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The "Can't Wait" Books of 2010
ohhhkay, obviously you do...*changing the subject*
Well, I'm so! looking forward to the 3rd book of the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and the Clockwork Angels by Cassandra Clare! Arrr how i wish i could time travel, and get those books already! Waiting is such a hard thing,...
Im going to start reading The Hunger Games really soon. I already bought it!
I think I won't be able to read the group read, sorry... :(
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I have to really soon!!!!!!
Oh, and i might be getting FRAGILE ETERNITY later tonight.
Yes, thats right-im prepared to continue the WICKED LOVELY SERIES, even after the monstrosity: INK EXCHANGE.
Well that was probably a little harsh-but im not enjoying it too much at all!!!
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Which means we miss out on a maths and French lesson :D :D :D
But i still do *not* want to go back... *grumbles*
Oh, and i went to the uniform shop today to buy the winter uniform-The shirts are almost see through :S :S :S
So i have to wear my jumper every day.... Stupid school.
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Our uniform is a light creme color shirt, and a dark green skirt. With a dark green jumper and a tie.
Amd the shirts are see though-so we have to wear jumpers.
And thats the girls uniform.
Yuck.
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And as for uniform policy... Its like our school is there to make us wear our uniform correctly-and education comes second.
No joke. They stop in the middle of lessons to make us all line up and inspect our uniform!!!
Andy they give boys detentions if their shirts are untucked.
They are obsessed with uniform!!!
Last year, teachers kept shouting at me when my skirt was above knee. (Fair enough) but i had stockings on as well, and i still got red cards (3 of them its a detention :S).
And they would do that in the middle of lessons. WE pay to go to school and learn, not have a lecture on how we look!!!
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And that sounds weird! And unfair! I hate it when teachers only listen to one side of the story.
I have never got a detention, or a notification (half a detention)
I almost got a notification for 'not listening in maths class'
She was writing on the board, i decided i should copy it down in my book.
She look up, saw me not looking at the board (i was writing what to do in my book)
She asked me what to do next, i wasnt sure, and she held me in after class!!!!!
Thats unfair i say...
*is patiently waiting for Amelia's "Wicked Fugly" remark* ;-) haha just kidding! ^_^
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I hate when teacher shout at you for that. And in front of the class too!
She sounds like a tosser. :P
And i too, am waiting for Amelia to come and pay out Wicked Fugly. LOL. When I first picked it up, i kept on thinking: WICKED FUGLY WICKED FUGLY.
My brother asked what i was reading two days a go, adn i said Wicked Fugly :P
Only today did i realize my mistake :D
But it was a good book.
Haha that's what Amelia calls the Wicked Lovely series because she doesn't like it. And everytime she says it, I actually laugh out loud!
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But yes, for a few days i thought the name of the series was that too :P
And i laugh as well.
HAHAHA LOL Regan.
My maths teacher is a year 12 tutor-and she has a really high pitched/screechy voice.
First lesson we had with her, we all tried to not laugh.
She is a bad, bad teacher for many reasons.
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One time i dived over a table in our drama room to hide :P
Hahaha! The image of you diving over a table is quite entertaining ;-)I had the most awesome math teacher in high school... I had her for 4 straight years! I went from failing math to getting As and Bs cuz she was so awesome!
Too bad you gals couldn't have her ^_^
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She was awesome.
Our maths teacher in year 8 was fairly awesome too. She was funny. But my maths teacher in year 7 was like this:
ME: "Excus me me, can i have some help?"
HIM:"Im sure you can work this out by yourself"
M:"No, but i dont understand what come after the multiplication:
E:"You can work it out by your self
(Repeat the last 2 lines over and over again-and he still didnt help :P )
you guys have TALKING about me ahhhh!!!
*runs around in a circle*
sooooo jess, my sweet little Catholic Aussie, what did you think of wicked lovely?
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I actually really liked Wicked Lovely. There were some bits, how i just thought: "Eww. Thats not even necessary. Yuck."
and there were some bits that were really fantastic. I gave it 3.5 stars. Though i think it could have been a lot better.
When i started reading it, i told my brother i was reading: Wicked Fugly, and i didnt notice i had got it wrong until a day ago :P
INK EXCHANGE-the sequel, is not good at all. im not enjoying it.
What exactly did you hate about Wicked Lovely?
Cool - I wouldn't want you to hate it, because it totally sucks to read a book and think, "well, I'll never get the time back!" I think you're definitely more fair than I am - yeah, there were some pretty interesting parts and everything, but I couldn't get over all the stuff I didn't like. How about I PM you and we'll talk about it?
I need to go revise my review - make it more objective and not as "screaming banshee" :P
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i hate it when you read a book and think: I could have read that other book i wanted and enjoyed it a lot more. COUGH*inkexchange* COUGH.
I could have read GONE or THE BOOK THIEF or PERCY JACKSON.... *grumbles*
why do you guys hate math?????maths is like sooooo easy :)
Oh, and I have the strictest maths teacher in the entire high school ( Proven fact- he was voted)and he hates me coze i talk in class on the first day to HELP my friend with maths...hmph
do you guys maths like everyday?????
i have it six periods a week
I like Wicked Lovely...wats wrong with it????? Oh Regan, im excited for Spells as well !!!!! i love Tamani !!!!!
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ANd I *hate* maths.
Its sooooooo hard :(
We have five lessons a week.
1 lesson every day except Thursday (maths free day) though a double lesson on Wednesday
there are acutally a LOT of things wrong with WL...but I'm too tired to whine about it, hahaha
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Ink Exchange was weird but i still liked the series :) @ Booklover- we have maths everyday except for Friday two doubles and two single lessons a week. However i think sacience is the worst I have THREE doubles a week( six periods) and i dont like science anyway D:
Booklover23 wrote: "lol. I updated my review to the points we had :D"lol, it was still generous of you to give 4 stars :P
All your points were valid, though! I wish I had your review to read when I was thinking about reading the book - I could have saved myself some time! If I knew then what I know now, I wouldn't have bothered
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but i wont be with INK EXCHANGE.
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Should be....interesting :S
I've never read this series.... Should I? Or should I not? That is the question....
Lydia wrote: "I've never read this series.... Should I? Or should I not? That is the question...."Lydia, I wouldn't...it's not the best-written book, nor is the plot that spectacular, and there are a lot of other books out there that are MORE INTERESTING, FUNNER, and *CLEANER* than this one :S
It was seriously a waste of my time, and my advice would be to skip it & read some other faerie books, like Wondrous Strange or The Iron King
Regan ♥ wrote: "WHY DON'T YOU LIKE SETH?!D;"
He's gross! he's covered in tattoos/piercings and he's had more sex partners than james bond! eww!
(at least, jess & I aren't in to that :P)
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Plus-the whole bad boy image was ruined for me when he started drinking chamomile tea.
He was never a bad boy after that bit....
Regardless, i still gave it 4 stars. I was generous
Haha, I just remember this guy I saw at the airport a few years ago, and he kept setting off the metal detector because of all the piercings he had - a bolt in his nose, three ear rings in each ear, a tongue ring, rings....ummm...INSIDE his shirt (just guess where)...hahha so THAT's what I thought of when I was reading FUGLY :P
*whistles* those are a lot of piercings
I dont like Seth either but i think it kinda cool how he is like the adopted son of the high court. I love the Dark court King whos name i cant remmeber rite now Noel ,Naor something like that
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Personally, I think Melissa Marr wrote INK EXCHANGE for the sake of having a sequel, then thought of the plot later.
hahaha that's cool, Jillian. I'm actually harder on characters than actual people, because actual people are real, and you kind of have to give 'em a break - not so with characters! I read to escape reality, not be boggled down with reminders of how awful boys today are (note: some boys...I know a lot of darling boys that are nothing at all like seth/keenan and that's the way it SHOULD be) You're right about Keenan.
I think Marr's writing style is terribly mediocre and that added to my distateful reading experience. There are some books that I personally don't like, but will admit that they were well-written (like Graceling, for example. I will admit that that is a pretty well-written book.) but Marr's stuff isn't very original and she's really not that good of a writer. I think she was published just because the publishers realized they could sell her stuff (easy-to-read teen romance with fantasy characters = $$$$$$$)
That's just my two cents though
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Well then Jillian, if IE is a set up for later books, i guess im going to have to keep reading then. If Fragile Eternity better then IE?
And Amelia, your comment about publishing $$$$$$$, it may be correct, but i did enjoy the first one (not so much the second).
And i didnt find it all that original either.
It felt like a typical fairy story or game that i used to play with friends-though much darker.
And I know lots of boys who probably are/will be like Seth-though having said that, some of my best friends are boys.
So its really how you decide to portray them in the story.
Plus, i think Marr had Seth own a snake to make him look 'bad-boy'. I dont think it was necessary. Just made him look weird in my eyes :S
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Im sounding mean.
But i *did* really really really like WL
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I liked Donia best :)
BUT-usually what i look for in a book is STYLE, CHARACTERS and PLOT.
I thought for a book that I enjoyed, WL lacked great characters. THere was 1 character that I enjoyed reading about. I didnt hate the others, i just didnt fall in love with them either.
And I agree. I hate reading OOOHHH! THIS IS SO GOOD.
OH YES, I SECOND THAT
AGREED.
i would like to read *why*! Plus, the negatives are much more fun :P
And in regards to the "Twilight effect" and making money, i was in the bookshop today-and there was an edition of WUTHERING HIGHTS, on the front was printed: "Edward and Bella's favorite book!".
I felt like being sick at that.
And stop with the vampires all ready! It has been done to death! STOP RELEASING BOOKS ABOUT VAMPIRES/ROMANCE! Goodness. Im probably the only one annoyed at that, but authors should find something knew to write about.
*Originality*
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It annoys me.
When i first read TWILIGHT (*just* before the hype) i thought that it was an interesting twist form DRACULA-still my favorite vampire book.
And yes, im seeing stuff about fallen Angels and Fairies all over the place as well.
Nial thats it ! Yer his my fave ;) I felt sick in the stomack when i read that Donya stabbed Aislinn in the stomach with icicles D:
Rory wrote: "Sadly the Charlie Bone series is ending after 'Charlie Bone and the red knight.Has anyone red the septimus heap series? i wanted to read it but I wasn't sure if it was good."I've read Septimus Heap. I enjoyed them (but I haven't gotten my hands on book 5! ugh! so infuriating when you library has all but the book you want in a series! lolz
i know wat you mean....but i have a pretty good library
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that was kind of my point..."
OK - now I'm confused? so you don't like the bad fairies? what did they ever do to you ;-p
seriously - so if I misunderstood...