New Moon
by Stephenie Meyer

For the A-Z reading challenge.
English
595 pages
Atom Books
ISBN: 978-1-904233-88-6
First line: I felt like I was trapped in one of those terrifying nightmares, the one where you have to run, run till your lungs burst, but you can’t make your body move fast enough.
Back cover blurb:
For Bella Swan, there is one thing more [...]

Posted on January 31st, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, B, English, Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult | 4 Comments »

The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl
by Shauna Reid

For the A-Z reading challenge.
English
408 pages
Corgi Books
ISBN: 978-0-552-15578-6
First line: I’ve got the biggest knickers in Australia.
Back cover blurb:
In January 2001 Shauna Reid was twenty-three years old and twenty-five stone. Determined to turn her life around, she created the hugely successful weblog The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl and, hiding [...]

Posted on January 30th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, B, Biographies, English | 1 Comment »

Messenger
by Lois Lowry

For the Young Adult and A-Z reading challenges.
English
186 pages
Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0-385-73253-8
First line: Matty was impatient to have the supper preparations over and done with.
Back cover blurb:
For the past six years, Matty has lived in Village and flourished under the guidance of Seer, a blind man known for his special sight. Once, [...]

Posted on January 30th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, D, English, Fantasy, YA Challenge 2008, Young Adult | 1 Comment »

Gathering Blue
by Lois Lowry

For the Young Adult and A-Z reading challenges.
English
218 pages
Bloomsbury
ISBN: 0-7474-5592-3
First line: “Mother?”
Back cover blurb:
In the tough, unforgiving society that Kira lives in, she is forced daily to prove her value in the village. Up until now she has had her mother to protect her. With her mother gone, Kira will need [...]

Posted on January 29th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, B, English, Fiction, YA Challenge 2008, Young Adult | 1 Comment »

The Giver
by Lois Lowry

For the First in a Series, Decades ‘08 (first published in 1993) and A-Z reading challenges.
English
179 pages
Dell Laurel-Leaf
ISBN: 0-440-23768-8
First line: It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened.
Back cover blurb:
Jonas’s world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear or pain. There are no [...]

Posted on January 29th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, B, Decades '08, English, Fiction, First in a Series, Young Adult | No Comments »

The Smiths: The Early Years
by Paul Slattery

English
159 pages
Omnibus Press
ISBN: 978-1-84609-858-1
First line: Taking photographs of bands for a living, I have seen an awful lot of them, good and bad, but I was smacked round the face with the sound and performance that The Smiths gave that night at ULU in May 1983.
Back cover blurb:
For [...]

Posted on January 29th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: English, Music, Photography, n/a | No Comments »

Det fattas en tärning
by Johanna Thydell

For the Young Adult and A-Z reading challenges.
Swedish
211 pages
Månpocket
ISBN: 978-91-7001-571-7
First line: Svarta naglar på tangenterna, skärmen vit och tom.
Back cover blurb:
“Om ni hör någon ropa så är det jag. Jag är Puck. Jag är sexton år. Och jag är livrädd.”
Det här är boken om Puck, en ung tjej som [...]

Posted on January 27th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, B, Fiction, Swedish, YA Challenge 2008, Young Adult | 3 Comments »

Som jag vill vara
by Katarina von Bredow

For the Young Adult and A-Z reading challenges.
Swedish
282 pages
Rabén & Sjögren
ISBN: 978-91-29-66699-1

First line: Det blev inte precis som hon tänkt sig.
Back cover blurb:
Arvid kommer till festen för hennes skull. Det påstår i alla fall Jessicas bästis Louise, och hon brukar veta. Med fjärilar i magen och dunkande hjärta [...]

Posted on January 27th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, C, Fiction, Swedish, YA Challenge 2008, Young Adult | No Comments »

Whose Body?
by Dorothy L Sayers

For the Decades ‘08 (first published 1923), First in a Series and A-Z reading challenges.
English
212 pages
Harper Mystery
ISBN: 978-0-06-104357-4
First line: “Oh damn!” said Lord Peter Wimsey at Piccadilly Circus.
Back cover blurb:
The stark naked body was lying in the tub. Not unusual for a proper bath, but highly irregular for murder [...]

Posted on January 26th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A, A-Z Reading Challenge, Decades '08, English, First in a Series, Historical, Mystery | 3 Comments »

Eva over at A Striped Armchair posted this meme yesterday and since I really liked the questions, I figured now was as good a time as any to post my first meme in this blog. I suspect I will now find myself on a slippery slope and include more of them in the future, but [...]

Posted on January 23rd, 2008 by Love
Filed under: Memes | 7 Comments »