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Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins

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Title: Hex Hall (Hex Hall #1)

Author: Rachel Hawkins

Publisher: Disney Hyperion 2010

Genre: YA Paranormal

Pages: 323

Rating: 4/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Perpetual (YA of US); Popsugar -- Alliteration; Finishing the Series

Three years ago, Sophie Mercer discovered that she was a witch. It's gotten her into a few scrapes. Her non-gifted mother has been as supportive as possible, consulting Sophie's estranged father—an elusive European warlock—only when necessary. But when Sophie attracts too much human attention for a prom-night spell gone horribly wrong, it's her dad who decides her punishment: exile to Hex Hall, an isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium

I have School Spirits sitting on my unread shelves and put it on my TBR list for this year, but didn't realize that this was a spin-off series. So I decided to start at the beginning with Hex Hall. I sped through this book, not that it was life-changing or super emotional, but because it was highly enjoyable and easily read. I immediately loved Sophie and the assortment of side characters at Hecate Hall. I was drawn into the world and loved discovering the secrets locked within. I will definitely be continuing on with this series. In fact, I've already put the other two books in the trilogies on hold at the library.

Hex Hall:

  • #1 Hex Hall
  • #2 Demonglass
  • #3 Spell Bound
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Next up on the TBR pile:

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tags: Rachel Hawkins, young adult, paranormal, perpetual, YA Across the USA, Popsugar, Finishing the Series, 4 stars
categories: Book Reviews
Friday 02.09.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

2014 Reading Challenges -- Perpetual Edition

Overall, I want to focus most of my 2014 reading challenges of knocking out some of my perpetual reading challenges.  So I've chosen a few books from each challenge to help me reach my ultimate goals.

Fantasy Project: 20 Books

  1. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
  2. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
  3. Graceling by Kristin Cashore
  4. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
  5. A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
  6. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
  7. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
  8. The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
  9. Wicked by Gregory Maguire
  10. Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
  11. Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
  12. The Little Prince by
  13. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein
  14. TBD
  15. TBD
  16. TBD
  17. TBD
  18. TBD
  19. TBD
  20. TBD

Nonfiction Adventure: 20 Books

  1. The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
  2. Living History by Hilary Rodham Clinton
  3. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
  4. John Adams by
  5. Washington by
  6. American Lion by
  7. Woodrow Wilson by
  8. Alexander Hamilton by
  9. The Private World of Georgette Heyer by Jane Aiken Hodge
  10. What Ifs of American History by
  11. A Vindication on the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft
  12. Becoming Mona Lisa by Donald Sassoon
  13. The Emperor of Maladies by
  14. TBD
  15. TBD
  16. TBD
  17. TBD
  18. TBD
  19. TBD
  20. TBD

NPR Scifi and Fantasy: 10 Books

  1. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
  2. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
  3. A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
  4. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
  5. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
  6. The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
  7. Neuromancer by William Gibson
  8. Contact by Carl Sagan
  9. Dune by Frank Herbert
  10. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

NPR Teen Books: 10 Books

  1. Graceling by Kristin Cashore
  2. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
  3. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
  4. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
  5. Dune by Frank Herbert
  6. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
  7. TBD
  8. TBD
  9. TBD
  10. TBD

Top 100 YA Novels: 5 Books

  1. Graceling by Kristin Cashore
  2. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
  3. Tithe by Holly Black
  4. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
  5. TBD

21st Century Women Authors: 5 Books

  1. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
  2. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
  3. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
  4. House of Riverston by Kate Morton
  5. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

United States of YA: 5 Books

  1. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
  2. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
  3. TBD
  4. TBD
  5. TBD

Time Top 100: 5 Books

  1. Neuromancer by William Gibson
  2. Beloved by Toni Morrison
  3. TBD
  4. TBD
  5. TBD

Rory Gilmore: 10 Books

  1. The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
  2. Living History by Hilary Rodham Clinton
  3. The TIme Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
  4. Beloved by Toni Morrison
  5. A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
  6. Siddartha by Herman Hesse
  7. The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
  8. High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
  9. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
  10. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

1001 Books: 10 Books

  1. Neuromancer by William Gibson
  2. Contact by Carl Sagan
  3. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
  4. Beloved by Toni Morrison
  5. A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
  6. Siddartha by Herman Hesse
  7. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
  8. Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
  9. The Little Prince by
  10. The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul by Douglas Adams

U.S. Presidents: 5 Books

  1. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
  2. John Adams by
  3. American Lion by
  4. Washington by
  5. Woodrow Wilson by
tags: 100 YA, 1001 Books, 21st Century Women, Fantasy Project, Nerdy Nonfiction, NPR SciFi/Fan, NPR Teen, Rory Gilmore Challenge, Time's Top 100, U-S- Presidents, YA Across the USA
categories: Reading Challenges
Thursday 01.09.14
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

YA Across the USA Reading Challenge

I found this wonderful article the other day and thought it would be great to turn this into a reading challenge.  So I'm adding it as a perpetual reading challenge.  At the beginning of this challenge, I've read five of the books lists, Everneath, Blood and Chocolate, The Wizard of Oz, Ashfall, and Wake.  10% done.  Now on to the other 45 books...

tags: perpetual, YA Across the USA
categories: Reading Challenges
Friday 11.09.12
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

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