FINISHED:

Collins, Suzanne. (2009). Catching fire. New York: Scholastic.

[GOOD STUFF. Probably shouldn't say any more about it until it's actually published...]

STARTED:
Augarde, Steve. (2009). Winter wood. New York: David Fickling Books.

[SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE!! I'm telling you, the first two books in this trilogy are modern masterpieces and I can't wait to find out how it is all wrapped up.]

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FINISHED:

Hunter, Erin. (2009). Seekers #3: Smoke Mountain. New York: HarperCollins.

[.]

STARTED:
Collins, Suzanne. (2009). Catching fire. New York: Scholastic.

[Got a hold of an ADVANCED READER'S COPY! It's good to be colleagues with veterans in the field...]

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FINISHED:

Troup, Gary. (2006). Bad twin. New York: Hyperion.

[.]

STARTED:
Hunter, Erin. (2009). Seekers #3: Smoke Mountain. New York: HarperCollins.

[Number 3 - must read right away... she's got me hooked.]

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FINISHED:

Collins, Suzanne. (2003). Gregor the Overlander. New York: Scholastic

[.]

STARTED:
Troup, Gary. (2006). Bad twin. New York: Hyperion.

[Read this one when it came out a few years ago - it's a novel supposedly written by an author who died on Oceanic flight 815. Reading it again, now that we've been through 5 seasons of "LOST," to see if it resonates any more than it did before.]

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FINISHED:

Blundell, Judy. (2008). What I saw and how I lied. New York: Scholastic.

[.]

STARTED:
Collins, Suzanne. (2003). Gregor the Overlander. New York: Scholastic.

[Been wanting to read the first one in this series for quite awhile - even before I had heard of "The Hunger Games".]

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So, I fell behind for, really, the first time in the few years that I've been doing this blog... Really, though, all that I read in the interim is a couple of short story collections for ACL review. Not really worth mentioning...

FINISHED:

Lerangis, Peter. (2009). The 39 clues: The sword thief. New York: Scholastic.

[Slight. So, again (?), we're already on Book 3 and our sibling protagonists have found how many clues? Not many, it seems. With 39 to find, how long is this series?? All I remember about this one is being duped on an airline flight, getting separated from their babysitter and dog, and going around with their uncle (?) to Tokyo. Is all of that even correct?]

STARTED:
Blundell, Judy. (2008). What I saw and how I lied. New York: Scholastic.

[Recommended by a colleague... oh, and it also won the National Book Award...]

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