It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 05/17/2010 + Song Quest Signal Boost + Winner of Crossing Giveaway

(meme from Book Journey)

....... I feel like I've done nothing but read Demon's Covenant. Which was a great novel, but basically it ate my brain. I blame it for my unproductiveness. But I think I'll manage to pull myself together this week. Somehow.

Completed Reads:
Half a Yellow Sun
Marcelo in the Real World
Princess Ben
Scarlett Fever
Demon's Covenant
Demon's Lexicon (reread)

Planning on Reading:
Crazy Diamond
Code Talker
Monstrumologist
Deloume Road

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Signal Boost: Becky from The Bookette is hosting a Song Quest Blog Tour in order to get this lovely book back in print. I love this book very much and it was one of my many formative YA fantasy novel reads, and it'd be awesome to see some support! Here's my review promoting the book, and if you're in the UK, Becky is still taking in people who may be interested in being part of the tour, so please consider checking it out or recommending the tour/book to your friends, etc. 8D

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The Winner of Crossing is Melissa Pham. I've sent you an email. Please reply within 48 hours or I'll be forced to pick another winner.

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 05/10/2010

(meme from Book Journey)

So... my catching up on reviews is not quite going as I planned, as I slacked off majorly halfway through last week. lol in other words I don't think I'll get 30 reviews done this month, but how about I promise getting a good chunk of it done by this month? The vague numbers makes all this feel more manageable, lol.

Finished Books
Song Quest by Katherine Roberts
In a Heartbeat by Loretta Ellsworth
Boys Without Names by Kashmira Sheth
Front and Center by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Hearts at Stake by Alyxandra Harvey
The Clearing by Heather Davis
La joueuse de go by Shan Sa
The Color of Earthy by Dong Hwa Kim
Water Baby by Ross Campbell

Still Reading
Half a Yellow Sun by Chimanda Ngozi Adichie
The Darkness Under Water by Beth Kanell
The Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick Burd

Planning on Reading
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
Wait for Me by An Na
Princess Ben by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Scarlett Fever by Maureen Johnson
La Traversée du continent by Michel Tremblay

Reviews Completed
Freak Show by James St. James
The Year of the Horse by Justin Allen - TS
Skunk Girl by Sheba Karim - TS
North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley
Song Quest by Katherine Roberts - SC

Upcoming (potential) Reviews
Boys Without Names by Kashmira Sheth
Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin
Soulless by Gail Carriger
The Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Deadtown by Nancy Holzner
Dairy Queen, The Off Season, and Front and Center by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Hearts at Stake by Alyxandra Harvey
In a Heartbeat by Loretta Ellsworth
The Clearing by Heather Davis? <- may wait till I own a copy before I review

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Reminder: There's still time to enter my Crossing Book Giveaway! Opens internationally, and ends May 14th.

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 05/03/2010

(meme from Book Journey)

You know, I think I'm just going to do this kind of meme instead of bothering with the mailbox or library loot meme. It just feels more productive, and for any POC titles I want to highlight, I'll just contribute to the New Crayons memes over at Color Online. I don't particularly feel enthused about sharing the library books I borrow, especially since I don't tend to finish half of them (because I'm less concerned with whether or not I'll like the book and more concerned with how much I can stuff into my bag, so with my luck I always pick out a lot of duds. Pretty covers don't always mean good novels, and yet I never learn my lesson...) I dunno, for me, I just prefer laying out what books I'm currently reading, as opposed to showing off my latest purchases or loot from the latest library trip. Unless I get wicked deals for bargain prices for over 10+ books, then I'll make an exception. So! long story short, ITWAYR memes will be replacing the IMMs for the most part. Also this meme makes me feel sort of organized! I rarely get this feeling

Finished Books:
The Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
Very LeFreak by Rachel Cohn
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

Still Reading:
La joueuse de go by Shan Sa
Half a Yellow Sun by Chimanda Ngozi Adichie
In A Heartbeat by Loretta Ellsworth
Boys Without Names by Kashmira Sheth
The Black Dancing Body by Brenda Dixon Gottschild
Front and Center by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

Planning to Read:
Song Quest by Katherine Roberts - This is a reread for the blog tour
The Pack ARC by L.M. Preston
The Darkness Under Water by Beth Kanell
Hearts at Stake by Alyxandra Harvey
The Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick Burd

Reviews Completed:
Crossing by Andrew Xia Fukuda
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Very LeFreak by Rachel Cohn
Split by Swati Avasthi

Upcoming Reviews
Freak Show by James St. James
Song Quest by Katherine Roberts
Skunk Girl by Sheba Karim
Soulless by Gail Carriger
The Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
Deadtown by Nancy Holzner
North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley
The Year of the Horse by Justin Allen
(Potentially a manga or manhwa review. Assuming I figure out a format of sorts in time.)

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Reminder: There's still time to enter my Crossing Book Giveaway! Opens internationally, and ends May 14th.

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 02/22/2010

(meme from bookjourney)

Completed Last Week (Hahaha, how behind on reviews am I? *dies*)
A Million Shades of Grey by Cynthia Kadohata
The Dark Divine by Bree Despain
Love is the Higher Law by David Levithan
8th Grade Superzero by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
Freak Show by James St. James
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Deadtown by Nancy Holzner

Reading This Week
Ravenous by Sharon Ashwood
The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove by Lauren Kate
The Broken Crown by Michelle West
The Hakawati by Rabih Alameddine

Giveaway Reminder

Do consider entering my 1st 50 followers giveaway contest. You can win either Exclusively Chloe OR Mountain Girl River Girl and I am opening this contest internationally =D

Other Posts of Note

Chromatic Casting Meme: The Dark Divine - Kdrama Style