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[Cassi aka Snow White]

Reading Valiant and listening to the Girl Who Played With Fire.

Goodness this series has very inappropriate moments... (Girl Who Played with Fire) but somehow it just makes you keep listening.

[Kate]

Finished and now I'm reading . :-)

[Traci]

about a quarter of the way through and it's pretty good so far.. excited to see where it goes.

[Kate]

Lani wrote: "I'm currently reading Return to Paradise and loving it! It's a cute light love story that is holding my attention splendidly.

I'm also trying to slog through Covet..."

I know, right? I picked up Covet for the same reason and I am having a very hard time getting into it. It's not even that I need the brothers to be part of the story, I'm just waiting for the characters to get interesting.

[Peep (Pop! Pop!)]

I tried reading Covet as well and never finished it.

@Kate (LE) Let me know what you thought of Jane. I think I'm the only one that didn't like it :(

[Jaimie]

Getting ready to start I just hope I remember enough of the last one to not be lost.

[Laura]

I'm in the middle of and enjoying it so far.

[Book]

Not YA, but just started

[[deleted user]]

Just finished and will be starting next. I'm really liking this series!

[Stacia (the 2010 club)]

I like that the heroine is strong and well put together in VA. She's a feisty one.

[[deleted user]]

Stacia (ridiculously repetitive) wrote: "I like that the heroine is strong and well put together in VA. She's a feisty one."

Yes she is! And it doesn't hurt that Dimitri is such a hunk!

[Jaimie]

Ahhh Dimitri.... I would have been in trouble if one of my HS teachers looked like him - especially if part of his job was to put his hands on me.

[[deleted user]]

Me too, Jaimie!

[Becca]

Amy wrote: "Not YA, but just started "

He wrote one of my favorite series of all time Amy! Let me know if you like that one. I may have to read it.

[Stacia (the 2010 club)]

Reading and really into it so far.

Also starting

[Yvonne]

Reading and loving it!

[Amanda]

I needed a break from YA so I just finished a bunch of BDB books, I had a nice week with the brothers. I am starting Dirty Little Secrets today, it is YA and short so it will be a quick read.

[Mira]

I just finished creshendo the sencond book by becca fiztpatrick loved the book!

[Alicia]

I'm reading my first ever "urban fantasy" book - Wicked Lovely. I'm going to stick with it, but I'm definitely not crazy about it so far. I am enjoying the fantasy elements of the story (the faeries seem very original and interesting), but I'm really disappointed in the quality of the writing/editing. I'm 95 pages in, yet I feel like the whole faery world, the curse, the stuff about the summer king/winter queen has only been explained in the vaguest terms possible. It's frustrating to read this far into a book and still not totally understand the details of major plot points. Also, I've only read a third and I'm already tiring of the whole over-protective, older, possessive guy who worries about the virtue of a submissive teenage girl spiel.

[Heidi]

Alicia I skipped Wicked Lovely - I have not heard great things about it. From your comments I am glad I skipped it.

[Alicia]

Hey Heidi! Yeah, faeries are another one of these crazes that I'm just not getting - all of the books seem so similar and uninspired. I may check out Tithe at some point, as I've heard from a few friends that it's a lot more refreshing than Wicked Lovely.

I was actually just looking at Melissa Marr's author profile and it gave me a good chuckle. I'm probably not supposed to say this, and maybe I'm just imagining it, but she seems to have one of the more obnoxious author profiles I've stumbled across. I mean, "the books matter, NOT the author"? Huh??? Sorry Ms Marr, but the author does matter. I don't think that readers have a right to any information about an author's personal life, but I do like to know something about who an author is as a person. I like to see how authors change over time, I like to recognize their personal style and quirks, and I like to speculate about what an author's book is responding to - whether it's a response to their own previously-written books, a response to books by other authors or general trends in literature and genre, or if its a response to social or political issues. So yeah, the author does matter.

[Heidi]

Even more reason for me to skip it Alicia! I just finished the Chaos Walking series. Now that has a great author (even though the author supposedly doesn't matter!)

[Becca]

Alicia wrote: "Hey Heidi! Yeah, faeries are another one of these crazes that I'm just not getting - all of the books seem so similar and uninspired. I may check out Tithe at some point, as I've heard..."

I've read quite a bit of Modern Fey tales and the best ones I've come across are and the series. The Iron King is a little slow, but major plot points were well explained and Tithe is just fabulous. I loved it.

[Alicia]

Becca wrote: "Alicia wrote: "Hey Heidi! Yeah, faeries are another one of these crazes that I'm just not getting - all of the books seem so similar and uninspired. I may check out Tithe at some point..."

Thanks Becca! I will definitely check those out. I am very interested in the mythology. It's more just the barely mediocre writing and the characters that are turning me off Wicked Lovely, not the idea of a modern Fey tale.

[Cassi aka Snow White]

I like Iron King much better than Tithe. I didn't get the appeal of the main character it Tithe. She was too much a scene kid for me. Was good enough, but I loved Iron King.

[Becca]

I loved Tithe for Roiben. He's oh so yummy, but also the writing and the lore were quite good, some of the best I've seen for modern fey tales. If you are familiar with english and welsh fairy lore you see that the plot of Tithe was intricate, well researched and simply fantastic.

[Cassi aka Snow White]

See I'm just not into emo scene kids who dress in purple leotards. I enjoyed the story but found the main character kinda annoying and very irresponsible.

[Isamlq]

Emily (Super Reader Girl Reviews) wrote: "I just read and LOVED Matched by Ally Condie. SO good!

Before that, I read Selling Hope. ..."

How was Matched? I really want to read it..

[Lani]

Ok, Kate and Peep, I finished Covet and thought it was ok. I liked Vin and Marie-Terese more than the character Jim (who will be the reoccurring character). It took awhile to get sucked into though and I want more Adrian :).

I'm now reading Dark Lover. I've read all the other BDB books, but skipped DL because my library didn't have it. I liked the other books so much I went back and bought it. So now I'm taking a trip down memory lane to see where it all began, lol...

[Peep (Pop! Pop!)]

Hahaha. So I guess I was right in skipping Covet? Just OK just doesn't cut it. :D

[Rebecca]

I just finished and LOVED IT! Now Im going to read . I hope its as good as the mortal instruments series!

[Tracy T.]

I read both and this weekend. I enjoyed them both. They did move a bit slow at points, but once they sucked me in, I couldn't put them down.

[Melanie]

I am reading the Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare. I have finished the first two: City of Bones and City of Ashes, and starting on the third City of Glass. I really am enjoying the trilogy.

[Rebecca]

Emily (Super Reader Girl Reviews) wrote: "Rebecca, I thought Clockwork Angel was as good as the MI. :) It's different in that it's from a different time period, but I really liked it."

Good to hear! Im excited about the different time period! I cant wait to start it tonight!

[Peep (Pop! Pop!)]

Heather wrote: "Just finished "This World We Live In" by Susan Beth Pfeffer - last in the series. Not sure what to read next..."

What did you think of this one?

[Rach (pagesofpiper)]

Heather wrote: "Just finished "This World We Live In" by Susan Beth Pfeffer - last in the series. Not sure what to read next..."

My library only has book 3 in the series, is it good enough to buy?

[Michelle]

Piper wrote: "Heather wrote: "Just finished "This World We Live In" by Susan Beth Pfeffer - last in the series. Not sure what to read next..."

My library only has book 3 in the series, is it good enough to buy?"

I've read the first two of the series but not the third. I really enjoyed both books and so did several people I loaned them to. If you like end-of-the-world stories, it would be worth it.

[Peep (Pop! Pop!)]

Piper wrote: "Heather wrote: "Just finished "This World We Live In" by Susan Beth Pfeffer - last in the series. Not sure what to read next..."

My library only has book 3 in the series, is it good enough to buy?"

The first one yes, the rest of them? No way! Unless you don't mind buying them then donating to your library when you're done.

[Michelle]

Peep wrote: "Piper wrote: "Heather wrote: "Just finished "This World We Live In" by Susan Beth Pfeffer - last in the series. Not sure what to read next..."

My library only has book 3 in the series, is it good ..."

I beg to differ Peep. I actually liked the second one better than the first.

[Alicia]

Even though I wasn't crazy about the first couple books in the Wicked Lovely series, I'm starting . I have some kind of a compulsion that nags at me to follow a series through to the end, no matter how bad the books are... if I don't read them, I just get that feeling of leaving a job half-done. Oh well, there are worse compulsions one could have! ;)

[Gwennie]

Alicia wrote: "Even though I wasn't crazy about the first couple books in the Wicked Lovely series, I'm starting . I have some kind of a compulsion that nags at me to follow a..."

I have that same compulsion, ha. I was really disappointed in Torment and only thought Fallen was a 3 star. However I'll still read the next book.

[Gwennie]

Oooooh, I see a topic thread here!

[Heidi]

Emily (Super Reader Girl Reviews) wrote: "I definitely do not have that compulsion. :) If I'm not enjoying a book I usually won't even finish it. I wouldn't read a sequel for a book I hadn't liked - unless I'd heard raving reviews that it..."

Me neither. One strike and you're out with me!

[Gwennie]

I can't handle that. Not only do I sit there and think that it may get better, if I leave it or don't finish it then I never get closure. The few books that I have just quit half way through haunt me.

[Heidi]

Wendy wrote: "Oooooh, I see a topic thread here!"

Ha! Perhaps we should start one "I want a (time) refund. Books/series I never should wasted my life finishing" or something like that???

[Gwennie]

I went to start one but then didn't know what to call it, haha.

[Alicia]

Wendy wrote: "I can't handle that. Not only do I sit there and think that it may get better, if I leave it or don't finish it then I never get closure. The few books that I have just quit half way through haun..."

It's the same for me - I think I often have too much goodwill towards the author. I keep thinking that maybe the writing will get better, or that I didn't give it a fair chance. And for the really bad books, I think I almost enjoy seeing the series become more of a trainwreck with each new installment. I get that same haunted feeling too, Wendy. Incomplete books and series just kind of nag at me in the back of my mind until I finish them.

[Darryl]

Alicia wrote: "Hey Heidi! Yeah, faeries are another one of these crazes that I'm just not getting - all of the books seem so similar and uninspired. I may check out Tithe at some point, as I've heard..."

rofl I think what she's really saying by NOT the author is she wants her readers to leave her alone? Salvatore, he's an awesome author too. I don;t know, I don;t think it's unatural for a reader to think author's want some connection to readers...I mean, ahhh, they're writnig FOR you right? Oh, I guess there are those authors who say they only write for themselves.

[Alicia]

That's exactly how I feel Darryl. I'm not suggesting that authors should be hunted by the paparazzi, but who the author is does matter to me. I think there are also issues of authenticity and perspective - if I'm reading a book set in Iran, I'm going to look at differently depending on whether it's written by an american or Marjane Satrapi.

[Darryl]

Exactly. When I finished the Hunger Games trilogy I really wondered about Collins because I was so disapponted with the lack of goodness winning out in the main characters lives. The ending sort of reminded me of the stereotypical jaded, cynicle middle class and I wondered why she would end like that when especially YA wants to AVOID that...ha ha at any cost I think. So I wondered about the author as to what her treasure was in her heart that she had no more to share than that! It was an odd series for me because I couldn't put it down, yet I hoped for so much more. Later, because of a lot of negative comments, she tried to explain she wanted to highlight the terrible effects of war but the comments came right back at her again that she still could have provided more. So, the author is definirtely important.