Teaser & Top Ten Tuesdays

Here are the rules: 
 
1. Grab your current read
2. Open to a page
3. Pick out 2 lines that are SPOILER FREE
4. Name the title, author, etc

"'There is a crisis of epic proportions at hand and you are thinking of chocolate?' he asked.

'No, I'm thinking about ice cream. Ice cream with peanut butter and hot fudge and whipped cream on top,' I said, heading north through the usual midday cluster of people on Michigan.

'There is a crisis or epic proportions at hand and you are thinking about ice cream?'

I laughed, taking his hand. 'I'm pregnant and I will not be denied. Besides, there's a crisis of epic proportions every five seconds around here.'" p 55*



*Quote comes from my ARC copy, therefore it and its page number are NOT final

TITLE: Black Spring
AUTHOR: Christina Henry
PUBLISHER: Ace
GENRE: Urban Fantasy
RELEASE DATE: October 28, 2014

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This week's topic is: Top Ten Books That Were Hard For Me To Read

*in no particular order

 1. Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead--I just struggled overall with this one. Perhaps it was all the character pov's even though I'm used to some multiple ones. It was really hard to get into for some reason as well.

2. Cinder by Marissa Meyer--another one that was hard to get into at first. I almost gave up on it, but decided to give it one more go. And it did get better. I think I was confused with its futuristic setting and also "moon people" and the whole separate worlds thing.

3. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi--I struggled a tad with this one at first as well. I think it was Juliette as the narrator that made it difficult, but I put that on how she was treated and lived for most her life. Despite the struggles, I did end up enjoying this series!

4. Blood Bath & Beyond by Michelle Rowen--I think this series was a smidgen hard to get into right away because I didn't read the "before" books. This was like a continuation of the main series, but yet the "mystery" books could be read as standalones and as a standalone series.

5. Blood Bound by Rachel Vincent--this one was hard to get into at first because it was the whole new series kind of adjustment one has when reading a beloved author's brand new series.

6. Weather Witch by Shannon Delany--this kind of goes with what I said in my previous pick. We entered a whole new world in this one and the world itself was a little hard to grasp for me, but I still liked it. Just didn't love it like I did with her previous series.

7. Radiant Shadows by Melissa Marr--perhaps the one I didn't enjoy as much in the Wicked Lovely series. For some reason, I really did enjoy Ink Exchange despite being sad with the ending and I liked Aislinn's books but when we got to this one, I found I struggled to get used to yet another new heroine. Still liked it though!

8. Mind Games by Kiersten White--this one was a tad confusing for me if I recall. It was hard to get into for many reasons, one being that there was no paranormal goodness or weirdness. It was a contemp, but still edgy. I couldn't really get into it all the way so I never did read it's second and final book.

9. Tangled Souls by Jana Oliver--I read this one and liked it, but I think I struggled a tad with some of the world rules and that kind of thing. Still a decent read!

10. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness--I sooo wanted to like this one, but I just couldn't get into it at all. It was too slow for me I think. I didn't even get around to finishing it because my TBR mountain is too big to try to push a reallllly long book on myself.