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#40 avatiakh, Exposure sounds really interesting! I was impressed by Mal Peet when I read Tamar (another good YA book about spies in Holland during WWII). I like the idea of YA spins on Shakespeare, although I haven't had a chance to really read any yet. There is a book Ophelia that's on ... ... frustrated when the ending doesn't wrap threads up, but in this case the ambiguousness of everything worked wonderfully. Tamar is the first book I've read by Mal Peet, but I liked it so much I think I'll look into those South America football books you mention. Thank you for telling me ... ... by Suzanne Collins
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Tamar by Mal Peet
Kind of a mixture of fun and serious and new and old. I'm hoping to add a couple more before January!
... that it would take that twist. An enjoyable read, all the more so for the ending which left you in the dark - I love that.
Tamar was one of my favourite reads from a few years back. Have you read his football books set in South America - they are excellent. Mal came to New Zealand earlier this ... Currently in the middle of Tamar, an excellent YA novel of family, love, and memory. A teenage daughter in mid 90s England slowly recovers the story of her Dutch/English grandfather who was an Brit agent in the Dutch underground @ the end of WWII. Carnegie medal winner, which, for me, is the most ... Currently in the middle of Tamar, an excellent YA novel of family, love, and memory. A teenage daughter in mid 90s England slowly recovers the story of her Dutch/English grandfather who was an Brit agent in the Dutch underground @ the end of WWII. Carnegie medal winner, which, for me, is the ... ... Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman
Meg Rosoff, How I Live Now
Good historicals in very different ways: Mal Peet, Tamar, Karen Wallace, Wendy, Libba Bray, A Great and Terrible Beauty
Total trash but very well-plotted (if you want a sense of what YA trash is): Sara Shepard, Pret ... Tamar sounds good. I will have to look for it. Really enjoyed Tamar a YA novel about the Dutch resistance during WWII.
Finished the YA category!! Need to work on my non-fiction.
Not going to make the 9-9-09 deadline for the challenge Amberamber, Ooh, I thought Tamar was really good. A "cross-over" adult/teen book that worked well at both levels. It wouldn't be what you expect because it's so unusual, doesn't fit with any usual genre, but I thought it was excellent and very thought-provoking (although not flawless).
Meanw ... I just started reading Tamar. I picked it up because I had seen a few people suggest it, but it's not at all what I have expected. Don't get me wrong, it is good, but I must have gotten the plot confused with another book. I tried reading Paper Towns but just didn't catch my interest and I gave ... Just chiming in re The Book Thief and Tamar. I'm actually, I think, in the minority for liking Tamar better than The Book Thief. Both are good in different ways, but I really did not like the narrative device (Death as narrator) in TBT. For that reason, Tamar was for me a much better book.
... ... on My Enemy's Cradle, it sounds great. I'm adding it to my TBR list.
> 158 Anastasia, if you all do a group read of Tamar, post on a link on this thread or send me a message. :) I would be interested, the book sounds really good.
I whole-heartedly agree with any and all ... ... in England and re-dropped into Holland to organize the resistance after D-Day and the failure of Operation Market Garden in Tamar. Everybody is hungry and the Nazi's are making the best use of the last of their power and betrayal seems likely.
... in England and re-dropped into Holland to organize the resistance after D-Day and the failure of Operation Market Garden in Tamar. Everybody is hungry and the Nazi's are making the best use of the last of their power and betrayal seems likely.
... an otherworldy flavor and even though it is a bit of a guilty pleasure it kept me reading all night.
I just started Tamar, a YA historical that I am looooving. For beach reading or the 16 year old equivalent (long summer afternoons on the bed maybe) try the James Patterson series about ... Thanks for the welcome WillowRaven! I have started The Hunger Games and I am hooked. I am alternating between that and Tamar another amazing YA novel, though this one is set in the real apocalypse of WWII. I suddenly made the connection between why I like WWII stories and why I like PA stories - ... Well, I am now alternating between Tamar and The Hunger Games. Its funny, just the other day I was bemoaning the lack of a book that has that indefinable quality that makes you fall into it and now I have two. As for the group read, I was hoping that some of them and some of us could ... ... Group Read and don't plan on participating in the next (never been a big book discussion person) but I definitely think Tamar is a great book that deserves a lot of attention. Perhaps a Group Read will help with that! I'm also not a member of the Historical Fiction group - I don't read a lot ... Thanks yummyfish - what do you think of making Tamar a Group Read, possibly in conjunction with people on the Historical Fiction List who like WWII fiction? Anastasia: I hope you like Tamar as much as I did! Would anyone consider Tamar as a Group Read in conjunction with the YA Group? It is an amazing WWII novel that is technically YA, but reads more adult to me. Let me know if anyone is interested. I too am about 100 pages into Tamar, which I just started this afternoon, but will no doubt finish very quickly as it is amazing. Any chance of this being our group discussion book after Hunger Games, which will be next on my list? Tamar really does deserve more attention; its amazing. ... all the people we can get. Here is the link if you're interested: http://www.librarything.com/topic/64598#1376373
>30 Tamar sounds interesting. I'll try to find time to read it.
>33 If i Stay is a good book! It's an interesting idea for a story. >28 What is Tamar about?
Graceling was excellent! I LOVE it and stayed up almost all night to finish it. I heart you, You haunt me was average. i liked that it was in poems. I am about 100 pages into Tamar and it is wonderful. This one definitely deserves more attention. ... I think I'm going to read either The Wizard of Earthsea, which is one of those I've always meant to get around to, or Tamar. ... head around how utterly stupid the plot was. There are much better books on the resistence in WWII even in the YA arena - Tamar by Mal Peet and Aidan Chambers' Postcards from No man's Land even Martin Booth's Midnight Saboteur come immediately to mind. I thought Engleby was creepily ok, ... ...
5. Wintergirls
6. Wake by Lisa McMann
7. Fade by Lisa McMann
8.Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco Stork
9.Tamar by Mal Peet
Cooking/Food
1.Julia and Julia by Julie Powell
2. Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
3. The Quilter's Kitchen byt Jennifer Chiaverini
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I did not like Anne Frank and Me and I had reservations about Hitler's Daughter.
Recent Carnegie Medal winner, Tamar by Mal Peet--for older teens, complex, interesting.
There's a series of books by Irene Watts about a girl who's taken to England on the Kindertransport--tho ... I read a young adult book last year that was one of my top reads of the year. It was Tamar by Mal Peet. My daughter reads a lot of young adult and recommends them to me, but I found this one all by myself. :)
--BJ Tamar by Mal Peet is a wonderful historical fiction set in Holland in WW2 and modern-day England - does it get better than a love triangle involving spies?
I don't know how popular it is currently, but The perks of being a wallflower should definitely not be overlooked. Hard to believe it ... ... of WW2 memoirs when I was a teenager and the whole plot that Charlotte Gray was based on seemed implausible. Mal Peet's Tamar is good, it won the Carnegie Medal. ... purchased three books for myself so far this year:
* A Pale Horse by Charles Todd - historical mystery series title
* Tamar by Mal Peet (darn you, 999 Challenge people) - children's historical military fiction
* Valentines by Ted Kooser - poetry Thanks to you both for the recs. I'm going to at least try The Black Death, and Tamar. I had completely forgotten about the Greene books, neither of which I've read. However, I've loved several of his other works, and look forward to these two. ... ohemima!
I had a Spy category for my 888 challenge. I read both fiction and nonfiction books for it. My favorite book was Tamar by Mal Peet, and it was the last one that I read. It is both a spy story and a mystery spanning different generations. This is a young adult book and terrific. I ... ... in 2008 are:
Unwind
The perks of being a wallflower
Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer
I gave 4.5 stars to Tamar, Crank, and The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian.
Honorable mentions (basically, the ones I didn't rate as high but which have stayed with me) are S ... A really great book that I read at the end of 2008 was Tamar by Mal Peet. This young adult novel combined a spy thriller with a mystery and covered two different generations. I could not put it down. It was one of my top reads for the year. Good luck with your reading challenge! :)
--BJ ... nonfiction was If This is a Man by Primo Levi.
My favorite YA/children's Lit was a tie between Tarka the Otter and Tamar.
Overall, it was a great year of reading. Here's hoping for another great year!
--BJ ... Just as good as the rest of this stuff!
I just went to Barnes and Noble and picked up Graceling, Dragonhaven, and Tamar so I should be reading those soon.
... of the year and won't be able to finish anymore books. So I will end the year with 72. Here are the last two books:
71. Tamar by Mal Peet. I found this book purely by luck searching amazon for a spy book to finish out my 888 challenge. This book is Young Adult. It is such a great story. I ... ...
~Paradise Lost by John Milton
IV. Suspense / Mystery
~Beloved by Toni Morrison
V. Spy (Fiction or Nonfiction)
~Tamar by Mal Peet
~Honorable Mention to Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene
VI. Science / SFF
~The Radioactive Boy Scout by Ken Silverstein
VII. Religious
~Fath ... I loved the book that I just finished, Tamar by Mal Peet. I found this book on amazon just searching for a book to finish off my Spy (Fiction or Nonfiction) category. It ended up being my favorite book in that category. I probably would not have ever read this book if not for the 888 Challenge ... Well, I finished Tamar by Mal Peet as the last book for my Spy (Fiction or Nonfiction) category. This is a young adult combination espionage and mystery. This book was great! And that is the last book for my 2008 888 Challenge. I finished! Yea!
Now for my award winners for each category:
... I finally finished my last book for the challenge tonight, and it was a good one! Tamar by Mal Peet.
--BJ I have not had much time for reading lately. I am still reading Tamar and 84, Charing Cross Road -- both great books! No snow here but it is bitterly cold. I am staying in tomorrow.
--BJ Right now I am reading a book called Tamar by Mal Peet. It is about a spy during WW2 and also (later in the book) will be about his granddaughter. I am also reading a book called 84, Charing Cross Road.
--BJ I am reading 84, Charing Cross Road and Tamar over the holidays. Just finished Beloved which was amazing.
--BJ ...
Happy Reading! :)
--BJ
By the way, I was finally able to edit post 33 to include my 70th book. I am currently reading Tamar and 84, Charing Cross Road. I hope to finish them this year. Hi katrina - Tamar is set in England and Holland - I didn't make that clear in my post - just that it's a great read. Mal Peet's other books are set in South America.
Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala might be worth considering for your Africa category. Hi katrina - Tamar is set in England and Holland - I didn't make that clear in my post - just that it's a great read. Mal Peet's other books are set in South America.
Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala might be worth considering for your Africa category. ... sure I liked it, I do have In Arcadia which I have had for years so tat could be a possibility. I've been meaning to read Tamar for ages, but I didn't realise it was set in Africe - I'll have to dig it out, thanks ... of beautiful imagery. If you like a mix of magical realism in your reading then I suggest you check him out. Mal Peet's Tamar is really great too, I'm currently reading his latest Exposure. ... enjoyed it. I've read a couple of YA novels set in The Netherlands - Postcards from No man's Land by Aidan Chambers and Tamar by Mal Peet but the Kuijer book was the first by a Dutch writer apart from the Miffy books of course. ... Whitcomb's A Certain Slant of Light is worth looking at - a ghost story with a difference. Also Mal Peet's Keeper or Tamar. ... to add a strong recommendation for Jill Paton Walsh's lovely pair, Goldengrove and Unleaving. Also, Mal Peet's Tamar. You would do well to follow the Carnegie Medal lists. ... Franklin
The Foundling by Georgette Heyer
The Dreaming Void by Peter F. Hamilton
The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
Tamar by Mal Peet
Sunset Limited by James Lee Burke
Keeper by Mal Peet
Power Play by Joseph Finder ... John Buchan.
6. The Quiet American by Graham Greene.
7. The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers.
8. Tamar by Mal Peet.
I used to read alot of spy books years ago and decided to read some more this year. The first and third books are non-fiction from WW2 and really ... ... road by Cormac McCarthy
3. Smashed: growing up a drunk girl by Koren Zailckas
4. Tamar by Mal Peet
5. Me talk pretty one day by David Sedaris
6. Rick Mercer Report: the paperback book by Rick Mercer
7. TB ... ... enjoyed by adults I know.
In addition:
Life as we knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld
Tamar by Mal Peet
The Golden Compass (and sequels) by Philip Pullman
Mistik Lake by Martha Brooks (no touchstone for this one)
Sold by Patricia McCormick
>2: Wher ... ... enjoyed by adults I know.
In addition:
Life as we knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld
Tamar by Mal Peet
The Golden Compass (and sequels) by Philip Pullman
Mistik Lake by Martha Brooks (no touchstone for this one)
Sold by Patricia McCormick
>2: Wher ... In September, I also finished The Naming, The Riddle, Surrender, Darkwing, and Tamar. Tamar by Mal Peet is a brilliant book about the War, aimed at older Teen/Adult readers. I read a lot of teenage aimed fiction as I run a Teenage Reading group at work, and this novel stood out as exceptional. It also won the Carnegie Prize for Children's fiction.
It tells the story of a girl ... ...southern England this time
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
The electric kool-aid acid Test by Tom Wolfe
Tamar by Mal Peet
The dancers of Arun by Elizabeth A. Lynn
The Bourne identity by Robert Ludlum
Screw this one favourite book thing. This is my top five list. That has about twenty titles. (In no particular order)
• The Book Thief By Markus Zusak
• I Am The Messenger by '' ''
• Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
• A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
... I've been on a YA kick lately and have read the following: Tamar Mal Peet; The Road of the Dead, Kevin Brooks; Candy, Kevin Brooks; Smack, Melvin Burgess; Useful Idiots, Jan Mark; Turbulence, Jan Mark; Claws, Will Weaver; Hard Ball, Will Weaver. Some ... ... (now according to LibraryThing we have one more of these somewhere in the house but d***d if I can find it). I delighted in Tamar by Mal Peet whom I'd only previously known as an illustrator of some of my wife's books - an excellent novel with an SOE war-time setting. And last night I read ...
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