YA Books Central | Amber McKinney | Activity https://yabookscentral.com/members/amber-mckinney/activity/ Activity feed for Amber McKinney. Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:15:05 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 bd279f086ae81fd17b69aaf32b1d461b Amber McKinney added Children Make Terrible Pets to Kids Fiction https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/78425/ Sat, 25 Feb 2023 19:16:48 -0500
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September 07, 2010
]]> 0 5bac4d53fcfa4d1eb04001dc35b1b6b5 Amber McKinney added Grumpy Bird to Kids Fiction https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/78412/ Sat, 25 Feb 2023 19:16:42 -0500
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April 01, 2007
]]> 0 5d5a70d07aa708f2c5c258f8c1ab5a77 Amber McKinney added Olivia to Kids Fiction https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/78411/ Sat, 25 Feb 2023 19:16:42 -0500
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October 01, 2000
]]> 0 5a1208b32cebbc4fabf429fbfd3637e9 Amber McKinney added If You Give a Pig a Party to Kids Fiction https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/78410/ Sat, 25 Feb 2023 19:16:42 -0500
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September 06, 2005
]]> 0 adff1b436edc4e8502d8a966c1f957eb Amber McKinney posted an update: Into the Woods was a lot of fun! https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/7732/ Mon, 05 Jan 2015 21:28:48 -0500 Into the Woods was a lot of fun!

]]> 0 506a745ae97ca489174c9756f4fced5a Amber McKinney posted an update: Wild West Magic Everyone knows that the 7th son of a 7th son […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/6205/ Mon, 30 Dec 2013 20:59:38 -0500 Wild West Magic
Everyone knows that the 7th son of a 7th son is an incredibly magical person, obviously destined for great things. But what if you’re his twin, and you have the unhappy fortune of being the thirteenth child out of fourteen brothers and sisters? Eff is that thirteenth child, the one who is supposed to have such a heap of bad luck…Read more

]]> 0 811789cc961e50428eec118f1fffbcaf Amber McKinney posted an update: Wild West Magic The Beaumont family is just a tad different. […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/6204/ Mon, 30 Dec 2013 20:58:23 -0500 Wild West Magic
The Beaumont family is just a tad different. How different? Well, let’s see, their mom is literally ‘perfect,’ their grandpa may or may not have created states by increasing land area in his youth, and the eldest brother in the family can blow out light bulbs with electrical surges faster than you can say “How many…” These powers…Read more

]]> 0 3a3d605e267f5ee85afeb9b57ef9288f Amber McKinney posted an update: I think this is the season for coffee, chocolate, blankets […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/6067/ Thu, 19 Dec 2013 16:21:00 -0500 I think this is the season for coffee, chocolate, blankets and books. <3

]]> 0 f96d2934f05577e9812e55e1086ba166 Amber McKinney posted an update: Mmm, I Like This. Yes. In Anna's basement, there's a secret […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/6061/ Tue, 17 Dec 2013 22:15:51 -0500 Mmm, I Like This. Yes.
In Anna’s basement, there’s a secret lab where four very handsome, very dangerous young men are kept as an experiment. When they eventually escape, Anna ends up having to go along with them. As she becomes closer to their leader, Sam, Anna realizes that she might not just be the normal young girl she thought she was. If…Read more

]]> 0 ff0a58508a0c28d6b51f73b41d586cf1 Amber McKinney posted an update: Not Any Kind of Test You Would Actually Want to Take Malencia […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/6060/ Tue, 17 Dec 2013 21:43:44 -0500 Not Any Kind of Test You Would Actually Want to Take
Malencia “Cia” Vale lives in a small community with her loving family, and she’s rapidly approaching graduation from school and adulthood. She’s a clever, smart girl with some skill for mechanics, and she would like to be chosen for the Testing, which, if she passed, would put her on the path to…Read more

]]> 0 850800d525c60270e9ccdd41f959f615 Amber McKinney posted an update: No heroes, just villains! In Newcago, Steelheart, a […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5983/ Mon, 16 Dec 2013 22:06:24 -0500 No heroes, just villains!
In Newcago, Steelheart, a ultra-powered tyrant, rules over the city using fear, oppression and darkness to keep the citizens of his dictatorship in line. It doesn’t help that he’s a nearly invincible, almost immortal with enough superpowers to make Superman go “whoa.” One rather awkward and stubborn young man, David,…Read more

]]> 0 5d67e82ab243f0426f5503affb2744f6 Amber McKinney posted an update: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Goodness!! Asunder continues the story of Ana, […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5982/ Mon, 16 Dec 2013 21:52:57 -0500 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Goodness!!
Asunder continues the story of Ana, a Newsoul, the first one born in thousands of years among the people of Heart, but in this book, she is no longer alone. Other newsouls are being born to replace the souls that disappeared during the chaos of the last book, when there was Templedark. Many people hate Ana and the…Read more

]]> 0 edbb32badad1ab6fa66f585512d32443 Amber McKinney posted an update: Solid Romance Echo Emerson and Noah Hutchins are not meant to […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5981/ Mon, 16 Dec 2013 21:38:25 -0500 Solid Romance
Echo Emerson and Noah Hutchins are not meant to be together. She used to be part of the in-crowd and still has a slim chance of returning to popular status, and he’s just some messed up foster kid who has issues with going from girl to girl. Or so it seems. But when Echo ends up tutoring Noah, they learn that there is quite a bit…Read more

]]> 0 34d8d9b9de0afe5f4886984c61c253ea Amber McKinney posted an update: Time Traveling = Awesome In New York City in the late 1970s, […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5966/ Fri, 13 Dec 2013 21:40:29 -0500 Time Traveling = Awesome
In New York City in the late 1970s, twelve-year-old Miranda lives with her vibrant but sometimes childish and frustrated mother in a rundown apartment building in a lower class neighborhood. When Sal, her best friend since infancy, suddenly no longer wants to be friends with Miranda, new friends Annemarie, Colin and Marcus…Read more

]]> 0 a9bc4be978f527b8e262fa4fa6cc02d8 Amber McKinney posted an update: Jump into a Good Book Levi Battle is accustomed to family […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5965/ Fri, 13 Dec 2013 21:30:43 -0500 Jump into a Good Book
Levi Battle is accustomed to family members leaving him. His mother abandoned him on the seat of a Ford when he was just a baby, and his father left him many times over the years. But Levi is unprepared to be the one leaving when his Aunt Odella abruptly decides to send him from Chicago to live with his paratrooper father…Read more

]]> 0 50c77e83c9693219d2d054aafdfb0918 Amber McKinney posted an update: Great Contemporary Fiction After training in Tae Kwon Do for […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5870/ Thu, 12 Dec 2013 20:28:10 -0500 Great Contemporary Fiction
After training in Tae Kwon Do for years and achieving a black belt, Imogen does not act when confronted with a real life situation. The aftermath is devastating, and Imogen sinks into depression, weighed down by a massive amount of guilt. She’s also dealing with other issues in her life that could potentially overwhelm…Read more

]]> 0 9b127d0987793601f473ff7aae9f64d5 Amber McKinney posted an update: Dystopian Goodness In Baalboden, girls are more like things […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5832/ Thu, 12 Dec 2013 14:29:29 -0500 Dystopian Goodness
In Baalboden, girls are more like things than people. They all have male Protectors, who might be a father, uncle, brother or a husband, a male figure who is basically their keeper. Rachel, however, isn’t like all the other girls. She’s been trained by her father to fight and to be self-reliant and independent. When her father…Read more

]]> 0 ba00b645fb89380fb418ef73d0efeede Amber McKinney posted an update: Defiance (Defiance #1) Β  Within the walls of Baalboden, […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5831/ Thu, 12 Dec 2013 14:28:46 -0500 Defiance (Defiance #1)

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Within the walls of Baalboden, beneath the shadow of the city’s brutal leader, Rachel Adams has a secret. While other girls sew dresses, host dinner parties, and obey their male Protectors, Rachel knows how to survive in the wilderness and deftly wield a sword. When her father, Jared, fails to return from a courier mi…Read more

]]> 0 cde81edd4c75824dda33203146a79b8b Amber McKinney posted an update: for those who love indie bands In The Listless, old friends […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5828/ Wed, 11 Dec 2013 18:32:32 -0500 for those who love indie bands
In The Listless, old friends who were once in a band come back together after being offered a record deal to do a tour. Their adventure is meandering as they visit places they once loved and live a sort of rocky dream life for a short time, taking a break for their mundane post-college lives. I think if I knew more…Read more

]]> 0 341ceec2c19084b1717a3b5a4a50b4e4 Amber McKinney posted an update: Cyborg Cinderella = Awesome Cyborg Cinderella set in a […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5827/ Wed, 11 Dec 2013 17:41:59 -0500 Cyborg Cinderella = Awesome
Cyborg Cinderella set in a futuristic Asian society dealing with a ravaging plague and freaky moon people with their sociopathic queen. Cinder is mostly cyborg, and in her world, that’s not a cool, awesome thing. Cyborgs are heavily discriminated against and considered second class citizens. Or maybe they’re even lower…Read more

]]> 0 b77a957d491d64b9ef1f5f31ff8b3d42 Amber McKinney posted an update: Reviewing rampage begin! https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5826/ Wed, 11 Dec 2013 16:47:47 -0500 Reviewing rampage begin!

]]> 0 6b4fa8c5733e8da6f4ec02a1521e2062 Amber McKinney posted an update: Oh grad school. You suck up all my time. >_ https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5378/ Sat, 02 Nov 2013 15:00:58 -0400 Oh grad school. You suck up all my time. >_<

]]> 0 bf5f7ec56d2fea8bbfc5a49cf6740934 Amber McKinney posted an update: Grad school is basically over for the semester! Sweet […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/3733/ Wed, 08 May 2013 15:48:50 -0400 Grad school is basically over for the semester! Sweet freedom! Time to read and review all the books!

]]> 0 a8080689717b443d7f0cb633176ae782 Amber McKinney posted an update: On to Scarlet by Marissa Meyer! Cannot WAIIIITT to read this book!! https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/3689/ Fri, 03 May 2013 18:32:13 -0400 On to Scarlet by Marissa Meyer! Cannot WAIIIITT to read this book!!

]]> 0 b28e76a3eb9bd06a7b179794f356e813 Amber McKinney posted an update: I read a few of the books from the Chronicles of Narnia, but […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/29036/ Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:45:05 -0400 I read a few of the books from the Chronicles of Narnia, but I didn’t make it past The Silver Chair. I think I watched the BBC version of The Silver Chair and it freaked me out. πŸ™‚ I’d love to go back and finish though, one day! I used to loving playing make-believe about Narnia when I was little. πŸ™‚

]]> 0 f689d532825ab6d7e08994cc2dee5a34 Amber McKinney posted an update: I like the Lorien Legacies, too. :) The Fall of Five is […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/29035/ Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:41:24 -0400 I like the Lorien Legacies, too. πŸ™‚ The Fall of Five is supposed to come out this August!

]]> 0 45f48027d1318ecf104980df5506581d Amber McKinney posted an update: I used to go back and re-read all the time, especially if a […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/29034/ Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:38:50 -0400 I used to go back and re-read all the time, especially if a new book in a series I loved was coming out. I still re-read old favorites every now and then, but lately I’ve been too busy with new stuff to re-read anything. :[

]]> 0 236795add7caa408d6047c1b37d089b8 Amber McKinney posted an update: Crewel is pretty good, so far! https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/3658/ Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:35:59 -0400 Crewel is pretty good, so far!

]]> 0 8bf963b7fac253e260a25f3dbc260f8c Amber McKinney posted an update: Almost done with my grad school spring semester!! Then I'm […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/3488/ Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:51:44 -0400 Almost done with my grad school spring semester!! Then I’m tackling the massive pile of books accumulating around the bookcase since they don’t fit on it anymore…

]]> 0 8f5f2d86aa9770c381949ccb2707a93c Amber McKinney posted a new activity comment https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/3481/#acomment-28997 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:50:15 -0400 I really like the series/trilogy, whatever it’s going to be!! πŸ™‚

In reply to - Emily Savant posted an update In other news, The Deepest Night by Shana Abe is damn good so far! ]]> a7229a19463a41cc73c5c699b1e51aa9 Amber McKinney posted an update: I'm reading too much at one time...oh boy... https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/3163/ Mon, 18 Feb 2013 03:13:55 -0500 I’m reading too much at one time…oh boy…

]]> 0 a30c18dd8bd272516060ba1814e62887 Amber McKinney posted an update: The holidays and life and grad school are trying to kill me. […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/3041/ Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:57:58 -0500 The holidays and life and grad school are trying to kill me. I must catch up on YA reading! MUST!!

]]> 0 32478b58dd8d9e8b17d3599f6963a18e Amber McKinney posted an update: Everything YA coming out in the next few months looks SO awesome. :) https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/2962/ Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:46:21 -0500 Everything YA coming out in the next few months looks SO awesome. πŸ™‚

]]> 0 c6aaab68f4aaec5f733c68d37e2aab52 Amber McKinney posted an update: Finished Above! Now on to Defiance! :) https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/2949/ Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:43:52 -0500 Finished Above! Now on to Defiance! πŸ™‚

]]> 0 3cd9190ba2e591b62cbaa1d648ac12e8 Amber McKinney posted an update: Currently reading Above by Leah Bobet. Not sure how I feel […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/2908/ Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:04:09 -0500 Currently reading Above by Leah Bobet. Not sure how I feel about it yet.

]]> 0 72d3c2a63f31ba8fec203717f301f780 Amber McKinney posted an update: I like both ebooks and print books. I like the convenience of […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/28900/ Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:41:36 -0500 I like both ebooks and print books. I like the convenience of ebooks, but I just can’t stop buying paper books. There’s something about curling up with a print book that I will always love!

]]> 0 ec1b808db4372ef29f9b0ed990e6a0c5 Amber McKinney posted an update: I love The Hobbit by Tolkien, but after seeing the first […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/2900/ Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:47:20 -0500 I love The Hobbit by Tolkien, but after seeing the first movie, I now HATE the ending of the book! Noooo!! πŸ™

]]> 0 f0f312bd620ef98fcba884f91bcee550 Amber McKinney posted an update: The Darkest Minds is so amazing! I just want to run home, […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/2862/ Thu, 06 Dec 2012 18:42:31 -0500 The Darkest Minds is so amazing! I just want to run home, curl up on the couch and finish it right now!

]]> 0 42c94f3db7866df1f074e2e2984c6fcb Amber McKinney posted an update: Almost finished with this semester of grad school. December […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/2811/ Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:25:20 -0500 Almost finished with this semester of grad school. December is going to be the Month of Peppermint-Flavored Coffees and Reading!

]]> 0 fc8ee9546c5311a430251192e22ac046 Amber McKinney posted an update: FINALLY finished with A Clash of Kings but kings are […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/2802/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:13:27 -0500 FINALLY finished with A Clash of Kings but kings are technically still clashing. Does it ever end?!

]]> 0 eba49388f12706e687be66ba23f92461 Amber McKinney posted an update: Happy Thanksgiving! :D https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/2791/ Thu, 22 Nov 2012 23:27:44 -0500 Happy Thanksgiving! πŸ˜€

]]> 0 9cb1e075c8b17bcc981d49c3339c0e4e Amber McKinney posted an update: Midnight City, you were great, but I need the sequel nooow. […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/2779/ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:38:41 -0500 Midnight City, you were great, but I need the sequel nooow. So many unresolved plot threads!

]]> 0 46e8c3dfe9c0d8c5fd2f2d1cd62adc62 Amber McKinney posted an update: My to-read shelf keeps multiplying but there seems to be no […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/2761/ Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:31:15 -0500 My to-read shelf keeps multiplying but there seems to be no time…I require a time machine!!

]]> 0 52df8794fe87f08c0f75049055322fda Amber McKinney posted an update: Midnight City is alien invasion awesomeness. And I love Holt!! https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/2703/ Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:03:57 -0500 Midnight City is alien invasion awesomeness. And I love Holt!!

]]> 0 b36e0110a1d3130b8945bfdf66fb1664 Amber McKinney posted a new activity comment https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/2688/#acomment-28843 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 21:57:41 -0400 I am JEALOUS! πŸ˜€

In reply to - Jen posted an update Through the Ever Night is…OhMyPerry!…all the feels! ]]> b8e0b32a2d3f78f404f7793e44b62cf5 Amber McKinney posted an update: I wanted to adore Beta, and I did at first...but at the end, […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/2677/ Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:30:49 -0400 I wanted to adore Beta, and I did at first…but at the end, I’m not so sure I love it as much as I did when I started reading it. But maybe the sequel will be super awesome!

]]> 0 d5c1a6f39ba81852881e872098d4ffb1 Amber McKinney posted an update: This exists?!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/28841/ Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:28:51 -0400 This exists?!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> 0 5fedfbff7559c94ae0ce427e94ca2411 Amber McKinney posted an update: I enjoyed Ironskin, but I didn't really like Ever...I guess […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/2645/ Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:39:22 -0400 I enjoyed Ironskin, but I didn’t really like Ever…I guess I’m not really into ghost-romance. Or the nickname Doll. And I need to catch up on review writing!!!

]]> 0 8ff44c62ba1415c845d9dcdc4c53dea6 Amber McKinney posted a new activity comment https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/2638/#acomment-28826 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:27:41 -0400 “A Single Shard” is an great story!! πŸ˜€

In reply to - Jason Gallaher posted an update Just went on a Linda Sue Park shopping spree. Loved “A Single Shard,” and I’m ready for more! ]]> 71d433839ac1e2a443952a9247d0d44f Amber McKinney posted an update: I sort of think it's more romance. https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/28813/ Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:01:54 -0400 I sort of think it’s more romance.

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