- Annie on my Mind
- Uglies
- Feed
- Hero and the Crown
- Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging
- Boy Meets Boy
- Speak
- Whale Talk
- The Golden Compass
- Gossip Girl
- Paper Towns
- Parrotfish
- Persepolis
- American Born Chinese
- Naruto, vol. 1
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
On Deck
The following books are waiting for me to review them: (listed in no particular order)
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Ugh, I hated Annie on My Mind. Like, super hated it. Also Naruto and American Born Chinese, but I have not found a single graphic novel I like besides Ghost World and I only like that because it's like, love letter to me and Neenz. However, I liked Whale Talk (maybe the best book we were assigned), and Gossip Girl (duhs). So, if you shared any of my opinions, start with those, haha.
I really liked Annie on my Mind until I got to the end. Then I got very angry at everyone's reactions, though the ending-ending put a smile on my face.
I didn't particularly like reading the middle-end either (as opposed to the end-end). But maybe it was essential to get them to the point where the frame story starts? Or maybe the middle-end was a "peoples' minds can only open so far" moment. (Quote from Wide Awake - helps explain, I think, what Tony [the one from the more ordinary town] is doing in Boy Meets Boy, and why Grady seems to be able to do anything but actually date in Parrotfish.)
American Born Chinese is one of the books required to review/read for my YA Materials class this semester.
Let me just say that it's an awesome read, and really very insightful. I loved watching it all come together. Excellently done, and I applaud the creator.
So, I'll vote for that one.
I've also heard that Uglies is very good. I haven't read it, though.
Uglies is literary crack the way Twilight WISHES it could be. I've read most of the books on the list, but sadly computer access and mental functioning don't necessary coincide with one another.
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