Comments on: the posh deluxe reading club, meeting #2

By: Becky

Becky — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:13:24 +0000

I definitely cried during 13 reasons why, which is why I read Cindy Ella in between The Host and 13 reasons. It was light and fluffy and gave my eyes a break… While 13 reasons deals with a very touchy subject, I definitely think it should be in my school library. I’m going to make sure that my librarian reads it. It really made me think about the girl in 8th grade that committed suicide. I feel bad because I have forgotten her name, but what has always stuck with me was that she didn’t plan to really do it, she just wanted attention.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:00:58 +0000

becky, that book has been ALL OVER the YA blogs i read. everyone has been raving about it, but i’ve been too scared of crying my eyes out to buy it.

By: Becky

Becky — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:58:44 +0000

I’m also recommending my 37th book that I am halfway through. It is Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. Since I’m not a verbal person, here is the blurb from amazon:
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Clay Jenkins returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers 13 cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker—his classmate and crush—who committed suicide two weeks earlier.

On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he’ll find out how he made the list.

Through Hannah and Clay’s dual narratives, debut author Jay Asher weaves an intricate and heartrending story of confusion and desperation that will deeply affect teen readers.
***
I’m just starting reason 8. I’m going to recommend it to my school librarian as well.

By: olivia

olivia — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:00:12 +0000

henri’s comment was hilarious.

i’m ALMOST convinced to read them. i’m currently reading … hm, forgot. oh: All Quiet on the Western Front because I have never read it before. But if I were going to recommend something to everyone it would be Zamyatin’s book We, which I mentioned maybe on my blog but am too lazy to look for and also am typing in the bath, which is hard. It’s great, and heavily influence 1984, and written around the same time as Brave New World but is way better than that book.

I know it sounds pretentious, but it’s great! And now I spend all my time thinking about what a contemporary dystopian novel would be like.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:56:39 +0000

henri, i have good news for you.

http://www.amazon.com/Gunslinger-AUDIOBOOK-Dark-Tower-Book/dp/1402589883/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215723312&sr=8-2

By: Henri

Henri — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:52:14 +0000

I’ll join in on this Dark Tower thing just as soon as one of you kind fans will record yourself reading the first three books out loud so I can read it in my preferred way - listening to it while I drive or walk around.

I’d really love to be part of it, but Stephen King can’t get off his tush to say, “Hey, we’ve got the last four books on audiobook, but not the first three. Doesn’t that seem kinda messed up?”

So whatever, Mr. King. Have fun in Bangor.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:46:21 +0000

dude, is no one else here for the meeting?!! what if i promise to bring donuts next time?

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:29:24 +0000

i am reading this side of paradise by f. scott fitzgerald; his first novel, which he wrote in his early to mid twenties. it isn’t as good as gatsby or tender is the night, but it is funnier, i think, and the roaring twenties debauchery of it - i would highly recommend it.

By: Matt S

Matt S — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:30:28 +0000

I would also like to express my high fondness of this series. I started reading it when I was in 7th grade and I didn’t get to finish it until the last book came out a couple of years ago. It’s one of the things Meredith and I bonded over when we first met. I definitely recommend even if you don’t like Stephen King.

By: becky

becky — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:30:50 +0000

I just finished reading my 35th, yes 35th, book of the summer. It was The Host by Stephenie Meyer, better known as the author of the twilight series. I wasn’t sure if I would like it, but I don’t believe I have ever cried so much while reading a book. Definitely a good read.