Rockygirl's 2011 Reads

rockygirl · Post by **rockygirl** » Sat January 1st, 2011, 2:03 am

New Year's Resolution---I resolve to keep this thread updated. I kind of petered out last year when I had to do a lot of professional reading all at once.

rockygirl · Post by **rockygirl** » Mon January 17th, 2011, 2:54 pm

Well, for the next few months the list will probably be a better place to get YA fiction ideas than historical fiction, but here's the first list.

1. The 39 Clues, Books 1 & 2 (YA)--interesting thing about this series is that each book is written by a different author--Book 1 by Rick Riordan and Book 2 by Gordon Korman.

2. Virals by Kathy Reichs (YA)

3. Buttons and Bones by Monica Ferris (Mystery)

4. SPQR XIII The Year of Confusion by John Maddox Roberts (historical mystery set in ancient Rome)

rockygirl · Post by **rockygirl** » Sat January 22nd, 2011, 11:22 pm

I thought I was going to go on an ancient history kick, but Mistress of Rome seems to be spoiling that urge. I'm hoping it gets better.

rockygirl · Post by **rockygirl** » Mon January 24th, 2011, 11:10 pm

I finished Mistress of Rome, which did not get better.

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Tue January 25th, 2011, 12:25 am

I seem to recall Divia being rather underwhelmed with it also. I chose not to read that one.

Elysium · Post by **Elysium** » Tue January 25th, 2011, 9:59 pm

I loved it but I've read some not so good reviews about it.

rockygirl · Post by **rockygirl** » Thu January 27th, 2011, 10:30 pm

My Lady Pocahontas by Kathleen Kudlinski. (YA, HF)

I liked it, but I can't see many of my students reading it and liking it.

rockygirl · Post by **rockygirl** » Fri January 28th, 2011, 11:48 pm

This one isn't HF, and it's YA, but put it on your list, because it's extraordinarily well-done. A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass is about a girl with synesthesia, a real condition in which people see letters, numbers, and sounds in colors. Very interesting.

rockygirl · Post by **rockygirl** » Sat January 29th, 2011, 9:40 pm

Nobody's Princess and Nobody's Prize, a pair of novels by Esther Friesner, about the teenaged Helen of Troy. Good YA reads, with plenty of HF about Greece.

rockygirl · Post by **rockygirl** » Sun January 30th, 2011, 2:19 am

Murder on Monday by Ann Purser (Mystery). I had the strangest feeling that I had read this one before, but I'm not sure.