Reading Year in Review - 2013 Edition
Last New Year's Eve, I made a resolution to read one-hundred books in 2013. I didn't quite realize what I was getting myself into, as this goal amounts to about two books a week, and I have simply not committed that much time to reading since before I was in high school and real life got between me and the collective imagination of great story
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Glad you liked the Shifter, I think you'll like the others just as much (my icon comes from the 3rd book in the series) It's certainly one of my favorites! Here's a book trailer I made for the first one - you can find the other 2 there too : http://vimeo.com/46509287 (hope LJ doesn't spam it :)
Be back soon for more ......
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Those Horrible History books look interesting! When we were little, we used to have these books called "the Egyptian Times" or The Roman Times, and they would be like newspapers, talking about the big news or fashion of the "times". That's what I always think of when I see the Horrible Histories!
Was that the first time you've read any of the Series of Unfortunate Events? I saw that you gave it 4 stars ..... unfortunately, we were never able to make it past the first few pages, it was very depressing ......
Fangirl looks really good *off to check library*
Thanks for sharing all these, Lady Jane! I'll go add them to my Goodreads page, so that when I don't know what to read next, I can go pick one!
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Oww, I didn't know you had booktrailers for those. Those were awesome, and I just had to re-watch several of your videos again. :) I like the focus on the hands, Very appropriate! And I'm sure I'll love the sequels. Just need to get around to reading them. So many books, so little time... //sigh
The books are fun, but the show is even better. So funny, and with a lot of... Really? I didn't know that!
Actually, I couldn't get enough ASofUE in middle school. I recently decided to re-read them, and was surprised at how much I'm enjoying them even as an adult. I've never found them depressing, since they're so campy in tone and exaggerate everything to the state of practically being cracky. I also love the snarky social commentaries on what it means to be a kid in a society that often ignores children or dismisses them.
"Children should be seen and not heard. I'm an adult, so I should be heard and not seen." So says the adult in question through a speaker. Keh...
"It takes a village to raise a child, and children do chores, so you can do all the village's chores!" XD
Don't take the dark tone too seriously. It's really meant to be funny not depressing. And I love how the story empowers children by teaching them to think for themselves and use their talents to better their situation.
Oh, and just one warning about Fangirl. There's some profanity. Not a a lot, and it doesn't effect the overall tone of the book, which is really about an introverted girl who writes fanfiction and prefers internet fandom to freshmen parties and her journey of growing up and finding her own voice in writing. But it does take place at a college and not everyone who Cath meets has a good sense of decorum. XD However, I think you'll really enjoy the story.
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