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A01093051D0MR8J7MZJ7K | B000EOPQ7E | Bailey Howard | [
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] | I works perfectly. Better than I expected!I record all of my songs and it records like a professional one!!! | 5 | Love it!!!! | 1,354,665,600 | 12 5, 2012 |
A01093051D0MR8J7MZJ7K | B003S20DL8 | Bailey Howard | [
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] | Sound so good an look real pretty sitting next to my other instruments. I wrote a song with my guitar and added the bongos to jazz it up and its perfect | 4 | Love 'em | 1,362,960,000 | 03 11, 2013 |
A01093053FTV94SUG9H79 | B001J49UGQ | JEAN OF MICH | [
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] | I HAVE WORN THESE SHOES FOR ABOUT 5 YEARS NOW AND WOULD NOT WEAR ANYTHING ELSE, I EVEN HAVE MY HUSBAND WAERING THEM, WORK GREAT FOR FACTORY WORK ON YOUR FEET ALL THE TIME | 5 | I LOVE THEM. | 1,351,209,600 | 10 26, 2012 |
A01093351JDBLF5IIBH36 | B004UEH1Y0 | xiangmanyu | [
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] | i like itit's my favorite boot but the bottom easy to wear and tear。maybe i need more enough? | 5 | SO COMFORTABLE | 1,355,097,600 | 12 10, 2012 |
A01093952TSHPIG9VULPS | B004K0MSOM | Haley | [
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] | This product was a really good deal for the quality (super sharp clean cut with a large and small hole). I've always had problems with sharpeners but this one hasn't failed me yet! | 5 | Really good sharpener | 1,357,603,200 | 01 8, 2013 |
A01093952TSHPIG9VULPS | B004T9XDFM | Haley | [
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] | These truffles are so tasty and smooth. When you first put it in your mouth they are a little bit bitter because of the cocoa powder, but as soon as its gone you taste the rich sweetness of the truffles. They came 2 days before the estimated delivery date! I would recomment these to everyone, especially chocolate lovers. They were totaly worth it for 2lbs of truffles!! | 5 | So delicious!! | 1,355,270,400 | 12 12, 2012 |
A01093952TSHPIG9VULPS | B005LQRYKM | Haley | [
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] | I was slightly disappointed with this product because all the lipsticks look the same on me... bright pink. They are good in the fact that they moisturize and stain my lips for a long time. They are good if I wear one and then apply a real lipstick over it so if my actual lipstick fades, my lips will be stained from this product. | 3 | Hoped it was better. | 1,357,603,200 | 01 8, 2013 |
A01093952TSHPIG9VULPS | B00974L0EA | Haley | [
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] | I've heard that OtterBox cases are really nice and getting this commuter series proved it to me. This case doesn't give too much bulk which I was worried about. It took a few days more than expected to arrive with free supersaver shipping but it was worth the wait. I would recommend this to people prone to dropping their phones, or anyone who wants the security of a really good phone case. | 5 | Snug and sturdy | 1,357,603,200 | 01 8, 2013 |
A01093952TSHPIG9VULPS | B009BXL6ZK | Haley | [
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] | These screen protectors were perfect for my iPhone 5! Everything lined up nicely and it was really easy to apply. These are probably the best screen protectors I used so far. | 5 | Nice AND Cheap! | 1,357,603,200 | 01 8, 2013 |
A01094712NYI2UVZQVDGB | B009CCDVB2 | Bby | [
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] | Gorgeous color, however runs big in areas and super tight in the arm area. I'm 5'4 and 130 lbs but the arms on my elbow were beyond tight. Cute but wish I didn't get it due to the fit. | 2 | Not the greatest fit | 1,382,400,000 | 10 22, 2013 |
A01095453U8HUSQVPBEZJ | B00DOVOJ7M | A Parent | [
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] | What a bad design. With wet hands and a moving toddler there is no easy way to use this as you have to try and grip the side or bottom. They should have included a handle. Plus, the rubber that is supposed to form around the child's head when you poor is too stiff and water just gets in their eyes anyways. Lastly. when trying to use the sprinkler function unless you poor really slowly the water just runs over the lip. Not much good to say about what should be such a simple product. | 1 | There's no handle! | 1,379,548,800 | 09 19, 2013 |
A0109581OEVJX91EMG17 | B00J8TVM60 | Jennifer Bennett | [
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] | Can I just say, there's nothing like a hot Brisitsh boy? Oh man, the feels in this book. Such an awesome read :) | 5 | Swoon! | 1,395,792,000 | 03 26, 2014 |
A01096752A2S6JMAAHAZG | B0057Z7EIY | Justin Daniels "AJDANIELS" | [
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] | I was dying to get the Kindle Fire, had it a short while, then it wouldn't charge. Disappointing I know; So I contacted Amazon, and they said they'd replace it.. however I had to wait a month to get my replacement.. That sucked literally... but I was happy that they were replacing it so I eagerly and not so happily waited for it to arrive which was around the 1st of January. Then it arrived I was yet again paired with my travel companion! Well 4 months later it won't charge... again So I contact Amazon and they say they'll replace it even though my warranty is inches from expiring. Today I get my 3rd kindle and it has hyper pixels of bright white light shining through the images. So I contacted amazon once again and now are sending me a 4th Kindle !! 4 KINDLES IN 1 YEAR. That's just ridiculous! The only thing amazon can say is sorry nothing else; that they will forward my complaints to their specialized customer service and go from there... I think that means we'll just throw it in a folder with everyone else's complaints; because we are still making money here. Its really disappointing, that I am on number 4. I am sure Amazons' CEO doesn't care, because they still have good sales. So who cares! Shame on Amazon.... All of my friends have kindles, and they all have had to have them replaced at least once, some of them twice, and the feedback forums are full of unsatisfied customers, Amazons not making it as right as they could be. | 2 | ALWAYS BROKE & NO RELIFE IN SIGHT Gen.1 & 2 | 1,366,070,400 | 04 16, 2013 |
A010969312YS2ERD2OWQN | 1885167776 | mike delmar | [
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] | Some inspirational mantras in this book but I certainly found more than just one simple thing to keep in mind. | 4 | More than one thing | 1,382,486,400 | 10 23, 2013 |
A010969312YS2ERD2OWQN | B009N1BBEQ | mike delmar | [
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] | While the book is compellingly entertaining from the start to the finish. It never really hits home on the issues it raises at the beginning. A disillusioned corporate sellout taking on the powers behind the world's biggest conspiracies should deliver so much more than this short piece did.Nonetheless, if youre after a strange, hilariously entertaining and at points depraved quickie, Eggman is your man. | 4 | funny, critical, but a non-book | 1,352,246,400 | 11 7, 2012 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 0062059939 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | Throw all my favorite Disney movies in a mixer, add the talents of a great writer and some dystopian dust (you know, like fairy dust. Haha.), mix it up and voila! I got myself a brand favorite book of the year that makes my inner child come to life again (aka run around screaming with her arms in the air in a pink princess dress and a fake crown on her head). Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: THE SELECTION!"I hope you find someone you can't live without.I really do. And I hope you never have to know what it's like to have to try and live without them."I think it's obvious already that I loved this book. In case it wasn't, well, I did. I do. I love the story and the characters and everything about it! America is such a great main character, someone I could relate to in many ways. If I were to live in her world, I would be like her. A five. Only three steps up from nothing. But while she doesn't want to be a princess, I have always dreamed of it since I saw my first disney film so many years ago. I loved her and she would make a great Disney princess! (This book would be awesome as an animated Disney film, too.)Now I shall talk about the first fictional character ever I fell in love with. (Seriously I shed a tear because I knew he wasn't real. Sigh.) Of course I'm talking about Maxon. He's so... Maxon. Sigh again. Maxon.Okay moving on. Aspen. I loved him at first. So romantic and loving and caring and then... a complete stupid douchebag. I hate him.Speaking of hating someone... I hated Celeste. She's so mean and stuck up and bleh. But I loved Marlee and May and all the other characters!As I said, I loved this story. We got to know America while the story builds in the beginning until the inevitable moment she gets chosen for The Selection. She stays true to who she is and never forgot where she came from, another thing I loved about her by the way. She's different from the other girls in many ways and refuses to change for anyone. I loved how the relationship between her and Maxon grew along with the story and I fell for Maxon along with America. And when they kissed my inner child was so happy she fainted. Yes, that happens.But not everything is rainbows and sunshine in the palace. There are these rebels, what their purpose is we have yet to find out, who form a threat to the royal family and I liked that. That's what gives it an extra dystopian touch. But life goes on in the palace and I loved every part of it! Until that douchebag Aspen came back into the story and messed things up again. I hope for him that he doesn't mess things up in the next book or else... Well not much he is a fictional character so I can't do much... But if he were real, I would kick is ass. For sure.So in the end, this book is everything I hoped it would be and more. I can't wait to start the sequel (luckily I don't have to since I just got a copy from Netgalley, yay!). Great job Kiera! I LOVE YOU! | 5 | All my favorite Disney movies in a Dystopian jacket! | 1,367,971,200 | 05 8, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 0062059963 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | Well... I regret reading this book now. Because now I probably have to wait way to long for the sequel! That's just mean! I want it! I want it now!*Ahem* I guess you could say that I liked this book. No actually I didn't like it. I loved it! It was everything I hoped it to be and more! So So So SOOOOO AWESOME!The story starts almost right after the first book and the characters I fell in love with (some more than I should) or grew to hate so much (*cough*Celeste*cough*) are still here and I'm sooo happy! In this book we learn more about the history of the land through Diaries from Gregory Illea and we see a bit of a darker side of it. We get to know the King and Queen more in this book, which was awesome. I love Queen Amberly, she's so nice! But I hate the King. I really do. Almost as much as I hate Celeste, that *peeeeep*. Bleh.America is still awesome, even though maybe a little more emotional in this one. I get that I was too. I was so torn and I am just reading the book. If I were America, I would be crying all the time. But she is still true to herself and never forgets were she comes from and she isn't afraid to fight for what she thinks is right. And I'm glad she has support from some people in the palace. Now why is she so torn? Guys of course...Maxon... Sigh. My emotions were scrambled up good in this book, and that's mainly because of him. First I still love him, than I don't like him so much, than I do, than I hate him, and in the end I loved him again. Yeesh... I mean... I get that he needs to find a wife, but if he really loves America, like he says, why kissing those other girls? Okay yeah, sometimes America is to blaim for that one to because she pushes him away constantly (something I don't understand by the way... I would never push him away), but come on Maxon... Kissing Celeste? Seriously? If I could I would kick you right in your royal parts. But I can't stay mad at him for long, so...And then there's Aspen. Yeah he's a douchebag but at least he is a one-woman kind of guy and he fights for America. Something I admire. And it's romantic... So you see why America is so torn? I certainly am... But I still think I'm team Maxon.Oh and I love her dad! He made me cry quite a bit in this book with those letters he wrote to America. Wish I had a dad like that.And Marlee... I'm soooo not going to talk about her. I'll cry again.So yeah, this was awesome. I loved it. I want the sequel. | 5 | Just awesome | 1,367,971,200 | 05 8, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 0062117378 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | Oh my god. That's about the only thing I can come up with now. Oh my god. This book was so... Brilliant, original, heartbreaking, sad, happy and full of love and friendship. I may have a new favorite for this year!This book is about Addie. She lives in a Compound, a place where people with abilities live. It's top secret and the Norms, normal people, don't know about it. Addie can see where certain paths take her in the future when she has to make a choice. When her parents tell her they will be getting a divorce, she has to choose to stay with her mom or her dad, who is leaving the compound to live in Norm world. In one future she is pursued by the hottest guy in school, Duke, but she never wanted to be a quarterback's girlfriend. In the other one she's adjusting to live outside the Compound with her dad. She meets Trevor, a cute, sensitive and sweet artist and he understands her. But when her father is asked to consult in a murder in the Compound, she's drawn into a dangerous game that threatens everything and everyone she loves. Love and loss in both lives, but she has to choose which one she wants to live through and who she can't live without.This was such an amazing story. The writing is so great and the world where Addie lives in is so original. I loved how the author chose to indicate which future it was at the beginning of each chapter. This story was build so great and both futures blended together in so many ways, especially near the end and I know she must have worked on this a long time and thought it through about a hundred times. So amazing! The romance in this book was beautiful. I believed it and there was no insta-love or anything like that View Spoiler I loved the characters too. Addie is so cool. I wish I had her power sometimes. And I feel for her too, but I know she makes the right choice in the end. Laila is such a vibrant and funny character! And Trevor may be my new book-boyfriend. All of them were great, even the bad ones, who I still hate. Well developed and surprisingly realistic for people who have abilities (well, not all of them of course). Awesome.I highly recommend this book to everyone. It's a must-read for sure. And I'm so glad I have the hardcover because I will re-read it many times in the future and I love the cover too. Just awesome. And Brilliant. And breathtaking. Read it. NOW! | 5 | A new favorite for this year | 1,379,376,000 | 09 17, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 0062235656 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | 4.5 starsKasie West has done it again. She just blew me away. Although in a way, I think I expected it. Pivot Point was so great that this one just had to be great too. It's awesome and made me feel all fluffy and light. Seriously brilliant. The characters, the writing, the story... Amazing!The Distance Between Us is about Caymen and Xander. Caymen is an only child and lives with her mom above their doll store. They don't have an easy life and it's hard to get around with the little money they have. Now Xander, he's the opposite. He's pretty rich and handsome at that. But you know what they say... Opposites attract! But will it last?God, what can I say about this book that hasn't already been said in other reviews. This book was so great. I loved all of it. I knew the writing would be really good. I mean, it was great in Pivot Point, so. And I expected the story to be good too. And it is. It's sweet, romantic, breathtaking and full of cute moments. Those dates Caymen and Xander went on were so weird and original! Well, they didn't call it dates, but that's what they were. And I loved that. And it wasn't insta-love. Their relationship grew and when to romance finally came, it was sooooo amazing. And they don't tell each other `I love you' immediately, which also is a great thing because I don't like that very much and it's not realistic. But this book was!Of course I loved the characters. Even the minor ones. I mean, Skye and Henry were awesome and so funny! And Mason... Yeah he was okay, but I didn't really like him that much. I didn't know whether I liked Caymens mom or not. Sometimes she was pretty annoying, but in the end I got why she acted the way she did. And I liked Xander's family!I loved Caymen. I really did. Her humour was just... hilarious. Probably because mine is also dry and sarcastic, so I got all of her jokes and I laughed out loud a lot so. She's *exceptionally* good at it. And she was very relatable, which made the character more real! But there was one thing that really bugged me. Her attitude towards rich people. Actually, that bothered me with her mom too. They made it such a big deal and the stereotypes were just stupid. So he's rich, so what? But hey, that's the only thing in the entire book, so. And Xander is awesome. He's so perfect for Caymen and I really loved him. He was funny too! Their conversations made me laugh and giggle out loud. (Not fun when I was reading on the bus and people stared at me...) Guess first impressions aren't always right, which is kind of the message in this book I think.Amazing book with a breathtaking, sweet and cute romance. But not just love, also friendship and a very good message about how first impressions can be very wrong. Kasie West, I won't think twice about buying one of your books ever again. I'm just going to do it. So is my copy of Split Second on its way already or...? | 4 | Amazing book with a breathtaking, sweet and cute romance | 1,379,376,000 | 09 17, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 0312642970 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | This review contains a few spoilers for the first two books in the series, Cinder and Scarlet. If you have not read them yet… I suggest you do that now, because you’re missing out. There also may be a few minor ones for Cress.Oh my stars, this was awesome. This is by far the best book of the series so far, for me personally. I loved it so much! I read it the minute I got it in my mail and I finished it that same day. Could not put it down. Cress is a action-packed, brilliantly written, amazing, wild roller coaster ride. And as soon as all of it has processed in my mind and I have written this review, I will go and cry because I will have to wait for a whole year for Winter.Cress is the third book in the Lunar Chronicles. In it we first meet Cress. She is a very talented hacker and has lived in a satellite for years as a prisoner, working for the Lunar Queen. But she has other plans and calls for help from our beloved gang. Cinder, Thorne, Wolf and Scarlet go to her rescue, but stuff happens and they get separated from each other. Cress and Thorne are catapulted down to Earth in the satellite, Scarlet is taken by Cress’s mistress, Sibyl to Luna and Cinder and Wolf manage to escape in their ship to Africa where they meet with Dr. Erland. The clock is ticking and they have to find each other again and make a plan to stop Queen Levana.Yes, it is as awesome as it sounds. My heart was racing the entire time and I just had to keep on reading. While the other two books were a bit predictable, Cinder more than Scarlet, this one was not. Which had me sitting on the edge of my seat for all of the 550 pages. I think that’s why I loved this one the most so far. The writing is still incredible and really, I bow to you Marissa. I really do. There is not much of a recap, so if it has been a year since you’ve read the other books… shame on you! You could’ve done a marathon and then crawl to a corner and cry like the rest of us because of the long wait for Winter. Seriously though… A year? I don’t compute.So stuff happens when they rescue Cress and they are separated. Scarlet is taken to Luna as a prisoner and even though she didn’t have a lot of story in this book, it’s still really intense. Especially towards the end. My god, Marissa, you are merciless! Which brings me to Thorne and Cress. When they crash to Earth (of course they don’t die, the book would be over if they did, so it’s not a spoiler), something happens to Thorne which makes him blind. At first I was raging mad at Marissa for doing that, because well… we all love Thorne. But he still is the same arrogant handsome jerk we all hate because we love him, so it’s all good. They are stranded in the desert and I loved how they bonded. And Cress’s first moments on Earth were actually pretty funny, because it reminded me of Rapunzel in the Disney movie Tangled when she first came out of her tower. (Yes, the song would fit perfectly for that moment in the book too.) Overall, Cress was pretty similar to Rapunzel from Tangled, which I loved because I love that movie. You know, she’s a bit awkward around other people because she’s been alone for all those years except for a few visits from her mistress. She’s funny and yes I can picture her defending herself with a frying pan. But she’s also an amazing hacker and a really great character and I loved her.Then we come to Cinder and Wolf. Wolf also doesn’t have much of a story because he’s knocked out for one part of the book and practically a zombie the other part. He worries about Scarlet, which does give him some character development. Cinder has a lot of pressure on her shoulders and in this book, she’s really scared and worried. What if she can’t save the world? What if her plan goes horribly wrong? And I loved that too because it means that she’s no Mary Sue and it makes her more human too. But of course, she’s still a bad ass cyborg Lunar princess so she kicks ass when she has too.That leaves us with the other minor characters. There’s a new one (sort off), Jacin Clay. He’s a Lunar Guard who actually helped Cinder and Wolf escape from the satellite. He’s mentioned in the first book too if I remember correctly. Then we have Dr. Erland, also from book one. He’s in Africa, where Cinder meets up with him and he also has a storyline, which I’m not going to talk about because that’s a spoiler. So I’ll move on to Kai, who I love again! In Scarlet, I had a love-hate relationship with him, but not anymore. He’s a prince and he’s hot and he actually does things right in this book. Well, for the most part anyway. That leaves us with…. Levana. Yeah, still hate her. I’m not going to talk about all the other side characters, but I do want to mention one of them because she has a pretty big role in the fourth book! Yes, Winter makes an appearance towards the end. I won’t spoil anything about it, all I’ll say is that she’s not what I thought she would be, in a very good way. And it makes me even more excited to read the next book.Stars, it seems I have a lot to say about these books. They are just so brilliant and I love them so much and I try to avoid thinking about how long the wait is for Winter. But time goes by very quick for me these days, so 2015 will be here before I realize. At least, that’s what I hope. Of course I recommend this book! Fans of the series so far won’t be disappointed and if you are… I think you read another book. So if you haven’t had the chance to start this one yet, brace yourself because you’re in for a wild ride! | 5 | Best of the series so far! | 1,391,990,400 | 02 10, 2014 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 0373210515 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | *ARC provided by Harlequin Teen via NetGalley. Thank you so much!*4.5 stars!Well, I think it's obvious... The first and most important question: WHY HAVEN'T I READ ANYTHING BY JULIE KAGAWA YET??? I really don't know. Geesh, this woman is awesome! I love her writing. She creates an amazing world in this novel and I actually get details on the worldbuilding, which is awesome. She fascinates me from the start and she got the vampires really good in this one. Okay the story seemed a mix of I am Legend, True Blood and a sniff of Hunger Games, but that's not bad, is it? No! It's more awesome!But seriously... A world were books are illegal? Just hang me already. I wouldn't last a day there. No books? No no no no no no. That's not how I roll. I need ma books okay? But I loved every part of this book. Part 1 was good, part 2 was better and part 3 was awesome. So yeah. You get it. It got better and better every chapter.Okay, the characters. I love Allie. I love her as a human and as a vampire. She's a kick-ass heroine all right. She's stubborn and she can really kick some ass if she needs to, but she's also caring and loving and she doesn't want to hurt anybody, even as a vampire.I liked Lucas and Stick, and I loved Kanin, even when I didn't knew his name yet. OH and I loved Zeke and his group. Yeah. Zeke. *sigh*This book is a lot of awesome and I'm going to read the sequel soon. This review will also be on my blog. | 4 | The Immortal Rules, indeed. Julie K. is a genius! | 1,364,774,400 | 04 1, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 0373210698 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | Sequels are always hard to write. People usually have high expectations if the first book was really awesome (which is was in this case) and it's difficult to live up to those expectations of all of your fans. But Julie Kagawa did exactly that, because this book is AWESOME!Yeah I use that word a lot, but it's true! Allison still is badass, but she annoyed me a bit in the beginning. I get it, she misses Zeke and to be honest, I would too, but come on... Just kick some ass and maybe you'll get to see him again! She struggles to keep her humanity and control her vampire side and doesn't always succeed in that. So I still love her!It was cool to get to know the other characters better too and see some old ones from the first book return! I did miss some of themJulie's writing still is beyond brilliant. I love how she describes the world she has created and in this novel we get more details of that world, which is great because it helps me to get more into the story! She keeps me on the edge of my very comfy couch and really hooks me to the story in a way not many authors can. And she can make me swoon with some scenes. I seriously was reading with a big smile on my face at times. She can take my breath away and crush my heart at the same time. (Thanks for that...)Of course she left me hanging at the end, which I kind of expected from her, but it sucks nonetheless...I give this book 4 stars because the slow beginning and Allison's references to Zeke in the first few chapters were a bit annoying but it's a great book and those who love the first one, will love this one just as much! | 4 | Awesome | 1,368,316,800 | 05 12, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 0373210736 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | Oh my god... This book was incredible. A truly compelling story with fascinating creatures, realistic characters and a mind-blowing romance. And really the only thing that I didn't like was the big info dumps you get sometimes but I'm willing to look past that just for Ink. Sigh. My Ink.Normally this is the part where I give a short summary of the story but with this book I can't do that without telling you the whole thing and make it one giant spoiler. So I'm going to skip that part just to talk about the book itself. First off all, great writing. Dawn managed to suck me in right from the first page and she didn't let me go until the book was finished. Even now, an hour after finishing it, I'm still in the story with my head. It was so fascinating and wonderful. I love this book. But like I said, I got some big info dumps and while it was all very interesting and I wanted to know more the first time, but after a few of those dumps, I was kinda like... "Hmm. Okay. So when am I going to get more of Ink and Joy?"Ink and Joy. God, I love those two. They were so compelling and realistic and just awesome. Their relationship was a bit bumpy at the beginning, no wonder if you see how it started. Joy gets sucked into his world without even realizing what is going on just because of a mistake Ink made. And nobody else can see him so that makes it all the more complicated. But you feel the tension between them and after a while, I felt tense too every time there was a scene were they were so close to the romance-part. I waited long for the real romancy stuff to kick in and when it did... I felt like I was melting inside with the tension and everything. I constantly felt like I was about to faint when Ink and Joy were together. I felt lightheaded and compelled and it took my breath away every single time.I loved Joy. She handled all this in a way that I can relate too. And she has some serious family stuff to deal with next to all that mysterious stuff. She was nice to read about and she's a fun main-character. And Ink. God... He was so compelling and I had a strange connection with him. Weird to say, but I did. He was such an amazing character and it was so interesting to see him learning to feel like a human and I felt for him. It wasn't hard to like him. Same with his sister, Inq and Joy's friend Monica. And her dad. He's such a great dad.And then the end. The last 40 something pages. Ooooh my god I was on the edge of my seat screaming and getting heart attacks and asthma and everything. And again, Ink and Joy... Swoon, Sigh, Faint, Die. I still feel tense.Now this is a book where I wouldn't have minded if there was insta-love. I would've understood it 100% just because of Ink. But I loved the tension and everything. I loved the feels I got from this book. So I recommend it to everyone. This is an amazing book. It really is. | 5 | Compelling and amazing! | 1,380,585,600 | 10 1, 2013 |
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] | This was such a nice surprise! I went into One Man Guy with mixed expectations and I just ended up loving it to bits. It's such a surprisingly light and fun summer read. In one word: adorable.One Man Guy tells the story of Alek. Alek's family is Armenian and very much grounded in their own traditions. Alek doesn't always feel like he belongs though. When his parents force him to go to Summer School, his whole summer seems to be ruined. But then the cool and handsome Ethan notices him and Alek's summer just got a whole lot better. Ethan seems to want more than just be friends, but what does Alek want?Wow, talk about diversity! This book is not only about a young man/boy discovering he's gay. It's also about that boy's Armenian heritage. I was surprised by how much I loved that aspect of the book! I was a bit hesitant about it going into the book, but Michael won me over immediately! The stuff we learn about the Armenian people was really interesting and yes, I did get a bit hungry from all that talk about the foods they have. Makes me want to try Armenian food.While this may not be the best writing ever, it's still very good. I was sucked into the story right from the start and it didn't let me go! Alek was such a great main character and I liked him a lot! I think a lot of people can relate to him. He's stuck between being who his parents want him to be and being who he really is. I really did feel for him and with him. I was just as annoyed by his parents as he was and I loved that! His parents were a bit annoying at first. They really stick to their traditions and beliefs and while I respect that, it did annoy me a bit. They grew up in America themselves so they can expect their kids to be a bit more modern than they are too! But they grew a lot in this book and I really liked that! Alek's brother Nik, who seems like the perfect son, also grows! The character development in this book is fantastic! Everyone grew in this book. They all learned from their mistakes.I loved Becky, Alek's best friend. She was fun, quirky, a bit of a nerd, ... She's such a great friend to Alek and I loved their friendship. It felt so real and genuine. And then you have Ethan. I loved him so much. He's confident and free spirited. Almost the opposite of Alek. He has a really good influence on Alek, learning him that it's not wrong to want something and be yourself. Their romance was absolutely perfect. It built up slow in the first half and the second half was just one swoon-worthy moment after another. So sweet and adorable!One Man Guy is a very fun, sweet, adorable summer read that I'd recommend to everyone who loves a good contemporary romance book with a little more diversity in it. I loved it and I can't wait to see what the author brings us next! And yes, Kat, I did want to hug everyone in this book by the end. | 5 | Sweet & Adorable Summer Read! | 1,404,345,600 | 07 3, 2014 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 0606262520 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | So a guy who hunts and kills murderous ghosts with an athame and travels from city to city with is witchy mom and scary cat. Yeah, this guy reminded me of someone I know from TV... Dean Winchester?Exactly. But I didn't mind. Not at all. Because I really loved this book. I really really did. It was way better then I expected. I haven't read much horror stories before. Thrillers, detectives, ... Books like that I've read. But never something like this. This book was scary, sweet, heartbreaking, gross and scary again. It made me sit at the edge of my seat clinging to my eReader. It hooked me and I couldn't shake it off. I was thinking about it when I was trying to sleep. I'll have to start reading another book and even then I'll still be thinking about it. That's how good this was. (And scary. And gross.)Come on, be honest. That's enough to make a person curious about the book and that's just one sentence! This book starts of with a bang. A scary and gross bang, but still a bang. It had my attention immediately. It builds up and even breaks your heart sometimes. It definitely isn't a story for the faint hearted. So if you're easily scared and don't like gross details, don't read this book because it has a lot of gross and scary parts. Seriously. Gross, scary, what-was-the-author-thinking parts. And the ending... Geesh... The ending. It broke my heart again.Now the characters. Like I said, Cas really reminded me of one Dean Winchester, but that is not a bad thing. Cas is badass, sweet, caring, funny and he isn't perfect not at all. He is insecure and scared sometimes. Of course he is. And I really love him for that. And I love his mom. She's not just another random character. She really brings something to the story and she is so cool! Oh and I have to say that I love Thomas and Carmel too. They are the first real friends Cas gets in his life and I really like them. They too, mean something in this story. I love this book for that. No characters just to fill up gaps. Every character means something!And yes, I'm going to talk about her to. Anna. Anna dressed in blood. I'm not going to give away anything about her story, you'll have to read the book for that. But it broke my heart. I love Anna and I feel sorry for what happened to her, even tough I had nothing to do with it and it didn't even really happen.So if you love these kinds of books, you'll certainly love this one. If you're still not sure wether or not to read it, I'd give it a try if I were you. It's worth it. It really is. | 5 | Awesome! | 1,364,688,000 | 03 31, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 0615809057 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | Short review for a pretty short book.Even though the idea of this book was something that I quite liked, the book itself didn't do it for me. The writing wasn't great, not good enough to suck me into the story. And the main character was a bit annoying. I'm sorry, but this book is not as good as I hoped it to be. Allison acted way to hard-to-get with Ethan, which was the main thing that annoyed me about her and I just didn't get any feels in this book. (That's a must for me. I need the feels.)The concept of the Danaans, the fairies from Ireland, was interesting and for that I give the book credit because it's the only thing that made the book good. But for the rest, it just wasn't for me. Sorry! | 2 | Not for me | 1,380,240,000 | 09 27, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 0615834906 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | Damnit Sarah, now you've made me cry all sorts of tears. Guess you're on my list of Authors who made me cry now. And you're the second person who wrote a book I dreamed about after reading it.This is the story of 20-year old Charlie. After her brother died, she goes to his home in San Diego, far away from her home in Tennessee. There she meets Jhett. A friend of her brother. And then Charlie's life changes and her parents are not to fond of that.I loved this story. A lot. I liked Charlie. In a way she reminded me of myself. (Except for the fact that I don't have rich parents.) She's pretty shy and has always lived the life her parents wanted her to live. Her brother never wanted that so he moved to San Diego and he wanted her to move there to, but she never took that step. Until she meets Jhett. More on him later. I loved seeing Charlie grow as a person. She can be pretty stubborn and I loved hearing that Tennessee accent in my head when she was angry.Jhett. Oh my god.... He's yummy. I love him. He's awesome. I want him.The writing is very good, which I had hoped because I didn't want to hate this story. Sarah is a friend of mine and I'm so glad that she did so well! Yeesh, she even made me cry. Really cry! That's hard to accomplish with me (over a book, that is... series or films, no problem.), so you can say that she is a real new upcoming talent! I felt everything Charlie and Jhett felt and I loved them so much. I loved the fact that there is actual character development in this book! They both grow because of each other. Awesome. But I hate Charlie's mom. God, she's an awful woman.So yeah, I loved this book. I'm a beta reader for it, so maybe things will change in the editing process, but it's awesome nonetheless. Read it. It comes out next month and you can win a copy in the big giveaway I'm having at the end of June! (Or sooner.) | 5 | Brilliant debut novel! | 1,371,513,600 | 06 18, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 061585219X | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | 3.5 starsThis book was better than I expected. Yeah, the fact that it's about elemental powers has something to do with it and the fact that the main character has the power of my favorite element, fire, has a lot to do with it, but it was just a good book overall.Yeah, I think this review will be a bit short, but I don't have a lot to say about it, so. And it's not a bad thing! The story was good, the writing was good, the romance was good. It was just a good solid book! And yeah, pretty original too. And I'm happy the author gave me a chance to read it. I loved the world she build in this book and how she handled the paranormal stuff in it. Yeah, elemental powers are a weakness of mine, so it was hard to not like this book. But if it wasn't that good, I would've been honest about it. Not everyone can get it right, but Jessie did.I liked the characters, they were pretty well-developed and I liked most of them. Kiarra is cool, with the power of fire and all that. Wish I was her. Or rather, wish I had her power. Jaxton was.... yum first of all. He was cool and I loved getting to know him. And I loved Neena too. Again, all of the characters were great. And I can't wait to see what happens next, what their new adventure is.The book is the start of a new series and I'm pretty excited about it. I want to know what happens next! So yeah, I liked the book and I'm going to read the next books in the series. | 3 | Better than I expected | 1,379,376,000 | 09 17, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 0985023058 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | I just have to say it again. This cover is beyond awesome. Seriously.Now, the book. Well, it's awesome too. It really really is. I loved everything about it. The story, the characters, ... It's original and fun and exciting and romantic and so much more. I suggest you read it as soon as you can because it absolutely belongs to my best-books-ever list. I love love LOVE it. Can't say it enough. I can't wait for the second book in this series!Thank you D.T. for giving me an ARC copy of this brilliant book. You better not let me wait to long for the second.Short review, but what else do I have to say? If you want to know more about the book, then read it! | 5 | Brilliant! | 1,364,688,000 | 03 31, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 0985318864 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | Well, I finished, but only because I got this book for review from Netgalley. That's the only reason. This will be one of those review I hate to write, but sometimes you just have to.So... yeah... This book was not that good. Not what I expected at all. Basically this book is about Maddie. She is new at college and in the beginning of the book we meet her when she is getting her annual tattoo. She does that too numb the pain of her parents murder seven years ago. Sounds like a cool character, doesn't it? Well, it isn't. She sounds like a cool chick with issues, but actually she's a naive (or dumb) 18-year old girl who never watches tv, never had a cell phone before and don't know what 'kinky' means. Yeesh. Talk about unrelatable. That wouldn't bother me if I had seen more of the traumatised, broken side of her that witnessed her parents murder. But I rarely saw that. 80% of the time she is just a normal (stupid, dumb and naive) girl. Yeah... No.Then we have Kyle. His dad is the one who killed Maddies parents al those years ago. I didn't like him either. Just another stereotype boy that has some issues he never deals with and instead only thinks of sex. *Yaaaawn*The rest of the characters were not all that memorable for me, so that's not good either.The romance in this story is one of the main things. Maddie has been in love with Kyle for years because they used to be best friends when they were young. I hoped for a good romance here, but it was just kissing and no bonding most of the time. Yeah, that doesn't do it for me. Especially when I got the background on how they used to be. They made some kind of pact when they were eleven to be each others firsts. First kiss, first date, etc,... And when they see each other again after so many years, no bonding and catching up at all? Another let down in this book. Sigh. Oh and I for one, could never fall in love with a guy whose father killed my parents. Maybe I'm just weird for that. *shrugs*The writing.... Well... I've read much better. Really. The double POV didn't work for me. At all.If you expect a great, uplifting book about hope, forgiveness, love, drama, etc,... Don't hold your breath, because that's not what this book was for me personally. I am really sorry, but I just didn't like this book at all. It's a shame though... I like the cover and the blurb made it sound so interesting... *sigh* I'm sorry for the negative review. I really don't like doing this. | 1 | No, just no. | 1,369,785,600 | 05 29, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 098558999X | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | Ooooh how I've missed these characters! Faith, Harmony, Krista, Carson, Maryah, Nathan,... I've been waiting for so long to know how your story would go on! And know I know, and I want to know what happens next!The writing was as good as it was in the first book, maybe even better. Karen Hooper is one of those really talented writers who can hook me to a book and let me stay up late because I just can't stop reading. I really love her and I love this series. It's so awesome! In this book we get to know a little more and we get to know new characters. There's action, romance, friendship, drama,... It's all there. And I still want to know more. Why did Maryah erase? That's the main question. Some of the questions are answered in this book, but most of aren't, which is good, because it makes me, as a reader, curious for more.What's also awesome, is that you can choose in this book! You want a cliffhanger? Or rather not? You can choose in this book! (Just read it and you'll understand.) I do recommend reading the first book before this one, because it starts right where the last one left off and you won't understand a thing in this book. There's no recap here. (So more time for the story to get on! Yay!) But since these books are awesome, it won't be time wasted.I know this review is not very long, but I can't say much else without spoiling the whole thing. So I'll leave it at this, but I do have one more question that has been burning in my mind since I read the first book... Where can I get my own Nathan??? | 5 | Awesome sequel! | 1,369,872,000 | 05 30, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 0985817089 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | Okay, up until the last chapter, this book was pretty standard with a little twist in it. A girl on the run from something or someone, meets a hot, very rich guy on the plane that is instantly obsessed with the girl, but has his own issues and past. And then the last chapter threw a one big twist in my face that leaves me with one giant questionmark.Escaping Reality is about Amy Bensen. Amy has gone through something in her past and now she's running for it. New name, new home, new life. And while running again after six years of peace, she meets Liam Stone on the plane. He's a very handsome, very rich and very talented architect. And he's instantly obsessed with Amy. They start a passionate affair, but Amy keeps doubting if she can trust him at all.Like I said before, this book is pretty Fifty Shades-like in the beginning. Except for the big mystery behind Amy herself, which I'm still figuring out after finishing the book. The writing was okay, the story was... yeah standard. The only thing that makes it a bit different from all the other books in the genre is the mystery behind Amy. Which, luckily, is enough to keep my interest up, but after a while, that stops. Nothing really happened until the very end and that wasn't enough in my opinion. Yeah sure, it gives me some questions, and I do want to know the answers, but still...The characters were.... Okay? Liam is very Christian-like and basically, I'm getting sick of that type. Rich, hot, issues from the past, obessed with the main girl for some reason,... Honestly, if I were in those situations as those girls in the books are when they meet the rich, hot guy, I'd run away from them. I don't need some obsessed guy who wants to own me. So no, I didn't really like him. As for Amy... Well she was somewhat the same as the girls in the other books. They throw back feminism by hundreds of years and I don't like that for one bit.So basically it's pretty standard and despite that, I do want to read the sequel because I need answers to those questions. I recommend this book to people who love Fifty Shades of Grey and other books like that. | 3 | 50 shades with a lot of mystery | 1,379,376,000 | 09 17, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 0988077515 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | So... good vampires, bad vampires, soulmates, witches,... Haven't heard that before... I expected it to be bad, honestly. It didn't seem all that original with the vampire-loves-human-thing, but I am so glad that this book wasn't what I expected for once. Because this was a really good book. Wait... What am I saying? It's not good. Not at all. IT'S AWESOME!Yeah you saw that right. This is an awesome book. And you know what? It actually turned out to be pretty damn original. I love the vampires in this book and the whole soulmate-thing. Throw in a witch and your settled for a good time reading this book. The writing is also great. I mean, seriously. Ashley has a way with words and when I read this book she kept me guessing until the end. I loved the mysteries and unanswered questions that hooked me to the story. Good job Ashley!I love Amelia. She's awesome. Yeah, she had a hard life and she had a lot to deal with but she's also a stubborn, strong young woman and she doesn't like to be controlled. (Unlike some other characters in vampire-books... *cough*) She fights the bond even though it may hurt her and I like that about her. And in the end, she learns why her life was as s***ty as it was. So yeah, great main character: CHECK!Of course I loved Mitchel and Angelle and Eric and Luke and... All of them. The good guys were great and the bad guys were great. It's all great. Awesome awesome fantastic!I will read the next books in the series as soon as I've finished the other R2R-books, ARC's,... that are screaming at me from my TBR-mountain. (Yes mountain. Not a list, not a pile, a mountain.) "Shut up! I'll read you as soon as I can, okay? Yeesh..." Books these days... | 4 | Awesome =D | 1,365,811,200 | 04 13, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 0988836211 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | I got through this book pretty quick and it was pretty good. It has the right amount of action mixed with romance. But something didn't really wow me. The writing was also good, so that's not the issue. I didn't really connect with the characters and I don't know why because I actually liked them. Hmm... I'm so torn! I wanted to like this book so much because it seemed so great and it is pretty good, but I guess something just didn't connect me to the novel. Weird. Maybe this isn't really my type of book.If you love this genre, I really recommend it! It's a great book and fans of the genre will love it. I'm just not a big fan of action and stuff. :P Anyways, since this isn't a bad novel it deserves 3 stars! | 3 | Great, but something was missing for me. | 1,365,811,200 | 04 13, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 0991686004 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | I... I just... Okay I can't do this right now... I need a minute okay?30 minutes later...Yeah, 1 minute, 30 minutes... whatever. If you've read this book, you understand. If you haven't, you will when you have. This book is so... my god I still can't find the right words.Another 15 minutes later...Okay I'm ready now. This book was heartbreaking and so beautiful. It's one of the best I've read this year. While I was reading, I was laughing, crying and speechless. It was both sad and uplifting. It's a story about coping with loss, grief, regret, making mistakes and trying to fix them. But it's also a story about friendship, forgiveness and love. Brilliant, just... brilliant.I didn't understand that at first, but I did once I finished the book. I get it know. So does Kacey. Kacey is the main character in this story. Four years ago she was in a terrible accident in which she lost so much. Since then, she has never been the same. But she still has her sister Livie. They move to Miami to escape their aunt and uncle and to start over. That's not easy, of course. They meet their neighbors, Storm and her daughter Mia. Storm helps Kacey get a job as her co-worker. A bartender in a strip-club. And they meet Trent. The hot guy from appartement 1D. But Kacey still has to deal with her past and she doesn't let anybody come to close to her. Somehow Trent finds a way to crawl under her skin, but he too has some skeletons in his closet. I can't talk about that because it's a huge spoiler and you have to read the book and feel everything without knowing what'll happen. So no more about that. The writing was excellent. Absolutely without a doubt. This woman has a lot of talent. Can't wait to start the sequel.I loved Kacey. She was so awesome, seriously. Yeah, she has some major issues to deal with, but that's understandable, isn't it? She went through a lot and honestly, I don't blame her for coping with it the way she did. I wouldn't even have survived it. She really is tough. Oh, I love her sarcasm and the fact that she can kick some ass, literally.I also loved Livie, although we didn't get to know her that well. Still, she's cool for a fifteen-year-old. Oh and Storm. Who would've thought that a blond barbie with huge tits who works in a strip club could be so awesome? But she is, she really is. She's caring and nice and so sweet. She's a great friend and an even greater mom. I really love her.Now we talk about the guy. The hot guy from appartement 1D. He wasn't what I expected. At all. At first, I thought he'd be one of those hot guys that fixes the troubled girl with sex. But he's not that guy. He's a sweet, caring and loving man and a gentleman. I never would've guessed that. But... no I can't talk about that because it's a big fat spoiler, so I'm not going to say anything. But in the end, my opinion about him is still the same.Basically I loved all the characters. Cain, the owner of the club where Storm and Kacey work, is so cool. He's not a stereotype! Hurray! I loved them all and I will remember them for a long time.By writing Ten Tiny Breaths K.A. Tucker crawled under MY skin and didn't let me go. I don't think I'll forget this book anytime soon. | 5 | Beautiful, heartbreaking and uplifting. | 1,371,513,600 | 06 18, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 1250012570 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | Okay I know a lot of people have doubts about High School Romance books, but this was something else. It's set in the 80's AND the main guy is a hot Korean. That's cool, right? Okay, just the hot Korean guy then. This book... This book was EPIC.I really really really really loved this book. The writing was so good. Funny, clever, romantic, exciting,... I really felt what the characters felt and I loved with them, cried with them, laughed with them... I loved the fact what holding hands for the first time did to Eleanor and Park. They were so cute together and by the time I was halfway through the book, I was just waiting for them to kiss and when they did, I just melted and was trembling the whole time for the rest of the book. And then I cried and cried and cried... And then I was confused. Seriously. I have no clue how this book ends, the last chapter was just soooo confusing.I love how the relationship between Eleanor & Park grows. You can practically see them falling in love and you just can't not love them. You just have to love them. Just have to. I loved Park. For some reason when I first imagined how he would look, Zuko from Avatar The Last Airbender, came to my mind. Without scar that is. Don't know why. He just did. And Eleanor is so cool and different and not the stereotype perfect-looking skinny girl. I like a girl with a little meat on her bones. YEAH! Go Eleanor! You rock! Plus, red hair... Duh, that's just awesome. I love this. But still, confused about the end.So that's what I think of this. I want to thank TT for recommending this awesome book. Just another book for my best-books-ever shelf. For those who haven't read it yet, I highly recommend you do. | 5 | Funny, clever, romantic, exciting,... | 1,368,316,800 | 05 12, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 1423157311 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | Wow. I just have no words. I've been sitting here for a few minutes, thinking about what I was going to say in my review. Still have nothing, so I'm just going to ramble a bit and sometimes these kinds of reviews are the most fun to read. But I did love this book. A lot. And it might just have a place in my top 14 of this year already.First of all, this is such an original story. I'm not going to give a summary because of what I just said. My thoughts are all jumbled up and I can't get them straight so. But the main character is pretty cool. The story is cool and the idea of The Archive is so original. I was sucked in from the first page and I just read it pretty much in one sitting (with some breaks here and there). There are two kinds of narrations, both Mackenzie. One is just the present and the other is I think the past. It's like her diary to her dead grandfather who learned her all about the Archive and all that stuff. It was pretty cool and it wasn't annoying, it really helped the story along. There is a bit of a romance, but it's secondary and I loved that. And it wasn't really a big romance. It was nice because there was a lot going on for Mackenzie and she has more important stuff to do.I really liked the characters in this book. They were all important to the story and I wanted to know more about them. I just... I was sucked into that world with those people and the mystery in it all. Mackenzie is a great main character. I loved her. And I felt for her. I also loved Wesley, he's cool and awesome. I'm not going to say to much about the other ones, but they were all great and I loved them all. There is something wrong in the Archive and it's someone in the inside that does bad things and I suspected someone the whole time but in the end I was wrong and I like that. It wasn't predictable. God I'm really jumping from one thing to another here.I'll sum it all up by just saying that it's really good, I'm going to buy the hardback copy of it next month because it's just that great (and duhh, cover love!) and I can't wait to read the sequel. I'd recommend this book to people who loved Anna Dressed in Blood or even the TV-show Supernatural (first season). It's really original and definitely a must-read for fans of the YA Paranormal genre. Schwab, you've got a new fan! | 5 | Perfect for fans of Anna Dressed in Blood & Supernatural | 1,389,571,200 | 01 13, 2014 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 1442445807 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | Wow... This book is heartbreaking, frustrating, dramatic, romantic and more. It was more then I expected, to be honest. Way more. And I loved every part of it.So in this book suicide is an epidemic. And the only 'cure' they could come up with is The Program. (Stupid donkeys... I may have a few ideas that could help you know. For instance... Stop the monkeys that are making those super kill pills or let people mourn when they've lost someone... Don't wipe their memory if they get depressed because it's actually your fault they are because they can't show their emotions the way they should... Okay, I'm stopping now. Moving on.) So you get it. The Program basically erases your memories. Takes the bad ones that make you 'sick' away. So if you show signs of being sick, they take you to one of the facilities and wipe your memory and then in the end you're happy again and all the bad stuff is gone. (I would rather take one of those kill pills instead of getting my memory wiped.) It's actually pretty original. But seriously. So many geniuses in the world and that's the best they could come up with? Tsss.So the main character in this story is Sloane. She is a really fun character and I loved her. I felt for her and I felt a lot. No kidding. The first part of the book is heartbreaking (the whole book is actually but okay). Her brother died, her best friend doesn't remember her, her other best friend dies and the boy she loves is taken from her too. Yeesh, talk about a hard life. But she is a fighter and she wants to hold on to James as long as she can. She doesn't want to forget. I love her for that. She's strong.The second half of the story is equally heartbreaking and a bit frustrating near the end. If you lose your memories, can you get them back? Does your heart remember what your mind forgot? That's the main question in the second half of the story. And it was so frustrating to know what she did not anymore. But I am sooo glad the way this book ended. And I can't wait for the next book.Oh and I love James. He's awesome and hot. And Realm is ... I don't know, I don't like him.Awesome book, I want the sequel. Like... Yesterday. | 5 | Heartbreaking but sooo worth it! | 1,367,971,200 | 05 8, 2013 |
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] | Actual Rating: 3,5 starsSing and the darkness will find you.With a sentence like that on the cover I was totally prepared to read an awesome book with some cool action and a kick-ass heroine. But... I expected to much because, although I liked it quite a bit, I still feel like it let me down. And I would've liked to know that the story takes place a few centuries ago. Between 1667 and 1669. Maybe that sounds stupid, but I like that kind of information beforehand. Not that it matters a lot in what time the story takes place, it's just a detail that's important to me.First of all, I liked the characters in this story. Lucy and every other character in it matter. How small their part may be, they're all important and I like that. So many books have characters that don't really help the story and are unnecessary, this one didn't. So that's a good thing. I wanted to see a little more from the villain though... We meet him once in the entire book and I can't even remember his name right now... He didn't really leave a big impression on me. The Shadowgrims are cool but they also don't play a big role yet. Maybe we'll get to see more of the bad guys in the sequel? Let's hope so!The story is well thought out. I do believe the author really took some time to work it all out, so that is good. But although it's interesting and quite original, is so slow. I would've liked to see more action, instead most of the book lucy is underground, hiding and training. Love the character developement we get from that, but it gets boring after a couple of hundred pages. I wanted more action! What I do like about that is the romance. It builds nice and slow. it's more realistic and it's not a big part of the story yet. But I think it will be in the books that follow. They probably shouldn't have called it romantic in the blurb, because it isn't that romantic yet.So this is a pretty good book and fans of the genre might like it. If you want a nice relaxing read, I recommend it as well. If you love books that move to the action quick, I wouldn't recommend it because this isn't one of those book. I really hope we get more action in the next book. The cover is awesome though. | 3 | I missed more action! | 1,368,316,800 | 05 12, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 1442472715 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | 4.5 starsAlthough I didn't expect it to, this book made me feel a lot and in the end, I sighed and smiled. This was such a beautiful story. Both sad and full of hope and love and friendship.Caroline's grandmother is very sick, probably dying. Along with her family, Caroline has been by her side since the stroke. With so much pressure building, all she wants is to escape and when Simone, her best friend, offers to take her to a party on that fateful Friday night, she ends up at a crossroads . Will she stay with her grandma? Or go to the party with Simone? Her decision splits her fate into two different paths and she's about to live them both. But which one is the right one?Oh my god, this boo is just... Epic. It's so damn relatable too. It's insane. The writing is great, I felt so much reading this book. Probably because a lot of people can relate to this. The story has three parts. Before, Stay and Go. First we have Before and after that you have one chapter Stay, the next Go and after that again Stay and so on. I liked the perspective that gave me. We saw how each of the two choices affected her life and family and friends and even love-life. Yeah, maybe it was a bit predictable, but honestly? I don't care. It was just a beautiful, amazing story and it ended just as I hoped it would and that's all that really matters in the end for me.I really liked the characters. Caroline is very easy to relate to. I mean, I know how she felt most of the time because I've been there. I understood it. I loved Simone and Natalie and Teddy and Chris and maybe even Joel. And I loved how everything blended together in the end. So beautiful!Amazing book with more depth to it than I expected at first and written so beautifully. I absolutely recommend this book to everyone who ever lost a loved one and everyone who is fortunate enough to have never gone through that pain.Warning! This book can and probably will make you cry. Especially if you cry easily while reading a book like this. It's a sob-fest, that's for sure. So.. better keep the Kleenex close! | 4 | Such a beautiful story | 1,379,376,000 | 09 17, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 1451695160 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | First, I must say that I won't be talking about the characters very much because I can't do that without spoilers and since this is an ARC copy, I won't spoil anything. So if you want to talk or rant or fangirl about this book and it's characters, please send me a message! I need someone to talk with about this book, lol.The S-word is the brilliantly written debut of Chelsea Pitcher and I can't help but ask... Where in God's name have you been hiding all this time Chelsea? Why did you keep your talent from us for so long? It should be punished... But this book is great, so you are forgiven.Yes, this is a great book. More then that. It's a must-read and one of my new favorites of this year. (Maybe even of all time.) The writing is great and I was hooked to the story from the first sentence. I could not stop reading. I just had to know how it ended. Like I said, I can't talk about it much because I don't want to spoil anything, but I have to say that it did not end the way I thought it would. There are twists and turns I did not see coming. Nothing is what it seems, that's all I can say.I wanted to talk about bullying because it's a big theme in this novel, but I won't. It's bad and mean and low. I hate bullies. That's all.This book is captivating, full of drama and even romance and suspence. Brilliantly written, like I already said and Chelsea, you've got a new fan. I can't wait to read more from you in the future. | 5 | Brilliant. | 1,368,316,800 | 05 12, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 1481082930 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | Honestly, this is not a genre I usually read. No, correction. This is not a genre I usually enjoy. But I did! I enjoyed this book! Surprisingly so.So, in this book the earth is dying. It's overrun and destroyed by humanity. The 'world government' has terraformed a new planet and is slowly bringing people to that planet. It has several POV's, both on earth and Exilon 5 (the new planet). And each character mattered and had their own voice!We have Bill, a high level government official who doesn't like the natives from the new planet (called Indigene) very much because he thinks they killed his wife. It follows a few natives and a few characters back on earth. The different POV's made it easier for me to get into the story, which is usually very hard for me in this genre. BUT, sometimes it felt like there were to many. Some were necessary, I get that, but some were not and I wouldn't have minded if those didn't have a separate POV.But the story was very fascinating and really original. It's a very good example of the issues that follow when a government has ultimate control over people. And I liked discovering the origins and background from the Indigenes. Very interesting to read. And it never got really predictable. Some parts were, but most of the time it surprised me.It's obvious this is the first part from a trilogy. This book covers most of the world-building and backstory (which is a huge plus) and introduces the characters to us. While doing all that, it makes me curious for the sequel. Very well done Eliza!If you love Sci Fi books or dystopian, you will like (or even love) this one too. I recommend it to them. If this genre is really not your thing, I don't but you might as well give it a try. Who knows, maybe it surprises you and you like it anyway. | 4 | Good book :D | 1,368,662,400 | 05 16, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 1482706830 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | Wow. This story was... Yeesh... It was great! It was romantic, dramatic, and hot. Yeah, seriously hot.In this book we meet Erin at a very hard time in her life. The first chapter, the prologue gave me tears in my eyes already. And then suddenly we're a few years later and Erin has promised herself not to love again in order not to get hurt again. Makes sense, right? I thought so. Love can be a bitch. But she didn't expect to meet Alek, who turns her world upside down and tries to break down the wall she build around herself.The story started out good, as I already said. But the first two chapters after the prologue didn't really get my attention and I was easily distracted from the book. That changed when I started chapter 3 and the story began to get more and more interesting every page I turned. The double POV really helped in that. It made the story better and it got to me more and more every chapter.The relationship isn't rushed and that is a very good thing. It's not an instant love kinda thing. It builds and grows as the story goes along and I loved that. When I was about 70% into the story, I got a feeling what was going to happen and I didn't want to be right, but I was and I was crying and sobbing and then the end came and I was crying happy tears. So it's an understatement when I say this book is an emotional roller coaster.I really liked Erin. She had a tough time when she was young and that made her shy away from anything new and avoids love at all cost because she doesn't want to get hurt. So when she meets Alek, she kind of tries to avoid him because he is a huge new thing. (A delicious and handsome one at that.) She doesn't want that in her perfectly organised life. But she opens up to him and grows. And I loved her in the end. Alek was... omg Alek. He's yummy. He has issues and a past but he also grows and opens up to Erin. They help each other and learn each other how to love again and that was one of the best things in this book in my opinion.I hated Lila, by the way. God what a *beeeeep*.So Kas, I really really REALLY loved your book and I hope I get more of Erin and Alek in the future? Or anything else from you in this genre is fine too.This review will also be on Goodreads, my blog and Barnes & Noble. | 4 | Emotional, hot roller coaster! | 1,364,947,200 | 04 3, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 1484169077 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | Surah and Charlie are the main characters here and they live in the world from The Alexa Montgomery Saga (which I really recommend by the way) and their story is set after the events from those books. That is just one thing that makes this book awesome. My expectations were really high for this one. H.D. did an amazing job on Alexa's story and I didn't think she could live up to that. I hoped for it, but I didn't think she would. And she didn't let me down. This book is beyond awesome.At first, Surah reminded me of Jasmine (you know, from Aladdin). She was a princess that didn't want to be a princess anymore with a huge tiger as a pet and best friend and she falls in love with a common boy. So I guess Charlie is kind of like Aladdin too. But Jasmine didn't have lavender hair and eyes and cool magic powers and she wasn't hundreds of years old. Surah is one kickass heroine. She can kick some as but at the same time, she struggles with the doubts within herself. Will she be what her father expects her to be? Or will she go her own way?Charlie was so cute and sweet! He has been in love with Surah for years. (Centuries actually.) He even wrote a song for her! Gosh, I want my own Charlie. *swoon*Do I even have to tell you how awesome Samson is? No. You know he is, even if you haven't read the book yet.I don't like Michael, he's an ass and for some reason I don't like Theo either. I just have a bad feeling about that guy.This story doesn't have a slow start. H.D.'s books never really have. She doesn't wait to start the action, she just does it. I love her so much. She is such an incredible writer and an amazing storyteller. She has a way with words that I can't describe. Every time I finish a book, I just sit in my chair for a moment. Speechless.On of the best things of this book? The romance. There is no insta-love here! Not at all. Charlie and Surah have been in love with each other for centuries (even though they have a hard time admitting that). I wouldn't exactly call that insta-love, would you? They are so sweet together and when Charlie sang that song to Surah, the hopeless romantic in me rejoiced.So long story short, this book is great. The world, the characters, the story. It is everything I wanted and more. Much more. Thank you H.D. for yet another amazing book. And hurry up on the sequel, please? | 5 | Great start of an enchanting new series by the brilliant H.D. Gordon! | 1,364,601,600 | 03 30, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 1484180313 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | Jep, 3 stars. That's right. That's a pretty high rating for an angel book coming from me. But then again, this is not an ordinary angel book. And still I missed something in it. I think I, as always, expected more.So this is the story of Rosa. She is a hunter, a pretty good one actually. I liked her. She was a cool main character. I liked Jason and I liked the two of them together. Now, I don't exactly know what I missed in this book... Maybe I wanted a little more action? Maybe it's the end that disappointed me? I don't know. I only know that there was something missing in this book. The writing was okay. Pretty good, but not great either. The book overall was pretty average. Maybe it just isn't my thing. If you're a fan of angel books, you'll most likely like this book too. If not, you might not like this one, but then again, this is just my opinion. | 3 | Good, but I missed something. | 1,368,316,800 | 05 12, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 1490418547 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | 2.5 starsWell... I'm sad to say this but I'm so happy I finished this book because I didn't think I'd make it through it. I didn't like it that much. There were some good elements, but for the most part I was frustrated, annoyed and bored. And I'll explain why.This book is about Hailey. Hailey has been famous and in the spotlight for as long as she can remember. But she's getting tired off all that. So she's going to college. Start over. But that's easier said than done. Classes are harder than she thought they'd be and her mother is determined to ruin her life because of her choice to leave Hollywood. And there's Caleb Fox, the guy she never expected. He doesn't want her for her fame, he just wants her. And Hailey isn't sure if she can give him what he wants. And what if he finds out the one secret the tabloids don't know yet? Will he still be there?First the bad things. Get it over with.1) I didn't like the writing that much. It was pretty simple and there were a lot of cliche things in the story. And some of the things the characters said were just... No. Just no. I can compare it to the writing in Fifty Shades. Not exactly the best I've ever seen.2) Hailey was SO annoying! Most of the time I was thinking: `Why do you have to be that way? Seriously! Why???' Whenever someone wants to be friends with her, she immediately thinks they want that because they're famous. Yeesh. And when she walks into a room at school she's like: `Oh hey nobody stops and stares. That's weird.' Again... No. Just no. On top of that, in the blurb they mention some secret and I thought it would be something big that would make the story a whole lot better but when I read what it was... I was banging my head against the table. Such a stupid stupid thing. Why would anybody hate you for that? It's not like you're the only one in the world to have done that. Seriously. NO. That's all I'm going to say about her for now.3) The insta-love. Well not really love but they do have an instant attraction to each other and even before talking to each other, they NEED to have the other person. They just NEED to kiss and all that. Yeah... Also a no for me.Now the good.1) I actually liked Caleb. He was a sweet guy and cares for Hailey (even though I wouldn't understand why...) And I liked most of the other characters too. Griff may be my soulmate.2) The story itself wasn't that bad. If the writing had been better, I probably would have liked the book a lot more. And Hailey too.Okay that's it for this review. I'm sorry I didn't like it, but hey that's the way it is sometimes. | 2 | I was frustrated, annoyed and bored. | 1,379,376,000 | 09 17, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 1490969497 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | 3.5 stars!Okay, I liked this story! I didn't really love it, but I liked it! And The Devil's Tattoo has got to be the coolest bandname ever. Seriously.Zoe Granger started playing guitar ever her heart was broken into a million pieces. And music has been her escape ever since. Then her best friend Dee suggest they start a band and everything goes quick after that. They call themselves The Devil's Tattoo and after releasing their first EP, it's on top of the sharts in no time. Contracts, photo shoots, interviews,... Everything has changed in such a short amount of time. Then they're asked to tour with the hot indie band The Stabs. Will is the bass player of that band and he only has eyes for Zoe, but Zoe doesn't trust guys that easy and she doesn't want her heart broken again. But Will is determined. This tour is either going to be a highway to hell or a stairway to heaven.I liked the story. It's really cool! I love music and this is pretty realistic. Things can go very quick very sudden and I liked that! The writing was good too, although it was a bit fast in the beginning and I didn't quite understand the situation between Will and Zoe because of that. It seemed like insta-love, but it wasn't. It just seemed that way because of the fact that we skip through a couple of months in the first few chapters. But it got better once they started the tour and even though I liked those two together, I kind of wanted Zoe to fall for her best friend because they were so funny together! Their conversations are hilarious and they seem like a married couple after 30 years of marriage. Seriously cool. The whole band is that way. It's like a family and I love that!I liked the characters. Zoe is cool and I get where she comes from. And I adore Dee, he's just awesome. I really liked all of them and I'm happy that I got to know them!If you love books about bands and music and friendship and all that, you'll probably like this one too. So try it out! Maybe it's something for you! | 3 | Rock 'n Roll! | 1,377,734,400 | 08 29, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 1491043032 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | What's up with the dystopian novels these days? Almost every single one I've read in the last month were great. I've read some bad ones in the past and lost hope a little for the genre, but David Estes' The Moon Dwellers gave me hope again and since then, my hope grew and I can now officially say that I love this genre once again. And this book was no different. I really liked it!Two Thirds of the world's population is wiped out after the worst war ever seen on the planet Earth. One of the survivors is Charlotte, a girl that can read minds. After losing her family, the New World leader takes her with him and soon she becomes his secret weapon. Her job is to make sure the rebels stay down, where they belong. Until one of them sneaks past her defences and makes her feel things she never felt before. But will this love save them or end them?I don't know why I've read anything by Janelle before. I mean... I wanted too, but never got it. I even won a copy of Eden in a giveaway a few weeks ago. I just didn't get to it I guess. But I will soon, because I love her! She's a great writer and I love her style. I'm normally not a big fan of writing in first person, but I didn't really mind in this book. But it is one of two the things that kept this book from being 5 stars. The second one being the fact that the double POV was a bit confusing in the beginning. I was really invested in the first one, Charlotte's, and then it switches to another person. And it's because of that first person writing, that it was so confusing. But that's really the only bad thing I can say about this book. I love the way Janelle created the world the story takes place in and I just love Janelle. Next to talented, she's also a very sweet and nice woman.I like the characters too. Charlotte is pretty badass. I'm sure she can kick some ass if she needs to. Yeah, she's beautiful, but they don't really use that as a weapon. She has to wear a mask to keep the fact that she's a girl a secret, so that's another thing I liked. She grows a lot in this book and even though she is a badass heroine, she's still vulnerable. That makes her human and relatable.I liked Pete too and Ramon and Ludwig and all the other characters, but Charlotte's my favorite, so.I am going to read the sequel when it's out and I definitely recommend it to everyone who loves dystopian novels. | 4 | I really liked it | 1,379,376,000 | 09 17, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 1491260734 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | 3.5 stars!To be clear, I enjoyed this book. It was pretty good and the characters were awesome, but at times it was a bit... boring. I think some people will compare it to twilight, and it is similar, like so many books are, but this book at least has fun and entertaining Main Characters. And the writing is good. I just would've liked to see more action, more... something. Maybe in the second book?Sunshine is about Sophie. She has an allergy for the sun which means she's almost as pale as Caspar, Snow White or a vampire. At least, that's what the kids at school say. But she doesn't really care anymore. She has two amazing best friends and she can always count on her family. Well most of them anyway. And then Myles comes along. It's clear from the start that something's up with him. He has secrets, but so does Sophie. Both of them have a past they do not wish to share. But as they grow closer, more and more secrets will be revealed.So this story is good and well... Like I said, it was a bit boring. For the most part of the story, nothing really happens. Myles and Sophie get to know each other and their friendship grows and blossoms into something more eventually, but nothing exciting really happens until we hit the 80% mark. If the characters weren't as fun and cool as they were, I wouldn't have given this book the rating I just gave. But it's nice to see a friendship grow into something more between two people. Especially a human and vampire. Yeah, no surprise there. Most of the book is told in the blurb, which made it a bit predictable. Oh and by the way, not to sound like a total geek, but in the above quote... Charmander first evolves into Charmeleon and then Charizard. (Okay yeah, I'm a geek.)I think it's clear that I loved the characters. Sophie is pretty cool. She has a milky white skin, dark magenta hair and wears combat boots. Seriously. Awesome. And yeah, she has issues to deal with from the past, but I get it. There is a depth to her and I liked that. And I loved seeing her growing and learning to care of someone other then her two awesome best friends. Talking about best friends. In this case we have a Korean brother and sister, Boo and Trei (as in peek-a-book and tree). They are soooo cool and funny. And there are some other well-developed side-characters like the stepdad and sisters and high-school barbie bitches. But I hated Sophie's mom. Not exactly mother-of-the-year material. But I really loved Myles! He's a cool vampire and he cares for her. I like the vampires in this book by the way. They're cool.So overall I liked this book. And the ending pretty much made up for the boring parts in the rest of the book. So I'm excited to read the next book sometime in the future! And I do recommend this book to people who love the genre and want to see a relationship that grows for a change. No insta-love in this book! Hurray! But okay. So check this book out people! | 3 | The ending made up for the boring parts | 1,379,376,000 | 09 17, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 1492135496 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | Wow. I really hoped I would like this book because it's just in my wheel house with the elemental stuff. But you know what? I didn't like this book. Not at all. I F-ing LOVED it! YES you read that right. I just gave 5 stars to a dystopian novel. And everyone who knows me knows that that is pretty rare. Just as rare as someone calling 50 Shades a literary masterpiece.So this is your basic dystopian world (not really). The world is in ruins after a lot of shit has happened and now people live in domes all across the world. It's only safe in those domes and even there life is hard. Avery lives in Dome Four. She's one of the Elementalists, one of the best. She generates steam for the dome. Without steam, no oxygen, no electricity, nothing. But Avery feels more like a pawn than an Elite. And when a man called Riggs offers her a way out, offers her freedom, it's hard to resist. But even there, nothing is what it seems. Even there where she's supposed to be free, are lies.I loved the story. Next to the obvious reason with the elements, it's just a good dystopian book. The writing was really good. I can't really describe it, it just was so fun and nice reading this book. Megan Curd has a very good style of writing. Everything plays like a movie in my head and I love that. The worldbuilding is great. It's not so much you get bored, but not so little you don't understand a thing either. It's just enough and it's great. I got sucked into this story right away. And I just loooove when that happens.Now I've got to talk about some of the characters. Not all of them because of spoilers, but some of them. First off, Avery. Man I love her. She's got some serious spunk. Talk about a kick-ass main character. She's awesome. I loved Alice too. She may seem like a shy and quiet girl, but she's not. She's cool and I like her. Sari too, she's cool. Also pretty kick-ass. And Legs. He's funny and I love him too. And Jaxon. My god. I have a new book boyfriend. Damn.I can't talk about any of the other characters because I would spoil the whole book if I did. And I don't roll that way.Would I read this book again? Hells yeah. Will I read the sequels? Hells yeah. Would I recommend it to anyone? You betcha.This book is perfect for fans of the dystopian genre. Even fans of fantasy will like/love this book. If you're a fan of books with elemental stuff like me, you'll really love this book. So read it. Like... now. | 5 | I F-ing loved it! | 1,376,956,800 | 08 20, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 1492331414 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | Seriously Dara, you never disappoint me. Every book of you I read, is awesome. That's the reason I agreed to beta this new series for you. I knew it would be great and I knew I would love it. That's why I said I would make room in my schedule for you anytime. Because you are an amazingly talented writer and I love you!So this story is about Kat, a were-leopard (really, those exist? Never heard of it before, but it's cool!) who grew up with a pack of werewolves. She has a secret relationship with the soon-to-be Alpha male of the pack, Jason. And he's the reason she has to leave. Because he can't claim her as his. Because of who she is, she can't be Alpha female. So she leaves everything behind.Seven years go by and she's build a new life with a normal human called Marc. But it doesn't last long. She meets other were-leopards and soon she finds herself in a whole lot of trouble. So she has to go back to her pack, because that's the only place she can be safe. That also means she has to see Jason again. And of course, trouble follows her as does passion, lust, love and more trouble.As I said already, the writing is great and I didn't expect less from Dara. I know she's very talented. She just has a way of making everything become more realistic. Not many authors can do that. Especially in this genre. I mean, paranormal romance with very specific erotic scenes? It's kind of hard to make it realistic. Especially when it's about were-leopards and werewolves. I loved the story too. It's original and really, really hot! And the romance is good too. Although I'm a bit split about which one I like the most. So you have Kat and Jason to begin with. They have a history and I get that. They grew up together and fell in love, so it's certainly the most believable. And it's not insta-love. And Kat does love him a lot, that is until James comes in her life. But first Marc. He is a human and they were together when she wasn't with the pack. He disappeared and I don't know what happened to him, but I hope I'll find out in the next book. She forgets him kind of quickly. And yes, James. They are the same in many ways and it's only normal they're attracted to each other and all that. But still... Kat was kind of quick with moving on from Jason and Marc and falling for James.I liked Kat, she's a cool character, but I did find her a bit annoying. You know, she's a real cat in heat and she jumps from one guy to the next (not literally) fairly quick and that annoyed me. She loved Jason first then she left. She loved Marc and ran back to the pack for her safety right into the arms of Jason once again and then stuff happens and there's James. So. But I liked her, she's got spunk and she's pretty stubborn, so that's cool. And I liked James too. Didn't see Marc that much, so I don't know about him yet. But Jason... I liked him, but I didn't get to know how that good. So I hope I get to know him better in the next book. And all the other characters are cool too.Thanks to Dara, for letting me beta-read this book. I'm starting the next book tomorrow! I recommend this to fans of the genre or people who love erotic romance novels with a paranormal twist. D.T. Dyllin is an awesome writer and I will read anything she writes because I know it will be good. So, D. Whenever you got new stuff to beta, don't ask, just send it to me okay? | 5 | Another great book by Dara! | 1,380,585,600 | 10 1, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 1937666042 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | My first thought after finishing this book was: `Wow, this is a comic in book form.' And that's not a bad thing. Absolutely not. I love comics with superheroes and all that stuff. And I read this pretty quick. Got through it in less than 3 hours.This book is about Jim, a teenage boy with super powers. He moonlights as a Super Bounty Hunter under the name Mohawk and he's also known as Kid Sensation. He got into the trials of the Academy, a place where all teen with powers go to see if they can become a superhero. And because of some super ass he didn't get a chance to enter even though he was qualified.I enjoyed this book because I love all things superhero (Marvel, DC Comics, ... that sort of stuff. And elements. Let' s not forget those). Yeah, I'm a geek. But it was not really that special for me. It had a few flaws, which brought the book down a lot. It was a bit confusing with the flashbacks too. The writing was okay but there were some typos. I didn't have to think that much while reading and sometimes that's not a bad thing. But when there was a flashback, that changed and I was confused because I didn't immediately got the fact that it's a flashback. I do like the cover, it gives the book the whole comic book vibe I got when I finished it.I liked the characters, but there were cliches. I don't mind a few, but in this book, there were quite a lot of them. Overall this is a good book to read when I'm lazy and just want to put my mind off things and have a good time. It's that sort of book. And there's nothing wrong with that. | 3 | Relaxing read, not too complicated. | 1,379,376,000 | 09 17, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 1938883381 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | I liked this book. The story was good, the characters also goo, the writing good. I was pleasantly surprised, to be honest. I didn't expect to like it as much as I did.. I didn't really connect with the characters though... I don't know why... Even so, this was a nice read and maybe I will read it again in the future, who knows? I will be reading other books by this author for sure.I loved getting to know Maine. I didn't really knew that much about it, so I was happy to get such depth and detail of it's history, landscape and all that. I really loved that!Another thing I loved was the mystery in this book and how it unfolded. Maybe it's a weird thing to say, but I predictable but unpredictable. My head hurts trying to figure that one out. xDSo this is a good book and I liked it. But it wasn't more then that for me. Good, but not great. That's why I gave it 3.5 stars. Good job A.D.! I look forward to read more from you in the future. | 3 | Good book! | 1,367,107,200 | 04 28, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 1939173019 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | I really liked this book. I really did. It was original and I loved the mystery and the riddle Matty has to solve and I loved discovering it with him. This was a pretty good book.So this is the story of Matty. He's really smart. Seriously. I had a headache when he was talking or thinking smart things. Wendy did her research on that department. I liked the world she created and the references to this time. You know, the months, Yesa (I see what you did there Wendy, smart, really smart, lol.), That was really cool. So this smart guy doesn't like the school he goes to because the teachers are actually less smart then he is and he is bored all the time. So the King offers him a master's diploma but first he has to answer the question: What was January Black? It's a ship, but that's not the answer the King wants. So Matty has to figure out what January Black really was and I loved that we learned everything together with him. It kept me guessing and it was so fascinating. This was a really fascinating book.I loved Matty. Like I said, he gave me a headache every now and then, but I liked him. For some reason I kept hearing his voice in a British accent. Don't know why. I loved Iris and they were very cute together. It didn't feel forced and it was nice to see them grow as a couple. To see them fall in love with each other. I didn't know whether or not to like King Hadrian. Some times I did, then I didn't. Same with his dad. But I loved his mother.I don't exactly know what genre this is exactly. YA fantasy I think. So if you love that genre, you should read this book. If you don't, but you like books with mystery and smart guys that gives you a headache and sound British in your head, then you should read it too. I actually recommend it. The British accent thing. It's kind of sexy. | 4 | I really really liked it! | 1,368,489,600 | 05 14, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 1939173272 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | Actual rating: 3,5 starsThe Grave Winner is Lindsey's first book and yes, I noticed that sometimes in this book, but I always take that into consideration when I read because everyone makes beginners mistakes. So I tried not to pay to much attention to those. But overall this was a good debut. It was funny (hilarious at times), creepy, mysterious and just a fun read. I definitely had a good time reading it. And I'm still itchy by the way Lindsey. Nice thing you did there. Lol.I loved Leigh, she was very witty and I was really laughing out loud at times. And sarcastic. That was very relatable because my humor is usually very sarcastic to. I loved Jo and Sarah, even though Sarah was a little creepy at times... I liked Tram and Cal and all the other characters.This really is a good ghost story and a perfect book to read around Halloween (other times too, but it really reminded me of a book for Halloween, so...) Oh and I love the cover, fits the story very nice. | 3 | nice debut! | 1,368,748,800 | 05 17, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | 1939769213 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | 1.5 starsIf you've been reading my reviews for a while now, you know angel books can be a hit or a miss for me. This was not a hit, unfortunately. Though the blurb and the cover make it look and sound like a great book, it wasn't for me. Not at all.I'm not going to waste anytime giving a short summary of the book. This book was so frustrating and those were the longest 200 pages ever. It didn't seem to end and while that is a good thing with some books, it wasn't for this one. I couldn't wait for it to end. The writing was... not good. Not even okay. This book needs a good editor. Some things just sounded ridiculous. And I didn't feel anything throughout the book. Part of that was probably because of the characters, which I'll explain in a minute. The book was a bit boring too. Nothing really happened until the second half of the book and by then it already lost my interest. Some of the action scenes weren't that bad, but still. It took a whole lot more to make me love the book. Or even like it.The events in this book take place over just a few days and despite that the romance in this book is insta-love. Sigh. I'm starting to hate it. With a passion. Seriously. Especially in this book. Again, the characters. Okay, let's just get straight to it.I was never so frustrated by characters before. Not even Bella from Twilight. I'm serious. Even though her name is Emma Wise, she certainly isn't wise or smart. And no depth at all. The book starts out when they're bringing her in the hospital after a horrible car crash in which her parents died. It's a miracle she even survived. The next day, they tell her she's moving to Alaska the next day to some aunt. You'd think that she'd mourn the loss of her parents, but noooo. She's angry because she has to leave her friends and stuff behind. And the next day, Kade comes to pick her up. She's instantly in love with him. Again, her parents just died two days ago and she thinks about the boy and how hot he is? -Sigh- Then they leave for alaska and on the plane Kade tells her she'll be homeschooled and that makes her angry again because that's not fair and she can't spend her senior year being homeschooled. And blah blah blah. No emotions. At all.Then there are the best friends. One of the things her friend asks is: What happened to your cell? At that point, I was screaming to my e-reader. Your best friend just miraculously survived a deadly car crash. What the hell do you think happened to her cell phone? Ugh.Is it normal in the US that people who miraculously survived a deadly car crash can leave the hospital and go on a plane the next day? I don't know that but it sounds pretty stupid.There have never been so much caps in my notes before. So yeah, I was frustrated a lot reading this book and I am so so SO happy I finished it because I never thought I would. So I'm sorry, but I can't say that I recommend this book to anyone. I guess if you love angel books, you might as well give it a try because I want to know if there is anyone who shares my opinion. Sigh. | 1 | I was frustrated a lot. | 1,379,376,000 | 09 17, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | B00C3JDUJ4 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | 3.5 starsI liked this book! :) As you may or may not know, I have a weakness for books/movies about people with elemental powers, so this one belongs on that list too. It wasn't the best ever and sometimes the romance between Ryan and Natalie seemed a bit... rushed. It almost is one of those instant-love thingies you often read in books nowadays. And I'm not really a fan of that. But overall this was a fun book and I liked it. I really did. And I would read the sequel because I want to know what happens next.ARC courtesy of the author. Received a free copy in exchange for an honest review as a beta reader | 3 | I like it! | 1,365,033,600 | 04 4, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | B00DUEASJQ | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | So an omnibus... Never reviewed one before, so I'm glad I liked this one! At some points it felt like 1 really long book, which is good. It flowed nicely from one book to the next and that's very awesome in a book. I hate it when it just jumps from one thing to another and this book didn't do that.The writing was good, although sometimes a bit simplistic than I'm used to in this genre, but that's okay. There's great character developement, they all grow throughout the series and that's awesome. The magic in this book was really cool and the world building was very well done. The romance in this book was sweet and emotional and it really fit into the story without taking it over to much.If you're a fan of this genre, I really recommend these books. They are written good and the story's great. =)Yeah, I know this is a short review, but I can't talk much about it without spoilers since I'm reviewing three books at once. Just read it, okay? | 4 | Reads as one long book! | 1,373,500,800 | 07 11, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | B00EVHGN5Y | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | 3.5 starsI'm surprised to say that I really liked this book! It was a pretty cool and original concept and it worked out well. I found a few typos, but they didn't bother me that much. Kimberly gives her own spin on mermaids and sirens and mixed that with some cool action, fantastic underwater scenes and a passionate romance.Waterborn is about Caris. She just moved to a little town near the sea from Kentucky with her dad and she can't help but feel different here. Like the sea is calling her. And then she meets Noah, not knowing what he is. Noah is a waterbreather and he hears Caris' song in his head and he can't help but feel attracted to her. Soon enough, Caris finds out what and who she is. But is that really who she wants to be?The writing in this book was very good. I couldn't put this book down once I picked it up. I was pulled into Caris' world and wanted to find the answers to her questions just as much as she did. The story was cool and I got just the right amount of action and in the end my questions were answered. The romance was so sweet and passionate at the same time, I couldn't get enough of it.But despite the fact that there was some action, I never felt like it was enough. I kept waiting for something big, but it never really happened. And that took a bit from the story for me. I wanted more.I really liked Caris, she was a cool main character, but sometimes she annoyed me quite a bit. I can't even tell you why because I don't know. Maybe the way she acted around Noah in the beginning? And I liked Noah, he was sweet and he had some issues to deal with. And I got that. And it wasn't really insta-love between him and Caris because of the whole siren-song thing. I didn't like Sol and Pax, obviously. I loved Maggie and Erin and Caris' dad. I'm a bit conflicted about Athen, though. I'm not sure if I should like him or hate him.Overall, this is a good mermaid-ish story. Kimberly gave her own spin on it all and that was pretty cool but I finished the book wanting more. So yes, I have yet to find a book in this genre that completely blows my socks off. But I do recommend it, maybe you like it more than I did. | 3 | Great story, but I wanted more | 1,380,153,600 | 09 26, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | B00F741VS4 | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | Well, Heather... You've done it again. This was one hell of a book. Mind-blowing, all-consuming, can't-look-away-even-if-I-tried, breathtaking, heart-pounding,... Words just aren't enough to describe what I think of this book. It was all that and more. Especially the romance. Well... I expected it actually. Having read all but one of H.D. Gordon's books, I knew it would be awesome. And it sure was. Damn.Falling Stars starts right where Shooting Stars left off. Now I can't tell too much about it because of spoilers, so I'll just say that Surah and Charlie are in for a breathtaking romance and a whole lot of trouble. This series is starting to prove itself to be just as epic as the Alexa Montgomery Saga was.Just as in all the other books, the writing was awesome. Heather has a way of pulling me into a story and never letting me go. Not even for a second. I was right there with Surah and Charlie and even Samson. I felt like I was a part of their journey. And what a journey it was. Just the right amount of action and the romance... I'll say it again... Damn. My heart stopped several times over the course of this book only to pound a hundred times faster when it started back up again. And it literally made me gasp at some points. Not just the romance, but the whole book. I love how I'm pulled into each and every book Heather wrote and feel so many things. And I loved the fact that we got some chapters from Samson's Point of view. He is without a doubt the most awesome pet animal.I think it's safe to say that Surah is one of the most awesome characters ever. She's no spoiled princess that needs a knight in shining armor to help her when she's in trouble. Surah can handle herself, and how. She can seriously kick some ass. And I love for that. The most awesome princess ever. (With the most awesome pet ever.) And Charlie... Charlie. I can't think of him without getting a big fat smile on my face and a deep sigh. Though he, too, can kick serious ass, he's also very sweet and caring and just... perfect in my eyes. I love him. And it's pretty obvious I love Samson too. But I hate Michael and actually... I hate Theo too. Just don't like him.One last thing before I end this review... What is up with that ending Heather? Seriously??? Are you kidding me? I'm sure somewhere in the world this is a form of torture. Just... Just give me the next book okay? Like... Yesterday.Fans of H.D. Gordon will love this book. And people who haven't read anything from her yet... Well I suggest you better get started. Read the Alexa Montgomery Saga first. It's not necessary but you'll understand some things in these series better when you do. If you love fantasy and an amazing romance, I highly recommend Heather's books! | 5 | I knew it would be awesome | 1,379,376,000 | 09 17, 2013 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | B00HY03FJM | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | 2.5 starsAlthough this book started strong and had an emotional moment towards to end, most of the time I was just bored. Most books in this genre are basically the same, but it’s the way it’s executed that matters. And I’m really sorry that I have to say this, but this one was just not that good for me personally.Ember’s world comes crashing down on her when she learns her father has died in Afghanistan. Her mother becomes a zombie and she’s the one that has to keep everything together. And than her jerk of a boyfriend, Riley becomes the most hated person for me in this book and the only one Ember can find comfort in is Josh. It’s a pretty standard story, but it felt so long and I was so bored through most of it. The beginning was so good. The first few chapters had me in tears, but when Josh came along, I lost that connection. In the end is a moment that was very emotional and I had tears in my eyes from it, but for the rest I just didn’t care. And I think the problem for me is with the characters.Ember is not a great character, but she’s okay. She has to take care of her brother and sister and mom after her father’s dead. And she’s okay. But her mom. In the first half of the book she’s practically a zombie. She does nothing but sleep and she doesn’t care anymore. I get it, she’s sad and I’ve been there, but she has responsibilities! She has kids to take care of! Ember shouldn’t have to change her whole life just because her mom doesn’t want to do anything anymore! And Ember’s grandmother comes to help, but she doesn’t do much either. April is… I don’t know. Just okay I guess. She goes off the rails for a bit but that’s it. Her little brother Gus is the one I cared about the most. In the beginning of the book, the first chapter, Ember has to tell him their father died. This is a bit from that moment.“Daddy isn’t coming home, Gus.”Little blue eyes filled with tears, and his lower lip began to quiver. “Did the bad guys get him?”It broke my heart! I felt so sad for that little guy! But he was the only one I really felt something for. Josh was also okay. He’s exactly what I expected him to be. He’s Gus’ hockey coach and he and Ember went to the same school for a while years ago. The romance between him and Ember is just… weird. It started weird and I didn’t feel a connection to them so I think that’s why the book was so boring to me. And then you have Riley and Kayla. Ember’s boyfriend and best friend. They’re stupid. He’s an ass and a dick. And he’s pathetic. And Kayla’s a bitch. Why? Well, it’s not really a spoiler because it happens in the beginning, but I’ll hide it anyway. -SPOILER- Riley doesn’t show up at the funeral and a weeks after it he has a party and Ember goes to surprise him, (Josh was so kind to give her a ride) and there she finds him sleeping with Kayla. Like actual sex. And she finds out they’ve been doing it for a year. The worst thing about it, is that Ember and Riley had been together for three years and they had their whole life planned out. And Riley wanted to wait until they were married before they had sex. She didn’t want to, he did. And he has the words excuses for it. And he comes begging for her forgiveness throughout most of the book and I just wanted to hit him so hard. And the night she finds all that out, is also the night she just starts everything with Josh. Which is why it’s weird. Her dad just died, she just broke up with her cheating boyfriend after three years and then she immediately wants to have sex with him. That’s just weird. -END SPOILER-In the end it just didn’t do it for me. I was bored most of the time and except for a few emotional moments involving Ember’s dad, I didn’t really feel anything. I would recommend it to fans of the genre. Maybe you’ll love it! I hope you do! So give it a shot! | 2 | A few emotional moments, but for the rest, I was bored. | 1,391,990,400 | 02 10, 2014 |
A010971113OD625HDB6X8 | B00JZQGSDI | BookaddictBieke "Istyria book blog" | [
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] | 4.5 stars!I’ve been waiting and wanting to read this one for months now and when Stephanie said it was ready for beta-reading, I was so happy! Even though it’s long, like a proper fantasy novel usually is, I really really loved it. So take a deep breath Steph, nothing to fear in this review.The Lost Kingdom takes place in Ilendia and it’s about Arima, a sixteen year old girl whose world is turned upside down when she finds out she’s Lady Spirit, one of the five Ladies of Elements. According to a centuries old Prophecy, she has to unite all the five Ladies and save Ilendia and the Other Lands from Ahriman, the Demon King. Even though Arima has no choice but accept the destiny she never even wanted and go on a journey into the unknown.The Lost Kingdom was originally published in Dutch and Stephanie wanted to take it to the next level and started translating it herself so more people were able to read it and yes, she’s going indie! She has been working very hard on this for months now and I’ve been helping wherever I can. I’m sort of a PR person for her, a beta reader,… But above all, her best friend. And honestly, I was terrified I wouldn’t like it that much because it would break my heart if I had to write a negative review. Luckily, I loved it!This has everything a good YA Fantasy book needs. A cool, brilliant world? Check! A strong, pretty bad ass heroine? Check! A scary, evil villain? Check! Mystery, Magic and more of that good stuff? Check, check and check! Plus I did get a lot of feels from it too! Especially in the beginning and at the end. And elemental magic powers!! That’s the thing I loved the most because I love it when a book has that. The world Stephanie created was amazing and in the Dutch copy there is a map, but the one that made it left out some of the most important cities so it’s not very helpful. I don’t know if there will be a map in the English book too, but if not, you’ll have to use your imagination. And Stephanie does a good job at helping you with that. The whole land/world was in my head!Of course, with Fantasy sometimes comes strange words. And there are some in this one too. Creatures I didn’t know because they were made up, a language that was also made up. There is a legend at the end with all the meanings of those words and names, but I think I pronounce them very, very wrong in my head so. That’s a bit confusing, but I got used to it. And most Fantasy books I know (like the ones from James Clemens, Robin Hobb, Terry Goodkind,…) are very long and this one is too in my opinion. It has 332 pages in the beta stage and before you say that that’s not long at all, it is because these are normal pages in the PDF format. So if she would print it out, that’s how many standard sized pages there would be. So it’s long, but that’s not a bad thing because Stephanie really takes her time to develop this story and its characters. Yeah it can get a little, tiny bit boring. BUT, there’s a but! Just when you’re starting to feel like putting the book down, something happens that hooks you again and you’re back on track!I really loved Arima. She really grows a lot in this book and I like that. She doesn’t want to be Lady Spirit at first and denies everything. But then something happens and she’s forced to flee from her village and she has to grow up pretty quick and learn more about these new powers she has. And she can really kick some ass if she needs too. The battle at the end is pretty epic. It’s not very long, but the book is, so appreciated the fact that Stephanie didn’t drag the battle out just to make it longer. And on her journey she meets several fun characters. Blythe, Myrddin, Laguun, … And of course her unicorn, Sirrim. No it’s not as lame as it sounds, the unicorn is also pretty bad ass.So if you’re looking for an awesome YA Fantasy book in the style of James Clemens, Terry Goodkind (and more), this is a good choice! I really loved it and I can’t wait to see what happens next! | 5 | Loved it and can't wait to read book 2! | 1,398,643,200 | 04 28, 2014 |
A010971136KCG6YVSLJJ2 | 1450784011 | Solutions for Tuition | [
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A010980921R2IS387A3OP | B000AOO0MK | Matthew Brozack | [
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] | Great design! The installation was so simple. It definitely makes the car look less like an RC car. Product quality was better than what I was expecting. | 5 | The Stubby | 1,394,841,600 | 03 15, 2014 |
A01098232MU7H15SYXC9G | 0307730697 | LES | [
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] | What a great book. It was recommended by a friend and I enjoyed it tremendously. Adam Brown, although started out with troubles, showed that if you put your mind to it anything can be accomplished. | 5 | Fearless | 1,353,369,600 | 11 20, 2012 |
A01098331MMLVKM17K62V | 149964244X | Amazon Customer | [
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] | I think it is great. I do like that it is written in real language. Not like Anne of Green Gables. I read so I do not have to watch tv or listen to it. It is my quiet time. I get involved and it is nice to read this. It is easy to follow. I think most any one that likes a little mystery would like this. | 5 | Sherlock holmes. The Ultimate Collection. | 1,381,795,200 | 10 15, 2013 |
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] | This is a cute short book. Very interesting the thinking of the time. I found it a nice escape for one afternoon. Not of this era it is nice look at the turn of the last Century. Enjoy. | 4 | When Queens Ride by | 1,388,016,000 | 12 26, 2013 |
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] | This book was so good! I can't wait for the next one! Such a cliffhanger and a great read! Love! | 5 | Love | 1,358,121,600 | 01 14, 2013 |
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A01099272G1ZIAMG1GMUQ | B00HF19RVK | Nasty Nate | [
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A01099272G1ZIAMG1GMUQ | B00JG6JVRM | Nasty Nate | [
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A010997525FU27TAPMJCG | 0007179731 | Aistis Zidanavicius "Aistis Zidanavicius" | [
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] | Are you tired of your life? Do you do things that don't bring any meaning in to your life? Are you so busy that you have never thought of these questions before? Do you own a Ferrari? You can spend couple of hours reading this book and might find the answers to your questions or you can keep on rushing and realize these things by yourself on the last day of your life!Robin Sharma is really a great story teller. The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari is a book full of wisdom, advises and lessons about life wrapped in a beautiful story of human transformation and finding a meaning in life. I liked this book, because everything is explained in a simple story way. The main line of the book is about the lawyer who had all the success and lots of money but still lost the meaning and passion in life. Author tells us simple principles which most people forget by rushing over their lives. He reminds us what it really means to live and enjoy everyday blessings. All the book consists of many insights and advises presented in a ear-catching manner.Most people these days rush to make careers, earn money and does other "need to do" things don't even realizing that they are quitting on their real dreams and passions in life. Most people are just doing things not even realizing that they are caught in a closed circuit and really don't go anywhere. Most people are not happy with their lives and those things they are doing are not bringing them any joy. Most people are trying their best for their family, but forgetting the most important - to spend time with the family. This book might be the answer to the question, why are they not happy yet. Happiness is a state of mind that consists of many small blessings in life and most people are just rushing for many things that don't make their lives any more happy and meaningful. This book might open your eyes and make you see life through a different angle.As hearing some people talking about this book I also noticed one dangerous thing. And that thing is money topic. For some people it might seem that money is not an important thing, but it really is and I don't believe that Robin wants to justify poverty. Money is a tool, to make your life easier and get things you want and you don't need to misunderstand the attitude that money becomes everything in life. Believe me, if you don't have money, happiness is a lot more difficult state to understand. Even the book is called The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, so you need to have that Ferrari at first in order to be able to sell it. This book is not a permission to make excuses why you are not rich or have not enough money. It just gives you lessons on how to be happy and live a meaningful life.So what car do you drive and which car would you really like to drive?! | 5 | The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari. A wisdomfull story about finding a meaning in life! | 1,395,964,800 | 03 28, 2014 |
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] | Most people would say that love is very important in their life and relationship, but how many people really know what love is? Most people don't even have any idea how to love themselves and they already try to love others. Most people are trained how to love by their parents, surroundings and most people don't even realize that the real intimacy of two souls starts in a much different place and proceeds in a much different way!I believe that discovering yourself should be the main task in any person's life! And Paulo Coelho is a master at writing great novels on this topic. It's his second book that I've got a chance to read and I am really very happy that I did so. As I loved The Alchemist, I loved this book even more, but I still think that you should read The Alchemist first!This book caught my attention from the start and I couldn't wait to see what will happen going further through the pages. Every page of the book got my attention until the book was finished. Author touches many interesting themes in this book like love, marriage, fame, obsession, transformation, loss, discovery and journey into yourself. I was really impressed on author's point of view about love in this book. This book even could be read as an amazing and dramatic love story with a happy ending. It could also be read as a discovery of yourself, transformation of human soul. Or it could be read as everything mentioned above. That's the beauty of this story, it is not just a nice love story, but it's also a very deep and philosophical analysis of human behavior and soul.The main line of the book is about the main character who is looking for his lost wife. The story starts from him being arrested for suspicion of being related to his wife's disappearance. The rest of the book is a journey of a great search for his wife. It just a very short description of the book, but everything is more complicated. It's not just a journey to find his wife, it's a journey to discover the real himself as well. The journey into realizing real love, attraction and real intimacy of two souls.I would greatly encourage everyone to read this book. It doesn't matter if you are single, married, divorced or living together for 20 boring (or maybe exciting) years. I believe, that if you read this book with open heart, you will find a lot of spices to make your life and relationship more wonderful than you could have imagined before.So, what is your Zahir? | 5 | The Zahir. Amazing journey to discover yourself! | 1,395,273,600 | 03 20, 2014 |
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] | Are you tired of your life? Do exactly the same Mondays and other days of the week don't make sense to you? Do you feel that there is something more waiting in life for you? If you have such or similar questions I believe this book can be an answer for you! But just reading it and not practicing is not going to make any changes in your life!This book is sequel to Robin's bestseller The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari. Basically it's very similar to the mentioned book, but everything is expanded and explained in more details. The plot is simple, the same monk who sold his Ferrari is sharing his wisdom with the man who has everything in life, but lost meaning of it. He almost ended with a suicide, but accidentally something stopped him and that something became a breakthrough in his life.What I like in this book is that Sharma takes us step by step through all 7 steps of self-awakening. In a story telling way he explains us why they are important and how you can master them. He gives us many advices and insights that can help to transform anyone's life. To make those steps and advises more emphasized the hero of the books teaches his apprentice one step at a time, by showing a lesson each time and making him to experience everything by himself, not just to hear the advice. That makes this book more practical to use for everyone who want great changes in their lives.I believe there are many lost souls in this world and this practical book can really help to find a real yourself and a real meaning of your life. Even if this one book won't help, I believe it will be a first huge step to discover your destiny!So, is your next Monday going to be the same as your last 30 Mondays?! | 5 | Discover Your Destiny. Practical guide to discover your destiny! | 1,397,260,800 | 04 12, 2014 |
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] | Amazingly shocking and mind-blowing! Masterpiece that you won't forget for a long time! Very futuristic look at the utopian society, technologies and lifestyle. This book really blow me away! It immediately became my favorite novel I've ever read.Brave New World takes us to a very far future, even though it was written about 80 year ago. Aldous Huxley really made a fantastic work, which I was so much surprised and amazed to read. This book got my attention from the start and I couldn't put it away till the end. Life and society are much different in Brave New World. They live by different mindset, values, purpose and meaning than we do in today world (or it just might look like so from the first sight). Everything is based on the idea that everyone belongs to everyone else and happiness is the main priority which should be gotten right now.First of all, people are born artificially and divided into the groups. There are 5 castes in New World's society: alpha, beta, gamma, delta and epsilon. You might understand that alphas are the highest and epsilons are the lowest caste. The main beauty of that is that all society lives in peace and happiness and that is achieved by shaping mindset from the embryo. So everybody is happy at their positions and never thinks about any other opportunities. Artificial drug helps everyone always be happy despite any bad situations. There are no relationships, families or any other factors that might disturb the order. There it is vulgar and unethical to have only one partner.Such life might seem very amoral for many people, but as I said before it just seems different and unacceptable for our world. As I wrote in my previous review about 1984's, it's just a mask, matrix. Look deeper and you will see that our society is not much different. Starting from marriages, most people do that and it's almost never permanent not even including cheats on partners (I mean that cheating is end of the marriage already). Agree? You should. Furthermore, let's take castes. In our world most people think that they have a choice. The true is they don't. Yes, actually everyone has a choice, theoretically, but practically not. Just take an example of riches's children becoming rich and broke's children becoming broke. It's not because of any other conditions or circumstances, but the programming parent's give to their children. So here we have a choice, but everything starts from teacher giving right lessons to the student. So, if you have a successful mindset, you will pass it on through many generations and will get alphas. If not, you will get epsilon generations. I don't want to be mean, just trying to get your attention that everything is possible you just need to start from yourself and there is no time for laziness or any excuses. Let's take one more aspect from the book, like "I want now and here to get and be happy". What can you say about our society? It's mostly the same. Most people do something small or worthless now to satisfy some needs not thinking much about the result in the future. I hear a lot "I want this now, I need this now" and something really important and meaningful or valuable they delay for a lifetime. The typical culture of consumerism and "fast food" (fast life). And I don't mean that it's bad, I mean that everything could be used in a good way and in a bad way. You choose!One more interesting aspect for me is the governance of the society in New World. There should always be a cowboy to supervise the herd. The role of the cowboy in this book goes to world governors. There are just couple of them who supervise all the world. They are the creators of everything and the interesting part of it, that in order to become one of them you should get out of the rat race! But before that you have to realize that there is a rat race. One of them told his story, that when he realized there is more in life, had a choice to go to the island or to train and become one of the world's governors. And the island is the place for people who want to create, explore and escape from the society they are in. All of this is just one more example to see that our world is the same. Most people are so busy with their day-to-day routines that they never realize there must be more in this life. I must say WAKE UP!!!Lastly I would like to look over technologies operating in the New World. It really surprised me that the author who wrote this book in 1931 had so futuristic vision. Mass production cloning, sleep learning, flying cars, artificial drugs with no bad feeling really surprised me.So are you alpha or epsilon? But the main question in not "what" you are, it's who you are willing to become! | 5 | Brave New World. Are you alpha, beta, gamma, delta or epsilon? | 1,374,537,600 | 07 23, 2013 |
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] | Excellent and involving till the end. One of the most touching books I ever read in my life. I highly recommend it to everyone and especially to everyone who gave up on their dreams. This book will show you the way to your Personal Legend!The Alchemist involved me from the start. I read this book in one sip. Really, when I started I couldn't put it away till the last page. It might look like it's a novel, but if you read between the lines, you will notice that a novel is just a surface. What is really deep in this story is the personal journey to discover yourself and reach your dreams. I love the way Paulo Coelho presented this journey. I love to dream and reach my dreams, so all the stories about somebody having big dreams and achieving them touches me, especially this one.Santiago is the main character of the story. Actually he can represent everyone on the earth who follows his own dreams. He is just a symbol of will, persistence and victory of life. The story tells his journey to discover himself. Actually, he takes the road to follow his dreams which he saw when he was sleeping. The entire journey is a metaphoric transformation to discover yourself. I don't want to tell all the story here, but can say that everyone of us has our own journey in life. The question is do we take the road? Or do we swim with the river?This book made me understand that life consists of the journey to reach the dreams. It's not the end result that makes all the sense. It's the personal journey that makes it really mater. It's the Personal Legend that you create on the way to reaching your goals. Everything in life is really just a hand length away. The question is what length journey you have to go to see those things. You have to be ready to achieve success, otherwise it will pass through. The personal journey makes you ready when it comes. And this book has everything in it what you need to be a champion in life.So, can you read between the lines? Can you see more than just a trip to Egypt? Share your thoughts. | 5 | The Alchemist. Do live your own Personal Legend!!! Or don't live at all. | 1,373,328,000 | 07 9, 2013 |
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] | Great book and guide on very important lessons in life. Most people struggle with their lives, jobs, relationships, happiness and so ever. I believe this book can really help most of them if they will read it sincerely for themselves and put those advises into action. The Greatness Guide is quite similar to another Sharma's book Who Will Cry When You Die. For me it wasn't much difference, but I believe that the more such books everyone will read, the more chances to live a great life he will have! Recommended to everybody searching greatness in all aspects of life! | 5 | The Greatness Guide. Wisdom worth greatness! | 1,396,828,800 | 04 7, 2014 |
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] | This book is for everyone chasing their dreams. It's about amazing will, persistence, love and finally great success. Chris Gardner is the man who became millionaire from scratch. He experienced dark and cold nights, homelessness and many more struggles but finally made it to a very successful person. Here, in this book, he is sharing his experience and gives us 44 lessons in life, which can lead us to great success despite of where we are right now!It's the same author who wrote the book "The Pursuit Of Happyness". I haven't read that book, but saw the movie based on it. I believe many of you did and if not, I greatly recommend you to do so. I loved the movie, so when I saw this book I had no doubts I should read it. I wasn't wrong, this book is really impressive and it really gives you simple but very powerful lessons for life. Many people struggle in life having no clue where to start and Start Where You Are would be a great choice to start with.Chris covers everything, starting from the circumstances where everybody are at the moment then going on to the past experiences, mastery, simple everyday steps, spirituality and finally to the lessons of really happy life.Most of the lessons in similar or different words I got from other books I've read before. What I liked the most about this book is that all the necessary lessons are really clearly distinguished in one book. Everything is explained in simple words and thoughts. Moreover, this book is not about finances and money. Chris does say that money is important in life, but he talks about it just as a result of happy life. So in this book you can find everything what can be called a really happy life.Do you have any other lessons of happy life? Share with others! | 5 | Start Where You Are. Unbeatable will and persistence! | 1,384,300,800 | 11 13, 2013 |
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] | Changes, changes, changes.. One of the most difficult things societies can handle. And one of the most important things in becoming successful in life as well! Most of you know people who are panicky afraid of something going even in a little different way than they are used to. Most of you know people who look with huge eyes when something changes and can't understand what to do now. Most of you are those people. And if you can't answer the question who moved your cheese, this book is really for you!Who Moved My Cheese is one of the first books I've read when I started to be interested in self-development and I'm very glad I've read it. Spencer did a great job by making this book sound as a story, really simple story that a child could read with an interest. That makes this book very easy to read and understand.The main problem discussed in the book is "changes" and how people react to it. By using four fictional characters in the story, author basically wants to show us four types of people in real life and four different reactions to the changes. After reading the material, everyone could personalize one of the characters to himself and that will show you where you are in life. Even though the story is fictional, the result in the end is real. Spencer shows real life consequences that happens to any of the characters according to their reaction and action to the changes.The book is really like a moral and I believe it's one of the most important morals in life, because I believe that based on your reaction to changes you get the certain results. On the other hand, certain results come from having a certain reaction to changes. So if you want to see what might happen to you, read this book, and it will be like a laboratory experiment looking at the mice and watching what happens to each of them based on their behavior.So, who are you in the story? Or maybe more important, who are you going to become after reading this book? Share your thoughts! | 5 | Who Moved My Cheese? Be a change yourself, don't chase for a cheese! | 1,379,462,400 | 09 18, 2013 |
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] | Involving till the last word. Beautifully designed dystopic world, which rises a lot of questions about human existence and purpose in this world.Big brother is watching you!"1984" is classic novel by George Orwell written in 1949. For me it was very interesting to see how author sees the future (as I know now it's the past), and as the world shown in the book is totalitarian that means no much technology or life development or improvement can be expected. The most interesting technology for me was an all seeing eye, a screen in every place, which is watching every move of every person.The book shows the world after some nuclear war. There are just three countries in that world and they are always fighting. The described country is called Oceania. Winston Smith is the main character of the story. He is working to rewrite/correct the history of the world. The past is rewritten every day, because the system (Big Brother) must be always right. The world without the past or future and without any meaning. People are doing everyday work without even realizing why they are doing that.I liked "1984" because it was involving till the end. Even though the time author wrote this novel was the time when all kind of ideological systems were developing, it's still very interesting to see one of the most ridiculous version of them. I was born in Lithuania, where we had the system of communism, but I don't remember much of that because I was too little. But after reading this book it's easier for me to understand older generation, because they were part of that system. So probably they experienced many things written in the book and the consequences of all that are still influencing their lives.On the other hand, as I was reading the book I was thinking, even if that world seems so cruel and ridiculous through my eyes, could it be that we are living in the same world right now? No, not the same from the outside world, but the same from the inner ourselves. The values of the Oceania were: war is peace, freedom is slavery and ignorance is strength. If we take the second one and try it on today's society, I could say that most people don't like to be free. They are looking forward to being enslaved in jobs they don't like and activities that doesn't make any sense also being scared to get fired, because it means that they will have to use their brains to find or start something new. The third value is also very common among nowadays society. As I wrote in my previous post, most people simply ignore the information and feel good about that. The book is very worth reading!So, do we really live in a different world? What do you think? | 5 | 1984. Cruelly (or maybe beautifully) designed world and 2 + 2 = 5. | 1,372,204,800 | 06 26, 2013 |
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] | Genetics is nothing to blame on! If your weight shows numbers that you don't like, it's your job to reduce them. Your body is a very serious part of your life and you should treat it accordingly. Sex? Well, we all believe that we know everything, but a little more knowledge about 15 minute woman orgasm would be a great deal, don't you think so?!Timothy Ferriss is really a great author and a person who likes to analyze and experience things and later on present the conclusions to us. I haven't read his bestseller The 4-Hour Workweek yet, but when reading The 4-Hour Body you can feel that author experienced everything, what he writes about, himself. That's very interesting, because all the advices are based on experiments, experiences, tests and numbers. Timothy loves numbers and tests and I believe that's great, because most things and progresses should be measured and most of them are measured by numbers. What you need is to know what those tests and numbers mean and how to interpret them and Timothy explains everything in his book.This book is about what I would call self-performance, what includes losing fat, improving sex life, getting better sleep and seeking for other improvements in physical abilities. You should never forget that human consists of body, mind and heart (or soul) and all of these areas should be trained equally in a period of life! So this book is mostly about body, though I believe that if you are improving one area of your humanization, at certain degree the other areas are improving as well.There are many books written on dieting, exercising, building muscles, losing fat, having better sex and sleep and so on. I believe all of them provide certain information on a subject they are written. It's not just another book on similar subjects. What I love about it the most is that Timothy tries to explain most processes happening in/to the body in an easy to understand way why you should do that. Another excellent thing is that all above mentioned topics and many more are covered in one book! Moreover, he doesn't say that you should change your personality completely to lose weight or to improve your abilities. He doesn't suggest any radical changes in your daily eating or living habits, he simply suggests what I would call an improvement. There is no easy or hard way to lose fat or improve your other body abilities. The are only few things that should be done in order to achieve your goals. And this book provides you with one of the methods. You might like it or not, but it works! Everything depends just on you. Reading the book is just 10% of the work, the rest 90% is your part in putting that knowledge in to action!I believe The 4-Hour Body will provide you with experienced information on many facilities of your physical being. It's worth reading, but just if you are going to take an action afterwards!So, do you think your body deserved at least 4 hours of excellent treatment? | 5 | The 4-Hour Body. Improve your body, improve your LIFE! | 1,399,420,800 | 05 7, 2014 |
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] | Very interesting and inspiring work on governance that could be used for leadership. It's a political treatise and even though this book was written about 500 years ago, all the principles described in the book works very well these days. A very interesting look at the reasons, methods and differences of the governance is presented.Niccolo Machiavelli wrote this treatise as a gift for his those days king. The reason to do so was to explore and to describe the methods on how to govern a country. Actually everything is very easy presented. The author starts by describing differences between the counties and then gets into how and why those counties or areas should be governed. The book is full of real life examples of other nations in different times. Machiavelli describes why some of the countries or empires expanded and why some of them collapsed. Everything is easy explained and it's not difficult to notice, that most of the methods he wrote about are used by today politicians or leaders.As I've read a lot of books on leadership, this one was really interesting because of its age. Actually it might look like this book is more about management, but really there are a lot of hints and methods that turns on to leadership. Furthermore, firstly kings had to be leaders to keep the power in their hands.Moreover, what I liked more about this book, is a deeper look and understanding on how countries are created, what agreements you should make and what you shouldn't do to win. The book revealed many intrigues between kings and their relatives, which led to betrayals and deaths. To conclude everything, I think that the most important thing is not to get the power - it's to keep it for a lifetime and to be remembered as the greatest!Any thoughts? Please, share. | 5 | The Prince. Get the power, keep the power and expand the power! | 1,374,105,600 | 07 18, 2013 |
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] | Is Bill Gates who he is today because of the talent he has? Was Steve Jobs such a legendary creator because of his own persistence and visions? That's a good question that Malcolm Gladwell tries to explain in this book based on the opportunities and heritage they had in life. I have a little different opinion or maybe just an addition to his opinion what I think is very important as well!Outliers is the book about success. It's not another success story or a guide how to become successful, even though, after reading such book you can know more about success than you did before. It's a book with a lot of examples and experiments that were carried out trying to identify why some people are successful and some are not. Author tries to go deep into the surroundings that famous and successful people like Bill Gates, The Beatles, Joe Flom and others had in life. Malcolm makes an assumption that no one became successful by themselves, that the heritage and the society made those people into success stories they are. The book is full of experiments and explorations deep into those people lives, which sometimes take many generations before they were born. Author also gives us many statistics, to illustrate some of the facts about successful and not so successful people.What is more different in this book, that everything is explained based on the sequence of lucky opportunities that happened to those famous people. It's like, because of that it happened this and because of this there was a good time or personal character to do something. And like I mentioned before, sometimes it goes deep into many generations before. It might be true and I can't say contrary. Anyway, author agrees that to be successful you have to have certain character features and certain time to use opportunity. That's absolutely true. It's like starting to make a wagon for horse these days is absolute insanity when we are talking about the future of flying cars. But some time ago it was a chance. The same with character, of course you need to have certain features to become successful and author mostly says about why some people have one and other people have other features based on their background and life style. And the conclusion comes that some of them become successful and some don't.Everything there is true and I believe that couple hundred years ago not everybody had so much chances to become successful as we have now. Today really everything is possible and it doesn't depend on any character or background in the end. Yes, it depends at the start point, but the beauty of this is that we can change habits and character, because we have the information that it's possible and moreover we have methods and practices how to do so. It's possible to forgive person when he doesn't know something but it's not fair to do so when he knows the information but doesn't use it. And it's a choice to use or not, but the fact that we have it still remains. So every choice has a consequences and that's also known!Another ingredient to success story in Malcolm's book is opportunity. He talks about the opportunities that those successful people had. He admits that they were ready when the opportunity came, because they made right actions before. I agree one hundred percent with him too - you have to be ready to take an opportunity when it comes to you. And again, the beautiful thing in today world is that opportunities come very often. The problem is that most people don't see them because they are not ready or are too busy with their day-to-day routine. And to be ready is a choice of how you spend you time. Everyone has 24 hours a day, so it's just a choice what will you do during that time. Moreover, today it's possible to take or create an opportunity yourself as information is very easy accessible and everybody knows it!Considering everything that was said, it's a great book, which will help you to see success stories from a different angle. I believe it will help you to see what choices and surrounding can help you reach your goals and which won't. And as I mentioned before, the beautiful thing is that you can change and adapt yourself to become who you really want to be!So what is stopping you from success? Do you see many opportunities in life? Does your character help you? | 5 | Outliers. The story of success. Success through a different angle! | 1,377,734,400 | 08 29, 2013 |
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] | Ever wondered why some things become so popular and others, even better, just vanish? Probably everybody who has an access to the computer on this planet saw PSY video Gangnam style and wondered how it's possible that an unknown musician became so very well known and popular in all over the world so quickly? Well, me too, and after reading this Malcolm's book I've got my answers.After reading one of Malcolm's books' called Outliers I found another called The Tipping Point. I liked his first book, so I was pretty sure that this one is going to be very interesting as well. I wasn't wrong. The book is really great because of author's style and ability to put a lot of examples and experiments into the material. That's what makes his works a little different from others what I've been recently reading.The Tipping Point tries to explain why some things (products, fashions, behavior, etc.) become like viruses and spread in amazing speed and volume and why others don't. Even it might look like an accident, it's not, everything has a logical and analytically explanation. This means that everything might be planed and done in a controlled manner. The tipping point is the point, when everything changes and becomes unstoppable viral.According to Malcolm, there are three main factors that play the main role in reaching tipping point and creating a viral effect and he explains them separately in a very understandable way. Author analyzes many cases based on viral impact what leads us to more deep understanding about the cases and the factors. After reading this book it's easier to understand how many commercials are done or marketing companies work. Not all of them are doing this successfully, but some are. It's not enough to know how to do viral effect, but it's still a good start to know that it's possible to do in a controlled manner. It's not fortune anymore, it's just some methods that are already analyzed and being implemented.Moreover, this knowledge can help in a lot of good things, because sometimes bad behavior becomes viral and the only way to stop it effectively is to know how everything works. Knowing that it's possible to spread another virus, which can neutralize the first one or simply not to let bad behavior reach tipping point and become viral.I can't wait to implement The Tipping Point knowledge into my business.Any viral thoughts:)? | 5 | The Tipping Point. How do you start the Gangnam Style virus?! | 1,378,944,000 | 09 12, 2013 |
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] | I always hear people complaining about not having enough money, about having debts and how they can't do anything because of that. I'm really sorry for those people, because the biggest debt is in their heads. And the worst is that after reading this book most of them won't change anything. So for those, don't bother, skip this review and this book. But for those, who want to see what a really top class lifestyle and business means - there are 5 billion of reasons to read this book!Donald Trump is a great man. This is not the first book of his that I've got to read. He is one of those people I really admire and I believe everyone can learn a lot from this star of success.I really loved this book. First of all, it's not a tutorial on becoming rich. There is no magic or mystic in this ability. There are just certain things that can lead you to be successful and some that will never do. You choose that! Donald is the believer of hard work. I like this point of view, because nothing comes in easy way. You should understand that while reading this book.Honestly, I didn't learn anything about success from this book. Everything Trump says about success I've already read in other books. As I mentioned before, there are certain things that bring people to the dream life. All successful people use them and talk about them in their books. Just all of them do that in their own manner and from their own point of view. What I love about Donald is his point of view, how he does that.Some people might think that Trump is always praising himself. It might seem like that, but the main thing is that when you came back to the fortune from the debt of almost 10 billion dollars, you have a right to do so. Moreover, when you are creating the top class things, it's another reason to really be proud of yourself. I bet most people who say bad things about Trump are really low class and champions of excuses.Adding more to my fascination about this book, is that I saw all the greatness of creating a world-top-class buildings and other facilities. One thing is to build a small 2 floor building, another is to build a huge and marvelous skyscraper, not even talking about the quality of living inside.In one of the chapters the author describes his work week, hour by hour. It might look stupid, but if you look deeper, you will understand how successful people live and what they do (and what don't - that's very important too!). So after reading this chapter you can compare Trump's week with your week. If you are a billionaire, I believe that it will be pretty much the same. If not? You have where to improve..So, do you choose to live a top class life? | 5 | Trump: How to Get Rich. Top Class of living! | 1,391,558,400 | 02 5, 2014 |
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] | Have you ever been cheated or tricked? Have you ever put so much trust in somebody but eventually it turned out that he/she lied to you? Do you like the feeling of being fooled? I believe you don't!This book is about lies. Before I started to read it I couldn't think that it's possible to write whole book on such topic, but I found out that there are many more books about lies. That surprised me in the beginning, but getting deeper into the pages I realized that it's really a very wide and important topic in our lives. I thought that I never lie, but it turned out that I do, just mostly all of my lies fall into the category of acceptable lies. You will find many interesting information like classification of lies and liars, the accuracy of polygraph, biggest lies in history and many more.There are things that I liked and disliked in this book. The good thing about reading Paul's book is that I really learned a lot of new things and information. Before reading it I just knew that people lie, now I know a lot more about psychology and science of lie. Yes, you can really call it science! I don't mean that I learned everything written in the book, but I can see a bigger picture on this topic now. Another thing that I liked is examples about real historical events. They really made reading more interesting. One more thing that I paid attention to is that author don't claim things, he just says his opinion, results of the experiments and facts beside. That makes it more real, than just to know someone's opinion and take it for absolute truth.What I missed in this book is more pictures of human expressions with different emotions. There are some, but I think it would be more interesting to see more emotions and more different people feeling the same emotion. Reading this book felt like it is more adapted to catch criminals lying. I've missed more examples and information on business lies.I understand, this book is dedicated to see the big image on lie topic. It's not a learning tutorial. So probably my dislikes are not very countable. Anyway, it's a great book on quite an interesting topic. If you are interested in body language, mentalism or seeking the truth, you should read this book.What's your opinion on lying? | 4 | Telling Lies. Can you be trusted? | 1,391,040,000 | 01 30, 2014 |
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] | It's sick.It's creepy.It's disgusting.It's unethical.It's psycho.It's mentally ill.It's pervert.All of these epithets might suit to describe this book. I think some people might not even read it fully.The author, Chuck Palahniuk, can really write intriguing and creepy plots for the stories. I'm not too much into novel, but as I liked "Fight Club", written by the same author, I decided to read this book as well. I can say, Chuck really surprised me with this book. I didn't expect it to be so sick. Of course it depends on the attitude, of how sick you see it, but even for me thinking to have a wide attitude, the story was pervert. And I don't mean pervert in a sexual way, I mean pervert in mind way.The story basically concentrates on few young people having everything in their lives. What I liked the most, that the author shows what is happening in their heads, but this is fully revealed only in the end of the book. One of the main quotes of the book is: "Everything we want is what we are trained to want". And only reading this book fully you can see to what sick thoughts, actions and consequences it could a damaged mind bring to.If you think you can imagine all freaky-pervert show, you should really read this one! | 4 | Invisible Monsters: A Novel. Freaky people freaky life. | 1,369,267,200 | 05 23, 2013 |
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] | Simple story, simple examples and outstanding knowledge that will definitely improve your financial success and life! Rich Dad Poor Dad will uncover the non-hidden secrets of why some people are becoming rich and most are not. And the most beautiful thing is that you will be able to use that knowledge and become rich as well!Robert Kiyosaki is a wonderful adviser regarding financial issues. Rich Dad Poor Dad is his must have book in any home, because it will definitely improve your financial situation. I believe you will find many answers to the question why you are not rich yet. Robert tells his story of having 2 dads, one who was his intelligent one and the other, who was the rich one. The story starts from the childhood and I believe it's very important, because the knowledge you get being a child lasts through mostly all your life. And here comes very important question of what outcome do you wish to have in your life? This book is a great start of changing your mindset and start living a rich life!I've read this book twice and I think I will read it once a year, because even though some of the information is a little old or not as useful in different countries as it is in US, still the principles and the ideas are exactly the same. Every time reading this book I'm getting a little bit different understanding of what Robert wants to tell us, so I believe reading it once a year will still give me a very valuable new insights.What I love about this book is that it really explains differences between people's mindsets and how those mindsets are affecting their financial life. Mostly if the financial situation is bad, that leads to all other aspects of life to be bad. So by reading this book you will be able to understand the main principles why some people are rich and most are not. Another great thing is that Kiyosaki advocates education a lot. And by saying education he means not the education system, but the education itself, what means constant improvement of you. He really doesn't like the system that is used in many countries to produce just employees, without any knowledge of financial issues and any chance of becoming really rich! And yes, many people are still blindly following the habit, that you need to go to school an get a good education. It's time to wake up, because we are living in different times!And some WARNING at the end: This book won't make you rich - you will! This book will just give you the knowledge how to do that!So, are you ready to wake up, or you need to get your diploma first? | 5 | Rich Dad Poor Dad. The Bible of financial education! | 1,402,531,200 | 06 12, 2014 |
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] | Launching a leadership revolution is one of the books I just finished reading this month. I have to admit I really needed it and I believe everyone who is leading somebody or wants to lead must read this great book.Two amazing authors Chris Brady and Orrin Woodward gives us an incredible opportunity to learn from their experience on leadership. One of them, Chris Brady, I met in live event about a year ago. I can say that this man is an amazing speaker, who made a big impact on me. So getting to read the book he co-authors was a great opportunity for me to deepen my knowledge in leadership mastery.I like it very much that everything is very clear. All leadership mastery is distinguished in smaller parts and it's very easy to determine which part you are in. Knowing this it is very easy to understand where you need to improve and what is the next step. Authors call this the five levels of influence and they gives you step-by-step instructions what you need in everyone of them, so it's very easy to see where exactly you need to improve and what exactly you need to do to master every level. Examples of the real people in every level of influence made this book really attractive for me.Launching a leadership revolution really helped me to understand which areas I need to improve and gave me the guidance what exactly should I do. That's why I think that it is really great book for everyone who wants to master the art of leadership. I think this book will help everyone despite of which level of leadership you are in, because a real leader always has where to improve. | 5 | Launching A Leadership Revolution. Great book for everyone reaching leadership mastery!!! | 1,364,428,800 | 03 28, 2013 |
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] | I wish I have read this book 10 or even 5 years earlier. Principles told in this book is taken from long time ago and they still have a big value on these days. Now I can see exactly why i didn't make or had money at some times in my life, I think you will see too.The Richest Man in Babylon is written in a story telling style, that makes this book very easy to read and very easy to understand. In my mind some principles told shouldn't be taken straight, some of them you should adapt to nowadays. World seems to change, but the rules of money making and having still are the same.I encourage you to read this book, practice principles and I believe your finances will get much much better. | 5 | The Richest Man in Babylon. Want to have money - it's a must read!!! | 1,362,009,600 | 02 28, 2013 |
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] | I'm so glad I got to read this book. It's absolutely amazing and mind-blowing masterpiece. I admire Randy very much and I admire him even more and more by reading more of his books or any other stuff. I can say it's absolutely must read for every human on this earth and will tell you why.This book hit on me from the very start and I have to admit that I started to write this review even though I haven't finished the book yet. That is because I really want to share my excitement about this book with you. Don't worry I will finish this review only after I will finish the book. There is not much left. The message Randy shares with us is very controversial and eye-opening. Many of you might be shocked and don't agree with the author, but that doesn't change the reality Randy want to show us. The question is why you're dumb, sick and broke? The answer lies in those pages. Everything depends on how you are going to use the information. I found this information extremely priceless and it really helped me to understand why certain things are happening in my life. Knowing this I can act and change things I don't like to create my dream future. I believe you can do the same.One part of this book tells you why most people are not happy with their lives, yet another explains what should you do or don't to fix the situation. That is the beautiful part of it. There are certain laws of wealth and prosperity that you will find in this book. Using them you have a chance to create your desire life. I loved those examples Randy gives in his book, I really love the way he does that, because every example is quite controversial and that forces you to think, and I believe this is one of the reasons this book was written. One of my favorite parts was a imaginable story about new settlers on an island after the plane crash. By reading that story you can exactly see why people are acting in a certain way in this world and what is more important is that you can make a choice, how you want to act in your own life.I can't share all my excitement about this book in this short review, because I would just have to rewrite all of it. That's not my purpose. I just can assure you that this book is one of my most valuable books ever read.Why you have to read this book? The answer is simple: because nobody want to be dumb, sick or broke. And if you struggle in any or all of these ares it might be a sigh that you don't know or understand something. And if you are good in all of those ares this book will help you to strengthen you position and belief. So there are no any excuses why you shouldn't read it, except you have already done that. | 5 | Why You're Dumb, Sick and Broke...And How to Get Smart, Healthy and Rich. ABSOLUTELY mesmerizing masterpiece!!! | 1,364,947,200 | 04 3, 2013 |
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] | I love you.I am sorry.Please forgive me.Thank you.That's all you need to attract wealth, health and peace of your mind.These four simple sentences make it all. This entire book is rotating around them and the main idea is to reach the level of zero limits, which means you can do everything at that point. The book describes Hawaiian belief system called Ho'oponopono, which is kind of religion, just don't have any gods. It's the system of cleaning yourself from any kind of bad thoughts, habits, actions and so on. Even if it looks simple, it's not so simple to use it properly. The first thing you have to do is to take all responsibility for anything coming into your life for yourself. Only by taking it, you have a change to get results practicing this system.The book is written by the man very well-known from the movie "The Secret" - Joe Vitale. Author describes his experience about getting to know this mysterious method. The book is based on his relationship with Dr Hew Len, the expert of this system.Personally, my first reaction after starting to read this book was really strange. I couldn't understand much that was written in the beginning and it seemed that it's just a nice story, like a novel. I even started to think to quit on reading this book, what I never do. The first thing that caught my attention and kept me on reading was when I read that Ho'oponopono is a Hawaiian system. I love Hawaii, so I decided to keep on reading till the end. Page after page and I really got involved in the book. I started to analyze and think that it might be true, even if it looks mysterious and too simple to be true.I'm not practicing this method intensively now, still I think about it quite often and sometimes try Ho'oponopono system. It's strange, but I think it's working, just I think I need more time to experience the results. Another thing that I started to love is Ho'oponopono music. First times listening it might seem strange, but latter it brings peace to your mind.If you love Hawaii or searching something different in your life I believe you should read Zero Limits. It's one of the philosophies of this beautiful island. | 5 | Zero Limits. Clean your mind - clean your soul. Clean your soul - create your life. | 1,369,094,400 | 05 21, 2013 |
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] | Dale Carnegie - the master of success! This book is one of his most popular books which had really changed many lives. One of the most important skills to reach your goals is probably communication and Carnegie beautifully reveals the secrets of this great skill. If you read this book and implement it, I believe your life will change to a great adventure!I've read this book twice and going to read it couple more times in the future. It's a book about one of the key skills in becoming successful. Human communication plays a main role in every situation including relationships, business, making friends, learning, creating and probably all other spheres of life. So mastering such a skill is extremely important in life and this book can teach you to do so.I love this book because everything is very easy presented and explained based on examples of real life people. Those secrets seem to be not secrets at all. All of you know them and might be using some of them sometimes not even realizing that if mastered and used properly it could change your life for better forever. You don't need to learn nothing new, everything what you need is to read this book carefully and implement those lessons step by step until it will become your second nature.I recommend this book for everybody despite who you are or how many and how good friends do you have. If you already mastered necessary skills of communication, it will be just a check that you are already a master of communication. But if not, you will discover a new life.Tell me your new life story after reading this book! Or maybe you have any other great suggestion? | 5 | How To Win Friends & Influence People. A great guide to the shortest way to success! | 1,384,905,600 | 11 20, 2013 |
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] | Most people wonder why certain people are successful and others are not, even though all of them are trying hard. I bet you wondered that many times as well? There is no any magic or mystery! There are certain habits that successful and effective people have and others don't. And you are able to know all of them in this one amazing book.This book was released 25 year ago and I can't believe that so many people still don't know those essential 7 habits of effectiveness and success. Anyway, it's still very great to have such book at home where you can find very valuable information about how to become highly effective in your life. And I believe many people seek that knowledge, but many might not know where to get the correct one. This book will uncover 7 essential habits for every one of you to become highly effective and successful!I've read this book twice and am really impressed with the information Stephen presents us. He believes that to become highly effective person in life you need to master 7 habits. Habits - because everything we are used to do is a habit, but not all our habits help us in life. In the beginning the author describes what a habit is and why it is important to develop them if you want to have a meaningful and successful life. That means that if you have some useless habits you will have to change them to useful ones if you want to live a better life.Latter on Covey tells what those 7 habits are. He explains what it means to be dependent, independent and what it means to be interdependent and which habit makes you reach those levels. I was really amazed by the simplicity of the information. It's very easy to start using it in everyday life, still to master those 7 habits you will need efforts, but there is only one way to become effective and successful in life.I highly recommend you to read this book if you are not as effective and successful as you want to be. Even if you think that you are successful enough I believe this book will help you to reach even higher. After reading The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People you will see which areas needs to be improved and there are other great literature on improving any of those fields and then everything is up to you!Do you have any other advises for the effectiveness? | 5 | The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People. Learn the basics of living an exceptional LIFE! | 1,401,235,200 | 05 28, 2014 |
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] | This book will take you on a very unusual journey through the mind of one of the most important people on human psychology in history - father of analytical psychology Carl Gustav Jung.The book that is not easy to read even though it supposed to be an autobiography. And it is, just most of the times it looks like an unusual biography and seems like it was written about the life within the author's mind. This book is my first meeting with C. G. Jung and I should admit that there were parts where I didn't understand exactly what he had in mind. Probably I will have to read it once more in a few years after I'll read more of his works. But I liked it, because it portrays very interesting personality, who spend all his life studying human psychology and basically creating most of today well know psychology works and practices. I am very interested in psychology and it's always very interesting to know the basics.What is interesting in this book, that you can be acquainted with both parts of Jung's life - his life events and his inner life, his mind and thoughts. Both parts are very interesting - his childhood, early years, school, studies, work as a psychiatrist, relationships, trips and so on. Another part is more difficult and as I mentioned above it's not so easy to perceive. Jung talks about his dreams, visions, reflections, that sometimes really seem very crazy. That's why this personality is so interesting to me.I believe you should be ready to read this book and probably you will have to read it couple of times in couple of year's period. If you are interested in human psychology, behavior and philosophical personalities, I believe you will like this book as well.I will finish my review with one of Jung's thoughts that caught my eye in the end: "We become lonely not when we don't have close people, but when we can't share things with them that seems important to us or when we hold on the attitude that is not acceptable to others". | 5 | Memories, Dreams, Reflections. Bizarre journey through Jung's mind! | 1,396,396,800 | 04 2, 2014 |
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