Skooz Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 "Nail Your Novel" by Roz Morris Link to comment
blueidealist24 Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 I just finished Queen of This Realm by Jean Plaidy, about Queen Elizabeth I. It was quite long, but good. Link to comment
Donovan79 Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 The Passage. So far it's terrific in an epic way I haven't read since The Stand. Link to comment
Skooz Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 A Farewell To Arms. Hemingway is the boss. Link to comment
SpottiOtti Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Just finished "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman Link to comment
Snny Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Finished ALL Mortal Instruments Series (waiting for the last book next year) and Infernal Devices. My take? Mortal Instruments was much better than Infernal Devices. However, both books could of been better written. Where to start for Infernal Devices: Character Development was lacking. Tessa's ability to shapeshift could of been much more. She doesn't do enough of it. In the last book (SPOILER) she does transform into an Angel... which was cool... but seriously? Instead she shifts into old women or girls who have been murdered... nothing powerful or could be used as a weapon (and so why Charlotte makes the decision to place her in Shadowhunter training is BEYOND my cognitive understanding... like Tessa is really going to use it). Why not other things like an animal or something? And Will (main love interest) was whiny. There was NOTHING attractive about him other than he was booknerd (least he wasn't abusive or sparkles like Edward Cullen, but his personality SUCKED). I literally could NOT stand his ass, his whining, his angst, etc. He just was not crafty or humourously snarky as Jace was in MI. Repetive writing. WTH was up with Cassandra Clare's OBSESSION with the color of Will's eyes? I felt like I stumbled upon a private dirty fangirl's diary, with pages full of her obsession for a character's physical aspect. I could almost FEEL her drooling accross the pages within her writing over this particular character that it made me skip parts in the book. NOT GOOD AT ALL. Anytime Will was present in the book, almost every singing Freakin page was about his pretty blue eyes. I could give less of a damn about it... work on more character development. THAT is what makes your books sell. The Epilogue was half-assed. I felt like Cassandra was trying to cater to all fangirl groups of Will and Jem. Tessa hardly had ANY romantic feelings for Jem, so their hook up didn't logically flow with the characters and their feelings. It felt "off." I did enjoy reading both series... the romances were intense at times... but there is room for improvement on character AND story development. I really hope she does a better job for the 6th book of Mortal Instruments and I am PRAYING the City of Bones movie doesn't suck (based on what I've seen n the trailer... it's not going to follow the story ). Her fifth book was just plastered with characters getting into relationships than the focus on the actual story development or action. I am wary about her third series coming out in two years... Dark Artifices. Right now... onto Divergent. Movie of the book will be released next year in March. I'm on the ninth chapter and I don't know what to make of it yet. If you like Hunger Games, you may like this series. Link to comment
Snny Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 image removed Divergent was a thrill ride. Amazing in every aspect. A MUST read. I cannot wait for the movie to come out on this next year in March. Hunger Games has a run for it's money with this one. Link to comment
Cognitive_Canine Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 image removed Depressing! I love Cormac McCarthy though. Just finished "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman Stardust is a fantastic book and has a pretty great movie attached to it. I'm a fairly big Gaiman fan. Really trying to reinvent the fairy tale with this, Neverwhere, American Gods, and Coraline. image removed Divergent was a thrill ride. Amazing in every aspect. A MUST read. I cannot wait for the movie to come out on this next year in March. Hunger Games has a run for it's money with this one. Coworker was raving about this one. I wasn't a *huge* hunger games fan. I felt like the book would have been 10x better if Peeta would have turned out been playing her the entire game (as they hinted towards his manipulative nature) and she ended up stabbing him to become the victor. Link to comment
happy_snapper Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Nearing the end of the first book. Bloody hell there are a lot of songs and poems. Link to comment
doingitmyway Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 well I was going through 'the book of five rings' but then I stopped because I got very ill. might pick it back up again Link to comment
Cognitive_Canine Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I just finished "Breakfast of Champions". Next on my To Read List is "Into the Wild" followed by the second book in "The Once and Future King". I'm nearing the end of books I own that I haven't finished or given up on yet. I guess I could give "Life of Pi" and "Middlesex" another chance. My friend assured me that after the first 200 pages, Life of Pi gets really good. That's kind of like saying "Over half of this book is just dreadful". I have a lot of friends trying to get me into "Wheel of Time" since the series finally finished. I keep reminding them how much they used to complain about it and how they felt that they were only reading because they had to see through a series they'd invested this much time into. And one actually said "Well, books 5 through 11 were pretty terrible. But, the rest was great!". That's more than half. Why...why would I read this >>> Link to comment
metrogirl Posted June 6, 2013 Author Share Posted June 6, 2013 Live Right 4 Your Type ~ Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo Interesting stuff to say the least. I want to say someone here a while ago mentioned in a thread about lifestyles, illnesses, diets..etc according to your blood type so I thought I would give it a read. Link to comment
Snny Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 Coworker was raving about this one. I wasn't a *huge* hunger games fan. I felt like the book would have been 10x better if Peeta would have turned out been playing her the entire game (as they hinted towards his manipulative nature) and she ended up stabbing him to become the victor. As much as I LOVE Hunger Games, it is nothing compared to the Divergent series. It has a LOT of action, twists, and suspense. I won a free book at a school book fair and had one of my favorite students pick the book out for me because I had no idea what to read next after finishing Mortal Instruments and Infernal Devices. She picked a GOOD one! The whole entire time I was reading Divergent, I was like "OMG... NO WAY!" Very hard to put down. I finished it in two weeks (would of been a couple days if work wasn't so busy). Onto the second book of Divergent... image removed While waiting for the last book to come out in October, I'm going to finish out on Percy Jackson series after this. Link to comment
happyfrank Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Just finished dan brown inferno. Good read. Link to comment
imsuperman Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Depressing! I love Cormac McCarthy though. I've only read The Road and Blood Meridian. of his. Both depressing but good. Currently: image removed Link to comment
Cognitive_Canine Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 David Sedaris just wrote a new book. Too bad my current reading list is 10+ books long. I might bump it up a few spaces. Link to comment
petite Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 this book was great. I agree, actually I like all of his books. I get so deep into them that I usually stay up until I finish it, which isn't good for me, but I never forget the stories. Link to comment
Liraele Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Inferno - Dan Brown Almost done. Link to comment
Donovan79 Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Inferno - Dan Brown Almost done. And? Worth the time? Link to comment
Liraele Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 And? Worth the time? Not nearly as good as the other Langdon novels, but I still found it an engaging read. Thought-provoking, at the least. Link to comment
Cognitive_Canine Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Almost finished "The Pope Who Quit: A True Medieval Tale of Mystery, Death, and Salvation". Very dry read but part of my literary vegetables. It's sort of an eye opener. I never realized so many popes were murdered or involved in scandals. Link to comment
john45 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Was told it was going to be good... but didn't expect to get as drawn into it as I'm getting. It's excellent! Link to comment
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