Showing posts with label reading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reading. Show all posts

Saturday, June 13, 2009

How do you guys keep up?

So, due to the 48hbc and all I've discovered a corner of the internet I hadn't known about before, namely a large group of blogs interested in YA fiction and reading in general. But, there's so many great blogs to keep track of, how do you guys manage it?

Friday, June 5, 2009

Second Book - Tamora Pierce's Alanna


Chose and started Tamora Pierce's Alanna, first book in the Song Of The Lioness series, one of her many novels set in the Tortall lands. Decided I better write this post before I forget entirely. :)

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1:30am on Saturday, that makes it 6 and 1/2 hours into the 48hbc, I've finished Alanna. An amazing read. The cross-dressing/gender-bending might be an issue to some, however, it does a wonderful job of conveying the strength and conviction of a young girl in achieving her goals. I'm going to start the second book in the series 'In The Hand of The Goddess' next.

Starting 48HBC!


Writing this post a little early so not to cut into my time, but officially starting the 48hbc. I will be starting with Bruce Coville's Into The Land Of The Unicorns.

Official start time for me is 7:00pm on June 5th.

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Finished after 2 1/2 hours. I feel like my reading engine is slow, maybe it's just warming up. So 2 1/2 ours into the challenge and 159 pages. I'm delighted to report that Into The Land Of The Unicorns was a fun fantasy romp. I think it was mainly me that made this a slow read, kinda trying to pace myself in the challenge and not breeze through my entire stack of books.

On a 5-star scale rating, it gets 4 stars. The biggest let down being that it's over all too soon.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Entering the 48HBC

Starting this blog specifically for the 48 hour book challenge. It officially starts tomorrow at 7:00 a.m.. Not sure exactly when I'll start my 48 hour period of reading, but it ends no later than 7:00 a.m. Monday. So, there's a tiny bit of leeway. Wish me luck~.