everydayxangels Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 September 38. Before I Die by Jenny Downham 37. Crashing Through by Robert Kurson 36. The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen by Syrie James (Dec 11th) August (3) 35. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher 34. The Scandal of the Season by Sophie Gee 33. Loving Frank by Nancy Horan July (5) 32. Mister Pip by Lloyd James 31. Run by Ann Patchett (Oct 1st) 30. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling 29. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling 28. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K Rowling June (6) 27. The Penny by Joyce Meyer 26. The Last Summer by Ann Brasheres 25. Peony in Love by Lisa See 24. gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson 23. Teach With Your Heart by Erin Gruwell 22. Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen May (3) 21. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 20. Whistling in the Dark by Lesley Kagen 19. Between, Georgia by Joshilyn Jackson April (4) 18. Family Tree by Barbara Delinsky 17. The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard 16. A Brother's Journey by Barbara Delinsky 15. Crow Lake by Mary Lawson March (5) 14. Black and White by Dani Shapiro 13. Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson 12. The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell 11. Plainsong by Kent Haruf 10. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert February (5) 9. Life's Golden Ticket by Brandon Burchard 8. The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls 7. Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult 6. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd 5. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult January (4) 4. The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom 3. Cage of Stars by Jacquelyn Mitchard 2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See 1. Astrid and Veronika by Linda Olsson ON MY SHELF Advanced Readers Copies (1) Mozart's Sister *Release dates in AMERICAN dating system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 How do you get your ARCs? Is it part of a job, or have you simply built up contacts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 How do you get your ARCs? Is it part of a job, or have you simply built up contacts? I would be interested to know too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everydayxangels Posted January 11, 2007 Author Share Posted January 11, 2007 Lol, I'm only fifteen, so my contacts aren't anywhere near the book business. It's apart of my job, and I work at a local independent bookstore. We have three shelves in the back filled with ARC's and organized by released date. For adult Fiction books, I'd say there's easily 120. Mystery about 60. For Non-Fiction probably 50. And for Kid/YA there's about 100. it's the biggest perk of the job. Even got an ARC to Mitch Alboms new book even though it has obviously been released by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Poppy Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 WOW! How did you land such a fab job? There'll be loads of envious people on here, all turning green at the same time! PP:mrgreen: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 I need a career change ASAP :mrgreen: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everydayxangels Posted January 11, 2007 Author Share Posted January 11, 2007 WOW! How did you land such a fab job? There'll be loads of envious people on here, all turning green at the same time! PP:mrgreen: lol, the store I work had have been hiring highschool girls for quite a while. Like 15 years. Infact one of the highschool girls from '94 is infact the store manager now, and she's wonderful. It's pretty weak pay though. $6/hr. minimum wage for people under 18. But i dont have to support myself so I dont really mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Poppy Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Well done! The experience will stand you in good stead...who knows where it will lead! You might take over as the manager one day and then build your own book empire! (Well you can dream can't you?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Wow! That sounds like a fab job! It must be fun. I did think about going to a bookshop for my Work Experience week last year. Couldn't find anywhere that did it so I went and worked in a Library instead. That was quite good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Poppy Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Thats a shame Liz, but lucky about the library. What would you like to do in the future...I'm assuming you are going to uni and then...? PP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everydayxangels Posted January 13, 2007 Author Share Posted January 13, 2007 I guess a goal that I have for myself, as far as reading goes, I want to read more books than I have last year. Last year I really only started to read consistantly in August, and read only 12 books I think. I want to read atleast 4 books a month. that's 48 books in one year. That's pretty good I feel like I read pretty slow though compared to someone like Kell who reads at the speed of light. It takes me like a week to get through a 250 page book. Anywho, I finished Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See, and I thought it was incredibly wonderful. I dont do reviews because everything comes out as a jumbled mess, and less helpful than just not even writing a review. The book has to do with foot-binding in the first part, which was the hardest to get through, and the troubles of being a woman in communist 1800 China is shown throughout. It was heartbreaking the way that even the women themselves referred to themselves as worthless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icecream Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 I feel like that too. I didn't read many books last year and would like to. Partly because i was doing my finals at university and partly because I am also a slow reader (until I get into it then i'm fine. I think it is more a concentration thing). Not sure how well reading nore will work with a baby due any time though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everydayxangels Posted January 15, 2007 Author Share Posted January 15, 2007 I am so thrilled with Cage of Stars! This book is absolutely delicious. And such a nice relief from the gravity of Snow Flower. Not to say that Cage of Stars is light and fluffy, it just doesnt have that constant pain that Snow Flower did. Already 2 fabulous books in 2007! I was thinking of adding Jacquelyn Mitchard's book Breakdown Lane to my list of books to read. might take a while to get around to reading, but I think I will add it. It was on my list when that list was up in the hundreds, but then got cut for some reason. Lack of interest. And it will be one of the higher up books to read, also! It'll come right after the 11 Library books, and then after the 20 something ARC's. Yup. it's a priority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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everydayxangels Posted January 17, 2007 Author Share Posted January 17, 2007 I finished Cage of Stars!!!! This book was so good, I cannot even believe it! I dont care if it's speaking too early, but this one will definitely be one of my favorite books of 2007. I absolutely loved the comfortable lifestyle Mitchard painted in the-middle-of-no-where town in Utah, and the loving parents that Veronica had. I wanted to jump right in and grow up in that kind of house. It also taught me a lot about mormons. Even though these were fictional characters, it broke a lot of stereo-types i guess. I enjoyed this book SOOOO much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Cool job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everydayxangels Posted January 17, 2007 Author Share Posted January 17, 2007 I checked out another 6 books from the library. Oh Lord have mercy:blush: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Renniemist Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 I checked out another 6 books from the library. Oh Lord have mercy:blush: Doesn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everydayxangels Posted January 19, 2007 Author Share Posted January 19, 2007 I finished The Five People You Meet in Heaven, and it was a rather quick read. almost too quick for me. But I figure all of Alboms books are like that. I enjoyed it, and I thought it was a wonderful book that made you think, But I enjoy the books that throw you into a world all it's own and it's 500 pages, and you devour every single page. I'm going to start an ARC now. finally. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult. and I guess it is a Columbine-esque type of book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everydayxangels Posted January 21, 2007 Author Share Posted January 21, 2007 I put Nineteen Minutes on hold. Not sure why. but I did. I'll definitely be picking it up again. Everything was just so extreme. Obviously the main subject matter is something extreme. The cliques were extreme, and the way they were described... The way Josie was suicidal without much explination was extreme. And other things. But the writing was really good, just from the beginning I'm now reading a library book. Never Let Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. Has anyone read it? I think I'll search for it, but it's so confusing. I can't tell what's going on. With the carers and donors at the beginning, and then the past-tense stuff of her School years. I dont get it... My guess is that it's something like the movie The Island, where they're kept alive only to give organs and stuff to other people. They talk about the outside, and things.... and it's just kinda weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 I'm now reading a library book. Never Let Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. Has anyone read it? Yes, I read it just at the end of last year. I think it's one of those books that you either really, really like or hate. When I was reading it, a colleague came up to me & said she'd really disliked it & got really angry at the characters, but I rather enjoyed it myself. It's an unusual subject matter & it's approached very tactfully. It's certainly one that gets you thinking. I hope you'll enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everydayxangels Posted January 23, 2007 Author Share Posted January 23, 2007 I dropped Never Let Me Go after the 50th page. I knew I wouldn't be finishing it, but I still wanted to know what the deal was with the book. The whole idea of the book is a WONDERFUL idea, but there is no plot. it was INCREDIBLY painfully slow. So I resumed Nineteen Minutes and it is WONDERFUL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 I'm glad you enjoyed Nineteen Minutes, I thought it was very well written. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Can't wait to get hold of 19 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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