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Teodora's 2020 Reading Challenge
Series to finish:1.
3.
4. The Mortal Instruments (3/6)
5.
6.
Incomplete series:
1. Legacy of Orïsha (2/3)
2. The Gilded Wolves (2/3)
3. Something Dark and Holy (2/3)
4. Alex Stern (1/2)
5. Serpent & Dove (2/3)
6. Crescent City (1/?)
7. ACOTAR (4/8)
8. Villains (2/3)
9. Innkeeper Chronicles (1/6)
10. Grey Wolf (1/?)
11. The Iron Covenant (1/?)
12. Well Met (1/3)
Read but not yet reviewed:
Reading Stats:
Genre
Fantasy: 44
YA Fantasy: 17
Poetry: 3
Mystery/Thriller/Horror: 9
Romance: 50
Sci-Fi: 9
Historical: 5
Non-fiction: 1
Other: 11
Author
Male: 15
Female: 103
Other: 32
Type
Physical book: 9
Ebook: 131
Audio: 9
Length
<200 pages: 20
201-500 pages: 101
501-999 pages: 24
1000+ pages: 2
Star rating
5 - 42
4 - 61
3 - 37
2 - 8
1 - 1
PIFM Reads:
February: Dread Nation
April: If We Were Villains, Sorcery of Thorns
May: Sadie
July: Lore Olympus, Season 1, Head Over Heels, Fangirl
August: Of Curses and Kisses, One of Us is Lying
September: House of Salt and Sorrows
October: The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Nevernight, Illuminae
November: Geekerella
Re-reads:
DNFs:
Currently Reading:
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Thank you, Brittany! It's not much what I'm trying to achieve this year but now I have a visual image of that instead of keeping track in my head 😂
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Welcome! Some awesome series you have going!
Thanks you guys! I just finished
and I loved it! It's better than the first one, but it's waay darker and sometimes disturbing but it's been great!Now I'm focusing on
, not too far in but I am super excited about it!
I'm so looking forward to Ruthless Gods!
HeatherH wrote: "I'm so looking forward to Ruthless Gods!"If you liked Wicked Saints than this one is going to appeal to you even more! It has some kind of glow up to it
That's awesome! I really enjoyed the first book, so glad this one gets better and doesn't have that second book lull that some series suffer from!
It is a total mess, trust me, but it has something that made me read on and on and that's great!
I just finished
and it's been great! Even though it wasn't one of SJM's best books it was still amazing, I totally enjoyed it! I am definitely going to start
today and I've also started
A Court of Mist and Fury has been my favorite of that series (I've read the first three!) so hopefully you'll love it!Heard great things about the Shadows Among Us - looking forward to seeing how you get on with it!
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Ooo Shadows Between Us looks good
Brittany wrote: "Glad you enjoyed ACOTAR! Would love to hear more of your thoughts on it. What did you like most? Or not think worked as well as you may have liked? I agree not her best work but enjoyable! I've hea..."I truly enjoyed it, I think it is the best reimagination after Beauty and the Beast I've read so far. I like the main character too and even though it wasn't like the rest of her books in intensity it was super enjoyable. But to be completely honest now, the best part of the book were the scenes where Rhysand appeared 😂 I mean, he really gave another type of movement to the whole action and I might already be in love with him 😂 can't wait for the next one! I actually started it last night but I was so sleepy I couldn't read more than 14 pages 😂 but today I will!
The Shadows Between Us is so far quite good! I really enjoy reading it and I think it is going to get better
HeatherH wrote: "A Court of Mist and Fury has been my favorite of that series (I've read the first three!) so hopefully you'll love it!Heard great things about the Shadows Among Us - looking forward to seeing how..."
With a 4.6 stars at rating I think ACOMAF is super good! I can't wait to cry again 😂
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I hate riddles and I am super slow when it comes even to the simple ones but I read this one a second time and I was like "If the answer to this isn't [inserts the only reasonable answer I could think of] then I give up because I am terrible" and it actually was the answer and I felt better 😂I can't really buy Feyre's relationship with Tamlin, he's somehow boring, but Lucien is precious, I really like him!
Just finished
and I am OBSESSED at least! I feel like I was part of the Court of Dreams and I have laughed and loved and suffered with each one of them!Now I am starting
!
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I am obsessing, not enjoying hahahI'll have Laura to thank for that!!
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3th book is also really good! I'm almost done with it and I'm in love. Still lots of love for Rhys haha.
Gwen wrote: "3th book is also really good! I'm almost done with it and I'm in love. Still lots of love for Rhys haha."I don't doubt that! Rhys is so totally unreal how could one not love him?? 😂❤
Finished
and even though I found it a bit bland and kind of simple in essence, I actually enjoyed the story and I've come to really like some of the characters that at first were shown to be totally repulsive, but I think that was the main idea
Just finished all the books available from ACOTAR, including A Court of Frost and Starlight and I loved it! And that sneak peek at the end made me so curious to see what's about to happen in the fourth book!I also started Hunting Prince Dracula, to continue with the series, and if anyone wants to launch in a discussion, I'd love that!
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Hope some people will join you for Hunting Prince Dracula in the series readalong. I can't get the book from the library and dont want to buy it so I'm out for now.
I know I was supposed to read Hunting Prince Dracula in March but I got caught up in all that Sarah J. Maas multiverse that I couldn't bring myself to, but I'm on it now and I shall see who's with me for this one 😊
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I already got it on my tablet (along with many others!) so I am going to give it the chance.Also, excited Romanian here, hi ✌
I haven't read a book inspired by a Romanian legend and set on Romanian territory, written by a foreign author (Dracula by Bram Stoker doesn't count 😂) so I'm somehow super excited!
I just did Hunting Prince Dracula last month so I'll be happy to chat about it! Also, speaking of Romanian legend.. have you read And I Darken? The trilogy is in my top reads of 2019!
Oh that'll be great! I am barely 2 chapters in and I already feel like ranting because I have some mixed feelings about it so far 😂I haven't read it yet but I have bought the whole trilogy and it waits for me to read it 😂
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I've been wanting to start this too! I just need to find the motivation to do it 😅 As Brittany said, you can always add your thoughts to the thread here inside a spoiler tag so we can check them out!
I would most definitely! I really feel like discussing this, don't know why so 😂
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It's not much to say but I am like a cranky old lady so I'll find something worthy of discussion anyway 😂
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What can I say about the first book is that I liked it. It wasn't something really wow, I just appreciated its uniqueness. I liked it because it was also so easy to read. It wasn't bad at all, but with this second one I'm going to be more alert, it's come to my territory 😂
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I would certainly do! 😂 but I think I might turn the whole discussion into what is Romanian accurate and what is not 😂 sorry in advance if I start turning this book in a history/culture and civilization lecture lol
Just saw your comments on the buddy read thread and I, for one, am loving the history lecture so far!
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I totally understand that this is fiction and I have nothing against it, I am super happy that someone thought of bringing this part of the world to everyone's attention, but I do believe that some things are hard to explain if you're not familiar with the culture (because we are deeply rooted in our history and culture) so I think it might be helpful if I'm bringing some explanation to what is going on there 😉
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So I started listening to Stephen Fry narrating
Not the biggest audiobooks fan but I really enjoy this very much!
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I honestly can't pay attention to audiobooks, I get terribly distracted and lost, but Harry Potter audiobooks are the something else, especially in Fry's narration!
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