Sylvs (NOVELty Reads)’s Comments (group member since May 08, 2019)

Sylvs (NOVELty Reads)’s comments from the Between The Pages group.

I so far am really enjoying this book and I liked how the author incorporated different elements in the story such as (view spoiler)[a 911 call between a neighbour and the call operator who heard yelling and screaming from Korey's apartment (hide spoiler)]. I thought that was really well done and it added a whole other fear layer to an already scary story. Although I hated Korey's character for all the cruel things he did, I had to admit he was written really well and Tiffany D Jackson wrote him in such a way that you were constantly on the edge of your seat knowing the potential way this story would go in and, as Eileen said, it made you feel very uncomfortable.

Book # on list: 83
Book Name: The Queen Will Betray You
Pages: 371
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Eileen wrote: "I loved The Magnolia Sword and The Invention of Hugo Cabret (we have three of the Brian Selznick books in hard cover), but I just downloaded Ziggy and Music from my library and will add it to my li..."

Ooh nice! I'll look those up! Hopefully you'll like Ziggy, Stardust and Me and Music from Another World I rated them pretty highly :)

Eileen wrote: "Just saw this thread and thought I should introduce myself. I'm an ENFP married to an INTJ and I've been officially on Goodreads since June 2008 but I didn't really start keeping track of books unt..."

Hi Eileen! You have a wide range of genres you read from what I can see! I'm more of a YA reader (because who doesn't love YA?) but I have been known to read some adult books like Red White and Royal Blue and House in the Cerulean Sea and some classics like To Kill a Mockingbird, The Alchemist and The Great Gatsby. Historical fiction is one of my least read genres on Goodreads but I definitely want to read some more especially if it's YA too. I've read The Magnolia Sword, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Music From Another World and Ziggy, Stardust and Me which are books I highly recommend from the Historical Fiction genre. If you haven't read them you should :)

Book # on list: 29
Book Name: Grenade Bouquets
Pages: 286
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Book # on list: 82
Book Name: The Princess Will Save You
Pages: 348
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Eileen wrote: "One thing that this book had going for it was that at least I didn't dislike the characters. They just were far less interesting than the world, lol."

I agree! The characters were not unlikeable but the characters were definitely less of a focus than the world and its world building

Eileen wrote: "That's awesome. Yes, other than the mystery of Zero, I felt like we really got to know Emika, and a little bit of Hideo, but otherwise, the characters were a bit sketched in. But the world was real..."

Same! I'm definitely a character reader so if I'm not liking the characters then I won't like the story BUT Warcross was an exception where I liked the world much much more than the characters themselves.

Eileen wrote: "Okay, this was a really easy and quick read and I found it held my interest from beginning to end. I did find some of it predictable, but it didn't seem to take away from my enjoyment. I'm looking ..."

This book is definitely one of my faves! I don't know how Marie Lu does it but she writes such gorgeous imagery and scenery. I felt like I was there in the Warcross world and she wrote it in such a way that it felt realistic and yet entirely possible for it to have been a real virtual reality experience. I felt like the pacing was really good and I loved the whole subplot with Zero. Character wise, I liked the characters but they didn't feel completely well-rounded and seemed a bit aloof and distant at times. Overall though, I think I rated the book 5 stars the first time I read it and since then this book has definitely been reread by me a couple few times :)

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Book Name: Strange Gods
Pages: 336
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akacya ♡̷̷ˎˊ wrote: "i also have Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World on my list! you have some books i’ve read and really enjoyed, i hope you like them (:"

Ahh thank you so much! Some of these are re-reads that I've enjoyed but I can't wait to delve into the rest of this list!

Eileen wrote: "Just curious how we should be logging our books and how many points each of our books on the list are worth (vs. 3 points for books not on the list). A few of us are attempting to log our books but..."

We just realised we didn't add that in (yikes!) we are editing them into individual pages now. Sorry for the delay! Formatting wise though we would prefer:

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Comment your thoughts on the August 2021 Moderator's BOTM below

So I just finished the book a couple of days ago and umm excuse me what was that ending?? I have so many thoughts about that last line. I was thinking about it a lot and I seriously cannot wait until November for the sequel! Can the book come out any sooner?

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Emily✨ wrote: "I'm innnn!"

Awesome I'll add you in :)

Eileen wrote: "I need all y'all's help to get through my ARCs, lol!!!"

Ahaha me too I'm so behind!

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Elizabeth wrote: "I'll join!"

Awesome I'll add you in :)

Eileen wrote: "Sylvs (NOVELty Reads) wrote: "Also guys I'm just letting you know that if you want, you can change your list a little bit but make sure it's finalised BEFORE August 1st!"

Oh that's good! I was alr..."

I just got a whole heap of ARCs so that's why my list definitely needed a bit of changing XD