TELL ME TUESDAY is a feature that oozed from my post Twitter party fried brains. It is a floating feature (depending on your reading style), where you tell us what you are reading now, and why, and what you will be reading in the future from your tbr pile, and why. I am oh so curious why people read what they read. So tell me!
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Shannon from REX ROBOT REVIEWS
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I am on the last bit of SLADE HOUSE, about 10% more. The first 50% of the story was really good, but around the middle of the book, when it goes into the backstory, it is like listening to a dull history lecture. I thought it was getting interesting again when it was beginning to tie up all of the plot threads, but it just isn't cutting it. It isn't that it is contrived, but it reminds me of an anime I used to watch. I can't tell you which one because it would be a definite spoiler if you knew what it was about. This is from the author of Cloud Atlas, and The Bone Clocks. I still haven't seen the Cloud Atlas movie because I wanted to read the book first, but after being underwhelmed with this one, I may not read it at all. I guess there are crossover characters from each book, but the novels are still considered standalones. Some readers seemed to be confused about this on Goodreads thinking they didn't like this book because they needed to read the others. Unless the conclusion blows me away this will be a three star read.
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Shannon from REX ROBOT REVIEWS
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I don't think I have any ARCs due until the end of November, so I am going to read this Netgalley nonARC that archived today, THE WORLD OF POO. And then continue to get my Pratchett on with my own ebook of WEE FREE MEN.
What are you you reading? Tell me!
YAY for Pratchett books! I do hope you will enjoy the Wee Free Men, it really is a very fun one!
ReplyDeleteI bought The Color of Magic years and years ago because I found it on a 50% off table at B&N. I hate paying nearly as much for PBs as hardcovers. Anyway, I lucked out that it was the one almost everyone (as you know) recommends reading first. I loved it, but always got so confused when I went to the library to get another to read. I have the chart you gave me now, so I thank you for that. :)
DeleteYes! You will love Wee Free Men. And I think you will also love Splendors and Gloom! It's technically MG, but kind of dark...just like I like my MG. Ha!
ReplyDeleteIf you like dark MG you would love The Thickety. I really don't recommend it for MG age readers, it is that dark! I added S & G to my GR tbr. :)
DeleteI still need to read some Prachett books. xD (Well, I read Good Omens, but that's just 50% a Practchett book.hehe.)
ReplyDeleteI'm reading The Bone Gap!! IT IS SO INTERESTING. I really love the style It's got this kind of whimsical metaphorical flair that just makes me want to hug it basically. :') But I'm like 100-pages in, so we'll see. ;)
Yeah, when I was reading the reviews for Bone Gap on Goodreads, it was the bad reviews that made me want my to read it because I could tell it was one of those stories that a lot of people didn't get, and I usually love those books. Ha! :)
DeleteI haven't read any of these books but they look really interesting!!! I just started Sword and Verse by Kathy MacMillan. I'm excited for it.
ReplyDeleteI'm not familiar with Kathy MscMillan, I willl have to check that oiut on Good reads. :)
DeleteOk I'm super curious (and unlikely to read the book) - what anime? And I hope you enjoyed The Wee Free Men!
ReplyDeleteHell Girl was the anime. I didn't get to Wee Free Men, but fingers crossed for this summer!
DeleteI haven't heard of this book before but it kinda sounds interesting. I'm currently reading Zeroes by Scott Westerfeld (and a few other author that I can't remember the names of) so far it's turning out to be a 3 star read.
ReplyDeleteI have Zeroes, but I haven't had the time to read it yet. I am hopeping to get a lot of reading done this summer. :)
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