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Skellig by David Almond, done. It was good and as it was only scarcely 200 pages and intended for children I'm not suprised I completed it in such a short space of time. I have a pretty crammed weekend and Cross Country needs to be in a week on Monday so I'm not gonna bother starting on The Nar ... ... library 'til Monday 7th December so I'm going to start it on the 1st December.
In the meantime I shall read:
Book 9# Skellig by David Almond.
It's hardly even two-hundred pages, but it's meant to be a good book. It was made into a TV mini-series recently and is often used as a study ... ... Candide or Optimism - Voltaire
February: 84, Charing Cross Road - Helene Hanff
March: Skellig - David Almond
April: The Ground Beneath Her Feet - Salman Rushdie (Reviewd)
May: Prater Violet - Christopher Isherwood (Reviewed ... I highly recommend Skellig. This was my #1 read of 2008!
... throws her life into turmoil.
The Club Dumas Arturo Perez-Reverte – 2 ½ stars, average, was a bit bored by it.
Skellig David Almond – 4 stars, the main character, a young boy named Michael, finds an almost decomposing creature in the garage of his family's new house. The creature ... Skellig sounds most intriguing, I am definitely going to be on the lookout for this one. Thanks. Skellig is an incredible book! I enjoyed your review and gave it a thumbs up. Skellig David Almond
The main character, a young boy named Michael, finds an almost decomposing creature in the garage of his family's new house. The creature can barely speak, demands aspirin and Chinese takeout, and seems to be made of crumbling porcelain. As Michael's family struggles to ... Book No. 169
Skellig David Almond
4 stars
The main character, a young boy named Michael, finds an almost decomposing creature in the garage of his family's new house. The creature can barely speak, demands aspirin and Chinese takeout, and seems to be made of crumbling porcelain. As Micha ... ... in the Middens and rescued by a young girl named Heaven Eyes who lives there with an old man named Grandpa. As with Skellig, there is a lot of allegory in this work, and the ending is left somewhat open. I enjoyed it more than another of Almond’s works, but I have enjoyed Skellig and ... Author Challenge
A: Almond, David - Skellig
B:
C: Collins, Suzanne - The Hunger Games
D: Donnelly, Jennifer - A Northern Light
E:
F: Flynn, Gillian Sharp Objects
G: Green, John - An Abundance of Katherines
H: Hoffman, Alice - The Foretelling
I:
J: Johnson, Maureen - 13 Littl ... ... Booker 2005) *** msg55
ii) The Road - Cormac McCarthy (Pulitzer 2007) ***1/2 msg71
iii) Skellig - David Almond (Whitbread Children's Novel of the Year Award & Carnegie Medal 1998) ****1/2) msg104
iv Inkspell - Cornelia Funke (Book Sense ... ... Award)
iv. The Owl Service - Alan Garner (Carnegie Medal)
v. Midnight Blue - Pauline Fisk (Smarties Award)
vi. Skellig - David Almond (Carnegie Medal, Whitbread award + others)
vii. The Giver - Lois Lowry (Newbery Award)
viii. The Dark is Rising (Newbery Award) *re-read
ix. T ... ... Sharpe's Fortress - Bernard Cornwell (not 999)
28) The Tales of Beedle The Bard - J. K. Rowling (not 999)
29) Skellig - David Almond (999: 7)
30) Nicholas Nickleby - Charles Dickens (999: 5)
April
31) Sharpe's Trafalgar - Bernard Cornwell
32) The Ground B ... ... Booker 2005) *** msg55
ii) The Road - Cormac McCarthy (Pulitzer 2007) ***1/2 msg71
iii) Skellig - David Almond (Whitbread Children's Novel of the Year Award & Carnegie Medal 1998) ****1/2) msg104
iv Inkspell - Cornelia Funke (Book Sense ... ... by David Almond and illustrated by Dave McKean is a beautiful telling of a story of grief and reconciliation. Having loved Skellig, I was also prepared for something unusual because the cover shows a child yelling—in pain? In a maniacal attack? The story and the illustrations seem to be ... VERY nicely written review, Stephen! I've only read Skellig by this author, some years ago, but I have every intention of finding more of his books to read. ... I've missed a couple of their collaborative efforts, however, and am working on catching up there.
loriephillips--yes! Skellig was a marvelous little read, not unlike The Uncommon Reader in its praise on various threads. Faith, love, family, trust--all in one small package--I really ... It looks like you've had some good reads. I'll pass on Beyond the Horizon, but I enjoyed your review of it. I need to get Skellig. It's been recommended by several people in this group. ... series when they belonged to a club which met to discuss real murders (i.e., like the Crippen story in Thunderstruck).
Skellig by David Almond is everything that other LTers have said—I loved the telling and bought a copy after I read it. Sort of says it all right there.
Four to Score ... ... series and enjoyed them a lot. I'm curious about Three Bedrooms, One Corpse. Can you recommend this one?
And, skellig was my #1 read of 2008. Please tell me what you thought of this book. Anita recommended this and I thought it was wonderful.
... by Eric Larson (999)
The Magic Goes Away by Larry Niven
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse by Charlaine Harris
Skellig by David Almond (LT)
Four to Score by Janet Evanovitch
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons (1001)
The Eye in the Door by Pat Barker
Before Women Had Wings ... ... Crichton
Pendragon - Stephen Lawhead
River Boy - Tim Bowler
Roman Mysteries Omnibus II - Caroline Lawrence
Skellig - David Almond
Stonehenge - Bernard Cornwell
The Switch - Anthony Horowitz
The Histories - Cornelius Tacitus
Tales of beedle the bard - J K Rowling
Tea ... ... Booker 2005) *** msg55
ii) The Road - Cormac McCarthy (Pulitzer 2007) ***1/2 msg71
iii) Skellig - David Almond (Whitbread Children's Novel of the Year Award & Carnegie Medal 1998) ****1/2) msg104
iv Inkspell - Cornelia Funke (Book Sense ... ... the subtitle. Also includes the option of going online for a personality test of sorts. Cool multi-platform edge.
27. Skellig - David Almond - A good little book about family. Also nice to see some parents in children's books once in a while, considering the lack thereof that's more ... ... lists past award winners, including some of which I've read already, such as I am The Messenger, Looking for Alaska, Skellig, the Book Thief and Kit's Wilderness.
Looks like I'm off to the library today to try to get Black Juice and then begin the new adventure.
Thanks..I ... ...
19. The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde. Intertextuality makes me giggle. Therefore, I love Jasper Fforde.
20. Skellig by David Almond. Having passed this over several times, I finally read it in preparation for the film adaptation that was broadcast here on tv on Easter Sunday. ... Books completed.
July
X'd Silent Partner by Kellerman, msg 146
X'd Crazy for You by Ferrarella, msg 145
189. The Lonely Places by Morris (psych thriller), msg 144
188. Legacy of the Sword by Roberson (fantasy) , msg 140
187. ... #13: I read Skellig last year and thoroughly enjoyed it, but had not heard of the other titles you mentioned. Thanks for the additions to Continent TBR! I have read a few prize winning books recently. Here are the ones that stand out:
Skellig by David Almond, winner of the 1998 Whitbread award (this is an award given by publishers for a British book that is considered a good read. Now called tehy Costa award). It also won the Carnegie medal (ad ... ... Booker 2005) *** msg55
ii) The Road - Cormac McCarthy (Pulitzer 2007) ***1/2 msg71
iii) Skellig - David Almond (Whitbread Children's Novel of the Year Award & Carnegie Medal 1998) ****1/2) msg104
Next one up will be Remains of the Day, ... ... Crichton
Pendragon - Stephen Lawhead
River Boy - Tim Bowler
Roman Mysteries Omnibus II - Caroline Lawrence
Skellig - David Almond
Stonehenge - Bernard Cornwell
The Switch - Anthony Horowitz
The Histories - Cornelius Tacitus
Tales of beedle the bard - J K Rowling
Tea ... 32. Skellig by David Almond
A young boy finds a half man, half angel dying in an old shed. With the help of his friend he helps Skellig slowly recover and in turn finds that Skellig has tried to help him. Odd but lovely in a weird, simple way.
I gave this book: 4 stars #111 I'm now going to say that you're absolutely going to hate Skellig - just so that it doesn't get overhyped for you (don't really mean it)! ;)
#109 lunacat - I've only read a couple of books by Dickens - but those I've read, I've found slow to get into, but once I did, I enjoyed them ... #108. I am exceedingly jealous of your autographed copy of Skellig. I hope it proves to be true when you obtain the book. I anxiously await your comments after you have read this marvelous tale. >104 I'm so glad you liked Skellig, as I've just received an autographed copy of the book in the mail. At least, it said on Bookmooch that it's signed by the author but you never know if it's true, I suppose. I haven't seen the book yet as I'm away from home but my mom says it's a nice-looking ... ... , from Deseret Industries. Can you believe I got it for seven bucks? I love D.I.
Then at the library's booksale I bought Skellig and The Secret of Platform 13. I've read the first, and it was good, but I haven't read the second one yet. Oh well, I'll get around to it eventually, as I'm ... ... on this - fairy tales set in the Wizard world, but the joy of it is in Dumbledore's opinionated comments... Fun
29) Skellig - David Almond
999 Category 7: Prize Winners (Whitbread Children's Novel of the Year Award & Carnegie Medal) (3/9)
Michael and his family have just ... ... interesting.
21. Kit's Wilderness by David Almond. Almond is a poet. Many of the same themes as those found in Skellig are repeated here. A lovely book about the power of stories, and about the light and darkness that is in each human.
22. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. ... ... interesting.
21. Kit's Wilderness by David Almond. Almond is a poet. Many of the same themes as those found in Skellig are repeated here. A lovely book about the power of stories, and about the light and darkness that is in each human.
22. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. ... oooh... I found Skellig to be a very touching book. 19) Skellig by David Almond ****
A fanciful Young Adult novel, with heart & soul! ... know what you think of Tweak. I read his father's book, Beautiful Boy, last summer and it was excellent.
I finished Skellig by David Almond. If you are looking for something light, yet entrancing, this is the ticket. I just cracked open Just After Sunset by Stephen King. The ... ... It's a terrific novel about the infamous sex researcher Alfred Kinsey. Highly recommended ,but prudes beware!
I started Skellig by David Almond. It's a YA novel that one or both of my kids read in school and comes highly regarded. I too was pretty turned off by the cover of Skellig, but I have it. So I read it. And boy was I glad! :) It's in my top 3 reads for this year. Zoe
The phrase "Don't judge a book by its cover" is very true re. Skellig. I read over 100 books in 2008 and Skellig was my #1. Faith's assessment is spot on.
And, Alcottacre (Stasia) is right, she, Anita (Fam) and I all read David Almond's books in 2008. Actually, it was Anita that ... ... I'll be honest, I was going to read it anyway with all these positive reviews, but, like you, I was a little agnostic. ...Skellig shifts up my list...
oops, edited to correct owner of thread! I've heard good things about Skellig too, but I've always rejected it in the store for the same reason--it doesn't "look" very good. Maybe I should give it a chance after all.... 28) Skellig - David Almond (Children's Fiction)
I picked this one up on the recommendation of others, but I wasn't really expecting anything from it. It didn't "look" very good, and usually I get a pretty good sense from a book when I'm holding it whether I'll like it or not ( ... ... it that, but I guess I can see why some might. Same reason Alice in Wonderland and Gulliver's Travels made it in... or Skellig... Skellig by David Almond
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper (and the rest of the series)
Heir Apparant by Vivian Vande Velde
Dust by Arthur Slade
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas
The Xanth novels by Piers Anthony, starting with A Sp ... From the library:
Skellig by David Almond. This is a YA novel, that was highly praised by Nick Hornby.
From library sale:
The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer. I had to have this book in my collection. It's easily one of the best memoirs I've ever read. ... so far, also found on Thread #1.
Painted Lives by Allen, msg 218
Skellig by Almond, msg 156
My best reads for the month were:
Silent Thunder: In the Presence of Elephants - Katy Payne
Skellig - David Almond
Hood - Stephen R. Lawhead
(The first two I just finished yesterday, so I haven't reviewed them on my thread yet... but check tomorrow or Monday if you're interested!) •Books I absolutely adored
1. Skellig by Almond, msg 156
2. Painted Lives by Allen, msg 218
3. Pastwatch by Card, msg 19, thread 2
4. Robinson Crusoe by Defoe, msg 30, thread 2
5. The Uncommon Reader by Bennett, msg 32, thread 2
6. Goose in the Pond by Fowler, msg 105, ... •Books I heard of at/read because of LT
1. The Ring of Allaire by Susan Dexter, msg 50
2. Skellig by Almond, msg 156
3. The Uncommon Reader by Bennett, msg 32, thread 2
... to me
1. The Ring of Allaire by Susan Dexter, msg 50
2. Ill Wind by Kevin J Anderson & Doug Beason, msg 141
3. Skellig by Almond, msg 156
4. The Stalking Horse by Constance Ash, msg 273
5. Search the Dark by Todd, msg 298
6. Beast Master's Ark by Norton & McConchie, ... ... of a Lady. I'll have to track down the other books as well. Definitely worth owning, and rereading.
I'm reading Skellig out loud to my 9-year-old daughter now. Flossie, I'm excited to hear there is a dramatisation. I'll have to look into it. Whisper, I have Kit's Wilderness ... ... alaskabookworm's thread and thought I'd better put it here as well just in case: there's supposed to be a dramatisation of Skellig showing on Sky 1/HD sometime this year. Not sure if you can pick that up over there, but I guess it may get re-sold to a network you can get.
http://en.wikipedia. ... ... keep meaning to say (will put this on your thread or profile too if I remember1) there's supposed to be a dramatisation of Skellig showing on Sky 1/HD sometime this year. Not sure if you can pick that up over there, but I guess it may get re-sold to a network you can get.
http://en.wikipedia. ... ... physicals battles between the priest and the communist mayor in a small village in Northern Italy. Excellent.
12. Skellig by David Almond. I reiterate all the other praises this book has received by other LTers. Absolutely wonderful and real and magical. A must read. ... mentioned I'll have to seek out like The Darling, The Pumpkin Eater, and maybe a couple of young adult titles like Skellig , Weetzie Bat, and Feed that sounded interesting.
I'll have more to say on House of Wits later. Time to find something for Sunday Dinner. I've decided to ... ... Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson and of course, anything by David Almond including Kit's Wilderness and Skellig..then another book is Kingdom by the Sea Hi Leslie
I am glad you enjoyed Skellig too!
Anita  .Skellig by David Almond
Young Adult Fiction, Fantasy
182 pages
When Michael moves into his new home he decides to go into the rundown garage and there he finds something that will make his new place a little more ...
... Sara
Heaven Eyes was beautiful too, I read it last year.
But my favourite is Kit's wilderness and I think Linda liked Skellig best.
I would worry if your cats are eating books ;-)
Gladly the dogs know how important books are to us!
Anita ... the only book thus far to fit my 'for play only' 999 category books I just adored.
ETA oops, I find I've lied. Skellig is on that list too. But I adore Painted Lives more! ... is so darn good. He is an excellent crafter of words. When I come upon such great wordmanship, I am in awe.
#139, Skellig was my favorite book of 2008 and if you haven't read any of David Almond, you might want to give him a try. At times, he gets way out mystical and I want to pull ... Ah, at last it looks like I've found a winner: Painted Lives by Charlotte Vale Allen. Yum.
ETA -- yes Skellig was yummy too, but so short and breezy it didn't seem to count somehow... or at the very least it didn't satisfy the "I wanna' read something good" yearning. Interesting to hear of your reading of David Almond. I have heard that Skellig is a small masterpiece and should not be confined to YL. I haven't read it myself, though.
Great reads, Whisper. The Tim O'Brien book sounds well worthwhile also. Just in case anyone else is trying to locate the book, it's Skellig and yes, it is very well written, Whisper! Bk 12 Skellig by Almond, 142 pp. -- What a strange and wonderful little book. I didn't mean to read this today, but I did. And I'm glad. If I were one who rated books this would get a 4/5, and that only because, if I were a book rater, 5s would be exceedingly difficult to come by. Just to add, the reason the touchstone didn't come up for Skellig is due to a typo. Excellent book--I really do have to look up Almond's other work. Happy 2009!
Your books always create so much temptation for me! Skellig and Secret Heart have been added to my BM wishlist. Linda et al, just in case you weren't aware: Skellig has been made into an opera - rather a nice article in the UK Guardian here
... In the Presence of Elephants - Katy Payne
27) The Wild Wood - Charles de Lint
28) Skellig - David Almond
29) Once Bitten, Twice Shy - Jennifer Rardin
March
30) Book of a Thousand Days - Shannon ... ... via kidzdoc: A Journey Round My Skull
kiwidoc: Up at the Villa (3/2009)
selkiegirl: The Hunger Games
LT Group: Skellig
severn: The Silver Metal Lover (3/2009)
whisper1: My Letter to the world (3/2009)
rachbxl: When I Forgot
rachbxl: Woman at Point Zero
kiwidoc: The Blin ... ... by Patrick Suskind
* Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
* Lost Laysen by Margaret Mitchell
* Eye of Cat by Roger Zelazny
* Skellig by David Almond
June Books:
* The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
* A Dark Traveling (Parallel Worlds) by Roger Zelazny
* Letters to Alice: On Fi ... ... the Story by Maureen McCormick - nonfiction; thanks to alaskabookworm for the recommendation on this one
442. Skellig by David Almond - YA; excellent Please ignore this thread and go here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/58760 I'd like to suggest a book I finished recently by David Almond titled Skellig. ... Stasia
How disappointing, I would think the actually have all the books listed! Good luck searching elsewhere.
I'll see Skellig on your thread when you have read it.
>109 Linda
Well then TT and I should watch the movie ;-) ... available. Makes no sense to me, but there you have it. I am obviously going to have to tap other sources.
As far as Skellig goes, I have that one home already from the library. Now all I need is time to read it!
Edited because I just now noticed that I cannot spell. I am glad you liked Skellig and I love your review! you are welcome Linda :-)
I am glad you enjoyed Skellig, it was one of the best new books I read this year, although I liked Kit's wilderness even more.
But you'll see them listed in my 2008 top 5 YA
Anita Hi Fam
I want to once again thank you for introducing me to young adult books. I finished David Almond's Skellig last night and it is one of the top books I've read this year.
If not for you, I would never have read this genre!
I'm having great fun reading all the YA books you ... I got a stash of second hand books today.
The Bone Doll's Twin by Lynn Flewelling (thanks to the Green Dragon)
Skellig by David Almond (a lovely YA novella)
Neveryona by Samuel R Delany
Eye to Eye by Catherine Jinks
Teach Yourself Romanian
A gwoyeu romatzyh Chinese character ... ... Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long). Michael Berkeley's guest is writer David Almond, whose award-winning children's book Skellig has been made into an opera with music by Tod Machover, and which is being performed later this month at The Sage in Gateshead. David is an opera lover and his ... If you liked Kit's Wilderness you might like Skellig and Heaven eyes two others from David Almond I read this year. ... Fiction)
read this year, recommended
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Fiction)
maybe TBR
SKELLIG by David Almond (Fiction/Religion & Spirituality)
read this year, recommended
SOPHIE'S WORLD by Jostein Gaarder (Fiction)
read (partly) some years back, ... I have 4 books by David Almond, two of them Skellig and Kit's wilderness show up without title in the touchstone-box on the right.
They don't appear on the author page either:
http://www.librarything.nl/author/almonddavid (LT in Dutch)
but when I go to the autor page on LT.com http://www. ... ... een Zilveren Zoen in 2002.
Eerder las ik De wildernis (Zilveren Zoen 2001, dit boek vond ik prachtig) en De schaduw van Skellig (Zilveren Griffel 2000, ook een mooi boek) I am not sure if this a combiners issue or a bug
I have 4 books by David Almond, two of them Skellig and Kit's wilderness show up without title in the touchstone-box on the right.
They don't appear on the author page either:
David Almond ... the Dutch translation of Heaven eyes by David Almond.
This is the third book of Almond I am reading this year, I liked Skellig and Kit's wilderness
... ded)
YA, fiction. A boy struggles with guilt after his father injured an other boy in a car accident.
68. De schaduw van Skellig by David Almond (awarded)
YA, fiction/fantasy, translation of "Skellig"
A boy finds an old, sick man in the old garage of his new home. But is he a man or an ... ... ders
Pride and Prejudice
The Princess Bride (2-3 times)
Rebel Angels (currently reading)
The Ruby in the Smoke
Skellig
Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale
Water for Elephants
A Wizard of Earthsea ... it yet. While these aren't young-adult books, they're much less explicit than other books in the urban fantasy genre.
Skellig may be fun (though its level is more middle-reader than young-adult).
Personally, I loved Michael Lawrence's Withern Rise trilogy:
A Crack in the Line
Small ... ... (4)
5. Sold by Patricia McCormick
Honourable Mentions:
How I live now by Meg Rosoff
The Arrival by Shaun Tan
Skellig by David Almond
**Edited for touchstones.
13. Skellig by David Almond
This book, again an assigned book, was hard to get into. But, then, somewhere, I started dreaming of whirling around with wings and gained the hope of good things to come. I liked this story because, for once it seems, there was a happy ending!! Oh what ... Here are my top 5 for the first half of the year:
1. Life as we knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer (1)
2. Skellig by David Almond (2)
3. Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin (2)
4. Sold by Patricia Mccormick (1)
5. New moon by Stephenie Meyer (1)
Interesting exercise! :) Here are my top 5 of the second quarter, in no particular order:
1. Skellig by David Almond
2. Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
3. Griffin and Sabine trilogy by Nick Bantock (they're short art books so I'll count them as one)
4. Blankets by Craig Thompson
5. Nick and Nora ... ... Rallison
25. That summer by Sarah Dessen
26. Devilish by Maureen Johnson
27. Peeps by Scott Westerfeld
28. Skellig by David Almond
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Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo a previous Children's Laureate in the UK. Private Peaceful is a WWI story.
Skellig by David Almond. A Carnegie Medal winning book.
The Carnegie Medal is the British equivalent to the US Newberry Medal and there seems to be remarkably little ...
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