THE PARTY THREAD

[veronika23]

A place to say thanks to helpful BTer's, share your new BT status or heart achievement... A place to joke around, share memes, riddles or anything else you want to. Let's bring back some life in this place!!!!

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https://community.sephora.com/t5/Besides-Beauty/THE-UNICORN-MAIL-THREAD/m-p/3645731

 

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[sister13]

Thanks @veronika23!  

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@sister13,

Congratulations on getting bumped up to Rising Star 1.  You deserve the promotion! 

Yahooo!   Star Light, Star Bright, First Star That I See Tonight...  😉

[lmi82]

Congratulations, @sister13!!!

[ZombieMetroAnt]

Hip hip hooray 💕 Congrats @sister13

[fatimamummy]

Cross posting from random thoughts thread because I want to order something by tonight and it is about a celebration so here is what I want your suggestions for.

Grade 6 EQAO results came in yesterday and my daughter brought home an excellent result that deserves some equally excellent reward. Her actual gift is going to be custom made so it will take a couple of months to made and arrive. I want to give her something right away as well. I am thinking of a book series as she loves to read fiction. She already has most every DC comic and teen titans book. She owns Herry Potter series as well so any other good book series that I can get as a boxed set which is interesting and age appropriate for her. Any and every suggestion is welcomed. (She is 12)

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[HookedOnBeauty2]

Congratulations to your daughter @fatimamummy. No kids here so I don't have any book recommendations. 

[fatimamummy]

Thank you @HookedOnBeauty2

[Tamara76]

Yay!   Congratulations to your daughter!  @fatimamummy

I second the suggestions of the Rick Riordan books, especially the Percy Jackson series - soooooo good!  He is from my city (but doesn't live here any more 😞 ), so my kids even attended a few of his readings over the years and got all their books autographed! <3.

Also, what about the Eragon series if she likes dragons or the Narnia series if she likes fantasy???  And what do you think about the Hunger Games?  My daughter is a little older than yours, but I think she read that series in the 6th grade (I read it first, though, because there is violence).  

[fatimamummy]

Thanks @Tamara76 I am going to look into these series. I bet your kids felt lucky to repeatedly meet their favourite author!

[lmi82]

Big congrats to your daughter, @fatimamummy! She sounds like a smart cookie! You must be very proud. 🙂

Here are some series suggestions (some I've read & others I've heard good things about): 

The Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black & Tony DiTerlizzi

Magisterium Series by Holly Black & Cassandra Clare

Fairyland Series by Catherynne M. Valente

The Mysterious Benedict Society Series by Trenton Lee Stewart

Book of Ember Series by Jeanne DuPrau 

Underland Chronicles Series by Suzanne Collins

I'd also check out Rick Riordan's books. I've only read his Percy Jackson books, but I bet his other series are just as great. 

These ones are not a series, but I remember really loving these books when I was your daughter's age:

The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine 

Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The Music of Dolphins by Karen Hesse

Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George

I hope this helps!

[fatimamummy]

Wonderful! Thank you @lmi82 These are all going in Mommy's dairy so I have a good backup list for future reads as well!

[mermadelove]

@fatimamummy What about the A Wrinkle In Time Quad By Madeline L'Engle? I LOVED those at her age and they are sci-fi classics!!!!!

[Tamara76]

@mermadelove Yes!!!!!  This is an awesome series!!!! ❤️

[mermadelove]

@Tamara76 I read it when I was 12-- and then again in my 20's! Love it! 

[fatimamummy]

@mermadelove Interestingly she was looking for books at indigo website and just showed me this series a few minutes ago so it is on the list . Thank you!

[mermadelove]

@fatimamummy IT's truly a wonderful, groundbreaking series. MAin character is a girl!

[ZombieMetroAnt]

WOW!  @fatimamummy congrats to your beautiful daughter! You must be so proud of her   Here are two series' a coworker just got her kids who love fiction:

[Tamara76]

Ohhhhh!  Good suggestions, @ZombieMetroAnt!  My son liked the Charlie Bone series (my daughter, not so much).

@fatimamummy Has your daughter read the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series yet?  That's always a fun one series for boys and girls!   Other fun, light reads are The Babysitter's Club or Dork Diaries.

My son also liked the Series of Unfortunate Events books (I liked those a lot!) and Artemis Fowl series.

I have to admit, I LOVE the YA genre now and I may have picked up a book or two for myself at my daughter's school book fairs - lol!  Oddly enough, I think I graduated from Sweet Valley High books to Steven King in 6th or 7th grade - Maybe not the best choice, but my parents encouraged reading of all kinds, as long as it wasn't too terribly extreme.

[fatimamummy]

Thank you @ZombieMetroAnt Im actually really proud of her and I want her to know it 🙂 

These series sound really interesting, a book worm in me want to read them myself 😁

[jozkid]

How about the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan?  My kids loved it. Greek mythology and fiction! @fatimamummy

[lmi82]

I second the Percy Jackson suggestion! I loved that series.