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The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter
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Stephenie Meyer books remind my of 8th grade and my friend Alyssa. Great Expectations reminds me of 10th grade and Alyssa.
Romeo and Juliet reminds me of the my 9th grade English class and how fun it was to be Juliet's nurse/Paris (depending on the scene). -
You know, I really don't care. A book is a book, and as long as there aren't any pages missing I don't mind how many other people did or didn't read it before me.
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L.M. Montgomery comes to mind. She's one of those childhood favorites I don't think I'll ever be able to lose.
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Contemporary.
If I was in a dystopian, I'd have to be tough and edgy. If I was in a fantasy, there would most likely be vampires/demons/other creepy folk running around.
At least with contemporary, I'd know what I'd be getting into. -
Tough one. I don't tend to care very much about book covers.
The Legend of Holly Claus, illustrated by Laurel Long, is absolutely stunning, though. The pictures alone make the book worth buying. (But the story is even better, so it's a must-buy). -
Well, it's not 10 years later, but the only "required reading" I hated was To Kill A Mockingbird.
I realize that's a minority opinion, but I couldn't stand all the "deeper meaning" BS shoved down my throat (in two separated classes by two separate teachers). Sometimes I think we try to make a book more profound and meaningful than it actually is.
Couldn't it just be that Harper Lee was a cut above the average trashy writer and nothing else?
I don't know, just some thoughts. -
One of L.M. Montgomery's Anne series. There's 8 of them and they always go with my on vacation or whatever.
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YA. It's very sensationalized and focused on following fads. (Vampire fad, dystopia fad, mythology fad.) I feel like a lot of the books in that genre don't live up to the hype they get. For me it's a disconnect and a disappointment. If a book gets so much attention, it should be well written in addition to having a unique plot.
But obviously, my opinion of what constitutes "good writing" is different from everyone else's. And I'm not saying that all YA is badly written. Or that people who read YA are dumb and uncultured. -
It doesn't matter to me. I've found that most female perspectives are well done, simply because there's so many of them that they get judged more severely. Sometimes I have a hard time when a female author writes a teen guy's mind. That tends to be a tad unbelievable.
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Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South comes to mind. Oh, and The Hunt for Red October.
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Hmm. It's a short story but without a question The Indiscreet Letter by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott. You can find it on Project Gutenberg. I recommend all of her writing, actually.
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Definitely Beautiful by Amy Reed. Daughter of Smoke and Bone was excellent as well.
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Hardcover for durability, but paperback for price. So in the long run: paperback.
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Hmm, that's a tough one. Probably hearing what other people think about books I liked/disliked. I don't personally read reviews for books I haven't read yet, but I do really enjoy comparing opinions.
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Yes! Super excited. It's the Talisman of El, which looks pretty good if I do say so myself. :)
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