Hello lovelies! You can either call me Jenn or Jay, which ever you like. I'm a Canadian college student, currently studying Photography. I'm an avid book reader & writer, spending most of my free time either reading, writing or taking artistic photographs. Visit my other blog http://dauntlesslydivergent.wordpress.com/
Love reading from Four's point of view, especially since it helps us get to know him better, how he was before, during and after initiation from Abgnegation to Dauntless
Enjoying this one so far. My only complaint is the chapters being done in before and after from different point of views, non which involve Mia, the girl who's the main character. Otherwise, it's good. Just wish it would pick up the pace.
Glad I received this one for review. Also love the cover but wish the girl looked older, since the book is about a young woman.
Good afternoon!
So I wanted to let my precious followers know that there will be some reviews being posted, quite a few if I can help it! to make up for my absence. I've been having health problems lately, which have slowed down not only my reading but my use of my laptop. To make up for such a long absence, and the absence that will be coming soon, I'm taking reading & reviewing request! If there's any books you'd like for me to read & review PLEASE LET ME KNOW! Message me on twitter @dauntlessbooks
Also this coming friday, I'll be without internet for about a week, which means no reviews are going to be posted. I will be trying to write reviews, if I'm not to busy, so that the moment I get internet back I can mass upload them!
Thanks for sticking with me.
xoxo J
So I've officially put Under the Dome by Stephen King on hold. I'm finding it hard to read, unfortunately. I'm really disliking the writing style of this novel. Other than that, I'm almost done Altered by Gennifer Albin, which I'm excited but not happy about because I'll have to wait for the third book, which is going to be hell. Seriously, I'm so in love with this series I don't ever want to put it down! Been forcing myself to read this one slowly, so I can enjoy it so much more! Afterwards, I'm hoping to finish The Art of Getting Stared At by Laura Langston & The Good Girl by Mary Kubica, both review copies sent to me by publishers. Than by then I should have my hands on a copy of Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo, so I can finally move on with the trilogy!
Happy Reading!
xoxo J
Oh my lordy! This book is amazing! Totally in love with the world & the characters; Dante, Ad, Jost, Eric, all of them! Jeeze Louise this book series is amazing. Don't know if I'll be able to wait for the 3rd book!
oh my goodness! this series is soo freaking amazing. I'm hooked! Can't believe I waited around 5 months to get this one, especially after how much I absolutely loved the first book!
Over the weekend I'll be posting some more reviews of the Sookie Stackhouse series. Not sure how many I'll post yet. I'll also be posting reviews for each Percy Jackson Book, the book to movie adaptation & a review for the series as a whole. So please keep an eye out for that!
Until then,
xoxo - J
I can't believe how long this is taking me to read! It's really good but I just haven't been interested in reading Rick Riordan lately. But I am determined to finish this book, so I can wrap up the series & post a review!
First thing I must mention is that, if you’ve watched season 1 of True Blood on HBO before reading this, heads up it’s pretty much exactly the same. I had a really hard time actually making a dent in the book because of this. Once you get past this book and season 1, True Blood becomes an AU compared to the books (the further you get into the seasons of True Blood, the further away it strays from the story line in the books).
Dead Until Dark is the first installment in the long thirteen book series, none including the novellas, The Southern Vampire Mysteries, or more affectionately know as the Sookie Stackhouse Series. With the novellas, this series goes from thirteen to thirty three, with some novellas have multiple stories from multiple authors, and others surrounding only Sookie written by Charlaine Harris. The entire series is told from the point of view of the main character, Sookie Stackhouse.
Dead Until Dark introduces our lovely heroine, Sookie Stackhouse, whom you follow on all the crazy things that happen on the little town Bon Temps (french for Good Times) Louisiana. Sookie, a young adult, isn’t your average human. She’s telepathic, she can read minds of everyone but vampires. Strangely enough, after her first encounter with Bon Temps very own, Vampire Bill, Sookie learns that she doesn’t hear a sound coming from his mind, that it’s so silent, it’s like she’s finally become normal. Only one year prior, vampires had ‘come out of the coffin’, which was the term used for the undead admitting their existence to the public all around the world. Through Sookie’s journey of meeting vampires and coping with her telepathy, you’ll see her fall in love with one of the undead, have one to many near death experiences, while she struggles to clear her brother’s name, lose one of her closest family members, and try to keep herself alive while staying out of the path of the local serial killer, who’s after women involved with vampires.
As I mentioned above, it took me quite a while to make a dent in this novel, mainly because of it’s similarities to the show. Before I had finally read this novel, I had picked it up & put it down multiple times, always more interested in watching the TV show, which I had on DVD, rather then reading the book, they where just too similar.
I’ll admit, it took my whole two weeks of christmas break to read this novel, but once I had finished, I realized just how much I did enjoy the story, in the end. I didn’t give it the highest of ratings, a 3 out of 5 stars, because of how long it took me to start enjoying the novel.
Had it not been for the fact that I had purchase the seven book box set, I most likely would have only continued on watching the show and not reading the books. Thankfully, I did have a physical copy of the next six books, and enjoyed every last bit of them.
To this date, I’ve read books one through eleven, and I can honestly say that this series is one of my all time favorites. Before this novel, I had never read an ‘adult fiction’ book, but I must say, even though I’m a YA lover all the way, I do now enjoy Adult Fiction just as much, thanks to this series.
Stay tuned for the next review in this series, book two Living Dead in Dallas.
xoxo – J
First thing I must mention is that, if you’ve watched season 1 of True Blood on HBO before reading this, heads up it’s pretty much exactly the same. I had a really hard time actually making a dent in the book because of this. Once you get past this book and season 1, True Blood becomes an AU compared to the books (the further you get into the seasons of True Blood, the further away it strays from the story line in the books).
Dead Until Dark is the first installment in the long thirteen book series, none including the novellas, The Southern Vampire Mysteries, or more affectionately know as the Sookie Stackhouse Series. With the novellas, this series goes from thirteen to thirty three, with some novellas have multiple stories from multiple authors, and others surrounding only Sookie written by Charlaine Harris. The entire series is told from the point of view of the main character, Sookie Stackhouse.
Dead Until Dark introduces our lovely heroine, Sookie Stackhouse, whom you follow on all the crazy things that happen on the little town Bon Temps (french for Good Times) Louisiana. Sookie, a young adult, isn’t your average human. She’s telepathic, she can read minds of everyone but vampires. Strangely enough, after her first encounter with Bon Temps very own, Vampire Bill, Sookie learns that she doesn’t hear a sound coming from his mind, that it’s so silent, it’s like she’s finally become normal. Only one year prior, vampires had ‘come out of the coffin’, which was the term used for the undead admitting their existence to the public all around the world. Through Sookie’s journey of meeting vampires and coping with her telepathy, you’ll see her fall in love with one of the undead, have one to many near death experiences, while she struggles to clear her brother’s name, lose one of her closest family members, and try to keep herself alive while staying out of the path of the local serial killer, who’s after women involved with vampires.
As I mentioned above, it took me quite a while to make a dent in this novel, mainly because of it’s similarities to the show. Before I had finally read this novel, I had picked it up & put it down multiple times, always more interested in watching the TV show, which I had on DVD, rather then reading the book, they where just too similar.
I’ll admit, it took my whole two weeks of christmas break to read this novel, but once I had finished, I realized just how much I did enjoy the story, in the end. I didn’t give it the highest of ratings, a 3 out of 5 stars, because of how long it took me to start enjoying the novel.
Had it not been for the fact that I had purchase the seven book box set, I most likely would have only continued on watching the show and not reading the books. Thankfully, I did have a physical copy of the next six books, and enjoyed every last bit of them.
To this date, I’ve read books one through eleven, and I can honestly say that this series is one of my all time favorites. Before this novel, I had never read an ‘adult fiction’ book, but I must say, even though I’m a YA lover all the way, I do now enjoy Adult Fiction just as much, thanks to this series.
Stay tuned for the next review in this series, book two Living Dead in Dallas.
xoxo – J
Have you seen the cover for Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater? I stumble upon it the other day & couldn't help but think of how beautiful it was! Possibly my favorite cover out of the entire Raven Boys series. What do ya'll think? Yay or Nay for this book cover.
Seeing as how everyone I know loves this series of children's books, I decided to give it a try. The first book, The Bad Beginning, was a quick, easy and fast paced read for me. I actually enjoyed it enough to dive straight into this one, the second book in the series. I honestly didn't finish this one. I tried and tried to get through the book but towards the end I just had enough and couldn't continue. From what I read of this book, which was approximately 1/2 to 1/3 of the book, I rated this 2/5 stars. I do enjoy the story line/plot of the series but certain aspects, such as the constant need to explain every single detail, bothered me to no end, resulting in my putting the book down, marking it as unfinished. I highly doubt I'll pick up this book/series again, it's simply to juvenile of writing for what I enjoy reading.