Read A Thon October 2009 - Update 1

Hours: 2.5
Books Read: 0
Pages: 177

Reading
Brooklyn by Coim Toibin - We meet Eilis and her family in part 1. Rose, Eilis' sister, teams up with her mother to get Eilis to America. They live in Ireland and there aren't many jobs or any other type of prospects for Eilis. Without saying as much Rose intimates that she herself has no options and so she wants to help Eilis. In part 2, Eilis goes to Brooklyn where she gets a job in Bartocci's department store. She lives in a boarding house run by Mrs. Kehoe, a widow. There are other single women in the house but Eilis avoids them. The local parish, run by Father Flood, starts having weekly dances and the first time Eilis goes, she's stuck with two of the women from the house who are intent on NOT having a good time. The next time she goes she meets Tony.

Front and Center by Catherine Murdock - the last in the DJ Schwenk trilogy. DJ is back from taking care of her brother Win and looking forward to playing basketball. She's hardly into the season when it's impressed upon her that she needs to start working on her leadership skills and contacting schools even though she's only a junior. Beaner, one of DJ's best friends from football, decides he wants to take their friendship to the next level since there's no more Brian Nelson and DJ agrees. But where is Brian?

Ok, back to babysitting and reading.

Waiting On Wednesday - Galleys from BEA

Waiting on Wednesday is brought to you courtesy of Breaking The Spine - check out her blog for more book ideas.

Here's a link to PW's post on what Galleys will be available at BEA. I, unfortunately, cannot go to BEA and hope these will be available at ALA in Chicago! Here are the ones I'm salivating for:

The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima (Disney-Hyperion) kicks off a trilogy starring a reformed thief and a princess heir.

Loved the Heir series!

Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld, illus. by Keith Thompson (Simon Pulse). The author of the Uglies series sets his new novel in 1914 at the brink of WWI, in an alternate world with fantastic machines.

Westerfeld writes a kick ass alternate world. Uglies was my intro to YA when I moved to the middle school and I was totally converted never to return to elementary!

The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey (S&S). Assistant to a monster-hunting doctor, Will uncovers a terrifying threat to the world.

Loved the Alfred Kropp books - hope this one is just as good.

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic Press). Grace meets Sam, who is a wolf during certain times of the year.

wolf!

Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd, edited by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci (Little, Brown), collects short stories from more than two dozen top YA authors, including M.T. Anderson, Cassandra Clare and David Levithan.

all my favorite writers!! will disappear fast!


The Maze Runner by James Dashner (Delacorte). Thomas finds himself with a group of ragged boys in a dystopian world.

Dystopian!

Once Was Lost by Sara Zarr (Little, Brown). For a 15-year-old girl, personal and local tragedies run parallel.

I love Sara Zarr - she could write anything and I would buy it and read it and pass it around!

Wish You Were Dead by Todd Strasser (Egmont). High school students disappear after being mentioned in an anonymous blog.

Kid's who say they don't like reading - love Todd Strasser.

Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse by Kaleb Nation (Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky) is a middle-grade novel set in a world where magic has been banned.

The author's name is Kaleb Nation - I will buy it just for that!

I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President by Josh Lieb (Razorbill). For Oliver, world domination might come easier than the class presidency.

It sounds like a book about me but with a name change - :)

School of Fear by Gitty Daneshvari, illus. by Carrie Gifford (Little, Brown). Four 12-year-olds attend a strange school to eradicate their fears.

I liked The Makedown as a grown-up book. Will see if writing works well in YA.

Viola in Reel Life by Adriana Trigiani (HarperTeen) is the bestselling author's first YA novel, about an aspiring filmmaker stuck at boarding school.

another promising adult writer writing YA.

Goth Girl Rising by Barry Lyga (Houghton). Kyra returns from six months in a mental health facility in this sequel.

Yahoo! Loved The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl - this will be read in one sitting - I know it!

Front and Center by Catherine Murdock (Houghton) is the final book in the Dairy Queen trilogy.

Good news - Yeah more DJ - Bad News - last book in series :(

So what are you waiting on?