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[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Random Book List Challenge #67

Goal: Read ONE book from the list within a four-week period. Post a brief commentary about the book you read.

Duration: February 7 - March 6, 2012

Based on Lisa Kleypas' Mine Till Midnight, here is our new list:

Rumors by Anna Godbersen

City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
Aleksandra - City of Ashes 3/1 ****

The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco

The Corinthian by Georgette Heyer

The River Knows by Amanda Quick

Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward

Love in a Nutshell by Janet Evanovich & Dorien Kelley

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (3)
Yvonne - 2/20 *****
Suzanne - 2/29 ****
Dragana - 2/29 ****

Life by Keith Richards

The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella (1)
Nicola - 2/12 ***1/2

The Duke by Gaelen Foley

London's Perfect Scoundrel by Suzanne Enoch

[Vi]

Hmm, I might use this list to get back into BDB. I tried Lover Unbound but couldn't get into it. Time for second attempt then. Or I'll go for London's Perfect Scoundrel

[Dragana]

I will read The Graveyard Book.

[Fran, Moderator]

I will read Love In A Nutshell.

[taita]

I'll go for London's Perfect Scoundrel.

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

I'll be reading City of Glass for City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare.

[Nicola]

I'm in for The Undomestic Goddess

[Alicia]

I will read .

[Yvonne]

I think I'll re-read The Graveyard book... just because I love it and this is just a good excuse to pick it up again :-D

[Nicola]

I finished I am giving it 3 1/2 stars. I enjoyed it, but it wasn't laugh out loud funny like I usually find Kinsella's books to be. It was nice to see Kinsella create a character with more than fashion and shopping on her mind for a change.

[Yvonne]

I rediscovered a link to Neil Gaiman's reading of The Graveyard Book and listened to that instead of reading the book again. If possible I enjoyed it even more when it was read to me by the author. I'll have to stick to my rating of 5 stars

[Suzanne]

Yz the Whyz wrote: "Random Book List Challenge #67


I finished today and it was a good Neil Gaiman read. I enjoyed the story but I felt like the plot halted halfway through the book and it took awhile for it to get going again. I still thought it was a good read though, 4 stars!

[Dragana]

Finished The Graveyard Book at 29.02. 4 stars.
Nice book, than can be read by people of any age.
It would probably get a bigger rating, but I liked first half much better than the second. I was not surprised when I read in 'Authors Note' at the end of the book that he wrote the second half a long time ago and then later added the first couple of chapters.

[Vi]

I tried to read Lover Unbound for the challenge but I couldn't read more than 70-80 pages. I think I'm officially giving up on this series since this was my second attempt. And I'm skipping this list.

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I finished City of Ashes (3/1) by Cassandra Clare for City of Fallen angels and am giving it 4*. I liked it more than first in series, don't know why - I still have some mixed feelings when it comes to this one. Perhaps it's because the characters grew on me more. Alec-Magnus connection keeps me wanting more and Jace is quite a great character, even though I don't like his mood swings and I'm still deciding what to think about Clary. :P But it was a quick read and an interesting one.

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Random Book List Challenge #72

Goal: Read ONE book from the list within a four-week period. Post a brief commentary about the book you read.

Duration: March 13 - April 10, 2012

Based on Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book, here is our new list:

Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
Yz - Fragile Eternity 3/22 ***

Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn

Wildwood by Colin Meloy

The Bad Place by Dean Koontz

One Foot in the Grave by Jeanine Frost (1)
Joann - Destined for an Early Grave 3/24 *****
Dragana - Halfway to the Grave 4/1 ****
Karina - 4/9 ***1/2

Abandon by Meg Cabot (2)
Nicola - 4/7 ***
Suzanne = 4/9

Wolfsbane by Andrea Cremer
Amy ~Lover of Books~ - Bloodrose 4/9 ****

Dead Over Heels by Charlaine Harris
Joyce - All Together Dead 3/27 *****

Feed by Mira Grant

The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter (2)
Yvonne - 3/28 ***
Fran - 3/14 ***

The Underneath by Kathi Appelt

The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt (3)
Fran - 3/22 *****
Vi - 3/25 ****1/2
Yvonne - 3/31 ****

[Ann]

I will read "The Bad Place," by David Koontz

[Dragana]

I already have Feed on my tbr, but I am tempted to start on a Night Huntress series instead....

[Vi]

I've to decide between and

[Joann]

So I have , and on my tbr, but I'm also knee deep (and loving it!) in the Night Huntress series. Decisions, decisions...

[Nicola]

I'll raid my daughters bookshelf and read Abandon by Meg Cabot

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

I'm going to read Fragile Eternity for Wicked Lovely.

[Fran, Moderator]

Vi,
If you decide on The Wednesday Wars I would be happy to read it with you if you would like to :)

[Vi]

Fran, would love to read the Wednesday Wars with you. :)

[Fran, Moderator]

I finished The Wednesday Wars today 3/22. I loved this book. I adored 7th grader Holling Hoodhood, and looking at life during the Vietnam War time period through his eyes and the narrow scope of his world was so well done. It's so hard to be 13, and living it through Holling's eyes made me smile and cry. 5* and a keeper. (a bonus that it's set on Long Island, where I grew up and still live. i knew almost every landmark, an unexpected treat)

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

I finished Fragile Eternity yesterday for Wicked Lovely. It's pretty much an in-between book, leaving many things unanswered. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if I'm curious enough to continue because the main characters are starting to annoy me. 3 stars.

[Joann]

I finished Destined for an Early Grave for One Foot in the Grave yesterday and rated it 5 stars. Love this series!

[Vi]

I finished The Wednesday Wars today 25 March. I loved this book. I didn't get certain stuff in the book. In spite of that, I totally enjoyed myself and couldn't put the book down at all. Holling as a 13 year old was well done and he narrates it so damn good. Lovely lovely book. I'm rating it 4 1/2 stars.

[Yvonne]

Just because I've never read it before, I just read The Tale of Peter Rabbit and gave it 3 stars. I have a little boy, so have read a lot of picture books, and this isn't one of those that I enjoyed even as an adult. It might be a classic, but I don't really like it

And no, that won't be the only thing I'll read for this, I'm currently making my way through The Wednesday Wars and enjoy it so far

[Fran, Moderator]

Yvonne, I totally forgot- I read The Tales of Peter Rabbit too for this list! Thanks for the reminder LOL!

I had never read it before (that I remember) and it was a free download for my kindle. I agree with you, not my favorite. Not really sure I get why it's a classic. Just ok. 3*
Read it on 3/14.

[Brandy *Ahviel*]

I think I am going to have to catch the next challenge those looked like some good books

[Yvonne]

Fran wrote: "Yvonne, I totally forgot- I read The Tales of Peter Rabbit too for this list! Thanks for the reminder LOL! I had never read it before (that I remember) and it was a free download for my kindle."

I think we had the same reasons... never read it and it was free, so nothing to lose.

[Joyce]

I read All Together Dead***** and finished 3/27/12 this was the sookie Stackhouse book I was up to. It was really good I am so glad I finally read it. I give it five stars

[Yvonne]

I finished The Wednesday Wars last night and gave it 4 stars. It's a very well written book - and leaves me with the desire to read more Shakespeare

[Dragana]

I just finished today Halfway to the Grave for 'One Foot in the Grave' by Jeanine Frost. 4 stars.
Not the best paranormal series out there, but I liked it enough to read the next part. I liked how feisty Cat is. :)

[Amy ~Lover of Books~]

Since I finished already, I'll see if I can fit in before the deadline.

[Nicola]

Just finished I gave it a 3. I felt that this was more of a background book for the rest of the trilogy - or at least assume so.

[Amy ~Lover of Books~]

I just finished I liked how this series ended! 4 stars

[Karina]

I read At Grave's End for One foot in the Grave by Jeanine Frost. I rated it 3.5 stars. It was a good book and I continue to enjoy Bones and the secondary characters - Vlad especially, he cracked me up. I loved reading the tension between him and Bones, and I can't wait to read Mencheres' story. Cat, however, is still annoying to me, I'm also sick of Tate.

[Jen]

I've read both Lover Eternal and London's Perfect Scoundrel and enjoyed them both. Lover Eternal was probably one of my top 3 of the BDB books, and London's Perfect Scoundrel was such a great 2nd book in Suzanne Enoch's Lessons in Love series. I first fell in love with her books after reading her novella in the Lady Whistledown books and never looked back. Definitely pick it up!

[Suzanne]

Yz the Whyz wrote: "Random Book List Challenge #72

I read and it was ok. Her books all have the same feel to them. All of her characters seem very similar, so if you like one Meg Cabot book you like them all. ****

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Jen wrote: "I've read both Lover Eternal and London's Perfect Scoundrel and enjoyed them both. Lover Eternal was probably one of my top 3 of the BDB books, and London's Perfect Sco..."

Wrong list, maybe?

[Dragana]

Yz the Whyz wrote: "Jen wrote: "I've read both Lover Eternal and London's Perfect Scoundrel and enjoyed them both. Lover Eternal was probably one of my top 3 of the BDB books, and London's..."

I think that Jen got a little mixed up. Those both book were on a list #67 that ended in the beginning of March...

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Random Book List Challenge #77

Goal: Read ONE book from the list within a four-week period. Post a brief commentary about the book you read.

Duration: April 17 - May 15, 2012

Based on Gary Schmidt's The Wednesday Wars, here is our new list:

Matched by Ally Condie (1)
Amanda - 4/23

My Ántonia by Willa Cather

Wonder by R.J. Palacio

Hark! a Vagrant by Kate Beaton

Hound Dog True by Linda Urban (1)
Fran - 4/19

Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman (1)
Suzanne 5/15 *****

Princess Academy by Shannon Hale

Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr

The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

Shooting the Moon by Francis O'Roark Dowell

A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck

[Fran, Moderator]

There are several I want to read on this list. My first choice is Wonder but I am third on the wait list at my library so not sure if it will come in in time.

I will probably end up reading Hound Dog True or A Long Way from Chicago

[Dee]

i'm going to read Story of a Girl because I can fit it into another challenge

[Yvonne]

wow, this list has a lot of books I want to read... will have to see which and how many I can fit in

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

I think I'm going to read Condie's Matched.

[Nicola]

Yz the Whyz wrote: "I think I'm going to read Condie's Matched."

I will probably try Crossed - although I hear it is not as good as Matched, which I really enjoyed.
I am also going to listen to A Wrinkle in Time with my daughter as we drive to Ottawa for her gymnastics competition.

[Fran, Moderator]

I finished Hound Dog True 4/19. I really liked this book. A story of a very shy 5th grader who is moved around constantly by her single mother and her struggle to fit in. They have moved in with her uncle, her new Elementary School's janitor, and some great life lessons are learned. A quiet, touching story.

I still want to read Wonder, if I get my hands on it before the end date of this challenge I'll be back to post it.