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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Mar 2009
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Yeah, I've heard some people say it's crap and others say they love it. I usually don't get swayed by the "crap" votes, so I can decide for myself. LOL |
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Tired and Disillusioned
Join Date: Sep 2006
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Personally, I thought it was okay - it gets better as you go along, but the first book was really derivative IMHO - you could see where all of the influences were and there wasn't enough in there for me to believe that she was making it her own. Saying that, there were some great individual scenes (my favourite was the one in the vampire hotel) but there was also a truly awful info dump towards the end which stylistically, just didn't work for me at all. I am interested to see what she does with the Victorian prequel that she's currently working on because it sounds like she's weaving together some really interesting elements. MM |
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Not your kid brother's YA
Join Date: Dec 2008
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Yeah, the info dumps in that series were frustrating. But I still love the books.
I'm very excited about the prequel too - I love a good steampunk novel.
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Book Worm & YA writer
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Po-dunk town in Ohio
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My Worlds Are Building
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: In dreamland, wishing I were in California.
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I'm a crier at movies but usually it's just some tears. The movie had my sobbing. I mean like whole body wracking sobs. It was horrible. My mom watched it and she was like, yeah? Me, the person whose ovaries shrivel at the mention of children, was more touched than she was. I'm waiting for the break down at work.
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My Worlds Are Building
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I wasn't compelled to keep reading.
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practical experience, FTW
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Me, my sister and one of my friends sat down to watch the movie and we were joking around during the beginning, trying to guess different endings. NONE of the endings we guessed (and there were a lot) were what actually happened. I think I was depressed for a couple of days after that. I wondered if the book had the same ending. |
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My Worlds Are Building
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: May 2008
Location: California
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I just started 13 Reasons Why and am really enjoying it so far.
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Is the random.
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Kate brought me.
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That one started driving me nuts about halfway through. It was a "throw this book across the room" kind of novel for me. Um, after that glowing review . . . I hope you enjoy it!
![]() Just finished Graceling. Good, interesting, but there were some things that were hinted at that were unresolved which makes me wonder where the characters will be in Bitterblue.
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In the ozone
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: DFW
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Reading on older one by an author I love.
The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint. Urban fantasy at its best.
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I Want Me Gold
Join Date: Mar 2008
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I'm reading Leven Thumps and the Wrath of Ezra.
If you think Stephenie Meyer is bad... |
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someone let me off this crazy ride
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon.
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I ADORED the entire series. Read all three books in a weekend. LOVED it. I was so freakin mad at the end of book 1, I *almost* didn't read book 2! (But all was made right) ![]() I thought they rocked and I loved the worldbuilding. Everything came alive for me. Its up there right next to Melissa Marr and Holly Black for me.
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Not your kid brother's YA
Join Date: Dec 2008
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Weirdly enough, I had a dream about TMI series last night, lol. I dreamt that we were staying an old old church and the priests were trying to kill Simon and Jace.
![]() Hmm...that might have to find its way into a story somewhere...
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someone let me off this crazy ride
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Not your kid brother's YA
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Lol, in my dream Simon was the cool one. Jace was just angsty and wanted to kill everyone.
I think that's my ultimate writing dream - that someday people will fall in love with my characters to the point where they dream about them.
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Book Worm & YA writer
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Po-dunk town in Ohio
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I just started The Awakening (2nd in series to The Summoning) Good so far, loved the last one so...we'll see
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My Worlds Are Building
Join Date: Sep 2007
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It's ghostgirl by Tonya Hurley for me. So far, so good.
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Bites - YA book review blog full of honesty and snark Gritty YA Fantasy - Re-Write Snarky YA Fantasy - Re-Edited |
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Tired and Disillusioned
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I've just finished Nightrise by Anthony Horowitz, which is a cracking paced urban fantasy with a lot of EEEEVIILLLL and excellent battle scenes. It's part of his Power of Five series and personally, I think it's miles better than his Alex Ryder series.
Am now about to start The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan. MM |
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someone let me off this crazy ride
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I liked it better than the first one!
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Mar 2009
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I just got that in the mail recently and one of my friends came over to borrow it yesterday because she had just finished The Summoning and wanted to know what happens next. I haven't even read it yet. LOL |
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Don't kill the bar, Dude.
Join Date: May 2009
Location: California
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Currently reading Uglies. Wanna finish the series before rereading Hunger Games and Half-Blood Prince.
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Hearts the furrily challenged.
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
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Just stared WHAT I SAW AND HOW I LIED by Judy Blundell this morning. It's fabulous so far, I'm really enjoying it. The atmosphere is definitely film noir-ish.
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Is the random.
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Kate brought me.
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