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Jul 31, 2010
Megan gave 5 stars to:
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
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Cassandra Clare
I seriously love this book, and I bang my head against the wall for only recently discovering it. People are 50/50 on their reveiws for this book and series. Some love it and some hate it because it is "unoriginal." I have to say that I agree with both. The Mortal Instruments series is a mashup of some of my favortie book series' ever! Like PJO, Pendragon, lots of Twilight, and some Maximum Ride and more. Despite its serious looking cover, it is filled with hilarity and mirth. I found myself laughing every other page and the sometimes ugly jokes. Cassandra Clare really knows how to write for teenagers and I encourage her to keep writing.
One last thing I would like to point out is that Cassandra Clare was a former FanFiction author. I commend her for this, and would like everyone to learn from her that successful and appreciated people are made out of everyday, normal people!!!
Go SIMON...I'm not one for blond, tall, dark, and nerdy chess-team glasses for me!
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Jul 31, 2010
Annie gave 5 stars to:
Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together (Scott Pilgrim, #4)
by
Bryan Lee O'Malley
I think the series keeps getting better...
Scott Pilgrim's adventures continued with this next book in the series, and it did not let me down. Scott must battle another evil ex along with everything else in his life! It was great! I am really starting to enjoy these graphic novels, and I am surprised that they are so good. I would definitely recommend this book to everyone!
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Jul 31, 2010
Alexa gave 5 stars to:
The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (Hardcover)
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John Steinbeck
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This book took me forever to read but it was well worth it. This was my first book by John Steinbeck, if by his name you don't know who he is, he wrote the book Grapes of Wrath. You've probably heard of it.
This book follows the King Arthur legend from before Arthur was born to Lancelot kissing Guinevere. It was originally going to by a modern day translation of Le Morte D'Arthur by Malory but Steinbeck changed his mind. He spent years researching it as is recorded in his letters in the appendix. He eventually just got frustrated and stopped. So this book was the first and second draft put together, but it doesn't seem that way. This was a great book and I can't wait to read another by him.
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Jul 31, 2010
Alexa gave 4 stars to:
Fade (Dream Catcher, #2)
by
Lisa McMann
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Tip: Do not read the second book without reading the first.
Tip: Start when you have 3 hours because you won't be able to put it down. My three hours were 10-1AM. So I am completely tired right now.
I really liked this book, some parts, I think though, weren't there for much of a reason and I skimmed over those but there weren't many. I look forward to reading the third book.
