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Happy last days of 2008!

As all the other blogs have been saying, 2008 really has been quite a year, but we made it through Hurricanes and all. :) I hope you're all having a great holiday, just know that I'm terribly bored and lonely without you!

Christmas has come and gone but I definitely still have the holiday spirit in my heart and I'm excited about ringing in the New Year tomorrow! Does anyone have special plans? Tell me about them and a super cool Christmas Pez Dispenser could be your prize!

As the New Year draws to a close, I wanted to make a list of my favorite books that came out this year, this will be hard since I can't really think of anything I've disliked so far... :)

City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare (sequel to City of Bones and the third City of Glass is out in March!)
Paper Towns by John Green
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
and
Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson

There are many other books I've read this year that I would also count, but these are the ones that were published in 2008.

Now I want to hear what your favorite books of this past year were! Let me know in the comments, I'll be featuring your lists here as the New Year starts to roll out

Cheers!
Sti

Comments

Anonymous said…
Hi! For my New Year's, one of my friends who's b-day is in early Jan, she's having a new Year's/B-day party! Yea! we had a lot of fun and stayed up till 4:00! (about that time. Maybe later for some, earlier for otheres) My favorite book: Artemis Fowl:The Time Paradox. Do you remember the poster I made, Sti? I love this book, but before you read it, you have to read the other books in the series first. I don't know what other books came out last year (I originally put this instead of last, and I have to keep reminding myself it's 2009!) that I liked, but Inkheart,Inkspell,and Inkdeath(which I haven't read yet because I still have it on hold!) are awesome, but mabye only Inkdeath came out this year but I don't know. Sooo... do I get the super cool Christmas Pez Dispenser?
Does it come w/ Pez? Thank you! (if I get it.)Well, I'm signing of before I write a novel!Bye!
-Julie
Anonymous said…
P.S. to my above comment:
I saw this quote today:"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." I thought was awesome and a good idea.Good-bye again!
-Julie
Christina Hicks said…
Yay Julie! You totally made my day with your comments, thanks! And yes you do get pez with your dispenser! What kind of person would I be if you didn't? Come see me today or tomorrow to collect!

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