Oh hey, awesome! Stealing the meme from Donna over at Bites.
Bold the ones you've read, italicize ones you intend to read!
Alex Finn – Beastly
Alice Sebold – The Lovely Bones
Ally Carter – Gallagher Girls (1, 2, 3, 4)
Ally Condie - Matched
Alyson Noel – The Immortals (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Anastasia Hopcus – Shadow Hills
Angie Sage – Septimus Heap (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Ann Brashares – The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (1, 2, 3, 4)
Anna Godbersen – Luxe (1, 2, 3, 4)
Anthony Horowitz – Alex Rider (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Aprilynne Pike – Wings (1, 2, 3)
Becca Fitzpatrick – Hush, Hush (1, 2)
Brandon Mull – Fablehaven (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Brian Selznick – The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Cassandra Clare – The Mortal Instruments (1, 2, 3, 4)
Carrie Jones – Need (1, 2, 3)
Carrie Ryan – The Forest of Hands and Teeth (1, 2, 3, 4)
Christopher Paolini – Inheritance (1, 2, 3, 4)
Cinda Williams Chima – The Heir Chronicles (1, 2, 3)
Colleen Houck – Tigers Saga (1, 2)
Cornelia Funke - Inkheart (1, 2, 3)
Ellen Hopkins – Impulse
Eoin Colfer – Artemis Fowl (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
Faraaz Kazi – Truly, Madly, Deeply
Frank Beddor – The Looking Glass Wars (1, 2, 3)
Gabrielle Zevin – Elsewhere
Gail Carson Levine – Fairest
Holly Black – Tithe (1, 2, 3)
J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
James Dashner – The Maze Runner (1, 2)
James Patterson – Maximum Ride (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
Jay Asher – Thirteen Reasons Why
Jeanne DuPrau – Books of Ember (1, 2, 3, 4)
Jeff Kinney – Diary of a Wimpy Kid (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
John Boyne – The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
John Green – An Abundance of Katherines
John Green – Looking for Alaska
John Green – Paper Towns
Jonathan Stroud – Bartimaeus (1, 2, 3, 4)
Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl – Caster Chronicles (1, 2)
Kelley Armstrong – Darkest Powers (1, 2, 3)
Kristin Cashore – The Seven Kingdoms (1, 2)
Lauren Kate - Fallen (1, 2, 3)
Lemony Snicket – Series of Unfortunate Events (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
Libba Bray – Gemma Doyle (1, 2, 3)
Lisa McMann – Dream Catcher (1, 2, 3)
Louise Rennison – Confessions of Georgia Nicolson (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
M.T. Anderson – Feed
Maggie Stiefvater - The Wolves of Mercy Falls (1, 2, 3)
Margaret Peterson Haddix – Shadow Children (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
Maria V. Snyder – Study (1, 2, 3)
Markus Zusak – The Book Thief
Markus Zusak – I am the Messenger
Mark Haddon – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Mary Ting – Crossroads
Maureen Johnson – Little Blue Envelope (1, 2)
Meg Cabot – All-American Girl (1, 2)
Meg Cabot – The Mediator (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Meg Cabot – The Princess Diaries (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Meg Rosoff – How I live now
Megan McCafferty – Jessica Darling (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Megan Whalen Turner – The Queen’s Thief (1, 2, 3, 4)
Melina Marchetta – On the Jellicoe Road
Melissa de la Cruz – Blue Bloods (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Melissa Marr – Wicked Lovely (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Michael Grant – Gone (1, 2, 3, 4)
Nancy Farmer – The House of the Scorpion
Neal Shusterman – Unwind
Neil Gaiman – Coraline
Neil Gaiman – Stardust
Neil Gaiman – The Graveyard Book
P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast – House of Night (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 )
Philip Pullman – His Dark Materials (1, 2, 3)
Rachel Caine – The Morganville Vampires (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Rachel Cohn & David Levithan – Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist
Richelle Mead – Vampire Academy (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Rick Riordan – Percy Jackson and the Olympians (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Rom LcO’Feer – Somewhere carnal over 40 winks
S.L. Naeole – Grace (1, 2, 3, 4)
Sabrina Bryan and Julia DeVillers – Princess of Gossip
Sarah Dessen – Along for the Ride
Sarah Dessen – Lock and Key
Sarah Dessen – The Truth about Forever
Sara Shepard – Pretty Little Liars (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Scott Westerfeld – Leviathan (1, 2, 3)
Scott Westerfeld – Uglies (1, 2, 3)
Shannon Hale – Books of a Thousand Days
Shannon Hale – Princess Academy
Shannon Hale – The Books of Bayern (1, 2, 3, 4)
Sherman Alexie & Ellen Forney – The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Simone Elkeles – Perfect Chemistry (1, 2, 3)
Stephanie Meyer – The Host
Stephanie Meyer – Twilight Saga (1, 2, 3, 4)
Sue Monk Kidd – The Secret Life of Bees
Susan Beth Pfeffer – Last Survivors (1, 2, 3)
Suzanne Collins - Hunger Games (1, 2, 3)
Suzanne Collins – Underland Chronicles (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Terry Pratchett – Tiffany Aching (1, 2, 3, 4)
Tonya Hurley – Ghost Girl (1, 2, 3)
Wendelin Van Draanen – Flipped
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Friday, September 30, 2011
Mockingbird
written by Kathryn Erskine
I picked this book up after hearing a lot of buzz about what a great read it is. The added incentive of the author being from my hometown (and nobody's from my hometown) was awesome, too. I'm actually pretty disappointed that I missed her recent visit to my public library, but I'm hoping there will be more opportunities to meet her in the future. I really enjoyed this book. I don't know much about Asperger's beyond reading this book and working with some kids with PDD, so it was emotionally satisfying to really get into the head of a child with Asperger's. I found myself relating to many of the things Caitlin talked about, although I would imagine her experiences with life would be more intensified than my reflections on them. I may have missed out on a deeper layer of the story, as I haven't read To Kill a Mockingbird, which is heavily referenced, but I can honestly say this is one of the best books I've read.
Rating: 5/5
I got this book from...:Kindle Library Lending, Jefferson Madison Regional Library
written by Kathryn Erskine
I picked this book up after hearing a lot of buzz about what a great read it is. The added incentive of the author being from my hometown (and nobody's from my hometown) was awesome, too. I'm actually pretty disappointed that I missed her recent visit to my public library, but I'm hoping there will be more opportunities to meet her in the future. I really enjoyed this book. I don't know much about Asperger's beyond reading this book and working with some kids with PDD, so it was emotionally satisfying to really get into the head of a child with Asperger's. I found myself relating to many of the things Caitlin talked about, although I would imagine her experiences with life would be more intensified than my reflections on them. I may have missed out on a deeper layer of the story, as I haven't read To Kill a Mockingbird, which is heavily referenced, but I can honestly say this is one of the best books I've read.
Rating: 5/5
I got this book from...:Kindle Library Lending, Jefferson Madison Regional Library
Monday, September 19, 2011
The Name of the Star
The Name of the Star
written by Maureen Johnson
Release Date: September 29, 2011
There's an interesting story about how I came to own this book. I've linked to it below. I may have scared Maureen Johnson in the process. Sorry, Maureen! (I mean, I don't apologize for the enthusiasm, creepy as it was. BUT.)
The book itself, though? Definitely lives up to the hype. I've been going off on rants lately about how annoying the stretched out YA trilogies/series tend to be, but Maureen does a great job of writing a novel that can be read on its own, but does extend onwards to more books in the future. The Name of the Star is a book that isn't comparable to others in its genre. Come to think of it, it's difficult to even slap a genre label on the book, it's just that good. There's the complicated intertwining of mystery, paranormal, humor, romance, and John-Green-esque boarding school/girl-Hogwarts. Only someone as brilliant (...crazy? =P) as Maureen would have ever been able to craft such an enthralling story. Theorizing about all the impossible possibilities while reading is inevitable, and doesn't stop by the end of the book, either. The plot twists and unique spins on typical tropes kept me reading this novel in a single sitting.
It's going to be personally interesting to me to see how this book gets categorized. With the recent trend toward the 'paranormal romance' genre in YA fiction, one theoretically could label this as such. But I think it's a matter of realizing that the romance is not constantly at the forefront of the story, distinguishing this book as more of a 'supernatural' story than a 'paranormal romance'. I think this is an important distinction that is easily missed by those who are outside of the YA world, and it bothers me that a brilliant book like The Name of the Star could pretty easily be lumped in with the likes of Twilight, when the stories are worlds apart in content.
As far as appealing to an audience, the book markets itself as featuring 'ghost police'. That turned me off a bit, until I read and realized they were more of a detective force. Simple word switch that could mean a lot. (I don't know about you, but 'police' kind of makes me think of one of those cheesy predictable television crime shows.)
I mentioned before that I was glad to see a self-contained book within a series. I do hope it won't be one of those 'book by book series', with a plot of the day kind of story. I would love it if there was an overarching plot with continuity, rather than something out of a repetitive kids' series like the Animorphs books. I am still very excited to see how the story develops in the coming books, and I'm pretty excited about seeing other peoples' reactions to the book as well.
One more nitpicky frustration that has nothing to do with Maureen, though? This is one of those books where you're better off not reading the summary off the back cover. It's not too spoilery, but the story takes time to develop and I felt like reading the summary ruined that for me a bit.
I got this book from...:LeakyCon 2011! Here's the story :) Probably my favorite moment of LeakyCon, if not my life overall!
written by Maureen Johnson
Release Date: September 29, 2011
There's an interesting story about how I came to own this book. I've linked to it below. I may have scared Maureen Johnson in the process. Sorry, Maureen! (I mean, I don't apologize for the enthusiasm, creepy as it was. BUT.)
The book itself, though? Definitely lives up to the hype. I've been going off on rants lately about how annoying the stretched out YA trilogies/series tend to be, but Maureen does a great job of writing a novel that can be read on its own, but does extend onwards to more books in the future. The Name of the Star is a book that isn't comparable to others in its genre. Come to think of it, it's difficult to even slap a genre label on the book, it's just that good. There's the complicated intertwining of mystery, paranormal, humor, romance, and John-Green-esque boarding school/girl-Hogwarts. Only someone as brilliant (...crazy? =P) as Maureen would have ever been able to craft such an enthralling story. Theorizing about all the impossible possibilities while reading is inevitable, and doesn't stop by the end of the book, either. The plot twists and unique spins on typical tropes kept me reading this novel in a single sitting.
It's going to be personally interesting to me to see how this book gets categorized. With the recent trend toward the 'paranormal romance' genre in YA fiction, one theoretically could label this as such. But I think it's a matter of realizing that the romance is not constantly at the forefront of the story, distinguishing this book as more of a 'supernatural' story than a 'paranormal romance'. I think this is an important distinction that is easily missed by those who are outside of the YA world, and it bothers me that a brilliant book like The Name of the Star could pretty easily be lumped in with the likes of Twilight, when the stories are worlds apart in content.
As far as appealing to an audience, the book markets itself as featuring 'ghost police'. That turned me off a bit, until I read and realized they were more of a detective force. Simple word switch that could mean a lot. (I don't know about you, but 'police' kind of makes me think of one of those cheesy predictable television crime shows.)
I mentioned before that I was glad to see a self-contained book within a series. I do hope it won't be one of those 'book by book series', with a plot of the day kind of story. I would love it if there was an overarching plot with continuity, rather than something out of a repetitive kids' series like the Animorphs books. I am still very excited to see how the story develops in the coming books, and I'm pretty excited about seeing other peoples' reactions to the book as well.
One more nitpicky frustration that has nothing to do with Maureen, though? This is one of those books where you're better off not reading the summary off the back cover. It's not too spoilery, but the story takes time to develop and I felt like reading the summary ruined that for me a bit.
I got this book from...:LeakyCon 2011! Here's the story :) Probably my favorite moment of LeakyCon, if not my life overall!
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