Monday, February 20, 2012
FINISHED:
Oliver, Lauren. (2011). Liesl & Po. New York: HarperCollins.
[.]
STARTED:
Haskell, Merrie. (2011). The princess curse. New York: HarperCollins.
[.]
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Labels:
abuse,
alienation,
Eric favorite,
fantasy,
friendship,
ghosts,
girl,
magic,
orphan
Saturday, February 18, 2012
FINISHED:
Applegate, Katherine. (2012). The one and only Ivan. New York: HarperCollins.
[.]
STARTED:
Oliver, Lauren. (2011). Liesl & Po. New York: HarperCollins.
[.]
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Labels:
abuse,
alienation,
animals,
art,
ethics,
friendship,
orphan
Friday, February 17, 2012
FINISHED:
Cline, Ernest. (2011). Ready Player One. New York: Crown.
[This one was FUN FUN FUN - mainly because it was targeted directly at me. Grow up playing videogames and going to arcades in the '70s? Is Wargames (MGM, 1983) one of your favorite movies? Did you watch all of the great sitcoms of the '80s like Family Ties? Cline (clearly a man that I could be friends with) has crafted a novel that is part Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, part DaVinci Code (only the best parts...) or The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, along with a healthy dose of pop culture nostalgia and dystopian science fiction. 30 & 40-something geeks rejoice!]
STARTED:
Applegate, Katherine. (2012). The one and only Ivan. New York: HarperCollins.
[.]
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Labels:
alienation,
boy,
competition,
computers,
dystopian,
Eric favorite,
friendship,
games,
pop culture,
quest,
science fiction,
technology,
YA
Thursday, February 9, 2012
FINISHED:
Reeve, Philip. (2011). Web of air. New York: Scholastic.
[.]
Nolan, Han. (2010). Crazy. Boston: Harcourt.
[.]
STARTED:
Cline, Ernest. (2011). Ready Player One. New York: Crown.
[.]
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Labels:
adventure,
airplane,
boy,
coming of age,
death,
drugs,
dystopian,
education,
friendship,
gender roles,
girl,
parents,
series,
steampunk,
YA
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
FINISHED:
Lu, Marie. (2011). Legend. New York: Penguin/Putnam.
[.]
STARTED:
Nolan, Han. (2010). Crazy. Boston: Harcourt.
[This one is still lingering on the ACL Distinguished List for 2011... and it's from 2010...]
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Labels:
alienation,
boy,
conspiracies,
crime,
dystopian,
ethics,
girl,
murder,
science fiction,
series,
YA
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