stefanhayden - Finished - Books I Am Reading

Finished: Mockingjay (The Final Book of The Hunger Games)

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:52:08 -0700

Finished: For the Win

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:23:02 -0700

"The first half kinda sucked. Too many characters. The story started too soon. The second half was pretty good though."

Finished: The Windup Girl

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:35:56 -0700

"Very enjoyable. Falls a little short of the hype."

Finished: Fever Crumb (Mortal Engines Quartet Prequel)

Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Finished: Will Grayson, Will Grayson

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:44:20 -0800

Finished: Leviathan

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:07:49 -0800

"Very enjoyable. great world. the characters are a little weak. only slightly on the young side."

Finished: Harry, A History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

"this really brought everything back. So well written."

Finished: World of Warcraft: Arthas: Rise of the Lich King

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:59:55 -0700

"A little hard to read. Plot is kinda jerky and the dialog a little wooden. I just like reading about the characters in a non wiki format"

Finished: Heroes of the Valley

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:51:10 -0700

"I was a slow start but a big ending. I liked it a lot. Will there be a squeal? It was both wrapped up well and left a little open."

Finished: Eastern Standard Tribe

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:39:18 -0700

"not as good as his other books but I think this was his first so it's good to see he gets better as time goes on."

Finished: Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:49:51 -0700

"great sequel. I knew something was going on but not what or how. great conclusion."

Finished: Looking for Alaska

Thu, 14 May 2009 05:33:00 -0700

Finished: An Abundance of Katherines

Mon, 04 May 2009 14:42:18 -0700

Finished: The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Standard Edition

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:38:25 -0700

"after waiting so long I was clearly not that excited. It's not really harry potter. It was okay but nothing special. the notes from J. K. Rowling were a little weird."

Finished: The Hunger Games

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:30:45 -0700

"Great Characters, fast plot, great pacing. The plot is a little predictable. For a dystopia it really did not address how or why this dystopia might fall apart. Clearly this is book one and this still has a chance to correct that. Love how it ends on a down note. Probably only possible with the knowledge there will be a second book of who knows how many."

Finished: Paper Towns

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:25:04 -0700

"super awesome. As much as john green does not think you should see him in his writing you totally can and it's a good thing."

Finished: The New Weird

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:42:16 -0700

Finished: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:08:06 -0700

"so amazing. the best part about seeing the movie first is you get to love the movie and then love the book as opposed to love the book and be disappointed by the movie. In this case I love both... but in the end probably for different reasons. The world is a different place now."

Finished: The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:57:31 -0700

"Wow this book does read fast. Brain is an interesting artist. He's illustrations are weakest in wide shot scenes but any close up picture is very full of emotion. Every image is a mastery of value control with even really dark scenes having rich detail. The story was nice though I didn't really have time to fall in love with the characters. A great experiment."

Finished: Lirael: Daughter of the Clayr

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:33:51 -0700

"I have 2 issues with these books. Part of my problem with these books is that both Mogget and the Disreputable Dog are basically deus ex machina. God like characters that explain nothing, know everything and fix all problems and because of that all agency is taken away from the main characters. YA books should be about giving agency to teens and Garth Nix just refuses to do that."