(download) Click here to download: waiting-on-wednesday-yfefIjpiksqIxJBzCgFy.zip (169 KB) Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at 'Breaking the Spine'.... Insurgent by Veronica Roth (May 1st 2012) Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction;instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must...
This book was a fantastic escape from everyday life. The hero was generous and loving and described as wonderfully strong and reliable. I liked that about him. Pia was funny, irreverent and loyal. I liked her brutal honesty and the fact that when she had a last reserve of strength she used it. In the beginning of this book Pia steels from Dragos (a powerful wry - shapeshifter) because she is being blackmailed, in turn Dragos tracks her down and instead of punishing her, finds he'd rather woo her, in his own, special...
Charley Davidson is Anita Blake (Laurell K Hamilton) meets a Richelle Mead heroine... this is one heck of a debut novel. Yey!! We're talking fast paced, quirky, laugh out loud funny, sarcastic, sexy and action packed with enough supernatural mojo to set the town alight. With writing like that this book couldn't fail to please and I already have the sequel on order at my local bookshop. The main character was pretty funny (fully of attitude, brassy) and so the narration was always entertaining and spunky, just...
The novel swings between the viewpoint of two different characters: Aria and Perry. Perry grew up as an Outsider, surviving in a harsh world where people hunt their food and trade crops not money. Aria grew up inside a Pod, where everything was provided for her and where she spent much of her time in the 'Realms' - digital realities where you can smell, see, and feel the fiction created. When Aria is expelled from her Pod - Reverie - and Perry from his Tribe, both must band together to survive and forge a future...
This is the best book about grief I have ever read. Jandy Nelson is an artist of the heart.After losing her sister, Lennie is thrown into a mire of grief, guilt and emptiness. Her response is surprising, wild and confused. It involves boys, writing, music and questions - showing clearly that grief and our response to it has no rules."I am totally out of control. I do not think this is how normal people morn."I loved this novel. Lennie's family is eccentric and magical. Her friend Sarah is brash and honest and...
I started out with quite high expectations for this book; at the checkout I was told it was "fantastic"... And as we all know, a personal recommendation is usually the best kind. This book is complicated. These characters are complicated. Their lives and the issues they face are complicated. Luckily, a road trip seems like just the right diagnostic tool. From tents to honeymoon suites, college parties to friends who play golf, this is a wide eyed view of America, Morgan Matson's characters, and one heck of...
I always love a Kresley Cole book because of her sassy heroines, laugh out loud humour and sexy heroes. Did this particular book deliver on each one of these scores? Yes it did. Is it my favourite in the series? Nope. Dark Needs At Night's Edge, is definitely my favourite. So, on with the review... I honestly never thought I'd like Lothaire as a hero, he's just too evil in the other books! Which I guess is why Ms Cole had to dream up a kooky, kick ass, bony human as his mate (awesome!). If I had any problem with...
Wow. I'd forgotten how much I loved Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side, but reading this brought it all back... I really need to go reread it now!! This novel is written from various points of view: from Mindy and Jess's narration, to emails from Lucius, the book jumps from one place to the next, dragging the reader along on a dynamic journey... and Raniero, as a 'mystery' character, is a great edition to this cast of narrators, who, let's face it, we already know quite a lot about. Jess and Mindy and...
Andrea Cremer writes a compelling book, one which is difficult to put down, and yet each one is so very different. If I had to classify this novel, I'd put it in the category of 'adventure story' - the main characters spend the novel chasing from A to B to C... collecting objects which will help them 'win' the war that's been raging for centuries. It was all rather exciting, but the emotional drama was squeezed into finite moments around this action, in the hours when the main characters should have been sleeping...
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