August Wrap-Up
Read / Started
Well, August started off great. I joined in on the #AYEARATHON read-a-thon on goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/123987-ayearathon. I read 8 books. The theme was middle grade. I really had a lot of fun reading that week.
I read:
A Wrinkle In Time the graphic novel by Madeline L'Engle , adapted by Hope Larson
I really enjoyed this book it was kind of like Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach. There was the concept of religion, also overcoming all odds and teaching love and understanding.
Sever this was the third and final book in The Chemical Garden trilogy by Lauren DeStefano. Crazy series you can find my review here on my blog.
'The Series of Unfortunate Events' Books 1-4 by Lemony Snickett
I really liked The Wide Window the best out of the four and the least favorite was Miserable Mill. These books if you don't know about them are written pretty drearily. Three orphans must continue to try and outsmart a relation who is quite a madman. Count Olaf finds out in book 1 that the kids are loaded and spends, I'm pretty sure, the entire series trying to figure out ways in order to off the children and get a hand on their fortune. I am enjoying it so far.
Maddy Kettle: The Adventure of the Thimblewitch a gorgeous graphic novel by Eric Orchard.
This is his first graphic novel and the illustrations are marvelous. You can find this review here. I did receive this for free from NetGalley.com Release date 9-30-14
The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer Holm. This too is a free book from NetGalley.com. You can find the review for this book here as well.
I started:
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Velante this is the first book in a trilogy which I own all of the books. I am enjoying this book. I am 36% in so far. It is very, very whimsical so it takes awhile to get used to the flow.
The second week of August I read two eARC's both free from NetGalley
I read:
Amity by Micol Ostow. I have the review for this book here on my blog. I gave it 3 out of 5 ravens because it was kind of confusing. It is a re-telling of Amityville House.
Of Monsters and Men by Jessica Verday. I really, really liked this one. It has Edgar Allen Poe, a great twist and Annabelle Lenore Lee as the "love interest" This isn't a true re-telling but it does have bits and pieces of Edgar's poems and stories through out the book. You can find the review here.
The third week of August was Bout of Books 11.0 and unfortunately I only got through graphic novels this week. I was so burnt out from all the reading I had been doing and starting back up at work that I just couldn't finish any of the books I started.
I read:
In Real Life a graphic novel by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang. This was free from First, Second Publishing and I want to say thank you to Gina for sending it. I quite enjoyed this story about a girl who learns that an MMO can help build self-esteem but it also teaches us lessons on other countries and their work ethic. The author said it was an economics story. I am a World of Warcraft player so I was a little biased ;)
This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki is a graphic novel that I borrowed from the library. I did enjoy the illustrations a lot but the story fell kind of flat for me. It's a coming of age story about two girls on a summer vacation. I gave it 3 out of 5 ravens.
Saga: Vol 1 by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples. This graphic novel I borrowed from the library and is supppper hyped-up on the blogosphere. It is all true... this is an amazing ADULT graphic novel. It does have boobies and a bit of naked time so be wary on that one. Gorgeous illustrations and I'm so digging the plot. It's about two races (Horns and Wings) they have been battling for FOREVER and at a prisoner camp the guard and her detainee fall in love, make a baby, and are on the run from both sides. Oops! Love is the root of all evil? Or in this case, Love is a battlefield.
Orphan Blade by M. Nicolas Almand and Jake Myler. This was another free graphic novel eARC from NetGalley. Release date 12-3-14. This is about an orphan (Hidashi) who gets kicked out of his dojo and finds friends and a sword. This sword just so happens to be "magic" and helps Hidashi fight off a bunch of bad guys. The ending felt very rushed. I did however, love the illustrations.
Amulet: Vol 5 and Vol 6. by Kazu Kibuishi. I have been reading this graphic novel series since January. The first 5 volumes I borrowed from the library. NetGalley just so happened to have the 6th book in the series for free and so I requested it. Vol 6 was only finished up until page 53 I believe and then the rest was in rough draft. No color but the illustrations were still amazing. I loooove this graphic novel series. It's about two kids Emily and Navin who are on a quest to help save a world that their grandpa was involved in. Emily is a stone-keeper which she was bequeathed this role from her grandfather. After his death she was "THE ONE" to have to save this unknown world from the evil elves! Really great I would definitely check it out if you haven't yet.
I started:
I started a lot of books with good intentions. I really was going to read them all but like I said before I was running low on reading fuel and gave up. I am hoping September is better for me.
Fiendish by Breanna Yovanoff is a new stand alone that came out this month. So far sadly I'm only 10% in. I was trying to read this book the same week I was reading Of Monsters and Men and Amity. All three are creepy books. This book I won from Goodreads sometime in June I believe. So far it seems really interesting about curses and voodoo and witches.
Red Glove by Holly Black. There is something about this book that I just can not get into. I have borrowed this book from the library 6 times already and I still haven't read it. I've had it the entire summer and I've only gotten 36% done. I have really bad luck with sequels and this is the sequel to White Cat the Curse Workers trilogy.
The Edge of the Water by Elizabeth George. This is the sequel to 'The Edge of Nowhere' and this is the Saratoga Woods trilogy. I do like this book so far, I'm 18% in so far. It's about a girl who moves to a small island outside of Seattle to hide from her step-dad who she believes is a murderer. It's a mysterous paranormal book and I can't wait to continue. I also borrowed this from the library.
The Missing Girl by Norma Fox Mazer. I own this book and its about 5 sisters and I think a pedophile. I'm only 8% in and it is hard to read because there are so many points of view. The creepy guy and the sisters have their own dialogue. I wish the whole book was in the man's perspective only because I can read his voice better. Reading children speak is so slow and annoying. I have a 7 and 9 year old and they could drag a story out for days with their um's and uhhh I forgot what I was going to say moments.
That was my wrap-up. #16 books total read and 5 books started but didn't finish YET!
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