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Update: so quick update on what is going on, which isn't much. I am reading Life of Pi and I am enjoying it but it is taking me forever, so I hope to finish it this week or this weekend and get the review up for that.
So the idea of this post was I choose books that come out next month (February) that I am looking foreword too and that sound awesome, so onto the books!
This is probably the book I want most.
Unravel Me (Shatter Me #2) by Tahereh Mafi
Summary: tick, tick, tick, tick, tick
it's almost
time for war.
Juliette has escaped to Omega Point. It is a place for people like her—people with gifts—and it is also the headquarters of the rebel resistance.
She's finally free from The Reestablishment, free from their plan to use her as a weapon, and free to love Adam. But Juliette will never be free from her lethal touch.
Or from Warner, who wants Juliette more than she ever thought possible.
In this exhilarating sequel to Shatter Me, Juliette has to make life-changing decisions between what she wants and what she thinks is right. Decisions that might involve choosing between her heart—and Adam's life.
Reason(s): It is the sequel to Shatter Me. I am having so much love for the cover, I think it is gorgeous. I am generally dying over the fact that I don't have this and I really want it.
Next:
City of a Thousand Dolls by Miriam Foster
Summary: An exotic treat set in an entirely original, fantastical world brimming with deadly mystery, forbidden romance, and heart-stopping adventure.
Nisha was abandoned at the gates of the City of a Thousand Dolls when she was just a child. Now sixteen, she lives on the grounds of the isolated estate, where orphan girls apprentice as musicians, healers, courtesans, and, if the rumors are true, assassins. Nisha makes her way as Matron’s assistant, her closest companions the mysterious cats that trail her shadow. Only when she begins a forbidden flirtation with the city’s handsome young courier does she let herself imagine a life outside the walls. Until one by one, girls around her start to die.
Before she becomes the next victim, Nisha decides to uncover the secrets that surround the girls’ deaths. But by getting involved, Nisha jeopardizes not only her own future in the City of a Thousand Dolls—but her own life.
Reason(s): It sounds Epic! Need I say more?
Mind Games by Kiersten White
Summary: Fia was born with flawless instincts. Her first impulse, her gut feeling, is always exactly right. Her sister, Annie, is blind to the world around her—except when her mind is gripped by strange visions of the future.
Trapped in a school that uses girls with extraordinary powers as tools for corporate espionage, Annie and Fia are forced to choose over and over between using their abilities in twisted, unthinkable ways… or risking each other’s lives by refusing to obey.
In a stunning departure from her New York Times bestselling Paranormalcy trilogy, Kiersten White delivers a slick, edgy, heartstoppingly intense psychological thriller about two sisters determined to protect each other—no matter the cost.
Reason(s): It sounds super interesting and the cover rocks! I mean the cover has little pictures to make up the bigger picture, I love it.
Pulse by Patrick Carman
Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Patrick Carman, a teen fantasy-adventure of epic proportions. In 2051, some teens have a “pulse,” the power to move objects with their minds. Compulsively readable, with thrilling action scenes and a tender love story.
The year is 2051, and the world is still recognizable. With the help of her mysterious classmate Dylan Gilmore, Faith Daniels discovers that she can move objects with her mind. This telekinetic ability is called a “pulse,” and Dylan has the talent, too.
In riveting action scenes, Faith demonstrates her ability to use her pulse against a group of telekinesis masters so powerful they will flatten their enemies by uprooting street lights, moving boulders, and changing the course of a hurtling hammer so that it becomes a deadly weapon. But even with great talent, the mind—and the heart—can be difficult to control. If Faith wants to join forces with Dylan and save the world, she’ll have to harness the power of both.
Patrick Carman’s Pulse trilogy is a stunning, action-filled triumph about the power of the mind—and the power of love.
Reason(s): It's futuristic (near future) but it's not dystopia, it sounds different and intriguing.
Well that was a really fun post to write I hope you liked it. Now you know a few of the books coming out in February I most likely will not read all of these books this next moth because I have other book to be read first but I hope to read them all eventually.
DFTBA!
-Jane
Well this post will be a completely random post, hehe.
I got a tumblr like a week ago and I thought I ought to tell you guys in case any of you have tumblrs. Well my tumblr blog is a book blog and a completely random blog of stuff I like. random book picture stuff, Doctor Who, Avatar, and other stuff. The tumblr blog is also called to The Perks of Being a Bookworm (I really like this title, since I made it, it seems so me).
Well here is what the Tumblr looks like:
Well please go check it out and here is the link: http://janelovesbooks.tumblr.com/
DFTBA
-Jane
Well so today I'm oddly tired, which probably means I'm a bit loopy and insane right now. So before I do something random lets get to the poem. Umm let find this weeks poem...
Well this poem was found though a random poem button on poemhunter.com so it's a bit random, so there is no reason why I chose this poem.
Fear No More
By: William Shakespeare
Fear no more the heat o' the sun;
Nor the furious winter's rages,
Thou thy worldly task hast done,
Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages;
Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney sweepers come to dust.
Fear no more the frown of the great,
Thou art past the tyrant's stroke:
Care no more to clothe and eat;
To thee the reed is as the oak:
The sceptre, learning, physic, must
All follow this, and come to dust.
Fear no more the lightning-flash,
Nor the all-dread thunder-stone;
Fear not slander, censure rash;
Thou hast finished joy and moan;
All lovers young, all lovers must
Consign to thee, and come to dust.
No exorciser harm thee!
Nor no witchcraft charm thee!
Ghost unlaid forbear thee!
Nothing ill come near thee!
Quiet consummation have;
And renowned be thy grave!
Well I guess I hope you liked it for it being completely random :D
-Jane
By: Tahereh Mafi
Pages: 103 (only available as an eBook)
Published: October 2, 2012
Summary: In Tahereh Mafi’s Shatter Me, Juliette escaped from The Reestablishment by seducing Warner—and then putting a bullet in his shoulder. But as she’ll learn in Destroy Me, Warner is not that easy to get rid of. . .
Back at the base and recovering from his near-fatal wound, Warner must do everything in his power to keep his soldiers in check and suppress any mention of a rebellion in the sector. Still as obsessed with Juliette as ever, his first priority is to find her, bring her back, and dispose of Adam and Kenji, the two traitors who helped her escape. But when Warner’s father, The Supreme Commander of The Reestablishment, arrives to correct his son’s mistakes, it’s clear that he has much different plans for Juliette. Plans Warner simply cannot allow.
Set after Shatter Me and before its forthcoming sequel, Unravel Me,Destroy Me is a novella told from the perspective of Warner, the ruthless leader of Sector 45.
Rating: 4
Review: She Will Choose Me
This was a really fascinating. Getting in Warner's head, learning more about him. I definitely enjoyed this more than Shatter Me. There were also a lot less of the odd metaphor's that don't make since.
We not only learn more about Warner but we also learn more about Juliette through the notebook she wrote in while in the asylum. We see his complete obsession with Juliette. He thought about her all the time and its a bit freaky. We also see a softer side of Warner. It was odd after his constant seriousness in Shatter Me.
Well I don't want to tell you too much but I really enjoyed it and it was even better than Shatter Me.
Have a wonderful day!
-Jane
By: Cassandra Clare
Pages: 485
Published: March 27, 2007
Summary: When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder -- much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing -- not even a smear of blood -- to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?
This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know. . . .
Rating: 3.5
Review: Ok the first half of the book I thought it was a three stars but the second half I enjoyed even more and it was 4 stars. So you get the half awkward number of 3.5 stars. So overall this book was someone between liking it and really liking it.
This book is creative and different. It's not like there are 7 other books about shadowhunters out there, that are from a different series (that I know of). Even though it was different and creative I kept getting this weird Twilight vibe. know this is not Twilight. I hated Twilight and I liked this. Maybe it is because the quote on the front of my book is by 'Stephanie Meyer Author of Twilight' I don't know.
So it begins when Clary starts to see people that other people don't see. She develops the sight, but no shadowhunter understands how a mundane could have the sight. So begins the journey, so to speak, of Clary finding out who she really is. Well when I say it like that the book seems stupid to me, which it isn't. Wow I am awful at explanations I'll leave that to the wonderful explanation at the top provided by Goodreads.
Part of me liked Clary and part of me found her annoying. Jace was cool, generally. I loved Simon. He was so great. Probably the best mundane that the shadowhunters have met in a long time. There are also a bunch of other characters, such as Isabelle, Alec, and others, but you will have to read the book to find out about them.
I didn't think the writing was super special. I don't know it didn't stand out to me saying 'This a an amazingly well written story and the writing is superb. It seemed average.
Well then you have the whole ending part which was a complete shock, but I can't spoil the book for you. It didn't really have a cliff hanger directly but the story wasn't over, so now I have to see the story continue in the next book.
I enjoyed his book. I would recommend it. Especially if you want to read something contemporary and fantasy.
Hope you had a great weekend!
-Jane
By: Tahereh Mafi
Pages: 340
Published: 15 November 2011
Summary: Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264 days.
The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette’s touch is fatal. As long as she doesn’t hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don’t fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color.
The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war– and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she’s exactly what they need right now.
Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior.
Rating:3
Review: This book was meh. It was not Great. It was not awful. It was probably my least favourite dystopia I've read and I like a lot of dystopia. The writing was unique. There were tons of simile and metaphors, it did get a bit irritating.
The dystopia world is were the government is now The Reestablishment. There is Warner and Adam and then there is the main character Juliette.
So first for the characters. There is Juliette, I found Juliette weak. I mean I know she was locked in an institution for over a year, but come on you could fight back a bit. That doesn't mean you have to kill anyone, but you don't have to always listen to other people. You can think for yourself. Well Juliette was getting slightly better at the end but still I didn't like her that much. There is Adam, Adam who is the guy who is supposed to be hot, and protective of Juliette, the girl he loves. Seriously he wasn't anything special. He is too like guys in other books, he isn't different. Maybe we'll learn something new in the second book.
Well then you have Warner. I liked him a bit. He was a mystery throughout the book. He never really tells us anything about himself so he is intriguing and I feel like he has some depth compared to Juliette and Warner. I think was he has the creepy and unhealthy obsession with Juliette. He's confusing, though we know very little about him from this book. I think the eBook story Destroy Me from Warner's point of view will explain more.
Let me make this very clear-- I do not think Warner and Juliette should be together. Juliette seems to get along with Adam and she hates Warner. Warner just has more character than Adam. No this does not mean I am choosing a 'team' for one of the guys. I wouldn't usually say this but if all the characters die Julitette, Warner, Adam, and everyone else. I would probably laugh. Well all in all for the characters I couldn't connect with them very much, so that makes it harder to enjoy the book.
The writing was unique and a bit odd. It was interesting and good mostly but some of the metaphor's just really don't make sense. Take this one for example:
"He's wrong he's so wrong he's more wrong than an upside-down rainbow." (page 125)
Really an upside-down rainbow? I mean come on. I don't think an upside down rainbow would be as wrong as she is trying to make it. It was be extremely weird but not wrong in this sense.
I don't have a favourite quote from this book, it just didn't have anything super memorable.
I don't think this is a very good book review, so I might come back and edit it later. Plus my thoughts on this book were kind of scattered. I hope you understood it well enough.
Hopw you had a good weekend and got some reading in like I did!
-Jane
Note: I haven't been in the mood for review writing this past week but I was and still am in a reading mood so you'll get like three book reviews from this past week between today and tomorrow. I'm not even sure they will be very good so bare with me.
By: Christopher Paolini
Pages: 503
Published: February 1, 2002
Summary: When young Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his adopted family meat for the winter. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself. Overnight his simple life is shattered, and he is thrust into a perilous new world of inescapable destiny, magical forces, and powerful people. With only an ancient sword and the instruction of an old,mysterious, hermit storyteller for guidance, Eragon and the fledgling dragon must navigate the dangerous terrain and dark enemies of an Empire ruled by a Emperor whose evil and power knows no bounds. Can Eragon take up the mantle of the legendary Dragon Riders? The fate of the Empire may rest in his hands….
Rating: 4
Review: This was exactly what I needed. Lately I have been reading a ton but I haven't been reading much fantasy. I mean real fantasy with a different world and very creative. So this was perfect.
I enjoyed this book for so many reasons. Great characters, great plot, never boring, explains the world, and no love triangle. I had to put the last one in there because after you read enough books that have a love triangle, you get so fed up with them. It was a relief not to read another.
I don't think I can say to much about this book or I will just be explaining the whole story. So first the writing. The writing was wonderful. Just to think that the author was in his senior year of high school when he wrote this is incredible. I don't know if I know any high school seniors who write this good. I don't even think many of adults can write this good. So it is very impressive.
Paolini describes everything in the book so well he gives a lot of information but not so much that I was useless and dragged out.
The plot is wonderful. It is exciting and different. Some people think it is way to much like Lord of the Rings but I don't think so. All the talk about dragons is so fascinating. I don't read very much fantasy so I don't read about dragons a ton, but he makes them seem so real. He describes the world and everything in it in a way that makes it seem so real. It's as if the world really exists and isn't just some story. It seems to real to be a story.
I never thought the book was boring. Yes they took time to describe things and it wasn't a real fast paced book, but it was nice to slow down in the book.
Favourite Quote: "Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find the meaning in life."
Well I don't know if that was a very good review so once I am in more of a reviewing mood I might come back and edit it.
Hope you had a good weekend!
-Jane
