Showing posts with label ya challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ya challenge. Show all posts

Monday, January 19, 2009

Review: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman


Book: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Genre: JF Fantasy
Rating: A
For: Dewey's Books

I started reading Neil Gaiman's blog while he was writing this book. So it's been fun to watch it come to pass.

So anyway, after all the buzz about this book, I was anxious to get it and see what I thought. And what I think is that this one for sure deserves all the hype. It seemed to take me forever to read it because I guess I had a million distractions, but still, I loved the premise and the whole fun, magical feeling of the book.

For those that don't know, it's about a boy who is raised by ghosts in a English graveyard. He learns some of their magic and has many interesting adventures. But he has to stick to the graveyard because there is something sinister out there in the world that's after him.

To copy what I said over at Goodreads: It's got some magic, some bad guys, some monster-y things, a gazillion ghosts, a girl, a cool dude who I'm pretty sure I know what he was, (but I'm not saying,) a dead witch, and lots of creepy craziness, some of it that made me hold my breath just a little! Oh, and there's great pictures too! Read it!

This is my first book for the Dewey's Books Challenge. You can find her review HERE if the link is working that is. This is also get marked of as my first library book of the year for the Support Your Library Challenge. Also, it's going down as a YA for that challenge too! :)
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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

2009 Young Adult Book Challenge



.... because you know I have to! This one will be easy as pie. The challenge is to read 12 YA books and list them as you go... you don't even have to decide ahead of time what they'll be! Cool, huh. For info and to sign up, click HERE.




Here's where I'll keep track of the YA books I read:

1. Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Mryacle
2. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
3. Taken By Storm by Angela Morrison
4. How to Take the Ex out of Ex-Boyfriend by Janette Rallison
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney
6. The Princess and the Hound by Mette Ivie Harrison
7. The Hunt for Dark Infinity by James Dashner
8. The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
9. Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke
10. Pillage by Obert Skye
11. The Absoultely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
12. Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson

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13. Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderons
14. Marked by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
15. Memoris of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin
16. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan







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