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The Picks!!!
Hey ladies!! Since the four of us (me, Heather, Andrea and our new bookmooch friend, Stephaine!) are the ones who seem to post the most on here, I'm thinking we should take into consideration what WE want to read! :) With that being said... March- Need by Carrie Jones (first book in the series) The best way I know to describe this book is, Stephen King + Twilight + Pixies + Shapeshifters = Need I think you all will love this book!!!! April- Marked by P.C. and Kristen Cast (this is the first in the series also) This would be a "grown-up" Harry Potter but with vampires! May- Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead (again, first in the series) "Grown-up" Harry Potter + Gossip Girl + Vampires + Hot mentor = Vampire Academy Rose (the main character) is a woman after my own heart! She puts up with no BS, VERY protective of her friends and loves to have a good time! I think you guys will enjoy this one!! Plus, I know it will help some of you (Heather ;) ) clear up a TBR book!! Haha. All of this books have been around a couple of years so therefore should be pretty easy to find at library's and used bookstores. Again, if you need my help in tracking down a book - I don't mind at all!! I visit Half-Price Books on a regular basis and would be glad to help anyone out!! And as a reminder: I'll be posting The Hunger Games discussion the last weekend of this month. And don't forget! Our Feb. pick is Dracula and I hope you all enjoy it!! :)
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Lindsay Adams
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off to amazon.com to see what kinda deals I can get!! (Ohhh!! I love bargin shopping!!)
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*update on my special buying prowlness* Bought Need for less than 6.50, Marked for less than 4... AND! to get the Super Saver Shipping, (I love the free shipping even if it does mean I have to order more!! lol) I bought myself an anime I wanted AND the 25th anniversary edition of the Care Bears... and VOILA!! I got my free shipping!!
(and my credit card sighs... it's hoping it doesn't get used again today... But, the day is young ladies!!) lol
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Sounds like you found some good deals!!! :)
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Heather!! Go on Half.com! Amazon is expensive. I could have gotten Marked for you for 3.50 free shipping on Paperbackswap.
Awww boo! I think someone in THIS forum actually told me about 'Half.com' after I spent money on Amazon. I do spend less on half.com than Amazon.Anyone would like to mooch... 1.) Specials
2.) The Last Days (Peeps #2)
3.) Midnighters #2
4.) Midnighters #3
ALL BOOKS
by Scott Westerfeld I love books by Scott Westerfeld. I can't believe he has written so many completly different series. Uglies, Midnighters, Peeps. He's a very talented writer. Let me know if anyone wants these..
Great Picks everybody!!! I'm stoked!!
I'm 'wishing' for Vampire Academy & Need. Gotta start reading Dracula too!
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I think it was probably me that told you about half.com, lol... I can't get into it at work, because our computer are Macs from oh, 1990 or so... the 1 program I'm running hasn't been updated since 1998!! Oh technology, how you elude me so... =)
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HI! I just joined the forum. Im Stephanie's partner Amanda :) I've really enjoyed the Hunger Games so far and can't wait for our discussion. We are really excited about the books chosen! Just wanted to say Hello to everyone! :)
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Hi Amanda!!!!! That is so cute!! Aww we're all like sisters here!! Glad to hear your enjoying the book! Heather- Yeah my computer at work is sooo slow so I can barely do anything on them..but work..and who wants to work at work? lol Again welcome Amanda! hope we're not too strange and nerdy for you guys ;-)
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Too Strange?? Too Nerdy?? Who's strange and nerdy? ::pushes up glasses using index finger to bridge of glasses:: hee hee... Hi Amanda!! I hope you have a blast with us!! We're always looking for new opinions, minds, and discussions!! WAA HOO!! Who said reading wasn't popular? (and yes, even sexy!!) We WIN!!
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Have already started Marked, the April book of the month and am enjoying it this time around. The first time I made it thru the first few chapters and gave it up as another "teen sensation," threw it online and I think swapped it for a movie, lol! I should have not given up so easily and stuck with it. My new philosophy on books is that if I made it through Dracula, I can read anything! (Well, as long as it's in English, my Spanish is terrible -el gato negro is about as far as I mastered, lol- and I have yet to convince myself I really do need to learn Japanese...) So, onward and slantways!! Hope everyone is having a fabulous time with their reading excursions!! <3 Heather Rose
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Hi, I'm Kaiya. I JUST joined BM, so I hope it's not too soon to join a forum... You all seem incredibly nice around here. Is this group open to anyone that wants to join? (Sorry, I have no idea how this works. Please, please, please let me know if I'm going about this all wrong. Haha.) I've been going through a bit of the old discussions and saw that y'all recently read The Hunger Games? I actually read that in February. (: And the books picked for the next few months sound like they'll be right up my alley. Uhm... So, yes. ^-^
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HI Kaiya! P.S. I Super love your name! Yes, the group is open to EVERYONE! who has a passion for books! *We focus on YA fiction right now, but Lindsay (our Lovely Group Admin.!) may choose to branch out on our whims!! I super love it here and I've read all of the books so far and really enjoyed them... Wait, I forgot about Dracula... drat! OK! so, I've enjoyed all of them except Dracula!! But, I guess it did have its moments!! Yep, we read the Hunger Games but haven't had a proper discussion about it yet, so Start Away if you feel the urge, whim or if you just wanna voice an opinion. Every opinion is valid and open here, so don't worry about any arguments or name-calling!! *We are SOOO above that, lol* Hope you like it here!! Welcome to BookMooch!! Heather Rose
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ANOTHER post! Wow, I'm on a roll. Just a note to say I finished Marked. I don't know if I'll continue on with the series at this point in time or not because I have a ton of other books to read. Maybe sometime in the near future tho.
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Hi Heather! Thanks for the warm welcome. (: I lovelovelove YA fiction -- that one of the reasons I thought to join this group. I tried reading Dracula a few months ago and gave it up. It just wasn't for me. (Or anyone else... ;D Kidding!) I have a question about the books y'all read: Do you go out and buy them, borrow them, mooch them...? I'm just wondering about the process, I suppose. (:
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Kaiya, You can buy them if you want. Have you ever tried Half.com? They have all the greatest books there (most are used) for like 1/2 the price of new! It's kinda like amazon.com, I guess. Or, you can mooch them here, (I also am a member of swap.com and some other members are on paperbackswap.com. Well, I think that's the site address) There is also a site that Andrea (one of the other members here recommended) that you can download ebooks for free onto your computer, ereader, whatever. They're older books tho so best sellers aren't listed, but the selection is pretty wonderful *We read both Frankenstein and Dracula here and both are available on project gutenberg* Here's the link: http://www.gutenberg.org/, or just check out your local library. I think EVERYONE here understands about financial crunches so you don't have to worry about always buying new. Any copy will do. AND! If any of us have a spare copy of something laying around that you're interested in, just ask! We'll post it here and reserve it for you! Hope that answers your question! Have a great day! Heather Rose
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Finished Marked. I don't know how to feel about it. So, as a whole, it was... alright. What bugged me most about it, (and I'm not talking about some of the more 'colorful' language or the discussion of sexual contact with the opposite sex, I'm a big girl, I can take it) but the vampires themselves. I like to think of myself as holding a steady Pagan religion with no emphasis anywhere and have quite a few eclectic friends ranging from those practicing/studying Wiccans, Druids, and Shamans... and I think that people should be open to all religions (my personal view as long as they are not harming others in their practices) but is a YA book about vampires the right approach to open people’s eyes to these other religions? The main character is Cherokee (I think) and her grandmother is an elder and that’s all fine and well, I applaud the co-authors for thinking outside the WASP personalities of most YA books but mixing that with vampires? Really? I was surprised to come across rituals like the Full Moon ritual and Samhein (pronounced sow win) right next to ingesting blood for that extra ‘full moon ritual kick.’ I don’t know. Like I said, I’m a big girl and can handle just about anything in literature but something really irked me about the mish-mash of religious ceremonies. They are sacred events taking place in the peace of one’s environment thanking The Goddess for well, basically, life and to just throw them in for dramatic effect? Eh… I’d like to ask others if they read the book how they felt about this. Any takers? Any arguments for it?
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Have started in on the Vampire Academy with book 1 (which is the last book listed here). le pout. Now who will tell me what to read? Lol.
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