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Three Times Lucky

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Three Times Lucky

My rating: 3 out of 5 stars

I listened to this book on audio. The narrator was a younger female who read the role as Mo, the primary character in the story. I have read a lot of other people’s reviews of the book, and it seems like a lot of us had similar confusions about the story itself. I know I don’t summarize books often, but with this story I will give a brief synopsis.

Mo was washed up on the shore in South Carolina during a hurricane when she was a new born. She was found by a man nicknamed Colonel, who happened to have had a car crash and lost his memory. A murder of a local man in their little town sends the entire town into a furry. Mo decided to try and help and began her own make shift detective agency (she is 12 years old). There were actually a lot of clues Mo found that the detective didn’t. The story progresses and you ultimately find out who the killer is, and the story ends. During the story, Mo often sends messages in a bottle to her “upstream mother” trying to find her biological mother.

This story has a lot of buildup, but just did not pack that punch. Though the story is a feel goodish novel, it wasn’t WOW. I actually had to renew the audiobook in order to finish it, and it wasn’t that long. I don’t want to give any spoilers, so my summary was minimal.

As for the narration, it was nicely done. She had a lot of spunk and brought the characters to life. Where the story fell short for me, is that I couldn’t figure out what they were supposed to have looked like. I have no idea what Mo looks like, or really the little town. I feel like the story fell short in a lot of the description. If it had described more, then I think the story would have been better.

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Dragons need a little lovin’ too

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How to Date a Dragon

My rating: 3 out of 5 stars.

This book is the second in a series, however, they are written in such a way you can read them as standalones. This book did touch a little bit on some characters introduced in the first novel, but they do not have active roles, and when they are around, you don’t feel lost about their significance (if any).

What I liked about this book was that it is something that I haven’t really read before. Lately, I have broadened smut horizons…(side note: I have a hard time reading romance novels for the simple fact that they tend to be a bit unbelievable. The romance I tend to read when I do, does favor that with some sort of paranormalcy to it…primarily because it is so fake, I can enjoy the story more over that “dream relationship”. Also, lately, I have been finding some pretty spot on accurate smut novels that I have truly enjoyed).

I did like the dragon aspect. To be completely honest, I had never read anything regarding dragons before. I think Ashlyn Chase really had to have a good imagination with setting up dragon history and how he came to fall in love with this human. On a negative, I could have used a little more heat and passion. When I read smut, I want to need a cigarette after I read a sex scene. And I don’t smoke.

I also liked Bliss’ character. Her character sketch was strong. I know I moan about it often, but I can’t stand the “woe is me” type character sketch for women. Bliss has her own struggles, she doesn’t like accepting help, she struggles with an overbearing family, she is currently in a greeting card reality competition, a fire consumes her house, she finds out the fireman who saved her life whom she starts falling in love with is actually a dragon, she is attacked by a crazy dragon lady (a literal dragon lady) and she doesn’t falter. Not once does she give up, throw in the towel or complain. She rolls with the punches, picks up the pieces and keeps going.

Do I recommend it? Meh, it’s not necessarily one of those books I would suggest you go out of your way and read RIGHT NOW, but the story was cute and enjoyable. If you find yourself with nothing else to read, and you want to read something a bit different, then yes, you should pick up a copy of this book. Plus…the model on the cover is pretty delicious 😉

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Attachments

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Attachments

My rating: 3 to 3.5 stars out of 5.

My first encounter with Rainbow Rowell was with Eleanor and Park, which left me wanting and needing more. When I started reading this book, I said to myself, “please…please give me more and don’t end like Eleanor and Park.”  Whenever I have a not-so-good first encounter with an author, I am always reluctant to read another book by them. Rainbow Rowell still has me questioning if I will read another. I keep thinking, maybe it will be my “John Green” moment when I had read Looking for Alaska and almost missed out on the amazingness of The Fault in Our Stars. This doesn’t completely seem to be the case. Even as I am writing this, I have this weird appreciation for Rainbow Rowell as an author.

Like most people who allow themselves to be sucked into a story, I can want it to end a specific way, and then hope as I read it that it will end that way. I don’t like being tricked and sent for all sorts of loops and turns to get from point A to point Z….okay, that is a lie…I actually love that. I love when a book can make me anxious and speed through because I HAVE to know if it ends how I want it. Even if it doesn’t, that doesn’t upset me as much as a book that just kind of ends with no ending. I can happily report that Attachments does have an ending, for the sake of spoilers, I won’t say whether it is a good one or a bad one.

During most of the story, I started feeling dread. I started feeling like it would totally be like Rainbow Rowell to write an entire book about this guy whose job is to READ other people’s email and the whole story is just that with little to no interaction with ANYONE at his job. That he would read the same two people’s email for MONTHS never once not reading it (because he should have stopped it a long time ago since the email was getting flagged in the first place) and never do anything about it. Then, I got to thinking about all the other background information. How messed up Lincoln’s life had become, and how he kept enclosing in on himself. I did enjoy seeing the growth Lincoln went through in the story. This got me to thinking how in the hell would this woman, who by only reading her emails alone, that he fell in love with, would react if she found out that he should have and could have stopped reading her email to her friend/co-worker from the very beginning of the story at the first flagged email. Then I started thinking of the endless possibilities that this story could take on, and which one I wanted, and how I just needed it to end.

So as I write this, I feel this sudden conflict. Like I had a Rainbow Rowell epiphany. Rainbow Rowell isn’t like a lot of other authors. She won’t necessarily give you the ending you want, or maybe she will. She shows the growth of all of her characters, whether they had small roles, or were the main role. She tries to weave real life situations into the backdrop of the story. Knowing this, and understanding this, I just didn’t care for this book. I seriously just pushed through it to get done with it and see if it got better. And the fact that I was bored out of my mind up until about 90% into the story, which is just too long to get into a story. So, even though I can fully appreciate Rainbow Rowell as an author with this sudden new understanding, I just didn’t like this particular work. The plus side is, at least it ended and didn’t leave this empty space in my soul where Rowell just tore my heart to shreds and didn’t even care (like she did with Eleanor and Park).

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When You Are Engulfed In Flames

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David Sedaris

My rating: 4 out of 5 stars

My first encounter with David Sedaris was his most recent book, Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls. I listened to the audiobook version, which was him reading each the essays in a variety of settings which had me laughing in stitches for hours. So, naturally, when I discover an earlier book by Mr. Sedaris for $3 at Books-A-Million, of course I picked it up. It took me a little while to get through the book, as it is one of many I was reading at the same time, but even just reading the essays myself I was in stitches. I would advise not to read in public unless you don’t mind being that crazy person who sits alone laughing loudly to themselves in public. I happened to be on an airplane. I didn’t mind. The way I see it, enjoying a book that much in a public setting is good publicity…and somewhat free publicity for the author.

There were some essays that really had me struggling to get through them, but for the most part, they were all enjoyable. I do not read a lot of non-fiction, but I find Sedaris’ slapstick, comical essays to be pretty entertaining. Each essay going into an example of his life that makes you feel like you are watching it happen.

If you are offended by anything, this might not be a good book for you. Part of me wants to attempt to contact Mr. Sedaris and ask him how much of these essays are real, and what is that added extra to pack an extra punch. Some of these essays really started out like the opening scene of an episode of Law and Order. Some essays left me wanting to find out what happened AFTER they ended. He talks about all areas of his life, from the drugs, drinking, smoking, his multiple relationships, plus his long term relationship with his current partner. I also wonder what his partner thinks about some of the details included about their relationship (no worries, none of them are inappropriate).

If you are looking for an entertaining read, then I suggest this book. And though I have only read two of Sedaris’ books, I feel pretty comfortable recommending any of them.

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The Maze Runner

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Maze Runner

My rating: 3 out of 5 stars

This book had been suggested to me a number of times, and when I saw who was going to play Thomas in the movie, I decided that I HAD to read it. I have to say, I was a bit disappointed. I am confused how people relate this book to The Hunger Games. As far as that goes, I just can’t see it. Not all dystopian novels are like The Hunger Games. That said, majority of this book, I found myself extremely confused. I figured it was the point to be confused, because we learned what was going on as Thomas did. Upon finishing the book, I figure the ending was faked, but I am still confused.

Will I continue on? Sure…eventually. This series is not at the top of my list to finish, but at least I have read the book prior to the movie’s release.  Some of the issues I had with this book was that NO one seemed to know what was going on. You would think they would have been issued SOME guidance somewhere? I understand, ultimately, why they didn’t have any, but still, the issue became redundant. There were multiple times I wondered how in the hell James Dashner got so many books into this series? Another thing I had an issue with is The Changing. I am still not sure what it is. Or why the kids went through it when they got stung. And why they went crazy? I still do not understand the purpose. Finally, my other big issue, the terminology. I am all for when authors create new worlds, or what they believe the world is going to be like at “The End,” but “shuck” and “shuckface” and the like are a bit much I think. I still don’t exactly know what a Shank is and why they apply a Shank to someone new. I can understand “greenie” because that is what we call people new at something…I have heard “they are still green” etc in normal language.

I have a feeling I will enjoy this movie more than I enjoyed the book. That doesn’t happen very often…I do think the author was creative, and this is a new concept, which is commendable. I just really, as I stated before, felt a lot of it was redundant and it felt like a college paper with extra filler to lengthen it up.

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Beastly

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Rating 3.5/4 out of 5 stars

Sometimes I feel like I give away 4 and 5 stars too easily, and that people won’t take my reviews seriously (ha) if I mark every book a 4-5 star book. I don’t think I do, but sometimes I feel like I give them away too easily. Here are a few factors in which I am more likely to give a higher rating: how quick do I read the book? when I am not reading it, do I think about it? Are the characters ones that I can fall in love with/relate to/want to love/want to hate/personable/flawed? Level of creativity? Something that has been done over and over again? Etc. These are very important aspects to me.

Recently, I feel like I have been reading more fairy tale re-tellings. Some of which have hit the mark and made me excited and feel good, while others have just failed miserably leaving me needing more. Beastly made me feel good. It is your typical Beauty and the Beast story, beautiful, cocky arrogant boy, is mean and hateful to everyone, pisses off the wrong girl one day, a girl who also happens to be a witch, puts spell on boy and turns him into a beast with the stipulation that should he fall in love and receive true love’s kiss, then spell would be broken. Beastly stuck pretty close to the original origins of the story, but modernized it and relocated the story to good old New York City (where seeing beastly sights is not unheard of). Beastly keeps to the original message, but keeps it relatable.  I think at some point in time we have all met that boy just like Kyle/Adrian who thought they owned the world and could do what they want to whomever they wanted regardless of consequence because of how he looked. We know girls like that as well. And we (if you were anything like me) would always tell ourselves, one day they wouldn’t have beauty anymore. That when the wrinkles came, and the skin sag, what would they have left? I love how Alex Flinn teaches Kyle/Adrian this message. Which, without giving any spoilers, I never saw coming, even with the subtle hints in the book that now makes me think why I didn’t think harder on that prior to the end of the story.

This story made me feel good. When I wasn’t reading it, I was thinking about reading it. Not necessarily how it would end, or what would happen next, because, if it was anything like the original tale, I knew how it would end. That didn’t spoil it for me, because the enjoyment came out of how Kyle/Adrian transformed into someone much better. How he came to appreciate life and those around him, when he no longer had a life and was forced to take a better look at what he did have, and how to appreciate it. I can appreciate how Flinn made Kyle/Adrian vulnerable (I refer to him as Kyle/Adrian because he changes his name to Adrian. He felt like Kyle was a negative name, which meant beauty, that held on to who he was previously and not who he was now, or who he was becoming.

I think Lindy carried herself rather well. If I had a father that was always looking for his next fix to the point that he willingly gave me to a monster just to get out of trouble when he got caught stealing, I don’t know if I could have or would have handled myself in the way she did. Bully for her. I was glad it was Lindy who became the true love. I guess I should have paid more attention at the beginning of the book, there was so much foreshadowing! Sure, I am not a complete dope, I knew eventually, but I wasn’t sure it was going to be her at the time, until the father broke into Kyle/Adrian’s home.

I am torn between 3.5 and 4, because, even though I read it in less than a day, and it meets all my criteria, I still feel in some ways it fell short. I still wish maybe there was some twists in the story that would differentiate it between the original story making it more creative. It was still a good book, and I hope to obtain the movie in the near future so I can compare some more.

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You can Rule me any day!

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Do you ever read a book that takes you hostage? Consumes every part of you so that when you aren’t reading it, you are thinking about it? Dreaming about it? Trying to finish everything taking your time away from the story so you can just dive back into it head first? Yeah…well…this is that book.

I give it 5 stars….a BIG 5 stars.

So let me start of with saying, I know it won’t be everyone’s cup of tea. I happen to like tattoos…a lot. I think they look so delicious on men. I know not everyone does. This series doesn’t necessarily revolve around tattoos, but the main man in each book is tatted up, and each book is based on one of the men you meet in the first book, Rule. But that is what I am going to talk about, because I haven’t gotten my hands on the rest yet.

Rule, what can I say? Everything I want in a smutty book, I got. It wasn’t all smut though, there were multiple story lines and dramas. that were believable. Real life situations that I have seen on a daily basis with my own life or even with lives of those around me. Each character was believable. I know people JUST like each one of them. Each drama, each everything. So how about the sex? Yup…BELIEVABLE. I like a good smutty sex scene that is true. Let me explain. Some authors have a hard time writing a sex scene. Maybe it is because they feel awkward writing it, or don’t know which terms to use to get the point across. I have read scenes that weren’t even there. Literally, sex had been implied but not talked about or anything. Some books, the words were just so weird I couldn’t get passed how it was described because that is not how normal people like me refer to certain body parts, or even just to describe something. Ex: 50 Shades and calling her fun zone “my sex.” I am sorry, but I don’t know a single 23 year old, or virgin, who says that. Other words can be used if not outright but to at least describe it. In Rule, it was described in a believable way that was still tasteful. Also, I don’t generally read romance books. I just can’t buy the story. Its not because I don’t believe in romance, because I do. I just feel like they are so far from the truth that it gives false hopes. I feel (especially with the likes of Twilight) that everyone goes out looking for that “Edward” type..yes they exist. They do. However, I feel like when you are out seeking that, you might miss someone who has all the qualities you want, but just don’t show their hand at first meet and greet. Or, you look so hard, that you don’t see who they really are. So, I have an issue with books that don’t just lay it all out there. The “what happens after the happily ever after” is important to me.

Shaw is a very real and loveable character. You just can’t not like her. She is a “real” female also. She has issues, she has her dramas, and she is not all “woe is me” because she needs a man to save her. No. She wants to have a man, sure, who wouldn’t want Rule, if they can get past his issues, but she can. But, she comes into her own on her own. She starts living her life for her, she recognized how unhappy she was and went about being the real her. She was so unhappy trying to constantly seek approval or do what she was “supposed” to do because of her parents constantly dangling approval in front of her face but not making it attainable. She finally said forget it, she wasn’t happy, so she was just going to make herself happy. That she could be a doctor and still have a tattooed up boyfriend (or maybe one day husband). She didn’t have to have the suit and tie kind of guy just for “image” of how she should be living. She just became herself. And I like that.

Rule, your typical bad guy, right? Maybe. He had a lot of shit thrown at him from an early age. He and Shaw are a lot alike, except he never did things that wasn’t him, no matter who pushed or how they pushed. He was just dealt shit and took it when he thought it was worth it. He knew that people were weary of him because of his tattoos, and because he felt like he was unloved since he was a child, it didn’t matter. Eventually, it did matter.

This story was amazing. Seeing it from both of their perspectives. I love that about books, when an author will write from more than one perspective. You can really get an idea about what each person is thinking about each situation. So you can fall in love with the characters. I am looking forward to continuing on with the series. I even emailed the author to tell her how much I enjoyed this book. I feel like I need to scream it.

Here is my list of books with smut in it that I enjoy:

1. Anita Blake by Laurell K. Hamiliton. Sure. The scenarios are not believable as they are not real…werewolves..come on…but man..Richard can come to my house any day! Hamiliton’s scenes, though unreal, can be believed. Maybe it is because I know she writes these scenes from an oppressed place. That as Anita comes into her sexuality, it shows how Hamiliton came through hers. How sex is okay. (Because let’s face it..when it comes to sex, women are oppressed. We are supposed to not like sex because it makes us “slutty”, yeah…no thanks. I don’t buy into that nonsense. The sexualization of women is a real thing and the double standards are outrageous and misogynistic) It is okay to have good sex. Enjoyable sex. It is okay to fall in love and enjoy sex from that as well. That is why I enjoy it. Also. Man those scenes are HOT! For those of you who enjoyed the 50 shades, if you read the Anita Blake series, you will truly understand where 50 Shades fell short. In every aspect.

2. Wallbangers by Alice Clayton. That was enjoyable for the same reasons Rule was. Situations that were believable. Character that was real and most likely a lot of us have been there. And, the author wrote about the scenes in ways you could enjoy, were tasteful and honest.

3. Rule by Jay Crownover. Yup this book made my list. I will sing its praises until I can’t breathe.

Sure, there were some typos. But I have read typos in well known authors’ books. They happen. Shoot, I make them! I am sure I made some in this post. I try to catch them, but sometimes it is just not possible or easy to do so. Do I care? Nah. I try to fix them. I re-read what I write but I still seem to find them well after when I didn’t catch them the first 10 times. Are there many? Honestly I was too caught up in the story to notice them (except one which stuck out but wasn’t a big deal).

This is one of those books I had to get a review out of my system. I enjoyed it so much I want to just give a copy to everyone I meet. Shove it under their faces and say YOU HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THIS. Maybe they will love it just as much, maybe they will hate it. But you know, I gave it a chance and was sucked in. It felt real. I felt right there with them.  Do I think my review even gave the book justice? Nope, I don’t. Do I think my email to the author did? Nope, but I was being honest. I will copy the email here maybe it will help bring some sort of justice to Rule? We will see:

 

I am sure you get these emails often, but I have a few things I want to say. 🙂
 
First, I saw “Rule” on Goodreads when a friend of mine marked it as To Read. Then I marked it the same. I thought it sounded pretty good. After that, I hadn’t quite put much thought into it or finding it. It just so happens Rule found me. I was in Barnes and Nobles looking for a different book. I was in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy section. This particular B&N had one row of the Sci-fi section facing the beginning of the Romance section. I had turned around, and what do you know…Rule was just staring right at me! So I got it. I didn’t read it right away. I have this thing where I can buy a book I want, but it may be months before I finally pick it up to read. I have to be in the mood to read it. If I am not “feeling it” when I start reading, then I won’t finish until I am ready to read it. So I brought it home and put it up on my bookshelf until I was ready for it. I was ready for it yesterday. I finished just a few minutes ago.
 
I have to say this, I don’t like romance books because I believe that most of them are completely unrealistic and I can’t relate in any way to what I am reading. (For instance, 50 shades…ugh). I am a sucker for a good love scene. I think when an author can portray a sex scene that makes you completely devour the pages, then that is a good thing. My list of books and authors who I feel can do that, is small. The Anita Blake series always gets me. I know paranormal is completely fake, but her scenes are so well written that it almost sucks you in like you are there too. Recently, you just made that list. I felt their relationship was so real. I cried, I laughed, I was seriously going to shit myself if they didn’t get it together. The book made me so anxious, I had to know what would happen to them that I almost skipped to the end to see.
 
I even suggested this book to my best friend, and she knows that I don’t care for Romance books, but that I loved this one so much and I was only 100 pages in at the time really said something. She bought it. hopefully she starts reading it soon.
 
I really enjoyed reading this book and am looking forward the others in this series. I didn’t mind any typos or anything. Normally I do, but I was so sucked into the story that I just didnt care and didn’t see many. The last thing, I love how this story is completely real and believable. That is what I loved most about it.
 
Thank you for writing such an amazing book!!!!
 

Bridgett

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Ketchup Clouds

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Rating: 3.5 stars

I listened to Ketchup Clouds via audiobook, that is not why I gave the book 3.5 stars. The audiobook was wonderfully narrated and made it enjoyable to listen to. The audiobook I would have to give 4.5 stars. Narrators can really make or break a story.

The book itself is written in the form of letters, letters that a young high school girl in London sends to a death row inmate in Texas. This young girl calls herself Zoe, and writes letters from a fake address to send to this man on death row, explaining how she too, is a murderer.

Each letter sent explains a different part of her life leading up to the death of someone she cared about, the loss of another person she cared about, and the betrayal that lead to the death. You never really know until the very end who it is that died. Or how they died. I flip flopped back and forth between a couple of people that she was close with. Trying to figure out what possibly could have happened.

That being said, I felt like it was normal ‘teenage’ stuff during the entire novel. Not a whole lot of excitement, not a whole lot of plot line. ‘Zoe’ just goes through and tells bits of information here and there, how she feels or thinks, or how she relates to the death row inmate to whom she is writing. She also writes about how she blames herself and what she thinks of each situation to which she is writing about.

I do think this is a good book on how to not blame yourself for the death of someone else. I do believe that a lot of people blame themselves for situations outside of them, thoughts of “what could I have done differently?” tend to be asked a lot. We always tend to blame ourselves when someone close to us dies, or something happens to them. Like we could have stopped it. We like to put the blame on ourselves. It is human nature.

I liked the end of the book. Some book reviews I read didn’t like the ending, and I can understand why. I think it ended how the story needed to. But, to prevent spoilers, I won’t say what happened. I think it depends on the reader, and what you like as an ending. The only kind of endings I don’t like, are ones that don’t really ‘end’ but just kind of stop, almost like the author got bored or couldn’t finish. Where it leaves you wanting more, but the book isn’t going to be a series, so there is no waiting for the next installment. It just suddenly ends, the carpet ripped right out from underneath you. For example, Eleanor and Park. That ending left me dumbfounded with a WTF look all day trying to figure out what in the world just happened. Those endings, no thank you! Same with Looking For Alaska, that wasn’t really an ending I was expecting or wanting and I was left almost not ever wanting to read another John Green novel again.

Do I suggest this book? Well, if you are all out of other reading materials, and you want to read something a bit different out on the market than the normal vampire, paranormal, and hot steamy romance, sure. Will you be disappointed? Maybe, maybe not. I didn’t go into this book with high expectations, or low ones at that, but I am still glad I read it. It was different. And I am all about trying to step out of my comfort zones in reading this year.

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Darren Shan

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Let’s do something different, instead of focusing on multiple books, I want to review an author that I have really grown to love and appreciate….Darren Shan.

My first encounter with Darren Shan was Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare a couple of years ago. I have since read a couple more books in this series, and each one is a little reminder of how much I really love Shan’s style of writing. Even though they are considered “YA” (and I would say YA to the max in some points), they are so beautifully written.

Shan has a variety of book series, and I find myself wanting to read them all. I recently started Zom-B. I figured hey, another “zombie” book is on the market…but…it is Shan, so I felt more inclination to read it. This particular book is absolutely amazing in it’s own right. Shan pushes the boundaries. This book is so much more than zombies, but beyond that. It incorporates intolerance, racism, and how by not standing up for something unjust is just as bad as the intolerance itself. Sure, it still has zombies, but it is so much more than that.

I believe that the messages Shan includes in his stories are so much deeper, that you almost don’t realize they are there (except for Zom-B). I believe that is what makes YA so amazing of a genre. Sometimes, young adults do not get to see positive influences. Hatred and intolerance is a learned pattern. I believe that Zom-B is one of those books that really could help a reader who may be in an abusive home, where a parent is full of intolerance and hate, yet they do not feel the same as their parent. B loves her father, yet hates him at the same time, who plays into the hatred just to stay on her father’s good side to deflect abuse. All of his book has some message, mixed in with the fantasy, humor, and, often times, gore to really captivate the reader.

I recently found another book by Darren Shan, The Thin Executioner, and I am pretty stoked at reading it. Series by Shan tend to be a couple hundred pages a book. The Thin Executioner appears to be a full on novel. With his series, each book tends to be left with a cliffhanger (bah!).

If you want to try something new, that you might not have given the chance before, I would suggest any of Shan’s books. I haven’t read all of his series, but it is my goal. I enjoy his writing enough to say that he can’t write anything bad!

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A Monster Calls

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A monster calls

5 out of 5 stars. Seriously.

I don’t have a single negative thing I can say about this book. It was beautifully written. Surprisingly unexpected in the best way possible. I refuse to give a summary, because it gives away the beauty of the unexpected.

I will say this, it has been a long time since anything (book, person, event) has pulled out that kind of emotional output from me. I have read quite a few books lately that has really tugged my heart strings, but this book didn’t just tug. It yanked and broke my heart strings, ripping my heart right out from my chest. And I would read it again. And Again. And again.

This book deals with the topic of letting go and understanding in a way I have never experienced. There are moments in my life that I wish I had this particular story to help me through things. I am glad I finally checked it off of my to-read list. This is a book you definitely should buy. Not borrow, not buy the e-book, but the actual book. It is one of those books that needs shared and re-read often.

Who knew we could gather such strength and understanding from our own monsters?