September 2012
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Becky's Mom Reads TFIOS: Indignant
Becky: Hey Mom, I'm home!
Mom: (across the apartment) PETER VAN HOUTON IS A MEANIE!
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August 2012
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“The book to read is not the one that thinks for you, but the one which makes you...”
– Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird (via theultimateyareadinggroup)
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You know how when you go to a bookstore you are overcome with the need to buy a book. Just one. You can’t leave without buying one, right? And this one is on sale. Which means you can buy a second. And maybe the sequel. If you use your membership discount you can afford the new Gabrielle Zevin.
And you leave the store with elation and the knowledge that you have hours of reading fun when...
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When the book ends on a cliffhanger
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Becky's Mom Reads TFIOS: Isaac
Mom: Your aunt's porch furniture got destroyed by Hurricane Isaac. Oh poor blind Isaac. I wish he was a hurricane.
Mom: And I wish Isaac didn't have to lose both his eyes. One is enough.
just-another-infinite-girl-deac asked: The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a brilliant book, but being 12 years old, I can't get any of my friends to read it...what should I tell them to get them to read the damn book?
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Becky's Mom reads The Fault in Our Stars: Part One
Mom: I like the boy with one leg. I'm imagining he looks like Derek from Teen Wolf.
Mom: And I like the girl with cancer. She reminds me of your friend from the mental hospital.
Mom: But I've been a teacher for a long time. Someone should tell John Green that teenagers don't talk like that.
Mom: It'd be nice if they did.
Mom: You should tell him that Derek Hale should play the boy with one leg.
joebobby557 asked: Do you guys have books /where are your book at?
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Favorite Books Read This Summer!
Alright I’m calling it. Summer vacation is over (at least in my neck of the prairie.) So I am reflecting on the books I read this summer and these were my favorites:
American Born Chinese
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Touching the Surface (Out at the end of October!)
Crush
-Becky
What was your favorite book you read this summer?
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timdarling:
how do you read a book without bending the fucking spine
like
how do you comfortably indulge yourself in its rich pages by focusing on whether you’re bending the spine or not
i love seeing well loved books
books with sand in the paper creases
books with folded pages and books with frayed corners
books with coffee stains
books with curled covers
a book is meant for enjoyment...
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Anonymous asked: I loved the Great Gatsby as well. However, my friends didn't like it, as it was "too hard" and "didn't make any sense" because they are too dumb to comprehend it. Was it that hard of a read? (Also, they're forced to take honors classes, whereas I take them because I enjoy them). I don't think they're smart enough to take honors classes, because they...
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This Is Water
Understanding others complexly is a constant struggle. Doing so isn’t a simple as flipping a switch, it is something we have to work for. And some days it feels like too much of an effort, and it’s easiest to put people in boxes and just get through our day.
The best speech I have heard about the topic of viewing the world complexly was given by David Foster Wallace in his 2005...
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imanneke answered your question: Summer reading season is just about over. What’s the best assigned reading you’ve ever read?
The Great Gatsby
Same. Favorite book I read in high school. We got an ask wondering if it is worth reading and I was just like “WHAT. YES. WHAT. OF COURSE.”
-Becky
Summer reading season is just about over. What's...
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I think it’s time to demand back the books I loaned out at the beginning of the summer. And return the ones I borrowed.
Commander Adama says never loan a book, always give. Commander Adama clearly did not have a copy of The Vast Fields of Ordinary.
-Becky
What is a book you regret loaning someone?
raised-by-the-internet asked: could you link me your post about, um, i think its just called 'feed' or maybe 'the feed'?
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“You can’t eat books, sweetheart.”
– The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (via beautyisanillusion)
Anonymous asked: Was that bad books post about a specific book?
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The Proper Way To Leave a Book
Dear Book
Wow. It’s come to this. You know, I tried. I really did. Spent so much time paying attention, touching you, turning your pages. Baby, I choose you above all the others because I thought we could have something special. When I saw your face, I thought “Yes. That is the book for me.”
Those first few pages were great. The thrill of your voice, the novelty of meeting new...
Potter Folks! What's your favorite Harry Potter...
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rulesnotwritten asked: Did you know the second book of Unwind comes out in 7 days?! Ahh so excited!
What's a book you expected to love, but ended up...
What's a book you expected to hate but ended up...
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"Crush" by Richard Siken
I’m going to Common Sense Media hell.
Crush is a 62 page book of poems about passion, panic, and violence. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone who isn’t at least late in high school. Normally I don’t to age restrictions, but I’m serious about that.
But oh my god you guys.
These poems are amazing. They’re gripping and terrifying. The book took me three days to...
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Sometimes I’m just standing around, waiting for the elevator to come and suddenly BAM. ALASKA YOUNG FEELINGS.
Then I cry.
-Becky
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An Ode to Hippogriffs.
I’m well aware that hippogriffs are not exclusive to the Harry Potter series, but that’s where I know them from, and, as far as I’m aware, that’s their most famous appearance.
Look at that fucking hippogriff. Name one thing that isn’t awesome about them. Can’t think of one? That’s because they’re perfect. They look badass, they’re ferocious...
What is your favorite fantasy creature and what...
This guy totally counts:
Skin Hunger
Sorry I didn’t post a review yesterday. I had two wisdom teeth out and thought I would run the risk of saying some really stupid stuff if I posted, anyway, here is Skin Hunger:
Although not as dark as the title and cover suggest, it ain’t pretty. Well, half of it ain’t pretty, the rest can be obnoxiously neat and clean.
The story works like this, the narrator alternates...
taintedfleshpollutedsoul-deacti asked: Hey, was wondering do you know anywhere online where I can read books? I haven't got enough money to buy them all the time!
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray is classic literature. So, you may ask, why is it on a teen books blog? Because it’s awesome, that’s why (and because there is no reason for teens to not read classic literature). Will it be a bit more challenging to read than most of the books here? For sure, but it is completely and utterly worth it. Some of you may already be familiar with the basic premise of the...
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Thirsty
What is quite charming about this book is the way the fantasy elements are treated as so utterly mundane. That with the plaintive voice of the narrator gives it a realistic fiction feel at some points. Be warned: this is not a happy book. It’s pretty short with some areas that are just kind of grim and others where everything seems ok. Of course, if you re-read it, even these areas seem pretty...
If you wrote a YA novel, what would it be about?
Mine would be one of those coming of age summer ones, where the girl meets a guy named Durham who does bad spoken word poetry and it it will end at the bottom of a dry swimming pool littered with crushed Sun Drop cans.
Make of that what you will.
-Becky
Seriously, what book would you write? Be randomly specific!
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The Demon King
Alright everybody, we’re plunging right in with some great fantasy that is what I like to call “hard-core”, but that in my head just really means that it doesn’t take place in any version of our world. Here we go!
Raisa ana’Marianna or Briar Rose, is the princess heir of the Fells, a mountain queendom (I’m in love with this word), plagued by constant tension between...
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mynakedalterego-deactivated2012 asked: What do you do when you have so much on your mind, you can't read? This usually happens to me during summer time, because I have so much on my mind, I just can't seem to focus on what I'm reading. Don't get me wrong, I love reading, I just always seem to get like, well, we'll call it readers' block. I know I'm not the only one like like this, at least I better...
Who can name the skyline in the graphic in my...
Favorite book in that country is acceptable too, but it would be cooler if it was the city itself. If you want to be super cool and in the theme of this week, answer with favorite fantasy book that’s in that city (or some version of it).
-Leah Here’s a link to the post with the graphic.
Leah says hi!
Hello, world! My name is Leah, but here on Tumblr I also go as insertintelligence. I’m here because I went to school with Allyx and Becky before they graduated and because I read fantasy books. Now, I understand why some of you may not read teen fantasy books, it is the the same reason I rarely read fanfiction. Too much crap to wade through to find the good stuff. So, I am here to help. This week,...
Announcement: Leah is on the Horizon
So as is incredibly evident, neither of us read much fantasy. But our friend Leah is a big reader, and reads totally different (and awesome) books than we do. So Leah is joining us for a week of reviews and fun times!
-Becky and Allyx
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Conscience: Hey friend, are you going to finish a book today?
Life: Lol, nope.
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justgivethefuckup asked: Okay, you don't have to publicly answer this, I'm just curious at this point. Why haven't you answered any of my questions? I tried something out, just to see if it would go through, and it did. I asked the question about the psychological thriller. Why haven't you answered my question about Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs? Again, you don't...
