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The Battle for Skandia

Yolonda's Genius

It was a Newbery Honor in 1996. I liked one of Carol Fenner's other books, Randall's Wall, and I'm interested in seeing how this one compares.

Cool, looks interesting!

Yeah, really!!! :)

The Last Olympian

Rick Riordan: One of my favorite authors. :)

Cool, have you read it before?

No. I've read the rest of the Percy Jackson and the Olympian series. I'm JUST finish it up. it's great!!! :)

Cool, I have to read those. I read the first, but not the rest.

Criminal Minds

I love Criminal Minds so I decided to give this book a go. Basically just a Serial Killer reference book but I find it interesting.

Cool, seems awesome.

Ashby wrote: "No. I've read the rest of the Percy Jackson and the Olympian series. I'm JUST finish it up. it's great!!! :)"

You have to read The Hero of Olympus. Do you know about it?

Mystery ~ Youth Reader wrote: "The Battle for Skandia"

Everyone seems to like that series but I have no idea what it is about.

Adriana wrote: "Mystery ~ Youth Reader wrote: "The Battle for Skandia"

Everyone seems to like that series but I have no idea what it is about."

It's a fantasy series. It's kind of castle times, but with fighting, and mythical creatures.

Reading Absolutely Maybe

It's like life in Hollywood for this girl and her family. Haven't started it yet so that's all I know.

Mystery ~ Youth Reader wrote: "Adriana wrote: "Mystery ~ Youth Reader wrote: "The Battle for Skandia"

Everyone seems to like that series but I have no idea what it is about."

It's a fantasy series. It's kind of c..."

huh. What age group is it for?

Er... probably made for 13-18, but I know a lot of adults have enjoyed it.

Oh Cool I'll check it out... out of the library I mean. Thanks (:

Ok.

Adriana wrote: "Ashby wrote: "No. I've read the rest of the Percy Jackson and the Olympian series. I'm JUST finish it up. it's great!!! :)"

You have to read The Hero of Olympus. Do you know about it?"

No, I don't know about the Hero of Olympus. Is it by Rick Riordan?

YES!!! It's the continuation of the series but with new characters!

The second book in that series (5 books!!!) is coming out Tuesday!

This Tuesday? Seriously? WAHOOOO!!!!!!!!! :D

My brother just read The Lost Hero. Is it part of the Hero of Olympus series?

Yeah, that's the first one. If you look at his blog you'll see 6 new characters for the second series. Don't see it yet. You'll ruin some things.

Steal that book from your brother!!

Eona the Last Dragoneye. It's awesomely awesome!!!

Need to read the first one.

Adriana wrote: "Reading Absolutely Maybe

It's like life in Hollywood for this girl and her family. Haven't started it yet so that's all I know."

Actually it's about this girl running away trying to her father in Hollywood with some friends in tow.

Reading Shift

Shift was really good. Now reading Perfect Chemistry which is not as great as thought it would be.

Right now, I know I said I'm reading Eona, The Last Dragoneye, but I'm also reading The Hunger Games. Has anyone else read it? Everyone I know says its like the best book ever.

they are great!!!

I love the first book of the Hunger Games Trilogy!

I just got back Clockwork Angel from my friend who borrowed it before I could finish reading the book. I can't seem to get back into it. So I've decided to read Possess as I try to ease back into the other book.

Reading The Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson

Do not read Perfect Chemistry

Are the poems for a class or just for fun? I've never got into poems unless it is for a class

Just for fun. I feel like I should broaden my mind. lol. I do like poems somewhat so I'm trying to get into them.

That's a good idea. I should do that too :D

Ugh. I actually gave up on it. I couldn't really understand most of it. And it's all old... I have to find a modern poet.

Reading Waiting for Normal

I liked Waiting for Normal. It was talked about a lot as one of the major Newbery contenders for 2009. While it didn't end up taking home any Newbery awards, it did manage to land the Schneider Family Book Award, which puts it in really good company (A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass, Rules by Cynthia Lord, etc.)

Cool! - A Mango-Shaped Space

My mom read Waiting for Normal before me and actually liked it!!

Wow. Someone just created a group on A Mango-Shaped Space.

A Mango-Shaped Space? What's it about?

Something to do with this girls senses and her feeling colors? Idk. I don't remember. Josiah tell Ashby!!!!

The book is about a teenage girl named Mia who has synesthesia, a mostly harmless syndrome that allows people who have it to hear, smell and even taste in color. For people with synesthesia, all of their senses are linked together even more closely than for most of us, though it's hard to know exactly what causes their unusual overlap in color sensitivity. A Mango-Shaped Space even tells of a few ways that synesthetes have found to temporarily enhance their condition, to the point that some have said that while they are in the enhanced state, they can tell whether people are lying or telling the truth based on the color of their words.

Really, though, this book is about Mia trying to find her niche in our world, and the relationship that she form with another teenager named Adam on the internet. Mia is just trying to live a normal life, and her synesthesia doesn't change that fact. A Mango-Shaped Space is a powerful book, probably the best that I've read from Wendy Mass, and it was one of my favorite novels of 2003.

It sounds awesome!! Now I'm reading The Nine Lives of Chloe King and also the Pandora Hearts manga series. I LOVE Pandora Hearts!!!

Josiah (:

Read Divergent and loved it!!

Reading The Son of Neptune!!!

Adriana wrote: "Josiah (:

Read Divergent and loved it!!

Reading The Son of Neptune!!!"

YAY! Wasn't it a exciting reading the pages in Divergent?

I'd heard of Divergent and have been interested in giving it a try. Is it safe to say, then, that you would recommend it?

I would defiantly recommend it. It is similar to the Hunger Games Trilogy in its essence of action, if not more. Also it has this on this "edge feeling" as you're reading the book. I think you will like it. :)