Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Show me your Books


I didn't get to join in last month so I'm excited to share my latest reads with you & join in with the awesome Stephanie for her monthly link up. 


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5 out of 5
Story:  Bernadette is a quirky mom who walks to her own beat. A mother, a wife. When the town seems to blame her for issues & her past history is reveals, Bernadette disappears.
 
This is one of those books I saw floating around forever & never picked up until I found it as a Bargain Book in Books a Million.  I'm so glad I finally found it because I loved this story... & love Bernadette.  I want to meet her!  & she'd be one of the people I would want to have a fictional lunch with :) ... yes, I take my fictional characters seriously.


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4 out of 5

Story:  Miss Peregrine's Children's loop has been destroyed & they must find another loop in order to stay alive & to save their precious teacher.  All while they are being hunted to be destroyed but they have the help of a human boy.
 
This is the 2nd book in the Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series.
I actually liked this one just as much - if not more - then the first book.
It's been out nearly a year & never got around to it, but I timed it good because as I finished this, the 3rd & final book in the series just came out.  I already have it on my counter & excited, but sad to wrap up this odd little series about children that have peculiar powers.




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5 out of 5

Story:  Bex travels to England to go to college & ends up in the dorm where the Prince of England lives.  How does a relationship with the heir to the throne look behind the scenes? Not as easy or as fairy tale as you'd think.   Especially when he has a brother & Bex has a twin sister that throws in extra drama.
 
So I am late to the party on this one too but so glad I finally got around to reading it.
I'm all about all things 'fairy tale' - especially when its a real life fairy tale (like this is real life) but it reminded me so much of Will & Kate (hello cover of the book) that it felt real & made me feel like we just saw a glimpse of what could have really happened.
I just loved everything about it & hope this couple lives Happily Ever After in Book World.




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2 out of 5
 
Story:  The story of what happened to the Tin Man after Dorothy left & how he was transformed to the general of Dorothy's army when she returned & took over Oz.

This is the next novella in the Dorothy Must Die & I have to say, I'm getting more & more disappointed in this series.  I usually love the novellas & the little glimpse behind every character - this one? I just wanted to scream & almost didnt even finish the book.  It was so repetitive & boring ... blah blah blah with the Tinman being someone in love... 
make it stop!
& I get this is a dark book, but its getting REAALLLYYYYY dark & I'm shocked its a young adult novel with the darkness it tells about. 
I literally got nauseate at times reading this one.
I know there is one more book in the series & at least 2 more novellas - possibly 4 - & I'm not sure how much longer I'll stick with this. I did already order the Scarecrows story - I'll make a call after reading that one.

Have you read any of these books? 

Do you love book series or do you steer clear?


Life According to Steph

26 comments:

  1. I've never read any of these. However, I am on the waiting list at the library for The Royal We.

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  2. I've read The Royal We and Where'd You Go Bernadette...I will definitely re-read the Royal We. I loved it SO SO much. Where'd You Go Bernadette was 3.5/5 for me - I liked it, but parts of it annoyed me too. :)

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  3. I loved Royal We, but haven't picked up where'd you go Bernadette yet!!! I know late to the party on this one!! xo, Biana -BlovedBoston

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  4. I'm in the middle of the first book of the Peregrine series. So good so far!

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  5. The author of Peregrine wrote an awesome quote for Christina Lauren'd haunted house book so I've been thinking about picking it up. You know I loved the fairy tale story, so good!!

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  6. All your books look so interesting. I have the first Miss Peregrine's Children book sitting on my nightstand and I haven't read it yet. Maybe it's time...

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  7. oh no, i'm so sorry to hear about your dorothy series. it's still on my list, should i keep it there?
    the royal we!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    bernadette has been on my list FOREVER but for some reason, it never grabbed me enough to pick it up. hopefully i get to it before the end of the year ;)

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  8. I do love a good book series, but I haven't found any lately that I can sink my teeth into. :-(

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  9. I loved Bernadette as you know! I think I need to read The Royal We! Yours is the only review I've read where I got a sense of it. Everyone else's seem to just be like, "It's like Will & Kate!" and they stop there so I'm like, "But...what is it about...?" Now I want to read it!!!

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  10. Where'd You Go Bernadette is on my list to read for this next reading challenge that I signed up for, and I'm so excited that you loved it so much! It sounded like such an interesting read! And you're not as late as me to The Royal We movement! I've heard such wonderful things about the book, but it's still sitting on my TBR list!

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  11. I loved Bernadette!

    I tried to get into the Dorothy series but couldn't.

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  12. I have been seeing everyone recommend The Royal We, so I think I should try it. I have read the first book in the peculiar children series, and it wasn't my favorite book, but I did enjoy it.

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  13. I have Bernadette on my list so i need to get around to it. I can get behind a good series! The hard part is waiting for the next book though!

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  14. I have Bernadette on my list to read. It has been on there forever.....I have got to get around to it!!! I see so many people gushing over Royal We. When people compare it to Will & Kate, it makes me feel like I wouldn't care for it because to be honest...I care nothing about the royals of other countries. Buttttt when I read your synopsis of it, it does sound interesting. Ahh I am torn!

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  15. Enjoyed reading your reviews! I haven't read any of them...I seriously need to hop on the bandwagon!

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  16. I read Where'd You Go, Bernadette a few months ago at what felt like the insistence of the entire blogosphere, haha. I really loved it! Definitely left feeling like I wanted to know Bernadette too :) I haven't read The Royal We but I keep hearing such great things about it from blogland, so I think it's time to add it to the list.

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  17. I am so so so excited to read The Royal We! I ordered it on Amazon over the weekend, but it's back ordered... hopefully it comes quickly!!

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  18. I have The Royal We on my tbr list. I've heard lots of rave reviews about that one. I thought Where'd You Go, Bernadette was okay.

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  19. Oh my goodness - I can't believe I haven't read any of these! I have some fantastic ideas now for my Christmas reading wish list!! :)

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  20. I've seen The Royal We everywhere. It's not my usual choice. I like to step out of my box though, so I think I'll give it a go.

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  21. Great reviews! I can't wait to read Bernadette and the The Royal We!

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  22. I've got to get my hands on Royal We. That is disappointing about the Dorothy book. I read the first book and novella and just haven't gotten around to reading the rest. Maybe I won't...

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  23. loved the royal we!! it was too good. i kept picturing kate or MYSELF in it! ;)

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  24. Three great books this month, that's awesome!! Bernadette is on my list though it gets mixed reviews. The "odd children" one sounds interesting. Awesome the 2nd is even better than the 1st. That's rare. I like book series but am also ok stopping after the 1st if it sucked. For me, that'd be The Magicians.

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  25. Whoa, that twitter unleasing on you was way out of line. Seriously. People need to calm down. So, I'm not down with the story of the red cup. You're saying that Starbucks made it red so they wouldn't have to say "merry christmas"? Weird. I don't get the whole "happy holidays" PC thing we're all doing right now. If I want to say "Merry Christmas", I will! It says it on my cards. I don't care.

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  26. OHHH The heart of Tin may have to add to the kindle!

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