Author Topic: Re: Whatcha reading? (Read 8722 times)

jodyjl · « **Reply #210 on:** August 07, 2012, 04:22 PM »

Just finished SEE YOU AT HARRY'S by our own Jo Knowles. I finished in two sittings...so very lovely...sniff, sniff.

LTMadison · « **Reply #211 on:** August 08, 2012, 09:19 AM »

Holy sleepless night, I'm three fourths of the way through Peter Heller's debut novel The Dog Stars, which hit bookstores yesterday. If you couldn't abide The Road, don't bother (copy editors who see red at every sentence fragment are particularly in danger), but this post-apocalyptic novel has a sort of Hemingwayesque Nick Adams PSTD feel to it and I'm finding it mesmerizing.

jojocookie · « **Reply #212 on:** August 09, 2012, 03:43 PM »

A PLAIN DEATH

By Amanda Flower.

I so happy for this thread! Thought for a moment I had run out of reading, until now.

jancoates · « **Reply #213 on:** August 09, 2012, 03:59 PM »

Bluefish by Pat Schmatz (sp?) - perfect title (from Dr. Seuss), and excellent MG for anyone having difficulty learning to read.

LindaB · « **Reply #214 on:** August 09, 2012, 09:05 PM »

I'm finally reading Divergent. So far, so good.

LindaB

tulipwars · « **Reply #215 on:** August 13, 2012, 07:51 AM »

THE EYRE AFFAIR by Jasper Fforde, very funny and off-the-wall.

CRANFORD by Elizabeth Gaskell, not up there with the great 19th century novels but very charming. I haven't seen the series but I hear good things about it.

jodyjl · « **Reply #216 on:** August 13, 2012, 09:52 AM »

Enjoyed PLEASE IGNORE VERA DIETZ as well as ANYTHING BUT TYPICAL.

Mike Jung · « **Reply #217 on:** August 13, 2012, 10:02 AM »

I'm in the middle of THE BROKEN LANDS by Kate Milford and it's a serious contender for my favorite book of the year.

Tabitha · « **Reply #218 on:** August 13, 2012, 10:15 AM »

Just picked up Girl of Nightmares. *squee*

C. Lee McKenzie · « **Reply #219 on:** August 13, 2012, 01:32 PM »

I've been reading, reading, reading: Griffin's Fire, Flutter of Luv, Scars and Seaweed. :-)

majanecka · « **Reply #220 on:** August 13, 2012, 07:11 PM »

For a really young child, my son and I just read Silly Milly and the Mysterious Suitcase by Wendy Cheyette Lewison. It was so silly and funny. Great wordplay.

MysteryRobin · « **Reply #221 on:** August 13, 2012, 08:03 PM »

Finally read The Adoration of Jenna Fox. Well, still reading because my 11 year old stole it for a few days.

It's really good so far. (And she loved it!)

Michael Sussman · « **Reply #222 on:** August 14, 2012, 01:40 PM »

I finally read LOOKING FOR ALASKA & really enjoyed it.

My new favorite author is Ann Patchett. I adored BEL CANTO and almost as good is her latest, STATE OF WONDER.

J-Bert · « **Reply #223 on:** August 14, 2012, 02:30 PM »

I just finished LIAR & SPY, Rebecca Stead's latest. It's sososososo good! She had big shoes to fill after WHEN YOU REACH ME and I think she filled them.

Shannywriter · « **Reply #224 on:** August 15, 2012, 10:55 PM »

Just finished Cracked Up to Be by Courtney Summer and now reading Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles

G.R. · « **Reply #225 on:** August 17, 2012, 04:26 PM »

I finally got around to reading The Help this month, and I'm almost finished with it (haven't seen the film version yet, but I hope to soon...).

What can I say that hasn't been said already? Even if I hadn't waited for the hype to die down, I think I still would've at least been quite impressed with the distinct, compelling and likable narrative voices author Kathryn Stockett has given her three main characters, as well as the array of believable supporting characters she has developed.

DanetteFromOrlando · « **Reply #226 on:** August 18, 2012, 11:35 PM »

Quote from: carterhiggins on July 14, 2012, 11:16 PM

Reading and loving VIOLET RAINES ALMOST GOT STRUCK BY LIGHTNING by Danette Haworth.

Thank you, carterhiggins!

tulipwars · « **Reply #227 on:** August 20, 2012, 01:08 PM »

Still on my 19th century novel kick. Just finished North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. So romantic! Just started Little Women, which, believe it or not, I have never read before.

Mike Jung · « **Reply #228 on:** August 20, 2012, 01:17 PM »

My daughter loves VAMPIRINA BALLERINA, by LueYen Pham and our own Anne Marie Pace! I read Dave LaRochelle and Jeremy Tankard's IT'S A TIGER to my son, and he's been roaring like a tiger ever since. Jeannie Mobley's KATERINA'S WISH is a wonderful MG novel - serious themes, and a lot of heartache for the characters. It's an excellent work of historical fiction. Moving on to Trent Reedy's latest, STEALING AIR.

C. Lee McKenzie · « **Reply #229 on:** August 23, 2012, 09:39 AM »

I won a book called The Flight of the Griffin, so I'm reading that.

olmue · « **Reply #230 on:** August 30, 2012, 11:58 PM »

Finally read BETWEEN SHADES OF GRAY. So excellent! I checked out a bunch of books at once and just meant to read the first few pages of each and see what they were like before going off to back to school night, but the others are in a heap and I've just finished Ruta's book. (And looking back, I see Ruta is RES! Which makes me even happier that the book is by one of ours.

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ButterflyGirl · « **Reply #231 on:** August 31, 2012, 08:52 AM »

I am deep into Lena Coakley's WITCHLANDERS. It is sooooo good! The language is gorgeous, and the plot is really compelling.

AnneB · « **Reply #232 on:** August 31, 2012, 11:43 AM »

Gobble up My Life as a Stuntboy by Janet Tashjian last night, staying up waaay too late to do so. Very closely plotted, simply told yet engaging even for an adult, illustrations for some of the out-of-the-way words (limousine, scenario, intensifies). I'm very impressed.

Raynbow Gignilliat · « **Reply #233 on:** August 31, 2012, 12:12 PM »

I finished FEAR by Michael Grant a few days ago. It's one of his Gone novels. Love them. They remind me a lot of Stephen King's books.

christine · « **Reply #234 on:** August 31, 2012, 12:52 PM »

Reading SHADOW AND BONE, stopping to admire the lovely world-building, then reading some more

MysteryRobin · « **Reply #235 on:** September 02, 2012, 12:11 AM »

I just finished reading Heroes of the Valley to the kids, by Jonathon Stroud.

It was a fun story and the kids loved it. I did edit bits of text as I read because it was LONG and... a little thick with description. It's also firmly between YA and MG, I thought. So I toned down some of it for my 6 year old.

I started The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place tonight with them, and we all love it so far.

It has a great voice -reminiscent of Jane Eyre, but clearly for children...

And the 6 year old has me reading George Brown Class Clown Attack of the Tighty Whities. *sigh* She adores it.

RebeccaL-G · « **Reply #236 on:** September 02, 2012, 07:00 PM »

I just finished The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. Wow! I spent the weekend alternating between laughter and tears. I highly recommend it.

AnneB · « **Reply #237 on:** September 02, 2012, 09:29 PM »

Caddy's World, Hilary McKay's most recent. Sigh. I hate it when a Hilary McKay book ends.

Mike Jung · « **Reply #238 on:** September 02, 2012, 10:08 PM »

My kids are love, love, loving VAMPIINA BALLERINA, IT'S A TIGER, and KEL GILLIGAN'S DAREDEVIL STUNT SHOW.

Stephanie Ruble · « **Reply #239 on:** September 03, 2012, 12:30 AM »

I recently read Sammy Keyes and the Night of the Skulls by Wendelin Van Draanen. I love Sammy Keyes and Halloween, so I really enjoyed reading this one!

Last week I read the ARC of The Diviners by Libba Bray . I'm always amazed at how she can pull together so many things and make them work in a story. Plus there were supernatural happenings, murders, and a mystery, set in 1920's NYC.

Now I'm reading Spellbound by Anna Dale. I'm at the part where the adventure is about to go ahead full steam. I picked up this book because her last book, Whispering to Witches, is one of my favorite MG books.

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Author Topic: Re: Whatcha reading? (Read 8722 times)