Crazy for Young Adult Books discussion

I already finished one of my picks (Teehee!) But it was really short, so it was a quick read.


Her Date Read: 12/6/12
Her Rating: 4 stars

My Date Read: 11/1/13
My Rating: 3 stars

Waiting for my partners friend request so I can see her shelves.

Sorry Christina that would be me!!! I had been keeping track and then the last two days got busy! I'm here!!! And ready for this challenge

No problem :) thanks

Birdie wrote: "Mandiann is my partner and I'm going to be reading:



She read it in September of this year and gave it 5 stars. With a 5 star rating, I look forward to checking it ..."

Yay! I hope you like it. I was torn between rating it 4 or 5 stars as I don't give out 5 star ratings easily but just enjoyed it too much to rate it lower.

My partner is Nicole and I'll be reading betrayed, chosen and untamed.

My partner is Christina and I chose three books:
read Sept 2013, given 5*
read May 2013, given 5*
given 4*

Just waiting on my partner to accept my friend request so I can see her shelves.

I loved all 3 of them Veronica, I hope you enjoy them as well :)

It's just getting them lol my library has none of them haha!!!

Mehsi wrote: "My partner: Janice

Probably will read either both or one of these:

Her rating: *** stars


Her rating:..."

Great choices! Enjoy. I am excited to hear how you like them.

My partner is Mehsi :)

I am going to read either (or both) of:


Her rating: 5*


Her rating: 5*

My partner is veronica, My picks are

Date Read 10/14/13
rated 5 stars


date read 10/11/13
Rated 3 stars

My partner is Joanne♥~Bookworm Extraordinaire and I'll be reading:


I'll read:
Joanne's rating: ★★★★
Date read: Mar 2003

My rating: ★★★★★
Date: November 11th.

Comment: I really enjoyed this book. I was already aware that both royalty and popes got up to some naughty things, but it seemed to be what the popes did that really had me reeling. I also came to the conclusion that what the royals got up to then makes all the so-called bad things that the royals of today get up to pale into insignificance.

Highly recommend any one interested in this sort of thing to read this book.

I'm going to see if there is another book on my partner's list that I might like to read next.

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My next pick's from my partner's shelf:
1.
Joanne's rating: ★★★★★
Date read: Not listed

My rating:
Date:
Comments:

2.
Joanne's rating: ★★★★
Date read: Not listed

My rating:
Date:
Comments:

3. (If there's time)
Joanne's rating: ★★★★★
Date read: May 2009

My rating:
Date:
Comments:

Already finished one of my picks. I'll probably end up reading the second and third in the series, which is also on Brittany's read shelf :)


Her rating: 5 stars

My rating: 5 stars
Date I finished: Nov. 2

Lisa wrote: ":)

My partner is Jasmine.

I chose 3 books from her READ shelf!

(It was finished on October 14, 2013 and was given 5 stars.)

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I love Looking for Alaska! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

My partner is Lisa and my pick for the November Copycat is:


Date Lisa Read: July 03, 2013
Rating: 5 Stars

Date I Read:
My Rating:

I hope you enjoy it Jasmine! :) I'm looking forward to the 3rd one in that series coming out.

My partner is gabs and I'm going to read divergent and legend :)

My Partner is Melissa

I am going to pick from her reading shelf, even though one she is currently reading is also one I want to read. I will just go with my first choice

My partner is Brenna and I plan on reading the following:
1) Obsidian
2) City of Glass
3)City of Fallen Angels
4) Divergent
5) Just Listen
I don't know how far I'll get but I'm going to try to finish them all.

My partner is v.v & I'm going to read Unwind & Clockwork Angel.

Finished with
***** Stars

Now will read the other book. :)

Finished

Brittany's rating 5 stars
my rating 4 stars
date I finished 11/3

and


Brittany's rating 5 stars
my rating 5 stars
date I finished 11/4

My partner is Kelsey, and I will be reading the Vampire Academy series!

My partner is Billie I'll be reading My sisters keeper

Done with
*** stars

My partner is Courtney :) I'm planning on reading

Courtney wrote: "My partner is Brenna and I plan on reading the following:
1) Obsidian
2) City of Glass
3)City of Fallen Angels
4) Divergent
5) Just Listen
I don't know how far I'll get but I'm going to try to fini..."


I love these books! I hope you will too :)

My partner is Trisha :)
I chose:
Trisha's Rating: 3 stars
Date Read: November 2nd, 2012

My rating: 3 stars
Date finished: November 2nd, 2013
So how to explain my enjoyment of this book, I guess I shall start by saying some of the things that I loved a lot during this book such as:
- Comics
- Lunch
- Bike
- Parka [I think that's what it was]
- Friends
- Multi POV
- Symbolism [At least I think that's what it is,anyway I'm go with it]
Also as much as it is a vampire book it doesn't exactly take itself seriously on the fantasy side, in fact i'd go as far as to say it is rather realistic at times at least in many of the interactions and the characters. They're what kept me reading most of the time as each one made me feel for them in some way or other and not one of them was perfect, although they'd like you to believe they are.
Anyway there are many unexpected ideas tat are placed in the book, although that may be because if I'm being honest i thought it was going to be some fluffy romantic vampire story. Where the guy gets the girl, love at first sight etc... you know the ones or you should.
Of course its much more! I fell for Doug from the start, despite his imperfections which there are many that just grow. Sejal I didn't have as much of a connection with, but I feel she was sort of left on the sidelines even with her own POV.

Right I don't want to make this too long, yet I'd just like to explain the reason behind my 33 star rating with 3 simple points.
- Television show
- Ghost superhero
- Elder vampire
All great idea and ones that could work great alongside each other, yet I think the author either got bored with each of them/didn't know which one to use. Perhaps if the book had been longer or separated into two this would've worked out better, been able to expand on them. The book being short left most of these undeveloped or turning up for a couple pages, only to then be rarely mentioned. It didn't help that one of these caused a huge change to the Mc half way through, made seem a little out of place.
My other problem was the ending, i'm sure many people will/do love the author for what he did and yet i'm sorry to say it was lost on me.
I'm all for 'happily ever after'

Recommended to anyone looking for something different, particularly in vampires.

Laura wrote: "My partner is Trisha :)
I chose:
Trisha's Rating: 3 stars
Date Read: November 2nd, 2012

My rating: 3 stars
Date finished: November 2nd,..."

Great review! congrats on finishing! I love that we read it on the same day exactly 1 year apart!!! :D

My partner is Mandy :)
I chose to read

Mandy's rating: not given
Mandy's date read: 24th Aug, 2013

My rating: 5 stars
My date read: 6th Nov, 2013

I finished . I loved this book!

My rating 5 stars

I think I'm going to change my book to . I didn't really like the first chapter of .

Amanda's rating: Three stars
Date read: July 2nd (my birthday!)

Trisha wrote: "Laura wrote: "My partner is Trisha :)
I chose:
Trisha's Rating: 3 stars
Date Read: November 2nd, 2012

My rating: 3 stars
Date finished:..."

Thanks, it was great I hope you enjoy your choice too :)
Hahaha yes I noticed that, sort of weird but love it.

My partner is Karen, and I'm choosing:



Her date read: Feb 8th 2013
Her rating: 4 stars

My partner is Sami

I am going to read

Her rating: 5 stars
Date read: October 9, 2013

Amanda wrote: "My partner is Sami

I am going to read

Her rating: 5 stars
Date read: October 9, 2013"

Ooh I loved that :D Hope you like it! It's a love it/hate it kind of book, I should warn you!

Finished my second pick, and I really enjoyed it!


Her Date Read: 1/10/13
Her rating: 5 stars

My Date Read: 11/9/13
My rating: 4 stars

Finished my first pick



She Read: 9/27/13
Her Rating: 4 stars

I read: 11/9/13
My Rating: 5 stars

Lindsey wrote: "Finished my first pick



She Read: 9/27/13
Her Rating: 4 stars

I read: 11/9/13
My Rating: 5 stars"

I'm so glad you enjoyed it Lindsay!! :)

Katherine wrote: "Lindsey wrote: "Finished my first pick



She Read: 9/27/13
Her Rating: 4 stars

I read: 11/9/13
My Rating: 5 stars"

I'm so glad you enjoyed it Lindsay!! :)"

I loved it. I was happy to see it on your list. I have been wanting to read it. I have some more picked from your read list.

Saw that you enjoyed

Mehsi wrote: "Finished with
***** Stars

Now will read the other book. :)"


I am so glad that you liked it!

Finished

Brittany's rating 5*
Her date read Aug. 27, 2013

My rating 4*
My date read Nov. 11, 2013

My partner was Kathy and i choose to read


Her rating: 5 Star
My Rating: 5 Gigantic stars

Kathy i am so glad i choose this book. I started reading it on Saturday during my 10 hour road trip but didn't really get into it. About 70 pages in i almost gave up on it and I decided i was going to give it 50 more pages so on my road trip back home today i started reading it again and i didn't put it down until it was finished. This is by far the best book i've read this year and I was going to read 5th wave as well this month but i've decided to read the second book in this series instead...

My partner was Lisa and I read


Her rating: 5 stars
My rating: 5 stars
Date I read: 11/12/13

I really enjoyed this book. At first I was a little hesitant, like I am with most books, but as usual it turned out to be great and I can not wait to read The Elite. I just really don't want to wait 6 months to get my hands on the last book. :(

Jasz, I'm so glad you loved these 3 books you picked. I'm going to continue Beautiful Bastard series :)

Congrats everyone who has finished the challenge. I just had time to update. As for those you signed up late, please join our December Copy Cat, which will open for sign up tomorrow.

Gisbelle wrote: "Jasz, I'm so glad you loved these 3 books you picked. I'm going to continue Beautiful Bastard series :)"

Good luck :) The Beautiful Bastard series is great, but I think I loved the last one the most (Beautiful Player)

Thanks :D I just bought book 1.5 the other day.