Book 14: Betrayls

This book has been ruined by my loving mother. I finished it today while we were at the beach and put it back in the beach bag and my mother put a wet towel on top of it. Right now it is resting under a stack of things to try to prevent the pages from turning to crinkly. I have little hope.

Regardless of my copy being ruined it was a great book. I didn't get the first four or five chapters because it's been a year since I read Strange Angels, the first book in the series. If you do read the Strange Angel novels by Lili St. Crow try to read them consecutively. It becomes very hard to remember what words mean what when you haven't read it in a while.

Like most books in the young adult section of your friendly neighborhood chapters it's about vampires and werewolves and what Lili St. Crow calls the "Real World". Strange Angel, unlike most novels of it's kind, was not really a love story. It focused more on getting out alive and fighting off monsters. Unfortunately I didn't luck out with Betrayals. Half way through the book love triangles started to form and it was immensely frustrating and made the story line a little messy. Nearer the end she starts to doubt one of her romantic interests but then they made things difficult by saying something along the lines of "you're the reason I live"

Dru, the main character, is a very round character even though I doubted her sanity through most of the novel. She is deeply scared by her past and has abandonment issues which become more and more prevalent as the book goes on. She's a loner and she's really awkward so I find it really easy to connect with her because most of the time I am a loner and I'm always awkward.

Due to the fact that this book has a love triangle in it I'm going to have to give it a 7 locks of hair out of 10. The triangle was constructed very nicely, I just hate them. But overall it was a good book.

Book 13: Tris's Book.

Ten points if you can guess what it's about! Naw just kidding that would take to long and no one would answer. Sorry guys but it's true.

So this book is the second book in the Circle of Magic quartet. Woo! Exciting stuff right? no? sorry.

I don't like the second book as much as the first. Those of you who might have read these books and know of my undying love for pirates and magic might wonder why because this book certainly combines both of my obsessions very nicely, but there you would be wrong. I like being a pirate with magic powers not seeing magic get used against them. It was a great book none the less. Tris, Sandry, Brair and Daja all grow in this book a lot and are learning self control, which as we all know is very important whether you're a mage or not. There isn't any major disasters in this book and the beginning is rather slow but when it gets close to the end you can barely put it down.

As you've gathered this isn't one of my favourite books ever so you might assume that the rating will not be a repeat of yesterdays ten out of ten and you would be correct on this assumption. I'm giving it an eight lightening bolts out of tens. The first book was a hard act to follow and this book could have done a better job. This doesn't mean you shouldn't read it. You should. You'll be amazed. Promise.

Book 12: Sandry's Book

Yet again I am long overdue with this blog even though I have just finished this book. I've been very uninspired when it comes to reading as of late. There seems to be so much to do. By that I mean CSI is on from 12 til 4 and that's all I do. Yesterday I went to chapters and spent 32 something on books. I know I don't need them but it's Tamora Pierce and I haven't read these books in several years so I felt that the splurge would be acceptable.

Sandry's book is the first book in the Circle of Magic quartet by Tamora Pierce. It follows the beginning of the lives of Sandry, Tris, Daja and Brair, four young mages who are learning to use their powers. The Circle Opens quartet is the follow up on their adventures and The Will of the Empress is the book that ties up any lose ends in the series.

These books are very hard for me to blog about because I've already read them once so i know everything that happens in the long run of the series and I don't want to give anything away and if I keep talking I surly will.

Tamora Pierce is an excellent author. The words appear to flow off the page and the visual she creates to this day remains unparalleled in my mind. Sandry's Book is even better than I remembered and I do not regret this purchase in any way. I give it a 10 drop spindles out of 10 and a recommendation of the highest order. Seriously, read this book.

Book 11: Going Bovine

Wow. This is by far the craziest book I have ever read. Not crazy in a bad way crazy in a I-can't-believe-I-actually-got-my-head-around-that-story-and-I-have-no-idea-how-I'm-ever-going-to-tell-people-about-it-without-giving-everything-away sort of crazy. I hope you got that hint that I dropped that this is going to be very short and sweet.

This book is about Cameron Smith. Average high school student who hangs with stoners. He gets mad cow. Then the story gets crazy and there's a whole bunch of plot twist and you kinda wanna ask questions but not really because if you do then everything will be ruined.

I have to give this book a ten yard gnomes out of ten. It was excellent. I've always loved Libba Brays writing (her Gemma Doyle trilogy was absolutely amazing and if you haven't read it yet you're missing out on a lot my friend) but this book has gone above and beyond my expectations. Congrats Libba. You've blown my mind and that's not easy to do.

Seriously, next time you're at a book store go to the vampire romance novel section (formally known as the young adult section) find Libba Brays books AND BUY THEM ALL. But especially Going Bovine. You'll love it I promise.

*if you care to notice this review was done in orange, my favourite colour. guess tat means this book must be better than every single other book I've ever reviewed EVER. seriously. read it.

Book 10: Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale

Finally. Ten books. I've been very slacked this year with my reading, much despite this blog helping me along. I should let you know that I'm reading 5 books right now so there should be more blogs later on this week (pretend it's Sunday please :])

Hush was an extraordinary book and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's about an Irish Princess who gets caught by slave traders and become the slave of an Icelandic Viking. I found it to be a very depressing story but, as always, everything worked out in the end.

I would definitely recommend this book and I give it a nine gold teething rings out of ten. It's a lovely story and it will not disappoint.

Book 9: Temple of the Winds

Temple of the Winds was extremely prophecy oriented. The Dream Walker is at large, everyone is split up and horrible things are happening through out both the old and new worlds. Richard and Kahlans love gets tested once again, people get jealous and people get betrayed. This book is jammed pack with excitement, dismay, darkness and sunshine and it might have been the most exciting book in the series as of yet.

Though it was great and exciting it was not my favourite. I found the plot to be overly dark at some point and very very frustrating. Things weren't going the way I thought they should and I kept on being thrown through loops.

As always Terry Goodkind does not disappoint. I give it six agiels out of ten just for the fact that it was so dark throughout the whole novel. If you've started reading the series definitely continue. You will not want to miss out on this phenomenal book.

Book 8: The Lost Symbol

I am a big fan of Dan Brown's writing. A lot of the other mysteries I've read that have had psychopath killers intertwined with conspiracy theories and myths have either been far to much (Like The Book of the Dead by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child) or greatly lacking in substance. Dan Brown does not disappoint in this novel, though it is not my favourite by far (My favourite would be Digital Fortress. It was my sort of story).

What can I say about The Lost Symbol? As always it goes in depth into history, architecture and science. This book focuses on the Freemasons, how they've shaped America and their hidden secrets.

I found the chemistry between Robert Langdon and the female lead in this book to be lacking where in all his other books its quite apparent about how women feel about him. This was slightly disappointing for me because, unfortunately, I am a hopeless romantic.

This review isn't going to well so I'm going to cut it off here. I would give this lovely book five and a half pyramids out of ten. No real reason behind the low rating other than I didn't enjoy the book as much as I thought I would, but if you like Dan Browns writing you should defiantly read it.