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on audiobook.
Ashley wrote: "I've gotten a bit further with 
and 
and I started listening to
this morning and I love it already!"Ashley, I read Red Rising and thought it was great! I just about couldn't out it down!
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It's grown a lot on me, too. :D I don't know very many Norse myths so it's cool to learn more of the stories.
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@Heidi Excellentttt. I'm dying for payday to get here so I can pick up the other 2 books!@Dixie I really like it! The whole concept of a Mars colony is very interesting, and I'm not usually one for space-age sort of books (says the girl who's in love with the Lunar Chronicles). I love the audiobook narration so much!
Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "Heidi (Yup. Still here.) wrote: "Brigid I am over half done with Icefall and it is growing on me. If you like Norse mythology it is def. for you! I also just started [book:Mates, Dates and Inflat..."Damn, I knew there was a reason I wanted to read Icefall. I need more Norse mythology, the Thor movies just aren't cutting it lol
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Heidi (Yup. Still here.) wrote: "Join us Ashley! We are all late reading this one anyway!"idk, I'm feeling very bogged down at the moment. Think I signed up for too many BRs lol. Started The Blade Itself a few days ago and haven't gotten nearly as far as I should have by now, and I'm still pressing through Seventh Son. In the meantime I seem to be completely ignoring Shadow & Bone, which I was supposed to start the day after Blade Itself, plus I've got The Name of the Wind waiting to be started tomorrow. le sighhhhh.
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Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/The-Hobbit-J-R-...Nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hobbi...
Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1) by Ken Follett $1.99
Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0052RDHTM/r...
A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy, #1) by Deborah Harkness $1.99
Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Discovery-Witch...
Outlander (Outlander #1) by Diana Gabaldon $1.99
Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Outlander-Novel...
Nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/outla...
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide, #1) by Douglas Adams $1.99
Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Hitchhikers-Gui...
The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1) by Samantha Shannon $1.99
Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/The-Bone-Season...
Nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-b...
The Queen of the Tearling (The Queen of the Tearling, #1) by Erika Johansen $1.99
Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/The-Queen-Tearl...
Nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-q...
Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3) by Marissa Meyer $2.99
Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Cress-The-Lunar...
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton $2.99
Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/The-Strange-Bea...
Kill Me Softly (Beau Rivage, #1) by Sarah Cross $1.99
Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Kill-Me-Softly-...
Nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/kill-...
The Selection (The Selection, #1) by Kiera Cass $1.99
Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/The-Selection-K...
The Testing (The Testing, #1) by Joelle Charbonneau $1.99
Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/The-Testing-Tri...
Nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-t...
Side Effects May Vary by Julie Murphy $1.99
Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Side-Effects-Va...
Zac and Mia by A.J. Betts $1.99
Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Zac-Mia-A-J-Bet...
Looking for Alaska by John Green $2.80
Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Looking-Alaska-...
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black $2.52
Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Coldest-Girl-Co...
Croak (Croak, #1) by Gina Damico $1.99
Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Croak-Gina-Dami...
Nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/croak...
Jackaby by William Ritter $1.99
Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Jackaby-William...
Nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/jacka...
The Shining (The Shining, #1) by Stephen King $1.99
Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/The-Shining-Ste...
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) by Rick Riordan $2.00
Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Lightning-Thief...
Barnes and Noble hadn't price matched some of them yet when I looked up the sales! :D
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ooooh that's awesome! me and ereaders don't get along but still cool!
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idk, I'm feeling very bogged down at the moment. Think I signed up for too many BRs lol. Started The Bl..."
No worries Ashley! The thread will be here for when/if you ever get to it. I am also bogged down because I think I will be getting 3 "around the world" type books at once! eek! I like to move them along but I have so many others to read too. Decisions. Decisions. btw - are you reading Name of the Wind or listening to it? I love the narration but got bored with the story itself. I know you like Norse stories so you may like it more than me. I felt it could have been edited down a lot.
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Heidi -- reading Name of the Wind. the book itself is very daunting, I've got it sitting on the armrest of the couch and it's rather large-ish. Hopefully I like it enough to push through it, I've been wanting to read a Rothfuss book for months now.
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. My last library book for now until I get started on my 2015 challenges to read the Kindle and paper books I own.
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Heidi (Yup. Still here.) wrote: "Just started My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories. My last library book for now until I get started o..."<3 this book!
Heidi (Yup. Still here.) wrote: "Good to know Dixie. Thanks for the update. I will let you know my final thoughts on Bruiser! I only have 1 CD to listen to left."Hi, Heidi! I finished Katherines and I loved it! It wa such an offbeat, quirky, fun book with a lot of heart. Not nearly as dramatic as TFIOS, but I actually liked it even more.
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. My last library ..."So far so good Jenny
I finished
and I loved it! Very sci-fi and creepy! I had not read HG Wells before, has anyone else? Didn't know it would be so up my alley!Now reading
and I like it, but I'm having trouble getting into it. It may just be were I'm at mentally though. I may set it aside for a bit, can't decide.
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. My last library book for awhile until I get caught up (kind of) on the books and audiobooks I already own.
Listening to Red Rising on audio and I really love the narration -- I'm a sucker for Irish accents to begin with lol. The story is interesting but I'm seeing parallels to Percy Jackson via the use of ancient gods (even if they're Roman instead of Greek) and things like that. At this point it's probably a 3.5-4 star book, and I'm about 60% through.
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yeah it's good but it's not knocking me out of the parkdid you start Croak yet, Heidi?
I'm trying
and surprisingly, I'm liking it! Its a new way of looking at slavory and excess, that's for sure!
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Wow, I just finished it! It was pretty good, although a little flawed, but I loved the concept and the world. And a really good twist at the end!
Jenny wrote: "I'm trying and surprisingly, I'm liking it! Its a new way of looking at slavory and excess, that's for sure!"
I want to read that one but my library dont have it and am broke.. :/
and surprisingly, I'm liking it! Its a new way of looking at slavory and excess, that's for sure!"I want to read that one but my library dont have it and am broke.. :/
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LOL I hear you Heidi! I can usually ignore that kind of thing, and it honestly wasn't a big part of the book. That may be why it felt like instalove, the romance part I bet only took a total of maybe 30 pages? There just weren't a lot of scenes, so it wasn't developed well.It was mostly about this young girl who exists and has been raised to be a surrogate for the weathly. The royal and elites blood lines have gone bad in this futuristic society, so they look for the best in the poor sectors of the city (there is a fantasy element at play here too) then pluck the girls from their homes, and raise them to have the rich women's babies. This is this girl's entire purpose. They fix them all up, dress them to the nighs, and basically sell them at auction. They are given every modern comfort, BUT they are not treated well. All kinds of lies and backstabbing also exists with the elite. I found the whole thing really fascinating!
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I'm liking it so far
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OH wow. That sounds very interesting. Thanks for the clarification!
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I'm liking it so far"
I highly enjoyed it!
I loved both These Broken Stars and Looking for Alaska!
Finished The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black...awesome fantasy by a author who knows how to write excellent fantasy!!
Heidi (Yup. Still here.) wrote: "Brigid I am over half done with Icefall and it is growing on me. If you like Norse mythology it is def. for you! I also just started Mates, Dates and Inflatable Bras[bookcover:Mate..."
Ahh memories.I read this when I was 10, it was one of my first fave series.
Ahh memories.I read this when I was 10, it was one of my first fave series.
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I thought it was really cute and the audiobook narrator did a great job. Made me miss Georgia Nicolson though!
...Comes out from my corner...
Confession time, I enjoyed the film much more than the book(Georgia nicholson)...
Going back to my corner now...
Confession time, I enjoyed the film much more than the book(Georgia nicholson)...
Going back to my corner now...
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Yes :D:D loove the soundtrack)scouting for Girls, the band is one of my fave bands).
..I just go to a Virtual corner whenever I diviate from most people book wise,I feel so weird.
..I just go to a Virtual corner whenever I diviate from most people book wise,I feel so weird.
Naomi wrote: "Finished The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black...awesome fantasy by a author who knows how to write excellent fantasy!!"Can't wait to read this one!
Reading
and I am LOVING it! Almost done, read 275 pages in one sitting!
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Enjoying Icefall so far! It is a bit more on the middle grade side, but it's an intriguing story and I like how the Norse mythology is tied in.
The Boy A Thousand Years Wide is .... interesting. It's an ARC I got from NetGalley a while ago. It's unusual and intriguing, but the style is a bit annoying ... it's written in a sort of "dialect" style––kind of like Chaos Walking but not nearly as good or consistent. But hopefully I'll get used to it and the story will get less confusing.