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~Life of Pi by Yann Martel, page 217
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Sunday, March 31, 2013
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Review: Earth Sim by Jade Kerrion
207 pages, Kindle Edition
Finished on 30/3/2013
Genres: Young Adult, Science Fiction
Goodreads page
Motivation to Read It: I was contacted by Ms. Kerrion asking if I would be interested in reviewing her book. I took an interest to the synopsis and things went from there!
Review: I absolutely loved this book! It didn't take me very long to realize where the title came from, and I really enjoyed being carried through the Earth's history. (Noted history nerd here. Now if only textbooks could be written like this.)
Jem and Kir (unique names ♥) will definitely be going on my favorite characters list. Jem's constant sarcasm and overall seriousness were marched very well with Kir's ever-present good mood and humour. One thing that I didn't notice until the end of the story (and is still kind of surprising -- but in a good way) is that there was barely any romance. During the entire novel my brain just assumed that Jam and Kir would end up together. And so when it didn't happen, my mind was momentarily shocked. At the same time, I'm glad the romance was unobtrusive because I feel as if it might have taken away from the main aspect of the story.
The plot was really magnificent. Kir and Jem messed up the progress of the simulation so many times that it was truthfully kind of funny reading about Europe's suffering from the Black Death. (Yes, very inhumane.) I also liked how Kerrion mixed in the plot with Lukas and Jem's true form I suppose you could call it. The situation even had an effect, albeit a small one, on the Earth simulation that made it an even more interesting part of the story.
All in all, Earth-Sim was a great read. It really makes you think about how the Earth actually got here, and while that probably wasn't Kerrion's purpose for writing it, it's quite appealing to the human mind.
Shelf-WorthyWednesday, March 27, 2013
What's Your Status? #76 & In My Mailbox #60
This is everything since my last WYS/IMM post!
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What's Your Status?
Reviews:
Memes:
~In My Mailbox (this is the last one I did)
Finished This Week:
~Initiate by Tara Maya, 20/2
~Come Back to Me by CD Taylor, 22/2
~Geography Club by Brent Hartinger, 6/3
~A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, 20/3
~Outsiders by Bailey Vaughn, 21/3
~Go Ask Alice, 26/3
~A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, 20/3
~Outsiders by Bailey Vaughn, 21/3
~Go Ask Alice, 26/3
Currently Reading:
~Life of Pi by Yann Martel, page 271
~Carnival of Souls by Melissa Marr, 13%
~Poison Oak by Brent Hartinger, 7%
~Carnival of Souls by Melissa Marr, 13%
~Poison Oak by Brent Hartinger, 7%
Top of the TBR Pile:
In My Mailbox
Hosted by Kristi @ The Story Siren
Kindle
~Evolution by Kelly Carrero
~The Jerk Magnet by Melody Carlson
~The Iron Butterfly by Chanda Hahn
~Darkness Falls by Jessica Sorensen
~Clockwise by Elle Strauss
~The Watchers by Lynnie Purcell
~Perception by Elle & Lee Strauss
~Savor by Megan Duncan
~Scarlette by Davonna Juroe
~Afterlife Series Boxset by Willow Rose
~The Jerk Magnet by Melody Carlson
~The Iron Butterfly by Chanda Hahn
~Darkness Falls by Jessica Sorensen
~Clockwise by Elle Strauss
~The Watchers by Lynnie Purcell
~Perception by Elle & Lee Strauss
~Savor by Megan Duncan
~Scarlette by Davonna Juroe
~Afterlife Series Boxset by Willow Rose
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Review: Outsiders by Bailey Vaughn
65 pages, Kindle Edition
Finished on 21/3/2013
Genres: Young Adult, Romance, Realistic Fiction, Action
Goodreads page, Amazon page
Motivation to Read It: I was contacted with a request to read the new work, and after reading the synopsis I was interested to indulge in the pages.
Review: Let me start off by saying that this book was a lot shorter than I thought it was going to be. However, don't take that as a con to reading it; even though it was shorter than most, it was very well written and captivated me from the beginning.
Bailey Vaughn has a way of writing that made me long for the next part of the story. The plot carried along nicely. Due to the book being short and the author wanting the plot to cover a certain period of time, you sometimes had big time gaps summed up in a paragraph or two. I liked this, however, because I felt as if it fit really well with the story. It wasn't necessary to be updated everyday or even every week with what the main characters went through.
Speaking of characters, I absolutely loved Hannah, Jaise, and Nickolai. All the charries had a lovable asset about them, but the formerly named three were definitely the ones I fancied the most. Hannah and Jaise were favourites for obvious reasons. The main notion, though, was that their love for each other was so constantly solid. It was never "It could be actual feelings" or "I might be in love with him/her"; they knew they were in love and acted as such (as much as they could anyway). In Nickolai's case, I adored the fact that he never gave up trying to get with Hannah, although I'm sure he realized she didn't want him. Takes some dedication to keep pursuing even after rejection, wouldn't you say?
Overall, Outsiders was a great book to read, and I'd gladly recommend it to others that were interested in indulging themselves in Patterson Falls.
Shelf-WorthyFriday, March 15, 2013
Review: Geography Club by Brent Hartinger
244 pages, Kindle Edition
Finished on 6/3/2013
Genres: Gay/Lesbian, Young Adult, Romance, Realistic Fiction
Goodreads page
Motivation to Read It: I was contacted by Brent asking to review the series's latest novel, The Elephant of Surprise. Since I hadn't read any of the series before, I agreed to review the entire series.
(Stay in touch with the blog! I will be posting reviews of the books over the next couple of weeks.)Review: This was my first novel with a gay main character. I have to say that it was amazing. It's one of the funniest books I've read, but even without the humour it had a great plot and the characters were really enjoyable.
Russel Middlebrook finds himself a hidden outcast in modern-way high school, where homosexuals aren't exactly going to be treated like royalty. That's the reason why no one knows that he's gay. And then the most popular kid in the school finds out. How's that for a horror story?
The characters in Geography Club were really enjoyable and funny. All throughout the novel my highlighting draws about every two paragraphs to the oh-so-many entertaining quotes I found while I indulged myself. I also thought that the characters got along and understood each other very well, which is definitely important in books. They made you want to be cheerful with them, or worried, or whatever emotion was being portrayed.
The plot was unquestionably entertaining I loved how it kind of skipped over days (and weeks?) sometimes to get to the next point in time that important events take place. At the same time, it actually annoyed me a little a couple of times because I loved the charries so much that I wanted to spend every possible moment with them. (Creep status; I know.) I was glued to the story. I found myself longing to read it even when I knew that there was no way it could happen at that moment.
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who was willing to read it. Even if they weren't, I'd find a way to make sure they read it. Very well-written, and worth taking the time to devour.
Satisfying eBookFriday, March 1, 2013
February Wrap-Up
This month's reading wasn't as wonderful as last, but I had a lot of posts!
Memes
Reviews
Other Things
February's Reading Status
4 books, 1093 pages
Reading Challenge Status
Let Me Count the Ways
Book Version - 4565/10001 pages
Audio Version - 0/9000 minutes
13x7 in 2013 - 13/91 books
A to Z series - 6/26 books
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