Fall Catch-Up Read-a-thon!

I am participating in the Fall Catch-up Read-a-thon!  This is where I will post my list and such!

It is being hosted by Michelle at A True Book Addict and you can sign up by clicking here!

My list will be posted later today - I just got back from Decatur, GA (Book Festival) and will have to choose my books!

I am going to be gone for a couple days - I will be at the Decatur Book Festival!

I will try to be checking my blog - so I will be posting about what is going on at the festival!

Stay tuned for updates and the book for the 300+ followers Giveway!

Decatur Book Festival - September 3 - 5, 2010

Michelle Zink - author of Guardian of the Gate and Prophecy of the Sisters will be at the book festival on September 5, 2010.  She will be part of a panel, but I am hoping for a chance to buy her books and maybe even get a signature! Wish me luck!

In My Mailbox - this week

This week I have gotten a number of great (at least I hope they are great!) books in my mailbox!  I should seriously be thinking about a book buying ban!  Who ever decided that there should be such a thing as 1-click shopping!  It is at this point that I have to try to control my buying whims right!  Okay - starting next week.....

So - while we are still talking about the mailbox and what a great thing it is - - this is what I bought from Amazon.com:
The High King's Tomb by Kristen Britain (sequel to Green Rider and First Rider's Call)
Touch of the Wolf, Once a Wolf, and Prince of Wolves by Susan Krindard
Destiny of the Wolf, Seduced by the Wolf, To Tempt the Wolf, and Legend of the White Wolf by Terry Spear
I also bought Phoenix Rising by Karen Hesse - I aw on someone's blog (sorry I don't remember where) that this is the best book they had ever read - so I thought, "Wow! I have to read that one!" So I got it.

The last book from the mailbox this week was:

Winter Longing by Tricia Mills: I won this ARC on With a Book blog - thanks Danielle!

How many of these Top 100 YA titles have you read?

YA Top 100 for 2010

Persnickety Snarks List of Top 100 YA Novels (2010): based on a reader poll conducted for five weeks between April and May 2010. Over 735  respondents shared their top ten YA books from all over the globe; 80% were female.

Here is the list: the books that I have read are in purple - Wow do I have a long way to go to finish this list!

1. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins

2. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's (Sorceror's) Stone - J.K. Rowling

3. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

4. Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson

5. Northern Lights (The Golden Compass)- Philip Pullman

6. The Truth About Forever - Sarah Dessen

7. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

8. The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton

9. Twilight - Stephenie Meyer

10. This Lullaby - Sarah Dessen

11. Looking for Alaska - John Green

12. Just Listen - Sarah Dessen

13. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling

14. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott

15. City of Bones - Cassandra Clare

16. On the (Jellicoe Road) - Melina Marchetta

17. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger

18. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling 

19. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

20. Along for the Ride - Sarah Dessen

21. Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater

22. Vampire Academy - Richelle Mead

23. Graceling - Kristin Cashore

24. Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher

25. Sloppy Firsts - Megan McCafferty

26. The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien

27. Alanna: The First Adventure - Tamora Pierce

28. Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card

29. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling

30. Uglies - Scott Westerfeld

31. A Great and Terrible Beauty - Libba Bray

32. Tomorrow, When the War Began - John Marsden

33. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks - E. Lockhart

34. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

35. The Westing Game - Ellen Raskin

36. Paper Towns - John Green

37. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling

38. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins

39. A Tree Grows In Brooklyn - Betty Smith

40. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - Sherman Alexie

41. Lock and Key - Sarah Dessen

42. The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman 

43. Evernight - Claudia Gray

44. Sabriel - Garth Nix

45. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling

46. Beautiful Creatures - Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl 

47. Forever - Judy Blume

48. I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith 

49. Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine

50. The Princess Diaries - Meg Cabot

51. Stargirl - Jerry Spinelli

52. Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones

53. The Dark is Rising - Susan Cooper

54. Hush, Hush - Becca Fitzpatrick 

55. Saving Francesca - Melina Marchetta

56. Second Helpings - Megan McCafferty

57. Dreamland - Sarah Dessen

58. Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer

59. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist - Rachel Cohn, David Levithan

60. Fire - Kristin Cashore

61. The Chocolate War - Robert Cormier

62. Weetzie Bat - Francesca Lia Block

63. The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank

64. Looking for Alibrandi - Melina Marchetta

65. How I Live Now - Meg Rosoff

66. City of Glass - Cassandra Clare 

67. Keeping the Moon - Sarah Dessen

68. Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer

69. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging - Louise Rennison

70. If I Stay - Gayle Forman

71. The King of Attolia - Megan Whalen Turner 

72. Wintergirls - Laurie Halse Anderson 

73. Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast - Robin McKinley

74. The Blue Sword - Robin McKinley

75. Feed - M.T. Anderson

76. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants - Ann Brashares

77. Go Ask Alice - Anonymous 

78. Wicked Lovely - Melissa Marr

79. Lord of the Flies - William Golding

80. Someone Like You - Sarah Dessen

81. The Forest of Hands and Teeth - Carrie Ryan

82. Jacob Have I Loved - Katherine Paterson

83. The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness 

84. Poison Study - Maria V. Snyder

85. Shadow Kiss - Richelle Mead

86. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle - Avi

87. An Abundance of Katherines - John Green 

88. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon

89. A Ring of Endless Light - Madeleine L'Engle

90. Glass Houses - Rachel Caine

91. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party - M.T. Anderson

92. Walk Two Moons - Sharon Creech

93. Whale Talk - Chris Crutcher

94. Perfect Chemistry - Simone Elkeles

95. Going Too Far - Jennifer Echols

96. The Last Song - Nicholas Sparks 

97. Before I Fall - Lauren Oliver

98. Hatchet - Gary Paulsen

99. The Pigman - Paul Zindel

100. The Hero and the Crown - Robin McKinley

Friday - Let's HOP!

Friday is the day when you can follow and hop amongst a great many blogs - I am planning to visit as many of the blogs I already follow as I can!  I will try to get to other blogs from the hop as well!

Be sure that you go check out as many blogs as you can during this great event day!

These are Friday events:

Friday Book Blogger Hop from Crazy-for-books

Friday Follow from Parajunkee's View

Friday's Finest from A Bookful of Thoughts

Friday's Fab Five from Froggarita's Bookcase

Friday Finds from Should Be Reading

Friday 56 from Storytime with Tonya

This weeks question is: Do you use a rating system? Why or why not?

I don't use a rating system.  I read for pleasure and my reviews are simply what I thought of the book.  I don't want to make more work out of the review by giving it a rating system - either I liked it or I didn't.