By Jessica Day George [LibraryThing]
Creel thought that with the Dragon War over, life would return to normal, but all that changes when the kingdom of Citatie declares war on her homeland – led by an army riding on dragons. As the leading expert on dragons, Creel heads off to Citatie to find out how to save her home, but that may be easier said than done, especially when her friend Shardas the Dragon King turns out to be intimately involved in this new war.
By Jonathan Stroud [LibraryThing]
Generations ago, Svein and the other great heroes fought back the Trows and made the valley safe for humans. Now there is peace and no need for heroes, which is a serious disappointment for Halli, younger son of the House of Svein. An adventurous misfit, he deals with his restlessness by playing practical jokes – until one of his jokes touches off a disastrous string of consequences. Now, with the help of the beautiful and fearless Aud, he must find his place and his purpose within the valley before his actions bring destruction down on them all.
By Cindy Pon [Amazon -- LibraryThing]
After Ai Ling’s father disappears, strange things start to happen. She begins to develop strange powers, like the ability to hear people’s thoughts. But when a local merchant tries to blackmail her into marriage, she runs away and vows to bring her father home. But as she searches for him, something evil is searching for her…
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By Jessica Day George [LibraryThing - Amazon]
Every night, the twelve princesses of Westfalin escape from their locked rooms and go dancing, and none of them will – or can – say where they dance. For his part, with the war over young soldier Galen is happy to work as a simple under-gardener in the palace. But as the lovely Princess Rose and her sisters grow more exhausted and despairing, and the country begins to tear itself apart, Galen must use all of his wits and courage to untangle the mystery of the princesses’ enchantment – and just possibly win the hand of Princess Rose himself.
By Carolyn Hennesy [LibraryThing - Amazon]
Pandora and her friends have collected Jealousy and Vanity, but now they must travel to the Atlas Mountains to collect Laziness. To make matters worse, Pandora is quickly separated from her friends, all of the heroes are quickly enslaved, and Hera has kidnapped Pandy’s beloved dog. Alone for real now, Pandora must use her wits to free herself and find Laziness, but that’s no easy task when the sky is, quite literally falling.
By Suzanne Collins [LibraryThing - Amazon]
The Hunger Games are over, and all Katniss wants is to go back to her normal life. But the government isn’t happy with her – not least because she’s unwittingly become the face of the rebellion. As unrest grows in Panem, Katniss begins to realize that surviving the Hunger Games was only the beginning.
Books Read: 8
Pages Read: 2,306
Hours Read: 26:41
Hours Blogging: IDEK, I’ll go with Jess’s 2
Final Thoughts: This was a lot of fun, but it’s definitely not how I prefer to do my reading — I found myself checking how many pages were left at various points in every book, even the ones I liked the most. It also didn’t give me time to really digest and enjoy what I was reading, so I know there’s at least one I’ll want to reread at a more leisurely pace. But this did finally get my YA/MG TBR pile down to a reasonable size… So I can begin building it up again, of course.
I confirmed my suspicion that baseball on TV is really good background noise to read to, and that movie musicals are not. And I reaffirmed a love I hadn’t experienced in awhile — staying up until all hours of the night to finish a very good book. With both Graceling and Big Brother, I contemplated going to bed and finishing the book in the morning, but opted for finishing it at night and sleeping in instead. What’s more joyous than that?
(As Jess said, payment details will be e-mailed out tomorrow.)
Books Read: 13
Pages Read: 3,225
Hours Read: 23 hours, 1 minute
Hours Blogged: *shrug* 2, maybe?
Final Thoughts: Whew! I am pretty happy with the amount of reading I got done this weekend. It’d be interesting to know how I would have done without losing half of Saturday; next year I’d like to break 24 hours. It’s a weird feeling, ending – half of me never wants to read another word, and half of me is wondering why I’m wasting time right now, not reading. It’s going to take a while for this motor to run down.
I’ve also realized why I mainly stick to middle grade stuff; young adult books are depressing! Seriously, the happiest book I read all weekend was the wacky vampire farce comic book. Everything else was about feelings. Feh!
Still, I am very, very glad that I did this, and already looking forward to doing it again next year. Annnnd now it is time to pass out.
(Payment details tomorrow!)
Book Thirteen
Starting Time: 7:40 pm
Ending Time: 8:30 pm
Title: Nancy Drew and the Secret of the Old Clock
Author: Carolyn Keene
Genre: Mystery
Pages: 180
Summary: Nancy investigates a lost will that will benefit various virtuous spinsters and orphans, and eats several slices of cake.
Thoughts: Oh, Nancy. With only 50 minutes left I went for an easy reread, and Nancy’s super-polite badassery was as charmingly ridiculous as always.
Three and a half cupcakes
Final book/page count/hours tally coming soon, plus payment info for sponsors.
Book Eight
Starting Time: 6:44
Ending Time: 7:47
Title: My Teacher is an Alien
Author: Bruce Coville
Genre: Aliens Among Us
Pages: 123
Summary: Susan doesn’t like the substitute teacher who’s taken over her sixth grade class — and she finds out he’s not just strict, he’s an alien! Now she and Peter, the smartest kid in class, have only a few days to expose him, before he kidnaps some of their classmates and takes them off to space forever.
Thoughts: What is there to even say? Bruce Coville is the reason I love reading, and the reason I love sf/f in particular. This was the most formative series of my childhood. The first book is pretty light and silly (the end of the series is quite a bit heavier), and utterly delightful.
Four and a half cupcakes.
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