Reading Challenged

Saturday, July 20, 2013

Stacking the Shelves: 7/14-7/20

Requested from Paperback Swap:

One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauf

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Ready Player One

Title: Ready Player One
Author: Ernest Cline

Publisher: Broadway
ISBN: 978-0-307-88744-3

Why Read?: Book Club
Challenges: Book Blogger Recommendation, Dystopia, New Adult, 100 Books in a Year

Thoughts: This did start a little slow, but once Wade, aka Parzival, finds the first key, the action never stops. The cover reviews make a lot of comparisons to other works, but really, Cline has come up with a completely novel...novel. Gamers and 80s fans alike will find tons to love about Ready Player One.

Rating: 4 stars

Stacking the Shelves: 7/7-7/13

For possible review (here, on Bookloons and Bitten by Books):

Friday Night Alibi by Cassie Mae

Roses in Moonlight by Lynn Kurland

The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic by Emily Croy Barker

Won:

Sleeping in Eden by Nicole Baart

LibraryThing Early Review:

Perfect Nightmare by Norman Stanton

Sunday, July 7, 2013

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The Legacy

Title: The Legacy
Author: Patricia Kiyono

Publisher: Astraea
ISBN: 978-1-936852-56-7

Why Read?: Book Club
Challenges: 100 Books in a Year

Thoughts: I like Kiyono's concepts in The Legacy, but it felt like two separate stories - one concerning Leigh and her abusive stepfather and the other concerning the swords that Andy found. Obviously, the two characters tie the plotlines together, but it would have been stronger if Andy was the one trying to earn the legacy, not his grandfather. However, for a shorter work, all of the characters were nicely developed.

Rating: 2 stars