Rane’s Comments (group member since Dec 25, 2010)

Rane’s comments from the The Lit Express YA BOOKS group.

I am SO excited to read this. The premise seems AWESOME. I can't wait to see what happens when she wakes up on the ship before she's supposed to. REALLY COOL!! YAY :-)

Katie wrote: "Just got this from the library and I'm very excited to start reading!!"

Cool! You should try to make it to our book club chat about the book at the end of the month on The Lit Express :-)

Let us know how you like it!!!!

It is nice to have a shorter one!!!!!! Agreed. How did you like it?

Has anyone started reading it yet??
:-)

I just finished chapter 30!
I really like Virgil's character and agree with you, Alyssa. He really adds a layer to this book. It says something about Andi too. It's a REAL romance. Not like in a lot of YA books out there today where boy & girl meet in highly unlikely circumstances. Virgil is real. And yes, I agree...totally HOT! hahah

I like to view myself as a patient person. But, if Yves screwed up one of my very important study sessions, I'd be furious. It's humorous ONLY because I didn't really have to meet him or live through it.

I LOVE Alex's entries. Only a couple of things bother me. There are too many "forced" similarities between Andi's world and Alex's. In fact, there was a direct line taken from Andi's world, and the same line was in Alex's story. That seemed too unrealistic for me. (I can't remember what it was.)

I love the fact that I've been to the Palace of Versailles!! The gardens too!! That was cool. I had some real life images to fill the backdrop of the story. And--ALYSSA--I kept thinking "are there any libraries nearby where I can look/touch/examine old artifacts??" So, you should totally go to that library if you get a chance.

I hope I get to read more tonight. OH I forgot. Yes, Andi's emotions are easier to take in. I felt like being a genius was taking things a little too far. What do you guys think? Veejays character is a little too cliche, as is his mothers. I still like him though.

Umm...I guess that's all I have to say right now. I will post more soon! That is, as soon as I read more!

Again, post your comments here for chapters 60-the end!!

Post your thoughts about chapters 30-60 in this thread. I probably won't until I get beyond chapter 60!

Yeah...so...haven't read this far yet. But, maybe you have? :-)

I've decided to add more chapters for each discussion. Some of those chapters are pretty short!

I'm up to chapter 10 at the moment, and I hope to get more reading in.

These are my thoughts:
I'm a little confused about Andi's father. Is he still with the mother? Did I miss something? I think it vaguely touched on the fact that he has a new g/f or wife, but I'm still not sure about that. I guess it will probably be explained later. It's hard to believe her father hasn't contacted her in 4 months...or maybe it was just that he hadn't seen her in 4 months. Still, knowing his daughter was going through so much--taking it so hard--you'd think he'd be keeping a little better track of her.

Your thoughts?

Katie: Andi is driving me a little nuts too. It hasn't gotten so bad that I find her ANNOYING, but it's borderline at the moment. I am also hoping something changes very soon. I was going to say that in my previous comment! It needs to take off in a positive direction, which I'm expecting it to do once she finds the girl's journal. The suicide talk is a little much for me. So, I hope that's the end of it.

Paris here we come!!

SPOILER ALERT--do not read before the end of chapter 5

Alyssa:
I'm also intrigued. The set up is pretty good. The author chose the right supporting details, like you said. Too many authors would have told us "she likes music...depends on it for some peace in her life blah blah," but Donnelly sets up the story to build on Andi's personality traits we learned about very early on in the story.

Andi's emotions are very raw, maybe a little too raw. I feel like the point has been made now--Andi is messed up b/c of her brother's death. I hope it moves into a new phase quickly, otherwise, it might risk becoming a little over the top with sorrow.

I thought seeing her brother in the street was a little unrealistic. It was played up afterward by mentioning the drugs she takes etc. I think it would have been more effective if Donnelly had her hallucinating something smaller earlier on...describing the drug use....and then having her see her brother sometime after that. It would have been most effective that way. The way it stands, I feel it was a little too forced.

I feel like I'm in another world with these rich new york city kids. The drugs they take, how they think they're above the rules and cooler than cool. My teenage years were so incredibly different that I have a hard time relating. It seems a little unreal, but then again, I know there must be some kids who really live like that.

Post any questions/thoughts/comments about chapters 1-4 in this thread. Let's get some great discussions going!

Hey all,
I found this readers guide for Revolution on random house's website. Should we choose a new question to discuss every week? Take a look. What looks good?
:-)

http://www.randomhouse.biz/bookseller...

I read the first chapter of A Northern Light while sitting in the cafe of Barnes & Noble about 1.5 years ago. It was well written and fascinating.Honestly, I don't know why I didn't buy it at the time...or finish reading it. I think that's one of the more compelling reasons I want to read this book! I already know she's a great writer AND the premise is intriguing.

HAPPY READING

Our very first discussion!! Fun stuff.