Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Rating: ★★★☆☆
Review: No
Reading Dates: July 30 – August 7
Read Count: 2
Favorite Thing: The author’s habit of giving back-handed praise to her characters. (For an example see the second quote in this post.)
Least Favorite Thing: Willoughby whining about how much he was suffering under the pretense of seeking forgiveness, but really just trying to make himself feel better.
I did downgrade my rating of Sense and Sensibility from 4 stars to 3 stars, with every intention of explaining that here, but my explanation got too wordy so I included it in my rating post instead. (TL;DR I still like and recommend this book!)
My Posts About Sense and Sensibility
The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson
(Little Blue Envelope, book 2)
Rating: ★★☆☆☆
Review: Yes
Reading Dates: August 6 – 8
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: The picturesque descriptions of her travel destinations.
Least Favorite Thing: Keith.
It was neither bad nor good. I will never read it again or even want to. The idea of being sent on an adventure by a quirky relative will remain fun and delightful. However, if such a thing should ever happen to me I will control my hormones and focus on my adventure.
NEVER GETTING OVER THE LAME-ASS SWOONING WTF WTF WTF
My Posts About The Last Little Blue Envelope
The Impostor Queen by Sarah Fine
(The Impostor Queen, book 1)
Rating: ★★★☆☆
Review: Yes
Reading Dates: August 9 – 10
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: BISEXUAL PROTAG (Literally the first time I’ve ever seen one in a fantasy novel!)
Least Favorite Thing: First person narration… (I’m just not a fan, I feel like it hindered the story’s movement.)
It took longer to get into this book than I usually have patience for, but I’m glad I kept at it (thank you goodreads reviews) because I did end up liking the story and I look forward to reading the next book (even if I’m pretty sure I know exactly what’s going to happen).
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Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
(Uglies, book 2)
Rating: ★★★★☆
Review: No
Reading Dates: August 11 – 15
Read Count: 2 (Pretty sure I read this one other time, but didn’t keep a record of it.)
Favorite Thing: Wilderness Tally
Least Favorite Thing: Pretty slang… (It’s totally bogus!)
Tally’s fairytale dreams are so bizarre, I love them.
And I know I should be horrified by the reveal at the very end (and I think the first time I read it I actually was), but I love that too!
Trigger Warning: Self-harm (cutting). Tally (POV) is horrified, but the people doing it treat it like a religious experience.
My Posts About Pretties
Crashed by Robin Wasserman
(Cold Awakening, book 2)
Rating: ★★★☆☆
Review: Yes
Reading Dates: August 10 – 17
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: The struggles faced by the mechs against the prejudiced people who would oppress them are brutally allegorical.
Least Favorite Thing: I….I didn’t like….anyone….
My library doesn’t have the third and final book, but I’ll figure something out because I definitely want to finish the trilogy.
My Posts About Crashed
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