Lee is 67% done
I gotta say this version is somehow more boring than the original, but I can’t pin down what it is that’s done that.
Lee is 56% done
OMG the fucking “piggy-back ride through the forest” bit is soooo much funnier now. Beau is supposed to be super tall and gangly and Edythe relatively small/delicate looking and I’m just imagining him dangling off of her like a basketball player in a toddler bed.
Lee is 40% done
My mom says we look so much alike that I could use her for a shaving mirror.
– Beau Swan, Life and Death by Stephenie Meyer
UM OK skipping past all the obvious jokes about why that would absolutely not work and just going right to: WHO WOULD EVEN SAY SOMETHING THAT DUMB?
Lee is starting (1%)
STEPHENIE MEYER JUST MADE ME READ THE WORDS “gender and species aside” WITH MY OWN TWO EYES
I’m literally not even past the Forward guys…
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. MaasSo 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 GaskellI’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.
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. MaasTo 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.
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…
Darkestwings Reads