Sunday, July 31, 2011

summer reads

While I've been away, I've still been reading. Time to play catch up :D


Finished June 14

I love Cassandra Clare! Some might call her wordy, but I think the difference between Cassandra and wordy authors is that her descriptions add to the full experience rather than acting as filler. Cassandra paints much more than a picture with her words, she creates a vivid screen filled with motion which adds to the overall emotional experience of her books.

Finished June 15

YAY!!! Enough said. I have, waiting for me to listen, CITY OF FALLEN ANGELS. The first of three that will follow CITY OF GLASS. I've decided that I don't do well having to wait an entire year to find out what happens next, let alone two years until there will be a resolve to the chaos I'm sure to unfold. Call me crazy, but I'm waiting to begin listening. I'm waiting to begin until a few months before the third comes out. For now, I shall be satisfied in my happy place. I'm just not ready to give up my joy!



Finished June 20

My honey saw this book and said, "Wow, that's a big book. So many words." It was a big book, a big book that ended a great trilogy. I'm looking forward to reading THE ALLOY OF LAW set 341 years after THE HERO OF AGES. THE ALLOY OF LAW will be released November 7, 2011.

Finished June 27

I enjoyed it enough to see where it goes in the future.

Finished June 27

LOVED IT!!! I read it, Russ read it, Logan read it.  ENCLAVE is a must read for anyone who enjoyed THE HUNGER GAMES (can't wait for the movie) and/or THE MAZE RUNNER (excited for THE DEATH CURE to be released October 11, 2011 -- just around the corner). I love the action, love the characters, and am looking forward to the next book, OUTPOST!!!  

Finished June 30

I liked it...a satisfying ending. I love it when authors share their musical inspirations. Lisa Mangum shares hers here.

Finished July 3

I cried, but even through the tears I was able to smile. That's saying something. Thank you Lou for providing sweet with the bitter in BLUE. I would love to read more of this story.

Finished July 5

My husband was totally surprised I loved ENCLAVE and if he knew that I enjoyed THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH, by Carrie Ryan, I think he'd be even more shocked. The dead are walking and mooooaaaannnninnnngggg.... So glad her honey, JP, took her to see  a zombie movie one day and that she consented to go even though she had sworn off all things horror in 1983.  

Finished July 14

I was worried, worried that I wouldn't find out what happened to Mary. Would never know what became of those in the Forrest. I was okay with how she handled it all. I didn't think I would be, but I was. Her third book, THE DARK AND HOLLOW PLACES, arrived in my mailbox two days ago. It's next up on my "to-read" list. I think the hardest part of Carrie's stories are that she has no problem killing off people I come to love. Maybe she does, maybe she sheds a tear for them, maybe her heart skips knowing her readers are going to cringe and their hearts are going to drop into their stomachs. One thing's for sure I don't get nearly enough oxygen from the time I start to the time I finish. It's a race from the first word to the last.

Finished July 20

It was okay, but I'm ready for it to be over. Which is a shame because really quite enjoyed the first. So I made a decision, one I've never made before...

Skipped

...I skipped the third book. Yes you read it right, skipped it. I always have to finish what I start, but it just keeps going on-and-on-and-on. 

Finished July 25

Glad I skipped the third, rushed through the fourth. 

Finished July 27

Well, this was interesting. I had almost more questions at the end then I did throughout the series. I think final books should be final, meaning I'm not left wondering why a certain main character does and says a certain something. Maybe it's me, but I would have preferred she had skipped the third, combined the fourth and fifth, written the sixth as the third and then a fourth to take us on a new journey.

Finished July 28

I was really looking forward to this book. I really liked FALLEN, I really did. TORMENT was good. I had high hopes for PASSION and I was especially looking forward to it after THE IMMORTALS. It was off to a good start, and then enters a gargoyle. A gargoyle, really? It's not so much  as to what the gargoyle represents, but that the form is a gargoyle, who speaks out of character. The sad thing is this book had so many possibilities, it could have been sooooo much better. Lauren had some great ideas and I loved the traveling component, but to what end? This series is going to continue and I just don't know if I can keep going. I probably will, but I hope the next one is as good as the first.

Finished July 30

 After a string of reads that just weren't doing it for me, I was worried. What to read next? I was going to go with SHIVER, by Maggie Stiefvater, but since I didn't get my angel fix satisfied I decided to give HUSH, HUSH, by Becca Fitzpatrick, a shot. I didn't have high hopes, but was pleasantly surprised. I laughed, which I sorely needed, and found myself enjoying the danger and being reminded of just how much I love those bad boys! What is it about them? Their ability to push away and pull close in the same sentence. Gotta love 'em!

Reading

I'm 1/4 of the way through and can't wait 'til I can read some more this evening. The third and final book SILENCE will be out October 4, 2011 and I've already programmed my ipad to alert me! I'm also looking forward to finding a copy of 

Kiss Me Deadly: 13 Tales of Paranormal Love


A short story collection aiming to satisfy every werewolf, ghost, fallen angel, zombie, and shape-shifter’s dark desires.

Authors include: Becca Fitzpatrick, Caitlin Kittredge, Karen Mahoney, Justine Musk, Daniel Marks, Diana Peterfreund, Sarah Rees Brennan, Michelle Rowen, Carrie Ryan, Maggie Stiefvater, Rachel Vincent, Daniel Waters, Michelle Zink

Happy Reading Everyone!!! If you love it as much as I do I recommend Goodreads.com my favorite place to keep track of what I read and find new books to love :D

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