Final Read-a-thon Update!

Final Update...

Minutes: 45

Pages: 49

Pages Total: 2056

Currently Reading: Life As We Knew It

Books Read: Pretties, In The Serpent's Coils, Warriors: Outcast, Among the Hidden, Gilda Joyce: Psychic Investigator, Harriet The Spy, The Case of the Missing Marquess

This was SO MUCH FUN and I can't wait until the next one! Thanks, Dewey!

Another Read-a-thon Update

Another Update

Minutes: 48

Pages: 62

Pages Altogether: 2,007

Currently Reading: Life As We Knew It

Books Already Read: Pretties, In The Serpent's Coils, Warriors: Outcast, Among The Hidden, Gilda Joyce: Psychic Investigator, Harriet The Spy, The Case of the missing Marquess

Read-a-thon update

Pages: 416

Total Pages: 1945

Currently Reading: Life As We Knew It

Books Read: Pretties, In The Serpent's Coils, Warriors: Outcast, Among The Hidden, Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator, Harriet The Spy, The Case of the Missing Marquess

Hours Thirteen and Fourteen

Hours Thirteen and Fourteen

Minutes: 110

Pages: 293

Pages Total: 1,529

Currently Reading: Harriet The Spy

Books Read: Pretties, In The Serpent's Coils, Warriors: Outcast, Among The Hidden, Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator

Hour Twelve

Hour Twelve

Minutes: 60

Pages: 128

Pages Altogether: 1,236

Currently Reading: Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator

Books Finished: Pretties, In The Serpent's Coils, Warriors: Outcast, Among The Hidden

Hour Eleven

Hour Eleven

Minutes: 60

Pages: 108

Pages Total So Far: 1,108

Currently Reading: Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator

Books Read So Far: Pretties, In The Serpent's Coils, Warriors: Outcast, Among The Hidden

Hour Ten

Hour Ten

Minutes: 50

Pages: 102

Pages So Far: 1,000

Currently Reading: Among The Hidden

Books Already Finished: Pretties, In The Serpent's Coils, Warriors: Outcast

Hour Nine

Hour Nine

Minutes: 49

Pages: 76

Pages Total: 898

Currently Reading: Among The Hidden

Books Read: Pretties, In The Serpent's Coils, Warriors: Outcast

Hour Eight

Hour Eight

Minutes: 60

Pages: 98

Pages Altogether: 822

Currently Reading: Warriors: Outcast

Books Already Read: Pretties, In The Serpent's Coils

Hour Seven

Hour Seven

Minutes: 60

Pages: 100

Pages So Far: 724

Current Book: Warriors: Outcast

Books Read: Pretties, In The Serpent's Coils

Hour Six

Hour Six

Minutes: 50

Pages: 68

Pages Altogether: 624

Currently Reading: Warriors: Outcast

Books Read So Far: Pretties, In The Serpent's Coils

Hour Five

Hour Five

Minutes: Fifty

Pages: 110

Pages Altogether: 556

Currently Reading: In The Serpent's Coils

Books Finished So Far: Pretties

Hour Four

Hours Three and Four

Minutes: 120

Pages: 156

Pages Total so far: 446

Currently Reading: In The Serpent's Coils

Books Finished: Pretties

Second Hour of the Read-a-thon

Hour Two

Pages: 290

Minutes: 119

books finished: Pretties

current book: In The Serpent's Coils

It's Almost Time

I'm so excited that it's almost time to start reading! I've made an enormous pile of books to choose from.





My first book will be Pretties by Scott Westerfeld. I started it at 11:00 last night, but didn't get far before I fell asleep. I read Uglies yesterday, and loved it! (I'll be writing my review in a few days.)

Good luck to everyone else reading!

challenged again

I can't believe it's taken me so long to sign up for Trish's Classics Challenge. I've had by books chosen for a long time, but I just couldn't seem to remember to post about it. Here's my list:

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter

The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

challenge wrap-up

I'm disappointed that I didn't finish these two challenges. It's the first I've failed to finish. I'm afraid I made my lists too long. Here's my lists with the ones I finished on time crossed off.



Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits by Robin McKinley and Peter Dickinson

A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling

What-the-dickens: The Story Of A Rogue Tooth Fairy by Gregory Maguire

Horns & Wrinkles by Joseph Helgerson

100 Cupboards by N. D. Wilson

Beauty by Robin McKinley

The Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann

The Map That Breathed by Melanie Gideon

Bright Shadow by Avi

The Arkadians by Lloyd Alexander

The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan

The Pirate and the Princess Book 1: The Timelight Stone by Mio Chizhuru

Ranger's Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan

Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer

Dogsbody by Diana Wynne Jones

The Dark Is Rising: Greenwitch by Susan Cooper

The Dark Is Rising: The Grey King by Susan Cooper

The Dark Is Rising: Silver On The Tree by Susan Cooper

Ratha's Creature: The First Book of the Named by Clare Bell

Tales of the Borderlands: Northlander by Meg Burden

Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones

Warriors, Gods, and Spirits from South and Central American Mythology by Douglas Gifford

The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale

Diary of a Fairy Godmother by Esme Raji Codell

Mimus by Lilli Thal

Gregor and the Marks of Secret by Suzanne Collins

Physik by Angie Sage

Back to the Divide by Elizabeth Kay

Icefire by Chris D'Lacey

The Valley of Secrets by Charmian Hussey

Un Lun Dun by China Mieville

Dragons: The Greatest Stories by varied authors

Nobody's Princess by Esther Friesner

Rebel Angels by Libba Bray

New Moon by Stephanie Meyer

Once Upon a Time in the North by Philip Pullman

Dragonsdale by Salamandra Drake

The Rivers of Zadaa by DJ MacHale

Gregor and the Code of Claw by Suzanne Collins

Enna Burning by Shannon Hale

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare



Against the Storm by Gaye Hicyilmaz

It's Not the End of the World by Judy Blume

The Only Way Out by Deborah Kent

The Wright 3 by Blue Balliet

Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech

The Clue Of The Tapping Heels by Carolyn Keene

The Haunted Bridge by Carolyn Keene

The Secret of the Golden Pavilion by Carolyn Keene

The Prophet of Yonwood by Jeanne DuPrau

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle

Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle

The Mystery of Biltmore House by Carole Marsh

Rules by Cynthia Lord

Pieces of Georgia by Jen Bryant

Starcross by Philip Reeve

The Real Benedict Arnold by Jim Murphy

Best Dog Stories by varied authors

I'll Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech

Leonardo's Shadow by Christopher Grey

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

Even though I didn't finish either of my lists, I really enjoyed participating in both of these challenges!

The Arkadians (book review)

In The Arkadians, by Lloyd Alexander, a young clerk named Lucian finds himself on the run from a pair of evil soothsayers. Fronto, a poet-turned-donkey, and a pythoness named Joy-in-the-Dance join him along the way. With their help, young Lucian manages to elude his enemies for long enough to escape from the kingdom in safety. He meets Joy-in-the-Dance's mysterious mother, the Lady of Wild Things, and helps Fronto return to his former shape. During his journey, Lucian finds himself accomplishing things he never imagined. He leads a pack of wolves, becomes an expert horseman, finds his sea legs, and fights a furious bull. But in the end, will Lucian discover his destiny as well?

I enjoyed this book much more than The Book of Three, which was also written by Lloyd Alexander. I also liked his book Time Cat. The characters in The Arkadians were unique and engaging, and the plot was enriched with the fantastic stories told by characters throughout the book.

Enna Burning (book review)

Enna Burning, by Shannon Hale, is the sequel to The Goose Girl. Instead of focusing on the princess, Isi, however, this book focuses on her close friend Enna. Leifer, Enna's brother, found a mysterious piece of vellum, which teaches him how to start fires without anything but the heat around him. He says that it is a great power, but Enna is not so sure. Ever since he began to use the fire power, Enna has sensed a change in her brother. He has unpredictable mood swings and cannot control his temper. But when Enna's country of Bayern go to war, Enna and Leifer must follow. When Leifer dies after losing control of his fire, Enna takes the piece of vellum from him and learns to control the fire as well. She becomes an essential weapon of war, burning enemy camps and weapons. It is good to help, but Enna must constantly keep the fire in check. When one day she loses control like Leifer, she is forced to take on the consequences of her new-found power.

I enjoyed this book a lot. I'm not sure if it was better than its prequel, because they were both so well-written and engaging. I did notice that Enna Burning was much darker than The Goose Girl. I like the character of Isi more, because she isn't as rash as Enna, and I sometimes thought that Isi would have made wiser choices were she in her friend's place.

What-the-dickens (book review)

What-the-Dickens, by Gregory Maguire, is the tale of an orphaned tooth fairy. With no knowledge of what he is or what he is supposed to do, What-the-dickens sets out to find his purpose in life. He stumbles upon another tooth fairy, also known as a skibberee. Her name is Pepper, and she takes him to her home. What-the-dickens is awestruck by the strange ways of the skibbereen colony, and they in turn are awestruck by his strange ways. They all agree that What-the-dickens is more of a hindrance than a help. But he gets a chance to prove his worth when Pepper is captured by a curious human child. In the end, however, it is up to the young boy to decide Pepper's fate.

This book was humorous and interesting. It explored a topic that many fantasy authors have ignored. I enjoyed it overall, although it wasn't one of the best books I read. The characters of What-the-dickens were funny, yet each had his or her own personality.