This has been a quiet week for reading – I’ve been continuing to listen to Ironskin by Tina Connelly, narrated by Rosalyn Landor. This is a retelling of Jane Eyre with a side helping of fae. So far, I’m really enjoying it, and a full review will come at some point. I also finished Deep Blue by Jennifer Donnelly. This is the start of a new mermaid based fantasy series. I will be posting a review probably next week. As you may remember from last week, the other book I picked up on release day was Charlaine Harris’s new book Midnight Crossing. I’m about a third of the way through it. It took a little while to hook me in, but I am beginning to really enjoy it and be intrigued by the new characters. Again, you know the drill, a review will be forthcoming. Much of my reading this week though has been travel based. My husband and I are talking about perhaps doing the trans Canadian train journey next year. At this point, it’s still very much a vague dream, but I’ve been having a great deal of fun reading up on it. Added to my library…
This has been a quiet week for reading – I’ve been continuing to listen to Ironskin by Tina Connelly, narrated by Rosalyn Landor. This is a retelling of Jane Eyre with a side helping of fae. So far, I’m really enjoying it, and a full review will come at some point. I also finished Deep Blue by Jennifer Donnelly. This is the start of a new mermaid based fantasy series. I will be posting a review probably next week. As you may remember from last week, the other book I picked up on release day was Charlaine Harris’s new book Midnight Crossing. I’m about a third of the way through it. It took a little while to hook me in, but I am beginning to really enjoy it and be intrigued by the new characters. Again, you know the drill, a review will be forthcoming. Much of my reading this week though has been travel based. My husband and I are talking about perhaps doing the trans Canadian train journey next year. At this point, it’s still very much a vague dream, but I’ve been having a great deal of fun reading up on it. Added to my library…
This week I finally obtained 100% on Lego: Lord of the Rings on my Playstation so that itch is well and truly scratched. This finally meant I could concentrate on reading, so I got through a couple of books – Kate Atkinson’s Life After Life and Kiera Cass’ finale to her Selection trilogy, The One. Both of those are worth full reviews so expect those next week. I was interested to hear this week that Game of Thrones’ Sophie Turner along with Jason Dohring has been announced as one of the narrators of the City of Heavenly Fire audiobook. It’s one thing that has irked me about this series: the narrators have changed almost with each book. It means that there has been little consistency in the narration. I’ve also not been overly impressed with the narrators so far. For this one though, I’m very glad that The Mortal Instruments is written in the third person – otherwise for me it would be confusing to have George R.R. Martin’s Sansa thinking Clary’s thoughts. It did make for an amusing scene in my head though with Sansa and Clary having a “who’s had the worse life” argument. Sorry, Clary, but as…
This week I finally obtained 100% on Lego: Lord of the Rings on my Playstation so that itch is well and truly scratched. This finally meant I could concentrate on reading, so I got through a couple of books – Kate Atkinson’s Life After Life and Kiera Cass’ finale to her Selection trilogy, The One. Both of those are worth full reviews so expect those next week. I was interested to hear this week that Game of Thrones’ Sophie Turner along with Jason Dohring has been announced as one of the narrators of the City of Heavenly Fire audiobook. It’s one thing that has irked me about this series: the narrators have changed almost with each book. It means that there has been little consistency in the narration. I’ve also not been overly impressed with the narrators so far. For this one though, I’m very glad that The Mortal Instruments is written in the third person – otherwise for me it would be confusing to have George R.R. Martin’s Sansa thinking Clary’s thoughts. It did make for an amusing scene in my head though with Sansa and Clary having a “who’s had the worse life” argument. Sorry, Clary, but as…
This has been a very quiet week on the reading front. I’m currently reading/listening to two books; Life after Life by Kate Atkinson and Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins. Both of these are good books, but not enough to drag me away from Lego Lord of the Rings/Hobbit on my Playstation, which I can’t stop playing right now. This means that I’m probably not going to blog as regularly over the next few weeks while I work that out of my system. Additionally, I’m planning on marathoning Season 8 of 24 this weekend because JACK IS BACK and I want to catch up before the premiere on Monday. I hope that if I do take a break I’ll come back to reading more refreshed in a month or two. I did also pick up a couple of samples to read. I downloaded a sample of Gameboard of the Gods, the first in the Age of X series by Richelle Mead. As my readers will know, I adored her Vampire Academy series. I have to admit the sample I read did not immediately grab me. With some books I am hooked from the first few pages, with others it takes me…
This has been a very quiet week on the reading front. I’m currently reading/listening to two books; Life after Life by Kate Atkinson and Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins. Both of these are good books, but not enough to drag me away from Lego Lord of the Rings/Hobbit on my Playstation, which I can’t stop playing right now. This means that I’m probably not going to blog as regularly over the next few weeks while I work that out of my system. Additionally, I’m planning on marathoning Season 8 of 24 this weekend because JACK IS BACK and I want to catch up before the premiere on Monday. I hope that if I do take a break I’ll come back to reading more refreshed in a month or two. I did also pick up a couple of samples to read. I downloaded a sample of Gameboard of the Gods, the first in the Age of X series by Richelle Mead. As my readers will know, I adored her Vampire Academy series. I have to admit the sample I read did not immediately grab me. With some books I am hooked from the first few pages, with others it takes me…
City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare is the fourth in The Mortal Instruments series of books. The Mortal Instruments is a series of six books, of which five have been already published and divides into two trilogies. City of Fallen Angels kicks off the second half with new threats and new challenges for our protagonists. We start off in a good place – things have been quiet and settled since the events of City of Glass. Clary’s main preoccupation is preparing for her mother’s wedding to long time love Luke and enjoying her relationship with Jace. Naturally, that peace doesn’t last for too long… It has been some time since I finished the first half of The Mortal Instruments, but Clare’s writing style and wonderful characters immediately drew me back into the world of Shadowhunters, demons, vampires and warlocks. I adore this world and loved reading more of it – I don’t know why it took me so long to get back to it! What I liked The worldbuilding – Clare clearly has an excellent grasp of her world. Everything fits together and holds well to its own internal logic. The characters. While I still retain…
City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare is the fourth in The Mortal Instruments series of books. The Mortal Instruments is a series of six books, of which five have been already published and divides into two trilogies. City of Fallen Angels kicks off the second half with new threats and new challenges for our protagonists. We start off in a good place – things have been quiet and settled since the events of City of Glass. Clary’s main preoccupation is preparing for her mother’s wedding to long time love Luke and enjoying her relationship with Jace. Naturally, that peace doesn’t last for too long… It has been some time since I finished the first half of The Mortal Instruments, but Clare’s writing style and wonderful characters immediately drew me back into the world of Shadowhunters, demons, vampires and warlocks. I adore this world and loved reading more of it – I don’t know why it took me so long to get back to it! What I liked The worldbuilding – Clare clearly has an excellent grasp of her world. Everything fits together and holds well to its own internal logic. The characters. While I still retain…
I was recently given a free copy by the publisher to review The Monster Mob by Andrea Hertach. It tells the story of a group of kids, Alex, Charlie, Leanna and Pete who share a love of creative writing and form the “Monster Mob” to share their (creepy) stories with each other. The novel is structured around the kids’ stories and their attempt to find the storyworthy in real life. From my reading I would guess this is aimed at middle graders, particularly those who already have a love of reading and writing. I don’t think older readers would appreciate as much – the themes and concepts are kept pretty simple and there might be little to hold their attention. However, there are a fair number of classical literary references – to Poe, Shelley, Shakespeare and Dickens and the author makes these pretty explicit in order for younger readers to appreciate them. What I liked The Monster Mob is a very light, quick read and passes a pleasant couple of hours. The writing style was clear and engaging. I did enjoy the ending with Mr Hawthorn – I thought it was rather sweet. What I didn’t like This book is…
I was recently given a free copy by the publisher to review The Monster Mob by Andrea Hertach. It tells the story of a group of kids, Alex, Charlie, Leanna and Pete who share a love of creative writing and form the “Monster Mob” to share their (creepy) stories with each other. The novel is structured around the kids’ stories and their attempt to find the storyworthy in real life. From my reading I would guess this is aimed at middle graders, particularly those who already have a love of reading and writing. I don’t think older readers would appreciate as much – the themes and concepts are kept pretty simple and there might be little to hold their attention. However, there are a fair number of classical literary references – to Poe, Shelley, Shakespeare and Dickens and the author makes these pretty explicit in order for younger readers to appreciate them. What I liked The Monster Mob is a very light, quick read and passes a pleasant couple of hours. The writing style was clear and engaging. I did enjoy the ending with Mr Hawthorn – I thought it was rather sweet. What I didn’t like This book is…