tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.comments2023-08-25T00:23:41.992-07:00Confessions of a BibliovoreBibliovorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642058689885973447noreply@blogger.comBlogger1145125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.post-66710885677906050312017-04-23T09:22:15.342-07:002017-04-23T09:22:15.342-07:00Aw, yeah, I loved this book. Even though I don'...Aw, yeah, I loved this book. Even though I don't usually love a book that's not plot-focused, Gabi's voice was so excellent. I loved seeing her discover her feminism and her voice as a writer.Jenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.post-43403973507688307502017-03-27T17:20:47.768-07:002017-03-27T17:20:47.768-07:00I agree that the characterization was a little lac...I agree that the characterization was a little lacking in this book, but I loved enough things about it that I'm definitely looking forward to more from this author. I love watching authors develop!Jenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.post-51749859533333704982017-03-15T18:24:57.766-07:002017-03-15T18:24:57.766-07:00It took me a little bit to adjust to the slower pa...It took me a little bit to adjust to the slower pace of this book as compared to The Scorpion Rules, which absolutely DID NOT LET UP. But once I did, I loved it. Maybe even better than the first one? I loved Greta's struggles to stay human. I just gave myself feelings again thinking about it.Jenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.post-52536213681600263682017-02-26T16:10:00.225-07:002017-02-26T16:10:00.225-07:00This sounds fun! I just read a YA book -- Enter Ti...This sounds fun! I just read a YA book -- Enter Title Here -- about a deeply unsympathetic protagonist, and it was great, so I bet I'd enjoy this one a lot too.Jenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.post-36759159444400004282016-12-04T16:07:13.304-07:002016-12-04T16:07:13.304-07:00Well, this does sound damn good. I only heard abou...Well, this does sound damn good. I only heard about it when the whole ridiculous VOYA thing happened (and happened and happened and happened), but didn't have a great sense of what the plot of the story was. I love female friendships!Jenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.post-29806045765764666382016-10-25T04:40:55.608-07:002016-10-25T04:40:55.608-07:00I didn't know Karen Cushman was still writing!...I didn't know Karen Cushman was still writing! That's exciting -- I wasn't in LOVE with The Midwife's Apprentice and Catherine, Called Birdy when I was small, but I was at least fond of them. I'll have to check out this new one and see what I make of the villain thing. ;)Jenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.post-65471074239994353292016-10-16T20:44:52.897-07:002016-10-16T20:44:52.897-07:00The frog prince retold with an organ-donor mafia f...The frog prince retold with an organ-donor mafia family? Props for originality, at any rate! Sounds like it could be fun, though these days I don't have the patience to wait a third of the book before I start liking the main character.Kim Aippersbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02556947405633680410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.post-32588173907862845922016-09-30T22:04:01.461-07:002016-09-30T22:04:01.461-07:00And I just finished. Great end! For me, this was s...And I just finished. Great end! For me, this was so much better than the second book. But I have one questions. What ever happened to Jess?<br />Rebecca @ <a href="http://portsmouthreview.com/" rel="nofollow">The Portsmouth Review</a><br />Follow me on <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/portsmouth-review-14403105" rel="nofollow">Bloglovin'</a>Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17249423601362144632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.post-73852692092267022762016-08-29T17:51:49.348-07:002016-08-29T17:51:49.348-07:00I always tell people that I won't read books a...I always tell people that I won't read books about serial killers, but I'm discovering that I'm at least theoretically very interested in books about growing up with the shadow of a serial killer hanging over you. (As this reflects my own teenaged experience.) This sounds really excellent -- adding to the list!Jenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.post-41085742428977661332016-08-19T11:47:50.000-07:002016-08-19T11:47:50.000-07:00I was surprised at the slow pacing of The Raven Ki...I was surprised at the slow pacing of The Raven King as well -- but I ended up super loving it, anyway!Jenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.post-45832939288806207272016-08-17T14:58:06.397-07:002016-08-17T14:58:06.397-07:00I really struggled with that aspect of Great Ameri...I really struggled with that aspect of Great American Whatever as well. It's unfortunate, because I liked other parts of it a lot.Maureen Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12361933839209461820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.post-78446435715618987692016-08-02T18:31:49.212-07:002016-08-02T18:31:49.212-07:00I loved this portrayal of college -- I feel like s...I loved this portrayal of college -- I feel like so many fictional college stories are about shy girls coming out of their shells etc. And it's not that Cath doesn't do that at all, but it's also clear that college isn't really going to be her thing.<br /><br />Even more than that, I loved it that Cath doesn't forgive her mother and the book lets us be okay with that. I love how it's framed that she's not wrong being angry and Wren's not wrong trying to build a relationship with the mother -- it's just two different approaches.Jenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.post-40404394676841805582016-07-07T17:57:18.010-07:002016-07-07T17:57:18.010-07:00Oh yeah, I am psyched to read this. I think Franci...Oh yeah, I am psyched to read this. I think Francisco Stork is a wonderful author in general, so I'm into his take on mental illness, which is a thing that generally gives me pause. I'll be interested to see how it handles the medication question. I've used both medication and cognitive behavioral therapy to handle my depression, at different times in my life, so I HAVE OPINIONS. :pJenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.post-6377206839232912642016-07-05T07:38:18.599-07:002016-07-05T07:38:18.599-07:00Finished this one this weekend, and I felt like th...Finished this one this weekend, and I felt like the set up was great but the ending fell apart a bit. It's also the place where I felt she was most constrained by the original, so maybe that's part of it?Maureen Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12361933839209461820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.post-62661961258601275632016-06-29T17:58:59.695-07:002016-06-29T17:58:59.695-07:00I was NOT expecting to like this book as much as I...I was NOT expecting to like this book as much as I did. But I liked it a lot -- it explored themes about symbolism and public faces vs private opinions that are super interesting to me, and I liked it that the author didn't back away from the really dark consequences of the world she'd set up. It almost (but not quite) made me want to read Tale of Two Cities. (I am not a Dickens gal.)Jenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.post-59811745987009261132016-06-21T15:23:16.884-07:002016-06-21T15:23:16.884-07:00I think one of the reasons they were at odds was b...I think one of the reasons they were at odds was because Jackson was spending a lot of time with Gabi that had previously been spent with Charlie, and that's hard to process at any age, let alone in middle school.spritehttp://www.spritewrites.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.post-48252763232279561952016-06-12T16:05:39.727-07:002016-06-12T16:05:39.727-07:00Aw, shame! For me the third point of the love tria...Aw, shame! For me the third point of the love triangle wasn't so much an actual, viable romantic interest for Nix as he was an embodiment of other options for what her life could be. But since it was clear that she was never going to give up her life of time traveling piracy, it didn't even feel like a proper love triangle. Which was nice!Jenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.post-49399270907246204942016-05-21T19:12:01.906-07:002016-05-21T19:12:01.906-07:00Ooh, I'm glad you had such a positive response...Ooh, I'm glad you had such a positive response to the EK Johnston book. I've been admiring its cover for a while, but not sure if I wanted to read it. It's SO hard to do a good retelling of the 1001 Nights story, because, yeah, the killing! So much killing!Jenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.post-73094878725507375502016-04-17T10:34:01.945-07:002016-04-17T10:34:01.945-07:00Man, I loved this book. It never did what I expect...Man, I loved this book. It never did what I expected, and it just blew me away on so many levels. I cannot wait for the sequel!Jenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.post-81718351313873518932016-04-14T12:45:17.998-07:002016-04-14T12:45:17.998-07:00Talis was one of my favorites too! This book also...Talis was one of my favorites too! This book also destroyed me emotionally, so we can be destroyed together. :DPamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182813280153795199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.post-92116025865142909822016-03-28T16:30:24.691-07:002016-03-28T16:30:24.691-07:00I started this one and then honestly got a bit bor...I started this one and then honestly got a bit bored. I wanted to like it! I was excited for the feminism! It just didn't end up keeping my interest.Jenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.post-23489313534501303232016-03-16T19:56:23.644-07:002016-03-16T19:56:23.644-07:00Yeah, I tend to skim reviews for the main points.....Yeah, I tend to skim reviews for the main points...Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096787155616041727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.post-10672567273987280812016-03-15T18:45:31.855-07:002016-03-15T18:45:31.855-07:00Although I'm mostly off rape books (not mad at...Although I'm mostly off rape books (not mad at people for writing them, just don't need them in my life that often), I'm probably going to make an exception for Courtney Summers. She sounds like such a wonderful author, and from what I've heard, she writes angry, angry lady characters (which I love).Jenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.post-42299009470928941912016-03-10T13:18:52.650-07:002016-03-10T13:18:52.650-07:00I like the new short format, Maureen. Honestly, it...I like the new short format, Maureen. Honestly, it's quite rare for me to read a long, in-depth review anyway. I don't like to know too much about books before I read them. I'm more looking for a quick impression to tell me if a book is worth my time or not. So I say go with this!Jen Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10343476550309656223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.post-86533905530559530182015-08-24T16:01:21.230-07:002015-08-24T16:01:21.230-07:00That's excellent advice about gimmes. I rememb...That's excellent advice about gimmes. I remember reading one time that a plot coincidence can work against your characters but never ever FOR them -- which I thought was also really solid.Jenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.com