38 books down, 302 days to go...

Hi!  Okay, so technically I've read two books, but one Elizabeth already blogged about, so I'm ignoring that one.  The other is A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.  Okay.  I hate Dickens.  The only reason I read this is because of Honors English 10.  Now, don't get me wrong.  The first paragraph is great, and the ending is bittersweet.  But the actual story takes forever.  Yeah, if you don't have to read this, I'd say go with Shakespeare instead.  It's easier to understand than Dickens.
For those who don't know the plot, the French Revolution is about to start in France.  With it comes the Guillotine, the newest device to behead people with.  The plot is actually pretty complicated...the two cities are London, England, and Paris, France...Yeah, I thought that this story would have been better without the page long paragraphs that Dickens felt the need to add in to bore us to death...just my opinion, though.
Love from Justi!

37 books down, 305 days to go!

Sorry...haven't read nearly enough lately!  I've been writing, studying, practicing for an honors concert...but, hey, I finished a book I just got yesterday.  So I'm in a good mood.
I read The Lost Hero, the first book in the new series by Rick Riordan.  This is, well, a companion series to Percy Jackson and the Olympians.  Jason wakes up on a bus with no prior memory, but with two friends who apparently know him.  Soon he becomes entangled in a fight to save Hera from Mother Earth herself.  At first, it was a little hard to follow, since the Roman references didn't add up.  But the ending, which leads to the series' plot line, makes it all worth it.  Great read!
Love from Justi!

36 books down, 305 days to go!!!

HEY ALL!!!  BUSY BUSY BUSY (just wait till high school, they tell me).
I, Elizabeth Sweet, am very sorry I haven't blogged in so long.  But I finished 6 books!  YAY!
First I finished Need, a book about a girl who is obsessed with phobias, being stalked by an evil pixie in the middle of freezing no where Maine, and is in love with a-  Well, you'll see if you read it.  I LOVED this book.  It was definitely more my-age-appropriate.  Great read.
I also finished Waking the Witch, a book that my Aunt recommended. This is about a women (21 I think?? A little too old for me- but it was free since my Aunt lent it to me so I gladly read it-- losing money fast- those darned ebooks :) ) who is a witch who is also on her first real case investigating a murder with her half-demon buddy, Jesse.  Good read.
I also read Midnighters 1, 2, and 3.  http://scottwesterfeld.com/midnighters/hour.htm  Insanely good reads!!!!
And lastly I read Everlost, a book about two teens who die in a car crash, and are figuring out what it's really like to be dead, and what it means to be a "Greensoul" in the world of the Everlost.  AMAZING!! I loved it, I really did!
Love, Elizabeth
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30 books down, 314 days to go!

Two more books--Notes on a Near Life Experience and The Foreshadowing.
This, Notes...,  was a good book, written in, well, chapters that are basically small amounts of thoughts put together.  Mia's parent's are divorcing, so how does that change her and her two siblings?  I thought it was okay, a good mix of everything.
The Foreshadowing was exceptionally good...Sasha lives in England at the beginning of World War I.  However, she gets premonitions and feelings about death from certain people, and they are never wrong.  She runs to France when she sees something about her brother...full of self-fulfilling prophecy, gives a great amount of background about the time period, overall pretty good.
Love from Justi!

28 books down, 318 days to go!

I read two books lately, the first being The Princess Bride.  If you've ever seen the movie (which I would entirely advise), it follows that pretty well, a few differences, but a strangely comical effect that makes it a great read.  Buttercup's love, Westley, was murdered on the high seas, and now she has to marry Prince Humperdinck. (At least read it to see the awesome names!)  But when she is kidnapped to help start a war, she has to face giants, the Fire Swamp, an unwanted marriage, and a mysterious man-in-black.
The other book I finished just today is Untamed, the fourth installment in House of Night.  Zoey must reconcile with her friends in order to face a different, and very dangerous, enemy, all the while hearing about a vision in which she dies.  Happy thoughts, huh?  As per quota with this series, I was able to predict most of what happened, but it still was a fun read.
Love from Justi!

26 books read, 320 days to go!

Hey all!  I finished the first three books in the Harry Potter books.

About three weekends ago I, Elizabeth, went to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.  And after seeing how great it was, I decided to read the books.  I can't even begin to explain how good they were, or what there plots were.  I am determined to read the rest of the books, but I currently have some borrowed books on my nook that I need to finish soon!

23 books down, 326 days to go!

I'm so happy!  I finished a book in less than four hours!  Since I haven't been reading a lot lately, this means a lot to me.
Oh, and don't get mad at the book.  I read Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex.  I know that this series is geared towards mainly pre-teens, but I started reading them at that age, and I needed to read this book.  In this seventh installment of the series, Artemis is diagnosed with the Atlantis Complex, a disease spouting hallucinations, OCD, and multiple personalities.  This was the best book in the series so far, at least to me, because of some fun characters, a change of pace from constant plotting, and an interesting bad guy.  I'd read it if I were you and didn't mind some good old fantasy, which I haven't read enough of lately.
Well, 23 books down and 326 days to go.  From Justi!
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22 books down, 327 days to go!

I have read one ( :(  )  book so far since the last time I blogged.
Rules of Attractions, which is about tomboy Kiara who falls in love with bad-boy ("druggie") Carlos Fuentos.  This book was amazing!!!!  Please read this and I will soon be reading the first book, Perfect Chemistry, which is about Carlos' older brother, so I hope that that will be good enough for you to read as well.
I'm super tired.
22 books down, 327 days to go!
Elizabeth