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Ashley
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Jul 03, 2010 11:08AM
I recently finished "If I Stay". I am continuing with "Spirit Bound" by Richelle Mead and starting "Queste" by Angie Sage.
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Ashley wrote: "Bluemoon wrote: "ASHLEY: hows the Red Pyramid? I ordered this book along with other ones I received today, but for some reason didn't get this one."
I finished The Red Pyramid and it was awesome..."
Yes! I agree. Great book. I love that Rick Riordan <3
I finished The Red Pyramid and it was awesome..."
Yes! I agree. Great book. I love that Rick Riordan <3
So, I finished Leaving Paradise this morning. Eh. Well, I don't want to spoil anything but I didn't like the ending. As a whole it was okay.
Now I'm moving on to Radiant Shadows (Wicked Lovely #4) by Melissa Marr. :] eeep excited!
Now I'm moving on to Radiant Shadows (Wicked Lovely #4) by Melissa Marr. :] eeep excited!
I've heard good things about The Dark Divine. Ooh hope you like The Book of a Thousand Days. I'm a Shannon Hale fan.I recently finished reading the Kate Daniels books
I love these books, still can't get them out of my head. I now have a favorite urban fantasy series. :) I'm planning to read this next:
I'm going to start Crocodile Tears by Anthony Horowitz and Heir to Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier soon :)
Heir to Sevenwaters! I heard it just came out in paperback? I still have to read the other two Sevenwaters books.
It's been out in paperback for a while in the U.S. but Seer of Sevenwaters, which is the fifth book in the series, comes out in December! :D
But I'm actually more excited for a new YA trilogy Juliet Marillier has coming out in 2013... a long while away but I'm hoping it's really good! No synopsis yet but it's called the Shadowfell trilogy :)
Untitled by Juliet Marillier
There's a fifth book coming out?! I'm behind! I really loved Daughter of the Forest so I'm excited to read the other books in the series.I didn't really care for Wildwood Dancing, I mean it was okay but it wasn't as great as Daughter of the Forest. I hope her new YA series is better.
Hehe yeup there's going to be six books total in the Sevenwaters series. I hope her new YA will be really good as well! But I just would like to know what it's even going to be about first. Hopefully there'll be news soon :D
Still reading a book from the Sevenwaters series:
Amy, how's it going with Heir to Sevenwaters? I hear it's better than Child of the Prophecy. I called our bookstore and it's available in a different branch so I had it transferred to the one near me. I hope I get it before I finish reading Child of the Prophecy.
I've only just started it but it's pretty good! My favorite is still Daughter of the Forest because the writing was so nice and it had a fairy tale feel to it but Heir is going along great so far!
I love both Daughter of the Forest and Son of the Shadows. I liked Liadan just as much as I liked Sorcha. I know, that was such a heartbreaking scene. Poor Red! :(
I just finished "Spirit Bound" by Richelle Mead finally. I am going to continue with "Queste" by Angie Sage and "Burned" by P.C. Cast. I am also going to start "The Giver" by Lois Lowry.
Still haven't read the latest Vampire Academy novel! The Giver is one of my favorite books as a child, hope you'll like it too, Ashley.
The Giver was actually a book I had to read in the 6th grade. Didn't really comprehend it back then. We will see what my opinion is of it now.
Leven Thumps, first book. I'm on page 81 and enjoying it. I expected it to be very Harry-Potterish, but it's not.
As I am old, The Giver was not out when I was in school. I was not a huge fan of it as an adult. I think it is better for middle graders.
I loved it when I read it as a kid but I haven't been able to re-read it recently so I'm not sure how I'll feel about it as an adult.
Bluemoon - Ender's Game didn't look like something I could get into so I skipped it. Like you said, it just seemed a little weird.
I recently finished "The Wave" by Todd Strasser. I am starting Lord of the Flies by William Golding. I am also continuing with othe books I got going.
I'm currently reading this one, which was recommended by Sarah Rees Brennan (we even had a Twitter conversation about this book):
So far, so good!
Just finished Virals by the auther of the Bones series.
My blog review won't be coming out for a while, since the book isn't published until November. I thought it was suspenseful, but I had a little issue with the main character because for being so smart it took her a long time to figure out something that was obvious to me. That was really my only issue with the book, so I guess I can't complain too much. I'd read the second one, although it's not due out for another year.
Next on my list is The Deathday Letter and Eyes Like Stars. I'm finishing up Fever Crumb which really isn't striking my fancy but I can't figure out why.
Oh and I'm listening to The Help, which isn't young adult but is extraordinary. I'm almost a week overdue returning it to the library (the audiobook is close to 18 hours long). The hold list though is forever and I'd rather pay the fine then wait through the list again to finish it.
Finished The Changeover and I loved it! I'm going to start this one next:
Which is a book by a Filipino author. It's the first Filipino YA that I'm going to read!
I finally got around to reading Heir to Sevenwaters! It's pretty good so far.
Oh and speaking of Harry Potter, I heard that J.K. Rowling is possibly writing a new book! So maybe we can expect a new book from her in the following 3 or 4 years :D
Amy, I loved Heir to Sevenwaters! Clodagh and Cathal are just as amazing as the characters in the first two books. I didn't really like the third one.
Hehe yes I'm loving Cathal right now! And really disliking Aidan... I still think Daughter of the Forest is the most amazing one yet, partially because of the fairy tale vibe it gave off. The subsequent novels sort of lost that surreal feeling! But they're still great :)
I loved Son of the Shadows and Heir to Sevenwaters just as much as Daughter of the Forest. I really like the world that Juliet Marillier created and I feel like all of them still have a fairy tale feeling.
I haven't checked this group in a while. :P Anyway, right now I'm reading Scarlett Fever by Maureen Johnson. Woot! I love Maureen Johnson. :]
Brigid, I've read Suite Scarlett and I really liked that one! But not enough to buy the hardcover of Scarlett Fever. I'll wait for it to come out in paperback.I finished Tall Story and I'm ready to read this one:
Finally finished The Help
It was brillant! You have to read this book. The description just doesn't do it justice. And if you have a chance to listen to the audio book, do it!
Here's my full review if you want to read it:
http://challengingthebookworm.wordpre...
Looking at my stack of books trying to figure out what I should read next...
I just finished "Queste" by Angie Sage. I am now going to continue with "Burned" by PC &Kristin Cast so I can get that done and move on to other books.
OoOo Chachic I have been wanting to read Brightly Woven but I haven't heard a thing about it. Please let me know what you think?
I just finally finished "Burned" by PC Cast. I am now going to read
. It should be interesting. I've seen quite a few bad reviews on it and I wanna read and find out why.
Just finished reading The Sky is Everywhere and I hope more people read it and join the discussion. :)
I just started The Forest of Hands and Teeth... So far its going well, but I just finished reading The Reckoning yesterday and I loved it, so its going to be hard to beat!
Haven't read The Forest of Hands and Teeth but I've seen mixed reviews of that one. Some people loved it while others thought it was just okay. The Summoning was our monthly read a couple of months back but I never read the sequels. I know several people in this group love the series though.
What did you think of Catching Fire, Bluemoon? Good thing you finished reading it already! Just in time for Mockingjay.
Yeah, a lot of people are saying that Catching Fire is too much like the Hunger Games. I still liked it though so I hope Mockingjay won't be disappointing.
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