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Thursday, April 10, 2008

birthday books



As you can see, I got a lot of books for my birthday. Here's a list of everything and who got me what:

from Jean:

How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy by Orson Scott Card

The Poet's Notebook (a poetry journal full of quotes)


from my grandparents:

Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card


from my mom and dad:

Physik by Angie Sage

Back to the Divide by Elizabeth Kay

Dragons: The Greatest Stories by varied authors

Un Lun Dun by China Mieville

The Valley of Secrets by Charmian Hussey

The Hand Of The Devil by Dean Vincent Carter

I'd Tell You That I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You by Ally Carter

Best Dog Stories by varied authors

The World of King Arthur and His Court by Kevin Crossley Holland


what I bought with my birthday money:

Icefire by Chris D'Lacey

Finding Redbird by Sharon Creech

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

Nobody's Princess by Esther Friesner

A Great And Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

Leonardo's Shadow by Christopher Grey

I also got an Amazon gift certificate from my Uncle Tony and Aunt Amy that I haven't used yet.

Thank you everyone!!!

Now I am off to add some of these to my challenge lists!

Friday, December 28, 2007

All I got for Christmas was books (not really!)

I can not believe how many books I got for Christmas!

These are the ones I got from Santa (aka Mom and Dad):


These are the ones I got from Mom and/or Dad:


This is the really cool book I got from Jean (thanks Jean!):


I received these books from my Uncle John and Aunt Susan (and cousins Sean and Cole):


These are the books I received from our friends Aaron, Kara, and Bryn:


And last but not least, I got gift cards from both my uncle Butch and Carl (thanks Carl!). This is what I got with them:


It looks like I've got a ton of good reading ahead of me!