My Urban Fantasies

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“This is a weird one. The writing was OK but cliche and the story was predictable. And for some reason, I found Crush by Lacey Weatherford, oddly endearing. I'm not sure if endearing is the right word. It was more like I was loving a "b movie". The setting is high school and there is a...”

“This is a weird one. The writing was OK but cliche and the story was predictable. And for some reason, I found Crush by Lacey Weatherford, oddly endearing. I'm not sure if endearing is the right word. It was more like I was loving a "b movie". The setting is high school and there is a stereotypical bad boy. He is involved in the "drug scene". He actually refers to it as " I am involved in the drug scene." And the question kept coming up "Are you using?" I felt like I was in the 80's with Reagan's Dare to Say No To Drugs campaign. He also keeps using ridiculously corny lines like, "His goose is cooked". Not once, but twice! And the main girl is obviously smart and unattainable, but she just thinks she is dorky with wild red hair (read "wild red hair" kinda breathy-like. Come On! I was actually talking to the book...out loud, saying "Come On!" I felt like a dude yell at the ref on the big screen during Monday Night Football. My husband was laughing at me, wondering why I just wasn't putting it down. I couldn't though. I wanted to see it through. Was it really going to come to its inevitable end or would we be thrown for a twist. How many out of date expressions were going to be used? Was he really going to be able to stop at just kissing? So I tromped forward on my quest to get to the end. O, I had questions that needed answers and I got them! All-in-all, I was fully entertained but if you have a big TBR list, this one might not be for you.

P.S. I am telling you though, I am laughing and having a god 'ol time just thinking back on it now as I write this. Sometimes that is exactly what I need in life. ”

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“Easy is a story that is well written and moves at a nice pace. There were some parts that were predictable, but the secrets and romance overshadowed that in my opinion and Webber offers you undisclosed information in the end that ties the entire story together.
The main characters were...”

“Easy is a story that is well written and moves at a nice pace. There were some parts that were predictable, but the secrets and romance overshadowed that in my opinion and Webber offers you undisclosed information in the end that ties the entire story together.
The main characters were likable; him adorable, strong and protective; her determined and friendly with a little bit of sassiness; and the antagonist utterly distasteful to say the least.
As far as dealing with the heavy topic of sexual assault, Easy, by Tammara Webber handles it well. Better then well actually, I would say: Empoweringly (that's not a word, is it?). Webber confronts, handles, and conquers all of the feelings, assumptions, and neglectful attitudes normally associated with the subject of abuse. She conveys a message of community, strength and resilience in her characters and their struggles. My gut feeling is that this is a novel that was written to more then simply entertain and intrigue. It was written with a moral and a message in mind. Well worth the read.”

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“I was a little apprehensive about reading Anthem by Ayn Rand for two reasons. The first, is that it has recently become a topic of discussion due to the past political elections and the second, is that it is one of those classics they have you read in school. Both of these avenues in life are...”

“I was a little apprehensive about reading Anthem by Ayn Rand for two reasons. The first, is that it has recently become a topic of discussion due to the past political elections and the second, is that it is one of those classics they have you read in school. Both of these avenues in life are just too heavy to seep into to my reading entertainment. I read for fun, enjoyment, bliss, to be swept away to far off placed where the unbelievable happens. But, my sister insisted I would love this book. So here I am giving it a four star review on my blog. It is a very simple story, but the simplicity of it so matches the message, it works. As with all of these classics, Anthem not only holds up but the themes appear even more true at our current point in history. If I was a political science major, I could go on and on and on, but I am not, so I won't. To cut to the chase, it is basically a thought provoking read and seems to be the starting point for so many of the threads woven into the underlying social messages of our entertainment. It's a quick read and I think I even downloaded it for free from ibooks. O' what would Ayn say about that! Read it and feel classy, you're a part of history.”

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“I feel as if it has been a gazillion eons since Shatter Me came out and I have been waiting on pins and needles for Unravel Me, book 2 in the series. Destroy Me was a nice way to mop up some time between the releases and with all of this anticipation, one could be majorly let down. How could it...”

“I feel as if it has been a gazillion eons since Shatter Me came out and I have been waiting on pins and needles for Unravel Me, book 2 in the series. Destroy Me was a nice way to mop up some time between the releases and with all of this anticipation, one could be majorly let down. How could it live up to the hype I have created in my mind! But it has. It has so lived up to what I wanted and passed that 50 descriptive phrases ago. This is one of those reviews that ends up being so hard to write because you just don't feel like you can give the book justice.
First of all, Tahereh Mafi dazzles you with her words. I mean actually dazzles you! As you read, you find yourself lost in a sea of adjectives so potent the real world seems lackluster. How...how does she do it? They are just words, letters pushed together, broken up between commas and spaces and I am inspired!
And the moments she creates. My head was actually spinning at one point and I felt as if my brain were swimming in a pool of adrenaline. Never mind the end (we cannot even talk about the end), there were at least three different times where I could not read on, simply because I had to process the implications of what had just happened, of what was just said, of the emotions just evoked. And now I am a tortured soul, waiting a year to find out what happens next. Waiting a year to find out about Warner...O Warner my heart is crushed for him. And Adam, my heart hurts just thinking of him. And Juliette, my heart is torn in two for her. I don't even know any more whose team I am on. Tahereh Mafi, you are a crafty one! I am not sure where I want this story to go, I just know that I want Mafi to lead me there already!”

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“So, even though I really, really, really like the first book Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi, it was a book that had to kinda grow on me and it wasn't until several days after finishing it that I even realized exactly how much I loved it. BUT, Through The Ever Night, was a lock for me...”

“So, even though I really, really, really like the first book Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi, it was a book that had to kinda grow on me and it wasn't until several days after finishing it that I even realized exactly how much I loved it. BUT, Through The Ever Night, was a lock for me from the very first chapter. Having gotten through all of the awkward "getting to know you moments"-between myself and the world building of Veronica Rossi in book 1- I was able to settle right into the story and focus on the delimas and stresses of Aria and Perry and their two dystopian worlds. This story is quick moving and has some good old fashion action adventure, with raids and quick getaways, recues and near misses. I love the issues of loyality and taking sides and the gut-wrenching agony of not knowing what is going on when one is days apart from those they love weather it be childhood sweethearters or family. Through The Ever Night, does the character switch POV that I love and this means it is filled with little cliff hangers that keep pulling you forward wanting to know more.
One of my favorite aspects of this story is, the friendships. Of course Veronica does great with the whole Perry and Aria romance portion of the novel. I love them and so many times I was actually like"NOOOOO" or "YEAAHHH" or "This better not be going down the way it looks like it's going down!" But the friendships...they make you want to be a better friend in your real life, not just envy them your literary world. Now, most of these YA Dystopian Fantasy Action Adventure Romance Novels (which I LOVE) of course deal with the aspect of friends, but I would say Rossi really dug deep and developed bonds between the characters that go past the surface of showing a few scenes of banter back and forth or a pep talk from one character to the other. She placed these characters in some real struggles and allowed the friendships to help them work it through.
Overall I loved Through The Ever Night and it's not just because I am a sucker for book 2's. The writing was great, charters well developed, the struggles tense, the heartbreak painful and the triumphs...well Triumphant!”

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“I love the idea here. Just as society thinks they have scientifically generated a perfect life span, they are slapped in the face with ruining future generations. Those first 20 years must have been glorious. Now children are left orphaned and as time marches on we have a huge age gap in...”

“I love the idea here. Just as society thinks they have scientifically generated a perfect life span, they are slapped in the face with ruining future generations. Those first 20 years must have been glorious. Now children are left orphaned and as time marches on we have a huge age gap in society with what is now called "first generations" entering old age and all the young dying in their twenties. Very intriguing concept. I enjoyed the main character Rhine, but truthfully she was a little boring and the supporting cast proved to hold more entertainment value. I love the commentary on how easily one can slip into comfort when ones needs are being met and how we can allow our own selves to be fooled if we want to. I also like the idea that how bad a situation really is, all depends on your past experiences and how good or bad things were before. All of this cannot be expanded upon without revealing any spoilers, but these are definite running themes through out the story.
While the writing was fine, DeStenfano repeats herself...a lot! In the end she was still stating characteristics of characters that were already well established and believable. When you tell me flat out that someone is immature and selfish and then you show them being immature and selfish, you don't need to keep repeating that they are immature and selfish before each example of them being immature and selfish. See repeats are annoying. Over all good story but I just felt it needed some...tightening!”

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“Cormac McCarthy's writing (and this is my first book of his) is soooo...different from what I am use to. I want to use words like straightforward and uncomplicated to discribe it, but that makes it sound too simple. So, I will add purposeful and poignant and earnest. This might be a peculiar...”

“Cormac McCarthy's writing (and this is my first book of his) is soooo...different from what I am use to. I want to use words like straightforward and uncomplicated to discribe it, but that makes it sound too simple. So, I will add purposeful and poignant and earnest. This might be a peculiar comparison, but it reads like The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. Ideas and thoughts formed into concise sentences without flowery lengthy narritives but made more powerful by each unembleished statement. The dialog is short, barely more than a few words for each back and forth, and at the same time you never feel like more needs to be said. I've read a few reviews complaining of the repetivtivness of the story, well those people were missing the point in my opinion. Survival is repetavtive! People today just bug me sometimes! McCarthy's writing allows the reader to get out of this story when they put into it. I would say it is kind of a revealer of ones inner self.

I LOVE this father and son. They both fill the void in the other. They show what one needs for survival, a balance between logic and emotion. There are so many times when you can understand the moral delema they are in, each time they square off as situations arise while on the road. Your heart and sence of justice goes out to both of them. McCarthy shows the struggle of survival and the struggle keeping your humanity, without either truly what is the point?

If you're reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy, it is not because you're a fun-time-sally! To quote my husband "Its bleak... with moments of sadness". Now, this is for-surely not my typical read. But a friend of mine has this husband, and he's one of those that does not take my reading all to seriously because of all the YA and strong teenage girl POV's and aliens and love triangles that entertain my late night reads. SO, he is always suggesting books that he thinks I might have some interest in, that we can read in tandem, all in an effort to have what he would consider a "Real Literary Discussion". So I gave it a go when he suggested Cormac McCarthy's The Road. My husband was doubtful that I would even finish it and I will admit, I read half, took a break and read two other books and then went back to it. Why? Because it was bleak...with moments of sadness. I started this on my vacation from school, it was overcast and rainy, I was in my jammies, I had a blanket on and every 15 pages or so I felt as if I just wanted to put another blanket on and take a nap (I did actually take a couple of naps). Why? Because this story is bleak...with moments of sadness. Still, it is so worth the read.

P.S. The Road might have disturbing subject matter for sensitive readers.”

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