I have come to the conclusion that I will not be posting my Riot review. I know, I'm bummed too. Why? Because I want to just read, read, read and when the read-a-thon finishes I want to sleep, sleep, sleep! I will say this, I liked Riot (which is about the 1863 Brooklyn Draft riots) and I give it a 4/5. It's written like a play which made for an interesting read.My progress: I'm now reading in my family room since it's warmer than in my room. I finish my read-a-thon at midnight tonight (remember I started last night). I've actually been up for 48 hours due to the fact that I started reading late after school. I'm really enjoying all the books I've read, I got lucky in that I only seemed to have picked good ones!
Books completed
1. Sacajawea by Joseph Bruchac. Nice read, not my favorite, but eye-opening.
2. Jumped by Rita Williams-Garcia. Excellent. She is a great author!
Currently reading: Chameleon by Charles R. Smith. Very good so far, I'm thinking of summer!
I don't think I'm going to get to Ash or Perfect Chemistry (because Chameleon is a bit of a long read and I just started) which makes me sad :( but I will definitely read them before/over break!
Thanks again everyone for all the support and encouragement, it means a lot knowing that people are rooting for me!
I'm winding down. I've been reading most of the day, but it's time for me to head off to bed. I can certainly continue to listen to a book on tape, right?
ReplyDeleteYes listen to a book on tape definitely counts!
ReplyDeleteAre you going to do a review on Jumped?
ReplyDeleteI sounds like you got through a lot of books (with school too?) wow. I spent most of my weekend so far dozing...(but I'm older than you...)
ReplyDeleteI can't believe you've been up that long! It sounds like you picked some good books for the read-a-thon. Good luck for the last leg.
ReplyDeleteDo you read "urban fiction" by POC and who do you love? I enjoy Coe Booth, Sharon Draper, Dana Davidson, Walter Dean Myers, Sharon Flake, and others!
ReplyDelete@evelyn-there will for sure be a review of Jumped, I'm just not sure when.
ReplyDelete@mardel-the only reason I could participate this wekk is because I don't have school Mon!
@tanabata-I love your blog and I'm a bit amazed too as to how long I've lasted (I'm a night owl though).
@bj neary- I love Sharon Draper, Walter dean Myers and Sharon Flake. I didn't like Tyrell, but I really want to read Kendra by Coe Booth. I love almost all the books in the Kimani Tru series. I keep meaning to re-read all these authors and post the reviews (I do have reviews of Forged by Fire, Tears of a Tiger, Lockdown, Played and Tyrell). I like Dana Davidson too. You have good taste!
I enjoyed Jump as well. Riot is on my TBR list...did you like it?
ReplyDeleteI wish I'd had time for the Read-A-Thon. I'd have to send my entire family away to get into it the proper way. But kudos to you for doing it.
ReplyDeleteJumped was quite a read. RWG's style pulls you deep into the story.
Have Chameleon on my TBR list because Charles R. Smith was nommed for a 28 Days Later spotlight, so I have to check that out.
@hcmurdoch-just posted my review (mon. dec 7)
ReplyDelete@paula- Kick the kids out! I highly encourage you do it at least once :) I was immediately sucked into Jumped. I'm enjoying Chameleon so far.