Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Sarah J. Maas
What Are You Reading Wednesdays: April 4, 2018
What Are You Reading Wednesdays #WAYRW is a weekly feature on It’s A Reading Thing. Everyone is welcome to participate.
Grab the book you are currently reading and answer three questions:
- What’s the name of your current read?
- Go to page 34 in your book or 34% in your eBook and share a couple of sentences.
- Would you like to live in the world that exists within your book? Why or why not?
- Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, book 5) by Sarah J. Maas
- And despite the Fae Prince armed beside him, despite the ghost leopard with unsheathed claws sniffing at him, the sight of Aelin’s fire made his face go deathly pale.
- As beautiful as the world seems, it’s just got too much evil for me! No thanks.
Update: Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas
WWW Wednesday: April 4, 2018
Welcome to WWW Wednesday! This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at Should be Reading and revived on Taking on a World of Words. Just answer the three W’s!
The Three Ws are:
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?
Currently Reading: Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, book 5) by Sarah J. Maas
So I’ve been working on this book for like 3 weeks now, which is frustrating since it’s the first one of the series that I haven’t read before, but I feel like I’m finally getting back to making some progress on it.
I’m about a quarter of the way through, and my main thought right now is “oh no, Manon!” so we’ll see where that goes. I’m pretty worried right now.
I’m hoping to finish this within a week so I can move on to the next one.
Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
I’ve only barely started this one, but I’m aiming to take it a chapter or two at a time so I’m doing pretty well.
I learned when I read Persuasion last year that I pay a lot better attention to the minutia of a classic text when I read it really slow. Not to mention, a lot of them have a very dense feeling to them because of how people spoke and wrote at the time, and reading them slow helps to not get sick of that.
So far I’m really liking it, even though nothing much has happened yet. Mostly just a girl met some ladies. But I’ve seen a screen adaptation of this so I know when things will start happening and I’m not discouraged in the least.
Recently Finished: The Twilight Saga // Stephenie Meyer
I hate myself for rereading these, but they served their purpose.
I explained the purpose in this post, but basically I wanted to punish myself for being stuck on Empire of Storms for weeks.
Of course I also had an ulterior motive. That is, I am a lot more likely to make a post complaining about something I hate than I am to make a post about something I like. Because the things I like I’m engrossed in, and the things I hate I want to procrastinate on! So I hoped that reading a book I knew I’d want to complain about would make me blog more.
Oh look, it totally did! Success!
Reading Next: Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass, book 6) by Sarah J. Maas
To be honest, I’m not sure what to expect here so there’s not much to say. I’ve heard both good and bad things, but I’m hopeful.
If anyone has read this and has an opinion I’d love to hear it.
Teaser Tuesday: April 3, 2018
Lysandra approached Ship-Breaker, still lowered under the surface, twirling and arcing, banking alongside rocks as if getting a feel for her new form.
– Sarah J. Maas, Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, book 5), page 310
Version:
Hardcover, 693 pages
Published September 6th 2016 by Bloomsbury Children’s Books
Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, hosted by Ambrosia at The Purple Booker, the weekly Meme that wants you to add books to your TBR, or just share what you are currently reading. It is very easy to play along:
- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! Everyone loves Teaser Tuesday.
March 2018 Reading Wrap-Up
Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas
(Throne of Glass, book 4)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ – liked it
Review: No
Reading Dates: March 3 – 7
Read Count: 2
Favorite Thing: GHOST LEOPARD!!!!
Least Favorite Thing: Chaol’s shit-ass attitude for the first 2/3rds of the book drove me crazy. I mean I think it’s good writing for a character to have flaws and not always be likable, but his change in attitude just seemed so damn sudden and jarring…
This was the last one that was a reread, the rest of the books will be entirely new to me!
My Posts About Queen of Shadows
The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
(The Darkest Minds, book 1)
Rating: ★★★★☆ – really liked it
Review: No
Reading Dates: March 20 – 21
Read Count: 2
Favorite Thing: IT’S OBVIOUSLY ZU. ANYONE WHO CLAIMS OTHERWISE IS A BIG FAT LIAR!
Least Favorite Thing: You-Know-Who with his creepy mind twisty creeps!
I randomly decided to reread this after seeing something about the film version coming out this August and being unable to get the story out of my head. I’m glad I did, I actually enjoyed it more this time around and raised my rating from 3 to 4 stars.
My Posts About The Darkest Minds
Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken
(The Darkest Minds, book 2)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ – liked it
Review: No
Reading Dates: March 21 – 23
Read Count: 2
Favorite Thing: Rrrredssss! (I’m a fan of anything that just sets shit on fire lol)
Least Favorite Thing: I CAN’T SAY IT BECAUSE IT’S A BIG SPOILER, BUT I’M STILL TEARY-EYED ABOUT IT!!!
I’m so happy because I didn’t really get Second Book Syndrome from this one like I did the first time I read the series.
In the Afterlight by Alexandra Bracken
(The Darkest Minds, book 3)
Rating: ★★★★☆ – really liked it
Review: No
Reading Dates: March 24
Read Count: 2
Favorite Thing: SU-ZU-MEEEEEEEE
Least Favorite Thing: The fact that no one just put Clancy out of everyone’s misery…
Oh wow! So I just looked back at my old rating of this book and it was apparently 2 stars??? What??? This series is clearly one that improved with time. I’m really glad I reread it. Hope the films do them justice!
My Posts About In the Afterlight
Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
Rating: ★★★★☆ – really liked it
Review: No
Reading Dates: March 28
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: She is so funny and surprisingly verbose. (I’d never seen her in anything where she was being herself and not acting, so I had no idea her vocabulary was so enjoyably vast. I even learned a new word or two.)
Least Favorite Thing: Um, it ended too soon.
I actually listened to the audiobook version of this book (though I had the physical copy with me to mark quotes and cool words). I am not usually a fan of audiobooks just because they don’t hold my attention all that well, but Anna reading her book was very engaging and I never once lost my concentration even though I was doing other things the whole time. I definitely recommend everyone try the audiobook whether or not they intend to read the physical copy. This is officially one of my top 3 favorite autobiographies so far.
My Posts About Scrappy Little Nobody
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
(Twilight Saga, book 1)
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ – did not like it
Review: No
Reading Dates: March 30 – 31
Read Count: 2
Favorite Thing: It ended.
Least Favorite Thing: Gosh it’s so hard to pick just one… Possibly that fact that she’s like “I should be freaked out that he literally stalks me and breaks into my home on the reg, but I think it’s adoooorable”?
Well considering I set out to reread this specifically as a way of torturing myself into wanting to read better books again… It was exactly as painful as expected and pretty damn effective.
Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer
(Twilight Saga, book 1.5)
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ – did not like it
Review: Yes
Reading Dates: March 31
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: Emmett overacting when he and Edward scheme to get Ben and Angela together. I swear I thought I was reading fanfiction for a minute there, but it was hilarious.
Least Favorite Thing: Eddie-boy is a self-obsessed, uppity lil bitch. Every thought he has is like “oh this human did a thing, but not as well as I do it” and “oh that human had a feeling, but of course it is nowhere as strong as MY emotions”
Welp… What can I say… I kept having to stop and scream into a pillow or rant at my husband so that probably tells you what you need to know right?
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
(Twilight Saga, book 2)
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ – did not like it
Review: No
Reading Dates: March 31 – April 1 (Putting it here, because it was barely after midnight on April 1 that I finished.)
Read Count: 2
Favorite Thing: Edward wasn’t in a good chunk of it. That was nice.
Least Favorite Thing: She still monologued about him the whole time. That was less nice.
I spent a solid 30 minutes just trying to figure out what she could have said to a therapist that would have allowed her to talk openly about the vampire crap without an involuntary psych hold…
In Progress
Twilight Torture
I’ve been stuck in the middle (not even the middle, like 20%) of Empire of Storms for weeks now. I’ve actually read like 4 other books since I got stuck… Which is good, because if I stop reading entirely while I’m stuck I’ll wind up in a full-on slump, but I’m getting really frustrated since I’ve been trying to finish the Throne of Glass series for literal years…
So basically I’ve been thinking about torturing myself.
Sometimes when I’m stuck for things to watch I will watch something really comically bad to sort of reset my brain. And I thought maybe I should try applying the same technique here.
Which brings me to the method of torture: Twilight
I’m not sure I’d even be able to get through one of them because of the cringe factor, but if it works like tv/movies then it might reset my brain and let me get back into Empire of Storms. (Mostly because I would appreciate that it wasn’t Twilight…)
Completed: Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas
February 2018 Reading Wrap-Up
Elske by Cynthia Voigt
(Tales of the Kingdom, book 4)
Rating: ★★★★★
Review: Yes
Reading Dates: January 30 – Feb 5
Read Count: 4
Favorite Thing: Elske just defying everyone’s expectations over and over.
Least Favorite Thing: Beriel’s friendship skills need work.
So now that I’ve finished rereading the Tales of the Kingdom is it too early to start rereading them all over again?
Note: Also published as The Tale of Elske, which is the version I read since I don’t have access to my own copy right now.
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
(Throne of Glass, book 1)
Rating: ★★★☆☆
Review: No
Reading Dates: February 6 – 11
Read Count: 2
Favorite Thing: When Celaena won the sparring match without even drawing a weapon!
Least Favorite Thing: Only one named black character (and the only unnamed ones were that character’s body guards that get mentioned in passing a few times…).
I decided to reread Throne of Glass so I can read the parts of the series I hadn’t gotten to yet.
My Posts About Throne of Glass
Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
(Throne of Glass, book 2)
Rating: ★★★☆☆
Review: No
Reading Dates: February 14 – 21
Read Count: 2
Favorite Thing: Celaena rescuing Chaol and fucking up a whole room full of dudes.
Least Favorite Thing: Just talk to each other!!! Everyone in these books gets all offended when their friends keep secrets from them, but then they keep secrets from those same people! Just communicate!
It’s a good thing I reread this one because I didn’t remember many of the finer details.
My Posts About Crown of Midnight
Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas
(Throne of Glass, book 3)
Rating: ★★★☆☆
Review: No
Reading Dates: February 27 – 28
Read Count: 2
Favorite Thing: Abraxos!
Least Favorite Thing: Maeve a lil bish…
Hahahaha I remembered almost nothing of Aelin’s story or anyone from Adarlan. I only remembered Manon and her witches! Good thing I reread it!
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