I'm a Reading Fool

I'm seven five three books behind in posting, not including posts already in draft. A bunch of new books just came in, which is going to get me even further behind. So I'm just going to do a some...

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What do you think of the new design? I can apparently do quite a bit more tweaking, but I thought I'd start with this.

http://readingfool.blogspot.com/2010/03/new-design.html

I'm seven five books behind in posting, not including posts already in draft. A bunch of new books just came in, which is going to get me even further behind. So I'm just going to do a some quick...

http://readingfool.blogspot.com/2010/03/quicker-hits-part-ii.html

I'm seven books behind in posting, not including posts already in draft. A bunch of new books just came in, which is going to get me even further behind. So I'm just going to do a some quick impr...

http://readingfool.blogspot.com/2010/03/quick-hits-part-i.html

After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick 4Q 4P; Audience: M/J I laughed and cried my way through Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie, and I was eager to enter that world again. I was not disappointe...

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The Miles Between by Mary E. Pearson 4Q 3P; Audience: J/S) October 19th has always had a special significance for Destiny Faraday. It's her birthday. It's her mother's birthday, too. It's the ...

http://readingfool.blogspot.com/2010/03/joy-ride-fair-day-something-much-more.html

I'm really far behind in posting on books I read in January and February, so I'm going to try to toss up a few slightly shorter posts. (Of course, with me, slightly shorter generally means five o...

http://readingfool.blogspot.com/2010/03/on-keeping-ones-distance-purposely-and.html

MALICE by Chris Wooding 4Q, 3P; J/S Kids are going missing. Sometimes they show up again weeks or months later, but they can't remember where they were or what they did. The police and their p...

http://readingfool.blogspot.com/2010/03/with-malice-aforethought.html

The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade 4Q, 3P; Audience: M/J Modo started his life on display as a freak in a side show. Was he rescued by Mr. Socrates, or was he merely taken from one bad s...

http://readingfool.blogspot.com/2010/02/thrills-and-chills-steampunk-version.html

I have three half-finished posts to complete and publish and seven more books I've finished and haven't even started to write about after that. Yikes! In the offing: Food, Girls, and Other Thin...

http://readingfool.blogspot.com/2010/02/faster-i-read-behinder-i-get.html

PURPLE HEART by Patricia McCormick 4Q 3P; Audience: J/S When Matt wakes up in the hospital, he's got a heck of a headache, a lot of pain, and a Purple Heart for wounds sustained in combat. How ...

http://readingfool.blogspot.com/2010/02/handling-truth.html

It was a coincidence that I picked up two books back to back about teens losing their virginity, but it makes sense to talk about them together. The main characters in the two books have made ve...

http://readingfool.blogspot.com/2010/02/to-be-or-not-to-bea-virgin.html

In association with the Children's Book Council, TeenReads.com wants to know what your five favorite books published in 2009 were. The top five most nominated books will become the finalists for...

http://readingfool.blogspot.com/2010/01/best-ya-books-of-2010-you-pick.html

LEVIATHAN BY SCOTT WESTERFELD 4Q 3P; AUDIENCE: M/J/S This is another book I finished quite a while ago but haven’t had the time to write about. (It’s a good thing I don’t write under d...

http://readingfool.blogspot.com/2009/12/leviathan-by-scott-westerfeld-4q-3p.html

AFTER BY AMY EFAW 4Q 3P; AUDIENCE: J/S (HIGH SCHOOL) Devon Davenport did not have sex. She did not get pregnant. She did not give birth. She did not wrap the baby in a towel, then place it i...

http://readingfool.blogspot.com/2009/12/after-headlines-theres-more-to-story.html

I just tried to edit one sentence in my post about After by Amy Efaw and the entire post, which I have been working on for a week and was just about ready to upload is GONE. I hit Undo one too m...

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MUSINGS I thoroughly enjoyed Cinda Chima's Warrior Heir, Wizard Heir, and Dragon Heir. The plot and the characters were interesting and the pacing kept the story moving at a fast clip. I liked...

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LIBYRINTH BY PEARL NORTH 4Q 3P; AUDIENCE: J/S Clearly, as a librarian, books speak to me. But they don't speak to me. They talk to Haly, though. For as long as she can remember, Haly has heard ...

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If you're a Hunger Games fan like me, you'll be glad to see this news about book three. I wonder what the actual cover will look like. What do you want to happen in this book? Katniss is a ...

http://readingfool.blogspot.com/2009/12/august-cant-come-too-soon.html

LIAR BY JUSTINE LARBALESTIER 4Q 3P; AUDIENCE: J/S (HIGH SCHOOL) Micah started her high school career pretending to be a boy. That, she says, is one reason the other students shun her. Lying...

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ALIBI HIGH BY GREG LOGSTED 3Q 4P; AUDIENCE: M/J Living life on the run, constantly looking over your shoulder for danger, surviving attempts on your life - it's all easier than being in high...

http://readingfool.blogspot.com/2009/11/alibi-alibi-who-needs-alibi.html

CRACKED UP TO BE BY COURTNEY SUMMERS 4Q 3P; AUDIENCE: S A couple of months ago I was on the hold list for several books that hadn't come in yet (naturally, later about six of them came in at on...

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THE CHOSEN ONE BY CAROL LYNCH WILLIAMS 5Q 4P; J/S At thirteen, Kyra is just beginning to realize that there are two things she loves almost as much as she loves her family: books and Joshu...

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THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY BY JENNY HAN 4Q 4P; J/S I finished this book two+ months ago, and details have faded, so I'm sure I'll forget to mention things I thought about at the time, and some...

http://readingfool.blogspot.com/2009/10/she-feels-pretty-oh-so-prettysometimes.html

What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell 5Q 4P; J/S/A It's 1946, the war is over, and life is beginning to get back to normal. For Evie, that means her stepfather Joe is home, Bev, her mother...

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