Showing posts with label Rick Yancey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rick Yancey. Show all posts

Monday, July 31, 2023

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #634, July 31st

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 #633
Teaser Tuesday #641
WWW Wednesday #641
WOW #637
Will the Time Come #634
Third Sentence Thursday #624
Random Reads #610
First Lines Friday #637
Book Blogger Hop #303
Monthly Series August Round Up
Monthly ARC's Update 45
The Reward Challenge Update #619
Wheel of TBR #166
How Well I Stuck to It #471
Wrote that Review Update #468

Week 30 Reviews:
Quicksilver

Magical Readathon: Orilium: 

Random:

OK, so I got 35 posts in 7 days, and I finished all of my July TBR, and most of my non-ARC's of my August TBR. Dobby had his surgery and is mostly healing well. He had the cancer lump removed, and also one on his back, which has swelled a few times, so that's been a bit concerning. But he's acting like normal, which is great. And he'll be able to get the stitches out next week. What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Bookshops & Bonedust, Enchanted to Meet You, and Shards of Glass!

When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we need isn't always what we seek.

In Bookshops & Bonedust, a prequel to Legends & Lattes, New York Times bestselling author Travis Baldree takes us on a journey of high fantasy, first loves, and second-hand books.

Viv's career with the notorious mercenary company Rackam's Ravens isn't going as planned.

Wounded during the hunt for a powerful necromancer, she's packed off against her will to recuperate in the sleepy beach town of Murk—so far from the action that she worries she'll never be able to return to it.

What's a thwarted soldier of fortune to do?

Spending her hours at a beleaguered bookshop in the company of its foul-mouthed proprietor is the last thing Viv would have predicted, but it may be both exactly what she needs and the seed of changes she couldn't possibly imagine.

Still, adventure isn't all that far away. A suspicious traveler in gray, a gnome with a chip on her shoulder, a summer fling, and an improbable number of skeletons prove Murk to be more eventful than Viv could have ever expected.
A witchy rom-com from New York Times bestseller Meg Cabot about a plus size witch who must team up with a handsome stranger to help protect her village from an otherworldly force--but will she be able to protect her heart?

It's Magic When You Meet Your Match

In her teenage years, lovelorn Jessica Gold cast a spell that went disastrously wrong, and brought her all the wrong kind of attention--as well as a lifetime ban from the World Council of Witches.

So no one is more surprised than Jess when, fifteen years later, tall, handsome WCW member Derrick Winters shows up in her quaint little village of West Harbor and claims that Jess is the Chosen One.

She's the Chosen One

Not chosen by West Harbor's snobby elite to style them for the town's tricentennial ball--though Jess owns the chicest clothing boutique in town. And not chosen finally to be on the WCW, either--not that Jess would have said yes, anyway, since she's done with any organization that tries to dictate what makes a "true" witch.

No, Jess has been chosen to help save West Harbor itself . . .

As Summer Ends, Her Power Grows

But just when Jess is beginning to think that she and Derrick might have a certain magic of their own--and not of the supernatural variety--Jess learns he may not be who she thought he was.

And suddenly Jess finds herself having to make another kind of choice: trust Derrick and work with him to combat the sinister force battling to bring down West Harbor, or use her gift as she always has: to keep herself, and her heart, safe.

Can she work her magic in time?
The Academia, once an elite proving ground for the rulers of the world, has been frozen for centuries. Now its strange slumber has ended, and a new Chancellor, an orange-eyed dragon, has reopened its lecture halls and readied its dorms. In order to thrive once more, however, the Academia needs fresh blood—new students with a passion and talent for learning.

One such student, Robin, has the perfect recruit in his friend Raven, an orphan who lives in the dangerous Warrens. Robin grew up in the Warrens, and he wouldn't have made it if not for Raven. He knows she'll be safe at the Academia, where her unusual gifts can be appreciated.

But when students start turning up dead, the campus threatens to collapse completely. Raven and Robin will not let that happen to their new home…if they can survive long enough to figure out who—or what—is trying to kill them.

Saturday, July 29, 2023

Week 30 Reviews: The Infinite Sea, The Last Star


From Goodreads:
How do you rid the Earth of seven billion humans? Rid the humans of their humanity.

Surviving the first four waves was nearly impossible. Now Cassie Sullivan finds herself in a new world, a world in which the fundamental trust that binds us together is gone. As the 5th Wave rolls across the landscape, Cassie, Ben, and Ringer are forced to confront the Others' ultimate goal: the extermination of the human race.

Cassie and her friends haven't seen the depths to which the Others will sink, nor have the Others seen the heights to which humanity will rise, in the ultimate battle between life and death, hope and despair, love and hate.

From Goodreads:
The highly-anticipated finale to the 5th Wave series.

The enemy is Other. The enemy is us. They're down here, they're up there, they're nowhere. They want the Earth, they want us to have it. They came to wipe us out, they came to save us.
But beneath these riddles lies one truth: Cassie has been betrayed. So has Ringer. Zombie. Nugget. And all 7.5 billion people who used to live on our planet. Betrayed first by the Others, and now by ourselves.

In these last days, Earth's remaining survivors will need to decide what's more important: saving themselves... or saving what makes us human.

My Review:
It was so great to read the rest of this series! That first book was really something else, with such an interesting idea of aliens, and who the bad guy was, and what the plan was, and these books continued it, and I just and to keep reading!

Maybe I really should have read the synopsis, but the idea of getting humans to get rid of their humanity-and basically by tricking us, confusing us, so we didn't know who was human and who was alien, was devious and so clever! 

Basically I was just along for the ride, because it was hard to know what was really going on, what was true and what was trickery. I felt so badly for all these characters, it seemed like nothing was going their way, and I did not envy them what they were going through! 

Oh, that ending, that just hurt! After everything that they went through, I guess I should've expected it, but oh, it was still painful! But it really made the series hit home, that it ended like that, and stayed true to the story, so I'll just have to live with it! 

Just absolutely loved reading the rest of this series, they were just such great reads! 

Author: Rick Yancey 
Series: The 5th Wave #2, 3
Read: July 23rd, 24th 2023
Source: Library/Own, Own
Reason Why: Loved the first book, and they're 2023 Dystopian Books and Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2023 Books! And The Last Star is a End of Series 2023 Book! 
Publisher: Speak
Published: November 3rd 2015, May 24th 2016

The Infinite Sea:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars








The Last Star:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Friday, July 14, 2023

23 Books to Read in 2023 Update 5

So I read my next book for the 23 Books to Read in 2023 Challenge! 

So I read The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey from the Physical list!

Yep. Happy reading!

Here's the link to this year's post with my journey.

But to recap, I wanted to do a version of These Books Will Self Destruct in 12 months without the self destruct. I wanted to read books that I've had for a while, that I really needed to get read, but maybe I forgot about them or that I had them. So I made 2 lists, one for each way I have them, as physical books, and as ARC's, half from NetGalley, and half from Edelweiss.

Monday, July 10, 2023

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #631, July 10th

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 #630
Teaser Tuesday #638
WWW Wednesday #638
WOW #634
Will the Time Come #631
Third Sentence Thursday #621
Random Reads #607
First Lines Friday #634
Book Blogger Hop #300
The Reward Challenge Update #616
Wheel of TBR #163
How Well I Stuck to It #468
Wrote that Review Update #465

Week 27 Reviews:
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

Magical Readathon: Orilium: 

OK, so I got 27 posts in 7 days,  and it was a pretty good week, I read some great books, and I'm happy with this week! I'm a bit nervous about the coming week-Dobby has his yearly vet checkup, and the cancer is back for the 6th time, and he's an old man at 15, and he's had 5 previous surgery, 3 of them one a year for the past 3 years in the fall. So I'm worried what the vet will say, since we've had Dobby since just before my 14th birthday, for over half of my life now. Yeah. What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read whatever I want from my various TBR's! 

Saturday, July 8, 2023

Week 27 Review: The 5th Wave

From Goodreads:
After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one.

Now, it's the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth's last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker.

Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie's only hope for rescuing her brother—or even saving herself. But Cassie must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. To give up or to get up.

My Review:
This was such an incredible read, and such a mind twist of a book! I loved to hate this world that just kept getting worse, and the question was, who to trust? Which just kept getting more and more complicated, and I had to read more!

Cassie just wants to rescue her brother. After he got taken away, their camp got destroyed, and Cassie only barely survived. That we see her brother from the perspective of Zombie, who was someone Cassie had a crush on. But oh, the layers and layers! There's no obvious answer except that it's not obvious.

All of these characters have their own focus, and I loved watching them carry on. This really was a question about humanity, about what we do when the chips are down. Which isn't always the best thing, or right thing. I can't wait to see what future twists Rick Yancey has in this series! 

The paths that this story took, it's kinda crazy that this is a YA novel, because it's more complex then a lot of adult books. This story is heartbreaking and brain breaking, and I can't wait to see where things go from here! 

This was such a great book and I can't wait to read more! 

Author: Rick Yancey
Series: The 5th Wave #1
Read: July 7th, 2023
Source: Own/Library
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2023 Book! 
Publisher: Speak
Published: February 10th 2015
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Will the Time Come #288, December 8th

Every Thursday I am going to list a book which I really want to read/keep meaning to get to. These are mostly books which have been on my shelf for awhile now but don't have to be, maybe you got it two weeks ago and really want to read it! Thanks to Jodie from Books for Company for this meme!
Want to Join?
-Pick a book you have been meaning to read
-Do a post telling us about the book    
-Link the post up in the linky  
-Visit the other blogs

The riveting follow-up to the New York Times bestselling The 5th Wave, hailed by Justin Cronin as "wildly entertaining."

How do you rid the Earth of seven billion humans? Rid the humans of their humanity.

Surviving the first four waves was nearly impossible. Now Cassie Sullivan finds herself in a new world, a world in which the fundamental trust that binds us together is gone. As the 5th Wave rolls across the landscape, Cassie, Ben, and Ringer are forced to confront the Others’ ultimate goal: the extermination of the human race.

Cassie and her friends haven’t seen the depths to which the Others will sink, nor have the Others seen the heights to which humanity will rise, in the ultimate battle between life and death, hope and despair, love and hate.

Why the time hasn't come yet...
Well, I haven't exactly read the first book yet, so I can't read this one yet! But I hope to read them soon-ish! What about you guys? Happy reading!

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Waiting on Wednesday #259, April 27th

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating!

Please Don't Tell by Laura Tims
Expected Publication: May 24th, 2016
From Goodreads:
Joy killed Adam Gordon—at least, that’s what she thinks. The night of the party is hazy at best. But she knows what Adam did to her twin sister, Grace, and she knows he had to pay for it.

What Joy doesn’t expect is that someone else saw what happened. And one night a note is shoved through her open window, threatening Joy that all will be revealed. Now the anonymous blackmailer starts using Joy to expose the secrets of their placid hometown. And as the demands escalate, Joy must somehow uncover the blackmailer’s identity before Joy is forced to make a terrible choice.

In this darkly compelling narrative, debut author Laura Tims explores the complicated relationship between two sisters, and what one will do for the other. It’s a story that will keep readers turning pages and questioning their own sense of right and wrong. 


The Hunt by Megan Shepard
Expected Publication: May 24th, 2016
From Goodreads:
They’ve left the cage—but they’re not free yet.

After their failed escape attempt, Cora, Lucky, and Mali have been demoted to the lowest level of human captives and placed in a safari-themed environment called the Hunt, along with wild animals and other human outcasts. They must serve new Kindred masters—Cora as a lounge singer, Lucky as an animal wrangler, and Mali as a safari guide—and follow new rules or face dangerous consequences. Meanwhile, Nok and Rolf have been moved into an enormous dollhouse, observed around the clock by Kindred scientists interested in Nok’s pregnancy. And Leon, the only one who successfully escaped, has teamed up with villainous Mosca black-market traders.

The former inhabitants of the Cage are threatened on all fronts—and maybe worst of all, one of the Hunt’s Kindred safari guests begins to play a twisted game of cat and mouse with Cora. Separated and constantly under watch, she and the others must struggle to stay alive, never mind find a way back to each other. When Cassian secretly offers to train Cora to develop her psychic abilities—to prove the worthiness of humanity in a series of tests called the Gauntlet—she’ll have to decide fast if she dares to trust the Kindred who betrayed her, or if she can forge her own way to freedom.

The Safest Lies by Megan Miranda
Expected Publication: May 24th, 2016
From Goodreads:
Can fear be inherited?

Kelsey was raised to see danger everywhere. Her mother hasn’t set foot outside their front door in seventeen years, since she escaped from her kidnappers with Kelsey growing inside her.

Kelsey knows she’s supposed to keep a low profile for their own protection, but that plan is shattered when she drives off a cliff and is rescued by volunteer firefighter and classmate Ryan Baker.

A few days later, she arrives home to face her greatest fear: her mother is missing. She and her mother have drilled for all contingencies—except this one. Luckily, Ryan is as skilled at emergency rescues as Kelsey is at escape and evasion. 

To have a chance at a future, Kelsey will have to face all her darkest fears. Because someone is coming for her.

And the truth about the past may end up being the most dangerous thing of all. 

26 Kisses by Anna Michels
Expected Publication: May 24th, 2016
From Goodreads:
Breaking up with her boyfriend is not how Veda planned on starting her summer. When Mark makes it clear that it’s over between them, Veda is heartbroken and humiliated—but, more importantly, she’s inspired. And so she sets out on the love quest of a lifetime: use the summer to forget about Mark, move on, and move up. All she has to do is kiss twenty-six boys with twenty-six different names—one for each letter of the alphabet.

From the top of the Ferris wheel at her hometown carnival to the sandy dunes of Lake Michigan, Veda takes every opportunity she can to add kisses (and boys) to her list, and soon the breakup doesn’t sting quite as much. But just when Veda thinks she has the whole kissing thing figured out, she meets someone who turns her world upside down.

By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Anna Michels’s debut is the story of one girl who realizes that moving on from the supposed love of your life means taking a chance—and having the courage to love again.

The Last Star by Rick Yancey
Expected Publication: May 24th, 2016
From Goodreads:
We’re here, then we’re gone, and that was true before they came. That’s always been true. The Others didn’t invent death; they just perfected it. Gave death a face to put back in our face, because they knew that was the only way to crush us. It won’t end on any continent or ocean, no mountain or plain, jungle or desert. It will end where it began, where it had been from the beginning, on the battlefield of the last beating human heart.

Master storyteller Rick Yancey invokes triumph, loss, and unrelenting action as the fate of the planet is decided in the conclusion to this epic series. 
Incriminated by M.G. Reyes
Expected Publication: May 24th, 2016
From Goodreads:
Scandal, romance, treachery, and murder—all under one roof. And no one to clean up their messes. Incriminated is the thrilling second book in the Emancipated trilogy, where limits are pushed, friendships are test, and the truth has a nasty way of showing up uninvited.

There’s trouble in paradise. Six teens legally liberated from parental control—the bad boy, the good girl, the diva, the hustler, the rocker, and the nerd—all share a house in Venice Beach and they all have one thing in common: murder. 

After a streak of hookups, heartbreaks, and bad decisions, the housemates’ once perfect life is falling apart. One is caught in a forbidden romance with a Hollywood hearttrob while another puts her dreams on the line for one little kiss. One harbors a dark truth that could save a life while another’s risky business puts all their lives on the line. And before they know it, the friends are fighting like family.

But when an uninvited houseguest and a deadly accident entangle them in a conspiracy none of them saw coming, pulling together is the only way out. Alone, none of them can cover up the lies. Together, none of them can be trusted.

Packed with conspiracies, intrigue, and scandalous romance, this gripping sequel told from multiple perspectives will have readers suspecting them all. 

Yeah, some really fantastic books are coming out on my birthday! I've read a few, and have a few others, and yeah, can't wait for the 24th! What about you guys? Happy reading!

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Rick Yancey Author Page

The Story: I don't know when I heard of The 5th Wave, only that it has a lot of hype, and now has a movie, and I want to read the series, and watch the movie! Sounds so great, and I'm half glad that I'm really only becoming interested in this series when the 3rd book is close to coming out!

Website

Series: The 5th Wave

The 5th Wave: The 5th Wave and his site, my review, The Infinite Sea and his site, my review, The Last Star and his site, my review.

Anthologies: Rags and Bones and his site, my review.