Book Bag: Friendswood Youth Services Blog

As I suspected, this was a close race. But Fantasy edged out ahead of Science Fiction with 56% of the votes.  Here are the rest of the numbers and this week's book winners! Fantasy: Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud: 5%            The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima: 18% Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman: 21%      Graceling by Kristin Cashore56% Science Fiction: Across the Universe by Beth Revis 23%                      Cinder by Marissa Meyer 35% Planesrunner by Ian McDonald: 15%                          Stuck on Earth by David Klass: 28%          Thanks for voting, and stay tuned to for next week's contenders Horror and Paranormal! DFTBA, Sti

So, as excruciating as it is to sit in a car for 12 hours with 4 other people as you drive to Florida, there is one positive thing about all that down-time, and that is reading! On the way there I slept or drove and it was too dark to read (though I did listen to some of Gregor and the Prophecy of the Bane), but on the way back I read the most wonderful book: First of all, isn't the cover gorgeous? My sister didn't think so, but I do. Here's the summary of the book from amazon.com: Graceling takes readers inside the world of Katsa, a warrior-girl in her late teens with one blue eye and one green eye. This gives her haunting beauty, but also marks her as a Graceling. Gracelings are beings with special talents—swimming, storytelling, dancing. Katsa's Grace is considered more useful: her ability to fight (and kill, if she wanted to) is unequaled in the seven kingdoms. Forced to act as a henchman for a manipulative king, Katsa channels her guilt by forming a secret council...