tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59517407999146683462024-03-13T20:54:25.243-07:00Just A Good BookKemendraughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12000979666740240670noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951740799914668346.post-66922273473660956182010-08-27T09:37:00.000-07:002010-08-27T12:35:06.079-07:00The Reformed Vampire Support Group ~ Catherine Jinks"If being a vampire were easy, there wouldn't have to be a Reformed Vampire Support Group."Published: 2009Pages: 362Where I got it from: LibraryFirst Line: "Nina was stuck. She didn't know what to write next."~*~Nina Harrison was fanged when she was fifteen, in 1973. Fifty years later, she still looks fifteen, and lives with her aged over-seventy mother. Being a vampire isn't as much fun as you Kemendraughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12000979666740240670noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951740799914668346.post-22372329267034752162010-08-23T18:02:00.000-07:002010-08-23T16:17:15.072-07:00Kin ~ Holly Black and Ted Naifeh"Hey everyone! Guess what? Faeries are real! Totally real and all around you. You know, Faeries. The Little People. The People of Peace. The Good Neighbours. We're going to take over your town."Series: The Good Neighbours: Book OnePublished: 2008Pages: 117Where I got it from: LibraryFormat: Graphic NovelFirst Line: "My name is Rue, like Kangaroo or like "You'll rue the day we met, mwa-ha-ha!"~*~Kemendraughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12000979666740240670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951740799914668346.post-2535481680295070912010-08-23T13:03:00.000-07:002010-08-23T15:03:22.756-07:0055 Quirky Questions for ReadersThe Literary Lollipop made this questionnaire, and I'm a sucker for jumping on the bandwagon! So here goes!1. Favorite childhood book?:Oh wow. Um...UM...So many books were important to me as a kid. But okay, I'll list a couple: the Emily books, by Lucy Maud. Corduroy, by Don Freeman. Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls. ALL the Winnie-the-Pooh stories. Lewis Carrol's stories (including his Kemendraughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12000979666740240670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951740799914668346.post-39628107408749922972010-08-19T13:36:00.001-07:002010-08-19T13:50:50.777-07:00Book Buying Ban in SeptemberI can do this. *deep breath* Hello. My name is Kendra, and I have a problem. I buy books. A lot of books.Admitting it is the first step.I am BANNING myself from buying books in the month of September, because my TBR pile (though not numbering thousands, like SOME people ;) adds to over two hundred, if not three. And let's face it, I just really can't afford it! It's getting ridiculous! Bella, at Kemendraughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12000979666740240670noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951740799914668346.post-78783853622614224652010-08-19T10:50:00.000-07:002010-08-19T12:45:06.917-07:00Unseen Academicals ~ Terry Pratchett"The thing about football - the important thing about football - is that it is not just about football."Series: Discworld #37Published: 2009Pages: 400Where I got it from: LibraryFirst Line: "It was midnight in Ankh Morpork's Royal Art Museum.**technically, the city of Ankh Morpork is a Tyranny, which is not always the same thing as a monarchy, and in fact even the post of Tyrant has been somewhatKemendraughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12000979666740240670noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951740799914668346.post-73632863576182677792010-08-16T08:23:00.000-07:002010-08-18T04:31:55.519-07:00Read Your Own Books Read-a-thon Wrap-Up(When asked what he'd read and liked that year)Justin Timberlake: You mean like a book?~I love celebrities. They're so cute. The Readathon went awesomely. I had a blast, and got some longed for reading done, too!FINAL TALLYOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats ~ T.S EliotThe Outcasts of 19 Schulyer Place ~ e.l konigsburgThe Phantom Tollbooth ~ Norton Juster Light From Heaven ~ Jan Karon: STARTED!! Kemendraughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12000979666740240670noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951740799914668346.post-27938430011498425142010-08-15T22:47:00.000-07:002010-08-15T22:54:20.015-07:00Read Your Own Books Read-a-Thon Update the firstI'm so bad at these update thingies. But, when I'm reading, I don't want to stop to blog. And when I'm not reading, it's because I need to be somewhere else! So here's my first and last update for this particular readathon. I've read TWO whole books: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats ~ T.S EliotThe Outcasts of 19 Schulyer Place ~ e.l konigsburgThe Phantom Tollbooth ~ Norton Juster: STARTED!!Kemendraughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12000979666740240670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951740799914668346.post-78387953561148676522010-08-13T13:39:00.001-07:002010-08-13T13:52:02.024-07:00Read Your Own Books Read-a-Thon!It seems like the only way I can get any reading done is to do it in a group!Yes, this means another readathon.Pathetic, I know. I don't even have any of the reviews up yet from the last one, and I haven't talked about my attempt at 2010 Author Debut Challenge, but hey. Why not? ^_^ I am a sporadic reader what can I say??my last readathon was devoted to library books I had out. THIS readathon is Kemendraughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12000979666740240670noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951740799914668346.post-14808174135543507912010-08-04T14:48:00.000-07:002010-08-04T14:49:51.565-07:00Read-a-Thon Wrap-UpHah. Well. This is late.I'm sorry! I was out on Sunday night and so was too tired to post, and then my internet broke the next day and....LIFE TOOK OVER.Fail.HOWEVER! I will say that this was my very first readathon, and it was awesome. I found so many new people, and so many new books. My TBR list has grown ridiculous amounts! And I didn't do too badly myself ^_^Unseen Academicals ~ Terry Kemendraughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12000979666740240670noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951740799914668346.post-2298619105127784822010-07-31T23:50:00.000-07:002010-07-31T23:52:25.985-07:00Read-a-Thon Update #1Considering I had an all day birthday party to participate in today, I think I'm doing alright. I took a break from Unseen Academicals to read Holly Black and Ted Naifeh's graphic novel, The Good Neighbors; book one, Kin. I liked it! It didn't astound me, like Holly Black's work often does, but the pictures were unique, and the story was solid. I'll read the rest for sure, once I get my hands on Kemendraughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12000979666740240670noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951740799914668346.post-68641143666604318282010-07-31T14:50:00.000-07:002010-08-15T22:41:16.771-07:002010 Debut Author ChallengeWhile I'm jumping onto book-bandwagons, my friends Bahnree and Jasmine are doing this. Without me? NOT TO BE TOLERATED!And so, here I am!What is the 2010 Debut Author Challenge?The objective is to read a set number of YA (Young Adult) or MG (Middle Grade) novels from debut authors published this year.* I'm going to challenge everyone to read at least 12 debut novels! I’m hoping to read at least Kemendraughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12000979666740240670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951740799914668346.post-20831754204687116782010-07-30T17:55:00.000-07:002010-07-31T07:57:34.540-07:00Read-a-Thon!Unputdownables is hosting a weekend read-a-thon. From her blog:~Are you like me with piles of book (or lists of books) a mile long on your To-Be-Read (TBR) list? Although I do read more than the average Jane, I don’t read as much as I would like to. I keep passing my bookshelf wanting to get some of those books read! So, this weekend I am going to limit the TV and the outings (I’ve been gone for Kemendraughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12000979666740240670noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951740799914668346.post-66858402073651400142010-07-30T12:55:00.000-07:002010-08-15T22:41:16.773-07:00Read-a-Thon!Unputdownables is hosting a weekend read-a-thon. From her blog: ~Are you like me with piles of book (or lists of books) a mile long on your To-Be-Read (TBR) list? Although I do read more than the average Jane, I don’t read as much as I would like to. I keep passing my bookshelf wanting to get some of those books read! So, this weekend I am going to limit the TV and the outings (I’ve been gone forKemendraughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12000979666740240670noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951740799914668346.post-85431230850173646022010-07-30T12:08:00.000-07:002010-08-15T22:41:16.775-07:00REVIVALThe other day, I bumped into a friend I haven't really talked to for a while. She informed me that she'd found my "book blog" and that she'd really liked it! Why had I stopped? After we parted ways, I thought to myself. "Self," I said. "Why DID I stop writing on that book blog? I remember that it was fun to do!""Ah, but do I also remember how, after school ended, I distanced myself from anything Kemendraughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12000979666740240670noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951740799914668346.post-10690424981199855182010-03-28T19:50:00.000-07:002010-07-31T07:54:02.810-07:00Review: Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac ~ Gabrielle KilmiIn which memories are lost, gained, and remade. Also I discover a love for old records.Fifteen year old Naomi’s life was going pretty well. Or so they tell her. Personally, she can’t remember. After taking a serious fall, she’s lost four years of her memory. She doesn’t remember her best friend, her parents’ divorce, her boyfriend, even what she likes to do. It’s a long, tangled road of love, Kemendraughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12000979666740240670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951740799914668346.post-36351530569055956032010-03-27T09:33:00.000-07:002010-07-31T07:54:26.479-07:00Review: No More Dead Dogs ~Gordan KormanIn which dogs do not die (or do they?) and I want to write to Julia RobertsLet’s start off with something light.“No More Dead Dogs” is about two kids, Wallace Wallace (yes, that is his real name) and Rachel Turner, who go to the same high school. Wallace is a bad football player who is hailed as a celebrity for a fluke goal last season. Rachel is an aspiring actress in the school’s drama club. Kemendraughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12000979666740240670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951740799914668346.post-84733771485137798352010-03-26T13:41:00.000-07:002010-07-31T11:37:31.183-07:00First Post!In which we find the purpose for this blog, a little bit about the authoress, and hopefully a cliffhanger to segue into next time.Hey all!Glad you found this place. Let me tell you how I got here. I was just wandering around the internet one day, minding my own business, when I suddenly stumbled across a blog creator. And I thought to myself, “Self, don’t I have that project coming up for my Kemendraughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12000979666740240670noreply@blogger.com1