YA Books Central | Yomnaz | Activity https://yabookscentral.com/members/yomna/activity/ Activity feed for Yomnaz. Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:11:43 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 a165fc3c96c5c73a6a1d1e9cf3304b9c Yomnaz posted an update: It's a shame there's no sequel :( Billi Sangreal has just one […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/6883/ Thu, 18 Sep 2014 00:20:34 -0400 It’s a shame there’s no sequel 🙁
Billi Sangreal has just one test between her and joining The Knights Templar; the order dedicated to fighting evil in all its otherworldly forms.

The test? Killing a six year old child.

Granted the child isn’t human, only something masquerading as human, but that doesn’t make the job any easier.

But Billi…Read more

]]> 0 c5ceffa92fa1cbb5c778638105bfb7f9 Yomnaz posted an update: Started out great but.. Review: The Night Circus by Erin […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5674/ Mon, 02 Dec 2013 20:24:54 -0500 Started out great but..
Review: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Published: January 1st 2011 by Anchor

Page Count: 516 pages

Awards: Locus Award for Best First Novel (2012),Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Adult Literature (2012), ALA Alex Award (2012), Abraham Lincoln Award Nominee (2014), The Reading List Genre Awards for Fantasy…Read more

]]> 0 298e57073bbc3e632a9086f561139f2e Yomnaz posted an update: Not so impessed First things first: THE COVER CHANGE!! why […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5591/ Mon, 25 Nov 2013 03:03:00 -0500 Not so impessed
First things first: THE COVER CHANGE!! why do authors change the cover in the very last book of a series? WHY? It makes me not want to display the books on my shelves and that makes me feel guilty about the books feeling left out. Gaaaaah!

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Lauren Oliver really redeemed herself in this book; it was full of action for the…Read more

]]> 0 d74f44e08e3eccd94e8c81e2eb245b14 Yomnaz posted an update: Going to start Requiem Tomorrow. Excited! https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5556/ Thu, 21 Nov 2013 00:25:01 -0500 Going to start Requiem Tomorrow. Excited!

]]> 0 c33d2d3aaa75e89a05df8aa13483b081 Yomnaz posted an update: finished Pandemonium. Totally called that ending. https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5555/ Thu, 21 Nov 2013 00:24:18 -0500 finished Pandemonium. Totally called that ending.

]]> 0 2d0b71ba7ae9e7748ee1eed2f4135198 Yomnaz posted an update: Getting better :D Status: Book 2 of the Delirium […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5554/ Thu, 21 Nov 2013 00:14:53 -0500 Getting better 😀
Status: Book 2 of the Delirium Trilogy

Published: February 28th 2012 by HarperTeen

pages: 455

This is NOT a spoiler free review. Watch out. Also contains spoilers for DELIRIUM.

Delirium had left off with Alex dead behind the fence and Lena alone in the wilds. Pandemonium takes off from the same spot. Lena makes her way…Read more

]]> 0 7348c414f23495e81dcf761a28b15816 Yomnaz posted an update: So many people hate this book..! Sometimes freedom has a way […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5495/ Sat, 09 Nov 2013 22:40:22 -0500 So many people hate this book..!
Sometimes freedom has a way of destroying things..

At first, i was really angry at what had happened to Tally. I felt like I’d lost the person I had spent so much time getting to know but gradually, throughout the book i began accepting that it’s a little selfish of me to want Tally to be the same person forever…Read more

]]> 0 f148a676c3c910f7f5a2b8cae36d6d44 Yomnaz posted an update: one of my favorite series of all time I know a lot of […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5494/ Sat, 09 Nov 2013 22:32:26 -0500 one of my favorite series of all time
I know a lot of people complain that this book is worse than “Uglies” but I actually thought it was better.

Something about Tally finding her way out of pretty haze makes your heart go out to her, doesn’t it?

Also, Zane is a bubbly new development, isn’t he? 😉

I guess I never really liked David. Partly…Read more

]]> 0 b0ab0a2a82f48e59ebded4ea98fc5ea9 Yomnaz posted an update: Uglies (Uglies #1) The Uglies series has more than 3 million […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5493/ Sat, 09 Nov 2013 22:30:05 -0500 Uglies (Uglies #1)
The Uglies series has more than 3 million books in print, has been translated into twenty-seven languages, and spent more than fifty weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Now all four books feature fresh new covers and will reach an even wider audience.

Tally’s adventures begin in Uglies, where she learns the truth a…Read more

]]> 0 037bcff3957865b787bd66a59d832513 Yomnaz posted an update: Reading the night circus by erin Morgenstern https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5463/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 18:18:12 -0500 Reading the night circus by erin Morgenstern

]]> 0 df8a170ba4860af057ff47f4bcc38ad9 Yomnaz posted an update: Mixed Feelings I picked up Delirium even though the synopsis […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5462/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 18:13:39 -0500 Mixed Feelings
I picked up Delirium even though the synopsis wasn’t particularly appealing to me. I got the impression that it was more of a love story than anything else really.

When you pick up a first book in a trilogy, you need to understand that the characters you meet in it aren’t the author’s completed portrait of them, just their…Read more

]]> 0 72e2711ffe94e46f3a7098d99e5d3bb7 Yomnaz posted an update: Downhill I want to say I hated this but it wasn't all bad. […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5461/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 18:11:17 -0500 Downhill
I want to say I hated this but it wasn’t all bad. What I hated most though was Cabel and Janie’s relationship. Just downright cheesy and twilight-ish. I don’t even know why I read this one expect I really wanted to know what happens..So I’m resisting the temptation to read the next one because it will probably be just as bad as this one..

]]> 0 0712d75b9f13037d7b7b401534c086ef Yomnaz posted an update: Depressing but really good How can you write a novel about […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5460/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 18:06:26 -0500 Depressing but really good
How can you write a novel about recovering from mental illness and a few weeks later kill yourself? It’s very discouraging.

That being said, this was probably one of the most beautifully written and constructed novels I’ve ever read. Sylvia Plath has the strangest mixture of funny/heartbreaking writing ever.

About a…Read more

]]> 0 eb84751b2012672f1657a57df80afc2b Yomnaz posted an update: What a disappointment! I'm a sucker for dragons, I have to […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5459/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 18:03:56 -0500 What a disappointment!
I’m a sucker for dragons, I have to admit. The very idea of them is irresistible to me, so my opinion should have been partial towards this book by default.

My main problem with this book is that it’s almost exactly like the Lord of the Rings. And some of the names feel like a reversal of other name with slightly different…Read more

]]> 0 997e5fa5e35bab90749436c6508ad0e9 Yomnaz posted an update: Changed my minds about HG Wells My first encounter with H.G. […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5458/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 18:01:33 -0500 Changed my minds about HG Wells
My first encounter with H.G. Wells was not of the pleasant sort.
I read or tried to read ‘the invisible man”. It was drawn out and really strange. And the image of Kevin Bacon kept floating disconcertingly in front of my eyes.

Am I the only person who thinks The Invisible Man is faintly sexual some how? Pretty sure…Read more

]]> 0 824ce3f7e2dbf3cd1467d62c1895876d Yomnaz posted an update: The Time Machine https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5457/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 18:00:54 -0500 The Time Machine

]]> 0 ee8771654d94c65d6dca3a2138d33ffc Yomnaz posted an update: I loved this books ** spoiler alert ** The story of a society […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5456/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 17:58:09 -0500 I loved this books
** spoiler alert ** The story of a society where people choose to separate themselves into 5 different groups ; the brave, the honest, the knowledge seekers, the selfless and the amity, who i guess just want to get along..?
However people are not just honest or just selfless or just brave. Some people have more than one faction…Read more

]]> 0 efb97f72dadae515a72ba842853d4c4b Yomnaz posted an update: Divergent (Divergent #1) In Beatrice Prior's dystopian […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5455/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 17:58:05 -0500 Divergent (Divergent #1)
In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor(the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must s…Read more

]]> 0 98b93809bba0351be7a8d7dc84f015bd Yomnaz posted an update: Turned me off contemporary romance forever This was okay at […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5454/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 17:49:30 -0500 Turned me off contemporary romance forever
This was okay at first. Then it was just plain overdone.

there were these moments when you could imagine a stage hand whispering “cue angst” behind the curtain. The backgrounds of the characters weren’t as dramatic as the author seems to want them to sound.

I don’t mind a novel about a dysfunctional…Read more

]]> 0 1c395802167832890e9df0748ef46fab Yomnaz posted an update: Funny/Heartbreaking This has been one of the most […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5453/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 17:41:04 -0500 Funny/Heartbreaking
This has been one of the most heartbreaking things I’ve ever read. It’s truly depressing to think of people marching for freedom only to have their revolution stolen by some fundamentalist pigs!

Unfortunately this hits very close to home as the situation here in Egypt bears a striking resemblance to what Marjaine Satrapi tells…Read more

]]> 0 af731944ac8b9977702e75601fb07b6f Yomnaz posted an update: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis #1) Wise, funny, and […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5452/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 17:40:36 -0500 The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis #1)
Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, “Persepolis” is Marjane Satrapi’s memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah’s regime, the tri…Read more

]]> 0 58677216eeeb4392d8515a3206e0593c Yomnaz posted an update: FAV After a disappointing first 3 months of 2013, I come […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5451/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 17:36:55 -0500 FAV
After a disappointing first 3 months of 2013, I come across this gem! I had been meaning to get this for quite a while. I read it right after another book from the 1800s, coincidentally.

Up until now, I had a pre conceived notion about literature from that time period but “Alice in Wonderland” completely threw me off.

You know that feeling…Read more

]]> 0 78942f0f01adab9d4e9e80a9fe4f73f6 Yomnaz posted an update: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice #1) For over 125 […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5450/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 17:36:32 -0500 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Alice #1)
For over 125 years John Tenniel’s superb illustrations for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland have been the perfect complement to Lewis Carroll’s timeless story. In that time Alice has been illustrated by numerous artists, but not one has come close to matching the universal appeal of the original…Read more

]]> 0 95abe792d55bf763bd12b027a3c0eb69 Yomnaz posted an update: WOW We're at the cultural stage where we've stopped wanting […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5449/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 17:29:34 -0500 WOW
We’re at the cultural stage where we’ve stopped wanting to kill zombies and have begun wanting to love them.
I can sit back and appreciate this transformation since I was too young to notice when it happened to vampires.

You remember, “Dracula” and “Nosferatu” became “louis de point du lac” and “angel, the vampire with a soul”.
We began…Read more

]]> 0 8896e05ff35f188f98fb34f8bec17f56 Yomnaz posted an update: Warm Bodies R is a young man with an existential crisis -- […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5448/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 17:29:16 -0500 Warm Bodies
R is a young man with an existential crisis — he is a zombie. He shuffles through an America destroyed by war, social collapse, and the mindless hunger of his undead comrades, but he craves something more than blood and brains. He can speak just a few grunted syllables, but his inner life is deep, full of wonder and longing. He has…Read more

]]> 0 fcf44702e33b809f2f82fed98116455f Yomnaz posted an update: Better than the last one the last book was bad. This was […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5447/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 17:13:57 -0500 Better than the last one
the last book was bad. This was awesome! I can really see things starting to develop in the right direction. The book ends with a cruel cliffhanger and we can’t be sure where the plot is going.. One thing I AM sure about is I’m definitely going to miss Sookie when she’s gone. She’s been great company..

]]> 0 04adba792f16cbe438e57eb0e550a96c Yomnaz posted an update: FUNNY. WAY FUNNY! So funny and so true. Helen fielding's […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5446/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 17:01:13 -0500 FUNNY. WAY FUNNY!
So funny and so true. Helen fielding’s Bridget Jones is an every girl who shows you don’t have to be a size zero to be happy with who you are(even though Bridget spends the entire length of the book trying to slim down)
although, if you are prone to a low self esteem, Bridget might be a bad influence on you. she’s funny, yes.…Read more

]]> 0 e76412c1603adc4fc6036646203f3f46 Yomnaz posted an update: Slow to start but ends with a bang! Oh, what's this then? […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5445/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 16:55:28 -0500 Slow to start but ends with a bang!

Oh, what’s this then? the long lost art of plot? hmm.. it’s been so long the signs were almost non distinguishable

Suzanne Collins has managed to capture the true inner workings of plotting for a revolution. Take it from somebody who’s seen one first hand fairly recently.
Collins’s story arch rings completely…Read more

]]> 0 c14819aee8db9b1e76d4a21268575461 Yomnaz posted an update: Catching Fire (The Hunger Games #2) Sparks are igniting, […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5444/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 16:54:38 -0500 Catching Fire (The Hunger Games #2)
Sparks are igniting, flames are spreading and the Capitol wants revenge.

Against all odds, Katniss has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and longtime friend,…Read more

]]> 0 2b1c981f0221133176d377f3297664b6 Yomnaz posted an update: My first ever YA Dystopian The characters, the arena, the […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5443/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 16:44:12 -0500 My first ever YA Dystopian
The characters, the arena, the politics, the strategy, the emotions.. all of it is so meticulously designed that it thrusts you right into the heart of things and you become preoccupied with the characters and events as if you were going throgh them yourself.

it was the perfect start to the year.

The story, told in the…Read more

]]> 0 5fd9b67810045a7e39a38dc36ed77bdf Yomnaz posted an update: The Hunger Games: Movie Tie-In Edition (The Hunger Games […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5442/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 16:43:43 -0500 The Hunger Games: Movie Tie-In Edition (The Hunger Games #1)
The New York Times bestselling The Hunger Games, with an all-new cover from the major motion picture!The astonishing bestseller is now a fantastic movie. Here is the original novel with new movie artwork on the cover. (Original cover version also available.)In the ruins of a place once…Read more

]]> 0 266b79bdd79071187e8f351002581d63 Yomnaz posted an update: Fun if a tad slow this was absolutely beautiful. Pit ultimate […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5440/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 11:47:14 -0500 Fun if a tad slow
this was absolutely beautiful. Pit ultimate good against ultimate evil and only a human can make peace between the two.
Because that’s what we are really, we have both sides inside us and we’re only capable of doing good because we have the ability to do evil..Adam demonstrated that perfectly!

Another thing I thought was…Read more

]]> 0 3cfb991db688f9d6a905a026863d8169 Yomnaz posted an update: Changed my Life "Power is not a means it is an end. One does […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5439/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 11:43:48 -0500 Changed my Life
“Power is not a means it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish a dictatorship.
The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power.”
-George Orwell. 1984

I wonder, if Orwell was alive…Read more

]]> 0 f4900010cb970b3a3818d888234765a5 Yomnaz posted an update: 1984 Written in 1948, 1984 was George Orwell's chilling […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5438/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 11:43:14 -0500 1984
Written in 1948, 1984 was George Orwell’s chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, Orwell’s narrative is timelier than ever. 1984 presents a startling and haunting vision of the world, so powerful that it is completely convincing from start to finish. No one can deny the power of this novel, its hold on the…Read more

]]> 0 d7a3d161fa4a235980e78bcfd72fda6f Yomnaz posted an update: Just finished the darkest minds. I'm itching to read never […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5413/ Wed, 06 Nov 2013 09:47:45 -0500 Just finished the darkest minds. I’m itching to read never Fade. I have yet to meet another living person who disliked this book!!!

]]> 0 1891a384b9aae3c13f4b017f4b3bcd44 Yomnaz posted an update: Brilliant, Beautiful, Heartbreaking, Captivating THIS REVIEW […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5412/ Wed, 06 Nov 2013 09:45:42 -0500 Brilliant, Beautiful, Heartbreaking, Captivating
THIS REVIEW IS FAIRLY SPOILER FREE. YOU MAY CONTINUE SAFELY IF YOU HAVE NOT YET READ THIS BOOK!

From the moment I read the first page in this book, I just knew, you know?

Do you know the feeling you get when you start reading a book and you can tell right off the bat this is going to be one of you…Read more

]]> 0 5fa9e23d8f85c973b036e8793fba153b Yomnaz posted an update: The Darkest Minds When Ruby wakes up on her tenth […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5411/ Wed, 06 Nov 2013 09:44:49 -0500 The Darkest Minds

When Ruby wakes up on her tenth birthday, something about her has changed. Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that gets her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government “rehabilitation camp.” She might have survived the mysterious disease that’s killed most of Ameri…Read more

]]> 0 099f8712e8bf5c2159df87cbad03c8d7 Yomnaz posted an update: from community choose : my profile then hover over the […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/29183/ Thu, 31 Oct 2013 17:42:14 -0400 from community choose : my profile
then hover over the options button (bottom right corner of the avatar/cover photo area
choose: change avatar
then upload your photo

]]> 0 eadf5bd2cd36c2ce0894bbcdd203505e Yomnaz posted an update: looking forward to reading #thedarkestminds next!! https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/5353/ Thu, 31 Oct 2013 16:26:53 -0400 looking forward to reading #thedarkestminds next!!

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