These are the books I've bought recently. I'm really happy that there's lots of variety, and I'm really excited to start reading all of these books. I had better be, because guess what? I'm on a book buying ban! (Until June, if I can last that long)
Buy This Book Pages: 398 Published: January 2011 Genres: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Mystery, Romance
Goodreads Synopsis... Seventeen-year-old Amy
joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and
expects to awaken on a new planet, three hundred years in the future.
Never could she have known that her frozen slumber would come to an end
fifty years too soon and that she would be thrust into the brave new
world of a spaceship that lives by its own rules.
Amy quickly
realizes that her awakening was no mere computer malfunction.
Someone-one of the few thousand inhabitants of the spaceship-tried to
kill her. And if Amy doesn't do something soon, her parents will be
next.
Now Amy must race to unlock Godspeed's hidden secrets. But
out of her list of murder suspects, there's only one who matters: Elder,
the future leader of the ship and the love she could never have seen
coming
Review... Oh book hype, how you bring my hopes up (even though I know better) and then slap me in the face, laughing maniacally at my foolishness.
Firstly I must make a comment on the cover of this book, so here it is: SO PWEEEEEETTTTIIIIEEEEEEEEE!!!!
There have been many things said about this book, both good and bad. So I will get to the point. This book had all the ingredients for an amazing book. It had a new mixture of genres, and the setting and premise are amazing. But either there isn't enough of some ingredients, or some of them were way past their expiry date, and need to be thrown away.
First of all the romance, it wasn't that it was an overbearing part of the book. Or even that it was forced down my throat like medicine. It was that once it was there, it left a bitter taste. And did nothing AT ALL to improve or add to things. It was just so darn awkward everytime Amy and Elder were anywhere near each other. Plus there was no chemistry, and generally nothing fun or interesting about their romance.
The Science fiction elements however where amazing! I loved how this was used to show the themes in the book. And also it was just so freaking cool to read about life on a spaceship, and being frozen and stored, so that hundreds of years later you could be reawakened.
The mystery element of the book was a bit dull, and I figured it out around the time the characters in the book should have, which was about 100 pages in to this 400 page book. And I didn't just have a hint as to what was happening. I was basically 100% sure who was the 'bad guy' in the story, and how things would end.
As well as bad ingredients, the way this story was presented to me wasn't so great. The writing was pretty sloppy, and the story wasn't engaging even though I expected it to be. The characters were also pretty dull, and stereotypical.
So if your thinking of buying this book, I would say don't waste your time and money. There are plenty of other books out there. That don't fall short of their awesome premise. And hopefully when I review them, I wont feel compelled to use so many food metaphors. 2.5/5
University started again for me this month, so I didnt do much other than that. But you know what they say, 'Blondes have more fun'. So hopefully next month will be better.
Buy this book Pages: 249 Published: 1993 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Modern Classic
Synopsis... The shocking thing about the five Lisbon was how nearly normal they seemed when their mother let them out for the one and only date of their lives. Twenty years on, their enigmatic personalities are embalmed in the memories of the boys who worshiped them and who now recall their shared adolescence: the brassiere draped over a crucifix belonging to the promiscuous Lux; the sisters' breathtaking appearance on the night of the dance; and the sultry, sleepy street across which they watched a family disintegrate and fragile lives disappear.
Quick Review... 1. Continually surprised by what was happening. 2. Prose and the
style of writing was really the best part of this book. Characters and
plot are so excellently woven together, in a voice that is both
different and thought provoking. 3. The narrative style was a collective 'we' who were the boys who obsessed over the girls and documented their life. 4.
So mesmerizing, and I thought I wouldn't like the end, but it just made
it even better. Sometimes ambiguity is better than absolute.
A dark and haunting story, that is so incredibly well written. It will make you believe the Lisbon girls were real, and leave you mourning for the lives they could have had.
I did a week of videos on my YouTube channel, to celebrate 1 year on BookTube. If you haven't seen it yet, check out the playlist with all of them. Or watch the individual videos below.
Book Resolutions for 2013...
1. Read 50 books
2. Read the Harry Potter series (for the first time)
3. Read the LOTR & The Hobbit
4. Read more Jane Austen & Charles Dickens
5. Read less hyped books
6. Make videos regularly, less rambly, and more awesome!
