This sounds so much fun, plus they have daily fun challenges as well with chances to win free books! Today's is to create a reenactment of a scene from a book that is less than a minute long. I wish I was on vacation this week so I could fully participate, but I will try to do as much as I can in spite of my full-time job. You are allowed to use one book to combine several challenges if you need to such as reading a book with blue on the cover that is also a book you really want to read. For me that is The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas.
CAN YOU COMPLETE THE CHALLENGES?!
The challenges:
1// Read a book with blue on the cover
2// Read a book by an author who shares the same first letter of your last name
3// Read someone else's favourite book
4// Read the last book you acquired
5// Finish a book without letting go of it
6// Read a book you really want to read
7// Read seven books
The actual truth was bad enough. Vickler knew he wasn't coming down again.
From page 16 of Brutal Youth by Anthony Breznican.
All this scuttles through my mind in the split second I wonder what to do. Help the girl. Get on the train.
From page 13 of Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica.
Karen's:
Celaena took the barmaid into the alley, if only because she didn't want to wake the other inn guests and get into yet another fight. She didn't really know why she'd offered to teach her to defend herself.
From page 104 of The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas.
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm. Anyone can play along, so I thought I would play for fun! Just pick two sentences from the book you are reading.
Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone is about Samantha, a popular high schooler. She hangs around with a popular group of girls that she has been with since kindergarten with a secret that she has kept hidden all this time. What that is you will have to read this book to find out. She gets an urge to leave the group, but does she have the courage?
WOW! This book was really good! I thought all the characters were well developed and got into it very quickly. I really liked Samantha, the main character. I did not see the twist coming at all and the ending was fantastic! A must read!
(Gerard's review, 5++ stars)
Karen read it too (2 stars):
I was not as impressed with Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone as my husband was. It is realistic contemporary YA fiction about Samantha, a popular high school girl who loves swimming, the number 3 and struggles with obsessing thoughts because of OCD. Through regular visits with her therapist and medication, she begins to make some changes in her life but still wonders if she is crazy.
I thought this was okay but didn't have much action or plot to it, other than Samantha learning to cope better with OCD by changing friends and writing poetry. It does give some insight as to what OCD is like and it was inspirational when she experienced some small victories along the way. This book is mostly about friendship and accepting yourself for who you are. Compared to the fun, fantasy page turners that I've been reading, this one just seemed to fall a bit flat. I thought the unexpected "twist" was kind of dopey.
Have you read this one? What did you think of it? If you reviewed this too, feel free to share your link to your review in the comments. To find books on a specific topic, scroll to the bottom and click on the topic you want. Happy Reading!
When I just stared at him, he said, "For having the nerve to request where I slaughter you, I'll let you in on a secret, human: Prythian must claim your life in some way, for the life you took from it. So as a representative of the immortal realm, I can either gut you like swine, or . . . you can cross the wall and live out the remainder of your days in Prythian."
From page 37 of TA Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas.
Still, I can hear this one thought hiding in the dark corners of my mind. It doesn't attack like the others.
From page 9 of Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone.
Karen's:
"No, tomorrow you won't." In a move quick and precise, the sword cut the air, blood sprayed my horse's mane, and the man's head toppled to the ground.
From page 276 of The Heart of Betrayal (The Remnant Chronicles--Book 2) by Mary E. Paerson.
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm. Anyone can play along, so I thought I would play for fun! Just pick two sentences from the book you are reading.
The Hand That Feeds You by A. J. Rich is about a lady named Morgan. She is living with her fiance named Bennet and her dogs. One day she comes home and her fiance is dead. it looks like her dogs did it, but has a hard time accepting that. On further investigation it turns out the name of her fiance was false and this man has a history of wrong doing.
This is a real page turner that I enjoyed. I loved how the dogs were kept in the story for almost the whole book! (Gerard's review, 5 stars)
Have you read this one? What did you think of it? If you reviewed this too, feel free to share your link to your review in the comments. To find books on a specific topic, scroll to the bottom and click on the topic you want. Happy Reading!
