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Jyl22075 wrote: "Heather wrote: "I loved Anna and the French Kiss too, Jenny. Just finished her next book in the series this month and loved it too! Her writing just sucks you in and makes you thin..."I think Lola and the Boy Next Door had me thinking that the author was inside my teenage head more, a bit more realstic which I loved. and the boy? All Kinds Of Mega Swoony! And we get to see Anna and St. Clair again. *mega sigh*
Heather wrote: "Eve and her aversion to anything girly still cracks me up. =) "**hee hee** So true, Heather. Except Mavis. She likes girly Mavis.
Heather wrote: "I think Lola and the Boy Next Door had me thinking that the author was inside my teenage head more, a bit more realstic which I loved. and the boy? All Kinds Of Mega Swoony! And we get to see Anna and St. Clair again. *mega sigh*"What she said!! It was so good!
I'm not sure that I can say anything is better than
becuase that book and Edward own my ever loving bronze haired vampire heart. lolBUT, Stephanie Perkins writes such stories that you swear she stole your teenage brain or makes you want her characters teenage brain for your own. The characters are so life like and interesting that you want them as your friends and the emotions she writes about are so vivid and real you can touch them.
*nods head*
When I read
(view spoiler), I felt like I was right back in high-school. Lord knows, I'm old enough to be your mother, Heather, so how did she do that?
Lisa Kay wrote: "When I read [spoilers removed], I felt like I was right back in high-school. Lord knows, I'm old enough to be your mother, Heather, so how did she do that?"Stephanie or Stephenie? LOL
It must be a Stephanie (or Stephenie) thing about getting us to WANT to relive high school and actually enjoy and crave it. =)
Heather wrote: "getting us to WANT to relive high school"Really! That, in and of itself, is unbelievable.
I love me some Twilight, but I definitely think Stephanie Perkins is a better writer than Meyer. Plus, it's easier to relate to than being in love with a teenage vampire, if you catch my drift. But Edward Cullen will always own my heart!
I so very true on all counts, Megan!
I've heard good things about that Miranda Neville one Jyl. I'd be interested to know what you think. I'm currently reading:
oh, and
CaroB wrote: "I'm currently reading:"Oh, CaroB! How are you liking it?
So far it has a very similar feel to
, but I only just started it late last night so not very far in yet.
Oh, thanks, CaroB. I've been meaning to remind those people who have wanted to read
-- that's an arrow on the front. You know, for one of the items in the February challenge. ☺
I hope you love Divergent, CaroB! It's one of my faves!
Just started
for a buddy read and although I hadn't read the first one I'm really enjoying this one so far :)
OK so this doesn't exactly belong on this thread, but there was an old discussion about the Fall line-up (which I can't find anymore, maybe because it isn't Fall anymore) anyway several of us had discussed the television show 2 1/2 Men... Did anyone see Ashton Kutcher's new look last night. I'm not a huge Ashton Kutcher groupie, but WOW!
Here it is, Tracey: New Fall Season Line Up. That is a link to the last comment -- which happens to be yours! And, yes, AK looks
~Megan~ wrote: "I hope you love Divergent, CaroB! It's one of my faves!"I've heard so many good things about it Megan :-) So far, so good.
Looking forward to your review on it CaroB!
I thought about re-reading The Hunger Games before the movie comes out, but not sure I'll get to it in Feb, but thanks for the reminder. If nothing else I can use the arrow for the Z-A Cover Art Image Search ~ 2012 Challenge
I'm a little further in
and also reading
as a Buddy Read
I just finished
I liked it more than the 1st one in the series. I felt like there were too many characters introduced that really didn't have anything to do with the main story.I'm starting
tonight and will start
tomorrow for a buddy read.
@ Susan, too many characters in the first book or this one? Just curious. I'm still about half way so now I'm wondering if some of these characters I'm focused on are irrelevant. LOL
Tracey, in this book. And yes, you're probably focused on irrelevant characters. I was LOL
Great! Now I'm going to be second guessing all my theories! LOL
I'm almost done with
- a "buddy read" my partner & I are both behind on. Currently reading
as a "buddy read" - & I'm behind... d/t migraines (and it's not grabbing me).Started
for a group game and man-oh-man! is it good.
While perusing around my favorite little used bookstore I found an entire series of Lisa Kleypas books (a rarity to find the whole series in a used bookstore), and based on Lisa Kay's previous endorsments for this author decided to jump in with both feet and bought them all :). So now I have 
Oh, Tracey! I hope you LOVE them as much as I did. I
bought
on audiobook for myself for Christmas. I'm hopeless. I try to be good, but gheez...even the cover is great. That blue dress is gorgeous. And Cam is to die for.
Tracey! You will LOVE these! They're wonderful :D and wouldn't some of those covers go great for the artist's color wheel challenge?
Keep us posted on what you think, Tracey!
Finished re-reading
loved it!Just started reading
it's just not grabbing me. The first two books were great - having a hard time with this one. It's still early in the book though...
It's not a romance, but finished reading
for my book club this week, and it was such an emotional and engrossing read. Heavy and heartbreaking, but in a good way ;-) Also just finished
last night. I loved it as much as the first, but for different reasons. This one had more character development, I felt, but not as funny. Still great! Still going with
.
I'm reading
It's from the bottom of my TBR list for our January challenge, and when I read about the author, it fits our journalist challenge cause she was a journalist. I'm really enjoying it. It's written in 3rd person present which is a little strange, and then there have been chapters of 1st person, which is a little stranger LOL
Just finished Imitation in Death, which I loved (not as much as Portrait in Death, but still great). Picking up Driving Mr. Dead, because a Molly Harper read is always a good time. =)
Just finished
and LOVED it! Can't wait to start
I'm a sucker for a series!
Tracey, these are great!
OK I'm gonna get on my soapbox for a minute ;). My biggest pet peve is inaccurate book cover images. If you're going to put a woman on the cover of the book, make her look like the character! So I was pleased enough with the inside cover picture of
aside from the fact that her hair was shoulder length when it should have been to her waist, I was otherwise happy with the illustration of the characters. Now as far as
inside cover picture, I thought Win looked exactly as I expected. However the male model used for this pic is the same as the first book! It's the same guy! Seriously?...OK I'm done now :)
LOL!! I'm hearing you Tracey! It's one of my pet peeves too. How hard is it to just get a description from the book?!
I wondered if that was the same model!
CaroB wrote: "LOL!! I'm hearing you Tracey! It's one of my pet peeves too. How hard is it to just get a description from the book?!"I was almost 100% satisfied with the first book's pic. He matched the description well, her hair color was correct. The scene was even outside with her in a nightgown which was an actual scene from the book. Only hiccup, her hair was shoulder length and in the book it's described as reaching her waist. But I can live with that :)
Jyl22075 wrote: "
just came in for me at the digital library so I will be starting it today. Very excited to read it!"Looking forward to your thoughts!
*sigh*CricketI want at least 3 of him. lol
Finished The Spy Who Left Me, which has been a slow go, low interest book for me for quite some time. Not really driven to read anything else by the writer either.Also finished the audiobook, Driving Mr. Dead. I enjoyed this. Fun and quick, I just don't know why the author had to write another heroine that reminds me so much of Jane from her Jane Jameson Series.
No idea what I'm going to read next.
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It's intense and you'll just have to get to it in time as there are tons more between your book and this one. Eve and her aversion to anything girly still cracks me up. =)