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  • July 12, 2010 at 11:01 pm #45594
    Melody Kondrael
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    Not going to review all these today…in a hurry. :)

    Papa’s Wife by Thyra Ferre Bjorn – 310
    Papa’s Daughter by Thyra Bjorn – 196
    The Giver by Lois Lowry – 180
    The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien – 280
    DragonSpell by Donita K Paul – 334
    Filmmaking for Teens by Troy Lanier & Clay Nichols – 186
    Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder – 194
    The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton – 119
    Manalive by G.K. Chesterton – 388

    Total: 5155 pages

    The Giver (review)
    Interesting little book about a dystopian futuristic society where human life is no longer sacred. Rather touching, though not entirely realistic. :) A little disturbing in one scene where a baby is terminated because he is an identical twin, but it gets the point across.

    DragonSpell (review)
    Not bad for a kids book – fairly original – enjoyed the plot. :) A little much on the magic side, but the Christian symbolism is very obvious.

    Manalive (review)
    Amazing.  I can’t say anything else. :) I see how Chesterton influenced Lewis.

    The Man Who Was Thursday
    A fascinating book, full of literary mastery. A little weak theologically at the end, but overall not bad.

    July 13, 2010 at 2:30 am #45595
    Rebekah
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    Father of Dragons by L. B. Graham  –  463 pages

    Running Total – 2,389
    Whew. I thought I was never going to be able to finish that book! It’s a good book, don’t get me wrong. It just felt like life conspired to keep me from picking it up. 

    July 13, 2010 at 1:49 pm #45596
    minihorse77
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    Eclipse (Warriors: Power of Three book 4), by Erin Hunter – 318 pages

    Long Shadows (Warriors: Power of Three book 5), by Erin hunter – 316 pages

    Running Total – 15,167 pages

    July 13, 2010 at 3:20 pm #45597
    narnia365
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    Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen – 181 pages

    Running Total: 3,156

    REVIEW: Honestly, this book is very “lukewarm” to me. It’s not like I didn’t like it, but I didn’t “love it” either… so, I guess I recommend it, but I don’t know if I’d read it again. 

    July 13, 2010 at 7:10 pm #45598
    FunshineSheppard
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    Star Wars: New Jedi Order, Enemy Lines – Rebel Stand, Aaron Allston, 367 pages
    The Kane Chronicles – The Red Pyramid, Rick Riordan, 514 pages
    Star Wars: New Jedi Order – Destiny’s Way, Walter Jon Williams, 451 pages
    Star Trek: Voyager – Unworthy, Kirsten Beyer, 370 pages

    Total Count: 10469

    July 13, 2010 at 8:59 pm #45599
    Kyle
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    The Book of Three, by Lloyd Alexander – 224 pages

    Running Total: 2,456 pages

    July 14, 2010 at 11:16 am #45600
    Jordan
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    Tree Castle Island by Jean Craighead George. 242 pages

    Running total: 2,821 pages.

    July 14, 2010 at 4:23 pm #45601
    Janin of Yen
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    Strongbow Saga: Book Two: Dragons from the Sea: 346 pages
    The series fails to improve…

    The Missing: Book One: Found: 339 pages
    This book was pretty good. Actually, it was very suspensful. Despite the fact I was short on sleep I stayed up half the night to finish reading it, because I simply had to know what was going to happen. It’s a time travel goes wrong story, and the ending was rather satisfactory and leaves me with misgivings as to the sequel.

    Running Total: 6425

    July 14, 2010 at 5:43 pm #45602
    minihorse77
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    Sunrise (Warriors: Power of Three book 6), by Erin Hunter – 318 pages

    Running Total – 15,485 pages 

    July 14, 2010 at 11:47 pm #45603
    Alassiel
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    Read aloud:
    Chicken Little, by Laura Rader- 20 pages
    Chicken Little, by Steven Kellogg- 24 pages

    Running Total: 2,408 pages

    July 15, 2010 at 2:58 pm #45605
    narnia365
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    How to Train Your Dragon (Book 1), by Cressida Cowell – 214 pages

    Running Total: 3, 370 pages (officially, I feel behind… lol). 

    REVIEW: When I first saw the movie How to Train Your Dragon, I immediately fell in love with it. The plot line was (surprisingly) great, the characters were cool, the music was beautiful, and I left the theater wishing I had a dragon. (lol). So, of course, I wanted to read the book. I got it off of Amazon, and read it in (about) 24-hours, which is AMAZING for me. Honestly, the book was fine, but the movie was so different, it was almost a disappointment. (I really liked the plot of the movie better.) So, if you read the book, try not to compare it to the movie. Let it stand by itself. 

    July 15, 2010 at 3:27 pm #45606
    C Triebold
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    Syren by Angie Sage, 628 pages.

    Running total:  5,986 pages

    July 15, 2010 at 5:35 pm #45607
    FunshineSheppard
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    Star Wars: New Jedi Order, Force Heretic – Remnant, Sean Williams & Shane Dix, 413 pages
    Star Trek: New Frontier, Double Helix – Double or Nothing, Peter David, 277 pages
    Star Wars: New Jedi Order, Force Heretic – Refugee, Sean Williams & Shane Dix, 397 pages
    Star Wars: New Jedi Order, Force Heretic – Reunion, Sean Williams & Shane Dix, 390 pages

    Total Count: 11946

    July 15, 2010 at 7:22 pm #45608
    Alassiel
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    Ranger’s Apprentice: The Kings of Clonmel, by John Flanagan- 358 pages (I love this series!)

    Running Total: 2,766 pages

    July 15, 2010 at 11:49 pm #45609
    Kyle
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    A Wind in the Door, by Madeleine L’Engle – 211 pages

    Running Total: 2,667 pages

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