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Finished Feed this morning. I flew through it a lot faster than I thought I would, which would explain the large quantity of homework I actually have to work on right now. :S I agree, jase, Titus didn't change much. At least, not until it was too late. I kind of hated him for a large portion of ...
Finished Feed and I have to say, it was not what I expected. I really, really disliked Titus for a large portion of the book and the ending was unexpected. I really enjoyed it, though, and flew through it a lot faster than I thought I would.
I'm ready to start A Great and Terrible Beauty ...
Yeah, I've read Feed too. Not sure that Titus, as the protagonist, grows much by the end. Agree violet is definately a strong character.
lean, I loved Feed ! Makes me very scared for the future because it seems plausible. I'm sure my daughter would gladly get her cell phone hard wired to her brain!!!
I started Feed this morning and am about 100 pages into it. It's pretty fantastic so far. The lingo and prose are a little strange at times, but after a few chapters you get used to it. I love the premise (internet in your brain...how creepy!) and Violet is a fantastic character. Definitely ...
Finished The Regulators this morning and started Feed right after that. I'm about 100 pages in and it's good so far. The futuristic lingo is a little difficult and sometimes the prose is a little wonky, but it's an easy read and I like the concept and I really, really like Violet. I imagine I'll ...
... - Ariel Schrag (144)
424. The Borden Tragedy - Rick Geary (80)
425. Tristram Shandy - Laurence Sterne (656)
426. Feed - M. T. Anderson (299)
... After that, I'm not sure what I want to start. I have plenty to work on. I may start A Great and Terrible Beauty or Feed .
... finished very early on Sunday morning 10/18. It was very good, though I didn't enjoy it as much as Florida .
35. Feed by M. T. Anderson. I read a little on Sunday night, then read A LOT of it on my flights home from Massachusetts on Monday, and finished it very late Monday evening. I ...
... woman". :)
I discovered teen books (or YA) books last year. I very much enjoyed The Outsiders, The Book Thief, and Feed . Good
writing!
Then there's Feed , by M.T. Anderson. Great, great book - the premise being that everyone must have the internet surgically implanted into their head at birth in order to be a successful member of society. This book is my personal vision of dystopian hell that hopefully will never come about.
Have to mention Maria Snyder's Study series, with a very strong female character Yelena. Also, Feed by M.T. Anderson.
... rike>
5. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing by M. T. Anderson (I'm really hoping this is good, because I read Feed , also by him, and it was praised by a lot of people...but I didn't like it at all.)
6. Fall of a Kingdom by Hilari Bell
7. The Demon's ...
... really hard... a lot of titles I have been seeing here I would consider J FIC... but my favorite Teen YA book, currently is Feed by M T Anderson
... of course, I loved Child 44.
I am adding the Barnes book to Planet TBR. The Marsden book is already there and I own Feed but have not yet read it.
Last month I heard MT Anderson read the first chapter of Feed to a high school audience - a real treat. I read it last year and agree that it raises a lot of questions - it was definitely a hit with the audience. I'm almost halfway through The Secret Speech and enjoying it so far.
... and I might read the rest of it, but it looks like it's 7 books long and it's not on the top of my TBR list.
Book 96 is Feed by MT Anderson, a book that has been on my TBR list for awhile. I was truly impressed; the narrator is Titus, a teenaged boy living in a scifi dystopia where ...
... say. I'm actually in the middle of Unwind (I guess I should have put that), but I like it so far. And I actually do have Feed at my house to read.
You've been reading some great YA titles, how did you like Unwind? You might like to look at Feed .
... Acceptable Time - I loved all of those as a teenager
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Freeze Frame by Heidi Ayarbe
Feed by M.T. Anderson
Those are the ones I can think of right now! Good luck and please let us know which ones she reads - and likes!
... Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman, a novel set in 12th and 13th century Wales and England, and a very different one, Feed , by M.T. Anderson, a YA dystopian novel.
I'm halfway into the YA book Feed by M.T. Anderson, and enjoying it, which surprises me a bit because, unlike a lot of other people, I am not a fan of his Octavian Nothing books.
I also just started Here Be Dragons by Sarah Kay Penman, a historical novel set in 12th century Wales and ...
I just finished Wake by Lisa McMann, which was quite good, and picked up Feed by M.T. Anderson.
... Genius (Catherine Jinks)
Exiles of the Stars (Andre Norton)
Exiles to Glory (Jerry Pournelle)
Fade (Lisa McMann)
Feed (MT Anderson)
Galactic Derelict (Andre Norton)
Genesis (Bernard Beckett)
The Girl Who Could Fly (Victoria Forester)
Grey Lensmen (Edward E. Doc Smith)
Gro ...
... in comparison with some of Anderson's other works (it seems like it was written by a totally different author than Feed or Thirsty!). Anderson has achieved a brilliant feat, with his narrator, Octavian Nothing, putting the reader in the boy's shoes in a way that is surprising and very ...
... from the Stars (Sylvia Engdahl)
Evil Genius (Catherine Jinks)
Fade (Lisa McMann)
Farenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Feed (MT Anderson)
Genesis (Bernard Beckett)
Grey Lensmen (Edward E. Doc Smith)
Growing up Weightless (John M. Ford)
Have Spacesuit Will Travel (Robert Heinlein) ...
... from the Stars (Sylvia Engdahl)
Evil Genius (Catherine Jinks)
Fade (Lisa McMann)
Farenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Feed (MT Anderson)
Genesis (Bernard Beckett)
Grey Lensmen (Edward E. Doc Smith)
Growing up Weightless (John M. Ford)
Have Spacesuit Will Travel (Robert Heinlein) ...
feed MT Anderson
city of gold and lead John Christopher
High Wizardry diane Duane (sf/fantasy combo, v. well done)
the ear the eye and the arm nancy farmer
jumper steven gould *from all reports butchered by the movie and the follow on novel by gould.
The Delikon and Children of Mor ...
I just read Feed by M.T. Anderson for a lit class and absolutely loved it. Whereas 1984 is more about the government, Feed is about our continued evolution to a consumer-driven society. The world is at a point where everyone has a "feed" implanted into their brains at a very young age, and ...
... (they just weren't as good as they are now, and I wasn't being exposed to them).
My favorite Young Adult book now is Feed , which I read last fall for a YA Lit class (I also gave a booktalk on it). It is very fun to read passages from it out loud.
... about Chapel Hill)
3. The Runner Cynthia Voigt - follow on story to the Tillerman saga - race, sport, HS, family.
4. Feed MT Anderson. V. good SF, lots of ideas in re technology and privacy and tinkering w/ human biology.
5. The Grounding of Group Six Julian Thompson - would parents RE ...
... of reading other YA books only to find them exceedingly readable and well written. Two of those I enjoyed the most were Feed by M.T. Anderson and The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton.
Two things I especially liked about The Book Thief were that it got the message of the Holocaust ...
... just found your thread and had a quick browse (thought you wrote great reviews of Never Let Me Go (which I have read) and Feed (which I haven't) incidently).
Shall be back to read more when it's not a Friday evening, but just had a quick question - I know how to link a page, but how is it ...
... that Octavian Nothing is better. The premise does sound good, but I've been reluctant to read it because the premise of Feed sounded good too. I'm still not going to rush out and buy it, but I'll consider it if I see it at a used book store.
I didn't like Feed very much, either. I haven't read The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing yet, but I loved The Game of Sunken Places and Thirsty, so think Feed might be the exception to the rule, for me at least.
Same for me with Feed - a hyped book that delivered nothing for me - the concept really appealed and I especially loved the first sentence in the book but that was about it. Do try his non-scifi The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing - it is completely different and quite absorbing.
I liked and agree with your review on Feed - I did not like it either
... out from the library, but now I'm worried about reading it because I don't like depressing stories, either! (I did like Feed , though/)
Thank you! I am so glad to see someone else who didn't like Feed . A strong message is not enough to make a good book.
22. Feed , by M. T. Anderson
... in the next few years.
Unfortunately I've already read two more books since I last posted-- Never Let Me Go and Feed , whose reviews I'll have up soon -- but the good news is that I've just started The Hour I First Believed, which is a 700+-page novel which will surely keep me ...
... than any other media i'd think, on doing your thinking for you. I'd say a kid reading number the stars ** or feed I had seen castles is more likely to think through to implications of what they've read than an adult watching the West Wing is to reevaluate his/her ...
Hi all, I'm new to the group and quietly adding my own little list to the bunch. I have never successfully kept track of how many books I've read throughout the year, so I don't really know how many to shoot for. But 75 seems as good a starting point as any!
Here are the books I've read so far. I ...
>7; I am so glad, because Feed just didn't interest me at all...it was an interesting concept, but I really didn't care about the characters. And then I read Thirsty as well, and I was again disappointed.
... 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 go out, but I'm not sure where ...
... local burger joint that her fling works at. What’s the best way to destroy a place? From the inside. Anderson also did Feed , but I was surprisingly let down by it (and it involved vampires, anyways)
The Book of Lost Things After his mother dies, a boy hides in a tree and wanders into a ...
... rike>
5. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing by M. T. Anderson (I'm really hoping this is good, because I read Feed , also by him, and it was praised by a lot of people...but I didn't like it at all.)
6. Fall of a Kingdom by Hilari Bell
7. The Demon's ...
... things (and one girl). Same with Midnighters by Scott Westerfeld (though some of the main characters are girls).
Feed by M.T. Anderson is a sci-fi futuristic thing that I thought was quite good, and the main character's a boy.
(Er, I don't understand your problem with female ...
... in May, so we are all diligently reading his books. Mal Peet is coming too but I've read all his books already.
I read Feed a couple of months ago - it's good too, the future doesn't look too rosy when you think where advertising is going to take us!
Regarding Graceling - it's true I was ...
... been raving about both books though that I am resolved to try again, later, after I work on my current pile. (I have read Feed and thought it was great. I was thinking about the constant net connection after I got my iPhone this Christmas.)
I just put Crossing to Paradise on hold--looks ...
... to the extent that this is a category that I'll no longer exclude from my reading. Two books I found especially good were Feed by M.T. Anderson and The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.
... Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow (you have to be a certain breed of weird Disney-phile to love it)
8. Feed by M. T. Anderson (trust me -- a painful kind of "wow!")
9. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (yes, I do consider this sf, even though Atwood never would)
10. ...
... of 2008:
The Last Dragon by Silvana de Mari
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
Feed by M.T. Anderson
The Shadow Thieves by Anne Ursu
I'm looking forward to more great YA reads in 2009.
...
Charlie Bone and the Hidden King
The Time Paradox - I love Artemis Fowl (but I was sad to see a change in narrators)
Feed
The Circular Staircase
My Newberry project - I'm trying to read them all - eventually. I hadn't realized I had read so many this month. They are mostly short. My ...
... challenge.
I'd recommend that you try a book by Marcus Zusak (either The Book Thief or I Am the Messenger) or Feed by M.T. Anderson. All three are very good young adult fiction that I read this past year.
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (2008)
Feed by M.T. Anderson (2004)
the after life by Daniel Ehrenhaft (2006)
Holes by Louis Sachar (2003)
and I'm almost done with the Death Note manga series
... by Joann Sfar
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Feed by MT Anderson
Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
The Professor's Daughter is a graphic novel, The Time Traveler's Wife ...
#108 beserene: Regrets? Life is too short for them - go read another book instead, lol.
Feed is already on Continent TBR but it sounds like I need to bump it up to the top!
... victoriana and do like a lot of steampunk, I probably won’t revisit this anthology as a whole any time soon.
#63: Feed by M.T. Anderson
Wow. I mean, wow. This is an extraordinary novel. It's Y.A. but definitely not for the really young ones, as it takes a very dark look at where our ...
I've just finished a book called Feed by M.T. Anderson that I think I may assign for my community college short story and novel class next semester. It's an extraordinary example of how far the novel has come and a disturbing picture of where our society may go -- I kind of sat for a few minutes ...
... that are of like quality include (in no particular order):
Peter Dickinson - merlin dreams
MT Anderson - feed
Isobelle Comody obernewtyn chronicles
Alan Garner The Stone Quartet
Margaret Mahy the Catalogue of the Universe or Memory
Robin McKinley,
Garth Nix Sabrie ...
... lots of YA books that I've been meaning to read for ages and don't have room for on the 999 challenge. Currently reading Feed .
... (provided it deigns to make an appearance).
96. The Case of the Linoleum Lederhosen by M. T. Anderson.
97. Feed by M. T. Anderson. Highly recommended.
98. Paper Towns by John Green. Not as good as the last two; but the repetitive themes in this book (how often ...
... The second installment of Anderson's 8-12YO Amazing Adventures series. Very tongue in cheek and funny.
97. Feed by M. T. Anderson. A brilliant book. Anderson continues to amaze me with his creative, alternate-reality thinking, and diversity between books. About the only ...
... by Margaret Peterson Haddix
3. The Secret Under My Skin by Janet McNaughton
4. Pretties by Scott Westerfield
5. Feed by M.T Anderson
6. The Declaration by Gemma Mallory
7. How I live now by Meg Rosoff
... and Norah's Infinite Playlist earlier this month. I also read the whole Twilight series.
I'm currently re-reading Feed for my YA lit class, I'll be giving my presentation next week on examples of lessons I'd teach from it.
... GUST
163. The Arrival, Shaun Tan
164. Scion of Cyador, L.E. Modesitt (reread)
165. Tiare, Celestine Vaite
166. Feed , M.T. Anderson
I loved Feed .
I'm taking The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Search for a Perfect Meal in a Fast-food World from your library, reading_fox!
Feed sounds like lots of fun from SqueakyChu's library.
...
Looking for Alaska by LibraryThing author John Green
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
but my favorite was...
Feed by M.T. Anderson
I'd recommend all of these for teen readers.
... good enough for Heinlein, it's good enough for me. And, certainly, one of the best SF books I read recently was a YA one - Feed by M. T. Anderson.
Hmm. I should probably go and actually read the Io9 pages now to see if I've just made a tit of myself or not.
... in Time and Have Spacesuit Will Travel were my only two must reads that no one has mentioned yet.
The others being Feed , Something Wicked This Way Comes His Dark Materials and Time for the Stars
Feed MT Anderson
Phillip Reeves The Hungry Cities Chronicles
Peter Dickinson Eva
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm Nancy Farmer (younger end)
S. Gould Jumper - nothing to do w/ the movie except the name....
Garth Nix Shade's Children
Pullman His Dark Materials
Sleator Singularity ...
Oh damn, I forgot Feed by M.T. Anderson
I finished Feed and started Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians. I liked Feed , but I felt Anderson was a little heavy handed with his point by the end. Maybe that's just how he writes.
Alcatraz looks, so far to be an enjoyable book. Although it's weird to think that the writer of this book ...
... things looked bad things would end up ok. I'd definitely recommend it, Lefty.
Up next is another M.T. Anderson book, Feed .
... from the library meaning I have no shortage of reading material. My List now includes the following:
The Wednesday Wars
Feed
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson
Neuromancer
Epic by Conor Kostick
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
The Looking Glass Wars
The Ab ...
... is as follows:
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation. 1 The Pox Party
The Wednesday Wars
Feed
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
Neuromancer
Epic (won't touchstone) by Conor Kostick
I've finished the movies so thee nothing distracting me from the ...
... my efforts. The first was at the insistence of my aunt, a reference librarian who is head of a young adult dept.
#4 Feed , by M.T. Anderson
Feed takes place in a not-so-distant and not-so-unfeasible future, where consusmerism has reached ridiculous heights. In this future, every child ...
... as I was busy doing other things, but both of the top two were young adults books!
The Outsiders – S.E. Hinton
Feed – M.T. Anderson
Not quite as good, but worthwhile reads were
French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating For Pleasure – Mireille Guilliano
A ...
... lead character from the first book now has gotten old. Time for me to move on to something new.
Rating - 2 stars
18. Feed – M.T. Anderson
Wow! I really like this story. Recently, I've been enjoying young adult books much more than adult material. This author expresses some ...
... Library of Congress website.
ETA: I just popped back into that site and watched the podcast of M.T. Anderson whose book Feed I'm reading right now. I'd never heard of M.T. Anderson last September when I was actually at the National Book festival!
... every suggestion made so far in this forum, but there are a couple more I would add:
Story of a Girl by Sarah Zarr
Feed by M.T. Anderson
Copper Sun by Sharon Draper
As well as a couple of graphic novels that I think are really good and have appeal across age levels:
Pride of Ba ...
Moving ahead in Young Adult literature (I just finished The Outsiders), I decided to now read Feed by M.T. Anderson.
... very own Fuzzy, settled on a cat instead (who looks a lot like yours by the way!).
And last but not least, I already had Feed on my wish list. Maybe our book tastes were separated at birth? ^^
Have you ever read Children of the dust? It's a post-apocalyptic YA book, reminded me of your ...
... novels, I especially love YA dystopias. Any recommendations?
I'll add The Giver, Uglies, Life as We Knew it and Feed to the list of great YA dystopian novels. Others?
... 1: The Pox Party. I have read other M. T. Anderson books and liked them and the reviews of the recorded version of Feed were positive, so I expected this book to just as good. A well read reader friend of mine highly recommonded it saying it was a powerful book. So it is with some ...
38. *Feed by MT Anderson (320)
Excellent book. Absolutely not what I expected.
39. The Princess Bride by William Goldman (283)
I always forget how much less stupid book-Buttercup is than movie-Buttercup. Also, this is one of the few instances where I love both the book and the ...
...
A Child Called It
Cheaper by the Dozen
Chronicles of Narnia
copper sun
east
Ella Enchanted
Elsewhere
Feed
Fried Green Tomatoes
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Maximum Ride (both of them on this list)
New Moon
The Notebook
Pretties
The Princess Bride
...
... of Narnia (as a child)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Ella Enchanted
Fahrenheit 451
Feed
Flowers for Algernon
Gathering Blue
The Giver (as a child)
A Great and Terrible Beauty
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hobbit
I Am the Mess ...
I did not buy Feed by M.T. Anderson although it is an excellent book and I'm glad I read it, even though I found the ending upsetting. I also did not buy Thirsty (same author) and am not going to buy it, although I'll probably start reading it the next time I go to the bookstore.
I didn't ...
... / 33000 pages. 34% done!
I read most of Feed by M.T. Anderson at B&N today, but I had to leave before I was done. I'll finish it next week.
I guess next up is Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson.
... than any other. They do need help understanding some of the ideas, but it promotes some great discussions.
I thought Feed was excellent - more suited to older kids than I'm teaching though. I liked Thirsty and Burger Wuss too.
Georgia Nicolson is very popular with the girls in ...
... but I did read New Moon. I was not impressed. So I suspect that you would not be alone about Twilight. I enjoyed Feed (love, etc. would be going too far). Thirsty I found a big disappointment.
#159 You didn't think Feed was engaging? Gasp!
... was thought provoking
I haven't read Octavian Nothing, but I think this is a large part of the problem I had with Feed : having a thought-provoking idea is not enough to make a good book. The writing has to be engaging too.
... even though I love his blog.
M. T. Anderson, on the other hand, is like one of my favorite authors. I love love LOVE Feed . Octavian Nothing was also brilliantly written. Definitely not incredibly exciting, but it was thought provoking, and I thought it deserved the NBA.
15. Feed by M.T Anderson
This was a book I had gotten on CD to listen to. I had gotten to about the second to last CD when I had to return it to the library so I was unable to finish it.
I decided to pick up the printed edition and found the writing to very jerky at some points. I was ...
# 127&128
I said this about Octavian Nothing, and I'll say it about Feed --it is a wonderful audio book! I didn't enjoy Feed even when my husband, who is a terrific reader, read it aloud to us. But that audio version (think it's Listening Library) was superb!
Feed by M.T Anderson is also a great edgy read although it tends to be a bit jerky at some points and the cursing can get bad at points.
I don't see how Feed and Uglies are alike at all, other than being set in the future.
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March
13. Little Lady, Big Apple by Hester browne
14. Pretties by Scott Westerfield
15. Feed by M.T Anderson
16. The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig
17.Kabul Beauty School by Deborah Rodriguez
18. Boy Proof by Cecil Cas ...
... as young adult (i just love to break my own rules!)
in no particular order my top ten young adult books for adults...
feed by m.t. anderson
the phantom tollbooth by norton juster
speak by laurie halse anderson
maus by art spiegelman
ender's game by orson scott card
l ...
... Gravity to see if anyone has reprinted it.
Cliff's suggestions are pretty good for the better readers of 6th graders. Feed may not be appropriate for a 6th grade list because of the language (I'd have to look at it again, though). The Westerfeld trilogy Uglies, Pretties, and Specials ...
... Adult SF, including THE HOUSE OF THE SCORPION and THE EAR, THE EYE AND THE ARM and let me also cite M.T. Anderson's FEED and the works of Scott Westerfeld as possibilities...
... Droughtlanders
Bloody Jack
Curse of the Blue Tattoo
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Nickel and Dimed
Feed
Courtesan
The Hollow Kingdom
The Prestige
Stardust
Twilight
Close Kin
Schooled
Ella Enchanted
Mere Christianity
The Wealthy Barber
The G ...
... the Darren Shan(sp?) stuff, also The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron, Jack Gantos. For the older kids, Feed by M.T. Anderson is great, also Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie.
how about
"feed " by m.t. anderson
"it can't happen here" by sinclair lewis
"brave new world" by aldous huxley
"1984" by george orwell
and i have to second...third...or whatever "the road" by cormac mccarthy it was mind and life altering...
Oh, the mention of Octavian Nothing reminds me that Feed is now right up there among my most hated books. Very painful to read.
... provide an example of a book that "doesn't discuss relevant issues to their lives"? A few of the books you listed, like Feed , don't look like the kind of stuff any teen I know would be interested in.
THANK YOU for not choosing Catcher in the Rye. I know teens are "supposed to" like it, ...
... LT recommendation.
That's it so far
Edited to add a stop at Half Price Books resulted in
Middlesex
Stargirl
Feed
Pastwatch and
Heartsick
landing on my shelf as well. This is pathetic, and I am definitely an addict.
... For those of you who have read it more recently was there any mention of giving or charity or something of the sort in Feed ?
... Hiaasen and Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech. I would love to know what you thought of any of the above.
I did see Feed in the library. I may have to pick that up too.
... though if that had been included, the author's point wouldn't have been so starkly clear.
Like The Giver, I see Feed as a dystopia, and I feel that in utopic/dystopic literature, like allegory, the story always takes a back seat to the message. That's not to say that they're not ...
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Title: Feed
Author: M.T. Anderson
Notes: Mixed bag for me. I really liked the concept and the way the story was told. It makes logging onto the internet feel strange. At least I don't "text" yet. I laughed at the way the author described how communication breaks down in the future. It ...
... the results!
I do love reading others' opinions! Thirsty was the first vampire book I read and I liked the concept of Feed .
My vote for give this author a second chance: Eion Colfer andSupernaturalist
59. Feed by M.T. Anderson
I'm always intrigued by dystopian literature and the society in this novel is frighteningly possible. How easily today's online technology could turn into this society's implanted technology! However, while I found the society intriguing I wasn't terribly fond of ...
... personality--I hated Calista, but liked Qwendy.
Has anyone else read other books by Anderson? I have to say that after Feed , I'd be very reluctant to try another one.
... for Alaska, So Yesterday, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Feed , First Part Last, Stuck in Neutral, one that we haven't done yet (but I hope to this year or next)--An Abundance of Katherines...because we are trying to get ...
...
So far this month I've read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Nickel and Dimed, and, for the Read YA Lit discussion, Feed . I also had a lot of issues with the Harry Potter but was satisfied in the end.
... bureaucracies dedicated to their detection. No way would this book's scenario be possible. I think M.T. Anderson's Feed a minor classic.
Yesterday, I finished The Game of Sunken Places and today I finished Feed . In The Game of Sunken Places, I noticed the odd reference to a Bible verse about a fool returning to his vomit. And in Feed , I noticed the reference to the rich and the eye of a needle. I have not thought this ...
... but The Game of Sunken Places is like what I remember about those blurbs. Right now I am reading M.T. Anderson's Feed . So far it is a little like Gossip Girl meets the Jetsons meets 1984.
... other day my tbr pile is full of YA. Here's what's next for me:
The Messenger, Gossamer (I'm on a Lois Lowry kick!), Feed , Pure Dead Wicked, King of the Middle March and Rebel Angels
... mention Octavian Nothing. I read that for a class earlier this year, and absolutely hated it! I actually think that Feed is a much better book. The writing -- almost a dialect, as some have mentioned -- is very well done, and I think that the author manages to get his point across (conce ...
... t.
Right now, I just finished Tithe: a modern faerie tale and Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet, and am started on Time Cat. Feed is on my list, hopefully in time to join the discussion, and I'm also looking forward to I Am Rembrandt's Daughter.
... hlist!
The Glass Castle
Bridge to Terabithia
The Giver
Holes
Looking For Alaska
Speak
Cut
Monster
Feed
Lord of the Flies
Twilight
New Moon
Peeps
I Am The Messenger
I'll get around to them all, eventually!
... seem somewhat less advanced... It's still a great read.
On a completely separate note I really disliked the review of Feed on amazon.com that concluded by saying "Although there is a danger that at first teens may see the idea of brain-computers as cool, ultimately they will recognize this ...
I placed a "hold request" at my local library the day the message was posted about reading Feed . I still don't have the book! As soon as it comes in, I'll read it and post.
... and the internet we were turning ourselves into a society that never has to leave our homes, or interact. Even though in Feed they have the capabilities to have everything delivered to them, they are still interacting.
However, what do you think about the underlying theme of the decline ...
... of this week I got four books in the mail and I just finished the last one, and I read them in this order: Blue Bloods, Feed , The Earth, My Butt, & other BIG Round Things, and finally the perks of being a wallflower.
I plan to read A Separate Peace and The Chocolate War in the ...
This month's discussion features Feed by M.T. Anderson. What are your first impressions of this book?
33. The Sleeper Code by Tom Sniegosky
34. Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
35. Feed by M. T. Anderson
36. Mistik Lake by Martha Brooks
37. The Boyfriend List by E. Lockhart
38. Green Angel by Alice Hoffman
39. Bloodletting and other miraculous cures by Vincent Lam
...
August Discussion: Feed by M.T. Anderson
Discussion will begin on August 1, 2007
The results are in...
Feed by M.T. Anderson won! We will begin discussion on August 1st. Sorry about the delay in the announcement, I have been busy reading for class and spending time on that Wiki.
Check out the results for yourself @
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I just voted for Feed , The Goose Girl, and Gossip Girl, I realized I was running out of time on this poll!
Edited to fix touchstone...
I finally voted, for Feed , Gossip Girl, and The Hollow Kingdom. I didn't vote for Nobody's Princess because I realized it was only out in hardcover, but I'd consider it again when it comes out in paperback. And even though it looks like Feed is going to win, I'm still hoping we'll discuss Goss ...
#6 Thanks! I voted for Burger Wuss, Feed , and Everlost.
I voted the same as TaleofLostInk: Feed , Everlost and The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray.
I'm currently reading Feed by M.T. Anderson, and next on the list is either Mistik Lake by Martha Brooks (no touchstone), The Boyfriend List or I Capture the Castle.
You're right about the title, SheReads: I'd tell you I love you but then I'd have to kill you is exactly it! It's in my TB ...
... in a hurry when I first posted. I can't seem to get the link for Nobody's Princess to work.
Burger Wuss
Gossip Girl
Feed
The Goose Girl
The Hollow Kingdom
Everlost
The Canning Season
Nancy Drew and the secret of the old clock
The haunting of the Alaizabel Cray
Nobody's ...
... a suggestion if they want it to be on the voting list. It looks like that was basically what happened this time with Feed , Gossip Girl, and The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray.
I also think it's good generally to put the second-place book from the previous month on the list, especially ...
I voted for...
Burger Wuss
Gossip Girl
Feed
Perhaps Boy Proof?
Also, I second The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray and third Feed . :)
I'd like to read Feed or Goose Girl.
I can always think of a few books....
Feed by M.T. Anderson--haven't read it, but the suggestion of Burger Wuss reminded me that I'd like to
Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar--haven't read it, and I know it's not supposed to be great literature, but I think it's really important ...
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
The Futurological Cngress by Stanislaw Lem
Feed by M.T. Anderson
... look at. I haven't been around YA in awhile, but was recently at the Los Angeles Times Book Festival and saw the author of Feed and he was amazing.
... names I can think of off the top of my head...
-Viola from Twelfth Night
-Vivian from Blood and Chocolate
-Violet from Feed (lots of 'V' names here)
-Susannah from The Dark Tower
-Mariel from Mariel of Redwall (she's a mouse, but she's an awesome kick-butt mouse!)
Oh, and Coraline ...
I just finished Feed by M.T. Anderson and I have started re-reading Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer.
I just finished Tantalize and Tithe. I've just started Kiki Strike. I'll be reading Feed and Remote Control (I can't find the touchstone but it's bt Jack Heath) soon.
... like this novel. I love Hautman's sarcaism and thoughts on what may happen in the future. It kind of reminds me of Feed by M.T. Anderson.
... to take up more of the narrative than it did. I quite loved this book.
As for what I'm reading right now, I'm re-reading Feed . Or rather, I'm listening to it. It's one of my favorites.
... Series--both futuristic...also The Giver might be a suggestion. Ok I know this might be an even bigger stretch...Feed by M.T. Anderson.
... Farmer's The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm and House of the Scorpion are also thought provoking. M.T. Anderson's Feed will open up discussion on marketing and technology. If he's closer to the 6th grade side go with The Giver.
Historical fiction was (and still is) a big component ...
... Life of Octavian Nothing by M. T. Anderson. It's pretty incredible so far. I heard really good things about Feed but never got around to reading it.
... I have found that sometimes a book that I have tried reading and haven't really gotten into is so much better on audio ie. Feed by M.T. Anderson.
Another recommendation is to stick to Unabridged recordings because then they are just like the books!
A few of my favorites include My Sis ...
See, I came at M.T. Anderson's work in the opposite direction: I read Thirsty first, then Feed , and most recently The Game of Sunken Places.
Thirsty, I think, definitely appeals to readers who like their vampire novels with a twist. As far as darkness goes, hey, it's a vampire novel. ...
Really? I loved Thirsty. I thought it was hip, funny, and different. Then again, I'm a huge fan of M.T. Anderson. Feed is interesting, and The Game of Sunken Places rocks, although it's aimed at a slightly younger crowd.
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