Friday, June 27, 2008

Eclipse

Book #47
Eclipse
by Stephenie Meyer
"Bella must choose between her friendship with Jacob and her relationship with Edward, but when Seattle is ravaged by a mysterious string of killings, the three of them need to decide whether their personal lives are more important than the well-being of an entire city."

4 stars
June 24th to June 27th - 4 days - 629 pages

Monday, June 23, 2008

Absolutely Normal Chaos

Book #46
Absolutely Normal Chaos
by Sharon Creech
"Thirteen-year-old Mary Lou grows up considerably during the summer while learning about romance, homesickness, death, and her cousin's search for his biological father."

4 stars
June 22nd to June 23rd - 2 days - 230 pages

Notes:
(Not good or bad, just things I noticed or thought about while reading.)

The word "Niftiest" was used.
The 90's still don't seem like such a long time ago, but I suppose they kinda are at this point. And I guess this book is getting a little dated then. It's almost 20 years old. (1990.)

**Book Count Update**

So, since this blog is here to help me keep track of my total book count from all the books I've read, and not specifically just the ones from 2007 onward, I wanted to add the books I read in 2006 to my count as well.

So...
Book #41

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
by Ann Brashares.







Book #42

The Second Summer of the Sisterhood
by Ann Brashares








Book #43

Girls in Pants
The Third Summer of the Sisterhood
by Ann Brashares







Book #44

Eragon
by Christopher Paolini








Book #45

A House Called Awful End
by Philip Ardagh

Sunday, June 22, 2008

My Secret: a PostSecret book

My Secret: a PostSecret book
compiled by Frank WarrenPostSecret.

June 22nd - Read straight through

Heartbeat

Book #40
Heartbeat
by Sharon Creech
"Twelve-year-old Annie ponders the many rhythms of life the year that her mother becomes pregnant, her grandfather begins faltering, and her best friend (and running partner) becomes distant."

4 stars
June 22nd - 1 day- 180 pages

Saturday, June 21, 2008

The Supernaturalist

Book #39
The Supernaturalist
by Eoin Colfer
"In futuristic Satellite City, fourteen-year-old Cosmo Hill escapes from his abusive orphanage and teams up with three other people who share his unusual ability to see supernatural creatures, and together they determine the nature and purpose of the swarming blue Parasites that are invisible to most humans."

3 1/2 stars
June 19th to June 21st - 3 days - 267 pages

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Love That Dog

Book #38
Love That Dog
by Sharon Creech
"A young student, who comes to love poetry through a personal understanding of what different famous poems mean to him, surprises himself by writing his own inspired poem."

4 1/2 stars
June 19th - 1 day - 86 pages
♥♥♥

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

New Moon

Book #37
New Moon
by Stephenie Meyer
"When the Cullens, including her beloved Edward, leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they are vampires, it is almost too much for eighteen-year-old Bella to bear, but she finds solace in her friend Jacob until he is drawn into a "cult" and changes in terrible ways."

3 1/2 stars
June 17th to June 18th - 2 days - 563 pages

Monday, June 16, 2008

A Light in the Attic

Book #36
A Light in the Attic
by Shel Silverstein
"A collection of humorous poems and drawings."

Started it a while ago, finished June 16th - 167 pages

The Artemis Fowl Files

Book #35
The Artemis Fowl Files
by Eoin Colfer
"Two original short stories, plus puzzles, interviews with characters, and other writings that unlock secrets of the Artemis Fowl books, which feature a twelve-year-old evil genius and his dealings with fairies and other magical beings."

2 1/2 stars
June 15th to June 16th - 2 days - 187 pages

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Twilight

Book #34
Twilight
by Stephenie Meyer
"When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human."

4 1/2 stars

June 13th to June 14th - 2 days - 498 pages