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Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
Oh Karen, I'm so sorry! I hate dentists too. I had so much dental work done when I was a kid, I just hate it now! Too many bad memories. And I had good dentists for the most part!


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Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
Kara wrote: "Jenny wrote: "I finished Nobody's Princess (Nobody's Princess, #1) by Esther M. Friesner 3.5 stars--hoping for more action, but still a good take on mythology and a quick read; my reread of The Magician (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #2) by Michael Scott l..."

I loved the whole Helen of Troy vibe!


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Victoria Zigler (toriz) | 4472 comments Karen wrote: "I haven't been reading too much these past few days, although I did listen to my audio book for almost 2 hours while in the dentist chair yesterday. Ugh, I am deathly fearful of dentists so was sha..."

Sorry you had to go to the dentist, but glad you had some audiobooks to keep you company. Hope you don't have to go back for a while.


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Karen’s Library | 11320 comments Mod
Unfortunately, I have a whole dental plan this year. 🤭 2 appts in February, one in April so far, and I’ll try to plan the rest I need for this summer. I need lots of work done. I’ve been saving just for this. The good news is lots of audiobooks time! 🎧😝


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Heather Currently listening/reading Side Effects May Vary by Julie Murphy


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Victoria Zigler (toriz) | 4472 comments Karen wrote: "Unfortunately, I have a whole dental plan this year. 🤭 2 appts in February, one in April so far, and I’ll try to plan the rest I need for this summer. I need lots of work done. I’ve been saving jus..."

At least you're thinking positive and looking on the bright side...


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Victoria Zigler (toriz) | 4472 comments Heather wrote: "Currently listening/reading Side Effects May Vary by Julie Murphy"

Good choice!


message 3458: by Jenny, Always smiling! :-D (new)

Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
So, my 3 day weekend readathon is over. I read a total of 1,551 pages!

I finished Before She Ignites (Fallen Isles Trilogy #1) by Jodi Meadows Fierce How Competing for Myself Changed Everything by Aly Raisman First & Then by Emma Mills Ever the Brave (A Clash of Kingdoms #2) by Erin Summerill

I enjoyed them all. First & Then got 3.5 stars from me. I liked her newest book, Foolish Hearts a lot better. This was her first book and the writing was a bit rough. But I eventually got into it. The characters were awesome, and it had a good ending.

The other 3 books all got 4 stars. Really fun reads!

I'm almost done with The Dazzling Heights (The Thousandth Floor #2) by Katharine McGee which is so addicting!

After that, its Nyxia (The Nyxia Triad, #1) by Scott Reintgen and Batman Nightwalker (DC Icons, #2) by Marie Lu


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Victoria Zigler (toriz) | 4472 comments That's an impressive number of pages, Jenny... Well done!

Hope you enjoy Nyxia as much as I did.


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Karen’s Library | 11320 comments Mod
Loved Nyxia!! I need to get Batman!


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Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
Thanks Victoria :)

I'll let you know if I like Batman Karen!


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Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
I finished The Dazzling Heights (The Thousandth Floor #2) by Katharine McGee liked it as much as the first! Very futuristic "Pretty Little Liars"

Also finished a reread of The Sorceress (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #3) by Michael Scott loved it! I think this is my fave book of the series (so far)

Finished Batman Nightwalker (DC Icons, #2) by Marie Lu which was really good and I enjoyed a lot, although not quite as much as Wonder Woman. But still a good read!

And finished The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle and really loved these stories! Need to get the rest of the stories!

Started Nyxia (The Nyxia Triad, #1) by Scott Reintgen and I really like it so far!

I'm really lucking out so far on reading this year!


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Karen’s Library | 11320 comments Mod
I started listening to David's Fatemarked (The Fatemarked Epic, #1) by David Estes which just released on audio yesterday, and holy cow... Derek Perkins, who narrates, couldn't be more perfect! Happy audio book birthday, David!! 🎉🎆🎂🎈

I'm almost finished with Iron Gold (Red Rising, #4) by Pierce Brown and sh*t has hit the fan all over the "bloodydamn" place! I'm worried about how this will end. Yikes!


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Karen’s Library | 11320 comments Mod
Jenny wrote: "I finished The Dazzling Heights (The Thousandth Floor #2) by Katharine McGee liked it as much as the first! Very futuristic "Pretty Little Liars"

Also finished a reread of The Sorceress (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #3) by Michael Scott loved it! I th..."


Good to know about Batman, Jenny! And I read Nyxia as an eARC last year and absolutely loved it! Enjoy!


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Victoria Zigler (toriz) | 4472 comments Karen wrote: "Jenny wrote: "I finished The Dazzling Heights (The Thousandth Floor #2) by Katharine McGee liked it as much as the first! Very futuristic "Pretty Little Liars"

Also finished a reread of The Sorceress (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #3) by Michael Scott ..."


Ditto what Karen said,though I didn't get Nyxia as an ARC... I brought it after seeing how much Karen had loved it, and ended up glad I did. :)


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Victoria Zigler (toriz) | 4472 comments Karen wrote: "I started listening to David's Fatemarked (The Fatemarked Epic, #1) by David Estes which just released on audio yesterday, and holy cow... Derek Perkins, who narrates, couldn't be more perfect! Happy audio book birthd..."

I know Fatemarked has to be awesome in audio. I mean, it's awesome as an eBook, after all.


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Summer Days and Summer Nights Twelve Love Stories by Stephanie Perkins YES am being a rebell reading a "summer" book in february.


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Victoria Zigler (toriz) | 4472 comments Oda Renate wrote: "Summer Days and Summer Nights Twelve Love Stories by Stephanie Perkins YES am being a rebell reading a "summer" book in february."

Nothing wrong with that. Hope it's helping to warm you up.


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Victoria wrote: "Oda Renate wrote: "Summer Days and Summer Nights Twelve Love Stories by Stephanie Perkins YES am being a rebell reading a "summer" book in february."

Nothing wrong with that. Hope it's helping to..."


Seems like "everyone" reads seasonaly, I normally just read books when I want to read them,no matter the time of year.


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Victoria Zigler (toriz) | 4472 comments Oda Renate wrote: "Victoria wrote: "Oda Renate wrote: "Summer Days and Summer Nights Twelve Love Stories by Stephanie Perkins YES am being a rebell reading a "summer" book in february."

Nothing wrong with that. Hop..."


I sometimes like to read seasonally, but I won't dismiss a book because it's the wrong season. I've done Christmas in July reads before now, for example.


message 3471: by Jenny, Always smiling! :-D (new)

Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
Another readathon for me this weekend! I have a pretty ambitious TBR planned!

The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1) by Holly Black Wicked Like a Wildfire (Hibiscus Daughter, #1) by Lana Popović Fireblood (Frostblood Saga, #2) by Elly Blake Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon The Legend of Wonder Woman Vol. 1 Origins by Renae De Liz

I need to get halfway through The Cruel Prince for a book club by Monday. The others I just want to get read as much as I can!


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Victoria Zigler (toriz) | 4472 comments My January 2018 book reviews post went up on my blog yesterday. If you'd like to check it out, you can find the post here: http://ziglernews.blogspot.co.uk/2018...


message 3473: by Jenny, Always smiling! :-D (new)

Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
My reading weekend was pretty good! Not as great as last weekend, but I had more going on!

I finished Wicked Like a Wildfire (Hibiscus Daughter, #1) by Lana Popović and The Legend of Wonder Woman Vol. 1 Origins by Renae De Liz gave both 4 stars. Both enjoyable reads!

I'm halfway through The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1) by Holly Black and I'm starting to get into it. It took a bit.

Also just a little way into Fireblood (Frostblood Saga, #2) by Elly Blake which is okay so far.


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Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
I finished The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1) by Holly Black and I really enjoyed it! More than her other fey trilogy, not quite as much as The Darkest Part of the Forest, but still a good read!

Also read Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon and I just adored this, rated it 4.5 stars!

Right now I'm reading Nyxia (The Nyxia Triad, #1) by Scott Reintgen Fireblood (Frostblood Saga, #2) by Elly Blake Outlander (Outlander, #1) by Diana Gabaldon and rereading The Assassin's Blade (Throne of Glass, #0.1-0.5) by Sarah J. Maas


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Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
Victoria wrote: "My January 2018 book reviews post went up on my blog yesterday. If you'd like to check it out, you can find the post here: http://ziglernews.blogspot.co.uk/2018......"

You had some great reads this month!

I'm really interested what I'll think of Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee when I get to it. When we went to the last book event in Tucson, Karen my mom and attended an event by this lady (can't remember her name) who had written a book about Harper Lee. She actually lived next door to her and her sister for 18 months a few years ago. It was SO INTERESTING.

One important thing to note is that GSaW is NOT a sequel to TKaM, which is what a lot of people seem to think, and I think what the publishers are trying to get people to believe. That is was the "found" manuscript of her writing a sequel. It was actually her first attempt at her first book. She wrote GSaW before TKaM. Her editor didn't like the story that much and thought a lot of the same kind of things you thought, Victoria. So Harper scrapped that manuscript and reworked it until she came up with the concept for TKaM, and the rest is history.

A lot of die hard fans thinks this manuscript of GSaW should never have been published. I myself kind of agree, but being how much I love Harper Lee, I'm going to read it! My expectations will be low, however, since I know its a rejected manuscript.

I also can't wait to get my hands on Unearthed and Artemis!


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I read two books today, well finished one and binged one.
Death Cloud (Young Sherlock Holmes, #1) by Andy Lane and Every Day (Every Day, #1) by David Levithan
reading Autoboyography by Christina Lauren


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Kara Skinner (Lover's Quarrel Reviews) | 9 comments Jenny wrote: "I finished The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1) by Holly Black and I really enjoyed it! More than her other fey trilogy, not quite as much as The Darkest Part of the Forest, but still a good read!

Also read [bo..."



How are you liking Outlander so far? Is this your first time reading it?


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Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
Kara wrote: "Jenny wrote: "I finished The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1) by Holly Black and I really enjoyed it! More than her other fey trilogy, not quite as much as The Darkest Part of the Forest, but still a good read!
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Yes it is, and I'm not hooked yet, but I'm enjoying the story just the same. I do like Historical Fiction, which is what this feels like at the moment. I'm on page 148, so pretty early in!


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Karen’s Library | 11320 comments Mod
Victoria wrote: "My January 2018 book reviews post went up on my blog yesterday. If you'd like to check it out, you can find the post here: http://ziglernews.blogspot.co.uk/2018......"

You read some really awesome books in January, Victoria!! I agree completely about Lord of the Flies!


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Karen’s Library | 11320 comments Mod
Jenny wrote: "Kara wrote: "Jenny wrote: "I finished The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1) by Holly Black and I really enjoyed it! More than her other fey trilogy, not quite as much as The Darkest Part of the Forest, but still ..."

I just ordered The Cruel Prince for Holly Black to sign. I'm not into the Fey, so not sure that I want to read it now. Hmmmmm...


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Karen’s Library | 11320 comments Mod
I finished The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn and just started Batman Nightwalker (DC Icons, #2) by Marie Lu . I'm also rereading Artemis by Andy Weir on audio and Rosario Dawson rocks as narrator!! She is truly Jazz!!

I've also started a new beta read from David!! 😋


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Catherine Bruno | 771 comments Finished The Alienist and now reading Trollhunters, which I am loving. And then I’m doing a buddy read of The Cruel Prince with my cousin and coworker.


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dnf-ed autoboyography.
onto Roar (Stormheart, #1) by Cora Carmack


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Victoria Zigler (toriz) | 4472 comments Jenny wrote: "Victoria wrote: "My January 2018 book reviews post went up on my blog yesterday. If you'd like to check it out, you can find the post here: http://ziglernews.blogspot.co.uk/2018......"

That's really interesting, Jenny. Thanks for sharing all that information. It makes sense that To Kill A Mockingbird was a lot better now that I know that.

Hope you enjoy Artemis and Unearthed when you come to read those.


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Victoria Zigler (toriz) | 4472 comments Karen wrote: "Victoria wrote: "My January 2018 book reviews post went up on my blog yesterday. If you'd like to check it out, you can find the post here: http://ziglernews.blogspot.co.uk/2018......"

Glad it's not just me who felt that way about Lord Of The Flies.


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Victoria Zigler (toriz) | 4472 comments Karen wrote: "I finished The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn and just started Batman Nightwalker (DC Icons, #2) by Marie Lu. I'm also rereading Artemis by Andy Weir on audio and Rosario Dawson rocks ..."

I bet the beta read from David is turning out to be a great read... I always look forward to David's books!


message 3487: by Jenny, Always smiling! :-D (new)

Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
Victoria wrote: "Jenny wrote: "Victoria wrote: "My January 2018 book reviews post went up on my blog yesterday. If you'd like to check it out, you can find the post here: http://ziglernews.blogspot.co.uk/2018......"

You're welcome :) I hope I like them too!


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Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
Karen wrote: "I finished The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn and just started Batman Nightwalker (DC Icons, #2) by Marie Lu. I'm also rereading Artemis by Andy Weir on audio and Rosario Dawson rocks ..."

BATMAN!!!! (nana nana nana nana nana)

Can't wait to start the beta :)


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Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
Catherine wrote: "Finished The Alienist and now reading Trollhunters, which I am loving. And then I’m doing a buddy read of The Cruel Prince with my cousin and coworker."

The Cruel Prince was really good. I really enjoyed all the politics and the twists that came out near the end. The characters are pretty much all despicable in some way or other, even the MC, but you kind of end of loving her anyways.


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Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
I finished Nyxia (The Nyxia Triad, #1) by Scott Reintgen and I really enjoyed this one!

Started Sweethearts by Sara Zarr and I'm pretty hooked. The flashbacks this girl is having are HEARTBREAKING. I really am hoping for a good ending with this one, the main romantic relationship is not a typical one by any means.

Still reading Outlander (Outlander, #1) by Diana Gabaldon and I'm really liking it right now! Also rereading The Assassin's Blade (Throne of Glass, #0.1-0.5) by Sarah J. Maas


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Victoria Zigler (toriz) | 4472 comments Jenny wrote: "I finished Nyxia (The Nyxia Triad, #1) by Scott Reintgen and I really enjoyed this one!

Started Sweethearts by Sara Zarr and I'm pretty hooked. The flashbacks this girl is having are HEARTBREAKING. I really a..."


Glad you enjoyed Nyxia.


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David Estes (davidestesbooks) | 10717 comments Mod
Melissa ♥ Dog Lover ♥ wrote: "I need to read Just One Damned Thing After Another when I can get to it! The title sounds like the story of my life!!!

Currently reading The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1) by Marion Zimmer Bradley and [bookcover:Thund..."


I luuuurved Thunderhead. Shusterman is a genius :)


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David Estes (davidestesbooks) | 10717 comments Mod
Emilie wrote: "Carol wrote: "I've heard good things about the Fatemarked series. Let us know how you like them. "

I'm halfway through the 4th book Deathmarked (The Fatemarked Epic, #4) by David Estes and I really enjoy the series s..."


Thank you!!! I really appreciate it :) :) :)


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David Estes (davidestesbooks) | 10717 comments Mod
Sorry, I haven't been around for SO LONG. Life, well, you all know how it is. BUSY. But good. Very good. Anyway, I skimmed through all the comments I missed, seems like you all have been getting in some awesome reading time. I loved Thunderhead, as I mentioned in my reply to Melissa's post. I started reading Sufficiently Advanced Magic and it is REALLY cool. But now I have to take a break to read my new library book, Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson. This is my favorite series EVER.


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Catherine Bruno | 771 comments Finished Trollhunters and now reading The Madness Underneath (Shades of London #2) and The Cruel Prince.


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Karen’s Library | 11320 comments Mod
David wrote: "Sorry, I haven't been around for SO LONG. Life, well, you all know how it is. BUSY. But good. Very good. Anyway, I skimmed through all the comments I missed, seems like you all have been getting in..."

David!! We missed you!!

And Thunderhead was brilliant!!


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Karen’s Library | 11320 comments Mod
David wrote: "Sorry, I haven't been around for SO LONG. Life, well, you all know how it is. BUSY. But good. Very good. Anyway, I skimmed through all the comments I missed, seems like you all have been getting in..."

I met Brandon Sanderson and he was really grumpy. Lol.


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reading How to Stop Time by Matt Haig atm really like it.


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Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
David wrote: "Sorry, I haven't been around for SO LONG. Life, well, you all know how it is. BUSY. But good. Very good. Anyway, I skimmed through all the comments I missed, seems like you all have been getting in..."

Awesome to see you David! Woot!

And I am so behind of my Neal Shusterman reads, need to get on that!


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Karen’s Library | 11320 comments Mod
Oda, Matt Haig was at my local bookstore two nights ago and I freaking missed seeing that he was going to be there. 😤 I’ve been wanting to read that book and would have loved to get a signed copy. The bookstore is less than 2 miles from my house. Dang!


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