I want to read Dream Factory next because it was suggested to me a long time ago. Also, someone from my college (the University of North Texas) helped write the book so I want to read it for that reason too. However, we do not have a copy of it at Gadsden High School so I had to request it from a different high school in our school district. I hope it comes in early next week.
Is it weird that I don't want to even start another book until I get my hands on Dream Factory? Does that happen to anyone else? You won't keep reading because you are waiting for a different book?
Or is it just me being weird? :)
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Saturday, January 19, 2008
First & Second Born Kids RULE!
I finished reading the “Shadow Children” series books by Margaret Peterson Haddix. The series consists of:
1. Among the Hidden
2. Among the Imposters
3. Among the Betrayed
4. Among the Barons
5. Among the Brave
6. Among The Enemy
7. Among the Free
The age level assigned for these books are 9-12 year olds; HOWEVER I found them riveting! I am not sure how high school students will feel about reading them because the books lack teenage angst but they are still really action packed books. They are fast-paced and emotional.
Basically, there is a tremendous famine in the United States so the U.S. government decides to regulate the population. They demand that people only have two kids at the very most and they have Population Police to make sure people follow the law. So the main character of the first book is named Luke and he is the third born in his family and is therefore illegal. It seems like a crazy idea…but that is how it is in China (I know, I digress). Anyway, Luke begins to realize in the first book how limited his life really is (living in the shadows/having to hide his existence) but then he manages to meet other shadow children!
The whole series takes on the difficult lives of the shadow children (told from varying character perspectives depending on the book) and their struggles to not only win their freedom, but also their struggles just to stay alive.
1. Among the Hidden
2. Among the Imposters
3. Among the Betrayed
4. Among the Barons
5. Among the Brave
6. Among The Enemy
7. Among the Free
The age level assigned for these books are 9-12 year olds; HOWEVER I found them riveting! I am not sure how high school students will feel about reading them because the books lack teenage angst but they are still really action packed books. They are fast-paced and emotional.
Basically, there is a tremendous famine in the United States so the U.S. government decides to regulate the population. They demand that people only have two kids at the very most and they have Population Police to make sure people follow the law. So the main character of the first book is named Luke and he is the third born in his family and is therefore illegal. It seems like a crazy idea…but that is how it is in China (I know, I digress). Anyway, Luke begins to realize in the first book how limited his life really is (living in the shadows/having to hide his existence) but then he manages to meet other shadow children!
The whole series takes on the difficult lives of the shadow children (told from varying character perspectives depending on the book) and their struggles to not only win their freedom, but also their struggles just to stay alive.
It has been forever!
Okay, once again I have been slacking! I need to start reading again...but FIRST! A new poll. Since I have read so many vampire books, I want to know...which author of vampire books is your favorite?
Sunday, December 23, 2007
What color is your blood?
Yes, I read more vampire books. I just finished Blue Bloods and Masquerade both by Melissa de la Cruz. They were both so good that I needed to get through them today. One review for Blue Bloods says:
"De la Cruz introduces a conception of vampires far different from stake-fleeing demons in traditional horror fiction, coupling sly humor with the gauzier trappings of being fanged and fabulous."--Booklist
The main character is Schuyler Van Alen a teenager who attends a ritzy private school in New York City only to realize that she is a vampire. Throughout the books Schuyler discovers the vampire ways and vampire histories...all the way back to the settling of Plymouth Rock!!! There is mystery in these books as well as: suspense, romance, confusion, and lots of other emotions as well. The books really are well written and great to read if you are a fan of vampire books.
There are only a few drawbacks to these books (in my opinion of course!):
1. A few of the main characters have [you guessed it]
GREEN EYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2. Schuyler lives in a very ritzy place so there is lots of talk of fashion
and other en vogue topics
3. The third book does not come out until Fall of 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[*le sigh*]
Still, I am glad that I read these books and just have to hold out for 9 months or so!!!!!!! What other choice do I have?! ;)
"De la Cruz introduces a conception of vampires far different from stake-fleeing demons in traditional horror fiction, coupling sly humor with the gauzier trappings of being fanged and fabulous."--Booklist
The main character is Schuyler Van Alen a teenager who attends a ritzy private school in New York City only to realize that she is a vampire. Throughout the books Schuyler discovers the vampire ways and vampire histories...all the way back to the settling of Plymouth Rock!!! There is mystery in these books as well as: suspense, romance, confusion, and lots of other emotions as well. The books really are well written and great to read if you are a fan of vampire books.
There are only a few drawbacks to these books (in my opinion of course!):
1. A few of the main characters have [you guessed it]
GREEN EYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2. Schuyler lives in a very ritzy place so there is lots of talk of fashion
and other en vogue topics
3. The third book does not come out until Fall of 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[*le sigh*]
Still, I am glad that I read these books and just have to hold out for 9 months or so!!!!!!! What other choice do I have?! ;)
Sweet
Finished boy meets boy by David Levithan! I had a hard time reading the first twenty pages of the book. There were situations that the reader is supposed to believe such as a five year old knowing how to read and understand the word"definately" and a full on high school drag queen who is also a quarterback. Plus the main characters live in a town where most people are bi-sexual or gay and being straight is the minority. I am sure there are places like that but I guess I have not travelled enough or ever lived in such a place so it was hard for me to relate to the setting.
Anywho, once you get past the first twenty pages it really is a sweet love story. It is nice to read about a crush coming to fruition (regardless of gender) and not have the whole thing corrupted by raunchiness. I think I am starting to show my age again but I get so sick of reading Young Adult novels where the only focus is SEX. HOORAY for a book that is about love and crushes!!!!
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