Hey guys! First of all, we want to thank you guys SO much for participating! We were thrilled to have such a great turnout for the third year in a row. We’re also excited to be hosting it again in 2016! (If you missed it, here is the signup post.) I know this past year we said we were planning better (and more fun) things for the challenge, and I’m afraid we kind of dropped the ball. Life happens, what can we say? […]
The Almost Girl by Amalie Howard Series: The Riven Chronicles #1 Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Published by Strange Chemistry (12.17.2013) Paperback, 432 pages Source: Library Seventeen-year-old Riven comes from a world parallel to Earth, a world that has been ravaged by a devastating android war. As a Legion General, she is the right hand of Prince Cale, the young Prince of Neospes. In her world, she’s had everything: rank, responsibility, and respect. But when Prince Cale sends her away to rescue his long-lost brother, Caden, who has […]
How to review this book? I had some very mixed feelings about this book. The concept was actually quite brilliant, but I found the delivery to be lacking. The premise was pretty awesome! Very cool! That is mostly where my enjoyment ended. I didn’t care about any of the characters and couldn’t connect to Narissa. Actually, I didn’t like our lead female much at all. She was kind of immature and hypocritical. There were times where I actually hated her – […]
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Published by HarperTeen (3.2.2010) Audiobook, 470 pages 12 hours, 25 minutes Source: I own it What if you only had one day to live? What would you do? Who would you kiss? And how far would you go to save your own life? Samantha Kingston has it all: looks, popularity, the perfect boyfriend. Friday, February 12, should be just another day in her charmed life. Instead, it turns out to […]
I had been wanting to read this for a while, yet at the same time dreading it because while I was intrigued, I was pretty sure it wouldn’t be a me book. Actually, I was quite sure I was going to hate it, but curiosity about the hype eventually won out. Surprisingly, I didn’t hate it like I thought I would, but I wasn’t all that impressed, either. I felt very ‘meh’ about everything. I didn’t care about the characters or the […]
Wow. What the hell happened? I am vastly disappointed by how underwhelmed I was with this book. Actually, I struggled to maintain interest through most of it. I found myself bored and disinterested to the point that I contemplating DNFing. Again, I ask – what the hell?! I absolutely LOVED The Young Elites. I gave it 4.5 stars. Somewhere along the way, the magic was lost for me. Does this book just have Second Book Syndrome? Or is it me? […]