Diana Gabaldon really knows how to tell a good story, her attention to detail and character development are amazing. This book is the third in the Outlander series. It follows Dragonfly in Amber (#2). I wasn’t sure how she was going to pull off having a 20 year separation between Claire and Jamie, but she did a great job. You do get to know what happened with each of them during those long years. And anticipate the reunion. Read more of the review at lovethybook.com
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Diana Gabaldon really knows how to tell a good story, her attention to detail and character development are amazing. This book is the third in the Outlander series. It follows Dragonfly in Amber (#2). 


I wasn’t sure how she was going to pull off having a 20 year separation between Claire and Jamie, but she did a great job. You do get to know what happened with each of them during those long years. And anticipate the reunion.

Read more of the review at lovethybook.com

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Finished “Drums of Autums” by Diana Gabaldon. Will post review soon. Maybe even today. But go to my blog to see it.

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The second part of The Hunger Games we continue the story of Katniss Everdeen, Peeta and Gale. The story continues after Katniss and Peeta won the Hunger Games, and how Katniss’ life has changed, or has it. So she gets a new house in the Victors Village, but is she really safe, is her life any better. Not really, she and Peeta are now the poster children for rebellion, which was never their intended plan. Now they are the number one people that the Capitol wants to destroy. Read the book and find out how they plan to do that.This book was good, but I thought The Hunger Games was a lot better, as is always the case with a series. But it’s good anyway, the story still carries the same idea, we still get to feel what the characters feel, and what they go through, and they go though a lot. But it’s missing that fire that the first one had. I would recommend reading it right after you finish the first one. Otherwise you might not feel the same connection.It does leave you hanging a bit, so pick up the Mockingjay right away, a lot of questions from THG are revealed. I found a lot of the plot from the first book repeating, and you will notice months pass in just a few pages, which was a little frustrating. Basically the book lacks the magic that the first one had. And at times you can even expect what will happen, it just didn’t pull me in as much as The Hunger Games. But if you loved the first book you should definitely read this one. And the next one too.
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The second part of The Hunger Games we continue the story of Katniss Everdeen, Peeta and Gale. The story continues after Katniss and Peeta won the Hunger Games, and how Katniss’ life has changed, or has it. So she gets a new house in the Victors Village, but is she really safe, is her life any better. Not really, she and Peeta are now the poster children for rebellion, which was never their intended plan. Now they are the number one people that the Capitol wants to destroy. Read the book and find out how they plan to do that.


This book was good, but I thought The Hunger Games was a lot better, as is always the case with a series. But it’s good anyway, the story still carries the same idea, we still get to feel what the characters feel, and what they go through, and they go though a lot. But it’s missing that fire that the first one had. I would recommend reading it right after you finish the first one. Otherwise you might not feel the same connection.



It does leave you hanging a bit, so pick up the Mockingjay right away, a lot of questions from THG are revealed. I found a lot of the plot from the first book repeating, and you will notice months pass in just a few pages, which was a little frustrating. Basically the book lacks the magic that the first one had. And at times you can even expect what will happen, it just didn’t pull me in as much as The Hunger Games. 


But if you loved the first book you should definitely read this one. And the next one too.

“Young Katniss Everdeen has survived the dreaded Hunger Games not once, but twice, but even now she can find no relief. In fact, the dangers seem to be escalating: President Snow has declared an all-out war on Katniss, her family, her friends, and all the oppressed people of District 12. The thrill-packed final installment of Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy will keep young hearts pounding.” I was very disappointed with this book, it was almost sad how bad it was, the beginning not as much as the ending, it’s as if Collins was given an hour to finish it and this is the best she came up with. She didn’t do the justice to her characters, at all. We get to know them, love them and then they leave the book and she doesn’t even think twice about them. I would have liked to know a little more about all the characters and not just what Katniss is thinking 24/7. And I’m not even gonna go there, Katniss doesn’t seem to grow at all in these books, I thought she was a lot stronger in The Hunger Games, she’s supposed to be the rebel thats gonna change the lives of people in Panem, but all she does is complain most of the time, running around in the hospital in a daze. Again months pass in just a few pages and we don’t really get the full story. I wish this book had an extra 100 pages or so to tie up the loose ends. The ending is “realistic” but we only see what happens to Katniss and Peeta, no one else is really mentioned, I would have liked to know more. I really thought this book was a big disappointment compared to the first two. 
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“Young Katniss Everdeen has survived the dreaded Hunger Games not once, but twice, but even now she can find no relief. In fact, the dangers seem to be escalating: President Snow has declared an all-out war on Katniss, her family, her friends, and all the oppressed people of District 12. The thrill-packed final installment of Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy will keep young hearts pounding.”


I was very disappointed with this book, it was almost sad how bad it was, the beginning not as much as the ending, it’s as if Collins was given an hour to finish it and this is the best she came up with. She didn’t do the justice to her characters, at all. We get to know them, love them and then they leave the book and she doesn’t even think twice about them. I would have liked to know a little more about all the characters and not just what Katniss is thinking 24/7. And I’m not even gonna go there, Katniss doesn’t seem to grow at all in these books, I thought she was a lot stronger in The Hunger Games, she’s supposed to be the rebel thats gonna change the lives of people in Panem, but all she does is complain most of the time, running around in the hospital in a daze. Again months pass in just a few pages and we don’t really get the full story. I wish this book had an extra 100 pages or so to tie up the loose ends. The ending is “realistic” but we only see what happens to Katniss and Peeta, no one else is really mentioned, I would have liked to know more. I really thought this book was a big disappointment compared to the first two. 

Catching Fire review

This book was good while I was reading it, then the ending ruined everything. But I won’t spill it for you.The story revolves around Tessa and Valerie, Tessa is a stay at home mom of two children, married to a surgeon. Tessa is a lawyer and a single mom of a six year old boy Charlie. They both live in the same suburb but lead different lives, and have never met. Until a tragic accident causes their lives to join in imaginable ways.Ok so the accident is not sooo tragic. But Charlie is in the hospital for a while with a bad burn.I don’t think I want to say anymore about how the story goes. I guess all I can say is that there’s family drama, cheating and gossip. It pretty good, like a quick chick flick movie. I think this book might be more enjoyed by married women witch children. Teenagers might not get it as much.
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This book was good while I was reading it, then the ending ruined everything. But I won’t spill it for you.

The story revolves around Tessa and Valerie, Tessa is a stay at home mom of two children, married to a surgeon. Tessa is a lawyer and a single mom of a six year old boy Charlie. They both live in the same suburb but lead different lives, and have never met. Until a tragic accident causes their lives to join in imaginable ways.
Ok so the accident is not sooo tragic. But Charlie is in the hospital for a while with a bad burn.

I don’t think I want to say anymore about how the story goes. I guess all I can say is that there’s family drama, cheating and gossip. It pretty good, like a quick chick flick movie. I think this book might be more enjoyed by married women witch children. Teenagers might not get it as much.

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I find it really hard to write a review for a book I absolutely loved. And this one I did. I couldn’t read it fast enough to find out what happens next. The story line is really good, yes I know if you’ve read or watched the movie Battle Royale you will see a lot, and I mean a lot of similarities, but since I didn’t, before I started reading this book, I enjoyed it very much. It’s more focused on the fact that these people are all controlled by their government, known as the CAPITOL. They are even forced to kill each other. How messed up is that.Ok so let me explain the plot first. This book is about North America, now called Panem, and how in the future, ( I don’t think they mention how far ) after a riot of some sort gone wrong, the Capitol controls 12 districts. The story follows Katniss, a 16 year old girl who lives in district 12, apparently the worst one. Every year the Capitol chooses two children between ages 12-18 to participate in The Hunger Games, designed to show the citizens that the Capital is in charge of all of them. These 24 teenagers are sent to fight to the death, last one standing wins. And this is where Katniss comes in, she is at the Hunger Games and is fighting for her life. Really there is more to the story but of course I can’t sill the beans here. You will just have to take my word for it and find out for yourself. Sure I thought the ending might be a little different, maybe I hoped they would all commit suicide just to stick it to the MAN, but they really didn’t. Unless it happens in the next book, Catching Fire. Which I will start as soon as it arrives in the mail. Can’t wait what happens next.I think the book could’ve been a little better, maybe if it was a little longer, Collins would have more room to develop more of the characters, we don’t really get to know all the 24 teenagers. And I don’t even want to mention the many spelling and grammar errors. Talk about run on sentences. I had the urge to go through and underline and correct all the errors. I always thought a book had to be perfect in order to be published. But I guess that is the editors fault.Aside from that, the book is great, I don’t really see any similarities between this book and Twilight, and I’ve seen a lot of people comparing the two. I got to say I like it more than Twilight, they just killed the books with the movies.Oh and don’t forget March 8, 2012 the Hunger Games comes out in theaters.Here’s the trailer.
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I find it really hard to write a review for a book I absolutely loved. And this one I did. I couldn’t read it fast enough to find out what happens next. The story line is really good, yes I know if you’ve read or watched the movie Battle Royale you will see a lot, and I mean a lot of similarities, but since I didn’t, before I started reading this book, I enjoyed it very much. It’s more focused on the fact that these people are all controlled by their government, known as the CAPITOL. They are even forced to kill each other. How messed up is that.

Ok so let me explain the plot first. This book is about North America, now called Panem, and how in the future, ( I don’t think they mention how far ) after a riot of some sort gone wrong, the Capitol controls 12 districts. The story follows Katniss, a 16 year old girl who lives in district 12, apparently the worst one. Every year the Capitol chooses two children between ages 12-18 to participate in The Hunger Games, designed to show the citizens that the Capital is in charge of all of them. These 24 teenagers are sent to fight to the death, last one standing wins. And this is where Katniss comes in, she is at the Hunger Games and is fighting for her life. Really there is more to the story but of course I can’t sill the beans here. You will just have to take my word for it and find out for yourself. Sure I thought the ending might be a little different, maybe I hoped they would all commit suicide just to stick it to the MAN, but they really didn’t. Unless it happens in the next book, Catching Fire. Which I will start as soon as it arrives in the mail. Can’t wait what happens next.

I think the book could’ve been a little better, maybe if it was a little longer, Collins would have more room to develop more of the characters, we don’t really get to know all the 24 teenagers. And I don’t even want to mention the many spelling and grammar errors. Talk about run on sentences. I had the urge to go through and underline and correct all the errors. I always thought a book had to be perfect in order to be published. But I guess that is the editors fault.

Aside from that, the book is great, I don’t really see any similarities between this book and Twilight, and I’ve seen a lot of people comparing the two. I got to say I like it more than Twilight, they just killed the books with the movies.

Oh and don’t forget March 8, 2012 the Hunger Games comes out in theaters.
Here’s the trailer.

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This book is amazing, so many historical details about Scotland that I had no idea ever existed. And the story is something else, there is love, loss, war, romance, lots of sex ( so I wouldn’t recommend it to younger readers), imprisonment, family, and of course time travel. It makes you feel for the characters as they face what is in front of them, many times they risk everything, and that’s what makes this story feel so real. At the beginning I was kind of hesitant about this book being all that great, but as I kept reading I kept wanting more. I couldn’t get enough. Clairs life has really taken a 180º turn, but is it for the better? I think so. And I guess I’ll find out more as I read more of the series. Yes people this is just the first book. The are seven! And I have already started on the second.  I found this book through other peoples reviews of The Bronze Horseman, which is another great great book. A lot of readers said they were looking for something similar in nature to TBH and this is it. So without hesitation, really, I ordered the whole series. And good thing I did, after finishing this one I wouldn’t be able to wait for the next book.  And there is even talk of a series based on this book. Lets hope it goes through.
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This book is amazing, so many historical details about Scotland that I had no idea ever existed. And the story is something else, there is love, loss, war, romance, lots of sex ( so I wouldn’t recommend it to younger readers), imprisonment, family, and of course time travel. It makes you feel for the characters as they face what is in front of them, many times they risk everything, and that’s what makes this story feel so real. At the beginning I was kind of hesitant about this book being all that great, but as I kept reading I kept wanting more. I couldn’t get enough. Clairs life has really taken a 180º turn, but is it for the better? I think so. And I guess I’ll find out more as I read more of the series. Yes people this is just the first book. The are seven! And I have already started on the second. 

I found this book through other peoples reviews of The Bronze Horseman, which is another great great book. A lot of readers said they were looking for something similar in nature to TBH and this is it. So without hesitation, really, I ordered the whole series. And good thing I did, after finishing this one I wouldn’t be able to wait for the next book. 

And there is even talk of a series based on this book. Lets hope it goes through.

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Secret Life of Bees

This book was great, I read it in two days, it really holds your interest throughout the whole book. The story is about a young girl Lily Owens whose father T. Ray (what she calls him) is abusive and neglectful. She has never heard him say he loved her, or anything that resembled feelings. Unless they were anger, he would punish her by having her kneel on grits. Her mother died in a “gun accident” when Lily was only four years old. Leaving her with her father and nanny/housekeeper Rosaleen, who in part is a stand in for her mother. But when Rosaleen gets arrested for insulting three racists, Lily decides this would be a good time to leave to Tiburon, South Carolina, a town she believes to be connected to her mother. She and Rosaleen find refuge with three beekeeping sisters, who in turn introduce Lily to a mesmerizing life of bees, honey and black Madonnas.This story is all about female empowerment, love and forgiveness. 

This story will definitely have an effect on anyone who reads it. It teaches powerful lessons, especially to young girls who are struggling with a hard life. Sue Monk Kidd did a great job capturing every detail of the Pink House, Lily’s life as well as all the other characters, I kept thinking that this is a memoir, but even though it’s not, it still feels real.

I gave this book three stars, but I can definitely see why it deserves five. This is just not my favorite style of reading, but it’s still great, and everyone should read it. I wonder is they read this book in schools.