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Kat’s Bout of Books 9.0 Goals
I’m so excited to start 2014 off with a Bout of Books Read-A-Thon. My selections this time around were based on some blog features we plan to do in the future and books I’ve had sitting around forever….
The Perpetual Page Turner’s 4th Annual End of Year Book Survey – 2013 Edition!
Audiobook Reviews: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. and The Raven Boys By Maggie Stiefvater
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
I’ve reviewed a few sequels this year and though I usually have a pretty good idea of what to expect but Maggie Stiefvater really surprised me with her approach to The Raven Boys sequel.
The Dream Thieves is the sequel that’s not trying to be a sequel (and I guess it’s not since it’s the second book in a four book series.) It wasn’t trying to set up for an overarching plot or wrap up loose ends from book one, it just told a story. The complicated and dark story of The Raven Boys resident bad boy Ronan Lynch.
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Merry Christmas !
It has been a great blogging and reading year. We hope you have a wonderful Christmas and a great New Year.
Book Review : Tandem by Anna Jarzab
- Release Date : October 8th 2013
- Genre : Sci-Fi/AU
- Pages : 448
- Publisher : Delacorte Books For Young Readers
Sixteen-year-old Sasha Lawson has only ever known one small, ordinary life. When she was young, she loved her grandfather’s stories of parallel worlds inhabited by girls who looked like her but led totally different lives. Sasha never believed such worlds were real–until now, when she finds herself thrust into one against her will.
To prevent imminent war, Sasha must slip into the life of an alternate version of herself, a princess who has vanished on the eve of her arranged marriage. If Sasha succeeds in fooling everyone, she will be returned home; if she fails, she’ll be trapped in another girl’s life forever. As time runs out, Sasha finds herself torn between two worlds, two lives, and two young men vying for her love–one who knows her secret, and one who thinks she’s someone she’s not.
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