tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47337166104591601212024-03-06T02:57:49.696-05:00Young Adult Sci-Fi and Fantasy BlogA blog reviewing Young Adult Sci-Fi and Fantasy books.Aurorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02488500998205873746noreply@blogger.comBlogger370125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733716610459160121.post-11911356640430644462013-03-06T08:00:00.000-05:002013-03-06T08:00:15.681-05:00Waiting on Wednesday: When We Wake by Karen Healey<center>
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When We Wake by Karen Healey</h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;">February 21st 2013</span><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span></center>
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<b><i><span id="freeText16482320217009573114"><i>My name is Tegan Oglietti, and on the last day of my first lifetime, I was so, so happy.</i></span></i></b><br />
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</i>Sixteen-year-old Tegan is just like every other girl living
in 2027--she's happiest when playing the guitar, she's falling in love
for the first time, and she's joining her friends to protest the wrongs
of the world: environmental collapse, social discrimination, and
political injustice.<br />But on what should have been the best day of
Tegan's life, she dies--and wakes up a hundred years in the future,
locked in a government facility with no idea what happened.</span></i><br />
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<i><span id="freeText16482320217009573114">Tegan is
the first government guinea pig to be cryonically frozen and
successfully revived, which makes her an instant celebrity--even though
all she wants to do is try to rebuild some semblance of a normal life.
But the future isn't all she hoped it would be, and when appalling
secrets come to light, Tegan must make a choice: Does she keep her head
down and survive, or fight for a better future?</span></i><br />
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<i><span id="freeText16482320217009573114">Award-winning author
Karen Healey has created a haunting, cautionary tale of an inspiring
protagonist living in a not-so-distant future that could easily be our
own.</span></i></blockquote>
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Kinda sounds like Pearson's Fox series crossed with Revis' Universe series. I think it sounds like a good combination!<i><br /></i><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p> </p>
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<i><span id="freeText6404244985442146459"><b><i>Love or life.<br />Henry or their child.<br />The end of her family or the end of the world.<br />Kate must choose.</i></b><br /><br />During
nine months of captivity, Kate Winters has survived a jealous goddess, a
vengeful Titan and a pregnancy she never asked for. Now the Queen of
the Gods wants her unborn child, and Kate can't stop her--until Cronus
offers a deal.<br /><br />In exchange for her loyalty and devotion, the King
of the Titans will spare humanity and let Kate keep her child. Yet even
if Kate agrees, he'll destroy Henry, her mother and the rest of the
council. And if she refuses, Cronus will tear the world apart until
every last god and mortal is dead.<br /><br />With the fate of everyone she
loves resting on her shoulders, Kate must do the impossible: find a way
to defeat the most powerful being in existence, even if it costs her
everything.<br /><br />Even if it costs her eternity.</span></i></blockquote>
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I can't wait for the conclusion of this great series!<i><br /></i><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p> </p>
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<i><span id="freeText5261212070170066416">Four nearly identical
girls on a desert island. An unexpected new arrival. A gently warped
near future where nothing is quite as it seems.<br /><br />Veronika.
Caroline. Isobel. Eleanor. One blond, one brunette, one redhead, one
with hair black as tar. Four otherwise identical girls who spend their
days in sync, tasked to learn. But when May, a very different kind of
girl—the lone survivor of a recent shipwreck—suddenly and mysteriously
arrives on the island, an unsettling mirror is about to be held up to
the life the girls have never before questioned.<br /><br />Sly and
unsettling, Gordon Dahlquist’s timeless and evocative storytelling blurs
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An interesting premise and a great girls' book, reminds me of Beauty Queens!<i><br /></i><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p> </p>
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This was one of the big surprises for me out of the Cybils. I'm not big into Amish stories and I hate horror, so the combination sounded really distasteful. And, I have to say, on some level it was. My horror hate did come through a bit. However, it really stuck with me as a good read, and I was still having nightmares a week later through all the other books I was reading so my subconscious really latched onto it as a chilling thing!<br />
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The concept of this book is great: what happens to Amish society during the apocalypse? And what happens to a smart Amish girl who is questioning her faith and her elders? Katie is a great narrator and a very well-built character, showing us her humanity and her faith at the same time. Katie is very conflicted between preserving her way of life by not going against the elders and preserving her way of life by learning what's out there and how to keep it away from their community. This conflict is great, and serves as a driving plot that really kicks up the drama, especially for such a short read. The pacing is good, and although the romance seems very fast and a little forced, I went with it because Alex is such a well-rounded character. The mechanics of the apocalypse are really well done (and I really want to say more about how awesome they are, but I can't without spoiling you!). I was so enchanted and scared out of my pants that I read this book all in one sitting and then couldn't sleep. I think any horror fan will find it as wonderful as I did.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><p> </p>
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Hello Everyone! A big thank you to Aurora for hosting me
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so much about the craft from this long-running series. Most books I’ve read
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ultimate dystopia. It’s dark and bleak and brutal, but beautifully written and
tragically ended. It doesn’t surprise me in the least that McCarthy won a
Pulitzer for it. It was just that awesome and, in my humble opinion, you
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tend to be inspired by all of Asimov’s work, but I read this one just prior to
writing Persistence of Vision and was totally enthralled by it. Unfortunately,
it ends with a promise of a sequel that Asimov never got around to writing, so
I don’t often recommend it because it’s just so disappointing not to have a
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<i><span id="freeText2121628725158430445">Cinder returns in the second thrilling installment of the <em>New York Times</em>-bestselling
Lunar Chronicles. She’s trying to break out of prison—even though if
she succeeds, she’ll be the Commonwealth’s most wanted fugitive.<br /><br />Halfway
around the world, Scarlet Benoit’s grandmother is missing. It turns out
there are many things Scarlet doesn’t know about her grandmother and
the grave danger she has lived in her whole life. When Scarlet
encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information as to her
grandmother’s whereabouts, she has no choice but to trust him, though he
clearly has a few dark secrets of his own.<br /><br />As Scarlet and Wolf
work to unravel one mystery, they find another when they cross paths
with Cinder. Together, they must stay one step ahead of the vicious
Lunar Queen who will do anything to make Prince Kai her husband, her
king, her prisoner.</span></i></blockquote>
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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10626594-the-scorpio-races" target="_blank">The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater</a><br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7766027-i-hunt-killers" target="_blank">I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga</a><br />
Ratters by Daniel Krause<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/series/45732-the-secrets-of-the-immortal-nicholas-flamel" target="_blank">Nicholas Flamel series</a><br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12394100-seraphina" target="_blank">Seraphina by Rachel Hartmann</a><br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/series/58843-tales-from-the-sinister-city" target="_blank">Tales from the Sinister Cities by Higgins</a><br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6457229-the-monstrumologist" target="_blank">The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey</a><br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6050678-leviathan" target="_blank">Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld</a><br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/30033.Justine_Larbalestier" target="_blank">Justine Larbalestier</a><br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8490112-daughter-of-smoke-bone" target="_blank">Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Lainey Taylor</a><br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5550882-flora-s-fury" target="_blank">Flora's Fury by Ysabeau Wilce</a><br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13056868-vessel" target="_blank">Vessel by Sarah Beth Durst</a><br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47970.Jumper" target="_blank">Jumper by Stephen Gould</a><br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10798418-why-we-broke-up" target="_blank">Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler</a><br />
Ready Player One by Ernst Kline<br />
Dresden Files<br />
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card<br />
Dragonriders of Pern<br />
Gilman - Lunabooks<br />
CE. Murphy - Lunabooks<br />
Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder<br />
Incarceron by Katherine Fisher<br />
Gregory the Overlander by Collins<br />
The Shattering by Karen Healey<br />
Planesrunner by Ian McDonald<br />
Wolfmark by Bruchae<br />
Pseudonymous Bosch<br />
Terry Pratchett<br />
Mothership by Leicht and Neal<br />
The Dead Trilogy by LeGuin<br />
Patricia McKillip<br />
Don Kurtz<br />
Touch of Frost by Jennifer Estep<br />
Demon Trappers by Jana Oliver<br />
Of Blood and Honey by Steina Leicht<br />
And All the Stars by Andrea K. Host<br />
Kronos Chronicles - Ursu<br />
Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake<br />
Every Other Day by Jennifer Lynn Barnes<br />
How to Say Goodbye in Robot by Natalie Standoferd<div class="blogger-post-footer"><p> </p>
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<i><span id="freeText4795845026488940071">In Cory Doctorow’s
wildly successful Little Brother, young Marcus Yallow was arbitrarily
detained and brutalized by the government in the wake of a terrorist
attack on San Francisco—an experience that led him to become a leader of
the whole movement of technologically clued-in teenagers, fighting back
against the tyrannical security state. <br /><br />A few years later,
California's economy collapses, but Marcus’s hacktivist past lands him a
job as webmaster for a crusading politician who promises reform. Soon
his onetime girlfriend Masha emerges from the political underground to
gift him with a thumbdrive containing a Wikileaks-style cable-dump of
hard evidence of corporate and governmental perfidy. It’s incendiary
stuff—and if Masha goes missing, Marcus is supposed to release it to the
world. Then Marcus sees Masha being kidnapped by the same government
agents who detained and tortured Marcus years earlier.<br /><br />Marcus can
leak the archive Masha gave him—but he can’t admit to being the leaker,
because that will cost his employer the election. He’s surrounded by
friends who remember what he did a few years ago and regard him as a
hacker hero. He can’t even attend a demonstration without being dragged
onstage and handed a mike. He’s not at all sure that just dumping the
archive onto the Internet, before he’s gone through its millions of
words, is the right thing to do.<br /><br />Meanwhile, people are beginning
to shadow him, people who look like they’re used to inflicting pain
until they get the answers they want. <br /><br />Fast-moving, passionate,
and as current as next week, Homeland is every bit the equal of Little
Brother—a paean to activism, to courage, to the drive to make the world a
better place.</span></i></blockquote>
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This sounds even more complicated and deadly than Little Brother!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><p> </p>
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<i><span id="freeText17037922682447911616">June and Day arrive in
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son Anden takes his place. With the Republic edging closer to chaos, the
two join a group of Patriot rebels eager to help Day rescue his brother
and offer passage to the Colonies. They have only one request—June and
Day must assassinate the new Elector.<br /><br />It’s their chance to change the nation, to give voice to a people silenced for too long. <br /><br />But
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by the choice ahead. What if Anden is a new beginning? What if
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I loved Legend, and I hope this book takes just as many risks and is just as good!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><p> </p>
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<i>Sixteen-year-old Neryn is alone in the land of Alban, where the oppressive king has ordered anyone with magical strengths captured and brought before him. Eager to hide her own canny skill—a uniquely powerful ability to communicate with the fairy-like Good Folk—Neryn sets out for the legendary Shadowfell, a home and training ground for a secret rebel group determined to overthrow the evil King Keldec.
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It's odd, because I usually adore Juliet Marillier's books, and yet this one wasn't a slam dunk for me. It was certainly better than most, but it just didn't have that absorbing quality I've come to expect. Perhaps that's from the romance. It hung on such tenuous assumptions I often wanted to shake Neryn and say "Just talk to each other darnit!" I mean, I know Neryn is young, but you'd think after a few times she'd get the point. She just kept making the same dumb mistake, though, while skating through all the other challenges presented to her (another slight problem, she seemed a little overpowered in the virtue department, her 'tests' didn't give her much problem). This was really the only character issue I could see. The other characters we meet are well developed for their time on stage. The pacing was slow in spots, but not too bad. I could probably have overlooked the pacing issues if it weren't for the repetitiveness of the plot. Neryn's relationship I trust him / I don't trust him / I trust him flip-flops probably accounted for a lot of that feeling. It got a little better towards the end when there were new characters other than Flint to interact with, but the issues were still there. I think the biggest problem, though, is that Marillier is too used to writing for adults. The book felt like a good START to a great novel, but it didn't really have time to develop into something really juicy, and it didn't tighten up like a YA usually does. I think fans of epic fantasy will like this one, especially if they can read the whole series at once. As for me, I'll pick up the next book in the series to see if the spark of promise pays off.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><p> </p>
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<i><span id="freeText645807781578225777"><b>Three levels. Two
loves. One choice. Debut novelist, Lenore Appelhans has written a
thrilling otherworldly young adult novel about a place that exists
between our world (Level 1) and what comes after life (Level 2).</b><br /><br />'I
pause to look around the hive - all the podlike chambers are lit up as
the drones shoot up on memories ... I've wanted to get out of here
before, but now the tight quarters start to choke me. There has to be
more to death than this.'<br /><br />Felicia Ward is dead. Trapped in a
stark white afterlife limbo, she spends endless days replaying memories,
of her family, friends, boyfriend ... and of the guy who broke her
heart. The guy who has just broken into Level 2 to find her.<br /><br />Felicia
learns that a rebellion is brewing, and it seems she is the key.
Suspended between heaven and earth, she must make a choice. Between two
worlds, two lives and two loves.</span></i></blockquote>
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I love anthologies, and this one about dystopians has been calling my name for quite a while. I hope to get to it today!<br />
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I was so heartbroken when this book came out in the middle of Cybils because I wanted to read it SO BAD!!! Now I get to :D<br />
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This one has come out very recently, but it's still tops on my list because the Mythos Academy books are so fun!<br />
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I loved Little Brother so much that this was pushed to the top of my list.<br />
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I don't know how I skipped over this book in my Cybils reading, but I can't wait to get back to it!<br />
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Another Cybils book I just didn't get around to. I love the Asian lead and the cover is beautiful!<br />
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Libba Bray and a 20's theme? I'm so in!<br />
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I love short story anthologies because you get to sample so many different authors and styles. With these authors how could I resist<br />
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Another anthology, this time about paranormal love. More great names that I love, too :D<br />
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Copyright(c) 2010-2013 yasff.blogspot.com</div>Aurorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02488500998205873746noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733716610459160121.post-39138191473628471832013-01-04T08:00:00.000-05:002013-01-04T08:00:02.010-05:00Top 10 Most Anticipated 2013 New Authors1.<br />
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I know it's hard to believe, but I've never read any of Brenna's books even though I own all of them. I see a reading marathon in my future!<br />
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It's "Survivor" on a new planet! <br />
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This one doesn't have a cover yet, but I can't resist Wizard of Oz books!<br />
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In a future where teen suicide is considered a disease and the cure is having your memories wiped Sloane and James struggle to express feelings without being thought of as "depressed" and having to go through treatment that will leave them as zombies.<br />
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A Dashner-like plot where boys are playing a deadly "game". <br />
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<i>Elyse knows what it means to keep a secret. She's been keeping secrets her whole life. Two, actually. First, that she ages five times slower than the average person, so that while she looks eighteen years old, she's closer to eighty. Second, that her blood has a mysterious power to heal. For Elyse, these things don't make her special. They make life dangerous. After the death of her parents, she's been careful to keep her secret as closely guarded as possible. Now, only one other person in the world knows about her age and ability. Or so she thinks. Elyse is not the only one keeping secrets. There are others like her all over the world, descendants of the very people the Greeks considered gods. She is one of them, and they have been waiting for her for a long time. Among so many of her kind, she should not be very remarkable--except for the prophecy. Some believe she will put an end to traditions, safeguarded by violence, which have oppressed her people for centuries. Others are determined to keep her from doing just that. But for Elyse, the game is just beginning--and she's not entirely willing to play by their rules.</i></blockquote>
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I think the best word I can choose to describe this book is "standard". Elyse was ok as a developed character, but she kept acting out in the most ridiculous ways, especially for someone that's almost into triple digits in age. The Twilight-esque romance felt forced and the stalkerish abuse of the boyfriend really bugged me. The plot was mainly based on exposition of the secret world of the descendants and their powers, and it often felt as if the author was reveling in her cleverness over the worldbuilding instead of just showing it to us. In all the book felt like a Twilight re-read. If you're into that kind of thing I think you would love this book, but as for me I'll give it and its sequels a pass.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><p> </p>
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I love this series so much! After dealing with anorexia, cutting, alzheimer's, and bullying the series is about to take on a new problem. They're being mysterious as to what it is, but I'm sure I'll love it like the rest!<br />
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Although it didn't make my top lists Shadow and Bone was still a really great read this last year. I love the Russian influences and the unique magic system. The sequel promises to be more of the same!<br />
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<i><span id="freeText11760906841388717994"><b>The greatest warrior in all of the Seven Kingdoms... is a girl with yellow eyes.</b><br /><br />Kira’s
the only female in the king’s army, and the prince’s bodyguard. She’s a
demon slayer and an outcast, hated by nearly everyone in her home city
of Hansong. And, she’s their only hope...<br /><br />Murdered kings and
discovered traitors point to a demon invasion, sending Kira on the run
with the young prince. He may be the savior predicted in the Dragon King
Prophecy, but the missing treasure of myth may be the true key. With
only the guidance of the cryptic prophecy, Kira must battle demon
soldiers, evil shaman, and the Demon Lord himself to find what was once
lost and raise a prince into a king.<br /><br />Intrigue and mystery, ancient lore and action-packed fantasy come together in this heart-stopping first book in a trilogy.</span></i></blockquote>
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Another Cybils gem, this time from this year. I had this book on my wishlist for years, I'm so glad I read it this year!</div>
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This series was a great summer read. I like the powers and limitations the characters have, and how it complicates their lives instead of making them easier.</div>
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Copyright(c) 2010-2013 yasff.blogspot.com</div>Aurorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02488500998205873746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733716610459160121.post-27901604141639524522013-01-01T13:03:00.000-05:002013-01-01T13:03:02.010-05:00Top 10 Books of 2012I had to wait until the Cyblis were announced to post my top 10 list. To make up for it I'm going to post more than 1! Today is Top 10 Books, tomorrow will be Top 10 Series, Thursday will be Top 10 books of 2013, Friday will be Top 10 Debut books of 2013, and Saturday will be Top 10 TBRs.<br />
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Here are the top 10 books I read in 2012:<br />
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I thought this book was pretty close to perfect! Absorbing, beautiful, and great worldbuilding. <br />
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This book had a wonderful strong female lead and a realistic romance. Plus cannibal ponies!<br />
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This book is a great YA military SF book. Those are rare, so I love the guts to do it. Plus, the book is good!<br />
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This gem is thanks to the Cybils judging I did. I love the theory of changing bodies every day, and it brings up wonderful questions of gender and identity.<br />
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The magic in this book is just so original, and I love that it's set in Kansas!<br />
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This was a great sequel that I believe could stand alone as well. There were a lot of court/political intrigue books this year, but I thought this was the best.<br />
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I can't believe I waited this long to read one of Brennan's books! I'm glad I did, though, because this is a gem with a great story.<br />
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This was another Cybils gem. It deals with dragons that can morph into human shape, and the musician Seraphina is caught up in court problems and racial tensions.<br />
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I'm not really a Jane Austen fan, but this retelling was a beautiful dystopian about the benefits and dangers of science and where the line between them truly lies.<br />
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<i>Come for the apocalypse.
Stay for cupcakes.
Die for love.
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Madeleine Cost is working to become the youngest person ever to win the Archibald Prize for portraiture. Her elusive cousin Tyler is the perfect subject: androgynous, beautiful, and famous. All she needs to do is pin him down for the sittings.
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None of her plans factored in the Spires: featureless, impossible, spearing into the hearts of cities across the world – and spraying clouds of sparkling dust into the wind.
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Is it an alien invasion? Germ warfare? They are questions everyone on Earth would like answered, but Madeleine has a more immediate problem. At Ground Zero of the Sydney Spire, beneath the collapsed ruin of St James Station, she must make it to the surface before she can hope to find out if the world is ending.</i></blockquote>
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I'm not sure why, but I just didn't "get" this book. All the pieces were there, but they just didn't fit together somehow. It wasn't the characterization, though. I did enjoy Madeleine and getting to know her and watch her overcome some pretty steep odds. There were other characters I liked, too, especially Noi. However, at times I did have problems telling some of them apart, especially the gang of boys. I also had problems with the nickname usage, there were times when the author would switch to using a nickname without telling you who was being addressed. It took me a while to recognize Emily and Millie as the same person. <br />
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I think my major problem was with the plot. I don't want to spoil too much, but I found the plot very disjointed and random. It starts with the obelisks that land in cities and spew dust everywhere that makes people sick and turns the survivors either green or blue. Later on things happen to the spires, and other events, and it really doesn't connect much to the beginning. There's little foreshadowing of events to come as well, so every plot twist seems very "deus ex machina" with no other purpose than to challenge the cast of characters yet again. The pacing works well, the author has the timing down as to when major events need to happen, I just didn't feel like the events were plausible based on the knowledge given. Too bad, I really wanted to like this book and did love its portrayal of a transsexual and a homosexual relationship.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><p> </p>
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Copyright(c) 2010-2013 yasff.blogspot.com</div>Aurorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02488500998205873746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733716610459160121.post-80871715762986830342012-12-31T16:22:00.002-05:002012-12-31T16:22:39.358-05:00Skylark by Meagan Spooner<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Sixteen-year-old Lark Ainsley has never seen the sky.
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I had high hopes for this book. The premise seemed very interesting and the cover was so pretty that I really wanted to like it. I'm sad that the book didn't live up to my standards, although I think part of that is me building them up too high. The book wasn't a complete disappointment, but it was not much more than average. I think its major problem was in pacing. There were some major lulls where not much happens or some very repetitious events happen for quite a while. I wish they could have been broken up better with twists or some other event. The plotting is bare bones and really could have been thought through a little more. I did like the characterization. Lark was easy to love, and Oren is realistic and consistent even if he is a little harder to identify with. I loved Nix and her development (I dunno why, but Nix is a her). The worldbuilding is solid and consistent, and unlike other reviewers I didn't mind that they never explained the magic or how it works. I guess I'm such a fantasy fan that magic just is and doesn't need a why. The dystopian society, though, was thoroughly realistic, and I felt that the best parts of the book were while Lark was trying to escape her fate there. Afterwards things got rather hazy, and I got frustrated at the lack of direction.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><p> </p>
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Liyana has trained her entire life to be the vessel of a goddess. The goddess will inhabit Liyana’s body and use magic to bring rain to the desert. But Liyana’s goddess never comes. Abandoned by her angry tribe, Liyana expects to die in the desert. Until a boy walks out of the dust in search of her.
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Korbyn is a god inside his vessel, and a trickster god at that. He tells Liyana that five other gods are missing, and they set off across the desert in search of the other vessels. For the desert tribes cannot survive without the magic of their gods. But the journey is dangerous, even with a god’s help. And not everyone is willing to believe the trickster god’s tale.
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I really cannot write enough good about this book. It was amazing. I was engrossed from the first page to the last. Liyana is a great character, and I love how she grows and learns and develops her own viewpoint and uniqueness. Her endpoint is a far cry from her start as a willing sacrifice for her clan, even if the same moral compass guides them both. I also liked the development of Korbyn. He was an interesting concept, a human shell being used to house a god, and he really is torn by the duality of it and how to help people best to make his shell's sacrifice worth it. The plot of this book is great, always moving with just enough rest periods that you're not barreling through action the entire book. It builds suspense well, and the romance is a tiny counterpoint (and although the villain is pretty obvious I love how I couldn't predict the end but once I saw it it totally made sense!). The worldbuilding is where this book really shines, though. From the magic of possession to the world of the gods to the small creatures living in the desert, Durst has filled her new world with a rich history and all the tiny details that make it really worth immersing in. If I had to complain about anything it would be that there were secondary characters that felt underdeveloped, however, there really wasn't a lot of time to work with them either so I forgive it pretty easily. Overall this book has become a favorite and will earn an honored spot on my shelf.<br />
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<i><span id="freeText13283920221939565663"><strong>The greatest warrior in all of the Seven Kingdoms… is a girl with yellow eyes.</strong><br /><br />Kira’s
the only female in the king’s army, and the prince’s bodyguard. She’s a
demon slayer and an outcast, hated by nearly everyone in her home city
of Hansong. And, she’s their only hope…<br /><br />Murdered kings and
discovered traitors point to a demon invasion, sending Kira on the run
with the young prince. He may be the savior predicted in the Dragon King
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face flashed before my eyes—the most hideous face I’d ever seen. No
matter how hard I tried to forget what had happened, I saw him
everywhere I went. It was Loki—the evil god that I’d helped set free
against my will.</i></b><br /><br />I should have known that my first official
date with Logan Quinn was destined to end in disaster. If we’d gotten
into a swordfight, or been ambushed by Reapers, I’d have been more
prepared. But getting arrested mid-sip at the local coffee hangout? I
didn’t see that one coming.<br /><br />I’ve been accused of purposely
helping the Reapers free Loki from his prison—and the person leading the
charge against me is Linus Quinn, Logan’s dad. The worst part is that
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It's pretty clear where I stand on this series (addicted, seriously addicted). I can't wait to unwrap this one, it'll be my best present to myself!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><p> </p>
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