Ah, Dewey. You left us so many things to remember you by and this is my absolute favorite one. I wouldn’t miss it for the world. Thank you, as always, for your giving and loving spirit.
Y’all! It is Read-A-THON time!!! Woot!
I hope to be going at it all day and I’m planning to rope the kids in as well. I gave my daughter my old Nook this week and it’s got a book on it for her too, with promises for more if she finishes it. I will be reporting, of course.
Here is my massive pile (of course) of books. Any recommendations?
- Among Others by Jo Walton
- Blood Red Road by Moira Young
- Castle Waiting by Linda Medley
- Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente
- The Returning by Christine Hinwood
- The Scorch Trials by James Dashner
- Wild : from lost to found on the Pacific Crest trail by Cheryl Strayed
- Railsea by China Mieville (already reading this anyway)
- Hotey by Josephine Bailey
- The Earthquake Machine by Mary Pauline Mowry
- The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of her own Making by Catherynne M. Valente
- The Lying Game by Sara Shepard
- Red Glove by Holly Black
- Fables by Bill Willingham (starting with Vol 1 and going on til I stop)
- All the Shannon Hales I haven’t read yet (Enna Burning, The Goose Girl, The Princess Academy [can I read this with Ellie?])
- Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan (Seems a good time for a reread)
- Graceling by Kristin Cashore
- Fire by Kristin Cashore (gotta great ready for Bitterblue!!!!)
- Infinite Days by Rebecca Maizel
- Fallen by Lauren Kate
- Revolution by Jennifer Donnolley
- The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
- The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa
- Tiger’s Curse by Colleen Houck
- Tiger’s Quest by Colleen Houck
- Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
- The Boneshaker by Kate Milford
- Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
- Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
- The Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
- Sabriel by Garth Nix
- Abhorsen by Garth Nix
- Lirael by Garth Nix
It looks like you're all set! I want you to read Wild – I'm trying to decide if I should buy it.
Selfishly, I want you to read Boneshaker because I'm trying to figure out it **I** should.
I think you could do The Princess Academy with Ellie.
I've read Wild. It's a wee bit slow in parts. Not necessarily a bad slow, just slow.
I think I'll be reading some Catherynne Valente for the 'thon. Seems like a fun choice!
Your list is so long! I'm definitely participating and I can't wait. I've got a graphic novel, play, and a few novels picked out.
It is, isn’t it? I expect I’ll touch every single one. I’m between books and have no idea what I want to read next!
Wow, that's a lot of books. I need to get ready for Bitterblue, too… I need more hours in the day… If we both succeed in rereading them maybe we can do a post and chat about them?
As to your list, let's see… Among Others was really good. It is essentially a book about books. I really liked Blood Red Road and am looking forward to the sequel down the road. Oh, Castle Waiting. I want to own that… And I really need to read the sequel. Deathless looks good. I had it out from the library last year, but didn't get to it. I have read The Girl… and really enjoyed it, but not as much as others have. I really need to get to Red Glove. You know I LOVE Fables and can't wait until the new one in July. All three of those Shannon Hale books were good. I think Princess Academy would be fine for Ellie.
uh, him, I can keep going… Fallen was good, but I didn't LOVE it. Revolution was really good, though. I liked Boneshaker but have yet to read on in that series… Levithan was good and I have no idea why I haven't read the sequels yet. Bad reading me. And, Sabriel didn't blow me away, but I have been planning to reread it and move on to the sequels one of these days.
hm, did I talk too much? lol