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Bluemoon wrote: "Has anyone read The Diviners (The Diviners, #1) by Libba Bray? Thoughts?"

I am fairly certain Brigid read it and loved it??


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Heidi | 6961 comments Mod
I am listening to Black Heart Black Heart (Curse Workers, #3) by Holly Black on audiobook.


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Just an FYI for those who have not read it The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky is $3.99 (Kindle book) today


message 3604: by Brigid ✩ (last edited Dec 29, 2012 07:46PM) (new)

Brigid ✩ | 2471 comments Mod
Heidi (up to no good) wrote: "Bluemoon wrote: "Has anyone read The Diviners (The Diviners, #1) by Libba Bray? Thoughts?"

I am fairly certain Brigid read it and loved it??"


Yes! I did read and love it. ;) Although I guess I'm kind of biased because I love Libba Bray so much. But anyway. I'd say if you've read/liked Libba Bray's other books then you will probably like it. If you haven't then ... uhh I'm not entirely sure. I thought it was really good though. :)


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Janackeh | 1 comments Bluemoon wrote: "What are you reading right now? Like it so far? Feeling like you want to vent about the book? Post away..."

Just finished "before I fall" by Lauren Oliver, loved it. Also read "little wanting song" by Cath Crowley which wasn't my favorite. Oh, also recently read "if i stay" and "where she went" by gayle Forman. Really enjoyed both of those.
Currently reading "winter girls" by Laurie Halse Anderson.


message 3606: by Heidi (new)

Heidi | 6961 comments Mod
Janackeh wrote: "Bluemoon wrote: "What are you reading right now? Like it so far? Feeling like you want to vent about the book? Post away..."

Just finished "before I fall" by Lauren Oliver, loved it. Also read "li..."


Liked If I Stay a lot but I LOVED Where She Went.

I was irritated with the ending of Before I Fall so it ruined some of the positive thoughts I had for the book - I ended up giving it 3 stars which is still not bad for me.

A really liked A Little Wanting Song and in general love most Aussie writers! Of course Melina will always be my favorite though :)


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Heidi | 6961 comments Mod
Shannen I liked Easy but (view spoiler). It was an above average love story either way and nice to read a story set in college that seemed believable as there are not a ton of them out there (Beautiful Disaster comes to mind and we both felt the same way about that one).

Still listening to Black Heart on audio and also listening to The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher Healy - both are good so far


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Carpenter Klein | 1 comments just read divergent and now onto paper towns by john green. liked divergent a lot- i finished it in under 24 hours. very good!


message 3609: by Brigid ✩ (new)

Brigid ✩ | 2471 comments Mod
Finished:

Hollowland (The Hollows, #1) by Amanda Hocking

I liked it more than I expected, although I wasn't super crazy about it. It could have used a lot of editing ... gah, so many grammar mistakes. And I wanted the writing to be a lot more descriptive; it was kind of flat. But the characters were mostly pretty cool, and it was fast-paced and addicting. It ended on a cliffhanger, and I liked it enough to maybe pick up the sequel.

I'm still working on:

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

And I think I'm also going to start:

Stained (Stained, #1) by Ella James


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David Estes (davidestesbooks) | 836 comments Loved The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1) by Patrick Ness and just finished the prequel which was awesome too, so now reading The Ask and the Answer (Chaos Walking, #2) by Patrick Ness :)


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Heidi | 6961 comments Mod
David wrote: "Loved The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1) by Patrick Ness and just finished the prequel which was awesome too, so now reading The Ask and the Answer (Chaos Walking, #2) by Patrick Ness :)"

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY I loved The Ask And The Answer even more than TKONLG :)


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Lloyd | 110 comments Cool David - that whole series is just fantastic! Patrick Ness also got himself on my "must follow" list with A Monster Calls. SO happy you are enjoying Chaos Walking. I'm itching to reread it now!


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K.M. Mara Whitebeam (The Silent Grove) by K.M. del Mara
I just uploaded an excerpt of Whitebeam. Would love to hear thoughts~~


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Heidi | 6961 comments Mod
Lloyd wrote: "Cool David - that whole series is just fantastic! Patrick Ness also got himself on my "must follow" list with A Monster Calls. SO happy you are enjoying Chaos Walking. I'm itching to reread it now!"

Man I loved A Monster Calls!


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David Estes (davidestesbooks) | 836 comments Lloyd wrote: "Cool David - that whole series is just fantastic! Patrick Ness also got himself on my "must follow" list with A Monster Calls. SO happy you are enjoying Chaos Walking. I'm itching to reread it now!"

Thanks Lloyd, so good!!

And to you and Heidi, I've already bought A Monster Calls, thanks for the recs :)


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David wrote: "Lloyd wrote: "Cool David - that whole series is just fantastic! Patrick Ness also got himself on my "must follow" list with A Monster Calls. SO happy you are enjoying Chaos Walking. I'm itching to ..."

Be prepared to bawl like a baby my friend!


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Heidi | 6961 comments Mod
I am really enjoying A Hero's Guide btw -- highly recommend the audiobook format if you read this one.


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David Estes (davidestesbooks) | 836 comments Heidi (up to no good) wrote: "David wrote: "Lloyd wrote: "Cool David - that whole series is just fantastic! Patrick Ness also got himself on my "must follow" list with A Monster Calls. SO happy you are enjoying Chaos Walking. I..."

Lol I'm ready!


message 3619: by Brigid ✩ (new)

Brigid ✩ | 2471 comments Mod
EEEP CHAOS WALKING. I need to read those again.

Well anyway, today I started:

Stained (Stained, #1) by Ella James

I'm almost done. It's ... ehhh. There isn't really much of a plot, the two main characters are pretty flat/unlikable, and there are a few too many Twilight similarities. I guess I can't complain much since it was free on Amazon so it wasn't like I was expecting too much, but still ... I'm not a fan.


message 3620: by Heidi (new)

Heidi | 6961 comments Mod
Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "EEEP CHAOS WALKING. I need to read those again.

Well anyway, today I started:

Stained (Stained, #1) by Ella James

I'm almost done. It's ... ehhh. There isn't really much of a plot, the two main charac..."


Skipping that one!


message 3621: by Brigid ✩ (new)

Brigid ✩ | 2471 comments Mod
Good idea, Heidi. >.< I'm kind of debating whether not not to finish it ... and I don't even have much of it left. Argh.


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I'm currently reading UnWholly - the second book in the Unwind series, and also The Marbury Lens.


message 3623: by Brigid ✩ (new)

Brigid ✩ | 2471 comments Mod
Ooh I really need to read UnWholly. And I love The Marbury Lens! :D


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Heidi | 6961 comments Mod
Essa wrote: "I'm currently reading UnWholly - the second book in the Unwind series, and also The Marbury Lens."

Thoughts on UnWholly??


message 3625: by Karen’s Library (new)

Karen’s Library | 574 comments Better than Unwind!


message 3626: by Brigid ✩ (new)

Brigid ✩ | 2471 comments Mod
Acck really? I need to read it. I think it's on my Kindle ...


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Heidi (up to no good) wrote: "Essa wrote: "I'm currently reading UnWholly - the second book in the Unwind series, and also The Marbury Lens."

Thoughts on UnWholly??"


I just started and it seems really good. But it's Neal Shusterman, so I wouldn't expect anything less than awesome.

I love how in the beginning he asked questions about Unwind, and the last one something like "Who's the best, most amazing author ever?" and answered with his own name.


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David Estes (davidestesbooks) | 836 comments UnWholly is amazing!! Completely agree with Karen that's its even better than the first one :)


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Becky (bek11) | 451 comments I should finish up The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus, #3) by Rick Riordan soon, considering it's due back at the library on 1/10.

I also need to get moving on Finnikin of the Rock (Lumatere Chronicles #1) by Melina Marchetta .

I think my next one will be Slathbog's Gold (Adventurers Wanted, #1) by M.L. Forman . I also just added Unwind to my TBR list since you all think so highly of the series.


message 3630: by Brigid ✩ (new)

Brigid ✩ | 2471 comments Mod
Finished:

Stained (Stained, #1) by Ella James

I ... did not like it.

Now I'm moving on to:

Hollowmen (The Hollows, #2) by Amanda Hocking

I decided I liked the first book enough to read the sequel, and it's pretty short so I figured I'd just go for it. :P


message 3631: by Kristina (new)

Kristina (kristinalawhead) I recently read Burn for Burn (Burn for Burn, #1) by Jenny Han and loved it and I just started The List by Siobhan Vivian


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Becky wrote: "I should finish up The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus, #3) by Rick Riordan soon, considering it's due back at the library on 1/10.

I also need to get moving onFinnikin of the Rock (Lumatere Chronicles #1) by Melina Marchetta.

I think m..."


Yes, the series lives up to it's praise.


message 3633: by Heidi (new)

Heidi | 6961 comments Mod
Essa wrote: "Heidi (up to no good) wrote: "Essa wrote: "I'm currently reading UnWholly - the second book in the Unwind series, and also The Marbury Lens."

Thoughts on UnWholly??"

I just started and it seems r..."


Ha! That is awesome! Thanks Karen and David for your thoughts on the book. I wish my library had it on audiobook - I wonder if it is not audio yet...


message 3634: by Heidi (new)

Heidi | 6961 comments Mod
Becky wrote: "I should finish up The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus, #3) by Rick Riordan soon, considering it's due back at the library on 1/10.

I also need to get moving onFinnikin of the Rock (Lumatere Chronicles #1) by Melina Marchetta.

I think m..."


Woot woot! Finnikin of the Rock!


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Vered (vered_ehsani) i read Life of Pi ages ago, and saw the movie last night. From what I remember of the book, I'd say they nailed it spot on with the movie, which was fantastic. The cinematography was awesome. Highly recommend forking out the bucks to see it on the big screen.
Happy New Year!


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Sophia Nicolopoulos (augustineofelsinore) | 17 comments Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "Finished:

Stained (Stained, #1) by Ella James

I ... did not like it.

Now I'm moving on to:

Hollowmen (The Hollows, #2) by Amanda Hocking

I decided I liked the first book enough to read the sequel, and it's pretty s..."


Hollowmen is great;) You should read it! I'm hoping the author will publish a third book..!!!

Just finished The Moon Dwellers (The Dwellers, #1) by David Estes (EPIC) and I've started yesterday Feed (Newsflesh, #1) by Mira Grant ..! In a couple of days, I'll finish also Great Expectations by Charles Dickens


message 3637: by Heidi (last edited Jan 04, 2013 12:59PM) (new)

Heidi | 6961 comments Mod
Vered wrote: "i read Life of Pi ages ago, and saw the movie last night. From what I remember of the book, I'd say they nailed it spot on with the movie, which was fantastic. The cinematography was awesome. Highl..."

Good to know. I read the book last year. I don't go to movies much so will probably watch it on blu ray but I heard it looks fantastic on the big screen.


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Augustine Sophia wrote: "Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "Finished:

Stained (Stained, #1) by Ella James

I ... did not like it.

Now I'm moving on to:

Hollowmen (The Hollows, #2) by Amanda Hocking

I decided I liked the first book enough t..."


Glad you liked Moon Dwellers :) Me too.


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Brigid ✩ | 2471 comments Mod
Vered wrote: "i read Life of Pi ages ago, and saw the movie last night. From what I remember of the book, I'd say they nailed it spot on with the movie, which was fantastic. The cinematography was awesome. Highl..."

Ahh I still need to see the movie. The book is one of my favorites and I was skeptical about the movie, but I've mostly heard good things about it so I think I'll check it out at some point. ;)


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Brigid ✩ | 2471 comments Mod
@Augustine Sophia - I like Hollowmen so far. (I'm about a fourth of the way through it.) I have some believability issues with it ... (view spoiler) And I'm not sure if I like it as much as Hollowlands yet, but it's pretty good.

I'm also reading Great Expectations and loving it so far! I also really liked The Moon Dwellers. And I really want to read Feed; it's on my Kindle and I hope to read it soon. (I've been reading so many zombie books lately!)


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Sophia Nicolopoulos (augustineofelsinore) | 17 comments Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "@Augustine Sophia - I like Hollowmen so far. (I'm about a fourth of the way through it.) I have some believability issues with it ... [spoilers removed] And I'm not sure if I like it as much as Hol..."

Well yes I admit, Hollowmen is not as nice as the first one but I think you'll like it;)



Great Expectations is a masterpiece but sometimes it's really wordy:/ I have 20 pages left;)

Feed I started this book some months ago but I left it in the beggining... Now, I'm reading it again from the beggining and I like it much much more :D

Yes, I love zombie books too and generally I'm very fond of all the post-apocalyptic genre;)


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David Estes (davidestesbooks) | 836 comments Vered wrote: "i read Life of Pi ages ago, and saw the movie last night. From what I remember of the book, I'd say they nailed it spot on with the movie, which was fantastic. The cinematography was awesome. Highl..."

LOL I just watched the movie too, my wife and I really enjoyed it :)


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David Estes (davidestesbooks) | 836 comments And awww, thanks all re The Moon Dwellers, you made me smile *blushing*. Finishing up The Ask and the Answer (Chaos Walking, #2) by Patrick Ness LOVE THIS SERIES!


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Becky (bek11) | 451 comments David wrote: "And awww, thanks all re The Moon Dwellers, you made me smile *blushing*. Finishing up The Ask and the Answer (Chaos Walking, #2) by Patrick Ness LOVE THIS SERIES!"

I'd like to read the Chaos Walking series but haven't yet since my library doesn't have it. Guess I'll have to get around to the inter-library loan.


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Vered wrote: "i read Life of Pi ages ago, and saw the movie last night. From what I remember of the book, I'd say they nailed it spot on with the movie, which was fantastic. The cinematography was awesome. Highl..."

Haha, after watching the movie a few weeks ago, my friends and I were gushing over Suraj Sharma, not just because he was an awesome Pi, but also because he's so incredibly gorgeous!


message 3646: by Vered (new)

Vered (vered_ehsani) The whole movie was gorgeous, Essa! And yes, the actor was sweet as well. This is one of the rare movies that has really stuck with me. Brilliant, especially for those of you who need a break from all your zombie readings!


message 3647: by Karen’s Library (new)

Karen’s Library | 574 comments Reading Eden's Root (Eden's Root Trilogy, #1) by Rachel Fisher . Really good! I won this book and so glad!


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Vered wrote: "The whole movie was gorgeous, Essa! And yes, the actor was sweet as well. This is one of the rare movies that has really stuck with me. Brilliant, especially for those of you who need a break from ..."

Completely agree, it's one of the books where you could have so many different viewpoints and all of them would be right. You could debate about it for hours.


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David Estes (davidestesbooks) | 836 comments Becky wrote: "David wrote: "And awww, thanks all re The Moon Dwellers, you made me smile *blushing*. Finishing up The Ask and the Answer (Chaos Walking, #2) by Patrick Ness LOVE THIS SERIES!"

I'd like to read the Chaos Walking..."


You gotta find a way to get it, sooo good!


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Karen’s Library | 574 comments Started reading The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern


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