YA Books Central | Dragana @ Bookworm Dreams | Activity https://yabookscentral.com/members/bookwormdreams/activity/ Activity feed for Dragana @ Bookworm Dreams. Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:19:21 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 b78f9dde70d16e7bf8c22ba2de2131d3 Dragana @ Bookworm Dreams added Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version to Kids Fiction https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/78507/ Sat, 25 Feb 2023 19:17:18 -0500
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November 08, 2012
]]> 0 544d7e67560b17eb65811bf669ca2503 Dragana @ Bookworm Dreams added Extraction (Extraction #1) to Young Adult Fiction https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/73382/ Sat, 25 Feb 2023 17:36:59 -0500
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July 22, 2014
]]> 0 d7e87294545b29f5abb20983ea4e7107 Dragana @ Bookworm Dreams added Hopeless (Hopeless #1) to Young Adult Fiction https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/72969/ Sat, 25 Feb 2023 17:33:53 -0500
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May 07, 2013
]]> 0 6cece62309a162237c61646a12d054e5 Dragana @ Bookworm Dreams added Existence (Existence Trilogy #1) to Young Adult Fiction https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/72938/ Sat, 25 Feb 2023 17:33:42 -0500
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April 10, 2012
]]> 0 8df2cb5365a7be73bd267dc4d3df7f12 Dragana @ Bookworm Dreams added Quite Contrary to Young Adult Fiction https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/72649/ Sat, 25 Feb 2023 17:31:34 -0500
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]]> 0 87756e628bcf92d42bd7229963ca26b2 Dragana @ Bookworm Dreams added Emilie and the Hollow World to Young Adult Fiction https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/72456/ Sat, 25 Feb 2023 17:30:20 -0500
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April 02, 2013
]]> 0 1e27c6f746ed87ade3c5bd5f2501d868 Dragana @ Bookworm Dreams added UnEarthed to Young Adult Fiction https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/72264/ Sat, 25 Feb 2023 17:28:51 -0500
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]]> 0 7e2c0ccd1883e76b2278cb3ed9b0cf35 Dragana @ Bookworm Dreams posted an update: Qucik read if not necessarily an original one Clementine is […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/6975/ Thu, 18 Sep 2014 00:24:49 -0400 Qucik read if not necessarily an original one
Clementine is smart, hardworking girl who works in farming camps on the surface of planet Kiel. All she dreams is proving that she is Promising enough to become resident of planets Core level where you are free to pick the job you like. But, although Clementine is extracted, she soon starts to question…Read more

]]> 0 f656268851eafea836d9dfcc1677947a Dragana @ Bookworm Dreams posted an update: Very emotinal and dramatic love story Colleen Hoover already […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/6891/ Thu, 18 Sep 2014 00:21:07 -0400 Very emotinal and dramatic love story
Colleen Hoover already earned reputation that she knows how to write a good romance story with her novels Slammed and Point of Retreat. My first encounter with her is Hopeless, first book in her new contemporary romance series, about hopeless boy and girl who somehow manage to find love…Read more

]]> 0 212668fe06691a74c9e5877c476d7de6 Dragana @ Bookworm Dreams posted an update: What of Supervillains Ruled the world? What I Liked: As ever, […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5598/ Mon, 25 Nov 2013 13:37:55 -0500 What of Supervillains Ruled the world?
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As ever, where Brandon Sanderson shines is in the world building. Sanderson has a real knack for creating unique worlds that run on different principles, following that logic through. This world, while not as disparate as his epic fantasies, compels the imagination. Superhero stories have always…Read more

]]> 0 5500c947d33ec0879315bf54ddc2e6b2 Dragana @ Bookworm Dreams posted an update: The heroes will come... we might just have to help them […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5597/ Mon, 25 Nov 2013 13:37:37 -0500 The heroes will come… we might just have to help them along
As an all-time-favorite-i-would-read-a-fishing-manual-if-he-wrote-it Brandon Sanderson fan, reading his books for me is always a karmic experience. I expected no less from Steelheart. So let’s see what did I hope this book will have?

1) Original idea and world building. Although s…Read more

]]> 0 f8c1b409d750fd0742b2f26d321fd874 Dragana @ Bookworm Dreams posted an update: A treat for tech geeks I haven’t read good technologically o […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5563/ Thu, 21 Nov 2013 13:08:06 -0500 A treat for tech geeks
I haven’t read good technologically oriented science fiction novel lately, but Sean Williams satisfied all my geeky and tech cravings with Twinmaker. I can only say: now this is how the future should be envisioned!
– Built-in contact lenses that sound like better and improved cousin of Google Glass.
– Instant t…Read more

]]> 0 56cd74bf95f21d579eb95227a0079d31 Dragana @ Bookworm Dreams posted an update: Very original ya dystopian with vampires First thing you need […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5509/ Tue, 12 Nov 2013 05:49:30 -0500 Very original ya dystopian with vampires
First thing you need to know is that The Immortal Rules is nothing like Iron Fey series. While The Iron King had a somewhat original idea, it was full of cliches. The Immortal Rules is the total opposite. Julie Kagawa took one of the most popular topics today: vampires and used it to write very original…Read more

]]> 0 a3c2ac1e75aa5010dd5fd7d6b26adf69 Dragana @ Bookworm Dreams posted an update: No Second Book Slump Here What I Loved: My love for Throne of […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5437/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 10:05:06 -0500 No Second Book Slump Here
What I Loved:
My love for Throne of Glass is well known, but, after reading some reviews, I started wondering if the book was quite as good as I remembered. There were some fair criticisms, things I’d not even considered. In Crown of Midnight, Maas really hits those elements that were missing from the first, and ups the…Read more

]]> 0 5985ef7936cff65015a14052ddb3b0cc Dragana @ Bookworm Dreams posted an update: Now this is how you write a good sequel! The stakes are up […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5436/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 10:04:53 -0500 Now this is how you write a good sequel!
The stakes are up for all our favorite characters: assassin Celaena Sardothien, crown prince Dorian Havilliard and captain of the guard Chaol Westfall.

Celaena, who always avoided politics and only cared to survive, finds herself in the middle of court intrigues and treachery. We learn a lot about the past…Read more

]]> 0 808f4ec6479b8c7133b1ec1167d2357d Dragana @ Bookworm Dreams posted an update: Swoony Romance, Adventure and Humor Abound What I Loved: In […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5435/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 10:02:52 -0500 Swoony Romance, Adventure and Humor Abound
What I Loved:
In my experience, YA novels written by romance novelists generally go one of two ways: awesomely or atrociously. Now, this may not be the case for most, but, personally, I go to a romance novel and a YA novel for totally different reasons, and I don’t want a romance novel from my YA; romance…Read more

]]> 0 f555c5177881d6be22efbecfdf4f216e Dragana @ Bookworm Dreams posted an update: Wonderful fantasy for young adults full of action and subtle […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5434/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 10:02:20 -0500 Wonderful fantasy for young adults full of action and subtle romance
Sherry Thomas was already known to me as author of several historical romance novels. I heard a lot of praise from my romance-loving friends and I planned to check out her work some day. Then I heard about The Burning Sky. Adult romance author writing a young adult fantasy novel?…Read more

]]> 0 198d04bd56a79068f8ef9e9ba23c4432 Dragana @ Bookworm Dreams posted an update: Too many irritating cliches for my taste While I read […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5206/ Sat, 19 Oct 2013 16:50:53 -0400 Too many irritating cliches for my taste
While I read Existence I had a feeling that someone gave Abbi Glines a list of cliches that irritate me the most in young adult paranormal novels and she used them in this book. For start we have a heroine Pagan, who is just an ordinary girl. Except she is exceptionally beautiful (but is not aware of it),…Read more

]]> 0 61f5b76e5b58243a65ff7175671c8b7d Dragana @ Bookworm Dreams posted an update: Very original science fiction novel for young adults It's not […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5204/ Sat, 19 Oct 2013 08:37:52 -0400 Very original science fiction novel for young adults
It’s not a secret that I was looking forward to reading Zenn Scarlett. Colonization of other planets (especially Mars) is one of my favorite topics in science fiction novels. Add to that the fact that Christian Schoon kept teasing us in his comments and tweets by throwing out names of unusual…Read more

]]> 0 c835ee0cb5db6821bd908accf321c018 Dragana @ Bookworm Dreams posted an update: Should we do anything for love? For Darkness Shows the Stars […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5149/ Fri, 11 Oct 2013 14:02:12 -0400 Should we do anything for love?
For Darkness Shows the Stars is one of those book that takes time to develop but when it grip you, it does not let you go until the end.

Inspired by Jane Austen’s Persuasion, For Darkness Shows the Stars is set in a post-apocalyptic version of Earth. Social structure reminded me of Gone with the Wind. Luddites…Read more

]]> 0 b76b620ec6a81c8a728f2bd3c6abb26c Dragana @ Bookworm Dreams posted an update: Quite fun if you can stand the narration style Undeadly is […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5140/ Thu, 10 Oct 2013 12:58:13 -0400 Quite fun if you can stand the narration style
Undeadly is one of those books that when you look back in retrospective makes you wonder: why the hell did I like it? Especially since just a glance at the first sentence reminds me how horrible first person point-of-view narration by Molly was. She used phrases ‘like’, ‘suckitude’, ‘crap’ and other…Read more

]]> 0 b86310e2d8167dbf48c8a942742c4508 Dragana @ Bookworm Dreams posted an update: Dragana @ Bookworm Dreams and {target} are now friends https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/3330/ Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:06:04 -0400 Dragana @ Bookworm Dreams and {target} are now friends

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