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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Torment by Lauren Kate (book two of Fallen series)

Torment by Lauren Kate

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I LOVED this book. I thought it was even better than the first one, Fallen. I wanted to read every chance I got. (I love when that happens with a book!)

The characters are great. There was not one boring part in this book. Of course, the author leaves you hanging and desperate for the next book!

Without giving spoilers, you do find out more about the "shadows" but lots of questions are still not answered. But I was really okay with that becuz the story was so rich and good!

A MUST read :)

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Monday, December 6, 2010

Eat , Pray , Love book review / Warning....I hated it!

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

My rating: 1 of 5 stars

I loathed this book. In my opinion, it was horrible. I loved the movie which is focused on a womans journey to find herself. The book was so heavily advertised as the same thing, so i decided to read it. I MADE my self listen to the audio just to say i finished it. But i really hated it. The only few, very few parts i liked was the little bits about herself and what she was doing. But most of this book is a complete history of each country she goes to, WAY MORE than I ever wanted to know. Then EVERYONE you meet she gives you their complete story. Literally, I drove for 25 minutes hearing about the history of wars in Bali! I think the only reason this book got popular is becuz of the advertising and so everyone was curious to see what the hoopla was about. Well, there is NO hoopla! LOL It was a total waster of time. Its funny, cuz now that i made it through the book, I have talked to others who have read it and they didnt like it either. I hear comments like the writing is really bad, it is so boring!

I have renamed the book, for the "eat" part, it should've been "Italy, a history"
for the "pray" part, it should've been "Everything and anything you want to know about meditation and yoga"
for the "love" part, it should've been "All about the history of Bali and its healers!

I will NEVER buy another book by this woman. Also, I was very disappointed to find out that she was paid to go on this trip and write a book about it. All the advertising seems to lead you to believe, she went on this incredible life changing journey and becuz it was so life changing she decided to write about it. NOT TRUE. It was planned all along, they even gave her an advance so she could have the money.After u are fooled into reading the book, u find this out.

If anyone is looking for a great inspiring memoir, read "The Middle Place" by Kelly Corrigan. It will change ur life and inspire you to cherish your life.

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This is a good book, but it wasnt a book that I couldnt put down. Once I was done with the entire book, it did not linger on my mind. I feel like the series will get better as it goes along so I intend to read the others but I have other books that I am compelled to read first. I liked the world Rick Riordan has created and the characters but I really didnt like how the whole story was mainly different monsters coming at them at every turn. I wish there was more "meat" to the story so to speak. And please dont hate on me for this but I actually liked the movie better! :O

All in all three stars and I will someday read the rest of the books and watch any future movies of this series. It was neat learning about the gods. And I should say that I think any one 12 and under will love this series, it reminding me of the first three HP books, which are not as dark as the rest. Maybe this series will get darker? We can only hope! LOL

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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

White Cat by Holly Black

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Really enjoyed this book. It has elements of mystery, action, suspense , witty characters, likeable characters. I think both female and male will enjoy this book.

It has a shocking surprise at the end and leaves you wanting to get the next book. This was my first experience reading Holly Black and I was very pleased. Can't wait to check out her Tithe series.

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The Hollow by Jessica Verday

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I struggled with giving this book 4 stars or 3 stars. I think it was more like 3.5. I felt like the book kept building up to what was really going on and then you get a little bit of who some of the mysterious characters are but then the book ends. There isnt really any explanation and SPOILER ALERT, u find out her and Caspian cant even touch! Grrr..... If this book would have ended better, it might have been a 4.0 I did enjoy Abby's hobby of perfume making but I kept thinking that this would tie into the story but it never did. I am not sure why Ben was even a character? And a wierd thing was, the author had her eat and drink like a pig! LOL There were so many things that happened for nothing it seemed. Like her best friends death seemed to have nothing to do with Katy and Nicolas and Caspian. So why even have that whole part of the plot in there? Yep, it was a 3.0 for me. I am planning on reading book two though, The Haunted. But if it ends up not bringing things together and has an unsatisfying ending, I prob. wont read the rest of the series.

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