Tuesday, December 09, 2014

Winter Reading Challenge: Link up to what you're reading



Yipee - the first post of 4 for the Winter Reading Challenge.  Just a place to link up & tell me about what books you've been reading since the cold has forced us to huddle in by a fire... or in my case, by a infrared heating machine.  Whatever works.

The Rules:  Just link up with me over the next few posts & tell me about what books you are reading.  That's it.  Not too serious - not too scientific.  Just fun. 

& at the end of it all - a giveaway for everyone who has linked up with me.
Bonus entries for pictures on Instagram with the #WinterReadingChallenge & tagged back to me @Rebecca Jo Knits...

Easy Peasy...

By the way - so far the Giveaway is going to include a $20 Target Giftcard, & a knitted goodie to represent winter, as well as a cute bookmark to represent it being a reading thing....

So here's my first entry

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I rate like Goodreads ... a 1-5 star (1 being awful - 5 being fantastic)

1. Divergent ... 4 stars / I was slow to getting to this one. Not sure why I put it off. I think because I want the whole series to be out now before I jump into a book series like this. I remember the days of old of staying up to midnight for the latest Harry Potter book.  The movie came out & I usually read the book before I go see the movie.  In this case, I did it backwards & glad I did.  I think I would have been too confused if I read the book first.  (side note: I get easily confused)  This is a sort of blend of Hunger Games in a new light.  Society is divided into factions & everyone fits into one.  Which I don't personally get.  & if you fit in more then one, you are labeled "Divergent" & apparently dangerous.  I would be divergent. Guaranteed. I am dangerous.  Anyways. I did enjoy it.  Cant wait to read the rest.  I of course think a book is better then a movie, but again, glad I knew what was happening so I could enjoy the details of the book more.  Plus, I got to have visions of Four in my head.


2.  Catcher, Caught.... 2 stars / This book is about a young boy that has cancer & his obsession with the book The Catcher in the Rye.  I have never read that book. I think that made me not really grasp this one as much as I should have because I seen others really love this book. To me, I just was bored with it, was aggravated with it & even madder at the ending.  I hate when a book has a bad ending. I want to throw it & scream, "I wasted my time on THAT?"... It gets 2 stars are least for the cute stories of being a teenager & living through high school & getting a girlfriend.  I wish that were more the focus. 




3. Is Everyone Hanging Out without Me? ... 3 stars / I had been wanting to read this one for awhile too. I love The Mindy Project & think Mindy Kaling is pretty funny.  Well, I wasn't too impressed with her book as being funny.  It actually was boring in most parts & I didn't really even laugh a lot.  I'm not sure what it was missing, but I was just glad it was over.  Now I'm heading onto other funny ladies like Amy Poehler & Tina Fey... I'm not giving up hope on funny ladies.

Sorry Mindy... I did give you 3 stars though

Not too many books read this time. I want to get through the holidays & then I hope to be on a reading spree....

Can't wait to hear what you all recommend.
 
Have you read any of these? ... What did you think of them?





12 comments:

  1. Are you going to read the next two after divergent? my advice.. don't.. seriously. don't do it.
    i've heard that about mindy's book, lame!

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  2. Sadly, I agree about the further books in the Divergent series. Which was a shame because I really liked the first book. That feeling you talked about when the ending isn't good and you're mad you wasted the time? I felt like that at the end of the third Divergent book :(

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  3. mindy's book is in my queue...i need to finish it!

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  4. I keep hearing the same thing about Mindy's book - surprising because I think she's really funny, too! I haven't read any book in a couple of months now but starting in January, that's going to change!

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  5. I want to read the next two Divergent books!
    www.amemoryofus.com

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  6. I like this idea and will hook up sometime this week if possible. Do books you listen to count or only the ones you read?

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  7. Oh no sad to hear you didn't like Mindy's book I was planning on reading it LOL!

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  8. What a bummer to hear her book was a bust I think she is so funny on the Mindy Project!

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  9. I so wish I had the time to sit down and get involved in a good book. Just too many things on my mind right now, as you know. Hopefully, once Christmas is over, I can find interest in things I've let fall by the wayside.

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  10. I definitely go through super reading months and then some sparse. Over the Holiday breaks I tend to get a lot of reading done. I started the Mindy one but never got around to finishing it. Love the gifs with the books!!

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  11. I really enjoyed Divergent. I think it's because I have been a hardcore Hungergames fan for so long. It took me back there and made me happy. Well, at least the first book did... lol. I really like this link up idea. Super awesome!

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  12. So excited for this winter reading challenge! Let's see...I just finished Girls of Corona Del Mar which I admit that I only looked into because of the name (Corona Del Mar, CA is my favorite place ever) and it was a really good book! And now, I am trying to finish Unbroken, but it's intense and I'm having a hard time. Next on my list is something light...Debbie Macomber maybe ;)

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