Category Archives: Books I rated
Is it a cinderella story?! SPIKED LEVELS OF ADRENALINE. RECOMMENDED COURSE OF ACTION: SLOW, MEASURED BREATHS. COUNTING 1, 2, 3…
Title: Cinder Author: Marissa Meyer Genre: Science-Fiction (cyberpunk?) Synopsis: Did you say Cinderella? My heart just swelled up like Kirby, swallowed Cinderella whole and floated off into Dream Land. I’m only just hacking up the 36% of indigestible metal. Here, … Continue reading →
Filed under 3.5/5, Books I rated, of Books, Stories and Novels
Tagged as book review, Cinder, Cyberpunk, Marissa Meyer, Prince Kai, science fiction, Young Adult
The Hum and the Shiver – Giveaway!
I thought I would not be able to finish this book in time – September belongs in a loony house. But, this book just got more and more gripping as I continued reading, so, naturally, I pulled an all-nighter and … Continue reading →
Filed under 4.5/5
Tagged as Alex Bledsoe, blog tour, book review, fantasy, giveaway, magical realism, The Hum and the Shiver
I say love, you say disease.
Title: Delirium Author: Lauren Oliver Genre: Science-fiction, near-future dystopia Days to read: One Pages: 441 Synopsis and Impressions: What a crazy world we live in. But do you think it would be even crazier if there was no such thing as … Continue reading →
Filed under 4.5/5, of Books, Stories and Novels
Tagged as amor deliria nervosa, book reivew, Delirium, dystopia, Lauren Oliver, love, Romance, science fiction, Young Adult
In the future, stereotyping has taken a turn for the worst.
This weekend, while I was supposed to be working on my take home final, I read Divergent by Veronica Roth and Delirium by Lauren Oliver. The take home final was brutal. The reading of dark, dystopian futures where everything’s pretty … Continue reading →
Filed under 4.5/5, of Books, Stories and Novels
Tagged as abnegation, amity, book review, candor, dauntless, Divergent, Dystopian, erudite, factions, science fiction, Veronica Roth, Young Adult
Could there be life outside a world surrounded by so much death? Perhaps… but there’s also pretty much just more zombies.
Title: The Forest of Hands and Teeth Author: Carrie Ryan Genre: post-apocalyptic zombie fiction Pages: 310 Days to read: one Synopsis and Impressions: Imagine a zombie apocalypse happened. And people just weren’t careful enough in barricading themselves and saving their … Continue reading →
Filed under 3.5/5, of Books, Stories and Novels
Tagged as book review, Carrie Ryan, novel, Post-apocalyptic, The Forest of Hands and Teeth, Unconsecrated, YA, Young Adult, Zombie
Doing outdoorsy stuff equates to reading outside, basically. Yeah.
My outdoorsy trip ended being just a whole lot of sitting around the campfire talking and eating. My dad hurt his back so we didn’t do as much hiking and stuff as we normally do. I did do a lot … Continue reading →
When I was a youngster and had nightmares about ghosts and vampires and needed to be soothed… I thought about unicorns and rainbows. Literally. Six-year old me would not like this book.
Title: Rampant Author: Diana Peterfreund Genre: Urban fantasy Pages: 402 Days to read: One Synopsis: In general, Astrid doesn’t like unicorns. She doesn’t like the cuddly fluffy pink tailed sparkly horned ones that crap rainbows. And she doesn’t like the … Continue reading →
Filed under 4/5, of Books, Stories and Novels
Tagged as book review, Diana Peterfreund, fantasy, killer unicorns, Rampant, unicorns, Urban fantasy, Young Adult
I dislike this pink haired demon’s puppet.
Gahhh!!! I don’t understand! This book is such an olio of randomness. I’ve never ever felt this way about a book before. One moment I’m laughing my butt off and hive-fiving the characters the next moment I’m pulling all my … Continue reading →
Filed under 3/5, of Books, Stories and Novels
Tagged as book review, fantasy, sarah rees brennan, The Demon's Covenant, the demon's lexicon, Urban fantasy, YA, Young Adult
Why is it that the girls have a shorter lifespan than the guys?
This book makes me want to sigh. It’s a sigh-along book. Because it kind of drained my physical-world energy out from me with every chapter. It funnelled it into only eyes and ears that hover like the remnants of the … Continue reading →
Filed under 4/5, of Books, Stories and Novels
Tagged as book review, fever, fiction, Lauren Destefano, Post-apocalyptic, Romance, The chemical garden trilogy, Wither, Young Adult
If there are pretty clothes and shoes available, even no-nonsense girls will be tempted to put on a Beauty contest…
Altoids Boxes bring to mind post-apocalyptic landscapes. If there ever was a nuclear holocaust or large-scale destruction of any kind, Altoids boxes will be all that remains to remember modern society by. This isn’t the first time I’ve read a … Continue reading →
Filed under 3.5/5, of Books, Stories and Novels
Tagged as book review, Lesley Hauge, Nomansland, novel, Post-apocalyptic, YA
