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I love this group......I'd never heard of Shusterman or Ness before joining....and now I'm devouring the Chaos Walking series and my husband is almost done with book 1 of Unwind. And we keep telling each other how unbelievably awesome they are and plan on switching when we're done. :)
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Elora wrote: "I love this group......I'd never heard of Shusterman or Ness before joining....and now I'm devouring the Chaos Walking series and my husband is almost done with book 1 of Unwind. And we keep tellin..."Aw that's brilliant!
Ooooh.... I've never heard of Melina, but I love zusak :)
Elora wrote: "Ooooh.... I've never heard of Melina, but I love zusak :)"
Melina is the greatest aithor that has come out of australia since the dawn of time. High HIGH quality writing, and world building.
Melina is the greatest aithor that has come out of australia since the dawn of time. High HIGH quality writing, and world building.
Oda wrote: "Elora wrote: "Ooooh.... I've never heard of Melina, but I love zusak :)"Melina is the greatest aithor that has come out of australia since the dawn of time. High HIGH quality writing, and world b..."
ooooh....this is why I love this group too. So many new discoveries. It's book Christmas every day!
Oh Ashley, I just saw your post on Les Mis. That is one of my favorite books. At the same time, I read Three Musketeers and Hunchback of Notre Dame. I know I'm in the minority here, but I prefer the old style of writing in many ways. The depth was breathtaking at times and I feel like the push is for action-packed at the cost of a well rounded story in many of the genres lately.
Kristen wrote: "Oh Ashley, I just saw your post on Les Mis. That is one of my favorite books. At the same time, I read Three Musketeers and Hunchback of Notre Dame. I know I'm in the minority here, but I prefer th..."I love Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo is one of my favorite books and I've got Hunchback of Notre Dame at home too, still need to read that one. For whatever reason I've never really been interested in the Three Musketeers. That may change, of course -- I want to read more classics, I've got shelves full of them but that's not up there right now.
Ashley *Hufflepuff Kitten* wrote: "I'm wondering if Stars Above is going to be released in paperback to complement the rest of my TLC set -- if not, I'll just get the hardback to go with Fairest ;) OCD is kicking in big-time and dri..."
Stars above is in paperback here so it should be avalible over there as well.
I planned to read le mis a few years ago, havent gotten to it yet. But hey no hurry.
Stars above is in paperback here so it should be avalible over there as well.
I planned to read le mis a few years ago, havent gotten to it yet. But hey no hurry.
Kristen wrote: "Oda wrote: "Elora wrote: "Ooooh.... I've never heard of Melina, but I love zusak :)"
Melina is the greatest aithor that has come out of australia since the dawn of time. High HIGH quality writing,..."
Me too.
Also, just the comfertable, relaxing athmoshere in the group. I feel like you are all "old" friends, no drama or anything at all. :)
Melina is the greatest aithor that has come out of australia since the dawn of time. High HIGH quality writing,..."
Me too.
Also, just the comfertable, relaxing athmoshere in the group. I feel like you are all "old" friends, no drama or anything at all. :)
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Melina is the greatest aithor that has come out of australia since the dawn of time. High HIGH quality writing, and world b..."
Yeah...what Oda said! Melina is a Goddess to me. One of my all time favorite writers. Ever.
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Melina is the greatest aithor that has come out of australia since the dawn of time. High HIGH ..."
Right back at you Oda! So glad to have all you people to chat with :)
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No kidding.....I love the friendship and non-drama, even though we all have different opinions at times! :)
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Yes, exactly! :D
Oda wrote: "Ashley *Hufflepuff Kitten* wrote: "I'm wondering if Stars Above is going to be released in paperback to complement the rest of my TLC set -- if not, I'll just get the hardback to go with Fairest ;)..."Hardcover only right now, which is why I haven't read it yet. And the Kindle is almost as expensive as the hard cover.
Elora wrote: "No kidding.....I love the friendship and non-drama, even though we all have different opinions at times! :)"Me too! The Net has too much drama, but books should bring us together :).
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I devoured it! I just couldn't put it down! Now that the series is done for me I don't know how to feel. I don't know want to say! I'm literally speechless!
I actually have a question about the ending of Final Descent. Anyone care to enlighten me? Please open the spoiler!
(view spoiler)
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Ashley *Hufflepuff Kitten* wrote: "Jenny wrote: "I have not read Les Miz yet, and I need to!Ashley, you explained classics perfectly! Most people nowadays have trouble reading them for that same reason, but I LOVE descriptive book..."
It sure is!
Elora wrote: "I love this group......I'd never heard of Shusterman or Ness before joining....and now I'm devouring the Chaos Walking series and my husband is almost done with book 1 of Unwind. And we keep tellin..."AMAZING authors!
Elora wrote: "No kidding.....I love the friendship and non-drama, even though we all have different opinions at times! :)"Very awesome group :)
*b*l*u*e*m*o*o*n* wrote: "ARGH! I just finished...I devoured it! I just couldn't put it down! Now that the series is done for me I don't know how to feel. I don't want to say! I'm li..."
I actually don't remember now...if I have a chance to grab a copy again and look it up, I will!
Kristen, I got Winter and Stars Above in soft cover. I got them on Amazon through book depository. Just search on Amazon for stars above paperback.
Donna wrote: "Kristen, I got Winter and Stars Above in soft cover. I got them on Amazon through book depository. Just search on Amazon for stars above paperback."I did. It's showing as hardcover only as official release. The paperbacks are from other countries as resale, and are showing as more expensive than the hard cover. That's strange yours are showing differently.
I'll have to check on a different machine. Sometimes I think Amazon does the price changing per device and my phone gets higher prices than my PC. It could just be my imagination too :)
Not at all....I read somewhere to clear your browsing history when shopping cuz the prices go up if they know you're looking.....
Wow. Somehow that doesn't surprise me!
I looked straight on book depository and they're out of stock. Here's the link: https://www.bookdepository.com/search... There is a place where you it says notify me and you can put in your email to be notified when they're in stock.
So I read A Monster Calls (Ness) last night. Let's just say I was warned....Heidi told me it was a sad book. What I didn't realize is that I'd be a blubbery mess by the time I was through. It was so sad, so good, and needs to be read by anyone who has a loved one with a terminal condition. The way he dealt the sadness and guilt--perfect!
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Yes!!!! I was the same way (blubbering mess). Read my review of it if you want because my mother died of cancer when I was 13 so I think I mentioned in my review how he nailed my feelings and thoughts about being young and having a parent who is suffering from cancer. It was like he had a window into my soul. Sooooo good!
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Same here ! That ending was insane...well the whole book was!!!
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Have you read I Am the Messenger
??? One of his best works IMO and so underrated. Also, have you read the Monstrumologist series? We pimp that series pretty hard here since Brigid got us hooked on it!
The Monstrumologist
gawwwd I still need to START the Monstrumologist series! October 2016 for sure this time
Recently finished
and
and now I'm starting
Heidi (Yup. Still here.) wrote: "Elora wrote: "Ooooh.... I've never heard of Melina, but I love zusak :)"Have you read I Am the Messenger
??? One of his best works IMO and so under..."I have read I Am the Messenger....and it was so weird and so good and so different from the The Book Thief (which I adored).
I haven't read the Monstrumologist series yet.....I'll definitely have to check it out. Thanks for the recommendation. :)
Donna wrote: "Recently finished and and now I'm starting "I'm really curious to see your thoughts on Red Queen, Donna. That is a book where I'm definitely the minority. I honestly really didn't like it. :(
WOW, yeah cuz I've heard rave reviews!! I'll let you know ;)
I loved that series Heidi! Both Neverland and Pan's Revenge. But I am pretty easily pleased. I give a lot of 4 and 5 star reviews. I just love everything, well almost. I thought they were great retellings!! Hook was very swoon-worthy!!! :)
Donna wrote: "I looked straight on book depository and they're out of stock. Here's the link: https://www.bookdepository.com/search... There is a place where you it says no..."Fantastic. Thanks, Donna!
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Have you read I Am the Messenger
??? One of his best works IMO and so under..."Yessss Monstrumologist! :D I'm glad I got so many of you guys to read that one, haha.
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WOWWWW you guys should read this one. I was totally hooked. Cool world-building, sea monsters, pirates, and a really cute romance between two girls. :) I highly recommend it!
I'm also almost finished with:
I really enjoyed the first half and thought it was fun and exciting––the second half has been a bit rough for me, since the romance kinda takes over the whole plot and gets a little too sappy for my taste. Maybe things will get better towards the end, though!
I just picked up
on Kindle, since the price dropped today (at least on my PC vs Phone). Hopefully that helps me get back into
, because I'm now dreading finishing it. I hate when that happens :'(.Up next, though, is
. I haven't had a chance to read all week. I'm hoping to make up for that tonight, after the kids go to sleep. I have a glass of wine ready to go! (or, you know, a bottle; the littlest tyrants have been screaming all day)
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And yaaaay The Ask and the Answer is amazing!! :D
Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "Aww, I hope Winter gets better for you! In my opinion the second half is better than the first. And yaaaay The Ask and the Answer is amazing!! :D"
That's good to know. I set it aside just before the half-way point.
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WOWWWW you guys should read this one. I was totally hooked. Cool world-building, sea monsters, pirates, and a really cute romance betwe..."
I will put the Abyss in my tbr list!
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Ashley, you explained classics perfectly! Most people nowadays have trouble reading them for that same reason, but I LOVE descriptive books and I don't ..."
I actually loved and swiped that description from msjodie in the Audiobooks group ;) but isn't it spot-on? Had to borrow it.