Have any of you folks who like YA read the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series? It's not really YA, but it's really well done and very fast pace and entertaining.
I just read Riordan's new series with Egyptian Mythology.
Oh, no, oh, no! Spontaneous poetic exclamations. Lord, spare me college boys in love.
Dr. Walsh ,'Potential'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Kat - Aug 20, 2010 4:21:30 pm PDT #12157 of 28333
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Amy - Aug 20, 2010 4:24:51 pm PDT #12158 of 28333
Because books.
It's a little bit younger, right, Kat? I think Ben has the first book in that series, The Lightning Thief, but he read it a while ago. I haven't tried them.
beth b - Aug 20, 2010 4:37:01 pm PDT #12159 of 28333
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I love the Percy Jackson books. And they are currently my favorite example of why we should encourage the readig of fiction. Hundreds of kids have asked for books on greek Mythology because of those books
Calli - Aug 20, 2010 4:41:44 pm PDT #12160 of 28333
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I hope we get another snowpocalypse this winter. If I'm stuck in my apartment for more than a couple of days, that's when I usually reorganize my bookshelves. They could really use it right now.
Atropa - Aug 20, 2010 5:08:11 pm PDT #12161 of 28333
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
People organize their books?
Mine are vaguely organized. They were originally organized by genre(ish) and author, but now they're back to their natural state of covering every flat surface I can get away with stacking things on.
Kat - Aug 20, 2010 5:33:58 pm PDT #12162 of 28333
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Yes. More like early middle school, Amy. They are GREAT. Really enjoyable. And the new one,with Egyptian mythology is also so fun.
Kat - Aug 20, 2010 5:33:59 pm PDT #12163 of 28333
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Strix - Aug 20, 2010 5:56:46 pm PDT #12164 of 28333
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I was SO obsessed with all kinds of mythology as a kid. Read Hamilton like candy.
Amy - Aug 20, 2010 6:55:09 pm PDT #12165 of 28333
Because books.
And the new one,with Egyptian mythology is also so fun.
Oh, fun. I'll have to look for them. And dig up Ben's copy of The Lightning Thief.
I bought him The Westing Game and Freak the Mighty for his new school's summer reading list today. I haven't read either, so I plan to steal them when he's done.
Kat - Aug 20, 2010 7:18:19 pm PDT #12166 of 28333
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
IMO, Westing Game is blergh. Freak the Mighty is pretty great, though.