Read for the Graphic Novels Challenge This graphic novel was written in the 80s, and was set in a dystopian near future in the 90s, where there’d been a terrible war, and a fascist government has taken over Great Britain. The only person standing against this government is a shadowy figure codenamed V, who turns […]
Read for the Young Adult Reading Challenge. This book was a double young adult selection, both by intended audience and by the fact that the author was thirteen when she completed it. Considering the age the author, this is quite a decent book. The plot is extremely quick; it centers around the vampire Risika and
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Read for the Mythopoeic Award and 2008 TBR Challenges. I admit to picking up this book after reading all the hype surrounding it when it first came out. I actually bought it as a gift for my boyfriend, and in the spirit of it being a gift, originally left it to him to read it
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It’s official! I’m challenge-sign up happy. Actually, this challenge is a great fit for me. It’s my favorite genre, there are several books I’m already planning on reading that qualify, and there are even more books I have in my library TBR list I wasn’t yet planning on reading for anything in particular, but that
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This challenge could be subtitled “a walk through my boyfriend’s bookcase.” My BF has an extensive graphic novel and comic book collection, and though I’ve dipped into it (Sandman. Bone, and Fables being my particular favorites), I’ve barely broken the surface of what’s there. So this challenge is a really great opportunity for me to
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It occurred to me that I’d left out a major part of my TBR list when I made my initial list of books for this challenge. My Amazon.com wishlist functions mostly as a TBR list for books that are actually located at my local library, and some of the books on that list have been
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ETA: View my final list here. Even though I can’t sign up until the 15th of December, I’ve decided to post my choices for the 2008 TBR Challenge, because it’s pretty easy to do. I already have a TBR list going (I’ll be moving it up the page a bit into my list of challenges),
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I’d been considering this challenge when I ended up in my Amazon wishlist, and realized I could do it easily based on a few books I have kicking around here, and the contents of the kids/young adult section of my wishlist (yep, I do have my wishlist broken down by subject or genre, it’d be
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