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Old 10-01-2009, 08:10 AM
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October Book Club: Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Wow - it's already October and the book club book chosen for this month is Graceling by Kristin Cashore Here's a bit about it from amazon.com:

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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 of like-minded citizens who carry out secret missions to promote justice over cruelty and abuses of power.
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Old 10-01-2009, 08:22 AM
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I just requested Graceling from the library so I hope to get it next week. I've been hearing great things about this book and I'm really looking forward to reading it- and it fits in nicely in my YA challenge too.
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Old 10-01-2009, 12:27 PM
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I placed a hold for it at my library too. I should get it sometime next week.
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I just checked and my library has two copies - now I just need to get there to grab one before they're both gone (which always seems to happen when I go to get the book club books )
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Old 10-01-2009, 01:31 PM
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I've read it, but hope to pick up a tradeback next week at the store.
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Old 10-02-2009, 06:18 AM
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i'll download the audio of this sometime late next week hopefully.
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Old 10-03-2009, 12:02 PM
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wow, nice timing. I just bought this book before I even saw this! So i'll be reading this this month for sure! Perfect timing
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Old 10-05-2009, 08:22 AM
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That is perfect! It works out really well
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Old 10-05-2009, 08:26 AM
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This looks like a really interesting book so I'm going to have to see if I can find it at my local library anytime soon.
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Old 10-05-2009, 09:03 AM
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The copy I requested from the library is on its way to me.
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Has it arrived?
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I just finished reading it I definitely loved it! It's my kind of book.
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Old 10-17-2009, 12:27 AM
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That's good! A prequel just came out, too

Anything in particular you liked best?
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Old 11-06-2009, 12:13 PM
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I hope it's still okay to post here. I just finished Graceling yesterday. I liked it, but didn't love it as I expected to. I liked that the book had a female lead, but I found her a bit too prickly at times. I loved Po though and his whole kingdom was fascinating. I'm planning on reading Fire and Bitterblue when it comes out.
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