Pass the Parcel

Mm-hmm. Just in case you don't know, a parcel is kind of like a package. I think. (It's either that or some kind of brown cake, but I'm too lazy to look it up anyway T_T) I have no idea what Pass the Parcel is. I 'm pretty sure they don't have it in the Philippines. *shrugs*

Anyway, I've been checking out this blog as usual (I have linked to it many times already -.-) and I decided to take something from it. As usual. Because I'm bored and as you may guess, I should be revising right now. But nooo-ooo-ooo. I love writing, really, but the idea of sticking to a weird novel (which wasn't as bombastic as you thought, reading it months after its creation) when I already have a brand new idea thought out is really tiring. Especially since my mom doesn't really let me multitask.

A blog called Notebook Sisters...


see they even have their own cool button. MY blog has no cool button. DD:
...is hosting a book blog party and they have a neat game/meme/whatever on YA books. YA is "Young Adult", if I'm not mistaken. ... Well, I guess I do sort of count as a young adult, but I like to think of myself as a kid. I call YA books "kid books". (Of course, not to be mistaken with "kiddo books", which is for babies. >:I) 1. Name your top 5 favourite YA authors! I unfortunately do not know a lot of authors since I do not read a lot of books (even if my lifelong dream is to barge into a bookstore and rip stuff off shelves) ;___; buuut I have to go with:

• Rick Riordan (OF COURSE. :DDD)
• Pseudonymous Bosch
• J.K. Rowling (even though I only read the first two sentences of Harry Potter)
• Laurie Halse Anderson
• Amy Ignatow (I guess this doesn't count but, pfffft. It's my blog. :I)

2. What's the last YA book you read and what did you think of it? The Name of this Book is Secret, by Pseudonymous Bosch. Loved it. It rocked. It made me cower in my Corner of Self-Pity for quite some time for not writing as awesome as P.B. I go nuts when I see the second book, If You're Reading This, It's Too Late, in bookstores. I check my pockets for money. I cry 'cause I have no money. XD
Pseudonymous Bosch just rocks, dang it. ;____;
actually the last one I read was Kane Chronicles: Throne of Fire, but that doesn't count because a) i didn't finish it, b) it belongs to my cousin, and c) if it's not the first part of the series, I never read it. it rocked too, though.
3. What's your favourite YA genre? (Dystopian, romance, sci-fi, contemporary, etc.)  Either Adventure or Contemporary. (I read that the contemporary genre is the lack of a genre. Which is pretty much the genre most of my stories are in. Sadly. ._.)
4. Let's talk characters! Pick a character you love and tell us why? Annabeth Chase from Percy Jackson. She's smart and cool and violent and pretty. D: The girl started using a knife at the age of seven. That's when I got off my high chair! DD: Well, I mean, there was that romance with Percy which sort of made me lose some respect points for her - I'm allergic to romance T_T - but all in all she's one of the coolest girls I've ever read about. :D
5. Top YA villain? Set from Kane Chronicles. (You know what I said that if it's not the first book of a series, it doesn't exist to me? Well...I take it back. Set was the bomb.) Even if he is the Egyptian god of evil, he doesn't strike me as evil at all. Well, not as much as some other dudes. *cough*Apophis was a lot more evil*cough*Set just lost to a giant snake*cough*lolihaveacoldtodayXD*cough* If you ask me, I'd prefer a slightly-evil-but-more-like-a-rude-dude villain than someone who's truly evil. He's funny and vain, which makes me think he's more like a self-centered bully than, you know, the king of evil. ._.
6. Top YA couple? Romance. Good gum. No. :I But since I'm doing this anyway, I go with Percy x Annabeth. They're so adorable and  romantic and goop. Or maybe Carter x Zia. (I loved that mouth-to-mouth resuscitation scene in Book 2. Carter got punched. :D) I found Carter's obsession of Zia kind of cute. Stalker-ish, but cute. XD
They're both by Rick Riordan, which is proof again that he is one of the best authors. Ever. :I
7. With dystopian on the decline, what do you think will be the next hot-trend in YA? I dunno. Maybe from the point of view of a villain. The good guys always win. :I I mean, I'm all for good triumphing over evil, but have you ever stopped and considered what the villain felt?
8. What's the next YA book on your to-be-read pile? If You're Reading This, It's Too Late. Or The Popularity Papers: The Long-Distance Dispatch Between Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang. (Like I said, it doesn't technically count, but it's a kid book, so meh, why not? o_o) Or Twilight. (Yes I would like to read Twilight. :I) Or Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Or -
Well if I get the money to afford any one of the four books I mentioned, I'll let you know. :I
9. What's the fastest time you've ever finished reading a book in? (And what was the book?!)  I was able to finish Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero in - minus the interruptions like lunchtime and playing soccer - four hours, I think. :I I was able to finish the whole series of The Chronicles of Narnia in a week.
but if you mean finishing a book that's not YA, then fifty-seven seconds. i read Cinderella. :D
10. (And now for the burning question) Do you think books should be sorted according to colour or title? (This matters.) Title. Definitely title. I organize my books (pffft. like i organize my books at all. -.-) alphabetically, and if it's a series, I'll sub-organize it by number. So basically I'll arrange 39 Clues from first to last , Chronicles of Narnia from first to last, Diary of a Wimpy Kid from first to last, Dork Diaries from first to last, Kane Chronicles from first to last then...
...I guess you get the idea. *shrugs*
It has been fun procrastinating with you. Peace out. :>