Wednesday, November 20, 2013

100 Best-Ever Teen Novels

Do you want a big list of books to read?  Check out NPR's 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels list by clicking here. You can click on the titles you've read & it will total it for you.  I've read 38 of the titles and several are on my to-read list.  Check it out!

Friday, November 8, 2013

Book Trailers from November 7

If you're interested in watching the book trailers we discussed in class on Thursday, you can access my Prezi with the trailers embedded here.

I've already posted summaries of each of the books on this blog, so if you want a refresher, click on the titles below and it will take you to those posts.  Happy reading!

A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness AND Cinder, by Marissa Meyer
The Hypnotists, by Gordon Korman AND The Distance Between Us, by Kasie West

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

For those who have read Allegiant...

You should read Veronica Roth's blog on why she ended the Divergent series in the way she did.  If you have not read Allegiant, but you plan to...DON'T go read the blog.  The spoilers there would ruin it for you.  If you have read it, you might have traipsed around in a funk for a few hours like I did when I finished in on Sunday.  But after processing it for about 24 hours and then reading the blog, it made more sense and I felt a little better about it.  If you're interested in reading the author's personal thoughts on the ending, click here!