More NBA Books

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While I was reading for the National Book Awards, I came across a number of books that I thought were really fantastic, but which for whatever reason didn’t wind up among the five nominees. I’ve been wanting to share them with you, but it wasn’t cool to do so while being a judge. But now that the awards are all awarded, I’m allowed to say my piece.

Note that these books are personal faves, and don’t reflect in any way the deliberations of the judges. They’re just great books that I want to blog about. So without further ado, let me recommend . . .

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Robot Dreams is a graphic novel by Sara Varon. Although it’s basically wordless, it tells one of the most moving stories about friendship I’ve ever read. It’s about keeping and losing friends, and how change can be both melancholy and joyful. Although it looks like a kid’s picture book, it’s really for anyone.

The art in Robot Dreams is fantastic, in the sense of taking you to another world. The book is that rare mix of funny and mysterious, soulful and effervescent. You should definitely give it a read.

In other news, Uglies has been nominated for Amazon’s Best Books for Teens of 2007. It’s a list of customer favorites, and includes Stephenie Meyer, Rick Riordan, and Al Gore! That’s not bad company.

Go vote for your favorites right here.

276 thoughts on “More NBA Books”

  2. I love graphic novels like these (Goodbye Chunky Rice and Asian Born American are some other good ones!).

    And congrats as always on your new nomination.

  3. I know that this has absolutely nothing to do with the current blog but i’m currently reading Extras i bought it two days after it came out but just got a chance to read it. After reading Pride and Prejudice its sooo refreshing to read a book that i can’t put down…literally i was having an internal struggle during pre cal to read or not to read i ended up reading but looking like i was taking notes. I loooooove it its perfect every bit of it i haven’t experience a dull part yet and Frizz thank you for bringing up another character like Zane old loves die hard you know. Well thank you thank you thank you.

  8. I’ll have to add that to my list of books to read. And now I need to go vote on Amazon…

    I’m sorry, Serafina. I don’t have my spell checker. No way to spell check ‘recommend’…

  9. I voted Extras, yaay! Are there anymore suggestions for reading? My book searches are going slowly right now.
    <3

  13. I had to get my braces tightened today. They hurt REALLY bad! I have to have soup for dinner. I don’t mind soup, but we were going to have tacos. Darn braces!

  17. Hey Serafina Zane,
    is Serafina your real name, or just your blog name? Just curious, b/c I was doing a project recently and I spent hours trying to find the right name and I finally settled on “Serafina”… just wondering.

  19. Oooh, I think I’ll have to buy “Robot Dreams” if only for the fact that she puts in Hayao Miyazaki’s film in the first few pages.

    Thanks Scott!

  21. I have never read thoes books — but I really don’t want to — EVERYBODY reads them

    I don’t like it when EVERYBODY is reading what I am reading at my school — I don’t feel like I am in the book if I am constantly seeing everybody reading it.

    weird like that — I know

  22. ooooo…. robot dreams… looks fun!! i’d luv to vote for extras but max ride 3 was really good 2…. ugh!! im so divied!! hmmm… i guess i’ll vote for extras cuz scott is way cooler than james patterson b/c he blogs and writes fun notes in my books. and he judges book award things. AND he goes on tours that exhaust him. i dont see james patterson doing that… but max ride 3 is soooooo good. o well. im still going for extras! (but if any of you haven’t read the maximum ride books, u no, their really good.)

  23. i dunno laura-la. i usually try not to flow with the crowd (has ANYONE ever heard of relient k?? yes my point exactly). but im in the middle of twilight and well… i gotta say i think its really good. (*flinches* dont hit me serafina/bre-la)(jk)

  24. ok i voted for exrtas. oh, poor saving the word & other extreme sports is only 2%. 🙁 it deserves to be higher. but extras it right up there!! GO SCOTT-LA!

  25. well everyone loves crack the first time they try it.

    woo! Bre-la! twilight hating kindred spirits! and defy that crowd, Laura-la! any time any of my friends start talking about twilight i launch into my ten reasons why tithe is better than twilight. and when they try to argue with me i just ask why they haven’t read The Haunting of Alazibel Cray yet, and that i therefore better qualified than them. egotistical maybe, but my friends can get reaaaally annoying.

    no, Serafina Zane is not my real name. wish it was though…
    actually, it’s the name of one of my characters in a story i’m writing. if any of you in the future ever see a book in a bookstore where the main character’s name is Serafina Zane, all go buy it and read it, because that would mean i wrote it and got published.

  27. Serafina Zane,
    that’s really funny, because I’m writing a book and the main character’s name is Serafina Slayden… I chose it because Serafina is the girl version of Seraph, which is the highest rank of angels… I thought it was pretty.

  30. Serafina Zane is an awesome name. buy the way you seem really happy today. Noth thats thats a bad thing! Im writing a story about a girl named Myra. I haven’t really said a last name but i think ill go with Field. Myra Field.
    So twilight isnt good? If it isnt im skipping it on my reading list.

  31. Im getting a really bad head ache from my braces. OWWW, the pain! O and tonight is the last episode of……The Bachelor! Who will he pick! YEAH!

  32. One of my friends has read twilight she said the plot sucked but as far as the acutual writing and discriptive part is was good. I still dont think i’m going to read it.

  33. I got my braces off!! but now i have a retainer and fri. i droped in a trash can at school and didnt figure it out til after school and my mom made my dig though the trash.

  34. I think Twilight is a good series… there are some parts that I wish Stephenie Meyer hadn’t included, but overall it’s a good story and is well-written.

  35. Are you new to the site Matti-wa?
    I don’t think im going to read Twilight, it sounds like there were a lot of thing s people didn’t like about ti so i guessing it want that good. But after i finish the last days i have a feeling i will soon, i will read elsewhere, and yes its the one about the dead girl but i sounds really good. i live Gabrielle Zevins books, shes really good but i LOVED the memoirs of a teenage amnesiac. Execllent book, she is really good, with he whole romance thing, i am a big person for romance!!!!

  36. I’m writing a story with a girl named Laurel…and a guy named Shan, and another girl named Lea (Lee-uh, not lee. Get it right.) But it rly sux and iahven’t had time for it since this summer so…ya.

    My mews is still killing me. But it’s a long story that I don’t have time for right now. oh, w/e

    ok…so, last night, it was like 11:00 and I was almost alseep then my mom came into my room to unl=plug the nightlight (cause I’m kinda photophobic like that and she’s nice enough to turn it off after my sis goes to sleep cause she needs the light but I don’t.) And I ask her, sounding really drunk, seriously, “What time was I born?” and she tells me – 1:00am (and this is my time zone, btw – not Oklahoma). and I get all disappointed. BUT – i was really tired so I didn’t realize that I WAS BORN DURING DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME!!!!!!! So I would be Midnighter!! OMG isn’t that just fawesome???

  38. Thats is totally fool.
    I wan to be a peep, there are awesome. Acculy i would want to… no i want to be a peep! Although it is transmitted……

  39. I can personally say, if the so called “Twilight: The Movie” ever makes it to theaters, it’s one I won’t see.

    I heard there’s gonna be an Uglies movie. Anyone know?

  44. lol rly? Westerfield? I didn’t notice. My mom says it that way and I’m like “ok mom it’s feld, not field.”

    39%? fawesome!! but I’m sure it can go higher than that…I wonder how many people have actually voted. 20? 30?

  45. OMG IT ROCKS TO BE YOU, ALLIE-WA!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU’RE A MIDNIGHTER!!!!!!!! THAT IS THE BEST THING EVER!!!!!!!!!!!

    and i’m always happy when i get my braces off or miss school.

    serafina zane is the best name ever. none of you steal it. but yeah, i was using it for the angel thing too.

    go extras!!!
    i’d advise skipping twilight. bella swan = least realistic teenager EVER. and it’s not extrordinarily well-written. not bad, but she uses wierd words i wouldn’t put in 18 year old girl first person narration.
    the twilight movie’s actually pretty far along, they started casting and stuff. i bet they make it.

  50. and because i’m bored….i’m writing a story serafina zane and jon. and lee. and sam. and david. and sunday. and another story about amie and zach and emma and sean and pike and jacob and kitty and harker and ren and drake and isaac and kurt. and another story about val and seth and carter and shadow and jonah and ruse and dorian and the pharoah and phoenix and pandora and jez and shiva and tie and carrie and sterling and debbie. and another story about maya and hawk and tawny and ally and ares and hermes and bella and styx and pix. and another story about hyper and spinal and toby. and another story about dice and zee and misty and rocco.

    i write too much. too many characters. crazy i can even still keep track of them, cuz that’s far from all of them. just some of the major ones.

  52. i was just wondering is there going to be another book in the uglies triology? i love it! i finshed extras already and i just wanted to know. I live in Ny also 😀 i might go to the october 27th thingy to see you.

  53. Has anyone heard of Mates of State —

    Good alternative band – It is a Wife and Husband making the music (how cute)
    Wife- Keybord
    Husband- Drums

    Some of their songs have a bass player — I don’t know who is doing that.

  58. You know why? Because we’re amazing fans.

    Eclipse is apparently really bad, compared to the percentages…. 😛

  61. OMG! How many stories are you writeing Serafina Zane?
    Im going to post what my story is about. Tell meif you think it sounds good.

  63. GO RICK RIODEN! Sorry, but he’s the only author I like that EVER comes to Houston -Glares in direction of Scott- XD.
    And besides. I got one of his fawesome ‘Hunters of Artiemis’ shirts at his book signing in May! I’m still debating whether or not to get a Midnighters shirt, to make my own Metalurge one, or to get an Uglies one. I bet I’ll get three Uglies ones and probably a KIKI STRIKE one!
    Speaking of Fan-Stuff. I’m thinking of making some fanfics mehself. But now that the comp with Extras is done, I’m not exactly sure which book I’ll do mine on. Or even if i’ll do one.
    And Eclipse DID NOT SUCK! Eclipse was better, at leats, then NEW MOON! I mean, seriously, if S.M makes Edward leave for more than 2 chapters EVER AGAIN I WILL hurt someone.

  64. It is a Memoir:
    My life is a a regular life of a 16 year old. Myra Field, thats me, has a new boyfriend, Jason, and a Best friend, Aylisa. My life has been a drastic turn of events. From gaining a bf, to loosening my best friend, everything goes wrong. Its my job to find a balance in life beteewn relationships and friend, not just for me, but for the future. For my future. so read the page turning story of my life. And read about what i do to make a diffrence.
    Huh. huh, is it good, huh?

  68. yeah, I’m pretty new. I’ve been watching all of yall post for a while, but i haven’t posted until now… um, what’s your book about Serafina Zane?

    and yeah, i twilight movie starts filming in january, and i think uglies has been optioned by a company for a movie, but im not sure…

  69. Thank you Chanel-wa. Thats a cool name, Chanel. Ha, i like it. I have been doing my best with my story. My friend like it alot so im guessing its good!

  70. Bran-la,
    Luv your story – how far along are you with it?

    Lena-la,
    thank goodness SOMEONE here likes the twilight series. And amen to that – I hate that edward left!

  73. Oh, ive written 13 pages in Microsoft word. I don’t write really long chapters but when im done with the whole book im gonna change were the beginning of chapter are and combine some together to make them longer. and thanks for the compliment! Matti is a fool name! Fawesome. Ha.

  75. yay relient k fans!! yay extras is winning!! yay twilight fans!! yay allie wa midnighter-ness!! yay serafina zanes stories!! YAY ME!! YAY SCOTT LA!! YYYYAAAAAYYYYY!!!! 😀

  78. FAWESOME. Omg I swear I hated the way he talked. That was the only flaw. I’m a major grammar freak and it irritates me 🙁

  81. The book sounds jawesome. I’ll definitely be sure to check it out. And oh, by the way, Extras is winning the poll with 63%, man. Congrats!

  83. O lol. Im not really good with clebs Bri-la! Ha. Wow, im embarrassed, and i feel stupid (whats new?) Im going to hide my self no, to escape my weirdness.

  86. sounds cool, bran-la. i get bored with reality though. prefer the sur-naturel.
    13 pages, you say? go make yourself a sundae. it’s a tradition with me and my friends—13 pages on a new story gets you a sundae.

    lemme see….my stories (the ones i mentioned in that order) are about….people who can fly/control the weather, vampire rock stars, zombies, toxic waste, orphans with wings, and of course, werewolves. also convenience stores. at least three of those have convenience stores in them.

    i was happy when edward cullen left. if i wasn’t concerned about people tearing me to shreds i would say edward cullen is [thinks better of it]. i will satisfy with detailing the cake i made when he left.
    eclipse was the worst of the three. twilight was okay. new moon was okay. emphasis on the moon. mooning. that’s all the books are. bella mooning over life and various dull-but-hot guys. *snore*

    t-shirts are awesome.

    celebrities are petty. ignore them. i do.

    extras for the win!

  87. and i liked the first 2 rick riordan books, but the music in Titan’s Curse bothered me. like, it was all out-of-touch. like, you want to make a character hardcore and punk and the best he could come up with was Green Day and the White Stripes? true, they are from the most recent decade, but there are so many better examples. stick to the classics. invent fake band names if you aren’t sure you’re in touch. just don’t
    REFERENCE MUSIC YOU’RE OUT OF TOUCH WITH.
    IMPROPER USE OF MUSIC IS THE CARDINAL SIN OF WRITING #2. right after improper use of emo and right before seriously suggesting garth brooks is a vampire. (yes, didn’t like Marked by PC Cast. can you tell?)
    actually, i didn’t like anything about the way Thalia’s character was handled, to tell the truth. she bothered me. too 2D. as someone surrounded by (and maybe one…) goth and punk girls, she was a total poseur who wasn’t even trying to pose.
    okay. rant over. i blare my mental Arctic Monkeys and go to sleep now.
    ALL YOU PEOPLE ARE VAMPIRES! and all your stories are STALE! and though you pretend to stand by us, i know you’re certain we’ll FAIL!

    you know, all of us on the blog are really a great socialogical experement for Scott-Sensei here. he wants to stay in touch? just read all the comments. we’re like an audience in a bubble. the Crowd, as some may call it.

  88. Lol. I suppose Scott-sensei would be more appropriate, since he is, The Nameless One.

    I also suppose he’s not nameless, lol.

    Do you actually read your comments, Scott-sensei?

  89. Is your school filled with everyone wearing thoes bright-colored elastic headbands ??

    OMG is is so not funny-making-
    I just never thought they were fawesome but it is “cool” in our school in South-east Iowa.

    Ugg.

  90. “They” wear them in pony-tails mostly- and it isn’t just the athletic preppy girls either –

    What about the hair coloring with black on the underside of your hair and blonde on top -that is big too

    OH !! and when they put a little strip of their hair in the very center front and pull it back so there is a little “hump” there – that too.

  91. It just doesn’t seem appealing to me — More tacky then anything – EXCEPT – I do where my hair very occasionally with that front strip of my hair back with a bobby pin.

  92. Okay. I’ll admit that the characters in Twilight are -le’gasp- flat.
    Also, I dispise the chick they got to play Bella. But because she ALREADY is reserved to play TALLY-SAMA!
    I will also state that the girl from the ‘Under The Influsence’ commercial looks more like Tally and Bella than the girl they got to play (Bella). Remember the one with the talking dog? I mean, seriously, you HAVE TO BE HIGH to hear your dog talking.

  94. I know what you’re talking about! It’d be cool for my dog to talk.

    But you know, if it’s the Uglies movie, and it’s before Tally got her surgery, she has to be ‘ugly’

    If they got some dropdead gorgeous actress, I believe that would look a little weird.

  96. EXTRAS is at the top for Amazon’s Best Books for Teens! WOOT! It is currently at 64% followed by Stephenie Meyer’s ECLIPSE at 23%!

  97. Yay, Scott’s winning the poll!!!

    I am suprised that
    Maximum Ride doesn’t have a lot of votes as well…it was hard to choose between Eclipse, Max Ride, and Extras… ^_^

    this is random but I LOVE RELIENT K TOO! <3

  99. Wow– really

    Huh. Some times it is so mind-boggling to think that otherplaces — not even that far from where you live — have different “fads”

    — Voting again for Extras, just can’t see Eclipse win –

  102. I hate head bands. love ballet flats!
    I tink your right Serafina Zane, i do deserve a sundae…..although it is breakfast time.
    And and sorry bre-la for like freaking out. I hate being embarrassed…..but then again, who does?
    ANOTHER SCHOOL LESS DAY!

    Who do you like better (last days)
    Moz or Zahler
    Pereal(how do u spell it) or Minerva

    I like Moz and Minerva the best! SHE IS SO FOOL! I want to be a peep!

  104. Yeah! Extra’s is in the lead by onver 50%!!!!! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I do love Eclipes, But when all the preppy girls fall in love with anything at my school, it’s had to enjoy. That’s why I like you books; the people that like then are actually smart and un-prepy (as far as my school goes, of course)

  106. Ya i just got my tighted yesterday and put my back brackets on. I had to eat yogurt for breakfast.
    I don’t really have preppy people in my school. Well kinda. No change that we do. They have 10,000 hair clips in there hair a day. always say like. and nobody likes them. They are weird. Im just normal. My friends are all soccer freaks. But i love them!! I dont mind, soccer is ok.

  107. My friends are fool!!!!!!!! I have 5 ‘REALLY’ good friends. but i anly hang out with 3 of them. I have alot of ‘just’ fiends though.

  109. Dude. No offense, but I’m surprised Max Ride ISN’T up there. I mean, seriously, a book about vamps. . . or about Bird Children?

    It’s easy, at least for me, to pick between those two.
    But to make me choose between Westerfeld and Patterson? NOT COOL!

  110. And Dude. NO ONE is normal. Top say you re normal is like saying you are weird.
    When you think about it. You cannot even say you are weird or normal without people saying that you are lying.

    Strange.

  111. i know. dude, i’m gonna vote for Max Ride a couple million times now.

    there’s no such thing as normal.

    ha ha i no longer have braces.

    i like zahler and pearl better, actually. moz goes kinda psycho. moz is an awesome name though. i’ve never been big on minerva, really. pearl is cool, and dude, zahler invented fawesome.

    my school = full of preppy rich suburban white kids on drugs.

  113. hahaha, I just voted for Max Ride about a million times. Scott’s winning by a landslide anyways, can’t let Max be beaten out by losers like Al Gore.

    I have no life. Max is up to 12%. =D

  115. OMG QUITE COMMENTING WHEN I’M NOT AROUND!!!!
    lol not but serisouly…I come back after like 18 hours, ten of which people should have been sleeping, and there are like a billion comments. And I read them all (shows what my priorities are…)

    I don’t mind preps. The preps at my school don’t bother anyone that they’re not friends with. Actually, they are quite entertaining…especially in ELA when my teacher is gone. Like a couple weeks ago one of the guys pushed one of the girls into the trash can. I mean, INTO it. she sank all the way into it…and it was one of those small metal ones, about two and a half feet high, one foot wide.

  116. Quit, not quite. I really need to search for typos like that…the ones that aren’t underlined in red (spelled wrong).

  117. That is exactly how I feel sometimes – Morganne-la about the preppy girls and such.

    Thats why it kind of ruined Eclipse for me before I even read it ( I haven’t read it )

    It is horrilble that I think like that– but again – most of the preppy girls at my school only read Gossip Girl – kinds of books.
    Not my thing. I like the SuPerNatURal.

    Oh… I have to like Zahler better because of the same reasons as Serafina Zane-
    He so made fawesome so fexcellent and I have to give him props =

  118. You would be surprised — some of the preppy girls like good books like Scotts

    But you know how there are the superficial preppy girls and then the ones who have some feelings for others– eh. thoes are ok.

    I didn’t go anywhere with that statement- but oh well.

  119. I think it’s stupid to judge a book by who reads it. Preps at my school read uglies. So…yeah. In fact, there’s a prep in my ELA class who is reading Extras…I just saw her reading it today.

    Let me say this: I wouldn’t not read a book just b/c preppy girls were reading it…in fact, I read Uglies after pretty much everyone I know read it. I just read what I think looks good. There’s really no way to tell if a you will like a book until you’ve actually read it. And by then, of course, it’s too late. B/c you’ve already read it.

    I’ve seen 2 guys who are reading/did read Specials. And neither of them usually read anything.

    Does anyone else hate the SAT w/ a passion?? ‘Cause after a stupid, boring, LONG workshop for the SAT, I feel like burning down the place wherever the booklets are printed. Just to get rid of them. So I won’t have to take it.

    Sad, huh?

  120. Ya but i think Minerva is really fool. I dont no. she just seems fawesome.

    When i say im normal i mean i dont belong to any particular group. Uhh, me, normal. Thats like saying a dog lives in a tree. IMPOSSIBLE! I guys in a way i do belong to a group. My Soccer freaks! there fawesome!

    I had to have a smoothie for lunch. DARN BRACES! Only because of a stupid over bite!!!

  121. My friend is always like… ARE YOU GONNA WATCH GOSSIP GIRL. I am like UHHH NO. Sorry but i dont do gossip girl. i like sci fi books. There wise known as scott-la books.

  122. I would have rather had a smoothie for lunch than what I had…nothing. absolutely! That is, I didn’t eat lunch today. I’ve heard of Gossip Girl but i don’t know if anyone i know has.

    Minerva as in like the Roman goddess? I did a project on her for ELA last year. Except I had to do her as Athena, her Greek name (pretty much). She is my favorite classical deity (wow. that line alone shows just how geeky I am…on top of the fact that I know what deity means, I have a favorite, too.) Athena rocks.

    Anyone who was born from Zeus’ head MUST be cool, right?

  123. hey Serafina-la…your not saying you like max ride better than EXTRAS are you? if you are…shame on you! hehe. if you arent…i guess i’ll add that to my list…*adds a number 72*.

    -Lizzy-wa OUT! 😀

  124. No Minerva in The last Days. But thats Fawesome that he used the name of a Roman godess. I like the name. Minerva. Min.

  126. OMG i HATE that. I was pretty sure you DIDN’T mean the goddess but I have never heard the name used anywhere else. grr…if only i could read the Last Days.

    Would be pleasant if I could.

  127. y cant you?
    I would let you borrow it but its hard when you dont no someone other than the computer.
    i pretty far in it. Ill finish it by sunday.
    I just made the best chapter in my book. It is so suspenseful.

  128. Reasons why I can’t read The Last Days:

    1. My mom hates me reading sci-fi. She didn’t even want me reading Midnighters b/c she said the symbols looked demonic. And shew was if-y about Uglies til she read it. She completely went nuts when I had to read The Giver in 5th grade…
    2. I can’t find it anywhere (I appreciate the offer, Bran-la.)
    3. i have had sooo much homework recently and i haven’t exactly had much time to read. Right now I should be doing homework (Over the holidays..but it is extra credit so not as bad, b/c I don’t have to do it.)

  129. In regards the the Amazon Best Books award;
    I can’t believe both of my very favorite authors are nominated! *SQUEEEEE*
    If either Scott or Stephenie don’t win, I will declare blasphemy!!!!
    It’s great because, whenever I fill out any type of survey that asks what my favorite book is I ALWAYS put ‘either Uglies or Twilight’
    And, while I love both books SOOOO much, I gotta say, I’m rooting for you, Scott!! Because, while Stephenie Meyer’s writing is absolutely BRILIANT for Twilight, I have to say that her other books aren’t as amazing. While all the books I’ve read by you are totally amazing, and they’re all on the shelf I save for my special favorites. I guess the award is for best book, not best author, though, so I’ll just cross my fingers for you both, even though I know you guys don’t need it. Your writing is obviously great enough to do without my good luck hopes.

  131. most of the preps in my school are also totally mean though. all the popular people. *grimace*
    i mean, some of my friends are sort of preppy, but on the whole preps scare me.
    when i see them reading cool books, i pretend it never happened, but it doesn’t happen often so i’m usually okay. people in my school don’t even read like Gossip Girl.

    and i’m with Laura-la—SUPERNATURAL ALL THE WAY! or, as the french say, sur-naturel. and sur means above. so it’s better than natural. above natural. therefore fawesomer. wow, that reminds me of the Alana Ray against normal or beside thing.

    eclipse sucked.

    oooh, that stinks Allie-wa. the last days is a great book, and midnighters isn’t demonic! old-fashioned people are boring.
    see, my mom is the opposite. she read tithe BEFORE me, totally unrealted cuz she bought it, and went and gave it to me and said, You must read this.
    now anyone who’s read tithe—would your mom do that? because there’s some pretty crazy stuff in that book. even if it is the best book ever.

    and Max Ride isn’t about sports! it’s about mutants on the run!

    Co-Prez, i already voted for Extras twice. gotta give Max Ride a fighting chance too. i mean, Extras is up by like 60%
    what’re # 1-71?

    and comment catchup stinks. like i just had to.

  132. There’s only one way not to have to d comment catch-up…

    stay on 24/7!!

    its hard not 2 do shorthand after iming 4 1/2 an hour.

  133. I agree, Serafina Zane.

    My mom loves Scott-sensei too. She’s read Peeps and Last Days so far, and she’s LOVES them. She’ll start reading the Midnighters as soon as I find Blue Noon.

    I think its under my bed 🙁

  134. Ok, I have officially been the most bored i could ever be. I love being out of school but when youve listened to every song and gone to every store in the mall, what else is there to do?

    O ya i can write, did that today, read, did that today, dance, did that today, listen to music, did to much of that today, go on the computer, addicted already, or i can think, wait i do that?

    Y CANT I HAVE SOME SUPER NATURAL FORM TO ME. Like be a peep(Minerva), or a midnighter (preferably mind caster). Y can i be a pretty and be with <3 Zane <3.

    Man, books are fool!

  139. lol, Allie-wa. All i have to say is, i was a one in a millon born BEUTIFUL! But oviously cant spell! Great spelled that wrong too!

  141. Well, I’m naturally baeutiful AND a Midnighter AND a Peep. Even if I don’t know what a Peep is lol.

    So there. lol

  144. A person slipped on a wet spot in the cafeteria today. their tray went flying. And they fell flat on their back.

  149. LOL. I’d crack up if I saw it.

    My teacher wasn’t wearing his glasses today, so I asked why. He said, “I was out running, and I tripped and they broke.”

    I laughed for like 10 minutes straight.

    BY THE WAY: Extras is a featured book on Myspace <3.

  154. There was a person in my orchestra class the other day, and while the violin were playing, the bass player was just falling, stumbling, tripping around in the back, making duck noises. he sounded just like Donald Duck. Then my teacher gave him recess detention. On the paper she put “Duck noises” for the reason. lol I laughed for like so long everyone was staring at me. i was so embarrassed. But I still laughed anyway.

  156. I remember last year in band, one of our percussionists had a slap stick, which is like to thin boards of wood put hinged together to make a whip-like sound, and all of a sudden you heard this “OWWWWWW.”

    Turns outs he slammed his fingers in between the boards, twice, and ran out of the room, and tripped over his own feet on the way out.

    It was the most hilarious thing.

  157. lol my mom was just calling my name and i saw her walking toward me so i got up and left, and i kept walking in circles around me house (My house is srsly a circle on the inside. or square. whatever) She didn’t see me until I stated choking on water that I had just drank. cuz i was laughing so hard. And my throat still burns. i don’t even know why I was laughing!!!

  161. Ya they have flashlights.
    I dont really have a funny story. Ya, no, i dont. Im trying to think of something, but i dont have anything.
    Ok this might be funny, i was a t luch and my firnd had a totia with chicken in it and she was blowing trough it, at me. I told her it would be funny if a piece of chicken flew at my face. And it did, and it wasnt funny. so then we had “recess” (more like 2 sec) and i was kicking the ball to her. i kicked it so hard at her it flew at her stomach and she yelped. I found it very funny.

  163. OMG I HATE having an older brother.

    I let him borrow 11 dollars this morning and he’s still being an ass.

  165. My moms due in january and i’ll have a sister but she is going to be 13 years younger than me so it wont really matter i’ll just have to babysit all the time but at least i’ll get payed.

  172. I draw the flame-bringer sign. You can try google images. Or flickr. But I doubt either of those with come up with anything good (esp. google) You can try to draw it. It’s actually not that hard. And if you mean on the computer, you can draw it then scan your drawing.

    Well…um…yes I cant beat you at siblings!! lol jk. But I have 5 siblings…2 older brothers and 3 younger sisters. I’d rather it be reversed (2 older sisters and 3 younger brothers). ‘Cause younger sisters are sooo annoying (you don’t say that until you’ve watched the Barbie movies 25 times each. seriously. and don’t forget hello kitty.)

  173. HI
    sorry that i haven’t been poasting for the past few days been at a place without computers
    TOURCHER!!!!! 😈
    btw chanel-wa
    i have no clue
    i know what it looks like but can’t decribe it to you
    maby go to google images 😉

  174. i have a older sister and older brother
    my sister is ok some times
    her bf is soooo mean he hurts me and annys me just for fun and get this i weigh more than him
    (i am fat)
    the dudes little sister is crazy
    she is a cry baby she actually made me clean her room!!!!
    one of my friends called her a demond like this 😈
    and get this
    she is obsessed with me
    i go to their house a lot
    i mean i practicly live there
    but my sisters bf does have two brothers too
    one is in collage and the other is in my grade
    he is like my best friend that is a guy
    ok get this he likes this girl a lot and she knows it she doesn’t care at all
    i couldn’t tell him and bran-la if you tell him that you will die 🙁
    do i talk a bout my life too much i think i do but whatever ❗

  176. Allie-wa:
    Ok so you beat me with siblings but one time there was a strawberry short cake movie and when it done it automatically started again. My sister watched it 6 times in a row because she thought it was a different movie but IT WAS THE SAME ONE!! I had to take it from here.
    Chanel-wa:
    I went on youtube and they had a picture of the fame bringer (not that helps) but you can find it on google type in scottwesterfeld midnighters or something like that.

  177. Chanel-wa:
    I looked it up on google and if you type in

    Scott Westerfeld Midnighters symbols, they come up! There you go!!

  178. lol my little sister has never seen the Strawberry Shortcake movie but yesterday she watched a DVD of like 2 or 3 Strawberry Shortcake episodes at least twice. And once she got a Dora the Explorer video, and I was exploring the menu because I was bored and I found the page where it lists individual episodes, and she thought that they were ones she had never seen before (b/c she always pressed the “play all” button) And I couldn’t convince her otherwise. So she had to watch a whole episode before saying I was right.

    How old is your sister? The one that watches Barbie movies is 5, and I also have a 1 year old sis and 10 year old sis.

  181. Today i saw Enchanted. Ok, i no it looks like a little kid movie but i really wanted to see it. It was really funny. I advise people to watch it. It make you lol.

  182. oh! i wanna see that movie!

    ok…so i just started reading twilight this morning. im on page 78 as of rite now. i must say, i approve. very well riten, think she cood have been a little more creative with the names, but i like it. i give i five stars. of course, i give anything by Scott-la 169 stars. thats 13 squared by the way.

    its not horribly fawesome, but its not horribly bad ether. its probably on my top twenty rite about now. rite behind everything by Scott-la and Justine-la. hehe. so. thatz my review. its still not better than Midnighters tho.

    -Lizzy-wa OUT! :mrgreen:

  183. oh, so ive finally decided which i like better, UGLIES, or Midnighters…

    well…i personally like each individual Midnighters better than each individual UGLIES book. well, besides EXTRAS. that ROCKED! but, as a whole series, i like the UGLIES series better than the Midnighters series. dont no why. i think it flows better or sompthin.

    let me clarify. i like the style and form of Midnighters better, but i kinda like the plot of UGLIES better. get it?

    however, if Scott were to finally rite CHASING MIDNIGHT, i wood definetly have to say Midnighters was the best. cause it is. hehe. *wink wink Scott, wink wink*.

    -Lizzy-wa OUT! 8)

  184. ok. so i no i shoodnt be showing you guys this. because this girl is sucha betaying fan. i dont even no if she IS a fan. i was searching threw reviews on amazon for EXTRAS, and decided to take a look at the two bogusly sense-missing people that gave it two stars. TWO! *shakes head and punches near fifth grader*.

    here is her bugusly stupid review, you mite want to close your eyes:

    “do you want to know WHY everyone loves this book?? NOT because its a different story from Tally, and yet still amazing. Sure the setting is differnet, and the main character is different, but its still another story about Tally. I mean if Westerfeld REALLY wanted to write a book in the world of Tally but not about her, he shouldn’t have thrown her in there about halfway through. Plus the whole thing about Aya being obsessed about her popularity is annoying to the point where i threw the book against the wall and didnt pick it up for a week. (It took me a week to convince myself the popularity thing wasn’t THAT big of a deal. usually takes me a day)
    the only thing i liked was the fact that i was able to finish the book without vomiting in pure hatred on it =]]”

    CAN YOU BELIEVE HER?!?!!?!??! WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS!?!?!!? !$%^@^@*#(*(@&@@#! AND I MEAN, WHAT IS UP WITH THAT SMILEY FACE AT THE END!?!?!?!?! NOTHING ABOUT THAT REVIEW IS SMILEY!!!!!! UUUUUHHHHHGGGGG!!!

    -Lizzy-wa OUT! 👿

  187. and THAT is a prime example of why i ignore all amazon reviews because so many of them are written by ignorant people.
    i mean, that one’s not even that bad. plus, people are bogus about spoilers there.
    so i never read the reviews of a sequel i’m waiting for or a sequel i liked. makes me happier that way.

    personally, i agree with Lizzy-wa. uglies as a series is cool (maybe because the ending is satisfying? huh? maybe there should be a fourth midnighters? huh?) but the indivual books are sad-making and occasionally evil (you know the parts i mean)
    but midnighters (ignoring the evilness of parts of Blue Noon) have like, resolution with each individual book. like, a plot for each and a ending. that i like.

    unrealted—we had a pep rally today and i kept having Blue Noon flashbacks. maybe because i was drawing midnighters fanart at the time.

  188. LAST DAYS AND PEEPS SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!!!
    Omg, i cant believe Minerva infected Moz. im at the part were she just kissed him. I really like her though. Shes fool. Hes fawesome. But they are perfect. Hey, at least she didnt eat him!!! But still, its cool now, but no cool that he is going to be crazy. Bu nowshe can kiss him all she wants. it doesnt matter, she can do w/e.

  189. OMG I JUST SAW THAT REVIEW THE OTHER DAY!!!!!! And I was going to mention how stupid Amazon reviews are after redaing that, but my mom made me get off then I forgot. OMG I mean, just read the reviews for Lord of The Rings and Bridge to Terabithia – the low starred ones. They are SO STUPID. If you ever need to convince yourself not to buy something, read the bad reviews on Amazon. They are almost as stupid as the people on YouTube that comment on videos. stupid stupid stupid.

    ****Bridge to Terabthia spoilers ahead***

    One person on amazon put in a review “Leslie died let’s have a party” I laughed for 10 straight minutes.

    **end spoilers**

    The ones I really hate are the ones that have like 2 stars and then they say how awesome the book was. I mean, GET THE STARS RIGHT, PLZ!!!!

    I found a picture of the real Bixby High on Google. Just type in “Bixby High School and it should come up w/ it.

  190. i don’t like minerva, personally. and moz gets more annoying when he’s around her.

    see, this is why i took my vow of amazon review abstinence. i don’t read them for stuff i’ve already read/like/am waiting for. cuz then they just annoy me. i sometimes read them for stuff i’ve never heard of and am considering, but i tend to avoid them at all costs.

    i am posting midnighters fanart now! all of you go look!

  191. Omg, that is a really stupid review. Ya if i dont want to ever read again i should go to amazon, obviously there smarticle!

  195. Im goign to make a scott westerfeld dictionary. Im goign to write every word with my perfesional definition! Its going to be fool. I need to read book. Why am i still talking?

  203. Of the Midnighters series, I think I like Touching Darkness the best. I don’t like Blue Noon all that much, at least the ENDING anyways.

    I love Dess, and she like. Went away 🙁

  207. Hey, whoever said they were going to make a dictionary of Scott’s words (Bran-la?), you can use http://chasingmidnightwerewolves.scribblewiki.com it just something I made today as a companion thing for the Midnighters HQ, but you can use it to make a Scott-la dictionary, too!! That would be fawesome. You will have to create an account, though. Or I won’t let you. hehe. I’m just joking. but it would be better if I knew it was you.

  209. Lol, ya i will take a look. I dont no if i can be a mimber though. My mom isnt a big fan a memberships and neither am i. Im not allowed to have a myspace. But i might be able to get a blog……

  212. thanks 4 finding the pics of the flame-bringer sign, bran-la, and everyone else who kinda helped.ok, it sounds like i’m making some sorta announcement now.oh well. i luv the “wings” fan art, serafina-zane-la/wa…well, hmm…hmm…what to say….*lightbulb turns on*…
    I LIKE FRUITCAKE!!!!!
    {and scott westerfeld’s books}

  214. Oh. Oohh!! I just checked weather dot com to see the exact temp here and I noticed the cold front. You must be on the other side of it. We will have it tomorrow. Another rainy thanksgiving…:(

    But friday is supposed to be 50. so…cool.

  223. Serafina:You type in the page you want to create, then click the red link where it says there is no page with that title.

  233. Serafina: You go to the bottom menu at the left of the page, and click “Upload file” or something like that, then select the file you want to upload. It’s kind of crappy, so don’t be surprised if it doesn’t work.

  246. lol. Conversations flow, man. Even on internet.

    My station is 104.7. I betin my area 98,7 is nothing but static.

  247. file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Sharon/My%20Documents/My%20Pictures/INCUBUS.brandonboyd.jpg
    ok, brandon boyd, incubus lead singer, bty, this was a long time ago, he lives in crumblyville now.

  253. thanx! i had trouble drawing flyboy—the first version was scary and his hair too pointy. then i drew like 80 more unsuccesful ones b4 i got it right. school = boring.
    he looks kinda skaterish now. which could make sense, i think. i could see jonathan as a skater.
    glad u ppl like my picturez!

    i just added like a million articles 2 the midnighters wiki, all the people and darklings and the blue time and stuff.
    tired me out. i go sleep now.

  254. Lizzy-wa: you click the tab at the top of the screen that has the “+” sign on it. then you can fill out the heading and leave your message in the larger box below the heading box.

  257. Dont be happy about it. Every stinkin time you get it tightened, you enad up eating soup…..like me! URG, i hate soup, well if you ate it for 3 day you would to, SO DONT GIVE ME THAT LOOK!

  258. I finish Touching Darkness and it was so good. I loved the ending. I have to get Blue Noon now. I wish there was a book store closer to my house! The nearest one is like 25 minutes away. 😈

  261. oh. i HATE my braces. and because both my mom and dad work, everytime they say “we’ll need to set an appointment for sometime in six weeks,” my mom ends up making an appointment nine weeks later cause she cant fit it into her schedule. im ending up having to wear them for 3 years instead of only 1 and a /2. *really big sigh*.

    -Lizzy-wa OUT! 🙁

  265. this morning i wake up, and there is a picture on my floor. it has a pumpkin with the simbol for pi. the caption below it says pumpkin pi.

  271. soo pumpkin pi..nice..my math teacher made us do that last year.. uno pie..i did a pig pi…(like poop)..others did like cow pis and apple and cherry ans stuff like that.. <3..iwas a fun activity though

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