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Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
4.0
Okay, I liked it a lot. I don't think I've ever really read a romance genre before, but this is most certainly romance. Whew! Racy! But I never realized, until I watched the tv show Starz has made, that it is also science fiction, as the main character is transported from 1945 to 1745. Hooray time travel. And there's even a guest appearance from Nessie! Huzzah! So yeah, a great book. The ending didn't light any fires under my butt to make me want to read book 2 right away, but hopefully someday I'll continue the adventures of Jamie and Claire.
Talon by Julie Kagawa
4.0
You need to read this book if you get excited when I say "Dragons that can turn into humans". If that sentence alone makes you want to read this book, then you will enjoy it as much as I did. Never mind the fact that the writing was nothing brilliant, and it was plagued with the typical teen love triangle, or the fact it is published by Harlequin Teen (yes, the romance publisher also has a teen branch). It is about dragons that can turn into humans and have been infiltrating our society for centuries. But then there's a sect of dragon slayers, the order of St. George (of course) which is more like a secret army bent on destroying all dragons. I'll give you three guesses as to the two types of men that fall in love with our main character Ember. What's that? A rogue dragon and a member of St. George? How did you KNOW?! I'm just giving it this high review because it's rare to find fantasy books with shape changing dragons that actually act human. So, kudos to Kagawa for fulfilling that odd niche of fantasy that I enjoy.
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, Vol. 4 by Brian Michael Bendis
5.0
Good ol' Miles. He has it particularly rough in this one. But we get Venom in this one! I love Venom. Best Spiderman villain ever!
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, Volume 5 by Brian Michael Bendis
4.0
Wowza! A year later? Miles is growing up! Also, it's nice to finally find out what Spider-Woman is up to!
Asylum by Madeleine Roux
2.0
I had to give up on this one. It wasn't BAD per se, but the I have so many other books I'd rather read than this. The dialogue was stiff, and not very natural for genius teens taking college courses during the summer. The writing was also very simplistic and juvenile. I gave up.
Sisters by Raina Telgemeier
3.0
Well, it was cute, but not nearly as good as many of Raina's other comics. This one is a simple story about a road trip trapped in the car with her sister and brother and mother, with flashbacks to growing up together. It felt rushed with not much depth as Smile, or at least not as much detail or nostalgia put into it.
UnSouled by Neal Shusterman
4.0
So much going on! It seems pretty hopeless in Connor and Risa's plight to end unwinding, but we'll have to wait and see in book 4! I still really love this series, even if I think it could have been a stand alone with just book 1. Oh well, lots of suspense!
The Battle for WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi
5.0
*Sighs in contentment* I seriously loved this series. I don't know how much more I can brag about it! I recommend it for anyone ages 10+, I find a way to work it into many of my displays at work, I have bought copies of my own to lend to friends. I just seriously am in love with everything about the WondLa series. Most of all I love the message it gives. About love, family, acceptance of yourself and others, respecting the environment, and the big topics of life and death. No matter if you're hu-man or alien, or what planet you are from, the themes of this series is universal!
Briony Hatch by Ginny Skinner, Penelope Skinner
4.0
Oh good, another book to reassure me that my strangeness is shared with others! I may not go as far as Briony, but fandom is definitely in my blood. Is it normal to totally obsess and fantasize about magic and favorite, not-real characters? I don't know about normal, but it happens! Briony LOVES a character in her favorite book series. Her life revolves around it. So when the final book in the series comes out, and she finishes reading it, then what? Everyone tells her to get her head out of the clouds, magic isn't real, and to focus on real life, but Briony just won't accept it. She has to find out of magic and spirits are real, or else the real world is going to be super boring.