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I do love the PJ books.I could not finish City of Bones. Tried twice and just couldn't do it. I wanted to love it so much too haha.
Oh gosh! I bought four of the mortal instrument books so now I'm scared I won't like it :/ I heard if you get through the first then it gets way better. I hope so! I'm having a hard time finishing Beautiful Creatures, it's just kinda slow paced and a lot is irrelevant. They could have taken about 200 pages out and it would have been perfect but they've drug stuff out. I'm going to tough it out and read them all though..
I couldn't do Beautiful Creatures. I can't remember when I gave up, but I didn't finish the first book.I liked tmi, but I didn't love it like everyone else seems to. But yes, I thought the first book was the worst, so if you can get past it, you're good.
I literally just finished BC, it drug out so much!!! But I'm going to read a few books then start the second one in the series since I already bought them lol. It's sad though because the concept is awesome, it just wasn't carried out properly. This could have been a really great series.
BriAnna wrote: "Oh gosh! I bought four of the mortal instrument books so now I'm scared I won't like it :/ I heard if you get through the first then it gets way better. I hope so! I'm having a hard time finishing Beautiful Creatures, it's just kinda slow paced and a lot is irrelevant. They could have taken about 200 pages out and it would have been perfect but they've drug stuff out. I'm going to tough it out and read them all though..Well, I seem to be in the minority about TMI, so hopefully you'll like it.
I liked the first BC book, but couldn't finish the series.
I'll let y'all know how the rest of the series goes. Hopefully I can make it through.
I'm reading In the End by Lunetta. So far it's great, but I hate the fact there won't be another
I'm sadly I'm not reading anything dystopian. I'm catching up on the realistic trends currently by reading Stephanie Perkins. Thankfully, I'm being true to my action-loving nature and hating it.
Cassandra - I'm reading that too! I have about 50 pages left. There's some plot holes towards the end, but it's still so good that they don't really bother me!
End by Lunetta a series Cassandra, because I remember reading another book that goes along those lines. @ BriAnna, the first 4 books in the TMI series were probably the best in the series but it kinda deteriorated after that. But it was still good overall, so don't be TOO worried. :)
Honestly BC was horrible and all the book after, and now their writing another spin off series to that.
I'm currently reading three books, and it messes a bit with my head. I'm about 30 pages in in Blood Red Road by Moira Young. And it has been talking me over a month. It's really hard to read, since there are no quotation marks. It kinda feels like a burden right now. I'm also in the middle of If I Stay by Gayle Forman and The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead.
What kind of book gets published without quotation marks? The Golden Lily was amazing, I hope you love the series!
I really liked If I Stay and I lovvveeed Golden Lily, you need to read the rest of the series. It's great! The final book in the series comes out in Jan.I just finished "If I Stay" last night and read "Where She Went" at work today.. We were slow lol! Both very good!
Starting "Beautiful Darkness" tonight. Hoping I can make it through the rest of this series.
I think I got like 2 pages into Blood Red Road before I just said no. lol I've heard it's a good story, but I have a hard time reading books that are written with intentionally poor grammar. I love the Bloodlines series too - I feel like it keeps get better with each book!
I'm in the middle of Let's Get Lost for my work book club - it's cute! And I'm audiobooking Unhinged, which I'm loving!
Jessica wrote: "I think I got like 2 pages into Blood Red Road before I just said no. lol I've heard it's a good story, but I have a hard time reading books that are written with intentionally poor grammar. I l..."
I also found it unreadable because of the lack of quotation marks
gonna start we were liars as soon as I finish watching HP and the deathly hallows
I just got We Were Liars from the library - going to start it soon!
Currently I'm reading Horde by Ann Aguirre! taking forever do to college...
Alison, I watched Goblet of Fire last night and actually oddly enough thought of you! Haha! It took me 30 mins to decide which of the movies I wanted to watch.
lol Brianna! too funny. man I am totally loving these movies. but watching them makes me want to read the books again since they left out so much
when r u starting Jessica we can set up a buddy read!! :)
Alison wrote: "when r u starting Jessica we can set up a buddy read!! :)"That sounds like fun! Whenever you want. I can start as soon as tomorrow, but it's not due for another 3 weeks I think.
ok sounds good, how bout starting sat? i really want to finish these movies first :). really jessica, u gots to read hp, they are amazing. i havent read anything for like a week because I'm still getting over it lol. ill set up a thread. if anyone else wants to join please do :)
Saturday sounds great! yay! I know, after reading all your updates, I'm definitely going to read HP soon!! I have lots of arcs I want to get caught up on, but I'm going on vacation next week so I doubt I'm going to do much beyond laying at the pool and reading!!
Guess who got Harry Potter from the library today?!?! Obviously I have to finish We Were Liars first, but I'll definitely get it started sometime this week. It better be as good as everyone says! :)
Jessica wrote: "Guess who got Harry Potter from the library today?!?! Obviously I have to finish We Were Liars first, but I'll definitely get it started sometime this week. It better be as good as everyone says..."
I'm curious to see what you think about it. It's my favorite series of all time, but to me it doesn't get THAT good until around book 3. 1 and two are still very good, though.
yay Jessica!!!! I'm So excited for u! I finished reading the books 2 weeks ago and just finished watching the movies. I have not gotten over it yet. I seriously want to reread them again lol. I've been watching YouTube videos of jk Rowling and other harry potter stuff. I love it!!! I really hope u love it too :)
finished we were liars earlier... still not sure what to think about it. never had this feeling after reading a book
I finished
last week. I liked it roughly the same as book 1.I'll be starting
tonight or tomorrow.
Reading 'Perchance to Dream'. Not a dystopian but more fantasy and supernatural.
Finished
last night. The trilogy was better than I would've expected based on the, frankly, cheesy title(The Goth and the Ghost) and covers, but it was nothing special. I don't regret reading it, but won't reread it either and can't recommend unless I know it meshes with someone's taste perfectly.Starting
tonight. I have no clue why it took me this long to read this book.
v.v wrote: "OOh, TOmmy I hope you like that book!"I love Neil Gaiman in general and liked the movie, so I'm thinking it's a safe bet :)
I like Neil Gaiman books, but the Caroline movie was meh but I hope you like it.
Just finished Beautiful Darkness and will be starting Beautiful Chaos.
Reading Etiquette and Espionage. I didn't think I liked steampunk, but I'm really liking this!
I finished
this morning. It was enjoyable, but I really wish I could've read it when I was about 12, or at least before seeing the movie.I think I'm gonna start
tonight. Not 100% sure what it's about, but hey, it's in front of me and has a cool cover so I'll give it a shot.
Any suggestions for something 300 or less pages and a good pace. Keeps your attention? I've had a short attention span lately :/
I can suggest these: 
Jessica wrote: "Guess who got Harry Potter from the library today?!?! I'm a little jealous you get to experience these for the first time. I absolutely love them. The third one is my favorite!
Jessica have ur started reading harry potter yet?
I finished the first one. I liked it, but I didn't think it was life-changing. lol I have the second one from the library and will probably start it when I'm finished with Infinite Sea. I've been super sick this week. Too sick to read, which is the worst. So I've fallen a bit behind on my reading.
yea it gets amazing like at book 3, I hate being to sick to read. glad ur better. I gotta read the 5th wave. I think that will be my next book.
You should definitely read the 5th Wave - I think you'll love it!
Jessica wrote: "I finished the first one. I liked it, but I didn't think it was life-changing. lol I have the second one from the library and will probably start it when I'm finished with Infinite Sea. I've been..."
To me Sorcerer's Stone was solid on its own, but not amazing. After reading the whole series and then going back to book one, though, that's when I really started to love it. It's a solid solo book, but an amazing start for the whole series, if that makes sense.
yea I was debating on reading the whole.maze runner trilogy over since I reread the first book because we r going to see the movie tomorrow. but I didnt even get a chance to read all of it... my grandparents r in town so I figured it would.be rude to read while they r here... boo. but I think I'll start the 5th wave. and then I also want to read the monstermoligist (sp) since I've heard such great things
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You should add the Mortal Instruments to that list."
Kind of ironic, because I've never read it. lol
I plan to try (again) in October. First time through I stopped after 15 pages.