What I'm Reading Tuesday

     Welcome to today's edition of What I'm Reading Tuesday! This edition will include, books that I'm ready to be done with and books that I keep starting and restarting because I just can't seem to read an e-Library book until the last days before it's due.


     I've been reading Beautiful Chaos by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl for a couple of weeks now. I am honestly so ready for this book/series to be over and I still have one book and a spin off series to read to get the whole story. Now, I am NOT a quitter. I have never not finished a series, no matter how awful, and I don't plan to start now. Lena and Ethan are still fighting Sarafine and Abraham and there have been few plot twists in this book to keep my interest. I am within the last fifty pages and I still have not finished it.


     Now, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs, the movie is coming out soon and now the book has become very popular since I first tried to read it this summer on our cruise. I don't exactly know what it is about the book... but it hasn't really caught me yet, if you know what I mean. I love creepy stuff, not scary, just creepy. But the last part I got to was when Jacob entered the time loop. I'm going to start the book over again to make sure that I'm not forgetting anything.

Finally, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling, I have no excuse for this. No legitimate excuse anyway. I had fourteen days to read this book and waited until the last two to even start it. Now, I have 42 hours until it goes back to the e-Library this time. Yes, this is the second time I've checked it out. I am one of that small percentage who has not read the Harry Potter series. *Audience gasps* Yes, you heard me correctly. I have never read the Harry Potter series, and honestly, the only reason that I'm reading them now is because The Cursed Child came out and I may read it. My aunt has read the books and listened to the audio books many times over, and my brother read the entire series in a school year while he was in elementary school. I do believe that the books, so far, are better than the movies when it comes down to details. We shall see how long it takes me to finish the series.

     I will get through these books, be it this week or a year from now, they will eventually be finished. I would love to know what you all are reading this week. What are your thoughts on your current read? Do you have recommendations for my to-read list?

Series Review: The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

*This post will be updated as I finish each book. *

* Each review contains spoilers. *

Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles #1)

Marissa Meyer

YA - Science Fiction, Fantasy

400 Pages

(Read 9/29/14)

     Where do I even start with this book? I love it. I am a huge fan of fairy tales and I believe Marissa Meyer did a great job of this spin-off of the classic Cinderella. The whole cyborg/lost princess Selene/supposedly murdered by her aunt/"adopted" by the Linh family/renowned mechanic backstory is spot on. 

     

Book Review: Cinder by Marissa Meyer

* This post contains spoilers. *

* To view reviews for each book in the Lunar Chronicles series, go here. *

Cinder (Lunar Chronicles #1)

Marissa Meyer

YA - Dystopian

400 Pages

(Read 9/29/14)

     Where do I even start with this book? I love it. I am a huge fan of fairy tales and I believe Marissa Meyer did a great job of this spin-off of the classic Cinderella. The whole cyborg/lost princess Selene/supposedly murdered by her aunt/"adopted" by the Linh family/renowned mechanic backstory is spot on. 

A Book and Some Needles

     A few of you may have noticed that the name of my blog has changed. I promise, it's for a good reason. I've been reading so much more lately, now that I'm working from home again, and I feel the need to share my thoughts and input with others. I read mostly YA fiction, but I dabble in Fiction and Non-fiction as well. When I started this blog in 2014, it was meant to be an online journal of sorts, about my life and my family, and our adventures. It did start out that way, but over the last year or so (when I was actually posting) my main focus has been books and knitting/crafting. Hence the name, A Book and Some Needles.
     Books and knitting, both are my zen. My happy place, my oasis. I learned to knit in 2012 and really took to it. I still have the first thing I knit, a Blues Infinity Scarf by Jenny Withrow, which I still wear every winter. I've evolved majorly over the last two years. I've knit sweaters and shawls, socks and mittens, and more hats than I can count on both hands! I learned to spin and sew, and I feel like knowing these skills will most definitely be something to be thankful for down the line.
     I hope that seeing more book reviews doesn't bother anyone, but if it does, I'm sorry but this is my blog and the book reviews are part of it, of me and who I am. There will still be What I'm Reading Tuesdays, WIP Wednesdays, FO Fridays, and sometimes even Making Mondays if I happen to make something scrumptious that I want to share. Maybe not every week, maybe not even once a month, but I will still share my knitting with you all, even if it happens to coincide with my book reviews.

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Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia

* This post contains spoilers. *
* Read my reviews for each book HERE *

Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles #1)

Kami Garcia

YA - Fantasy, Paranormal

563 Pages

(Read 9/9/16)

     I read this book under recommendation from a friend, and it was worth it. They said I needed to download it right away and read it, which I did. It took me around a week to read,  just because I was busy, not because I wasn't completely invested in Ethan and Lena's relationship.

     Ethan Wate is the main character and narrator of this book, which is different for me. I haven't read many books where there is a male narrator/main character, but I did immensely enjoy this book. He is a typical teenage boy at the beginning of the book. He's on the basketball team, he's dated cheerleaders, and he and his best friend are inseparable and basically brothers.