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Taylor, Brooke. 2008. Undone.

Undone is a story of friendship and grief. Kori and Serena are best friends. Though when they first met they appeared to come from very different worlds. Now, after several years of close friendship, the girls are inseparable. In fact, the girls are becoming more difficult to tell apart. Serena, our narrator, could never imagine a day could come where she'd be separated from Kori. But Kori's tragic death hits Serena hard. Serena decides one way for her to deal, to cope with her friend's death is to complete her friend's list. A list which started as a school assignment--to list five things they would never dream could really happen--takes on a whole new meaning. What's on Kori's list? 1. Sing with Bleeder Valve. 2. Get a tattoo. 3. Work things out with Shay. 4. Confront D. 5. Tell Serena. The list doesn't make a whole lot of sense to Serena--there are mysteries to be solved, secrets to be discovered. Serena is not alone--although she may feel it at times. There are a few people--two guys especially--who become rather important to Serena on her journey. Then, of course, there is the friction between Serena and her mother, Destiny.

First sentence: There they were--the worst words in all of the English language, scribbled in my mother's perky handwriting. "Let's Talk." I snatched the Post-it off the refrigerator door and glared at it. It didn't matter who said them--parent, teacher, or police officer--nothing good ever came of those words. (5)

Undone is well written. And it's a good book--a very good book even. A fact which is neither here nor there is that this one is set in Colorado. I seem to have stumbled across a few books this year set in Colorado--just something odd that I've noticed with this years reading.

© Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

New stats:

Books: 2
Time: 5 hrs
Pages: 563

Combined totals so far:

Books: 14
Time: 24 Hours
Pages: 3,772

Blogging Review Time Totals: 3


UPDATE: I'VE ONLY GOT ABOUT FIFTEEN TO TWELVE MINUTES LEFT...AND THERE'S NO WAY I CAN WRITE THREE REVIEWS IN THAT TIME. SO THOSE THREE WILL HAVE TO WAIT TIL LATER.

Total Time (Reviewing +Reading) = 27 hours

Read:

The Search for the Red Dragon by James A. Owen
Demigods & Monsters, edited by Rick Riordan (review will be posted for Nonfiction Monday)
The Floating Circus by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer
Savvy by Ingrid Law
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson
Gods of Manhattan by Scott Mebus.
Aurelia by Anne Osterlund
Oh. My. Gods. by Tera Lynn Childs.
The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry
Jessie's Mountain by Kerry Madden
The Red Necklace by Sally Gardner
Blue Like Friday by Siobhan Parkinson.
Take Me There by Susane Colasanti.
Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman

Fantasy goals:

New Stats:

Books: 3
Time: 4 hours
Pages: 812

Combined totals so far:

Books: 12
Time: 19 hours
Pages: 3, 209

Blogging Review Time Totals: 2 hours

Read:

The Floating Circus by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer
Savvy by Ingrid Law
The Adoration of Jenna Fox
Gods of Manhattan by Scott Mebus
Aurelia by Anne Osterlund
Oh My Gods by Tera Lynn Childs
The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry
Jessie's Mountain by Kerry Madden
The Red Necklace by Sally Gardner
Blue Like Friday by Siobhan Parkinson.
Take Me There by Susane Colasanti.
Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman

Real Goals:

New stats:

Books: 3
Time: 5 hrs. 30 minutes
Pages: 856

Combined totals for day 1

Books: 6
Time: 9 hrs. 50 minutes
Pages: 1, 547

Read:

The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry
Jessie's Mountain by Kerry Madden
The Red Necklace by Sally Gardner
Blue Like Friday by Siobhan Parkinson
Take Me There by Susane Colasanti
Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman

© Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

My start time: 11AM June 6th
My end time: 11AM June 8th

Peeled by Joan Bauer
Seeing Redd by Frank Beddor
March Through Thunder by Joseph Bruchac
A Curse Dark As Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce
Oh. My. Gods. by Tera Childs
Take Me There by Susane Colasanti
The Red Necklace by Sally Gardner
Newes From the Dead by Mary Hooper
The Lost Queen by Frewin Jones
The Sorcerer King by Frewin Jones
Savvy by Ingrid Law
The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry
Jessie's Mountain by Kerry Madden
Gods of Manhattan by Scott Mebus
Princess Ben by Catherine Murdock
Aurelia by Anne Osterlund
The Search for the Red Dragon by James A. Owen
Blue Like Friday by Siobhan Parkinson
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
Steams of Babel by Carol Plum-Ucci
Starcross by Philip Reeve
Three Little Words: A Memoir by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Stealing Heaven by Elizabeth Scott
Big Fat Manifesto by Susan Vaught
Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman
The Floating Circus by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer

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MotherReader has announced plans for the THIRD ANNUAL 48 HOUR BOOK CHALLENGE. The challenge that asks you to give your all for 48 hours (during the weekend of June 6th through June 8th) in the hopes of besting the competition and winning a few prizes.

To sign up, you'll need to visit her blog and leave a comment. While you're there you're probably going to want to make a note of all the rules and guidelines.

1. The weekend is June 6–8, 2008. Read and blog for any 48-hour period within the Friday-to-Monday-morning window. Start no sooner than 7:00 a.m. on Friday the sixth and end no later than 7:00 a.m. Monday. So, go from 7:00 p.m. Friday to 7:00 p.m. on Sunday... or maybe 7:00 a.m. Saturday to 7:00 a.m. Monday works better for you. But the 48 hours do need to be in a row.


2. The books should be about fifth-grade level and up. Adult books are fine, especially if any adult book bloggers want to play. If you are generally a picture book blogger, consider this a good time to get caught up on all those wonderful books you’ve been hearing about. No graphic novels. I’m not trying to discriminate, I’m just trying to make sure that the number of books and page counts mean the same thing to everyone.
   
3. For promotion/solidarity purposes, let your readers know when you are starting the challenge with a specific entry on that day. Write your final summary on Monday, and for one day, we’ll all be on the same page, so to speak.
4. Your final summary needs to clearly include the number of books read, the approximate hours you spent reading/reviewing, and any other comments you want to make on the experience. It needs to be posted no later than noon on Monday, June 9th.