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I would give this book 4.5 stars, it was a great read!!

Belle Starr was a legend and author Glenn Shirley rightfully attempts to dispel the myth. He approached this book as a deconstructionist, although he probably wouldn't have characterized himself that way. The result is at the end of the book you know who Belle Starr wasn't but you don't have a very good feel for who she was.

Awesome book. Read it to my class. Forgot how much I love this book. An inspirational book for anyone working with children. Especially difficult ones.

Nothing overly spectacular to make this stand out. It is just ok.

Batman Night Cries is more of a social revelation of the secret horrors happening in families than a Batman story. Often a core element in a Batman story, the detective work here merely serves as a plot advancing mechanism rather than a core frontrunner. The story builds up to a truth that hits you hard at the homestrech and ends on a sad note. Batman is able to bring down even the gods of fiction. He can easily take down mafias and regular crimes on the streets of Gotham. But in Night Cries, Batman painfully recognizes the sad fact that eradicating child abuse, a silent and real villain, is an insurmountable task. It is the monster that even him and Commissioner Gordon cannot escape from. The Dark Knight is the perfect comicbook hero to craft the story with. He works in the street at night, he's human and grounded. The dark and and horrifying truth flawlessly blends with his tragic past. Thus the result is an effective delivery of message which does not feel contrived. Illustrator Scott Hampton's style gives the book an authentic darkness and a tragic feel. The emotions and innocence of the abused are captured spot-on, with some panels really hard to stomach. For most parts, writer Archie Goodwin's writing is good. The pacing is right, allowing tension and mystery to be felt by the readers. He writes a shitty world that even Bats could not clean himself. His style though is a bit clunky. I have to backread some pages just to know whose character narration I am currently reading. Some of the dialogues also felt unnatural. Although Night Cries is not one of Batman's best stories, this one has to be in every Batman reader's library for its social relevance.

Well written story of the Pine Ridge incident that reflects what was thought, what was released as truth and what the truth actually was. The lawsuits that the writer and publisher were subjected to by a politician and an FBI agent were quite revealing of the attitude, still prevailing in the Bureau today, that the ends justify the means. Recommend to anyone who wishes to know the details, and wish to decide for themselves what has really happened with the native American tribes and tribal systems since Custer.

Magical in every way!

Another OK story, but this one is lifted up to the next level by the insight into Bucky's psyche.

Wow! How have I not read this book before now? it was so good! I just couldn't put it down. It's a must read!

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Fantastic book with all you need; an exploration of culture and folklore, with great illustrations and a lovely moral at the end. One of those books you can appreciate at any age.

I have mixed feelings about this novel. As an adult I found it hard to get into and accept, yet I finished it. I kept wishing that a book like this existed when I was a teenage boy. Nothing like it did. I am happy that now a book about a gay superhero does exists - a superhero who has coming-of-age experiences that most gay teenager can identify with (except for the superhero part). I would give the novel five stars if I were still a teenage boy.

I love this book. I'm not one to give 5 stars out lightly. I very rarely do it. This book was fantastic! At least for me. There were a lot of similarities in this book and my life. I remember reading tons of Labyrinth fanfic in college and was so close to that community that someone wrote me in as a character. I love the commingling of fictions--Simon, Carry On, and Cath's life all mixed up together. The characters are unabashedly real. No one usually talks about the dad who goes to a mental hospital regularly, or the guy who has a learning disorder. Fan girl is refreshing and fantastic. I can't believe it's over. I want it to keep going. Isn't that the best sign that it's a great book?

I read a LOT about crime, but for some reason I have never really taken the time to read much about Lizzie Borden. I think that was probably for the best in reading this novel, as it allowed me to just go along with Sarah Schmidt's characterizations and descriptions of events rather than argue or critique them. I'm not usually much for historical fiction, but I did really enjoy this. And now I'm going to have to learn more about Lizzie Borden.

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I liked The Dream Thief almost as much as The Smoke Thief. Lia is a fun main character to follow, and I really like Zane. I loved his nickname for her Lia-heart. As determined as Kit was to have Rue, Zane was to not have Lia, and yet their attraction was undeniable. I think one of my only complaints is that we saw Rue run to the house, and then nothing. I would like to have known more about what that was. Also, several of Lia's dreams are intriguing, and yet we don't know if that is going to be the future, or how, or anything. This book left a lot of questions.

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This is a hard-hitting, gorgeously written novel, moving between the narrator's lushly remembered childhood in Sri Lanka to her adolescence and adulthood in the United States. It features so many elements I especially love in a novel: it spans decades of a character's life; it conveys a woman's experience with the constraints of a patriarchal society (in two versions: Sri Lankan and U.S.); it explores the experience of a person of color in the U.S.; it raises larger questions about guilt and retribution, anger turned inward, the complexities of love in all its forms--familial love, friendship, sexual love.

This is my favorite.

I do LOVE my Katy Evans books!! MANWHORE +1 was a wonderful and very satisfying sequel to the first book in the series, Manwhore! I loved the very modern and witty yet very sexy story. This book picks up right after the conclusion to MANWHORE. Rachel has publicly embarrassed her boyfriend Malcolm Saint and is in deep despair of ever repairing their relationship. Katy Evans writes a beautifully flowing yet very fast-paced and verrrrry sexy story here as we experience the deep heartache that Rachel feels. "This is what I've been waiting for, for four weeks. This is what I wanted when I left a thousand messages on his phones and what I wanted when I wrote a thousand others that I left unsent. To see him. For him to want to see me." There's plenty of office drama, too, as Rachel's dream job seems to be in jeopardy due to a bidding war over the ownership of the company where she works. One of the things I love about this author is that her heroes, no matter how tortured, always have the ability the love deeply and Saint is no exception. Despite his reputation, he really cares deeply for Rachel and their scenes together are perfect. I definitely recommend this series if you love a contemporary, witty, and passionate story with a great cast of supporting players. I also loved that there might be another story here for Gina and Tahoe? Things seem to be pointing in that direction and I would love to read more about them! I can't wait to see what's next for Rachel and Saint and am anxiously awaiting Ms. Manwhore! (ARC provided by the publisher in return for an honest review.)

Damn! I thought that Paul Cornell continued for a few more issues. Ah well. I was apparently fooled by the Jenkins issues. Paul Jenkins (7-8). And the Jenkins issues are sadly mediocre. He tries to tell the big-scale action adventures of classic Authority, but there's no excitement to them. There's also, unfortunately, a bevy of worthless technobabble. The only things good about the first two issues are the confrontation between Midnighter and Jenny (which nicely subverts their previous relationship) and Jack's interactions with the cities. It's not enough to make the rest interesting [4/10]. The Red Lanterns (9, RL10). Fortunately, Milligan seems to have a better handle on the series. He goes back to Stormwatch's ancient past, which is part of the joy of the reboot. The interactions with the Red Lanterns are also good, particularly as it affects Stormwatch's opinion of the Green Lanterns (though I have a hard time believing they didn't previously know about Red Lanterns, given Blackest Night) [7/10]. Digging Up the Past (10). More nice focus on history, some interesting relations between Stormwatch and the rest of the hero community (though it's again hard to believe that SW doesn't know more about them when heroes have existed for at least 5 years), and a good coda for Midnighter and Apollo. Oh, and someone finally remembers that Harry and the Projectionist exist. This might have been a great issue (and so nicely self-contained) if not for all the silly fighting [7/10]. Devolver (11). Yet more nice history, which seems to be Milligan's thing in this run, while the concept of the Hidden People is great, but the actual plot is a bit simplistic [6/10]. Nefertiti's Bust (12). A nice conclusion to the volume with change, strangeness, and the advancement of the metaplot [7/10]. Overall, bad material from Jenkins and good material from Milligan, which averages out to slightly better than a wash but offers good promise for the next volume. However, I think I've decided to give up on the series given that it gets its *4th* author in the near future and yet another reboot. I also expect I'm going to sell off these earlier volumes, as getting two parts of a longer story just doesn't make much sense.

Such a cute story!

Loved this book! A boy with superhero powers and a nice fluffy golden retriever dog! Brilliant! I am sure I read the sequel to this book as well. Great childhood fun! I am sure I still have this book stored away with my other childhood books!

The second book of the Covenant series began with a spirited jog and quickly escalated to a wild sprint. It is so full of action and emotions,but not overly dramatic. I didn't find any moments lagging to flesh out storyline or lacking in content or forward motion. I have to admit that I found my heart breaking over and over again for Alex and she came through it all--what a strong, and extremely flawed, character. I love that she is never perfect, but always finds her way through to the end.

Love the book! Like always Kristen did a great job!! Looking forward for more of your books.

Hunter is a Madison Wisconsin writer and we have a lot of good writers here. It was touted as another Janet Evanovich. It seemed like her humor was trying too hard. Not a laugh out loud like Janet's.

I'm feeling extremely guilty right now. You see, I won this book in a Goodreads First Reads giveaway, and as usual, I dug into it the minute it came in the mail, but I just can't make myself read it. In the week since I've had it, I've only gotten to page 68. In the same time, I've made a sizable dent in the stack of magazines I've never gotten around to reading, discovered several new online games, and even gotten my dishes done in record time! It finally occurred to me that I would rather do anything else than read this book, and since I have a stack of library books waiting for me, I should just move on to one of them. The plot, so far, has been pretty interesting. The problem I'm having is with Heitzmann's writing style. Have you ever looked through binoculars the wrong way, so that everything appears very tiny and infinitely far away? That's how I feel about this book. The characters are doing interesting things, but Heitzmann seems hell-bent on trying to keep me as far away from the action as possible. She uses pronouns ambiguously, changes point-of-view within a paragraph, often resorts to using mangled versions of cliches, and just generally phrases things awkwardly. Here's a good example from the beginning of chapter 5: "Given the guilt Rick had spooned on like sugar when it was really cayenne, Morgan took his little girl the next morning for a drive to Vera's house. [...] He jogged through windblown ice flecks from a sullen sky that ached to do worse. The truck was in there (ed: where?), so he fetched Livie and banged on the front door." Maybe I'm just being a nit-picker. Maybe it's just that I know that if I, as a beginning writer, turned in a manuscript this full of problems, it would never see the light of day. Maybe it's just that I suspect that Heitzmann, like Debbie Macomber before her, has gotten lazier as she's gotten more famous and now just sort of writes automatically while thinking of something else. For whatever reason, I just can't make myself finish this book.

Solid story telling ... I really like Chadwick's horror anthology at the end of this volume.

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No, no, no, don't let the steep decline of quality of the books happen. It's going so, so well. After reading through the previous two books, Lover Revealed is such a disappointment. It might have been my fault that the expectations that I held this book to were impassable. But after reading through the emotional, roller-coaster novels about Rhage and Zhadist made it hard for me to restrain my hope that Lover Revealed will be perfection as well. I also find the constant switch in perspectives extremely jarring. It's even more annoying when the characters have little to no relevance to the plot/story of Lover Revealed. Whenever a random character pops up in the middle of the story, I'm always questioning their importance. Now on to Marissa: I don't believe that Marissa is so perfect that the sun shone out of her arse. To the contrary, she's one of the weakest heroines I've come across. Granted, the society and the cultural values she was raised up with did affect how much of a backbone she possessed. But still, it took a Herculean effect not to throw the book across the room. I was just so frustrated at Marissa for not standing up; but I have to say, her family's even worse. So maybe I should congratulate Marissa for not turning out to be a basketcase. Although she does remind me of someone.... Game of Thrones, anyone? I find them so similar. Daenerys=Marissa Viserys=Most of Marissa's family. Hopefully Marissa will take a leaf from dear old Dany's book and grow a backbone by the time the series ends. I think she might develop one sooner at the rate she's going. I always love to see a little character development. 2.45ish stars

A testosterone driven story with beautiful visuals. The ultimate manly comic.

3.5. Would have been more if longer. A nice tie in to tv series.

I'm learning so much about Peter Jennings. The oral history approach is a bit repetitive, though. I'd like a straight biography better.

I asked my Amazon Echo to read me a book, thinking it would pick up on an ebook I had checked out from the library. I'm not sure if it didn't understand me or what happened but she started reading me this book. It's not one I ever would've picked up myself but I listened enough to get interested enough to settle in for the roller coaster ride. A woman shows up for her cousin's girls trip she decided to take when she called off her wedding. When she arrives, she discovers her missing spy husband working on an assignment and posing as a tour guide for the girl's group. Warning: It had some smuttier scenes than my typical book choices have, so fair warning if you'd rather not have references to hard things (chests, bulges, etc.) in your literary adventures.

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Typical DiCamillo. Which is to say, essentially, perfect. Not a wasted word. I know the target demographic is "9 and up" but this, hell, ALL, of her novels should be for general consumption.

A classic. Not often read, but kept around anyway, if only to look up poetry referenced in other works.

November 9 was my first Colleen Hoover book! I'm glad I finally got to experience what all of the hype around Colleen Hoover is about because I thought this was really fantastic. The writing was great and the characters were really well fleshed out and likeable. I really really liked the whole premise of this one and where the book went. There was a lot going on and I was happy that I wasn't able to guess any of the plot twists so I was really along for the ride with the characters. I also loved that one of the characters was a reader and the other was a writer because it made the book really self-aware in a cool way. However, I really wanted to be able to give this book five stars, but there was one major thing holding me back. I really didn't like how this book blurred the lines of consent at all. I just found myself really struggling to read some parts because they were making me physically uncomfortable. There was one scene, for example, when Fallon tells Ben to stop kissing her and he says something along the lines of "I'm trying but I'm having a hard time, ask me again." No means no, and that was the one thing I really didn't like about Ben. I know he was trying to get Fallon out of her comfort zone and while he may have had good intentions for me it just isn't ever justifiable or ok. That being said, I don't feel like it really took that much away from my enjoyment of the book, and I still thought it was an excellent read that was equal parts fun and enjoyable, and heartbreaking and compelling.

9/10 La historia documentada como no se habia hecho hasta ahora (el libro es de 2004) de los campos de concentracion sovieticos. Cuenta absolutamente todos los aspectos de los campos, su origen, la vida y el trabajo en los mismos, los transportes, la relacion con los guardianes, los delatores, las mujeres y los ninos, las estrategias de supervivencia, las fugas, las mafias de las carceles, el impacto de la guerra, la muerte de Stalin etc. Imprescindible para conocer la historia del siglo XX de Oriente y por extension de Occidente ya que da sentido a las actuaciones de EEUU y otros paises durante la "Guerra fria"

Colleen Hoover doesn't disappoint! Amazing story! You won't be able to put it down.

Not all of the stories are new for me. But, what else I can do but enjoying this books as much as I please... Like Andersen once told us, "Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead."

This review has been written for Review shared on Joyfully Jay Reviews and can be accessed here: http://joyfullyjay.com/2017/05/review... Nate Albano is a 37-year-old special effects tech working on the Wolf's Landing show in upstate Washington. He's been celibate for the past three years--since his last lover walked out--and expects to remain alone for the rest of his life. He's "grace" (gray asexual), which roughly means he requires a fair amount of relationship-building before he develops a sexual attraction to his partner, and he's had two long-term partners in his life to this point. Seth Larson is a thirty-year-old man living in an apartment above his grandmother's garage. He's the youngest Larson, part of a "storied" founding family, but he doesn't go in for all that jazz, and resents his uncle who browbeats him over caring for his grandmother. Seth is also a budding mixologist and loves tending bar. He's never had a steady boyfriend and thinks he never will. One night, Seth and Nate meet at a local pub and Nate's ecstatic to learn about Seth's heritage, but Seth takes it as a come-on. He's never met a man who really digs history, or genealogy, and isn't prepared for Nate to storm off when Nate realizes Seth was serious about getting it on. But, time cools heads and they actually begin a friendship. It's such a novel experience for Seth, who doesn't have any close friends, either. They dig deep into the skeletons of Seth's family, in the hope they can do just enough damage to the Larson name to allow Seth's grandma to sell her home and break the family trust--a legal situation that's kept her virtually a prisoner in her historic home for more than a decade. Thing is, the skeletons aren't pretty, and Seth's family is in an uproar when the scandals hit the community paper. And, Nate's in an uproar, too. Of an entirely different kind. He's feeling more than friendly to Seth, and that scares him a whole lot. How could he fall for Seth, and risk being left alone again once Seth, a vibrant, outgoing man, grows tired of his sexual inadequacies? This book is part of the larger Bluewater Bay universe, but is enjoyable on its own. I've read several asexual romances in the last few years and this one was a bit different. I didn't study up on "grace," feeling like the authors did a good job of explaining it in context. In short, Nate does have sexual relationships with his long-term lovers, once they have been together long enough to establish a strong bond of emotional intimacy. He actually craves touch, and is demonstrative with Seth from nearly the beginning. This sends Seth mixed signals, because he's only ever been wanted for sex in the past, and tries to stay lighthearted in the face of his loneliness. That said, Seth relishes their friendship and fervently hopes that the cues he's reading from Nate demonstrate a growing attraction; he's ready for a sexual relationship with a man he really cares for. There are a whole lot of family dynamics at play, too, regarding the Larson ancestry and Nate's own paternity. This was interesting as a vehicle for intimacy. Seth and Nate have intense discussions regarding their personal demons and how to get past them. They both have to grow into their developing relationship, and they seem to do so without too many hardships. I loved Tarkus, the one-eyed wonder dog. What a great companion that mutt is, and it was clear that Nate learned a lot about unconditional love from him, while Seth drew his strength from his grandma. This is a slow burn, not least because it's a long novel. Lots of patience is exercised before their sexual connection is kindled, but I found it worth the wait. I received a review copy on NetGalley.

Fey is a funny woman and a capable writer and this memoir was truly enjoyable to read, especially since this audiobook is narrated by Fey herself. I'm a fan of her SNL years and of 30 Rock, and it was great to hear about that, but her childhood, adolescence, and motherhood chapters were just as interesting. She's self-deprecating, honest, and down-to-earth, and that's endearing. She also comes up with just about the best curses and metaphors I've heard, and her dirty wit made me LOL a lot. In fact, I was LOLing all over the place. It's a quick (the audiobook was only about six hours) and very entertaining read, so pick it up.

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Chatur and the Enchanted Jungle by Subhash Kommuru. Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA). Children's Fiction, Multicultural Interest. 4 Stars. This is a colorful retelling of a timeless adage whose moral is to appreciate your friends. Thanks to NetGalley and Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA). for providing this ebook for review.

The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron A stark and disturbing story of the impact of human kindness juxtaposed to the harsh reality of Negro slavery in pre-civil war America. Told as a first person narrative, Nat Turner tells the story of his youth and young adulthood as enslaved man, and includes his vision of a holy war between the blacks and the whites. He believed he was divinely called by God to lead a revolt against slavery and to annihilate all the white people in southeastern Virginia. The revolt he led in 1831, was small in scale and quickly quelled, but it served, unknowingly, as a key tipping point for the Civil War. Author: William Styron Originally Published: Random House, 1967 Genre: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction Awards: 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Nominations: 1968 National Book Award for Fiction Available Formats: Hardcover, paperback, ebook, & audio cassette

wow just finished reading the second marvellous book, the war between the city and the forest is truly on and Pip and his friends Toade and Frankie are so brave, they take on the most amazing and breath taking stunts to save themselves and the rest of the lost children kept hidden in the forest keep. that awful toy soldier is such a traitor but is he really ......? dying to read the final part to the trilogy!!

Quick and fun read. Maybe because it easy for me to imagine since I already watched the movie I really like the movie adaptation after I watch it back in 2005. All of you must already know about Baudelaire siblings whose lost their parents in a tragic incident. I really like their character and I do like Klaus since he enjoy reading books. The writing style is really interesting, it makes me want to read more and easy for me to understand when he describe in details about words that aren't similar. Can't wait to read the next book :)

I liked this a lot more than I thought I would, but it still has major issues. I decided on a generous three stars because despite technical flaws I actually kind of enjoyed it. The positive: -Lia. I thought she was going to be a bratty spoiled child that I would despise. She never shirks her duty and seems content to live a quiet village life. It never come across like she is playacting at being a commoner. While I didn't always agree with her choices, they made sense since she is a 17 year old girl. -Pauline and to a lesser extent Gwynth and Berdi. It's great to have strong female friendships! With no bitchy female character criticizing the heroine! -The romance. I'm a sucker for romance and I knew going into this that this was romance heavy so I was prepared. I liked how it unfolded, and there was no real love triangle or insta-love. Though Lia was obviously attracted to both guys, there was a clear favorite most of the time. The negative: -An assassin that doesn't assassinate. This is one of my biggest YA fantasy pet peeves! (I'm looking at you Celaena and Shazi) One of our characters is an assassin sent to kill Lia, which he doesn't because...REASONS! Which leads us to pet peeve number two: weak character motivation. We're given some piss poor excuse why the assassin doesn't kill Lia. Something about he had to track her down for three weeks so he wanted to make her pay. (It's been a while since I read this so it may not be 100% accurate.) But he never does. Instead, he befriends her, makes himself useful around the inn, carries things for her and falls in love with her. He knows that eventually he's going to have to kill her. Why would anyone do that to themselves especially without a good motivation? The answer is no one would because it's stupid!!! -The plot...or lack thereof. Seriously. What's the plot for almost the entire book? Lia serves food at the inn! Dramatic! Lia ogles Rafe and Kaden! Exciting! Pauline and Lia giggle! Intense! The last 130 pages definitely picks up, however. Why couldn't we have the romance and an engaging fantasy story that has...I don't know...some elements of fantasy? -Deliberately concealing who the assassin is and who the prince is. To me, this was more of a gimmick than an actual writing technique meant to increase tension and add some mystery. And honestly, I couldn't care less. Why? Because it doesn't matter. They're both in love with her and they're both pretty interchangeable characters so it really doesn't matter who turns out to be the assassin or the prince. This also does a disservice to the characters, who as I just mentioned are not well drawn. Part of this is because we can't get too into their feelings and motivations because that would ruin the who surprise identity. Oh no! Can't sacrifice a gimmick for actual character development!

The worst in Argeneau Vampires series. It was really hard not to give up reading it when everything about this book annoyed me so much. The general idea for this story wasn't that bad. It reminds a bit A Quick Bite, the first book in the series, but this time it's an immortal female that finds herself kidnapped and then tied to the bed. Unfortunately, what happened next doesn't utilize the possibilities that were in the story of a desperate father who kidnaps an immortal to persuade her to turn his terminally ill daughter into a vampire to save her from imminent death and excruciating pain. But then the so-called desperate man doesn't talk with his captive about his reasons for kidnapping her and doesn't try to persuade her to turn his daughter. Instead they watch some films on DVD, have a picnic, do some shopping and run away from Enforcers, who uncovered the identity of the kidnapper. It was so illogical for me that they don't talk about what is most important for them, but avoiding the subject altogether. The immortal female has just discovered that her captor is her lifemate, but she doesn't talk about it with him either, though she wouldn't have to face the problems other immortals have with explaining blood drinking, eternal youth and allergy to sun, as her lifemate-to-be knows about immortals having worked for Argeneau Enterprise for a few years. Instead of talking they make out in the car backseat , while his dying daughter is put to sleep in the front seat, have sex on the beach, while the daughter is put to sleep in the cottage... I found those sex scenes quite disturbing in this context. Although both protagonists were unconvincing as a couple, Jeanne Louise turns out to be the least appealing heroine in the whole Argeneau Vampires series. She's so self-absorbed and squeamish that one is almost sorry for Paul for having fallen for her.

Story: 4 stars Art: 4 stars Another compilation of comic strips about Phoebe and her BFF unicorn. As in the previous cartoon collection starring this unlikely pair of friends, there is no story arc and the book ends after a couple hundred pages without any resolution, since it is not organized around a central conflict. The scenes and situations that unfold aren't in any particular order and sometimes the action isn't continuous, without captions indicating the passage of time, or with other cartoons inserted between pages that should be consecutive. Humorous with strong character interactions. At times Phoebe seems much older than 10, while other times she acts her age. Some great lines.

A Million Junes was a fantastic second novel for Emily Henry. I wasn't a huge fan of her debut, but this one completely blew me away. I fell in love with June and her family right away. I loved their portrayal of a blended family, and that although June missed her father, she still loved her mother, stepfather, and brothers as her family. June and Saul's banter was also really fun and added a lighthearted note to this emotional story. I loved the way that their relationship developed, and how they explored their pasts together. The flashbacks and the ancestor characters were a bit confusing to follow at times, but they helped to understand the characters. I liked how this book had supernatural elements but it also had normal high school issues as well, including June considering new possibilities for her future. Overall this book was an incredibly unique and heartwarming story about family, love, and loss, and I would highly recommend picking it up come release day.

Loved it!!! I've been reading other genres lately and it wasn't until I started reading this book that I realized how much i missed this kind of story...Can't wait to read the next one!!!

It was too much for me. I'm not a big fan of "adult" books

First time i picked up this book and looked at the cover, i didn't know what to think of it. I bought this book for one or two dollars at Myers and when i went home - pretty cheap! Its a nice short read but it doesn't differ much from steroeotypical faerie books. Despite this, i still loved it.

These poems written by students and published because they were pleased with their work, INSPIRES ME! Young people have so much to say and so much to offer. Read this book...out loud.

I enjoyed this children's novel about young Betsy who learns more about herself when she is forced to lived with her relatives in the country. A simple but sweet story.

This large collection of short stories is full of tales by well known romance authors. I was predisposed to like it since all proceeds go directly to the Veterans Research Corporation, a non-profit that supports veterans medical research. My only complaint is that the collection is so packed that most stories feel a bit rushed, and I found myself constantly wishing that there were less stories with more room for development. Still, a worthwhile purchase for a worthy cause. Like I need an excuse to read romance novels. ;)

** spoiler alert ** I'm starting this review by saying I could not finish this story. I tried my hardest and I got about 75% of the way through, but I just have too much to read and too little time in my life to waste another day on a story that was this hard to get through. I want to also start by saying that in general I'm a fan of Maya Banks' work. In particular, her historical romances are some of my favorites. So, this is nothing against the genre or the author herself. My problem comes from the story itself. Our heroine is Jenna who was raised a religious cult environment and begins the book by escaping through the woods. She is obviously terrified and we find out later that this is well-founded. She has been kept locked up without any view into the outside world since she was four years old. She escapes to Houston, TX where she is trying to steal the car of Isaac. Isaac works for an elite security team, yet he leaves his car unlocked and his keys in his car all the time. This is apparently an endearing quirk of his. If you work in security, I would think you would take your own vehicle security pretty seriously. However, I don't work in security, so maybe this is a false assumption. -_- Anyways, he catches Jenna trying to steal his car and as soon as he sees her face he wants to help her and protect her. He is also no longer upset that she is stealing his vehicle. Obviously she is too beautiful to be just an ordinary thief. To be fair, she is just trying to save herself which is made obvious when they start getting shot at. Isaac is shot and can tell that he is dying, but Jenna's secret gift is that she can heal people with a touch. So she heals Isaac and at his insistence takes his car. Now... Jenna has been hidden away from society since she was 4. She does not know how to drive. This becomes quickly obvious to Isaac, but I would just like to put in my own two cents. Had I not had loving parents and driver's ed, I would not have known which pedal did which thing when I first started learning to drive. Jenna has not really traveled from the bunker where she grew up. How was she even able to make a passable attempt at escaping in a vehicle? The world may never know. Anyways, she makes it away. Isaac has backup arrive and the mysterious shooters have run off. Luckily, Isaac has GPS tracking in his truck so he is able to track Jenna down and take her home where he can keep an eye on her. Isaac gets permission from his boss to focus on this new "case." He then goes home to Jenna and immediately decides that she is "his" and he will protect her at all costs. His team helps him to move her to a safe house where yet another person is shot and Jenna heals him. This new character now also feels everlasting gratitude to Jenna for saving his life and Isaac gets alpha dog jealous of their shared connection. I could go into details about all of the action that ensues, but I think I'll sum it up by saying they are being chased by a mob boss type guy who had bought Jenna for his own personal use. They have to continuously move safe houses and Jenna is constantly trying to get away from them because she doesn't want any of them to be hurt trying to protect her. However, she does this in the most TSTL ways possible so she ends up putting everyone in more danger than they originally were. Now, I really have to explain why I could not finish this story. It is so inconsistent! To start off with, we get tones of description about Jenna's angelic looks. However, I could not describe to you Isaac at all. Now to be fair, maybe he is described in previous books which I have not read, but I would think a recap wouldn't be that hard to throw in. I wouldn't be able to tell you his race, hair color, eye color, height or body type. I can assume he is probably built since he is in security, but who knows? He could just be Paul Blart of the personal security world. I wouldn't really be able to tell you what anyone else in the book looks like either, because the only real physical attributes are given to Jenna. As someone who likes to picture the action in her head as she reads, this really took me out of the story a time or two. I wanted to be able to get the details that were missing. They just never showed up. However, there was no lack of details in other respects. For instance, the amount of telling in this book was phenomenal. There were pages and pages of Isaac's thoughts which told me all about how much he cared for Jenna or about how tough his past was, but in his interactions with characters you would not have seen any of these details come forth. At one point Isaac remembers how he was involved with drugs and heavy alcohol usage and went through a tough time, but this never once comes up in any of his interactions with anyone else or in any other way throughout the book. If this is important enough to share with the audience, then shouldn't it be something that actually impacts the character throughout the story? The other inconsistencies come from Jenna who was apparently sheltered from the world most of her life. She goes into great detail about the torture she was subjected to and how she was not allowed normal basic human decency. However, she certainly adapts really well to everything around her. She apparently learns how to drive fast enough to get away at the beginning of the novel. She is more than ready to lose her virginity to Isaac, even though she's never even seen anything sexual before. She also immediately knows what to do in the bedroom and what to do to please Isaac. Again, she grew up in a religious cult where even kissing was not something that happened. In fact, she tells Isaac she didn't really realize kissing was something people normally did. Then suddenly, she is a vixen in the bedroom after one day. Finally, there is the fact that this all does happen over the course of 2-3 days. Isaac tells Jenna he loves her and wants to marry her on day 2. Jenna immediately accepts, even though she has yet to experience anything in the world. How does she know Isaac is what she really wants if he's the first person she's even met in 20 years that wasn't a cultist? How can he know she's the one for him when for most of the first half of the book he thought she was underage and was worried he was being a pervert? I just was left with too many questions and the idea that none of those answers were going to be forthcoming.

Leave it to Whitney...she really knows how to write a Naughty Boss ;) Full review to come

First off I can't comment on how good the translation is, but I read the Fagles one. Read this ages ago and had forgotten all but the main bits. On re-reading I enjoyed it, the style took a bit of getting into but once I'd adjusted top stuff. One thing I took away (apart from the carnage and humanity shown throughout) was that gods are shits. Their brat like behaviour making me root for anyone without a deity in the family...mind you just because your da' is a god doesn't mean much when unforgiving bronze is hurled out at you. On that note, Sarpedon (with Zeus as a father) was more human to me than the demi-god Achilles. At one point saying to his henchmen: look, I'd rather live forever happily and give up glory and all that stuff...but since we're here anyway, let's go to work (I am obviously paraphrasing). A more human and heroic approach I think than sulking Achilles. The majority of the engagements seem to occur over a fallen hero as opposing sides fight over the body and armour. The Armour as trophy but the body for proper burial or desecration by the victor...even Noble Hector threatens to put Patroclus' head on a spike and feed him to the dogs if he can get the body...not much of a better option than what later happens to himself. The battles become like work with agricultural and fishing metaphors intermingling with the moments of "joy in battle". I enjoyed Nestor every time he turned up...I don't know if he was meant to be comedy relief, but I kept thinking of him like Corp Jones from Dad's Army...young folk today...when I was a boy...those Trojan's don't like it up 'em Capt Agamemnon. Not so sure of his huge cup with its winey-soupy-barley-cheese combo...an acquired taste? And more comedy at the funeral games during the foot race. I'd forgotten the humour in amongst the horror of total war.

I read one of his Jonathan Argyll series so I thought I would try another of his.

Another decent book in the Lady Emily series, though the action was a bit slow.

This was a fun read. So fun and fluffy. Maddie is great. I love her.

This was amazing. Dragons, knights, evil government institutions, FEELS. Honestly, this was just an excellent graphic novel about morals and the people we care about. "I'M A SHARK!"

Story: 5 stars Illustrations: 5 stars African American re-telling of the Russian folktale, in picture book format. Sticks close to the original but substitutes family members for the animals. Text relates this cumulative story with just the right amount of repetition. Good incorporation of different types of turnips. This African American version features soul food cooking and a block party celebration. Illustrations are attractive and complement the text well. Consider this book if you're looking for a good diverse picture book. Also can be used to show variation in folktale re-tellings.

Incarnation weaves a unique combination of steampunk, adventure, mystery, and vampires into an elegantly written standout novel. Literally from the first chapter readers are thrust into a steampunk Victorian London world where vampires secretly run amuck, but the public is none the wiser. This may sound like the setup for just any old vampire novel, but it isn't. The first chapter of Incarnation starts off with a rather detailed description of what it would feel like to mysteriously wake up as a vampire. Readers are introduced to Lucy Weston as she awakens buried deep underground with a wooden stake driven through her chest. She has no idea how she got there, why she is like this, and immediately starts digging herself out of her own grave. After Lucy Weston valiantly digs herself out of her grave, she works to piece together the memories she has of her former life. She discovers that a newly published novel, Dracula, contains what appears to be a rather accurate, yet slightly fictionalized version of her death and she vows to get to the bottom of the story. This quest to find out what happened to her, why she appears as a main character in a novel, and why she has a sudden craving for blood pushes her deeper into the underground world of the supernatural. Incarnation is an absolute amazing novel. It was fast paced, yet didn't let things, such as character development or plots falter in favor of a faster pace. All of the characters readers encounter in Incarnation are extremely fleshed out, especially Lucy. It is as if readers almost become Lucy as they read the novel. The style of writing in the novel is slightly different than most vampire/supernatural novels. Incarnation takes on a slightly dark, poetic style of writing compared to a sassy, in your face style. This style might not work for everyone, but it really helps set the tone and pace of the novel. I have to admit this novel had me sitting on the edge of my seat. Every scene just seemed to get better and better, and I kept wanting and craving to read more. I really think this had to do with the fact that this novel details a young woman's adventure in finding herself and discovering who she really is. However, unlike most of us, this young woman happens to be a vampire and discovers herself with the help of several members of the supernatural community. While Incarnation is filled with the typical vampires, there isn't one thing 'typical' about the plot. There are fresh, unique twists and turns at every corner. This novel is filled with adventure, mystery, and romance. Yes, there is a little romance, but it doesn't overpower or overshadow the plot. The one slight issue I do have with Incarnation is the way that it ended. I don't believe the ending could be considered a cliffhanger, but the door is definitely open for more novels in the future. In the end, Incarnation was a wonderful, amazing read. While it wasn't totally what I expected (a typical vampire/romance novel), it turned out to be so much more and an absolute delight to read.

arc provided by Image Comics through Netgalley In this dystopian future a few Families rule entire sections of land. If you're not part of a Family, you're a Serf, or Waste. The reader is dropped unceremoniously into this world - enough is revealed to follow the story along, but there is not much in the way of background. I suppose this will come in later issues? I, for one, would like a few questions answered like, "How did these events come to pass?" or "Exactly how was Forever made?" I mean, I get it was in a lab, and she doesn't look like her "siblings" - but what genetic material was used? That of her "parents"? If so why isn't she really considered their daughter? Because of what she is? And even if the genetic material doesn't come from her "parents"... they raised her, I assume? So... back to why they don't consider her a "daughter", especially since her "father" keeps claiming she's his best child. Also kind of weak how the father complained about having had four children and none of them came out the way he wanted them to be. What? An invulnerable killing machine? Because he seemed pretty normal, is his wife the Terminator? If not, maybe he should be given "the talk"... Quibbles aside, Lazarus is an extremely good action novel. I loved how Forever - and all the other ladies in it - aren't stereotypical graphic novel females. They're normal characters with reasonable feelings, and an agenda of their own. The whole Carlysle family was creepy, the interactions between the siblings... What is going on there?! But this is a good "what?" because it shows how messed up these people are. In fact, the whole concept of family explored in the novel was incredibly well achieved. The members of the Family don't act as one in any way other than by name, in contrast, members of the Waste readily show what family is really about: Which brings me to the amazing artwork. Seriously, it was dark and gritty, yet each character was immediately identifiable. The whole plot, by itself, leaves too many questions unanswered but with the artwork the reader is willing to let these go (for now). It's really a thing of beauty. So, 4.5 stars out of 5, and I'll be looking forward to vol. 2!

its the clique so i didnt expect much from it and wasnt disappointed

4.6 stars because seriously this book was amazing, but that ending left me wanting more. I know it was probably supposed to do that, but still I wanted more. Still, excellent book. I will be sure to read more from Patrick Ness.

A good book, King is a master of the craft, but the story is mostly buildup and not enough time is spent on It itself, it's nature and the Losers fighting It. The character of Mike Hanlon is one of the most interesting on the book, the journal entries included are great.

"the sky is just like love" he said " it goes on and on forever... and it starts right here with my own little star"... this book about father love is very sweet and nice... and it starts with little fox asking questions about the sky

Johnny Mac Pippin approved

Beautiful story of love and redemption, with a feisty heroine and one hot hero. Do not miss reading this one. "Just breathe," my mom would say. "Ten tiny breaths ... Seize them. Feel them. Love them." A beautiful, beautiful book about tragedy, life, love and forgiveness. Kacey has been through a terrible tragedy and flees with her little sister, Livie, to Miami to begin a new life. Kacey has sacrificed her own dreams of college to take care of her younger sister and put her through high school. They move into an apartment complex with a cast of characters including wonderful new friends and one gorgeous neighbor, Trent Emerson. Kacey tries to numb her emotions and tries to push everyone away who cares about her. I absolutely loved how this story unfolded and I. found myself really rooting for Kacey to overcome her past tragedy and. let her emotions in! There is FANTASTIC chemistry between Kacey and Trent. I also loved the other characters, especially Kacey's little sister Livie. A wonderfully written book that does not disappoint. .Ten Tiny BreathsK.A. Tucker

2.5 Dax finally gets his HEA stars Source: eARC for Honest Review Courtesy of Berkley | Penguin Group Finally Dax's story and I was super excited but I have to admit Holland didn't win me over. I love the mystery that's going on throughout this series and how each book is about a different couple while the mystery is unfolding. I do like the fact that all the woman are super strong and add nothing but help to this investigation but Holland and 'its over before it began' and 'once the case was finished so were they' attitude made me want to constantly roll my eyes throughout the story. I also have to admit that this book ended up being a bit forgettable. I read this awhile ago but didn't get to the review right away and I'm having a heck of time bringing it to my forefront of my mind which usually doesn't bode well for the story and the characters when this happens. However, since this whole series is wrapped around a mystery its keeping me reeled in since I want to see how the whole thing fairs out and for all of the perfect gentlemen to find their HEA plus I'm holding out for a miracle to happen. We will see.

See full review for All the Rage at: https://toomanybooksnotenoughshelves.... Romy Grey is the girl who cried rape on the sheriff's son. Everyone in the small town of Grebe turns on her when her call goes unfounded. Her best friend now makes it her mission to torture her daily and Romy needs a life outside of the small town and her high school. She takes a job at a diner that's on the border, where no one knows her story and she makes friends there. It's looking good for her and a guy named Leon, when one night - the night of the biggest party for seniors - her ex best friend Penny walks in and sits at her booth. She heard from another girl about what the sheriff's son did to her, and she knows now that she was wrong to not believe in Romy. But Romy, in denial still about the events, denies and tells her to leave. But she leaves too, and winds up at the party. However, she wakes up the next morning on the side of the road with a police officer and no memory of what happened the night before and they tell her that she had been missing, and she's not the only one. Penny is too.

thank goodness answers to most of my frantic questions :-) sigh

I really liked this little murder mystery, primarily because of the protagonist -- she is a wreck, but a well-meaning one. Kept me in suspense until about two-thirds of the way through, when it became obvious who was responsible for the crime. Definitely a fast-paced read.

** spoiler alert ** I listened to the audio, narrated by Simon Prebble. There has never been a better title for a book. It is truly incredible what the men endured over the two years of the expedition. Several things stood out to me. One was the reported attitude of the crew. Even though they struggled and had their ups and downs, it was said that they complained very little and generally got along well. They obeyed orders and shared. For example, one morning, one of the men spilled his ration of powdered milk. There wasn't enough water ration to make more for him. One by one, each of the other men around him gave him a bit of their milk so that he would have something to drink. Another thing that stood out to me was the sheer miracle of their survival. The number of times the ice split under their feet, that they nearly ran out of food, that the weather was terrible, that waves overwhelmed their boats, that they managed to land on a tiny island in the middle of nowhere in the midst of reefs and glaciers and wind that changed directions and often was not in agreement with the ocean currents, that there was a way to survive there until help could arrive. I still can't get my head around the journey of the James Caird from Elephant Island to South Georgia. Through all of the struggle and hardship, they didn't lose a single man. A truly remarkable story and beautifully read by Simon Prebble.

I'm not sure how to rate this book. I am all for a slow burn, build up romance...but this was like molasses on a cold day, I mean for the love of all things holy - Get. On. With. It!!!! The thriller aspect of the book was decent, but I felt like it was a little underdeveloped, ending rushed? Not sure how I want to describe it. Hunter, the H, was likable enough while the h, Ev was bearable at most. The friends Griffith and Sam were much more enjoyable through the book. This was a freebie from amazon, so I don't want to complain too much...better than some stuff I have read lately!

twas not bad...it reminded me of my best friend though....took a week to read it...it however lacks some literature boost..twas a good trial

The premise of this book is obviously super cool, and I did enjoy all the literary references and little surprises scattered throughout. I appreciated the humorous bits at the conclusion of each chapter skewering how racist, sexist, and prudish the Victorians were. And whether or not she's a true feminist icon, I've always loved Mina, so I loved that she was not only one of the gentlemen, but the very best of them (a la Dracula). On the whole, though, this fell flat for me. I can't say I found either story terribly compelling, and there felt like so many missed opportunities for more meaningful character and relationship development. Maybe that's not the point; these stories are necessarily and purposefully derivative. But, like, shouldn't it be FUN to read about the Victorian equivalent of the Avengers? Especially given that they're much more edgy and the times much more fraught? For me, it wasn't. Finally, I don't care about the time period or the undercurrent of snark and satire running through the book. The rapes--or, more accurately, the handling of the rapes--that bookend this story bothered me. It was tough to purge the sour taste from mouth during and after reading. All in all, I'm glad I read it, if only to check another Alan Moore graphic novel off my list and to get inspired to read more of the novels these characters have been plucked from.

I'd never heard of this book until I was looking at reviews here for Little Big, and many people mentioned this work as being a likely inspiration for that one. I wasn't expecting my local library to have a copy, but they did, so I decided to check it out and fell in love. This is truly a meeting of the mundane and the mystical, and, without giving too much away, the ending does nothing to spoil that feeling. I only wish there were other books by this author in print so I could read some more like this.

This is such a great series, I cannot stress enough! Celaena isn't just bad-ass, she's a 18 year old assassin and kills whomever she wants. I like her. After being set up, the series-long mystery, by a mystery person, she gets caught trying to take revenge on the man who killed her love, Sam. Safe to say the government put her in jail, or in Maas's world, Endovier. After a year of being treated like a slave, Celaena gets an offer of compete in a royal competition to become the King's personal assassin. Obviously, with her background and reputation from being trained by the most deadliest assassin there is known, the King's son, Dorian, thinks Celaena is the perfect winner. He's not wrong, she'd probably be my first pick as well. At first, when I started reading this book, I automatically thought this was going to be a love-sick triangle and romance book. I mean, it is a love triangle, but romance book? Not even close. Maas pulls out all of her cards in this one and delivers an amazing story about how love, desperation and death can all coincide with each other and it was bloody fantastic! As cringey as love triangles are, this was done in moderation thank god. I felt like it would be an insult towards Celaena if this series turned into a 'romantic fight for love' type of book. I can fully say that it is not, having read all 4 books that are out currently. Celaena is true to her description and is indeed an assassin at heart, obviously out of practice from her year at Endovier, the captain of the guard, Chaol, helps her out and makes a connection with her. Even though she's already spending time with the infamous Prince Dorian, Chaol's bestfriend, Celaena finds herself in a pickle that doesn't concern life or death for once. She even makes a friend that was totally unexpected, Nehemia, the Eyllwe princess. They actually get on great and she even helps Celaena open up a bit about her past, which helps us as readers to connect with our main protagonist. Lots of teasing happens in this book where multiple times I'd wish I was Celaena. Yet other times, so much gruesome stuff happens to her and you really feel for her because yes, she may be a killer but when we find out what happens in her past.... She really doesn't deserve half the bad crap that's done to her. The ending had a huge shock, 2 actually. The first was heartbreaking and I could feel the tears coming to my eyes just reading it and the second, the final battle. No need to say that there was an epic scene and so brilliantly described, it was a pleasure to read it. In conclusion, the first novel in the Throne of Glass series was amazing and the perfect intro to the rest of what happens to Celaena, Chaol, Dorian and other new characters we meet on the way! IF you liked this review, check out more on my blog where I review YA and other genre books!! http://keepcalmandloveboooks.blogspot.ca

Entertaining enough that I'll read #3 but a little "Twilighty" for me.

A MUST READ! I groped for words to describe "Toad's Museum of Freaks and Wonders." Astounding. Original. Funny. Breathtaking. Engrossing. This was the best I could come up with: Goldie Goldbloom's novel is simply the freshest most absorbing debut I've read in years. Gin Toad's life in the Australian outback is a mere existence. Years earlier, Mr. Toad's proposal of marriage offered her only possible escape from the mental hospital in Perth where she had been confined by her family. Dwelling on her husband's subsistence farm, shunned by the locals both for her albinism and her bourgeois sophistication, she has long realized her mistake, having merely traded one prison for another. Abandoning her passion for the piano and any hope for a fulfilling life, she steels herself raising her and Toad's two surviving children, even as she mourns for, and is haunted by, the one that died. The novel opens in 1943. Gin's bleak emotional quarantine is breached when the Australian government sends two Italian POWs to serve the Toads as farm labor. Antonio, banished from the family he loves, sets his sights on Gin, even as she, never having known what it is to be truly desired, finds herself overwhelmed by passion for this dark, brooding, fellow exile. Likewise, the other POW John evokes in her husband thoughts long repressed. If this sounds like the setup for a vanilla romance novel, rest assured that this isn't that book. Goldbloom's clarity of language, her dark humor, as well as her gift for plot and character, take this book someplace else entirely. That this is her debut novel, makes it all the more extraordinary. Gin's acid soaked narrative voice possesses a revealing intimacy, taking us along as she is pulled like a rag doll between despair and hope. Her malapropistic husband Toad, stout, diminutive, and a proud collector of women's corsets, stands out as the sort of finely crafted character that will dwell in readers' minds for a long, long time. And this is plainly Goldbloom's gift: characters so beautifully written and a setting so vivid, that one never feels the shadow of a hovering authorial presence; no, I found myself wholly absorbed in her story, a place and people superbly rendered and perfectly captivating. As with the best fiction, the writer of this work turns invisible, adding to the magic of the reading experience. In short, "Toad's Museum of Freaks and Wonders" is the sort of book you will find yourself buying for friends, telling everyone you meet that they have to read, wanting desperately to talk about, a book in the vein of debuts like "Life of Pi" and "A Fraction of the Whole." Yes, it is that extraordinary.

A much longer review to come, but I really enjoyed this book. It isn't perfect, but I think it was a bit refreshing to see a YA author take a chance with something that is a bit 'unique'. There is certainly room for it to be controversial given the Middle East culture/setting, but in a genre that is overrun with carbon copy books of each other this was refreshing. There were some parts that were predictable - it wasn't outright surprising that certain things happened, but it was just unique enough to keep me reading and not want to stop.

What can I say it's just essential reading. It also serves as a really good primer for learning numbers with your children. I've read this story to all of my kids and I remember having it myself as a child. Some stories are simply timeless and this is one of them. Happy Reading

Lavinia, like Helen of Troy, is a woman of epic poetry, over whom wars are fought. Given little to say in The Aeneid, she blossoms in her own story. I thought it was interesting how Le Guin creates a character who is aware that she is the creation of a poet, but lives her life to the fullest. A great read.

4.5 stars. I was instantly intrigued by the concept, but also totally skeptical of the quality of execution. Fortunately my skepticism was unwarranted, as Horrorstor is solid, page-turning fun.

sometimes I just need something spicy to make me smile. Ironic is delightful and DELICIOUS, can't wait for the next installment.

Gischler seems annoyingly uninterested in writing a comic about Angel and Faith, because here they're separated once more. Angel is over playing in Buffy, so the first three issues of this collection are actually Angel & Fred. And, they're pretty mediocre: a fight against vampires in a high school. Where have I heard that one before? The volume picks ups little bit in the last half, when we get our heroes back together, but there's unfortunately a pretty massive lack of closure. We just get the start of a story, not its end. The one thing I do appreciate about this volume is how deftly it moves the major plot over from Buffy to here ... but otherwise it's not particularly great.

At first,I thought this book was too silly; but the more I read the more I liked it. Fast paced and just the thing to read when you are not feeling good.

love it! Text and art...all perfect!

I wish I could do this review without making any reference to Gone Girl, but being honest, it's probably very likely that without Gone Girl I wouldn't even know who Gillian Flynn was. If you're looking for the mind bending twists and turns of Gone Girl that tend to give you whiplash, you may be a bit disappointed. That being said, wow this story is twisted. There are so many wtf moments that it almost feels like I'm reading a V.C. Andrews novel, which lucky for me, I'm a fan of. Personally, I am very intrigued by stories (real or imagined) dealing with psychopaths, the crazier the better, and I think that's where Flynn really excels. She's got a knack for creating these totally off the wall characters that pull you into their world just out of sheer curiosity for their minds. I've always found psychological thrillers to be the scariest stories, being that it's all related to diseases of the mind, that really could happen to anyone, just as likely as any other disease. I was fairly impressed with how well she balanced the absurdity of the story with the idea of "hey, this could actually happen."

entertaining - romance and mystery, always a good combo.

Mouais mouais j'ai mis un 3 parce que je n'ai pas deteste ma lecture, mais bon c'est une pale copie du premier tome, sans vraiment de trame de fou... les deux personnages sont attachants mais le schema et leur caractere (2 dominants) etaient le meme que pour Trey et Taryn du coup bah les memes scenes, les memes envies, les memes expressions... une deception

I just love Neil Gaiman. Anything he writes, I just love, I can't help it. Add in the fact that this was narrated by him? PURE GOLD, BABY. The only thing that disappointed me a little, was that I'd read and/or heard, a lot of these. Not gonna lie, I felt a little cheated. But then again, I am book-greedy. GIVE ME MOARRR. Despite all this, I loved it.

9th&up. Rather unimpressive beginning, but does picks up a bit later. Starts off like a first draft of Twilight- a mysterious boy saves a girl from being run over by a car in the school parking lot and then denies his heroics. He has a secret and a dark side that keeps him aloof from the general population, but the heroine is drawn to him reagrdless. There's even a scene where Camelia and Ben get paired up as lab partners in Chemistry. After the first third of Twilight-by-numbers writing, the latter part of the book does get a little interesting; what with Ben's ability being revealed, the "who can you trust" game and a stalker with evil plans for our scared heroine. All told- not terrible, but not all that much to recommend it either.

Teil 1 fand ich besser, aber auch Teil 2 ist immer noch sehr lesenswert, auch fur heutige Padagog*innen. Und es erganzt Teil 1 so schon und erweitert es um weitere Facetten. Besonders in Erinnerung geblieben ist mir die Antwort des Doktors auf Heidis naive Weltsicht in Hinblick darauf, dass immer alles zum Guten gewendet wird, wenn man nur genug wartet und darum bittet. Eine Weltsicht, die der Doktor dem Kind neiden muss - denn ihm ist etwas so Schlimmes passiert, dass eine solche Weltsicht ihm wie Hohn erscheinen muss. Klaras Genesung ging mir etwas zu schnell, aber andererseits wird in "Heidi" die Zeit extrem gerafft beim Erzahlen, sodass auch langere Prozesse innerhalb weniger Seiten abgehandelt werden. Da fand ich, wie gesagt, Teil 1 auch vom Tempo her ausgewogener.