Meyer, Marissa ; Cress (The Lunar Chronicles #3) - Informal Buddy read; Start date December 23, 2014

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Book Synopsis:
In this third book in the Lunar Chronicles, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they’re plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and her army.

Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl imprisoned on a satellite since childhood who's only ever had her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker. Unfortunately, she’s just received orders from Levana to track down Cinder and her handsome accomplice.

When a daring rescue of Cress goes awry, the group is separated. Cress finally has her freedom, but it comes at a high price. Meanwhile, Queen Levana will let nothing prevent her marriage to Emperor Kai. Cress, Scarlet, and Cinder may not have signed up to save the world, but they may be the only hope the world has.

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[Kristie]

Woot! So excited for this one. :D

[Greta]

Yeah! Me too.

[Juliana]

Hi girls! Can I participate too? I have Cress on my shelf looking at me and I'd love to discuss it during the reading. :)

[Greta]

Yes, welcome!

[Audrey Jane]

Hi everyone! I'm joining this one too. It has been a couple of months since I've read Scarlet, I hope everthing will come back to me while reading Cress :)

[Kristie]

I read Scarlet back in April / May, but I think it will be ok. If not, we'll be confused together. lol

[Audrey Jane]

I just checked, and I read it in June so normally it should be fine. Yes, we can complete each other of what we recall from the book :) I tend to ask annoying questions when I'm confused lol

I just noticed that I have Recaptains in my favourites :) So for everyone who wants a quick reminder of the plottwists and major events in Scarlet (tread carefully because the site is full of spoilers ;)): http://recaptains.blogspot.be/2013/10...

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa)]

If anyone wants to re-read Cinder and/or Scarlet for a refresher, we'll be doing buddy reads for those two! Or, if you haven't read either book at all, feel free to join us, too! Click links below to be taken directly to the discussion threads for those titles. It takes you to a current thread so we can avoid spoilers that have been revealed from the past discussions.

Cinder - November 25
Scarlet - December 9

Audrey Jane, that is an awesome link!! Thank you so much for posting it. I'm not reading about this series (spoilers!) but it is really cool to have as a resource.

[Trinity]

Can I join you all in reading this? :)

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa)]

Of course! Anyone can join!

[~Leslie~]

I just finished Scarlet and will be so excited for this one!! Count me in!!

[Juliana]

Audrey Jane wrote: "I just checked, and I read it in June so normally it should be fine. Yes, we can complete each other of what we recall from the book :) I tend to ask annoying questions when I'm confused lol

I jus..."

Wow Audrey Jane, super useful this link. I'll definitely read it with more attention near the beginning of our BR. Thanks!

[♦Ashley♦]

I finished Scarlet last month. I'm excited to start the next one:)

[Jaclyn]

I'd like to join this too! I'm also going to do the Scarlet BR on December 9.

[RachelvlehcaR]

I would love to join. :)

[Ghost in the Stacks]

I would love to join this one too!
Read the first two and loved them!

[Kristie]

Welcome, RachelvlehcaR and Abbie! I'm so looking forward to this one! I enjoyed the first two, as well. I found them to be fun and easy reads.

Did everyone know that the next in the series, Fairest, comes out in January? So excited! Winter won't be out until November 2015. They both sound really good.

[♦Ashley♦]

Abbie!!! I think we are going to end up reading them all together ha ha

[Greta]

Kristie, that is great! We could continue the series together then!

[Ghost in the Stacks]

Yes we might as well Ashley! And Greta too!

[Kristie]

Greta wrote: "Kristie, that is great! We could continue the series together then!"

Yes! I hope so. :) I have already read Cinder and Scarlet. I'm really enjoying the series, so I know I'll want to continue.

By the way, this one is nominated as a Goodreads Choice award book in the opening round!

[Shinjini]

I'm in for this one. Now I just have to read the other two... :P

[Blakely]

Count me in for this one too! (buddy read rookie over here. Woohoo!) :)

[Kristie]

Shinjini wrote: "I'm in for this one. Now I just have to read the other two... :P"

Plenty of time! They have buddy read planned for both of those too. :)


Blakely wrote: "Count me in for this one too! (buddy read rookie over here. Woohoo!) :)"

Yay! Welcome to buddy reading!

[Blakely]

Thanks Kristie! I'm counting on no one eyerolling at my fumbling along with the etiquette of BRing ;)

[Kristie]

Lol! Nope, no eye rolling. We've all been there. :)

[Greta]

The Kindle edition of Cress is $2.50 right now!!

[Emily]

Thanks! I just bought it!

[RachelvlehcaR]

Ditto :) Thanks Greta.

[Jackie]

I'm in. I just finished Cinder and Scarlet in buddy reads so I'm ready to continue the series.

[Laura]

I can't wait to read Cress! I just finished Scarlet

[Marla]

I liked Scarlet, so I may have to join you...but really, 2 days before Christmas?! I am going to be out of town from Dec 28th-31st, so I hope someone sticks around if I'm waaay late. :D

[Kristie]

Knowing me, it'll take forever for me to read this. lol I'll chat with you!

[Laura]

Marla wrote: "I liked Scarlet, so I may have to join you...but really, 2 days before Christmas?! I am going to be out of town from Dec 28th-31st, so I hope someone sticks around if I'm waaay late. :D"

You know I 'll chat with you.. lol.. we just won't get any points!!

[~Leslie~]

I just put this on hold at the library. Loved Scarlet and Cinder. Not sure when I will get it so it may be (probably will be) later than the 23rd. So I'll be happy to chat with anyone about the book.

[Kristie]

No worries, Leslie. I'm excited to read it and hoping to start on the 23rd, but I need to finish my current read first. I'll probably be reading it for a while anyway, so I'll be around to chat.

[Kristie]

Looks like I'll probably be starting a couple days late myself. The holiday season leaves no time for reading and I need to finish my other buddy read for my A-Z challenge first.

[~Leslie~]

I just checked my hold and I'm #2 on the list.

[Laura]

I am # 1 in queue but I have been waiting since November. Unless my copy comes in tomorrow it looks like I will be starting late also

[Greta]

Marla- since I punked out on you for Unravel Me I will make sure to check in with you for this one so you can get the points!!

[Rebecca]

I'm hoping to start this tomorrow, but I will be away from the 24th-28th so I probably won't finish it before I go.

[Marla]

Thanks, Ladies, I'm feeling the love! :D

I should be picking up my book today or tomorrow.

[Rebecca]

Chapter 1-5
(view spoiler)[
So we get to meet Cress. I really want to know why they are taking her blood? I have a feeling it has to do with the plague antidote. Maybe that's the secret ingredient.

Also it seems like we found a love interest for Thorne. I hope she finds a way to escape and meet up with Cinder and Scarlet. We know she wants to protect them.

I also like that we are learning more about Thorne. Just makes me like him even more.
(hide spoiler)]

[ClaireB]

RebeccaS wrote: "Chapter 1-5

So we get to meet Cress. I really want to know why they are taking her blood? I have a feeling it has to do with the plague antidote. Maybe that's the secret ingredient.

Also it seem..."

(view spoiler)[You're theory about Cress's blood isn't bad. but then what does she have to make her so special?

Poor Cress, 7 years alone on a satelite. Must have been horrible.

I like Thorne a lot. He makes me laugh. I'm happy to see that he'll have a chance at love in this series :) (hide spoiler)]

[Rebecca]

Through Chapter 11

(view spoiler)[ Wow so much has happened already! I like how this one just rushed ahead. Scarlet has been captured, Cress and Thorne are falling towards Earth, Wolf is injured..... I can't wait to see how this all plays out.

I forgot about Dr Erland, but I;m glad he will be included in this novel. I don't really know what he's searching for in Africa, but it seems like the plague is going to get much worse.

Thorne has to find a way to stop the satellite from crashing! (hide spoiler)]

[Jackie]

I just got my book so I'll be starting soon.

[Jaclyn]

Ch. 1-5:(view spoiler)[I wonder what Sybil taking Cress' blood was all about! I feel so bad for Cress after Thorne ruined her fantasy! Poor girl! I'm kinda hoping that a Thorne/Cress romance doesn't happen too quickly, because it would seem to convenient, almost. (hide spoiler)]

[Rebecca]

Through Chapter 25

(view spoiler)[ It's fun to read about how Cress reacts to being on the Earth for the first time. It's such a different view because we are so used to things like trees and the sky. It seems like Cress and Throne may be heading the way of Cinder and Wolf without knowing it.

Where is Scarlet?!

The part with Kai is sad because you really get a feel for how hopeless his situation is. Not only marrying the evil queen, but giving her power over his people. Especially because she can manipulate people so well. It's basically let her take over the world peacefully or with a war. Now we are just counting on Cinder to stop the wedding.

I can't wait til Cinder goes to Luna! I really want to read all about that weird planet. (hide spoiler)]