Author: Anna Carey
Series: #5 - Eve
Format: Hardcover
Release Date: March 10th, 2009
My Rating: 3.5 out of 5.0
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
[Book Review] - Eve by Anna Care
Author: Anna Carey
Series: #5 - Eve
Format: Hardcover
Release Date: March 10th, 2009
My Rating: 3.5 out of 5.0
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
[Waiting on Wednesday] - #127
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Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can't pull it off alone...
A convict with a thirst for revenge.
A sharpshooter who can't walk away from a wager.
A runaway with a privileged past.
A spy known as the Wraith.
A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums.
A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes.
Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz's crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction—if they don't kill each other first.
A convict with a thirst for revenge.
A sharpshooter who can't walk away from a wager.
A runaway with a privileged past.
A spy known as the Wraith.
A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums.
A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes.
Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz's crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction—if they don't kill each other first.
My Stance:
Six of Crows has been on my radar since the release date was announced, I have been a fan of Leigh Bardugo for a while now and the new series looks better than the last. I know it's probably blasphemy and I'll probably end up regretting it later, but for now it does. This book reminds me so much of Ocean's Eleven, that I am looking forward to it based on this reason alone. Kaz is one of the characters that I am most interested in this coming month and while I am not sure who he is in the list of superheroes, it leaves me hoping he's the thief. I have always found that there is more to the whole planned heist. The syfy take is catching and promising.
I just wish there was something else about the book, who the other characters were and what the heist is actually. Even if you don't explicitly say it's a bank robbery or kidnapping plans/goods, there needs to be some information about what they are getting into. However, the more I think about how much I want to know, maybe that's why Bardugo didn't give us anything. The anticipation, the anxiousness is there, and I am more than happy to say she didn't give me any details, because for that reason alone, I will find out and read the book, as fast as I can.
I just wish there was something else about the book, who the other characters were and what the heist is actually. Even if you don't explicitly say it's a bank robbery or kidnapping plans/goods, there needs to be some information about what they are getting into. However, the more I think about how much I want to know, maybe that's why Bardugo didn't give us anything. The anticipation, the anxiousness is there, and I am more than happy to say she didn't give me any details, because for that reason alone, I will find out and read the book, as fast as I can.
[Waiting on Wednesday] - #125
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Kate Weston can piece together most of the bash at John Doone’s house: shots with Stacey Stallard, Ben Cody taking her keys and getting her home early—the feeling that maybe he’s becoming more than just the guy she’s known since they were kids.
But when a picture of Stacey passed out over Deacon Mills’s shoulder appears online the next morning, Kate suspects she doesn’t have all the details. When Stacey levels charges against four of Kate’s classmates, the whole town erupts into controversy. Facts that can’t be ignored begin to surface, and every answer Kate finds leads back to the same question: Where was Ben when a terrible crime was committed?
This story—inspired by real events—from debut novelist Aaron Hartzler takes an unflinching look at silence as a form of complicity. It’s a book about the high stakes of speaking up, and the razor thin line between guilt and innocence that so often gets blurred, one hundred and forty characters at a time.
But when a picture of Stacey passed out over Deacon Mills’s shoulder appears online the next morning, Kate suspects she doesn’t have all the details. When Stacey levels charges against four of Kate’s classmates, the whole town erupts into controversy. Facts that can’t be ignored begin to surface, and every answer Kate finds leads back to the same question: Where was Ben when a terrible crime was committed?
This story—inspired by real events—from debut novelist Aaron Hartzler takes an unflinching look at silence as a form of complicity. It’s a book about the high stakes of speaking up, and the razor thin line between guilt and innocence that so often gets blurred, one hundred and forty characters at a time.
My Stance:
This book normally wouldn't cross my radar, but there was just someone who happened to read this book and the review was just too much to ignore. From what I have gathered, the book is about a girl who gets raped at a party and her friend being taken home early is suspecting her boyfriend of taking a step further. However, what she doesn't understand is the complete series of events that have taken place the night before at the party. However the following days she starts to get pieces of what happened at that party. Normally I can only handle so many of these books. The authors just nail it so deep and emotionally that I either can't stand one of the characters (main or supporting), and I tend to be driven away by the reaction, their separate actions, or their perception of the world around them. I just don't seem to buy them and part of the time, I get a little unnerved.
I was looking at this book, and while there is something about it that does unnerve me. However, it's more about how the characters stay silent. I love the thought that even the lines of innocent and guilty are blurred when no one wants to talk. If no one talks about the incident, who do you determine the guilty is and the who the innocent are? That is the reason I am looking forward to this book, and mainly I am looking forward to seeing just how things turn out.
I was looking at this book, and while there is something about it that does unnerve me. However, it's more about how the characters stay silent. I love the thought that even the lines of innocent and guilty are blurred when no one wants to talk. If no one talks about the incident, who do you determine the guilty is and the who the innocent are? That is the reason I am looking forward to this book, and mainly I am looking forward to seeing just how things turn out.
[Waiting on Wednesday] - #126
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Author: Scott Westerfeld and Margo Lanagan and Deborah Biancotti
Format: Hardcover
Release Date: September 29th, 2015
Ethan, aka "Scam," has a way with words. When he opens his mouth, whatever he wants you to hear comes out. But Ethan isn't just a smooth talker. He has a unique ability to say things he doesn't consciously even know. Sometimes the voice helps, but sometimes it hurts - like now, when the voice has lied and has landed Ethan in a massive mess. So now Ethan needs help. And he needs to go to the last people who would ever want to help him - his former group of friends, the self-named "zeros" who also all possess similarly double-edged abilities, and who are all angry at Ethan for their own respective reasons. Brought back together by Scam's latest mischief, they find themselves entangled in an epic, whirlwind adventure packed with as much interpersonal drama as mind-bending action.
My Stance:
Scott Westerfeld is back, and with a novel that sounds interesting. I am not completely sure what to make of it. I know that Westerfeld didn't write the whole thing, and that's why I am a bit nervous on this novel in particularly. I have seen duo-author compilations work, but rarely have I seen a trio. The dynamic and getting everyone together and discussing how it should be written, has to be tough. Honestly I hope the trio pull it off, because this book has some great potential.
There is something about how Ethan, "Scam," and how his ability to just make people hear what they want that has me intrigued. Further Ethan pairs that with having work with colleagues that he has managed to make cross in the past. So why the name Zeroes? I mean is it like the whole X-men complex where they are viewed as less than human and are perceived as nothing? That's just rattling in my head for now. Further I would like to know what Ethan has done, what lie he has told that got him into so much trouble that he has to turn to those people. I love the plot and the potential to turn this book into something very much like Unwind. The originality is all there, just needs the follow through.
There is something about how Ethan, "Scam," and how his ability to just make people hear what they want that has me intrigued. Further Ethan pairs that with having work with colleagues that he has managed to make cross in the past. So why the name Zeroes? I mean is it like the whole X-men complex where they are viewed as less than human and are perceived as nothing? That's just rattling in my head for now. Further I would like to know what Ethan has done, what lie he has told that got him into so much trouble that he has to turn to those people. I love the plot and the potential to turn this book into something very much like Unwind. The originality is all there, just needs the follow through.
[Update] - 9/22/15
Good evening everyone, I am glad to be back. Again I am thankful to everyone that has continued to show up, or has seen me start posting again and has returned. I want to extend my apologies for being away for so long, I hadn't thought I was going to be away for so long. I went on vacation, which was fun and all. I stayed in Myrtle Beach for a while and while the vacation was nice, I didn't manage to find any good bookshops. I did manage to get a week's worth of reading in and it was worth every moment. However when I got back I had intended to start posting again, I just never got around to posting again. I hope to continue posting for a while.
I am hoping to intrigue other viewers into coming and seeing what I have to offer, and in doing so I am going to restructure again. I am not sure if the layout is going to stay the same, I am playing with a few alternatives. I know I didn't do a Teaser Tuesday this week, and mainly that is due to I am still on the same book, I've been under the weather and haven't had time to read like I used to. I skipped this week simply out of lack of something new to share, but I will try not to make that a habit. I need to set aside more time to read, and I hope to do that.
On a side not, I know that while I was gone there was a few movies that came out, maybe not specifically YA related. I hope to get to those and talk about them, even post a review when I get the chance. I also hope I can keep all of your attention, if there is anything I should be doing different, e-mail me. I greatly appreciate all input and constructive criticism. I will screenshot the blog and maybe do a post on Facebook and Twitter, on my personal one included, to see which layout looks better, or what others are thinking. I hope everyone has a great day, and again Thank you.
I am hoping to intrigue other viewers into coming and seeing what I have to offer, and in doing so I am going to restructure again. I am not sure if the layout is going to stay the same, I am playing with a few alternatives. I know I didn't do a Teaser Tuesday this week, and mainly that is due to I am still on the same book, I've been under the weather and haven't had time to read like I used to. I skipped this week simply out of lack of something new to share, but I will try not to make that a habit. I need to set aside more time to read, and I hope to do that.
On a side not, I know that while I was gone there was a few movies that came out, maybe not specifically YA related. I hope to get to those and talk about them, even post a review when I get the chance. I also hope I can keep all of your attention, if there is anything I should be doing different, e-mail me. I greatly appreciate all input and constructive criticism. I will screenshot the blog and maybe do a post on Facebook and Twitter, on my personal one included, to see which layout looks better, or what others are thinking. I hope everyone has a great day, and again Thank you.
Monday, September 21, 2015
[Book Haul] - #14
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