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Just finished
and it was awesome. I have been waiting for a good mermaid book to come along and I was very skeptical about this one. But it completely surprised me! You all have to read this! Especially if you like mermaids. Or sirens. Or selkies. Great. Book.
Bethany wrote: "Just finished
and it was awesome. I have been waiting for a good mermaid book to come along and I was very skeptical about this one. But it completely surprised m..."I bet my daughter puts that one on her wishlist ...me too we have been looking for a good mermaid/selkie one
I'm reading
and loving it so far. Characterwise it's pretty close to Poison Study but the story is different and even somewhat PA. But it's more from Maria and I've loved every one of her books so I'm looking forward to where it goes from here.Update: It's done and was just as lovely as all her other books but just a heads up, there are some zombies if you don't like that kind of thing. They aren't that bad but they are there.
Bethany wrote: "Started
"I thought that was a decent book. I just finished
and I actually liked the MC which is new for that series. I'm thinking of starting
.
Have any of you read
? I read her book, "Room" and really enjoyed it, but this one appears to be a completely different animal. Just wondering if it's worth continuing?
I just finished
. It was pretty good. I liked that it was a stand alone book and not a series and I thought it was pretty original. Or as original as a book reworking old tales can be.
About half way through This is Not Forgivenessits an ARC I was sent before Christmas.....its a bit slow...hard going...but sensing it will get better and that its slow etc as it sets the scene so still sticking with it.
Started
. I'm not too far in yet, but it's definitely interesting. I'm waiting for the twist in the plot that I know has to be coming. I have a good feeling that this is gonna be one of those books that blows you away by the end.
I'm reading
and
Angels of the night is pretty good so far, but I'm having a hard time getting into Stolen away.
Just finished
and IT WAS AWESOME! I didn't expect it to go in the direction that it did, but I was so pleasantly surprised. This was a great book!
Amanda wrote: "I just started
. So far, I'm super interested."Pandemonium is due out in 2012 and am lucky enough to have read an ARC of it and that is even better
Sandra "Jeanz" wrote: "Amanda wrote: "I just started
. So far, I'm super interested."Pandemonium is due out in 2012 and am lucky enough to have read an ARC of it and that is..."
I'll be honest, I know several people who LOVE this book. I don't think I'm one of them. I'm struggling to stay engaged enough with the story to read. I'll continue it, but I hope it gets better soon.
Force reading
. It's okay if I just read it for a while, but then I procrastinate when I should be reading.
Just finished
. It was so awesome! Only $0.99 ebook. A great heroine and lots of gritty PA stuff you might not expect since the premise deals with angels.
I'm re-reading
. I figured I'd refresh my memory since
comes out next week :)Also just finished
, which was very good for a cheap ebook. And I love mermaids, so I enjoyed it.
Just finished the third book in the Last Survivors' trilogy by Susan Beth Pfeffer. Sad and lots of interesting family dynamics at play. It will make you think. This World We Live InNext is The Dark and Hollow Places I read Forest of Hands and Teeth a long time ago and hadn't looked for any of the sequels. Just finished The Dead-Tossed Waves earlier this week and figured out why I hadn't thought of Forest of Hands and Teeth as a zombie novel. I read it quite a while ago. They called them "the unconsecrated" and didn't use "zombie"... guess I could have put 2 and 2 together, but I hate math.
Just finished reading Divergent and it was awesome but totally left me hanging, now i cant wait till Insurgent comes out. Now I need something new to read!
Just about to start The Way We Fall but have started reading a collection of short stories too Shoes Hair Nails
I just finished
, which was awesome, because all of Juliet Marillier's books are awesome!On to the last in the trilogy :(
Bethany wrote: "Also just finished
, which was very good for a cheap ebook. And I love mermaids, so I enjoyed it. Bethany - you should check out the Talisman Series by the author of Everblue. IT is about vampires and I really enjoyed it.
I just finished reading
and
. Slumber was free on Kindle and it was a really really good read. I am excited for the next book to come out.I'm getting ready to start reading
.
I just finished
. I loved it, but hated that it wasn't a stand alone book. I can't wait a year for the next one.
Angie wrote: "I just finished
. I loved it, but hated that it wasn't a stand alone book. I can't wait a year for the next one."Awesome! Finnikin is my all time favorite book. I was so excited when I learned it was to be a trilogy. I loved Froi. My expectations were super high and it did not disappoint me. But, I agree, it's gonna be really hard to wait for Quintana of Charyn. But, it's one of those series that is worth the wait, in my opinion :)
I just finished
for the monthly read (I highly recommend it) and I started
this morning. I'm also slowly working on
on my phone.
Julie,I really liked Eve. It's kind of an un-original storyline, but I still enjoyed it. Entwined was actually really good, but it took me a while to really get into it. But stick with it, it gets better :)I just got
and
from the library.Still working on
I just finished
and loved it. I am starting
today and can't wait. Not sure why I let that one sit on my shelf for so long.
Angie wrote: "I just finished
and loved it. I am starting
today and can't wait. Not sure why I let that one sit on my shelf for so l..."Wasn't Eona awesome?! Such a good book.
I just finished
and it was pretty much amazing. Really funny, good characters, great steamy romance. I stayed up until 3:45 finishing because I could not put it down. I highly recommend this book. It's not YA so it's for a bit of a more mature audience, but it's great and if you like werewolves, vampires and steampunk, you will enjoy this book immensely!
I really haven't been reading much dystopian lately. I am reading
and afterwards I plan to start
. Maybe after them I will get back into the world of dystopian reads. ^_^
Angie wrote: "I just finished
and loved it. I am starting
today and can't wait. Not sure why I let that one sit on my shelf for so l..."I have my Dust & Decay sitting on the shelf too, I keep forgetting about it and deciding to read somethings else. Let me know if it's as great as the first one!
Julie wrote: "Angie wrote: "I just finished
and loved it. I am starting
today and can't wait. Not sure why I let that one sit on my ..."I liked it. Not as much as Rot & Ruin but it was still really good.
I'm about half way through
and I really like it so far. It is a pretty long book and it drags a bit sometimes. It is by no means an action-packed thriller. But, I find it incredibly interesting.
So, I saw a couple people review this book and talk about how amazing it is. I checked out the page for the book and the reviews are like this... 5stars, 5stars, 5stars, 4stars, 5stars, 5stars, 5stars...you get the idea. It has a really interesting premise and it was only 99 cents!! for the ebook. I think it is that price for both kindle and nook. So, you all should go check it out.It is
Bethany wrote: "So, I saw a couple people review this book and talk about how amazing it is. I checked out the page for the book and the reviews are like this... 5stars, 5stars, 5stars, 4stars, 5stars, 5stars, 5st..."Yes. Read it. Do it! I enjoyed the book immensely, despite a few faults. Enjoy! :D
I finished
the other day, I liked it quite a bit more than I was thinking I would. Bethany, I wanted to cry when Benny and Silas were running after Eve telling her they loved her :( I guess I should've put that in "spoiler alert" but it doesn't really give away anything. I started
yesterday.
Julie (formerly the girl with the orange flowers) wrote: "I finished
the other day, I liked it quite a bit more than I was thinking I would. Bethany, I wanted to cry when Benny and Silas were running after Eve telling her they love..."I know, right. I think I did cry!! Wasn't that awful?! I'm glad you liked the book. I actually really enjoyed it when I read it. After a little time and reflection, I realized it was a pretty typical dystopian. There weren't really any new themes, it was like everything we've seen before with little alterations here and there. But I definitely have a habit of picking books apart once I come down from the initial high, lol. But, I know I was really happy with it when I finished, and it had that horrible cliffhanger of an ending, so I am actually really looking forward to the next book.
I'm reading
and The Princess Brideright now. I just finished
on Tuesday (after starting it on Monday!). I have
on the table by the couch and need to get cracking on that! After that I will move onto
and
.
I'm currently reading
and it's wonderful. Really well written, with great characters and an interesting plot. And lots of suspense which is causing me no end of problems (1) sleeping at night and (2) feeding myself appropriately because "just one more page" never seems to end.
Nicole wrote: "I'm reading The Watchers which is book three in the series, which I'm not sure if it ends with the four novella(which I haven't found yet if its out). And they so far are all really..."Enjoy the Maze Runner! It was a great read. I think it was one of the first really creepy post-apocalyptic books I read and it freaked me right out.
Julie (formerly the girl with the orange flowers) wrote: "I started
last night and it's um, strange so far."I heard that one wasn't very good, you'll have to let me know.
I'm reading
and it reminds me of twilight, A LOT! But, even with the supernatural and teen romance cliches, I'm still enjoying it.
Bethany - I thought the same thing about The Ylem. I liked it, just had a lot of YA cliches in it. I just finished
last night. I finished it in one sitting and couldn't walk away (which meant I was up way too late). I have several other books lined up to read, but I raced to download the 2nd book and just started it. It is
which is what I'm reading right now.
Amanda wrote: "Bethany - I thought the same thing about The Ylem. I liked it, just had a lot of YA cliches in it. I just finished
last night. I finished it i..."Haha, I'm reading survival too! I didn't finish it in one sitting, but I did read most of it today. I really like the concept, but I think the writing is poor. I've come across a lot of incorrect grammar. The sentences don't flow. The conversations are choppy. And I don't like the way the author overlaps each storyline. This book could have been really great, but its just been kinda mediocre for me.
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