October 2019 Reading Wrap-Up

Betrayed by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
(House of Night, book 2)
Rating:  ★★☆☆☆ – it was ok
Review:  No
Format:  Print
Reading Dates:  September 28 – October 1
Read Count:  1
Favorite Thing:  I’ve been enjoying my casual liveblog of the series.
Least Favorite Thing:  Every non-homosexual male she encounters instantly wants to bone her like…why? It better be some magical power because otherwise I refuse to accept it as remotely logical.

Guys I’m just… I’m so…

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Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
(Sookie Stackhouse, book 6)
Rating:  ☆☆ – liked it
Review:  No
Format:  Print
Reading Dates:  October 1 – 3
Read Count:  1
Favorite Thing:  SOOKIE FINALLY FOUND OUT THAT BILL IS TRASH GOD I HOPE THAT MEANS SHE’S DONE WITH HIM NOW
Least Favorite Thing:  Do these people have any control over their libidos??

I am really enjoying these books and I get more and more surprised by that every time I finish one lol

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All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
(Sookie Stackhouse, book 7)
Rating:  ★★★☆☆ – liked it
Review:  No
Format:  Print
Reading Dates:  October 3 – 6
Read Count:  1
Favorite Thing:  lol Everything was so ridiculous I loved it so much.
Least Favorite Thing:  REALLY THERE’S A BOMB THREAT AND YOU DON’T FIND THE MYSTERIOUS SUITCASE EVEN REMOTELY SUSPICIOUS???

To be honest this book didn’t leave as much of an impression as the others, but I still enjoyed it.

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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
(Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, book 1)
Rating:  ★★★★☆ – really liked it
Review:  No
Format:  Print
Reading Dates:  October 7 – 8
Read Count:  3
Favorite Thing:  Creepy Hollowgast descriptions.
Least Favorite Thing:  Stupid movie cover kept making me think about the stupid movie.

I really wish I had a different copy of this book…

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Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
(Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, book 2)
Rating:  ★★★★☆ – really liked it
Review:  No
Format:  Print
Reading Dates:  October 9 – 12
Read Count:  3
Favorite Thing:  They BONDED lol I can’t believe how cute I find that shit.
Least Favorite Thing:  The kids met a lot of annoying people/animals in this book.

I totally forgot about the twist at the end! How could I forget that!?

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Chosen by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
(House of Night, book 3)
Rating:  ★★☆☆☆ – it was ok
Review:  No
Format:  Print
Reading Dates:  October 13 – 17
Read Count:  1
Favorite Thing:  Aphrodite is my problematic fave.
Least Favorite Thing:  Three boyfriends. Hey, did you know Zoey has three boyfriends. Zoey has three boyfriends, by the way. THREE BOYFRIENDS.

Literally how many more times did they mention that she had three boyfriends and the publisher was like “please edit some of these out” because they mentioned that shit A LOT.

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Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
(Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, book 3)
Rating:  ★★★★☆ – really liked it
Review:  No
Format:  Print
Reading Dates:  October 17 – 22
Read Count:  2
Favorite Thing:  STILL JACOBS HOLLOWS
Least Favorite Thing:  Jacob’s parents are rude. Like even if he was mentally ill, that is not how you should treat mentally ill people…

Now I can finally get around to reading Map of Days!

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From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
(Sookie Stackhouse, book 8)
Rating:  ★★★☆☆ – liked it
Review:  No
Format:  Print
Reading Dates:  October 23 – 24
Read Count:  1
Favorite Thing:  ERIC REMEMBERS AND NOW HE’S CALLING HER “LOVER” AGAIN AND ALSO I AM TRASH
Least Favorite Thing:  I actually can’t think of anything I didn’t like this time around…

I’m enjoying this series more and more the further it gets from being anything like the tv series lol But seriously this junk food series is definitely one I recommend.

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A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris
(Sookie Stackhouse, Novellas)
Rating:  ★★★☆☆ – liked it
Review:  No
Format:  Print
Reading Dates:  October 20 – 24
Read Count:  1
Favorite Thing:  The Christmas one had me dying laughing! What a gift!
Least Favorite Thing:  The joke of “Bubba” is getting a bit old…

I hadn’t even realized there were novellas with this series so I had to go back and get them from the library… Oops.

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Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
(Sookie Stackhouse, book 9)
Rating:  ★★★☆☆ – liked it
Review:  No
Format:  Print
Reading Dates:  October 24 – 31
Read Count:  1
Favorite Thing:  lol Accidental marriage.
Least Favorite Thing:  Arlene, I think. That kind of hate just strikes me as worse than all the supernatural stuff that happened, especially given their friendship previously.

I’m like four books from the end of the series! Oh crap!

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In Progress

gawd they mentioned that she had marks that “no fledgling or adult vampire has ever had” 6 times in just the first 12 chapters (thats when i stopped counting) like we get it already pls calm down

September 2019 Reading Wrap-Up

Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge
(Cruel Beauty Universe, book 1)
Rating:  ★★☆☆☆ – it was ok
Review:  Yes
Format:  Print
Reading Dates:  September 2 – 4
Read Count:  1
Favorite Thing:  Um… Blended fairytales.
Least Favorite Thing:  I rolled my eyes so many times I gave myself a headache.

I had been meaning to read this for at least a year and I grabbed it because I wanted a quick, easy read. It was quick, but it was a little too boring to be “easy” to read. It wasn’t a bad book, it just didn’t meet it’s potential. Check out my review for more details (link above).

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Green by Jay Lake
(Green Universe, book 1)
Rating:  ★★☆☆☆ – it was ok
Review:  No
Format:  Print
Reading Dates:  September 5 – 12
Read Count:  1
Favorite Thing:  This quote lol
Least Favorite Thing:  Descriptions ad nauseam…

I read this for a Travelling Book Project I’m participating in as part of a discord book club. It took me a while to get used to the writing style, but once I did I moved through it pretty well. I just didn’t enjoy the actual plot (once the plot actually started) and the way it went from non-magical to magical fantasy out of almost nowhere…

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Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
(Sookie Stackhouse, book 2)
Rating:  ★★★☆☆ – liked it
Review:  No
Format:  Print
Reading Dates:  September 13 – 14
Read Count:  1
Favorite Thing:  I just… I just… I just liiiiike it…
Least Favorite Thing:  Um. I hate Bill.

This book is just such Junk Food. I honestly don’t know why I even read this one after the first one. It’s not my style of novel at all, but I just like the trash I don’t know y’all.

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Marked by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
(House of Night, book 1)
Rating:  ★★☆☆☆ – it was ok
Review:  No
Format:  Print
Reading Dates:  September 14 – 17
Read Count:  1
Favorite Thing:  Interesting vampire lore.
Least Favorite Thing:  Um… The protag was just soooo OP…

I had trouble connecting to the main character because she was so mentally young. This is not technically a bad thing though, because she was young and this was the first YA book in a while where I’ve actually felt like the protag was their age.

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Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
(Sookie Stackhouse, book 3)
Rating:  ★★★☆☆ – liked it
Review:  No
Format:  Print
Reading Dates:  September 17 – 18
Read Count:  1
Favorite Thing:  I’m Eric trash…
Least Favorite Thing:  Bill was barely even “on screen” (so to speak) and I still had to hear about him every ten seconds.

DAMMIT SOOKIE GET OVER BILL YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY FREAKISHLY HOT DUDES WHO WOULD KILL FOR YOU (literally) AND BILL IS SO FUCKING BORING, GIRL!

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Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
(Sookie Stackhouse, book 4)
Rating:  ★★★☆☆ – liked it
Review:  No
Format:  Print
Reading Dates:  September 19 – 21
Read Count:  1
Favorite Thing:  Debbie finally got abjured lol
Least Favorite Thing:  Does she have to break down every time she kills someone? I mean isn’t she used to that by now?

Honestly I’m trash for these books. This is not even my genre. I hate romance books so much, but I cannot stop with these. I bought all the ones the used bookstore had!

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Uninvited by Amanda Marrone
Rating:  ★★☆☆☆ – it was ok
Review:  No
Format:  Print
Reading Dates:  September 25 – 26
Read Count:  1
Favorite Thing:  Teamwork makes the dream work.
Least Favorite Thing:  Are there any normal parents in this town? It’s only helicopter parents or parents who give zero fucks…

I have had this on my shelves for years and I thought it was about time I got around to reading it. I don’t know why I didn’t do it before, it wasn’t exactly a hard read…

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When She Hollers by Cynthia Voigt
Rating:  ★★★★☆ – really liked it
Review:  No
Format:  Print
Reading Dates:  September 26
Read Count:  1
Favorite Thing:  I like how it ends hopefully, but we never actually see the resolution of her story.
Least Favorite:  Never got to see her stab the creep…

I am a major Cynthia Voigt fan and I realized one day that I had somehow missed this book! How could I have missed this book? No idea! But I had to get my hands on it asap and read it.

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Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
(Sookie Stackhouse, book 5)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ – liked it

Review:  No
Format:  Print
Reading Dates:  September 26 – 28
Read Count:  1
Favorite Thing:  Sookie calling the various men on their bullshit.
Least Favorite Thing:  Why is she constantly horny? Are normal humans this horny all the time??

I am utter trash for the Sookie Stackhouse books. I know they aren’t good and I don’t even like this genre, but I cannot stop with this series. Help? lol

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In Progress

can i just say i saw this coming with neferet almost a mile off

she was too perfect to be true in book 1 and then with the whole “definitely ghosts not obviously evil vampire things” bit it was so obvious