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Entries Tagged as 'YA Literature'

I Vant to Read Your Comments! (Insert Evil Laugh Here…)

October 30th, 2008 · 141 Comments

Hello boys and ghouls!
Some of you did some NICE work on commenting and discussing last week’s post! Bravo!
I’m keeping this week’s assignment short and sweet and to the point (much like a mini-bag of Halloween candy). Here it is:

Last week we discussed your favorite characters. This week we’ll tackle the flip side. Who is your LEAST [...]

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Tags: Books · Twilight Book Club · YA Literature

Book Club – Part the Second

October 23rd, 2008 · 122 Comments

Welcome back, gang! I’m totally loving all of your comments on last week’s post. Some of you put a great deal of thought into your answers!
This week you have a two-part question to answer for me…

You’ve had your books for at least a week at this point. What page are you on or have you already [...]

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Tags: Books · Twilight Book Club · YA Literature

And so we begin!

October 16th, 2008 · 83 Comments

Book Bites book clubbers, we commence our journey into Twilight here.
Most of you are receiving your books from me today and may not have read ANYTHING yet, so here’s the plan…
1. Watch the trailer below…
Twilight – Final Trailer
2. NOW, answer one of the following questions.

If you have been reading (or have already read the book), [...]

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Tags: Books · Twilight Book Club · YA Literature

What Are YOU Reading?

October 1st, 2008 · 45 Comments

Whassup, blogophiles?
It’s almost Fall Break for those of us here at the Book Bytes home base and personally, I’m looking forward to getting to do one of my favorite things. That would be having enough time to sit down and read whatever I want!
On the YA side, I’m currently reading an awesome science fiction novel [...]

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Tags: Books · Humorous Fiction · Science Fiction · YA Literature

Back to the Grind…

August 28th, 2008 · 16 Comments

Hello again, my friends!
Book Bytes is back from our summer hiatus!
I’ve been reading lots of interesting titles over the last few months, but the BIGGIE was a certain something that had teenage (and slightly older) girls out past their normal bedtimes. I’m talking nationwide midnight release parties that had nothing to do with a [...]

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Tags: Book Reviews · Books · Fantasy Fiction · Horror Fiction · Romance Fiction · YA Literature

“What my girlfriend doesn’t know” by Sonya Sones

May 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment

 
Hey!!!
the reason i am writing about this book is to inform all the girls out there about the greatest most wonderful book in the world! It’s called “What my girlfriend doesn’t know”. The author of this book is Sonya Sones. This book is about a boy named Robin who was teased and picked on in [...]

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Tags: Book Reviews · Books · Realistic Fiction · Romance Fiction · YA Literature

Dairy Queen

May 6th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Currently I have read the book “Dairy Queen”. I absolutely loved this book and could read it many more times!! I would never get tired of it.
D.J., is the daughter of a family, that lives on a dairy farm, she has many responsibilities since her father broke his knee and her brothers are off to [...]

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Tags: Book Reviews · Books · Realistic Fiction · YA Literature