Confessions of a Book Addict

Enchanted past times Alethea Kontis My rating: 5 of five stars I absolutely LOVED this book. Love dear love. I could seriously non pose it downwards ane time I started it. The storytelling was fab, I adored the means Kontis weaved inwards other well-known fairy tales in addition to created her ain out of them, in addition to Dominicus was in addition to thus lovable that I only wanted to mash her. Also, tin I only say, STAND-ALONE!!! It was a stand-alone! No sequel to read, no serial to complain about, it ended! Guh, dear it! Alethea Kontis needs to cash inwards one's chips on writing in addition to writing in addition to writing because I could only read this form of matter forever. I had 2 child problems amongst the majority - the timing seemed off, in addition to the characters got confusing. It felt similar the majority was taking house over several weeks, but inwards actuality, according to the days mentioned periodically, it was only close ane week. Too much was cr...

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children yesteryear Ransom Riggs My rating: 5 of five stars Why did I hold off as well as thence long to read this? What an fantabulous debut novel! I genuinely enjoyed merely nearly everything nearly this majority (even as well as except the photographs). The photos were helpful as well as creepy at the same time. In the get down they really freaked me out, specially the i of the "monster" as well as the ones of the children, but every bit the majority went on they really illustrated what was happening as well as gave me an paradigm inwards my caput to focus on every bit I followed along amongst the story. The majority starts off chillingly enough. The reader apace understands that the monsters Abe (Jacob's grandfather) is talking nearly are existent - non merely Nazis but something else. I intend Jacob realizes this every bit well, subconsciously, but merely refuses to believe it. While he may long for an extraordinary lif...

Behind the Throne past times Chad Denton My rating: 3 of v stars Disclaimer: I was sent this for gratis past times the author. Behind the Throne is a dandy await at the ability that came from queens too mistresses inwards European history. I thoroughly enjoyed learning almost people I never knew had existed, too the ability they held inwards relation to their kings too the people merely about them. It is disconcerting to know that many of them died alongside ruined characters or despised past times the people and/or their families. Some of them, luckily, were dearest until the end. Since this majority lacked a serious copy-editor, I believe that it could live on much ameliorate if given a adept clean-up. I strongly urge a publisher to give it the attending it deserves, equally I actually enjoyed reading it too would love to encounter it out inwards a formal format. Note to Chad: If you lot desire assistance editing, I would live on glad to create it ;) If you lot tin post away ...

Love on the Run past times Katharine Kerr My rating: 5 of five stars This serial but gets amend in addition to better! In the quaternary installment of the Nola O'Grady books, Nola is nevertheless over again fighting dorsum against the forces of Chaos in addition to those who would price her family. Here is my unapologetic disclaimer: I honey Katharine Kerr's works. At to the lowest degree everything that I've read, anyway. I don't intend I've always been disappointed. There, I've said it. Maybe I'm biased, but I actually LOVE this series. I can't larn plenty of Nola in addition to Ari! It's a fun endangerment alongside a lot of serious thought-provoking themes in addition to ideas. The majority doesn't induce got its vague genre seriously, in addition to the frequent cite of psychic squids makes me giggle. I honey it at the goal when Nola gets thus tired of seeing them that she orders calamari in addition to eats it inwards front end...

My reading corner Chris as well as I moved into our novel menage a twosome of months ago, as well as spell nosotros nonetheless haven't completely gotten our materials organized, things are starting to come upward together.  Since it's merely the 2 of us (for now), he took i of the 3 bedrooms for his office, as well as I took some other for my library. The shelves don't match, they are flood as well as double-stacked inwards some places, the books are completely unorganized, as well as I receive got yet to pass whatsoever existent fourth dimension inwards at that spot doing what I intended to do, which is read.  But it's starting to experience similar a cozy reading room, amongst my Aunt Mary Chair (also known every bit "The Ugly Chair"), which came from, y'all guessed it, my Aunt Mary.  It has this corking pinkish cloth amongst birds all over it.  It matches absolutely goose egg inwards my house, as well as I love it. My woman bring upward suggest...

I'm starting to experience similar I'm reading the same mass over as well as over again, then I've given upwards on YA for forthwith as well as convey moved dorsum into adult fiction. Right forthwith I am reading Madame Bovary , Janeology  by Karen Harrington, as well as volition hopefully endure starting Dan Simmons' latest, Flashback , soon. I am besides working through my feelings of frustration at reading, because equally much equally I was enjoying the YA fiction I had been reading, in that place was a lot I was angry as well as annoyed alongside (see previous posts).  It got to the scream for I wasn't happy reading it anymore, because I merely couldn't conk along seeing the same former thing.  Even Delirium  didn't alive upwards to the hype I'd heard.  Maybe it's merely disappointment, but I am starting to experience similar in that place aren't a lot of slap-up books coming out. The fact that I convey Flashback  in my possession makes...

The Selection past times Kiera Cass My rating: 4 of v stars ARGH ACK I DON'T WANT ANOTHER SERIES!!!!! *FLAIL*SPASM*TWITCH* ...Now that that's out of my system... Seriously, I thought this was a stand-alone until I got to the end. Grr! So tired of authors who are completely incapable of wrapping things up! ...Now that THAT'S out of my system... I actually REALLY liked this book. So much thence that I actually REALLY wanted it to halt amongst the kickoff book. I don't desire to accept to hold off until side past times side twelvemonth for majority two, because this SHOULD accept ended here. HERE. Not side past times side year. NOW. Yet again, my YA gripes accept presented themselves. 1: series. 2: I accept no thought what ANY of the characters await like. "Beautiful" does non tell us what they await like. 3: Love triangle. Both boys are sexy. Both boys similar her. Both boys are consummate opposites. This review isn't real positive, fifty-fi...