Book Review: Unspoken

Why Did I Pick It Up: I don't remember, except the cover reminds me of the show The Gates that was only on for one season ... that may have been why I picked it up.

Book Review: Inhuman

Tweet Synopsis: This is the ultimate city girl into wilds story - manimals are everywhere, Lane can't trust them, especially Rafe #badboy #savefather

Book Review: The Cure for Dreaming

Tweet Synopsis: Being yourself is even harder when you're a budding suffragette, your father is a traditionalist, and there is a hypnotist waiting to erase it all. 

Book Review: The Princess and the Goblin

by George MacDonald

Tweet Synopsis: A classic tale with a little princess, a distracted king, a poor hero, and some creatures that might not be what they seem #fairytale

Book Review: Sapphire Blue

by Kerstin Gier

Tweet Synopsis: Oh Gwen, Oh Gideon, oh dear! #twistsandturns fill the pages #isitlove #isitatrick 

Why Did I Pick It Up: Book #2 in the Ruby Red Trilogy. After reading Ruby Red I had to read Sapphire Blue.  

Book Review: Mystic City by Theo Lawrence

Why Did I Pick It Up:

It was on display in the Young Adult area of the library when I walked a patron over there. Because of the cover, I thought the character in the story would be black and I've been trying to read some more culturally diverse books (that aren't about being culturally diverse #weneeddiversebooks). However, if Aria isn't white, I glossed over it because I'm pretty sure all the characters were white ... just like in every other story I've read lately.

Book Review: Frozen

Frozen

by Melissa de la Cruz and Michael Johnston

Why Did I Pick It Up:

I read a review on Good Reads that compelled me to get the book. I actually and to interlibrary loan it. I usually don't read books by authors that so prolific (quantity-quality). 

The Good:

It's a pretty unique plot and the characters are fairly interesting. I actually like Natasha a lot - she is powerful, knows what she wants, and is brave (that is, she is scared, but she keeps moving forward). She helps people when she can, but doesn't always that crazy risks to help people - even when it's hard. She is smart. 

The Bad:

Wes and his gang are a little too predictable for me. They act how I expect them to act - and I like when something unexpected happens. Plus, the whole thing with the ship and having to win it back - that was a little too Captain Jack in Pirates of the Caribbean for me. 

The Ugly: 

It's only been about a month and for the life of me I can't remember how the book ended ... which means it wasn't memorable ... which is disappointing. 

Who will love this book? 

If you like pirates (although they aren't pirates, don't get confused), dystopian fiction, or need a book to read when it is SO HOT outside ... pick this one up!

How much did I like it? 7/10

Will I read more?

Probably not, I obviously wasn't that invented in the ending. 

Book Review: Sweet Evil

Sweet Evil

by Wendy Higgins

Book Review: Graceling

Graceling

by Kristin Cashore

Uglies

I'm a little sensitive to the word UGLY, which is probably why I didn't start this series sooner. Before anyone suggests that these books say that you are UGLY without plastic surgery let me first point out that The Hunger Games is not suggesting that teenagers kill each other in an epic battle and The Uglies is not really promoting plastic surgery. (That was my soap box - I'm done now).

April 2nd

I've just started the book about a girl, Tally, who is an ugly, her best friend, Peris (a guy, of course) who is a pretty, and a new friend, Shay, who runs away from the whole system. Complications arise when in order to become a pretty, Tally must find Shay and force her to come back - otherwise she will stay an ugly forever. 

More updates to come as I finish reading :)

April 4th

I'm not finished but I like updates :) Poor dear Tally thought she was going to make the "right" decision after talking with her parents and Peris ... but then things got complicated. I'm as lost as Tally right now, and I don't know what decision I would make - do something that will work out well for me, or do something that will work out well for everyone else.

April 5th

Okay, so I'm a few pages from the end, and I've liked the adventure. However, the "love story" part is too cheesy. In fact, all of the relationships feel fake or plastic or annoying. I liked the story, I'll read the next one and it will hopefully get better.