Tagged: series
Books I Want to Read
I have an enormous To Be Read pile, both in a physical sense and in a more technology-based sense. But here are some books that I just know I won’t be able to resist the call of:
I absolutely loved Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers and I can’t wait to get my hands on the sequel. Seeing things from another person’s point of view in the same world will be fascinating, especially with all of the politics going on behind the scenes. I’ll miss Ismae, but seeing more of Sybelle will be awesome. It’s also nice to see things from a completely different perspective sometimes and I think Sybelle will have a very different worldview than Ismae. She’s had different life experiences and I think she’ll add a lot more to Robin LaFevers world-building because we’ll be able to see more of the political machinations that are more implied with Ismae’s point of view.
After reading and thoroughly enjoying Prince of Thorns, I need to read King of Thorns immediately. With my current schedule I won’t be able to, but I can’t wait to dive into Jorg’s world once more. Will Jorg become ‘good’ or will he continue on his awesomely ruthless path, defying traditional YA sensibilities of what good and evil are.
Firelight, a novel of the descendants of dragons, draki, was a surprisingly good read. With Jacinda in the situation she’s in now (spoilers!), returning to the Pride I’m hoping Sophie Jordan won’t do the love triangle trope. If she doesn’t, I will be ridiculously happy because it will allow Jacinda to grow out of the whole forbidden love trope.
The First Man in Rome, the first book in Colleen McCullough’s classic Masters of Rome series was a long read, but it was so good. It’s nice to be able to curl up with a long book that you need to actually engage your brain to enjoy. That’s why I’m definitely going to continue the series with the next book that chronicles Sulla’s rise. The only problem is finding the time to read the 1000+ page book.
Well, those are some of the books I really, really want to read. But now I want to know: what do you guys want to read? What’s stopping you from reading them? (Unless they’re not out, of course!) See any books on my list that you’d like to read?
Look What Just Arrived! (#9)
As you guys know, I was travelling. As you also know, that means only one thing: new books. The only real question is: what did I buy? So here we go:
- Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
- The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
- The Singing Sword by Jack Whyte
- The Courtesan’s Lover by Gabrielle Kimm
- Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
- Beyonders: Seeds of Rebellion by Brandon Mull
To be fair, I’ve already read and scheduled my review for The Singing Sword because I took it with me to read on the plane. So I’m not as far behind on buying, reading and reviewing as it seems like.
I picked up Prince of Thorns because Savindi from The Streetlight Reader has been raving about Prince of Thorns for a while now, so I decided to see what all the fuss was about. Grave Mercy both appealed to me when I read the blurb on Amazon a while back and because it was the talk of the YA blogosphere for a fair bit of time. We’ll see if it’s worth the hype.
I picked up Beyonders: Seeds of Rebellion by Brandon Mull because although I absolutely hated Fablehaven, I enjoyed the first book in his new Beyonders series. Also, I needed a new book at the airport in case I finished The Singing Sword on the way back. The Courtesan’s Lover had both an intriguing blurb and was on sale, so I picked that up as well at the bookstore. The Ghost Brigades is the second part of John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War series. I figure that since the first book was so funny I cried from laughing at some parts that if nothing else, the second book will be an entertaining read. Knowing John Scalzi, though, I’m pretty sure it will be far more than that.
So what books are you guys reading this month? See any books here that you loved/hated/need to read?