Rachel ’s Comments (group member since Jun 05, 2013)

Rachel ’s comments from the The Wide Web of Friends in YA Books group.

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas :D

Welcome Shi'Asia!! :D

#26 Finished 1/4/15 5 Stars
#27 Finished 1/17/15 2 Stars

For those of you who haven't heard, something crazy happened in the bookish community a few weeks ago. Author Stacey Jay (Of Beast and Beauty, Princess of Thorns) started a Kickstarter online fundraiser to raise money for her to write and self-publish the sequel to Princess of Thorns. Being a bit too honest, she explained that around $3,500 would go to cover design, editing professional help, and publishing and that the rest around $7,000 would go to supporting her family (groceries, gas, etc...) while it took her the 3-4 months to write the novel.

This caused a huge debate within the reading community as people with differing opinions and feelings regarding this argued. Unfortunately some people got VERY angry at Stacey Jay, sent her hate mail, and someone actually leaked a picture of her house online. Since then, Jay has canceled the fundraiser and decided to stop writing YA novels and focus on her adult romance novels under a pen name.

I find this so sad and tragic that people tormented her so, but at the same time did she do the right thing in her proposal?

Didn't like it! A bit slow to start, and overused plot device of girl disguised as a guy. Pass.

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
Kiss of Deception by Mary E Pearson
Queen of Someday by Sherry D Ficklin

Okay, I'll work on it !

The Distance Between Us by Kasie West
Open Road Summer by Emery Lord

I FINISHED AND IT WAS AMAZING.

#5 Finished 1/3/15 5 Stars

Welcome Linda!!

Finished It was really good!

I'm reading City of Savages by Lee Kelly! It comes out February 3rd and it's SO AMAZING.

I'm not really sure what I was thinking back then, but I'm not a fan of the single threads for series books. I'm thinking of archiving them all except the thread for the first book in the series, renaming it to be the thread for the entire series, and sticking it in a newly labeled "book series" folder. Any objections or thoughts?

Welcome Erica!! I like bananas too :)

#2 Finished 1/1/15 4 Stars

I picked 80 which is kind of crazy for me considering I have a busy year ahead. And I'm a junior in high school :0

Kassioppe wrote: "Rachel (Miss Perfection) wrote: "Wow that's a lot of languages!! Welcome Kassioppe!!

J'ai seize ans aussi! J'apprends le français à l'école."

Your French is really good :) I'm happy to see that ..."

I love it!! We're working a lot on pronunciation this year. The language is just so pretty <33

Wow that's a lot of languages!! Welcome Kassioppe!!

J'ai seize ans aussi! J'apprends le français à l'école.

Welcome Lauren!!