Comments on: Say Yeah or Nay on My Library Loot http://yannabe.com/2009/09/06/say-yeah-or-nay-on-my-library-loot/ Book reviews & writing tips from a wannabe YA writer Sat, 17 Mar 2012 10:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kelly http://yannabe.com/2009/09/06/say-yeah-or-nay-on-my-library-loot/comment-page-1/#comment-2148 Kelly Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:48:56 +0000 http://yannabe.com/?p=1506#comment-2148 Jessica: Good to hear that about Catalyst. It's saved from the chopping block. :) If I Stay is saved too, and I'll see if I can get to I Know It's Over. I already renewed all these titles a week ago so I'm running out of time! I don't know why I don't just check them out again, but there's something about that library deadline that gets to me... Jessica: Good to hear that about Catalyst. It’s saved from the chopping block. :) If I Stay is saved too, and I’ll see if I can get to I Know It’s Over.

I already renewed all these titles a week ago so I’m running out of time! I don’t know why I don’t just check them out again, but there’s something about that library deadline that gets to me…

]]> By: Kelly http://yannabe.com/2009/09/06/say-yeah-or-nay-on-my-library-loot/comment-page-1/#comment-2147 Kelly Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:47:18 +0000 http://yannabe.com/?p=1506#comment-2147 Janssen, okay, that one's staying. Thanks! Janssen, okay, that one’s staying. Thanks!

]]> By: Kelly http://yannabe.com/2009/09/06/say-yeah-or-nay-on-my-library-loot/comment-page-1/#comment-2146 Kelly Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:46:58 +0000 http://yannabe.com/?p=1506#comment-2146 Lisa, that makes you, Janssen, & Jessica chiming in to say If I Stay, so it's staying! Thanks for helping me decide. :) Lisa, that makes you, Janssen, & Jessica chiming in to say If I Stay, so it’s staying! Thanks for helping me decide. :)

]]> By: Kelly http://yannabe.com/2009/09/06/say-yeah-or-nay-on-my-library-loot/comment-page-1/#comment-2145 Kelly Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:45:46 +0000 http://yannabe.com/?p=1506#comment-2145 Melissa, with Jessica's glowing review of Catalyst, I think you're right & that one should stay! Dear Julia is going back. Thanks for the heads up! Melissa, with Jessica’s glowing review of Catalyst, I think you’re right & that one should stay!

Dear Julia is going back. Thanks for the heads up!

]]> By: Kelly http://yannabe.com/2009/09/06/say-yeah-or-nay-on-my-library-loot/comment-page-1/#comment-2143 Kelly Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:45:21 +0000 http://yannabe.com/?p=1506#comment-2143 As another data point, I looked up the average Goodreads and LibraryThing ratings for each of these titles. Goodreads is first, then LibraryThing:<ul><li>Catalyst: 3.60, 3.67</li> <li>Dear Julia: 3.42, 3.61</li> <li>If I Stay: 4.05, 4.28</li> <li>I Know It's Over: 3.76, 3.72</li> <li>The Flying Troutmans: 3.74, 3.73</li> <li>My Heartbeat: 3.80, 3.75</li> <li>Say the Word: 3.96, 3.83</li></ul>Looks like If I Stay is the clear winner from that test! .-= Kelly's last blog: <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/yannabe/~3/WLhIv5QoWck/" rel="nofollow">Say Yeah or Nay on My Library Loot</a> =-. As another data point, I looked up the average Goodreads and LibraryThing ratings for each of these titles. Goodreads is first, then LibraryThing:
  • Catalyst: 3.60, 3.67
  • Dear Julia: 3.42, 3.61
  • If I Stay: 4.05, 4.28
  • I Know It’s Over: 3.76, 3.72
  • The Flying Troutmans: 3.74, 3.73
  • My Heartbeat: 3.80, 3.75
  • Say the Word: 3.96, 3.83

Looks like If I Stay is the clear winner from that test!
.-= Kelly’s last blog: Say Yeah or Nay on My Library Loot =-.

]]> By: Jessica http://yannabe.com/2009/09/06/say-yeah-or-nay-on-my-library-loot/comment-page-1/#comment-2139 Jessica Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:20:28 +0000 http://yannabe.com/?p=1506#comment-2139 Catalyst = probably my fave LHA book If I Stay = a good enough read and QUICK, so you could probably do it I couldn't get into I Know It's Over but my 16yo sister read it and liked it, so I'd try it out. Otherwise, renew renew RENEW! :-D Catalyst = probably my fave LHA book

If I Stay = a good enough read and QUICK, so you could probably do it

I couldn’t get into I Know It’s Over but my 16yo sister read it and liked it, so I’d try it out.

Otherwise, renew renew RENEW! :-D

]]> By: Janssen http://yannabe.com/2009/09/06/say-yeah-or-nay-on-my-library-loot/comment-page-1/#comment-2138 Janssen Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:02:34 +0000 http://yannabe.com/?p=1506#comment-2138 If I Stay, hands down. A fast read and SO good. .-= Janssen´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EverydayReading/~3/3bPtJJXBeXM/hate-list-by-jennifer-brown.html" rel="nofollow">Hate List by Jennifer Brown</a> =-. If I Stay, hands down. A fast read and SO good.
.-= Janssen´s last blog ..Hate List by Jennifer Brown =-.

]]> By: Lisa http://yannabe.com/2009/09/06/say-yeah-or-nay-on-my-library-loot/comment-page-1/#comment-2137 Lisa Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:55:40 +0000 http://yannabe.com/?p=1506#comment-2137 I liked If I Stay, and it was pretty quick. I don't know any of the rest of them. .-= Lisa´s last blog ..<a href="http://bookslistslife.blogspot.com/2009/09/organize-your-shelves-by-color-tss.html" rel="nofollow">Organize your shelves by color? (TSS)</a> =-. I liked If I Stay, and it was pretty quick. I don’t know any of the rest of them.
.-= Lisa´s last blog ..Organize your shelves by color? (TSS) =-.

]]> By: Melissa (Book Nut) http://yannabe.com/2009/09/06/say-yeah-or-nay-on-my-library-loot/comment-page-1/#comment-2135 Melissa (Book Nut) Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:10:38 +0000 http://yannabe.com/?p=1506#comment-2135 Anything by Laurie Halse Anderson has to be worth reading, right? And I read Dear Julia: it was ok, but nothing to rave about. .-= Melissa (Book Nut)´s last blog ..<a href="http://melissasbookreviews.blogspot.com/2009/09/perfect-chemistry.html" rel="nofollow">Perfect Chemistry</a> =-. Anything by Laurie Halse Anderson has to be worth reading, right? And I read Dear Julia: it was ok, but nothing to rave about.
.-= Melissa (Book Nut)´s last blog ..Perfect Chemistry =-.

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