Comments for The Hub http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub Your Connection to Teen Reads Wed, 16 May 2012 03:12:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on YALSA’s 2012 Best of the Best Reading Challenge Begins! by Kathy http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2012/04/01/yalsas-2012-best-of-the-best-reading-challenge-begins/#comment-3929 Kathy Wed, 16 May 2012 03:12:28 +0000 http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/?p=2738#comment-3929 Sign me up, I started last week with Night Circus. You can find my list of books at http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/5370625-kathy-larson?format=html&shelf=2012-bob-challenge Sign me up, I started last week with Night Circus. You can find my list of books at http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/5370625-kathy-larson?format=html&shelf=2012-bob-challenge

]]> Comment on The Avengers Reading List by TeenScene @ WPL » WWAR (What Would Avengers Read)? http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2012/05/08/the-avengers-reading-list/#comment-3927 TeenScene @ WPL » WWAR (What Would Avengers Read)? Tue, 15 May 2012 22:03:43 +0000 http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/?p=3028#comment-3927 [...] was also super stoked to see this post on The Hub this week….Maria Kramer took her super powers of library science to make you an [...] [...] was also super stoked to see this post on The Hub this week….Maria Kramer took her super powers of library science to make you an [...]

]]> Comment on 2012 Best of the Best Reading Challenge check in #6 by Tiffany Bronzan http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2012/05/12/2012-best-of-the-best-reading-challenge-check-in-6/#comment-3926 Tiffany Bronzan Tue, 15 May 2012 17:11:27 +0000 http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/?p=3055#comment-3926 I had it in my mind that I needed to have 13 books finished by the 15th (today). I have 10 finished, which isn't bad but I don't think I will make the challenge. I just joined another book club and I have to read that book. My friend really wants me to read "Family Fang" which sounds funny so I will take a break to read those two books. Plus, I had read several titles before April 1st on the list and to tell you the truth, there are soooo many good books, why would I go back to re-read books? Just not something I'm interested in doing unless it was a book I absolutely loved. I'm up to 10 books. I finished this week: The Scorpio Races (audiobook): I loved this title. I read Shiver when it came out and didn't care for it, so I didn't really want to listen to this one. However, this one was excellent and I'm so glad I gave it a chance. Pavement Chalk Artist: I enjoyed looking at the artwork. He is very talented. The Notorious Benedict Arnold: This isn't really my type of book. I'm glad I read it because I do get asked for biography recommendations, but it's not something I would pick up on my own. The best thing about this challenge is it's forcing me to read book that I would normally pass on. I guess in the end that's what it's really about. I had it in my mind that I needed to have 13 books finished by the 15th (today). I have 10 finished, which isn’t bad but I don’t think I will make the challenge. I just joined another book club and I have to read that book. My friend really wants me to read “Family Fang” which sounds funny so I will take a break to read those two books. Plus, I had read several titles before April 1st on the list and to tell you the truth, there are soooo many good books, why would I go back to re-read books? Just not something I’m interested in doing unless it was a book I absolutely loved.

I’m up to 10 books. I finished this week:

The Scorpio Races (audiobook): I loved this title. I read Shiver when it came out and didn’t care for it, so I didn’t really want to listen to this one. However, this one was excellent and I’m so glad I gave it a chance.

Pavement Chalk Artist: I enjoyed looking at the artwork. He is very talented.

The Notorious Benedict Arnold: This isn’t really my type of book. I’m glad I read it because I do get asked for biography recommendations, but it’s not something I would pick up on my own.

The best thing about this challenge is it’s forcing me to read book that I would normally pass on. I guess in the end that’s what it’s really about.

]]> Comment on 2012 Best of the Best Reading Challenge check in #6 by Kate Carlson http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2012/05/12/2012-best-of-the-best-reading-challenge-check-in-6/#comment-3923 Kate Carlson Tue, 15 May 2012 13:37:30 +0000 http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/?p=3055#comment-3923 I didn't finish any titles this week. I am in the middle of my first audiobook...not sure how I feel about this medium...it's been difficult at times to follow and I have found myself needing to frequently rewind. And it's NOT the same to fall asleep listening to an audiobook as it is falling asleep reading a print book! :) I didn’t finish any titles this week. I am in the middle of my first audiobook…not sure how I feel about this medium…it’s been difficult at times to follow and I have found myself needing to frequently rewind. And it’s NOT the same to fall asleep listening to an audiobook as it is falling asleep reading a print book! :)

]]> Comment on 2012 Best of the Best Reading Challenge check in #6 by Charles J. http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2012/05/12/2012-best-of-the-best-reading-challenge-check-in-6/#comment-3920 Charles J. Mon, 14 May 2012 21:40:04 +0000 http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/?p=3055#comment-3920 While I do tend to mind a prescribed reading list, I do know it will help me with reader's advisory at work, and opens me up to works I never would have touched (<i>Okay For Now</i> being the best example - fix that cover!). These readings are also helping me pace my way through other books (<i>Bitterblue</i> and <i>Insurgent</i> of late), so I appreciate the assigned reads helping me to savor the books I have chosen for myself. Anyway, I got to 3 this week, pushing me up to 23, and close to the first checkpoint of 25 (my goal is to read 40). <i>A Bride's Story vol.1</i> - A gorgeous volume that hopefully sets up a richer story in ensuing sequels. <i>Under the Mesquite</i> - A verse novel of a Mexican-American girl finding her identity in the midst of family crisis. Good, but I felt it could have been emotionally deeper... <i>Wheels of Change</i> - Probably the best layout for a nonfiction book I have read for this challenge. Lots of sides to engage interest and involve the reader in the time period. It tickled me when I connected this book and <i>Bootleg</i> via Frances Willard being mentioned in both of them. I should be done with <i>Carter's Big Break</i> after driving to practice tonight, and am in the midst of the feel-good memoir, <i>A Stolen Life</i>. While I do tend to mind a prescribed reading list, I do know it will help me with reader’s advisory at work, and opens me up to works I never would have touched (Okay For Now being the best example – fix that cover!). These readings are also helping me pace my way through other books (Bitterblue and Insurgent of late), so I appreciate the assigned reads helping me to savor the books I have chosen for myself.

Anyway, I got to 3 this week, pushing me up to 23, and close to the first checkpoint of 25 (my goal is to read 40).

A Bride’s Story vol.1 – A gorgeous volume that hopefully sets up a richer story in ensuing sequels.
Under the Mesquite – A verse novel of a Mexican-American girl finding her identity in the midst of family crisis. Good, but I felt it could have been emotionally deeper…
Wheels of Change – Probably the best layout for a nonfiction book I have read for this challenge. Lots of sides to engage interest and involve the reader in the time period. It tickled me when I connected this book and Bootleg via Frances Willard being mentioned in both of them.

I should be done with Carter’s Big Break after driving to practice tonight, and am in the midst of the feel-good memoir, A Stolen Life.

]]> Comment on 2012 Best of the Best Reading Challenge check in #6 by Tori http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2012/05/12/2012-best-of-the-best-reading-challenge-check-in-6/#comment-3918 Tori Mon, 14 May 2012 19:26:15 +0000 http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/?p=3055#comment-3918 I feel the same way! I didn't finish any challenge books this week because I decided to read Insurgent (Veronica Roth) as soon as it came out. I feel the same way! I didn’t finish any challenge books this week because I decided to read Insurgent (Veronica Roth) as soon as it came out.

]]> Comment on The Avengers Reading List by Maria Kramer http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2012/05/08/the-avengers-reading-list/#comment-3917 Maria Kramer Mon, 14 May 2012 18:04:10 +0000 http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/?p=3028#comment-3917 Also, "The Prince" by Machiavelli. Also, “The Prince” by Machiavelli.

]]> Comment on The Avengers Reading List by Beth http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2012/05/08/the-avengers-reading-list/#comment-3916 Beth Mon, 14 May 2012 17:53:22 +0000 http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/?p=3028#comment-3916 Loki? He's probably reading Sun Tzu's "The Art of War." Loki? He’s probably reading Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War.”

]]> Comment on Poll Archive by The Monday Poll: YA Book-to-Movie Anticipation | The Hub http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/pollsarchive/#comment-3915 The Monday Poll: YA Book-to-Movie Anticipation | The Hub Mon, 14 May 2012 12:30:59 +0000 http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/?page_id=446#comment-3915 [...] Poll Archive [...] [...] Poll Archive [...]

]]> Comment on The Avengers Reading List by Movie Review: The Avengers « A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2012/05/08/the-avengers-reading-list/#comment-3913 Movie Review: The Avengers « A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy Mon, 14 May 2012 12:01:56 +0000 http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/?p=3028#comment-3913 [...] The Hub has put together The Avengers Reading List, asking the always fun question of what would a [...] [...] The Hub has put together The Avengers Reading List, asking the always fun question of what would a [...]

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