letting Go
9. The Great American Whatever
10. Everything, Everything
11. Fangirl
12. Winger
13. Red Queen
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15. The Impossible Knife of Memory
16. Challenger Deep
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If I have already read the book do I get to mark it off or do I need to reread it?
Melissa wrote: "I am giving this a try. If I have already read the book do I get to mark it off or do I need to reread it?"
I marked them off if I'd already read them. I don't normally reread books. Too many others out there to read! lol
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Read Absolutely Almost. Cute story of a boy who learns to value his own strengths. Also the story is a nice reminder of the benefits of a good public school education (which is something I'm rather touchy about lately thanks to Betsy DeVos).My plan is to knock out all the middle grades reads and then start working on the YA list.
I picked up 6 books off the Young Adult list from the library. I thought I would try to read through that list then start the Middle Grade one from what books I can find in the library.
I finished reading Orbiting Jupiter today. It took me less than two days to read and get all emotional over it.
I just finished reading El Deafo today. It was quite touching and informative.
I finished Booked today. I really enjoyed the way it was written and easy to read.
I finished When I was the greatest today. It was a difficult read at the beginning but that ending was not exactly what I saw coming.
This week I have finished Roller Girl and The Honest Truth. I enjoyed the quick reads and the important message they told.
I have read Read Between The Lines as well. I liked how the story was broken up by character POVs and the way they entwined with each other.
I finished Pax today. The dualing perspectives of the fox and boy were written well in moving the story along.
I finished Counting by 7s today. That was an emotional story about a girl named Willow who loves the number 7. It made me think of what are the 7 most important things in my own life.
I finished Brown Girl Dreaming today. I liked how the story was written in verse.
Karin wrote: "I finished reading Orbiting Jupiter today. It took me less than two days to read and get all emotional over it."I LOVED that book. The ending!!! I've had students who read it and didn't like it because they are used to reading books with nice, tidy endings. lol
Karin wrote: "I finished Booked today. I really enjoyed the way it was written and easy to read."Karin, I enjoyed this one, but that same author has a book called Crossover that carries a much bigger emotional punch. It's in verse, too, so a quick read. You should definitely check it out.
Karin wrote: "I finished Brown Girl Dreaming today. I liked how the story was written in verse."I'm a huge fan of books in verse. I'm in awe of how a compelling story can be written with so few words.
Karin wrote: "I finished Pax today. The dualing perspectives of the fox and boy were written well in moving the story along."I did this one as a class study and my whole class loved it.
Karin wrote: "This week I have finished Roller Girl and The Honest Truth. I enjoyed the quick reads and the important message they told."I loved the fast pace of The Honest Truth. Great story. Roller Girl is probably my favorite middle grades graphic novel.
The Great American Whatever is a book that I struggled with to read.
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I have to say all the books on the lists I have read so far my favorite is The Impossible Knife of Memory. That book had me reading when I should be sleeping once I got really into it.
I just finished Escape from Lemoncello's library. That book is a favorite for the puzzles and mystery in the plotline.
I just finished reading The Summer of Letting Go today. That ending really got to me. Frankie Sky is such a precious character.
I checked out Everything Everything. Ready to get started.
I finished Salt to the Sea today. I learned a lot about the boat sinking that I had never heard of before. The way it was written made it more interesting to me.
I'm still looking at Everything Everything. lol
That is one book that my library does not have. There are 3 books in total that cannot be checked out of the library: Everything, Everything; Red Queen; and Challenger Deep. I am trying to read all I can from the library of this book list. I just started Bone Gap today.
Karin wrote: "15 down, 17 to go.I just finished reading Bone Gap today. It kept me on my toes until the end."
Karin, you are flying through these books!
Finally finished Everything, Everything. Great read.
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Read Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library which I thought was a cute book, had fun reading it.
and also Salt to the Sea which I struggled to get through because of the writing style. I always have a hard time with stories with multiple characters told in short 2-3 page chapters bouncing from view point to view point. I think people who can get into that type of style will think the book is really good though.
I ran out of time reading Echo and War that saved me. I had to return them to the library. I might try to get them out of the library again later on this year.
I had to return A Night Divided back to the library because I ran out of time. I will try to get it back out of the library again later on this year.
This month I finished reading Crenshaw, Winger, A Fish in a Tree and The Serpent King. All of them were interesting in their own way. I did almost cry at the end of Winger because I did not see it coming and it is probably my favorite out of these four books.
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I have 3 more Middle Grade books and 5 more Young Adult books before I am finished with the list.I am going to start reading Fangirl this week.
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I really liked it. I thought at first the size was a bit much for the age group and I do still think that it will scare away some reluctant readers from trying it but if they ever do try it they will really like it.
Melissa, I started to read Echo but ran out of time and needed to turn back to the library. I want to check it back out of the library soon to finish reading it.
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I did wonder why so many books have kids in the story making new friends when they get to an age where they have different interests and drift apart. My kid's friends are all into different things but we taught them to respect the different interests but still make time for each other. Is it just easier to write the story that way or just more what happens in real life?
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I tend to read longer books because I like the world building, character development and feeling like the story wrapped up well so this type of writing style isn't one of my favorites. It read like a compilations of short stories rather than one continuing novel.
Not a bad book, just not my favorite type of writing style.
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Cinder (other topics)Winger (other topics)
Counting by 7s (other topics)
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (other topics)
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Middle Grade Titles:
1. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
2. Fish In A Tree
3. Brown Girl Dreaming
4. Echo
5. The Fourteenth Goldfish
6. Roller Girl
7. Absolutely Almost
8. Crenshaw
9. A Night Divided
10. The War that Saved My Life
11. Booked
12. El Deafo
13. Sisters
14. Counting by 7s
15. The Honest Truth
16. Pax