Katie

I really like Jesse Kellerman, but this was just kind of stupid. I get that it was a parody of bad writing, but a book-length parody of bad writing just turns into bad writing, eventually.

It was lots of fun to read all my old favorites, but especially wonderful to read all of Pullman's comments at the end of each story. Just like reading the stories and talking them over with a best friend.

Liked it right up until the ending, which I hated.

The boys kept saying, “What?” as I laughed out loud over and over again.

I didn't like it as much as Wolf Hall, but still thought it was really great.

I loved it!

I love Jasper Fforde so much.

I can't decide if this or Graceling was better, but I really loved them both. I love that there are gay characters, I loved the questions Bitterblue asks, and I loved the realism of all the relationships. And I think because I didn't read Fire, I had a fun surprise at the end!

This was HILARIOUS in the beginning, then got less funny, but was still a very fun read.

I love Heloise!

Really enjoyed this. A great mystery!

Yes, another 5 for a YA book. I think it's easier to give them 5s because I expect less. This book was really funny, though, and it's rare to find a truly awesomely funny book. Hoping for a sequel.

Had to read again after reading Seasparrow. I so love these characters.

Loved this book! It was like a combination of The Thief and Sea of Trolls, two of my favorite YA books.

I love Adam Rex so much–not for his plots, which I can take or leave, but for his characters and the brilliant little asides he tosses in over and over again.

I was a little disappointed with the way she got religion so throughly in this book. On the other hand, it's the first book I've read where someone gets religion for a reason other than “I'll go to heaven” or something like that. She did it because she thought it would make her a happier, better person. I liked that perspective. And, of course, she was hilarious as always.

Very funny, though it took me a while to get into it.

Started this series on the advice of Angie (well, okay, she recommended it to the boys). I hate reading Manga, but I really like this, even though it's kind of soap-opera-y.

This was like Twilight, with the doomed love triangle. I liked that it was set in a dystopia instead. But there was no humor, and that was my favorite part of Twilight.

I was certainly not expecting this to be so Republican/preachy/bible-quoting. But still enjoying it...

Loved this book. I definitely don't have the same worldview as the author in a lot of ways, but I loved her home-view, and she's a pretty entertaining writer. Starting to implement some of her ideas, and thinking about how to do more. My kids say, “I hate that book!” :) Really, I think every parent should read this!

Really liked this–very thoughtful. The plot twist at the end was sort of strange and took away from the rest of the book for me.

It took me FOREVER to get into this book, but I finally finished. Hooray. The plot was very confusing at first since he didn't define all the words he made up, but once I gave up trying to figure out if I was in a flashback or a flashback of a flashback or a memory of a flashback in a flashback I enjoyed it a lot more.

Great book about kindness. ““Always try to be a little kinder than necessary.” -J.M. Barrie

A fun read. :)

Really funny, but not any kind of serious literature. Still, very fun to read.