Sunday, June 27, 2010


FINISHED:
Dashner, James. (2008). The 13th Reality: The journal of curious letters. New York: Shadow Mountain.

[.]

STARTED:
Mull, Brandon. (2010). Fablehaven: Keys to the demon prison. New York: Shadow Mountain.

[The LAST one! What a brilliant series - hope this one doesn't disappoint.]

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Thursday, June 24, 2010


FINISHED:
Jacques, Brian. (2004). Rakkety Tam. New York: Firebird/Penguin.

[.]

STARTED:
Dashner, James. (2008). The 13th Reality: The journal of curious letters. New York: Shadow Mountain.

[The Maze Runner was my favorite book of 2009, so I thought I'd read something else by Dashner.]

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Thursday, June 17, 2010


FINISHED:
Mull, Brandon. (2009). Fablehaven: Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary. Salt Lake City, UT: Shadow Mountain.

[SOOOOO good.]

STARTED:
Jacques, Brian. (2004). Rakkety Tam. New York: Firebird/Penguin.

[#17...]

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Friday, June 11, 2010


FINISHED:
Connor, Leslie. (2010). Crunch. New York: Katherine Tegen/HarperCollins.

[.]

STARTED:
Mull, Brandon. (2009). Fablehaven: Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary. Salt Lake City, UT: Shadow Mountain.

[LOVE LOVE LOVE these books.]

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Tuesday, June 8, 2010


FINISHED:
West, Jacqueline. (2010). The books of Elsewhere: The shadows. New York: Dial.

[My review for ACL:

Olive, perpetual new student, and her nomadic, mathmetician, computer screen-glued parents move into a dusty old house still full of the previous occupants’ Victorian-era belongings. One of the first things that Olive notices is the abundance of paintings (which seem permanently attached to the walls) whose images, when viewed through a pair of found antique reading glasses, begin to move. Ever the curious explorer, Olive discovers that she is able to climb into these paintings and, while wandering around in one, comes across a frightened little boy in an old nightshirt who claims to have been stolen from the real world and imprisoned in the painting by a malevolent, ever-watching shadow. West’s debut novel, the first in an assumed series, is briskly paced and, for the most part, engaging, with a spunky outcast for a protagonist in whom avid readers of the genre will recognize shades of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline (HarperCollins, 2002). A trio of talking cats add comedy and a bit of confusion: aside from the occasional difficulty of keeping them straight, their motives are unclear as they seem genuinely helpful but appear to be “working for” the shadowy force. Thorough, vivid physical description provides a definite sense of environment and the premise is intriguing enough to attract young fantasy beginners. (Reviewed from ARC.)]

STARTED:
Connor, Leslie. (2010). Crunch. New York: Katherine Tegen/HarperCollins.

[Reading for ACL.]

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Saturday, June 5, 2010


FINISHED:
Cottrell Boyce, Frank. (2010). Cosmic. New York: Walden Pond.

[.]

STARTED:
West, Jacqueline. (2010). The books of Elsewhere: The shadows. New York: Dial.

[Reviewing for ACL.]

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Tuesday, June 1, 2010


FINISHED:
Silverman, Sarah. (2010). The bedwetter: Stories of courage, redemption, and pee. New York: HarperCollins.

[.]

STARTED:
Cottrell Boyce, Frank. (2010). Cosmic. New York: Walden Pond.

[So many starred reviews!]

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