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[Wanda]

Just began reading Unspoken Abandonment: Sometimes the hardest part of going to war is coming home
Next on my reading list is Light on a Distant Hill: A Novel of the Indian West

[Karen’s Library]

Finishing up my reread of so I can start on my buddy read of

Also rereading , slowly this time around. ;-D

[Heidi]

Wanda you are making me feel like such an underachiever with all my fluffy fiction books!

Karen would I like Legend IYO?? I have heard I wouldn't so skipped it. I hope to get to Fire Country soon - where is David?? I miss all my peeps! Shannen, Kourtni, Lloyd, Cassi I miss you all. I also miss Jaimie who is lurking somewhere and I need to talk to Hart of Dixie about! *sad face*

[Brigid ✩]

Heidi, I have a feeling you wouldn't really like Legend. (Although maybe I've already said this, haha.) I think it's somewhat similar to Divergent, which I know you didn't like much. It's another one of those dystopian books that doesn't really have any world-building. I've read both Legend and Prodigy and they were both all right for me, but I had a bunch of problems with them.

[Heidi]

Just from your Divergent comparison I am skipping it Brigid!

[Heidi]

I tried the first book in the series but couldn't get into it Darren. I am far from the target audience though

[Karen’s Library]

Heidi (trust me) wrote: "Just from your Divergent comparison I am skipping it Brigid!"

I have to agree with Brigid, Heidi. :)

[Heidi]

I've got so many books and audiobooks going right now it is insane! I am listening to and and reading and (plus a I'm reading a cozy)

[Vered]

Darren wrote: "Still reading . Have any of you read the Inheritance Cycle? It seems to be more of a guy's series, but girls might like it too."

The basic premise reminds me way too much (suspiciously so) of the Dragons of Pern series, which I liked a lot but don't appreciate reading it again.

I finished
- wow!!! That's all I can say. And yes, David has been very quiet of late...

Oh, and I finally got from the library (drumroll please)... (wait for it)...
The Book Thief! I'll be starting it this weekend. So now I'm off Heidi's list.

[Brigid ✩]

Just finished:



It was all right ... I think Patrick Ness should stick to YA, though.

Started:



And I also plan to start within the next few days:



I'm really excited for this one. Rick Yancey, yayyy. <3

[Becky]

Hmm, I really liked the Dragons of Pern series. I am going to try Inheritance Cycle one of these days, but it's just not anywhere near the top of by TBR pile.

[Becky]

Heidi (trust me) wrote: "I've got so many books and audiobooks going right now it is insane! I am listening to and [bookcover:Necromancing the Stone|134091..."

I want to read the Necromancer series but I'm going to have to inter-library loan it. Since it's easier to just pick up what's already on the bookshelves, Hold Me Closer just keeps getting pushed down my TBR list.

[Becky]

I'm still reading and picked up for a group read.

I read and enjoyed it except that it kinda ends with a cliffhanger.

[Heidi]

Bluemoon wrote: "Heidi: i actually think legend is better than divergent, but brigid is right, you might not like it."

Ugh! Don't confuse me Bluemoon :)

[Heidi]

Becky I really enjoyed the first Necromancer book on audiobook. I wasn't sure I would like it but is is really fun and I am enjoying book two so far (also on audio -- one of the audible audiobooks I bought!)

[Heidi]

Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "Just finished:



It was all right ... I think Patrick Ness should stick to YA, though.

Started:



And I also plan to start within ..."

Thanks for the update on the Crane Wife. Let me know how that new Rick Yancy books is please!!

[Heidi]

Vered wrote: "Darren wrote: "Still reading . Have any of you read the Inheritance Cycle? It seems to be more of a guy's series, but girls might like it too."

The basic premise reminds m..."

Woot woot! So excited for your thoughts on Book Thief Vered :) There are still some in this group who think I forgot they haven't read it yet... I never forget!

[Brigid ✩]

Heidi (trust me) wrote: "Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "Just finished:



It was all right ... I think Patrick Ness should stick to YA, though.

Started:

[bookcover:The Bane|1737264..."

No problem! And yes, I will totally keep you updated on the Rick Yancey book. I've heard very good things about it, so I'm really looking forward to reading it. (And I mean, it's written by Rick Yancey. So, yay!)

[Karen’s Library]

So how many bonus points do we get if we read TWICE?? :-P

[Heidi]

You would be ahead of me Karen! I have only read it once but need to re-read it soon :)

[Vered]

Heidi - I know you don't forget (gulp). You're scary...! And you can probably kick my @ss, so I'll definitely read it, once I've finished my current read.

[David]

Hellooooooooo!!!! I'm still here! Sorry about being so absent lately, I rely on GRs to email me when a thread I'm following is active and they didn't email me for this one, annoying!!! I'm in too many groups lol :) But this is one of my faves! Thanks for all your nice comments and for noticing I haven't been around (you made me feel special!) and thanks to Heidi for reminding me to come on over ;)

I'm reading Shatter Me (finally!). I've avoided it because I heard there's not much action and is more dystopian romance which I don't usually like that much. Well, I'm 12% in and LOVE the creative writing style so the rest doesn't matter so much!

[Heidi]

Oh yay David is here *waves*! I noticed several of us are reading your books so I was missing you because you are always so positive :) I skipped Shatter Me for some reason - I am guessing someone told me not to read it. Hope you like it!

[Heidi]

Vered wrote: "Heidi - I know you don't forget (gulp). You're scary...! And you can probably kick my @ss, so I'll definitely read it, once I've finished my current read."

I'm all bark Vered! Speaking of Vered I still have every intention of reading the second book in your Dragon series! I swear :)

[Harold]

I have an annoucement!

I read the comments in the last contest saying "Why six months?" First off, I'm honestly warmed to my core that you guys enjoyed it that much.

Secondly, I'd like to say that, due to those comments, I've decided to start the next contest June 1st. (Before that just isn't plausible, as I'm still a student and have finals to contend with)

Not entirely sure what the topic will be, so it's not too late to submit ideas. (And yes, I will be looking over the last contest to see what ideas have already been submitted)

See you then!

[Gwennie]

YAY!

[David]

Heidi (trust me) wrote: "Oh yay David is here *waves*! I noticed several of us are reading your books so I was missing you because you are always so positive :) I skipped Shatter Me for some reason - I am guessing someone ..."

Aww you are so nice!! And you all are so nice for reading my books, I learn so much from all your reviews and I hope each book gets a little better!

I skipped Shatter Me for the same reason, I think someone I trusted told me they didn't like it or something. It turns out I shouldn't have as I LOVE it! The writing is just really cool for some reason. I think it's sort of a you love it or hate it type book. Maybe try the sample if you're at all interested, you'll know within a few pages whether you'll like it :)

[Heidi]

Wendy F wrote: "YAY!"

Double Yay!! Also yay that Harold and Wendy are here :)

[Heidi]

David wrote: "Heidi (trust me) wrote: "Oh yay David is here *waves*! I noticed several of us are reading your books so I was missing you because you are always so positive :) I skipped Shatter Me for some reason..."

Ok thanks for the update David. I will check my GR friends reviews of it again too because I trust a lot of them! :)

[Heidi]

Wendy I will be done with Whale Talk today or for sure tomorrow and I am loving it!

[Gwennie]

That is so awesome! You're the first person I thought of when I read it. I was like, "Man, this is a Heidi book!"

[Heidi]

You must know me well Wendy - it is the perfect mix of humor and reality!

[Gwennie]

Exactly! I really loved T.J. The blurb about him calling the radio talk show was brilliant!

I also loved the relationship that developed with Chris and I loved TJ's father.

[Heidi]

TJ's father rocks :) Thanks for the rec! Have you read any other books by the author??

[Gwennie]

I haven't actually. I think I looked through them to see if anything jumped out at me.

[Brigid ✩]

About a fourth of the way through:



The premise is pretty cool and it's addicting. But the pacing is kind of all over the place. And I sense a love triangle coming on. Sooo I'm not sure how I feel about it yet.

And Heidi, I'm fairly sure you would dislike Shatter Me. Maybe you've already read my review of it, but ... yeah. Personally I really didn't like it, and one of the main reasons was because of the insta-love and whatnot. And I see how one could find the writing style interesting, but it really irritated me and none of the metaphors actually made sense, and ... it was just very frustrating for me.

[Heidi]

I think you were the reason I didn't read Shatter Me Brigid! David is way nicer than I am and tries to see the good in things. I'm jaded! hahaha

Wendy I may try another book by him if my library has it on audiobook - looks interesting

[David]

Lol the further I get into it I'm pretty sure you won't like it either! Too much romance and not enough action for you! But I still love it and am enamoured with the writing style :) (although I could do with less of the hot and heavy romance too). I like the crazy metaphors because some make a lot of sense and others none which I think is part of this girl who's had a hard life. She sees the world through a strange lens. As for insta-love, that's very debatable on this one, I think there are arguments either way :) But that's me putting my positive spin on things like you said lol!

[David]

Lol! Thanks for the welcome back and thank you sooo much for reading The Star Dwellers!! About that bone....*turns tail and runs far, far away*

[Heidi]

Hahaha Bluemoon! I told David he better hide if he has a cliff hanger in Star Dwellers so maybe that is why he was gone!

[David]

Lol! That could be why I was missing....

Although technically I resolved the main conflicts in the book, so I prefer to call it a "lead in to the third book." (That's shady author speak for cliffhanger)

[Lloyd]

I'm currently working on finishing up -- SUCH a good book! I'm now anxious to jump into (for me) "new" material (though a lot of the details were forgotten about this over the years) with .

Talk about a roller coaster ride!

[Heidi]

David wrote: "Lol! That could be why I was missing....

Although technically I resolved the main conflicts in the book, so I prefer to call it a "lead in to the third book." (That's shady author speak for cliffh..."

hahaha - sure David!

[Heidi]

Lloyd wrote: "I'm currently working on finishing up -- SUCH a good book! I'm now anxious to jump into (for me) "new" material (though a lot of the details were forgotten ab..."

Hi Lloyd *waves* - I was wondering what you have been up to so now I know :)

[David]

Heidi (trust me) wrote: "David wrote: "Lol! That could be why I was missing....

Although technically I resolved the main conflicts in the book, so I prefer to call it a "lead in to the third book." (That's shady author sp..."

LOL ;)

Well, I think I can safely say I don't think you'd like Shatter Me, Heidi :) I LOVED the first half but really didn't like the second half (particularly the last 25% and the ending), so I ended up at 3.5 stars...I'm not sure I'll read the sequel. I'm very disappointed as I thought it would be a 5 star read for me after the first 50%!

[Heidi]

David wrote: "Heidi (trust me) wrote: "David wrote: "Lol! That could be why I was missing....

Although technically I resolved the main conflicts in the book, so I prefer to call it a "lead in to the third book...."

Thanks for the update! I will add to my will not be reading pile!

[David]

Lol!

[Lloyd]

Heidi (trust me) wrote: "Hi Lloyd *waves* - I was wondering what you have been up to so now I know :) "

I'm not the fastest reader. I have one speed. So...combine working, being dad and best buddy to my 6 year old boy, and a book like this and...well, it's taking awhile. :)

Hello and *waves* to all.

Might take a break from the Song of Ice and Fire between books 3 and 4. Maybe. It's working for me right now though, so I'm not going to mess with it.

[Heidi]

Understandable Lloyd! Hope all is well. My husband always tells me "Reading is not a chore Heidi. It is not something you should feel you have to get done". I try to remember that when I get stressed about all the books I have/want to read :)

[Heidi]

Wendy I finished Whale Talk!!! Thanks for the waring about that ending. Ugh!!