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I know, the name's a little stupid... I couldn't think of another one though. :) For those of you who have know idea what I'm talking about, here it is!
Starting today you're going to see how many books you can read from now until... hmm... I'm not sure of a good deadline. The end of the year or month? Anyway, let me know. Here's what it should look like:
Book (Title and Author):
Started:
Finished:
And if you want you can say a little about it! If you're interested, then please join!
submitted by Elizabeth M-HI ED!!!, age 11, Germany: 23 Day
(May 1, 2011 - 1:51 pm)
(May 1, 2011 - 1:51 pm)
Yay!!!! I finally finished a book.
Book: The Kane Chronicles, Book 2: The Throne Of Fire
Started: May 5th, 2011 2:28 P.M.
Finished: May 7th, 2011 9:50 P.M.
Pages: 446
Now I have to wait another year for the third book. I think it's kind of funny that I will be in senior year in high school by the time the fifth book comes out.
(May 7, 2011 - 10:06 pm)
Yes! Finished the whole Narnia series! I had to kind of quit for a few days because our friends stayed overnight, but I finished the last book this morning. Yay! I'm going to go pick out a new book. I'll tell you what it is later. :-)
(May 9, 2011 - 1:24 pm)
Did you like it? I have listened to each book about thirty times each and I am not exaggerating. I have another book. This will be the third that I've started.
Book: The Phantom Stallion, Book 2: Mustang Moon
Started: May 8th
Finished: (I haven't actually finished it yet, but I will today) May 9th
Pages: 200 and something. I am not sure exactly how much.
(May 9, 2011 - 4:34 pm)
Today I read Flatland. It's brilliant.
(May 10, 2011 - 3:05 pm)
Daddy-Long-Legs (by Jean Webster) and Yellow Star (by Jennifer Roy) are my latest books. I started Daddy-Long-Legs yesterday and finished today, and I started and finished Yellow Star today. Daddy-Long-Legs is about a girl who lived in an orphanage her whole life. She is sent to college by a trustee who is going to pay all her expenses. The trustee only asks that she write him a letter once a month, and that she does not know who he is. It's a really good book! It has 185 pages. Yellow Star is a non-fiction book about a girl who is one of the twelve Jewish children who survived WWII. It's more like a children's chapter book (its print is larger), but it still has 227 pages.
Yay! I've finished ten books so far! You all have been reading a whole lot, haven't you? Because there are a lot of posts so far!
(May 11, 2011 - 2:28 pm)
I've got two more for you... wait, let me get them.
Book (Title and Author): The Romeo and Juliet Code by Phoebe Stone
Started: May 7, 2011
Finished: May 10, 2011
Pages: 300
This book is about a girl who is sent from England to Maine during World War II. Her family acts really suspicious around her, though. They won't tell her who the person hiding in his/her room is and act mad about her mother and father. To top it all off, her uncle is getting coded letters from her parents and won't tell her what they're about!
Beautifully written. The best thing I've read since Kingdom Keepers IV. Definitely.
Book (Title and Author): Take Me With You by Carolyn Marsden
Started: May 10, 2010
Finished: May 11, 2010
Pages: 158
This book is about a girl who is half African-American and half Italian who lives with her beautiful best friend and other girls at an institue for girls who were abandoned during the war (World War II). The girl thinks she will never be adopted, and her friend will; but then someone comes just to see her.
Short but sweet. Keeps you guessing about who will be adopted first.
And now, I am reading another book. It's one of those Dear Americas, except this one's about a newsie.
I'm testing this time thing:
5:24 Eastern Time
(May 11, 2011 - 4:24 pm)
How do you guys read so quickly? I have about 127 pages left in Little Woman. I really recommend this!
(May 12, 2011 - 10:06 am)
Do audiobooks count? Because if they do I finally finished Mockingjay. It was amazing.
Book: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Started: May 10th 2011
Finished: May 12th 2011
I don't know how many pages since I listened to it. I think it was about nine hours.
(May 12, 2011 - 10:59 pm)
Oops, sorry I got a little bit behind on posting here. Here're my books I've read so far:
1. Heidi (the unabridged version) By Johanna Spyri (269 pages)
2. Grandpa's Box By Starr Meade (280 pages)
3. Ruby Holler By Sharon Creech (310 pages)
Have you ever read a book where it doesn't really end? Where there is an ending, but it doesn't really tell you what happens at the end? Where there seem like there are some loose threads that don't really finish? Where you don't find out half of what happens in the book? Where it seems like there should be more of the book or at least a sequel? Where the chapters are three or four pages long? Where it is a really good book, but just slightly annoying because you don't find out what happens at the end of it? That is what the book Ruby Holler is like. No offense to anyone who happens to really like this book, but I don't really like it. I mean, yes, it is a really good book with a good plot and characters, but it doesn't really finish the story. So if you like a good book, read this one. But if you don't like reading books where you don't find out what happens at the end of it, don't read this book or you will probably be pretty disappointed. I know that I was. Anyways, sorry about all my chattering. I just had to say all that to someone. :-)
(May 15, 2011 - 2:17 pm)
I really like Sharon Creech but I didn't really get into that book either. The plot wasn't really a good idea either.
(May 16, 2011 - 4:41 pm)
Book (Title and Author): Little Women (L.M. Alcott)
Started: May 1st
Finished: May 15th
I guess I don't have to say much because almost everyone has read this! I think I'll start the Hunger Games next!!
(May 16, 2011 - 11:05 am)
I started the first one yesterday, and finished it today. The second one I started and finished yesterday. Can't see Elizabeth M.'s comment yet...
(May 16, 2011 - 12:37 pm)
I read Animals in Translations and The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.
(May 16, 2011 - 3:35 pm)
I've got *counts* 4 more books for you guys. I'm up to 8 (finished books) now.
Book (Title and Author): My Name Is America: The Journal of Finn Reardon: A Newsie by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Started: May 11, 2011
Finished: May 12, 2011
Pages:156
It's really good. But then again, I say that about every book. It's about a newsie who wants to become a journalist.
Book (Title and Author): The Mysterious Case of the Albright Academy by Diane Stanley
Started: May 12, 2011
Finished:May 13, 2011
Pages: 258
Really good. And this time, I definitely mean it. This is about Franny, who gets accepted into Albright Academy because her sister wouldn't go withour her. This is an academy for the best of the best. While she's there her friend thinks she's acting definitely. Her friends and her investigate to find out why everyone at the academy does this.
Book (Title and Author): Three Black Swans
Started: May 13, 2011
Finished: May 13, 2011
Pages: 276
This book is about a girl who decides to pretend she and her look-alike cousin are twins for a class project about hoaxes. A video they take for it goes onto the internet, where everyone thinks they are really twins. Ah-ma-zing!
Book (Title and Author): Luv Ya Bunches: A Flower Power Book by Lauren Myracle
Started: May 13, 2011
Finished: May 14, 2011
Pages: 335
This is about how these four girls are involved in a scheme about a missing bobble-head turtle. All their names are flowers (Katie-Rose, Yasaman, Violet, Camilla), hence the series title. It was good, but for a younger audience. (I borrowed it from my lil' sis.)
Now I'm reading Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright. It's really good even though I didn't think I'd like it.
(May 16, 2011 - 5:00 pm)
So Long And Thanks For All The Fish.
(May 16, 2011 - 9:26 pm)