Teardrop (Teardrop #1) by Lauren Kate → Start Date: January 7th, 2014

[Chelsea]

Please join me, Mandiann, Mandy, and Ashlyn as we read the first book in the Teardrop Series.


Synopsis~
Never, ever cry...

Seventeen-year-old Eureka won't let anyone close enough to feel her pain. After her mother was killed in a freak accident, the things she used to love hold no meaning. She wants to escape, but one thing holds her back: Ander, the boy who is everywhere she goes, whose turquoise eyes are like the ocean.

And then Eureka uncovers an ancient tale of romance and heartbreak, about a girl who cried an entire continent into the sea. Suddenly her mother's death and Ander's appearance seem connected, and her life takes on dark undercurrents that don't make sense.

Can everything you love be washed away?

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

oooh, I want to join too! Yay!

[[deleted user]]

I would like to join in as well. :D

[Chelsea]

Yay!! :)

[Mandiann]

Yay! We have such a great group!

[Rosa]

I've been looking forward to this one! So glad it's with you gals!

[Mandiann]

Shucks, I got my book too early. I may have to read this ahead of everyone. My copy just came in today and must be returned by the 3rd. The hold list is really long so it won't be possible for me to post pone reading it.

I will come post my thoughts in spoilers.

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Yikes! the group for this buddy read is pretty big. If I get my copy early, I'll see if I can read it with you early too :)

[Jacquelyn, thebrunettebooknerd]

I am in!

[Vicki]

I'm in too. I hadn't heard of this one until now but it looks really good.

[Jacquelyn, thebrunettebooknerd]

Vicki wrote: "I'm in too. I hadn't heard of this one until now but it looks really good."

Woo! Welcome! (:

[Aline]

That is the first time I don't agree with your choice. Good lucky anyway. I will be with you at Hourglass 15 Jan.

[Jacquelyn, thebrunettebooknerd]

Aline wrote: "That is the first time I don't agree with your choice. Good lucky anyway. I will be with you at Hourglass 15 Jan."

Oh no! Thanks though!! See you there! (:

[Mandiann]

I made it through chapter 15 (Blue Note) by the time my book was due back at the library. I am on the waiting list again but it will be quite some time before I am able to finish the book.

So far I found it slow and a little bit boring but I am hoping you ladies will tell me the ending is worthwhile!!

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Mandiann wrote: "I made it through chapter 15 (Blue Note) by the time my book was due back at the library. I am on the waiting list again but it will be quite some time before I am able to finish the book.

So f..."

Yikes! I hope I like it more.....
I'll keep you posted :)

[Jacquelyn, thebrunettebooknerd]

OMG LOL!

Two of the mods in YA Buddy Reader's Corner (I know one is Sarah and I don't know the other one) hated this book so much that when they talk about it they write: "t*******"

Oh goodness. I hope this is good. :/

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

WOW, well, I really like this author so I'm hoping we love it :(

or at least....like it....lol

we'll suffer through together :D

[Jacquelyn, thebrunettebooknerd]

lol! Yes! They say they do it because they don't want to offend people who loved the book!

We will and can get through this one!

[Mandiann]

You can definitely get through it, it's just a bit boring so far that's all. I am about 50% in and it feels like other than the big event at the beginning of the book, nothing has happened.

But I am sure I have suffered through books I enjoyed less. Hopefully it ends with a bang.

[Vicki]

This starts Tuesday, right?

[Ashlyn]

Yes it starts on Tuesday.

[Vicki]

Thanks, Ashlyn :)

[[deleted user]]

I'm in! I've been wanting to read a Lauren Kate novel for ages!!!

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

yay! I plan to start this one later tonight! I can't wait!

[Vicki]

Looks like my library won't get this for a few more days :(

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

no worries Vicki
this one is pretty long so I'll probably take quite a few days to read it

I just read through Chapter 1 (lol, long chapters - or maybe they just feel long?)

so far I'm a little confused what's going on but that's probably because I never read Synopsis anymore.

I'm enjoying it at least. it's interesting

[Vicki]

Trisha wrote: "no worries Vicki
this one is pretty long so I'll probably take quite a few days to read it

I just read through Chapter 1 (lol, long chapters - or maybe they just feel long?)

so far I'm a little c..."

Sometimes I read the synopsis if I am confused, but otherwise I don't read them either. I look at the cover and the buddy readers. LOL But you'll probably be done by time I get it. I

[Deija]

READ IT READ IT READ IT READ IT READ IT READ IT READ IT!!!!!!

I read this book a little bit ago (I wish I would have checked on her first...I would have gladly waited to have a whole "book club") and it was good....I will always have a soft spot for Lauren Kate since she introduced me to the whole nephlin/Gregoi/Fallen Angle scene



P.S. I think I misspelled a few words lol...I blame autocorrect (mine has a hard time spelling anything over a sixth graders vocab...)

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Deija wrote: "READ IT READ IT READ IT READ IT READ IT READ IT READ IT!!!!!!

I read this book a little fit ago (I wish I would have checked on her first...I would have gladly waited to have a whole "book club") ..."

yay! I'm so glad to see some high starred reviews.
I'm hopeful. I know, Fallen series has a soft spot in my heart too :)

[Vicki]

Deija, that makes me even more excited to read it!

[Purvika]

We starting today ? :D

[Purvika]

How come this thread missed my eyes :p

[Chelsea]

I will probably start a few days late.

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

No worries, I'm not making it back to this one today either
I'll definitely make a dent in it tomorrow tho :)

[Vicki]

I still don't have my book...ugh! How good is this one?

[Purvika]

I started it... will put on hold now...

start looks promising though. Lets see what we get later on...

[Ashlyn]

I haven't made it very far into this yet, but it seems promising.

[Vicki]

I haven't started at all...ugh...waiting is not my forte! LOL

[Purvika]

Vicki wrote: "I haven't started at all...ugh...waiting is not my forte! LOL"

Hope you get your book soon :D

[Vicki]

Purvika wrote: "Vicki wrote: "I haven't started at all...ugh...waiting is not my forte! LOL"

Hope you get your book soon :D"

Me too, Purvika. Thank you. :o)

[Purvika]

Vicki wrote: "Purvika wrote: "Vicki wrote: "I haven't started at all...ugh...waiting is not my forte! LOL"

Hope you get your book soon :D"

Me too, Purvika. Thank you. :o)"

Welcome ^_^

[Rosa]

Gonna try and pick it up in the next couple days, got so behind on reading :( sounds like I'm not to far behind though :)

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

okay finally made it to change 5 lol
and I'm actually intrigued so I'll read more tomorrow :)

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

okay, I'm 10 chapters in

Ander (view spoiler)[ psycho. what is this guys' problem?
I laughed so hard when Brooks said "when can we hang out with him again?"
that was hilarious
and Ander is a creepy stalker. Why is he stalking her and why does she like it so much?? (hide spoiler)]

Eureka (view spoiler)[ so I hate that this isn't entirely told from her perspective. her name drives me crazy and, because there are no "i" kind of statements, her name is said at least twice every paragraph and it's distracting and annoying :(

and she's kind of....ugh..why does she like psycho ander? I'm sure they are watery soulmates but right now he's just creepy (hide spoiler)]

Cat (view spoiler)[ cute but....I don't know, not the best best friend I've ever read about...hopefully we'll get to know her better and she'll be a better person that she seems so far (hide spoiler)]

Brooks (view spoiler)[ I love him. he's my favorite person in here so far. But that weird almost drowning but he floated. Is he somehow a watery soul mate too? is he tied to all this watery stuff - was that Ander's problem? because Brooks is awesome :) (hide spoiler)]

so far I'm not loving it but I'll keep reading to see how it goes

[Vicki]

A couple days ago after good reads did some upgrades I was able to go on my phone and read spoilers. Now the spoilers don't work. It also had blue font for our names instead of brown and just some different things but I was wondering if anybody knows if they are changing a little bit of the time or what because now it's different again? I like it better a couple days ago!!

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

oh man,I missed that. that would be great, to actually get to see spoilers on my phone or kindle!!!

[Vicki]

Yeah, it was so cool but now I can't do it. Why did they change it? The upgraded "pages" on my phone looked so cool. There was blue font for our names & bold lettering for our comments when we reply to others' comments instead of italics. And the font for the thread headings was colorful and cool fonts. I hope that wasn't a fluke!!

[Ashlyn]

Five chapters in. I'm liking it so far.

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

15 chapters in

ugh (view spoiler)[ I officially don't like Brooks
what he said was SO mean. So very very mean.

and the his apology sucked (hide spoiler)] AND THEN (view spoiler)[ to have Maya in his arms. ugh, just.....bleh (hide spoiler)]

I kind of missed (view spoiler)[ Ander and his weird weird odd personality (hide spoiler)] in these chapters

the book (view spoiler)[ was also weird. the translation was boring. I wasn't a fan. we'll see where it goes from here but I'm losing interest :( (hide spoiler)]

[Vicki]

Finally I got my book from the library today! YAY!