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Book Count: January
I just felt...
I just felt like it becasue I'm bored, so let's see how many books you read this month. :)
submitted by Elizabeth M., age 12, Germany
(January 4, 2012 - 3:51 am)
(January 4, 2012 - 3:51 am)
Inheritance by Christopher Paolini (at least I read part of it.)
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (anyone seen the movie?)
The Emily Trilogy by L.M. Montgomery (for like the twentieth time!)
Will post more later, hopefully.
(January 13, 2012 - 2:12 pm)
3. Finally by Wendy Mass
4. The Daughters by Joanne Philbin
5. The Daughters Break the Rules by Joanne Philbin
6. 13 Gifts by Wendy Mass
(January 13, 2012 - 9:12 pm)
13. Looking for Alaska
14. Cross My Heart
15. iBoy
16. The Thief - Meghan Whalen Turner so good so good reading for the twentieth time. Really, really, really good.
(January 14, 2012 - 5:04 pm)
@ Piper C.
I watched the movie before I read the book. It's very good, but different from the book. Anne Hathaway's awesome as Ella.
@ Hana G.
Have you ever read Three Black Swans by Caroline B. Cooney? Amazing.
(January 14, 2012 - 5:40 pm)
7. Leap Day by Wendy Mass
Very good, but definitely for teen readers. Oh, and she lives in Orlando!! They talk about Disney World!!
(January 15, 2012 - 1:32 pm)
17. Shatter Me
18. Breadcrumbs- Anne Ursu. I got in Junevile Fiction, even though I'm normally in Young Adult, but this was so, so good. Good quotes on fantasy and adventure galore. READ IT.
(January 15, 2012 - 3:22 pm)
The Hunger Games
By Suzanne Collins
I don't know when I'll be able to read the second book in the trilogy, Catching Fire. There are about twenty holds on it in the library! I have a strange reluctance to buy books, but courtesy of a Barnes and Nobles Gift Card I think I'll be able to get it. Hope it's worth it.
I didn't like the first book that much. The writing is...too simple, is how I would describe it. It reminds me of a rough draft, like the author had all the kernels of ideas, most of which are fascinating, but I think she could have organized and cleaned up the ideas more. And definitely given the characters more depth. It is too surreal that Katniss can survive the Games without being completely insane...the author needs to give us a little more of her background so we can see that from her point of view how accepted the games are as a part of life.
I definitely want to find out more about Haymitch, and the Avox with the red hair. I guess that'll be book two and three. My favorite character so far is Gale. I wish he was in the first book more!
It was frustrating for me that the writing seemed so imcomplete, though I suppose I shouldn't judge that until I read the other two books. But I felt that it could have been twice as long, just going into more depth on the details. I would rate it altogether, out of 10 points, about a 6.8. Maybe 6.9.
(January 15, 2012 - 6:55 pm)
I think The Hunger Games wasn't very good. The characters seemed unrealistic, from the way they act to the way they recover quickly from illnesses and diseases. I'm really annoyed; the book had good promise but Suzanne Collins didn't write very realistic characters.
(January 19, 2012 - 8:10 pm)
8. The Red Blazer Girls: The Mistaken Masterpiece by Michael D. Beil
8. Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
(January 18, 2012 - 4:51 pm)
So far this month I've read:
1.) Vampirates: Demons of the Ocean
2.) Pretty Little Liars #3
3.) one of the TinTin books- I forget which one! :)
4.) A Christmas Carol
5.) Draw the Dark
6.) an excerpt from My Antonia
7.) A nonfiction book about moons.. forget what it's called
8.) the latest Cricket magazine!!!!! :)
As you can see..... I read across loads of genres!
(January 19, 2012 - 7:22 pm)
Hmm. Let's see... I have read a total of 27 books so far! Of course, the month is but half over so I have plenty of time to read more!
(January 19, 2012 - 8:13 pm)
Right now I am reading only a few books each month--high school doesn't let me read as much as I want (that would be like 20 books a month!!).
But I really shouldn't have judged the first book of the Hunger Games quite so harshly. I read the rest of the series and changed my opinion. Though not the best books in the world, they are pretty good, and the other two books in the trilogy have enough character development and detail to satisfy me. I still think the writing of the first book leaves some to be desired, but as a whole the series gets a 7.75 out of 10. The ending was unexpected, sad and horrifying...but very well done.
(January 21, 2012 - 2:34 pm)
Oh dear. I'm still reading Great Expectations. I haven't been reading a lot this month, actually I've been sleeping. :)
(January 23, 2012 - 9:10 am)
10. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Good, but he didn't put in enough for me to feel like I was living it, as normally happens with good books.
11. The Hunger Gamees by Suzanne Collins
All I can say is 'wow'. I know why you guys like it so much now. :) Awesomeazing.
(January 23, 2012 - 4:39 pm)
I've worked on reading 'Little Women'. That's about it. It's really long.
Spammy says: yzyb'
(January 25, 2012 - 7:05 pm)