A Reader's Addiction

Read: April 26, 2013 read in under and hour pages: approximately 20 This was a GREAT find!!  I'm so glad I read this short story! I remember getting it a while back for free on amazon and thought eh why not. Now I am so glad I did. I'm now a fan of David Wailing and will have to check out more of his stuff. I really like his voice and his take on things. This short story looks at todays society and their all consuming need to be a part of the online social media but fast forwards to the year 2022 and speculates just how consuming this way of life could potentially become. This story looks at the invention of what is called an "AutoMate" which is defined as a digital avatar of yourself that streamlines the things you did, sifts out the internet chatter you don't need and brings all of your data into one place freeing you up to live your life. Intriguing? And not too far behind reality I'm willing to bet. For instance Amy, the character of the s...

Read: April 14-26, 2013 read in 13 days pages: 337 I'd only been somewhat looking forward to continuing this series. I only had luke warm feelings for the characters with the exception of Vex when reading God Save the Queen . He kept me reading in the first novel because there was just something about him that was interesting. Xandra is still just as emotional and quick to act as she was in the first novel which tends to get her caught up in quite the mess. In this book much like the first we have a family crisis and it seems only Xandra is the one who can save the day. At least now she has the backing of the Goblins now that she has discovered she is actually Goblin and not a Halvie as she was lead to believe her whole life. There are many things going on in her life that Xandra just can't and won't face because she just doesn't know which way to choose. Should she accept her place as the Goblin Queen and thereby not feel quite so guilty every time she...

Read: April 3-14, 2013 read in: 12 days pages: 350 I don't remember why I wanted to pick up this book. I knew nothing about it, but something about the cover and title made me pick it up. After reading the blurb on the back of the book I was a bit curious as to what exactly happened to this teen to cause her life to be turned completely upside down. The book is a heart wrenching tale of a teen who makes a decision that changes her entire life. She will never be the same. A decision made after months of denial alters the course her life was on forever. The story slowly unfolds for the reader as snippets of That Night slowly come back to Devon. Given the subject matter I think the novel is written very well. I think the perspective is perfect at capturing what Devon was thinking and feeling not only in her present situation but also in the months leading to the present. This took longer to read than I had expected. Once I get started on a book and  actually like the ...

Read: April 13, 2013 read in a couple minutes pages: 26 Free children's book on Amazon for my Kindle. Thought I'd check it out. This is a little twist on the story of the little boy that cried wolf, but for what I thought was a children's story this one was quite strange. I didn't expect the ending and don't think I would ever share this book with an actual child. Sure children now are like mini adults and are just as desensitized now with things, but I don't see how this would be appropriate at all.  And I have to admit after reading the reviews of the book being labeled as "cute" and "adorable" I'm starting to wonder if we all read the same book or not!!

The Girl with the Iron Touch by Kady Cross When mechanical genius Emily is kidnapped by rogue automatons, Finley Jayne and her fellow misfits fear the worst. What's left of their archenemy, The Machinist, hungers to be resurrected, and Emily must transplant his consciousness into one of his automatons—or forfeit her friends' lives.   With Griffin being mysteriously tormented by the Aether, the young duke's sanity is close to the breaking point. Seeking help, Finley turns to Jack Dandy, but trusting the master criminal is as dangerous as controlling her dark side. When Jack kisses her, Finley must finally confront her true feelings for him...and for Griffin.  Meanwhile, Sam is searching everywhere for Emily, from Whitechapel's desolate alleyways to Mayfair's elegant mansions. He would walk into hell for her, but the choice she must make will test them more than they could imagine.  To save those she cares about, Emily must confront The Machinist's ult...

Read: April 7, 2013 read in  20 minutes pages: 29 I wanted to like this I really did. At first I did but as the short intro jumps from a visit to the woods surrounding Faery that introduces two male characters that the two sisters of course fall in love with, the next chapter jumps forward months that the sisters have been seeing these men. Evie the pure blood faerie is going to marry her man Jack. In the next chapter Jade the older sister is pregnant by her rouge Faery and has had her memory erased of all things Faery including her own sister. I would have enjoyed this more if there had been more story of the relationships. The lack of the detail felt jarring to me and incomplete.

Read: March 31-April 2, 2013 read in 3 days pages: 276 In all honesty I had totally forgotten about this duo-logy. Not because the first one Once a Witch was bad, I actually really enjoyed the first book, but because I for some reason forgot to look up the next book after I finished the first one! The thing that struck me first as odd with this second book was the fact that the cover of this novel does not at all jive with the characterization of Tamsin the main character. The girl was described in the first book as having really curly un-tamable hair and the cover somewhat hints to that. This cover however depicts a young woman with straight black hair. A little different....um yeah a lot different. Silly to notice things like that I know BUT things like the cover are some of what draw my attention!! Anyways the elements from the last book that I enjoyed are also found in this book as well. The time travel and the characters. I genuinely liked the characters the first ...

Read: March 17-31, 2012 read in: 15 days pages: 452 I had been waiting for this book since I finished Cinder . I was debating was really up in the air over whether or not I would continue reading the series. I liked the Cinder character enough, but was a little unsure as to how the writer was going to introduce a new character when we didn't completely have an ending to Cinder's story. That being said, I did like the way the writer was able to keep an equal balance of both the new character Scarlet and Cinder's story throughout this book. I thought it was going to be a bit long as it is 450 pages, but the book never felt like it was off in the pacing nor did it feel there was filler. I was still put off a bit initially when I started the book, wasn't sure I could buy into the missing grandmother, a play on the Little Red Riding Hood tale, but it worked very well. For me what kept me interested in this story are the futuristic aspects, the fact of Cinder...

Read: March 16-24, 2013 read: 9 days pages: 350 Three down....countless more to go!!! Continuing with the Stephanie Plum series. I enjoy the characters for the most part so I am willing to continue looking past the dated content. It is laugh out loud funny for me when she puts the character in such obviously dated attire, but then I have to keep reminding myself THIS WAS WRITTEN IN THE 90'S. So at THAT time the book is not dated, well it might have started to get there at the time of publishing. I honestly can't remember ever hearing anyone younger than my Granny use the phrase "pocket book". It is still odd to me. I know I keep harping on it, but it is just weird to me!! Yet another light, quick entertaining read!!

Read: February 21- March 14, 2013 read: too long pages: 378 I absolutely LOVE this series. I still am so incredibly happy to have stumbled on this wonderful series!! I adore Flavia and her spunk. I anxiously wait for the moment she actually does poison one of her sisters.... Once again Flavia is on the case to solve another murder mystery that has occurred in Bishop's Lacey. I was entertained as I always am, but this one did take me a bit longer to get into the flow and to get myself committed to the story. Once again I did not take notes, which I do in a way regret and I am quite a few weeks out from finishing the novel so I can't recall everything completely clear, however this book, like the previous in the series, does have its own stand alone mystery, but contains elements that add to the arching plot line of the characters and the family's struggles with finances. BUT this book, unlike the others has left us with quite the cliffhang...

Read: February 3-8, 2013 read: 6 days pages: 325 See what did I say?? I would continue the series. I didn't take any notes over this just like I didn't take notes over the first book. This one is also light and fluffy with humorous points that give it enough entertainment value to keep reading. It was also a quick read so I'm enjoying that aspect as well. Once again as with the first the book is showing its dated qualities  Even to the point of her attire, much like can be seen in the Sookie Stackhouse books by Charlaine Harris. With all due respect the Stephanie Plum series was starting to be published in the 1990's.....so it makes complete sense how it is dated. We sure have come a long way since the 90's!!

Read: January 16-22, 2013 read: a week pages: 320 This series was recommended to me by a favorite coworker. We are always talking books. She recommended this series because she said its fun and at times just laugh loud out funny. The movie was also enjoyable so I also tried that. Sadly I made it through about 40 minutes and gave up on the movie. I just wasn't entertained. The characters, while likable enough, I even like Katherine Heigl, but the male characters just did not fit what I had envisioned in my mind. But my coworker warned me of this possibility. Overall though the book is entertaining although there are some glaringly obvious points where the book is starting to show its age....the description of the cell phones and simple things like when the character refers to her "pocket book"....yeah its a purse now and "pocket book" just sounds like something my Granny would have said! Either way I'll likely keep reading the series if nothi...