Reading Challenge #5 - Tasks & Discussion

[Amy]

I'm hoping to find the first one on paperback swap so it may be a while before I get to it.

[[deleted user]]

I checked it out from the library and am going to start it soon. I had never even heard of it till someone recommended it when I added Prophecy of the Sisters to my TBR. I still need to read that too. There is a sequel to it coming on August 1st and I love the trailer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SczIsE...

[Ashley]

Michelle wrote: "Devadasi7 wrote: "That is a fabulous series. The first one is called A Great and Terrible Beauty. There is a third book in the series also, The Sweet Far Thing. I loved..."

I know what she means about not loving the ending, although the third book is my favorite of the three. Giving any information about the ending would definitely be a spoiler- but (others may disagree) I don't think the ending was at all sloppy, it's more that most people I've talked to wished for a different outcome.

You will all have to post what you thought after you read them!

[Tammy]

That's exactly how I felt, ashley! It felt like the author was making a sort of anachronistic "woman power" sort of ending. Now, I'm all for woman power, but it just didn't fit here. Maybe I'm just weird.

My high school students loved the ending though. Of course, they also loved Breaking Dawn, which I hated more than any book I've ever read! : )But in The Sweet Far Thing, the ending didn't ruin the whole book for me, it just was a little unsatisfying.

I'd love for those of you who are reading the series to discuss it with me when you're done. I'd like to see another adult POV on the ending instead of the POV of my 16 year old students!

[Ashley]

Devadasi7 wrote: "That's exactly how I felt, ashley! It felt like the author was making a sort of anachronistic "woman power" sort of ending. Now, I'm all for woman power, but it just didn't fit here. Maybe I'm ju..."

Is there a spoiler based discussion here? I'd love to talk with you about the ending, but I definitely do not want to spoil it for anyone!

[Tammy]

i'm trying to avoid spoilers! maybe we should start a thread to discuss???

[Amy]

Don't want to be spoiled either!

[Ashley]

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

There is already another discussion happening here. I had forgotten about it, but I read through all the posts a while ago, so I don't remember exactly what's been said, but I remember enjoying the discussion. I believe it's okay to post spoilers as long as they are very clearly marked...
I'd love to continue discussing this over there!

[Tammy]

sounds great! i'll move over to that thread....thanks for the link!

[Beth]

I have a question...would Maya Angelou count as YA? I was thinking of reading one of her books of poetry that I haven't read before. Some of her material is covered as part of the curriculum in the high school that I work in, and some of her things are located in the YA section in my local library.

[Kristen]

As long as its in a YA section, it counts :)

[Michelle]

Nice to see the challenge again! I've sort of dropped out of GR for the past few months. (Actually it's been pretty crappy lately and I think I'm going to forget July ever happened.) Umm, I'm still playing with the list. I only have a few titles at the moment.

A:
B: Blood Bound
C: Chiggers by Hope Larson
D:
E:
F: Foiled by Jane Yolen This is a graphic novel
G: The Gardener or Godless
H: Hate List by Jennifer Brown
I: The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
J: Jekel loves Hyde
K:
L: Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor
M: My Boyfriends' Dogs
N:
O:
P:
Q:
R:
S:
T: Toads and Diamonds by Heather Tomlinson(retelling of a fairy tale)
U:
V:
W: White Cat by Holly Black
X:
Y:
Z:

Yeah, I know lots of empty spaces. It'll get filled...eventually.

[Angela Sunshine]

Mic wrote: "Nice to see the challenge again! I've sort of dropped out of GR for the past few months. (Actually it's been pretty crappy lately and I think I'm going to forget July ever happened.) Umm, I'm st..."

That's the best part of this challenge. You get points for whatever you read, and there's no set end point. You can skip the letters you don't find anything for and double up on ones you do! (Although my OCD says I should try to read one for each. But luckily it's not making me read them in alphabetical order. It's a wicked taskmaster, hehe)

[Angela Sunshine]

Heather wrote: "I have a question regarding awards, Angela. I've been following the "if it is listed on the GR page for the book it counts" idea that was mentioned in one point in the discussion. I may need to be ..."

Hey, thanks for being honest! You only lose Will Grayson, Will Grayson because it's just a nominee. I am rueing the day I instilled that rule, but I just didn't want EVERYTHING to count. But I made the rule, and have to stick with it for the duration. :(