Showing posts with label Jo Treggiari. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jo Treggiari. Show all posts

Monday, June 22, 2020

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #472, June 22nd

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!

What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #471
Teaser Tuesday #479
WWW Wednesday #479
WOW #475
Will the Time Come #472
Third Sentence Thursday #462
Random Reads #448
First Lines Friday #475
Book Blogger Hop #141
Last Letter, First Letter Reading Challenge Update 74
The Reward Challenge Update #457
Wheel of TBR #4
How Well I Stuck to It #309
Wrote that Review Update #306

Week 25 Reviews:
Siege and Storm
The Too-Clever Fox
Little Knife
Ruin and Rising
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Kiss Collector
American Demon
Dragon Actually
Chains and Flames
Our Year in Love and Parties
Blood Will Out
Looking for Alaska
Annie and Fia
Mind Games
Perfect Lies
Storm Glass

OK, so I got 45 posts in 7 days, it was a pretty great read, I read a good deal, and so I posted a good deal, sometimes 4 posts for 1 book, because yeah. I'm crazy! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read An Abundance of Katherines, Artemis, Six of Crows, Crooked Kingdom, The Language of ThornsDark SongEtiquette & Espionage, and Season of the Wolf.

When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type is girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washed-up child prodigy has ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a bloodthirsty feral hog on his trail, and an overweight, Judge Judy–loving best friend riding shotgun—but no Katherines. Colin is on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which he hopes will predict the future of any relationship, avenge Dumpees everywhere, and finally win him the girl.
The bestselling author of The Martian returns with an irresistible new near-future thriller—a heist story set on the moon.

Jazz Bashara is a criminal.

Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent.

Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down. But pulling off the impossible is just the start of her problems, as she learns that she's stepped square into a conspiracy for control of Artemis itself—and that now, her only chance at survival lies in a gambit even riskier than the first.
Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can't pull it off alone. . . .

A convict with a thirst for revenge.

A sharpshooter who can't walk away from a wager.

A runaway with a privileged past.

A spy known as the Wraith.

A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums.

A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes.

Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz's crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction—if they don't kill each other first.

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo returns to the breathtaking world of the Grishaverse in this unforgettable tale about the opportunity—and the adventure—of a lifetime.
Kaz Brekker and his crew have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn't think they'd survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they're right back to fighting for their lives. Double-crossed and left crippled by the kidnapping of a valuable team member, the crew is low on resources, allies, and hope. As powerful forces from around the world descend on Ketterdam to root out the secrets of the dangerous drug known as jurda parem, old rivals and new enemies emerge to challenge Kaz's cunning and test the team's fragile loyalties. A war will be waged on the city's dark and twisting streets—a battle for revenge and redemption that will decide the fate of magic in the Grisha world.
Love speaks in flowers. Truth requires thorns.

Travel to a world of dark bargains struck by moonlight, of haunted towns and hungry woods, of talking beasts and gingerbread golems, where a young mermaid's voice can summon deadly storms and where a river might do a lovestruck boy's bidding but only for a terrible price.

Inspired by myth, fairy tale, and folklore, #1 New York Times–bestselling author Leigh Bardugo has crafted a deliciously atmospheric collection of short stories filled with betrayals, revenge, sacrifice, and love.

Perfect for new readers and dedicated fans, these tales will transport you to lands both familiar and strange—to a fully realized world of dangerous magic that millions have visited through the novels of the Grishaverse.

This collection of six stories includes three brand-new tales, all of them lavishly illustrated with art that changes with each turn of the page, culminating in six stunning full-spread illustrations as rich in detail as the stories themselves.
Two Carpathians find hope in the bond that ties their souls in this passionate novel in Christine Feehan's #1 New York Times bestselling series.

Stolen from her home at a young age and tormented for centuries, Elisabeta Trigovise is scared to show herself to anyone. Even though she has been rescued and is now safe within the Carpathian compound, she has lived in fear for so long she has no idea how to survive without it. She wants to answer the siren call of her lifemate--but the very thought terrifies her.

Before he found Elisabeta, Ferro Arany was an ancient warrior without emotion. Now that his senses have come alive, he knows it will take more than kind words and soft touches to convince the fractured woman that they are partners, not master and prisoner. For now, he will give her his strength until she finds hers, allowing the steady rhythm of his heart to soothe Elisabeta's fragile soul.

But even as she learns to stand on her own, the vampire who kept her captive is desperate to claim her again, threatening the song Elisabeta and Ferro are writing together.
In a world of danger and uncertainty, the Alpha has enough to worry about without him...

For Alpha Evie Kitwanasdottir, things are never easy. The Great North Pack has just survived a deadly attack. Evie is determined to do whatever is necessary to keep her Pack safe, especially from the four Shifters who are their prisoners.

Constantine lost his parents and his humanity on the same devastating day. He has been a thoughtless killer ever since. When Constantine is moved to live under Evie's watchful eye, he discovers that taking directions and having a purpose are not the same thing.

Each moment spent together brings new revelations to Constantine, who begins to understand the loneliness of being Alpha. He finds strength and direction in helping Evie, but there is no room for a small love in the Pack, so Constantine must work harder than ever to prove to Evie he is capable of a love big enough for the Great North Pack itself.

Saturday, June 20, 2020

Week 25 Review: Blood Will Out

From Goodreads:
Silence of the Lambs for young adults -- Blood Will Out is a gripping YA thriller readers won't be able to put down.

Ari Sullivan is alive--for now.

She wakes at the bottom of a cistern, confused, injured and alone, with only the shadowy recollection of a low-pitched voice and a gloved hand. No one can hear her screams. And the person who put her there is coming back. The killer is planning a gruesome masterpiece, a fairytale tableau of innocence and blood, meticulously designed. 

Until now, Ari was happy to spend her days pining for handsome, recent-arrival Stroud Bellows, fantasizing about their two-point-four-kids-future together. Safe in her small hometown of Dempsey Hollow. But now her community has turned very dangerous -- and Ari may not be the only intended victim.

Told in alternating perspectives of predator and prey, Blood Will Out is a gripping and terrifying read. 

My Review:
This book was so awesome-and so very creepy! I loved the alternating chapters between Ari and an unnamed narrator who was pretty creepy to the max. It was an entertaining and pretty fast paced read, and it's pretty short, too. I thoroughly enjoyed it!

I didn't know where this book would go. After all, Ari wakes up in a cistern, and I didn't know what would happen next. And the beginning was a bit slow, setting things up, but once they were, the dominoes started to fall and didn't stop. I had to know what was going to happen next!

The other narrator, their story was compelling, but oh, so very dark. I enjoyed seeing how they progressed, even though what they were doing was absolutely wrong, I couldn't look away. Because there was also a kernel of, this might not have happened if some things had gone right in this person's life, instead of wrong. That perhaps all of this could've been avoided. And that's a little sad.

And that ending though! That was evil, that ending. Well, the last page of it was. But the climax and fallout and everything but that last page, that was so great to read. That last page though, that was just killer! Leaving it like that, oh!

This book was a great read, I really enjoyed going on this adventure with Ari.

Author: Jo Treggiari
Read: June 18th, 2020
Source: NetGalley/Bought
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a SAC 2020 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Penguin Teen
Published: June 5th 2018
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Thursday, June 18, 2020

24 Hour Reading Challenge Update 6

I read my next book, Blood Will Out, and I'm going to be reading Looking for Alaska next!

My Reading Journey:

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Started On: June 15th
Finished On: June 15th, 8:35 PM
Pages Read: 540

Kiss Collector by Wendy Higgins
Started On: June 15th
Finished On: June 16th, 12:01 AM
Pages Read: 307

American Demon by Kim Harrison
Started On: June 16th
Finished On: June 16th, 8:14 PM
Pages Read: 464

Dragon Actually by G.A. Aiken
Started On: June 16th
Finished On: June 16th, 10:28 PM
Pages Read: 352

Our Year in Love and Parties by Karen Huttrup
Started On: June 17th
Finished On: June 17th, 11:41 PM
Pages Read: 368

Blood Will Out by Jo Treggiari
Started On: June 18th
Finished On: June 18th, 12:00 PM
Pages Read: 269

Looking for Alaska by John Green
Started On: June 18th
Currently On: Page 0 of 221

Goals: 6-8
Read: 6
Pages Read: 1922

Make Your Myth-Taker Readathon 2020 Update 11

So I read my next book of this readathon, and it was Blood Will Out, which is for Royal Colours. I'll be reading Looking for Alaska next!

My Reading Journey:

Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
Prompt Fulfilled: Friend Pick
Started On: June 10th
Finished On: June 10th, 6:00 AM
Pages Read: 464

The Last Hope by Krista & Becca Ritchie
Prompt Fulfilled: Dark Cover
Started On: June 11th
Finished On: June 11th, 8:21 PM
Pages Read: 371

Here, There, Everywhere by Julia Durango and Tyler Terrones
Prompt Fulfilled: Secret
Started On: June 11th
Finished On: June 11th, 10:23 PM
Pages Read: 304

The Graveyard Shift by Darynda Jones
Prompt Fulfilled: Quick Read
Started On: June 11th
Finished On: June 11th, 11:49 PM
Pages Read: 153

Death of Darkness by Dianne Duvall
Prompt Fulfilled: Highest Rated
Started On: June 5th
Finished On: June 5th, 8:04 PM
Pages Read: 511

To Kill A Kingdom by Alexandra Cristo
Prompt Fulfilled: Featuring Water
Started On: June 8th
Finished On: June 8th, 11:20 AM
Pages Read: 344

Without a Trace by Amanda Stevens
Prompt Fulfilled: Outside Comfort Zone
Started On: June 8th
Finished On: June 8th, 7:58 PM
Pages Read: 256

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Prompt Fulfilled: Occult Themes
Started On: June 12th
Finished On: June 12th, 8:58 PM
Pages Read: 356

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Prompt Fulfilled: Anticipated Read
Started On: June 15th
Finished On: June 15th, 8:35 PM
Pages Read: 540

Dragon Actually by G.A. Aiken
Prompt Fulfilled: Fun Book
Started On: June 16th
Finished On: June 16th, 10:28 PM
Pages Read: 352

Blood Will Out by Jo Treggiari
Prompt Fulfilled: Royal Colours
Started On: June 18th
Finished On: June 18th, 12:00 PM
Pages Read: 269

Looking for Alaska by John Green
Prompt Fulfilled: Banned Book
Started On: June 18th
Currently On: Page 0 of 221

Prompts Left: Steal a Book, Featuring Woodland, Myth-Take Book, Featuring a Journey, Bargain, Outsourced Book, Disliked Book, Queen Main Character, Highest Rated, Reread a Favourite, Big Cast of Characters, Continue a Series, Read a Host Favourite, Heard Great Things, Underhyped, Fun Book, Book About Books, Performance Elements, Non-Human Main, Foiled Cover, Randomize TBR, Featuring an Animal, Magical Battle, Featuring Fae, Go Into a Book Blind, 5 Star Prediction, Favourite Author, Cover has a Weapon, Over 500 Pages, Inspired by History, Set in a Cold Place, Overhyped Book
Read: 11
Pages Read: 3820

Third Sentence Thursday #462, June 18th

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Third Sentence Thursday is a weekly meme which likes to watch fireworks especially while eating a cookie!
1) Take the book you are currently reading and open it to a random page. Share the third full sentence on that page. (If there isn't a third one – like at the end of a chapter or a blank page – you can share the third sentence of the book or just choose another random page.) Feel free to share more than one sentence, if you feel the need to do so.
2) Review this sentence anyway you want (funny and silly reviews encouraged)
3) Post a link to your sentence at Words I Write Crazy (This Blog)
4) Visit one or two of the other blogs to check out their third sentences!

"She would never get the chance it fight for her life." -Blood Will Out by Jo Treggiari, page 82.

Well, that doesn't sound good!

What are your guy's 3rd lines? Link up below!

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

24 Hour Reading Challenge Update 5

I read my next book, Our Year in Love and Parties, and I'm going to be reading Blood Will Out next! Yeah, I had work, and then a dentist appointment. I did get some time with my audio book, but not a lot of time on the next book I wanted to read, which is why it took me so long to get an update. But I've decided that I'm going to do this for the next 2 days as well, I'm currently not scheduled to work tomorrow, and only a few hours on Thursday, so I hope to get at least the rest of my Wheel of TBR weekly books read, since I haven't read any of them yet. But 2 of them are short, 2 of them are rereads of books that I really enjoyed, and they're all ones that I'm looking forward to reading, so I hope I devour them, and quickly!

My Reading Journey:

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Started On: June 15th
Finished On: June 15th, 8:35 PM
Pages Read: 540

Kiss Collector by Wendy Higgins
Started On: June 15th
Finished On: June 16th, 12:01 AM
Pages Read: 307

American Demon by Kim Harrison
Started On: June 16th
Finished On: June 16th, 8:14 PM
Pages Read: 464

Dragon Actually by G.A. Aiken
Started On: June 16th
Finished On: June 16th, 10:28 PM
Pages Read: 352

Our Year in Love and Parties by Karen Huttrup
Started On: June 17th
Finished On: June 17th, 11:41 PM
Pages Read: 368

Blood Will Out by Jo Treggiari
Started On: June 18th
Currently On: Page 0 of 269

Goals: 6-8
Read: 5
Pages Read: 1653

WWW Wednesday #479, June 17th

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you'll read next?

Thanks to MizB of Should Be Writing now A Daily Rhythm for starting this meme!

I'm currently reading Our Year in Love and Parties, and I'm really enjoying it!
I read Dragon Actually, and I really enjoyed both of the stories! 
I'm going to be reading Blood Will Out, and I can't wait, it sounds really great!

What about you guys? Happy reading!

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Make Your Myth-Taker Readathon 2020 Update 10

So I read my next book of this readathon, and it was Dragon Actually, which is for Fun Book. I'll be reading Blood Will Out next!

My Reading Journey:

Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
Prompt Fulfilled: Friend Pick
Started On: June 10th
Finished On: June 10th, 6:00 AM
Pages Read: 464

The Last Hope by Krista & Becca Ritchie
Prompt Fulfilled: Dark Cover
Started On: June 11th
Finished On: June 11th, 8:21 PM
Pages Read: 371

Here, There, Everywhere by Julia Durango and Tyler Terrones
Prompt Fulfilled: Secret
Started On: June 11th
Finished On: June 11th, 10:23 PM
Pages Read: 304

The Graveyard Shift by Darynda Jones
Prompt Fulfilled: Quick Read
Started On: June 11th
Finished On: June 11th, 11:49 PM
Pages Read: 153

Death of Darkness by Dianne Duvall
Prompt Fulfilled: Highest Rated
Started On: June 5th
Finished On: June 5th, 8:04 PM
Pages Read: 511

To Kill A Kingdom by Alexandra Cristo
Prompt Fulfilled: Featuring Water
Started On: June 8th
Finished On: June 8th, 11:20 AM
Pages Read: 344

Without a Trace by Amanda Stevens
Prompt Fulfilled: Outside Comfort Zone
Started On: June 8th
Finished On: June 8th, 7:58 PM
Pages Read: 256

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Prompt Fulfilled: Occult Themes
Started On: June 12th
Finished On: June 12th, 8:58 PM
Pages Read: 356

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Prompt Fulfilled: Anticipated Read
Started On: June 15th
Finished On: June 15th, 8:35 PM
Pages Read: 540

Dragon Actually by G.A. Aiken
Prompt Fulfilled: Fun Book
Started On: June 16th
Finished On: June 16th, 10:28 PM
Pages Read: 352

Blood Will Out by Jo Treggiari
Prompt Fulfilled: Royal Colours
Started On: June 17th
Currently On: Page 0 of 269

Prompts Left: Steal a Book, Featuring Woodland, Myth-Take Book, Featuring a Journey, Bargain, Banned Book, Outsourced Book, Disliked Book, Queen Main Character, Highest Rated, Reread a Favourite, Big Cast of Characters, Continue a Series, Read a Host Favourite, Heard Great Things, Underhyped, Fun Book, Book About Books, Performance Elements, Non-Human Main, Foiled Cover, Randomize TBR, Featuring an Animal, Magical Battle, Featuring Fae, Go Into a Book Blind, 5 Star Prediction, Favourite Author, Cover has a Weapon, Over 500 Pages, Inspired by History, Set in a Cold Place, Overhyped Book
Read: 10
Pages Read: 3551

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Week 36 Review: Ashes, Ashes

From Goodreads:
A thrilling tale of adventure, romance, and one girl's unyielding courage through the darkest of nightmares.

Epidemics, floods, droughts--for sixteen-year-old Lucy, the end of the world came and went, taking 99% of the population with it. As the weather continues to rage out of control, and Sweepers clean the streets of plague victims, Lucy survives alone in the wilds of Central Park. But when she's rescued from a pack of hunting dogs by a mysterious boy named Aidan, she reluctantly realizes she can't continue on her own. She joins his band of survivors, yet, a new danger awaits her: the Sweepers are looking for her. There's something special about Lucy, and they will stop at nothing to have her.

My Review:
This was a really fantastic book! Really great dystopia, world ender and maybe starting to get back on its feet, book! Loved how unique Lucy was, and yeah, how that puts her in the line of fire, because of course people want to exploit that!

I really enjoyed Lucy's story, how she was a lone teenager trying to survive the epidemic that killed a lot that the various natural disasters didn't. How she joins a group of survivors. How she falls in love with Aidan.

Sure, there were parts that were a bit weird, that didn't make a lot of sense, but hey, a) it's a book, and b) it's the end of the world, so things aren't done quite up to our standards. I really enjoyed that, and then how everything wrapped up, and how Lucy was special, I just really enjoyed it!

I can remember where I was at one point reading this book. At my college's library, waiting for a chance to add my name to be interviewed for a position there (which I didn't get in the end, but I did get called back!) and I can remember sitting in that booth, reading a few pages, trying to work up the courage!

I just really enjoyed this book so much! Really, really great!

Author: Jo Treggiari
Read: September 5th, 2012
Source: Library
Reason Why: Sounded awesome, and it's a 2012 Dystopian Reading Challenge book!
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: June 1st 2011
5/5 Hearts
4/5 Books
4/5 Stars