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message 2101: by Stormi (StormReads) (new)

Stormi (StormReads) (bmreviewsohmy) Actually I think mine is a ARC for a book tour so it might not be out yet.


message 2102: by Peep (Pop! Pop!) (new)

Peep (Pop! Pop!) You lucky girl, then! Only ARCs I ever get are books that came out that week :P


message 2103: by [deleted user] (new)

I'm really liking Sloppy Firsts (Jessica Darling, #1) by Megan McCafferty . Jessica is a hoot! Can't wait to see where this Marcus Flutie thing is going since I know it goes SOMEWHERE from reading all of Heidi's posts about him. :)


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Jenna (pocketmermaid) | 38 comments I'm still listening to The Reformed Vampire Support Group and I am not really enjoying it. I have 3 discs to go, and I don't want to leave it unfinished. Besides, I'm listening at work - and it's definitely more interesting than working in silence. But, ugghh, it feels like a chore.


message 2105: by Heidi (new)

Heidi Shannen wrote: "I'm really liking Sloppy Firsts (Jessica Darling, #1) by Megan McCafferty. Jessica is a hoot! Can't wait to see where this Marcus Flutie thing is going since I know it goes SOMEWHERE from reading all of Heidi's posts a..."

Oh yeah! So glad you are liking it. You'll love book 2 (and Marcus :)


message 2106: by Heidi (new)

Heidi Jenna wrote: "I'm still listening to The Reformed Vampire Support Group and I am not really enjoying it. I have 3 discs to go, and I don't want to leave it unfinished. Besides, I'm listening at wo..."

I hate when that happens. I felt that way with the Incarceron audiobook. I wanted to know how it ended, but it was like a sharp pain in my head as it drug on and on.


message 2107: by Heidi (new)

Heidi Ok I will be done with the audiobooks for The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell and The Year Of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty today. Sarah Drew is the narrator of the Carrie Diaries. I loved her as Hannah on Everwood, so naturally I love her on this audiobook :) I am also just liking the book itself. I am really , really, enjoying the audio for Year of Secret Assignments, and highly recommend it for people like the Jessica Darling series or books like that.


message 2108: by Sandy (new)

Sandy I'm reading Valiant


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Amanda  Murphy | 96 comments Just read The Truth about Forever which I loved. Finally starting The Help.


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Laura | 114 comments Just finished The Sky Is Everywhere. What a beautifully written book! I'd read anything this author writes in the future. The book took a little while to pull me in, but I fell in love as the story progressed.

Okay, now I'm back on to Dreamfever. I'm about a third of the way through. Trying to spread out my reading of this series because December is far away! I'm sort of failing at that right now, though.


message 2111: by Heidi (new)

Heidi Mandi wrote: "Just read The Truth about Forever which I loved. Finally starting The Help."

Yeah! Hope you love The Help.


message 2112: by Heidi (new)

Heidi Laura - The Sky is Everywhere is towards the top of my tbr list, so glad to hear you liked it. Hope you are enjoying Dreamfever.


message 2113: by Heidi (new)

Heidi Just started the audio of Airborn (Matt Cruse, #1) by Kenneth Oppel .


message 2114: by [deleted user] (new)

Laura - I plan on reading the entire Fever series (again) in November and December. It's addictive!


message 2115: by Traci (new)

Traci just finished Incarceron and I actually enjoyed it. It may have been because I set my standards really low (how sad) but I found myself really wanting to find out what was going to happen. The beginning was pretty slow, but I thought it picked up about 100 or so pages in.


message 2116: by Lani (new)

Lani (crahfty) | 253 comments Heidi wrote: "Shannen wrote: "I'm really liking Sloppy Firsts (Jessica Darling, #1) by Megan McCafferty. Jessica is a hoot! Can't wait to see where this Marcus Flutie thing is going since I know it goes SOMEWHERE from reading all of..."

I second everything Heidi said. I liked the first three books, couldn't get through the fourth, and then loved the fifth. But overall I liked the series and Marcus Flutie ;)


message 2117: by Mirza (new)

Mirza (mirzaarhasan) I was re-reading HP and the Half-Blood Prince but lost the book at the airport.
Now I have to buy another copy ... or my series is incomplete.


Brittany (finally graduated and can once again read for fun) | 1328 comments Okay... I'm about half way through Faefever. I've gotta say the 1st book wasn't so great for me. It felt very incomplete. Actually after I finished book #2 I felt as if I had read an entire book instead of 2. The series has definitely picked up and I'm enjoying it a lot more. I just have to know what happens!!


message 2119: by Heidi (new)

Heidi Mirza wrote: "I was re-reading HP and the Half-Blood Prince but lost the book at the airport.
Now I have to buy another copy ... or my series is incomplete."


Ohhhh that stinks!


message 2120: by Heidi (new)

Heidi Brittany wrote: "Okay... I'm about half way through Faefever. I've gotta say the 1st book wasn't so great for me. It felt very incomplete. Actually after I finished book #2 I felt as if I had read an entire book..."

I get what you are saying. It def. gets better as the series moves along.


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Jackie (jackie1301) | 75 comments I am reading "Storm Born" (Dark Swan Series) by Richelle Mead at the moment and I am liking it - it's an absolute recommend.


Brittany (finally graduated and can once again read for fun) | 1328 comments I am amending my previous statement. Finished Faefever tonight. Really liked it. I'm a bit torn. I already picked up Dreamfever from the library so I'm sure I'll start it tomorrow, but I also feel like this is a good place to sit and wait until the 5th book comes out in Dec. Especially if the cliffhanger at the end of Dreamfever is as crazy as you all seem to say it is. I can feel a real shift coming in the 4th book.

As stated I'm sure I'll start book 4 tomorrow because I have no self control (and I might be slightly excited to talk to you all about it and I hate spoilers). I'm just hoping it's not going to feel incomplete like Darkfever.


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Kourtni (kourkyloo) | 602 comments I'm going to try to read The Knife of Never Letting Go...again. I need some inspiration! If I fall asleep while trying to read it one more time I am just going to give up, which is really hard for me to do. :/


message 2124: by [deleted user] (new)

Just finished Sloppy Firsts and I wasn't feeling the Marcus Flutie thing until the end. Now all of my other books are on hold so I can read Second Helpings. I love Jessica Darling. She is a little more angsty and a lot smarter than I was when I was a teenager but I can SO relate to her!

Brittany - Yay! But you HAVE to read Dreamfever so we can all talk about it! Then you'll just have to re-read it in December. ;)

Kourtni - I don't think I'm ever going to get around to reading that one. So many mixed reviews that it doesn't even excite me anymore.


message 2125: by Kourtni (new)

Kourtni (kourkyloo) | 602 comments I don't blame you Shannen. I can't even give a solid reason why I can't get into it. It's just not sucking me in. :( I did get discracted by the Fever series and BDB right in the middle of it, that could be my problem.


message 2126: by Jenna (last edited Jun 24, 2010 09:36AM) (new)

Jenna (pocketmermaid) | 38 comments Traci wrote: "Jenna: I bought that book forever ago because I thought it looked funny and then forgot about it. You'll have to let me know how it is :]"

I just finished The Reformed Vampire Support Group this morning. I hated it - one star. I just posted my review.

I'm not sure what to read next, but I think I need a bit of a break after that exhausting book!


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Jaimie (jaimier) | 1275 comments I just finished Perfect Chemistry and I liked, not loved it. There were a lot of parts that I went with even though I thought they were a little far fetched but overall it was a really sweet(not sure if that is the right word but I'll just stick with it) story with a little cheese on the side. I guess I am going to have to read Rules of Attraction.


message 2128: by Jaimie (new)

Jaimie (jaimier) | 1275 comments Ohmigod! I just watched the book trailer for PC and I am sooooooooooo glad I did not watch it before I read the book! That was ... I can't even come up with the appropriate words.


message 2129: by [deleted user] (new)

Jaimie wrote: "Ohmigod! I just watched the book trailer for PC and I am sooooooooooo glad I did not watch it before I read the book! That was ... I can't even come up with the appropriate words."

LOL! I know! Worst book trailer EVER!


message 2130: by Heidi (new)

Heidi Jaimie wrote: "Ohmigod! I just watched the book trailer for PC and I am sooooooooooo glad I did not watch it before I read the book! That was ... I can't even come up with the appropriate words."

I should have followed my gut that told me NOT to read this book after I watched that video. I have about 75 pages left, and am not a huge fan. The video was far more entertaining and Leaving Paradise was better.


message 2131: by Heidi (new)

Heidi Yeah Shannen! You'll love Second Helpings I just know it! You sound like I did after book one. I liked it enough to read book two, but was not 100% sold on the series yet.


message 2132: by Heidi (new)

Heidi Kourtni - sorry you have not gotten in The Knife of Never Letting Go. It took me awhile too, but I did eventually. Perhaps it is just not for you. Plus, it is way different that BDB and the Fever series. It's ok not to finish it. I gave up on Sabriel after I fell asleep 3 different times trying to read it.


message 2133: by Kourtni (new)

Kourtni (kourkyloo) | 602 comments Heidi wrote: "Kourtni - sorry you have not gotten in The Knife of Never Letting Go. It took me awhile too, but I did eventually. Perhaps it is just not for you. Plus, it is way different that BDB and the Fev..."

Well I have only fallen asleep twice so I will give it one more go, lol! Nowhere near a bed or comfy couch though. You may be right, it might not be for me.


message 2134: by Heidi (new)

Heidi Bluemoon wrote: "*sigh* I haven't even bought the book yet. A Knife of Never Letting go...-_-'"

I am betting you may like it more than Kourtni Bluemoon, just from looking at your already read books.


Brittany (finally graduated and can once again read for fun) | 1328 comments Oh no... I got Knife of Never Letting Go from the library. It's next on my list to read. I, like Kourtni, have been distracted by the Fever series lately. I really want it to be good.


message 2136: by [deleted user] (new)

Just finished Succubus Heat (Georgina Kincaid, #4) by Richelle Mead wich i loved. Currently reading Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #1) by Maggie Stiefvater . Not 100% sure what i think about it yet


message 2137: by Kourtni (new)

Kourtni (kourkyloo) | 602 comments Ok I sat down and made myself read more KoNLG last night. It's like a switch was flipped around page 110-120ish. I am honestly enjoying it now. I actually got about 150 pages in before I fell asleep this time! LoL! But that's because it was 1:30am and I was sleepy, not because I was bored. :) So thanks Heidi for telling me to stick it out!


message 2138: by Linda (new)

Linda (lindajoysingleton) | 41 comments I liked KNIFE OF NEVER LETTING GO until they killed off a character that ruined the whole book for me. Too much violence. I felt the author slashed his cast of characters too easily. But that's just my opinion.

I do love the HUNGER GAMES which has a lot of violence, too, but there was a lot of success, too, which felt balanced, and left a lot of hope for things to get better.


message 2139: by Peep (Pop! Pop!) (last edited Jun 25, 2010 08:12AM) (new)

Peep (Pop! Pop!) Isn't it funny how some things bother us in one book but not in another? LOL, I do that a lot, too!! (a lot!).

I also like KoNLG until something happened that I didn't like. I mentioned it in another group and got my head bitten off. :P


message 2140: by Kourtni (new)

Kourtni (kourkyloo) | 602 comments Oh no! I will be upset if I stuck it out just to be dissapointed in the end! Now I will be wondering the whole time who is going to die and when. :/ blech.


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Paula (unadulterated) | 1 comments I am reading an ARC of Kiss Me Deadly, which is 13 short girly fantasy YA stories. Is an EXCELLENT way to figure out which authors to follow next. So far I've decided I need to chase down anything else written by Sarah Rees Brennan.


message 2142: by Linda (new)

Linda (lindajoysingleton) | 41 comments Sorry! But don't worry, it's not one of the main characters. And it happens more around the middle.
But it made me angry that the author didn't care enough about his characters. It's take a lot of thought before I kill off any of my characters, and even in THE SEER series, when someone dies in #6, it is not a major character so no one will feel the loss.


message 2143: by Victoria (new)

Victoria (closer2coma86) | 83 comments I'm reading Fallen by Lauren Kate. I've been looking forward to this book for a while but am a little nervous because of the mixed reviews.


message 2144: by Heidi (new)

Heidi Ummm yeah! Perhaps a *spoiler alert* should be used in the future when discussing major points of books.


message 2145: by Heidi (new)

Heidi Peep wrote: "Isn't it funny how some things bother us in one book but not in another? LOL, I do that a lot, too!! (a lot!).

I also like KoNLG until something happened that I didn't like. I mentioned it in anot..."


Ha! Good times Peep. Good times. Kourtni I am glad it has gotten better for you. Remember it is a a series, so things that happen may come up later in the series. Things aren't always as they seem.


message 2146: by Priscilla (new)

Priscilla | 30 comments Just finished reading The Captive, Part II and The Power not sure what to make of it. I enjoyed it mainly for the witchcraft theme which I always enjoy in books..but between the two books the story was very drawn out and not a lot seemed to happen. Still a good read though just not what I expected.


message 2147: by Susan (new)

Susan I just finished The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson and loved loved loved it. I read it in a few hours and just couldn't put it down. Another great YA book!


message 2148: by Kourtni (new)

Kourtni (kourkyloo) | 602 comments Peep wrote: "Isn't it funny how some things bother us in one book but not in another? LOL, I do that a lot, too!! (a lot!).

I also like KoNLG until something happened that I didn't like. I mentioned it in anot..."


I am very upset about the something that happened, if we are talking about the same something. I did not handle it well. I am too soft when it comes to that stuff. :(


message 2149: by Keren (new)

Keren David But maybe sometimes an author has to kill off a character that we care about - so we feel the loss and pain of bereavement secondhand. It's a brave thing to do, and lots of authors won't face up to it. I think the KoNLG is an unusually brave book for doing something the author knows readers will find devastating (and yes, I did too).


message 2150: by Heidi (new)

Heidi Kourtni you will forget about that by book 2 (if you read it). I did. I agree with Keren 100%.


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