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February BOTM

Themed Book - It's a 3 way tie between !!! So I figured that we'll just read all three of them. LOL

General Book - This book will be picked by Kaitlin. The Fault in our Stars.

Series read-along - We'll be read the Mortal Instruments series! Starting with the City of Bones.

Awesome! Can't wait to get started :)I've wanted to read Eve and Adam for a looonnngggg time.

February is going to be a great month for reading. :-)

Kaitlin wrote: "February is going to be a great month for reading. :-)"

It sure is!! (:

March BOTMs

Themed Book - YAY sorry my favourite book! But then again don't listen to me 'cause I seriously don't want to kill Graceling with my overly enthusiastic hype.

Standalone Book - I'm totally ready for the Zombie apocolypse... are you?

Series read along - Book 2 of our series read along. :)

Happy Reading.

Graceling deserves your enthusiastic hype! It's really good.

I'm excited about the Standalone Book. I think I've been wanting to read it since it came out. :)

I love the Mortal Instruments series, so I'm happy with that.

:)

City of ashes is the only one I've read so I'm excited to read the others

April BOTMs

General - I haven't read Eon (although I want to) but after reading the description, it looks like we have another great heroine.

Themed - So you guys chose the theme: Book to Movie. came out on top. Hmmm seems like we have a dragon theme going on.

Series read-along - bk 3 in the Mortal Instruments series!


Happy Reading!

Looking forward to and , this should be the first month I properly participate in the BOTM'S.
Although I did read by pure coincidence xD

I've read all three of those books. I loved all of them. I've been meaning to read Eon again. :)

:D

I think that from now on every 2 or 3 months the general book should be a sequel book of one of our previous BOTMs. I think that some people would like to perhaps discuss and/or read the sequel books. I know I do.

May BOTMs

General- This is the sequel to Cinder a previous BOTM. I am very excited because I know you will all enjoy Scarlet!

Themed- The theme is Angels and the choosen book is . I love this book, i don't often read 'angel' books but this is really good and I love Ms. Shirvington's twist on angels.

Series Read Along- bk 4 of the Mortal Instruments series.

General 2- This book will be picked by the winner of the Cover Challenge.

June BOTMs

There were ties for both the themed and general BOTMs for next month. So us mods made a decision to pick which ones.

General - I have heard a lot of great things about TUOMD but I'm not sure if I would like it, I don't usually read these kinds of YA. Well I hope you all like it!

Themed - For June the theme is fairytale retellings! Kaitlin has picked which is based on the story of Rumplestiltskin I believe.

Series Read Along - bk 5!

General 2 is picked by JojiWoji!


Happy Reading!

To add to Chelsea's announcement, Jojiwoji chose so we'll be reading that too.

July BOTM

General - We will be reading ! I am so very, very excited. Personally I completely loved this amazing book. It is original and features a strong heroine!

Themed - July's theme is Deads protagonists. Lauren Oliver's Before I Fall has been choosen. I have only read her Delirium series but I have heard great things from Before I Fall

Challenge - Across The Universe from what I have heard is really good! I really like the concept of 'travelling to another planet'.
(The real reason I haven't read it is because of the 'scandalous' cover that my mum would disapprove of! Hahahaha)


Anyways,
Happy Reading!

The bachelor auction winner's pick was Across the Universe.

Thanks :)

September's Books of the Month

Only 3 books were nominated for this month, so they are what we will be reading.

Illuminating Gracie by Lisa C. Temple (Lisa is a member of this group :) )-

Unwind by Neal Shusterman -

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead -

I have a question for the group members and I would really appreciate any feedback you are willing to give! When you go online to search for a book, what words do you search under? For example: would you search Young Adult series or Vampire Books or Books like Hunger Games...well, you get the idea.

I'm excited that "Illuminating Gracie," is a BOTM - I truly hope you enjoy it and if you have any questions, I'm happy to answer them! Thanks!

I don't usually use a search engine. I use the recommendations on Goodreads and I look through the "Readers Also Enjoyed" section on a book's Goodreads page. I also find new books to read from looking around on blogs and by being recommended books to read directly from other readers.

When I do search for a book through an actual search (like through Google), I use the title and/or author because I know exactly what I'm looking for.

I don't really search for books anymore, I just have a list here and a sort of "read these books next" list on my phone. I used to search "books if you liked The hunger games" and stuff like that, but these days my to read list is like a flood and I only add books if they catch my attention, I don't go purposely looking out for them

Kaitlin wrote: "I don't usually use a search engine. I use the recommendations on Goodreads and I look through the "Readers Also Enjoyed" section on a book's Goodreads page. I also find new books to read from look..."

Thanks Kaitlin!

Athena wrote: "I don't really search for books anymore, I just have a list here and a sort of "read these books next" list on my phone. I used to search "books if you liked The hunger games" and stuff like that, ..."

Thanks Athena! You and Kaitlin basically said the same thing. I guess once a reader finds Goodreads - searching for books becomes obsolete! Book marketers always emphasize picking the right key words because of searches - but, I think more and more readers are finding sites like Goodreads where they don't have to hunt for a book they like!

Lisa wrote: "I have a question for the group members and I would really appreciate any feedback you are willing to give! When you go online to search for a book, what words do you search under? For example: ..."

I don't know if you are still looking for answers, but when I'm really desperate to find books to read, I usually type "Young Adult Bestsellers" or "Popular YA books." When I want to specific on the type of books I want to read, I use Goodreads, mainly Listopia. :-)

Thank you Shrishti! That is actually very helpful!

October's BOTMs

Sorry for the delay :)

We chose to use the top 3 books from the poll for the BOTMs.

~ Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor

~ The Summer I Became a Nerd by Leah Rae Miller

~ Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas



Please join us in reading these books!

November's BOTMs

Series read ~ The Girl in the Steel Corset

Themed read (mythology) ~ Starcrossed

General BOTM ~ The Book Thief

December's BOTMs

Series read - The Girl in the Clockwork Collar

Themed read (2013 releases) - The 5th Wave

General BOTM - Angelfall

January's BOTMs

Series read - The Girl with the Iron Touch

Themed read (debut novels) - Looking for Alaska

General BOTM - The Girl of Fire and Thorns

February's BOTMs

Series read - Frostbite

Themed read (historical fantasy) - Clockwork Angel

General BOTM - World After