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
So yeah...I am totally breaking the rules today! But you'll thank me for it! Or not! Haha!
"Slowly, so slowly, his eyes roved down, then up. As if he were studying every inch, every curve of me. And even though I wore my ivory underthings, that gaze alone stripped me bare.
His eyes met mine and he gave me a lazy smile before removing his clothes. Button by button. I could have sworn the gleam in his eyes turned hungry and feral--enough so that I had to look anywhere but at his face." p 162
TITLE: A Court of Thorns and Roses
AUTHOR: Sarah J. Maas
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Children's
GENRE: Fantasy YA
RELEASE DATE: May 5, 2015
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This week's topic is: Ten Books I Will Probably Never Read
*in no particular order
Ugh, hopefully I won't have people hating me for these. Not even sure how much of a "fave" some of these are or will be! Plus how hard is this to think of books I don't/will never read!
1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins--I'm kinda picky with my dystopian reads and this one never really grabbed my attention. I admit the movies look good, though I have yet to see one. But I still won't likely ever pick this one up.
2. Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas--weird, I know. I read ToG but just couldn't get into it. I wanted to. I really wanted to. But I think the hype and the pressure got to me and I just couldn't get into the story. The writing was good though, but the story didn't do anything for me. I will say that as of writing this post I am LOVING ACOTAR!
3. Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers--this one was intimidating with the page count alone. But then I heard mixed reviews about it and I will likely just never read it despite having a mild curiosity about it.
4. Fallen by Lauren Kate--this one too had so many mixed reviews and I'll admit most were not so good ones. It kinda of steered me away from ever wanting to read it despite the gorgeous cover!
5. Evernight by Claudia Gray--oddly enough I do own this one on my kindle. There might have been mixed reviews on the later books but I still find myself hesitating to start it. But I loved ATPOY, so I feel that counts for something! ;)
6. The Dead Girls' Dance by Rachel Caine--I adored Rachel's Weather Warden series and was initially excited about her upcoming YA series when she told me about it, but then I just never picked it up. Book after book kept releasing and I still never got to book 1. Even with the series finished I still don't know if I will ever commit to reading it all. Or starting it for that matter.
7. The Inventor's Secret by Andrea Cremer--I enjoyed the Nightshade trilogy but there's something about this series that's holding me back from reading it. I'm not sure what. It's possible that one day I maybe might read it, but most likely not.
8. The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling--I know. I know, I know, I know! I wanted to read this one don't get me wrong. But when I read what it was about. I was so not moved. It was too contemporary sounding for me.
9. The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith--yeah...pretty much what I just said above applies to this one too. I like mysteries occasionally, but even the ones I read usually have a paranormal twist to them. The lack of paranormal and magic or anything "weird" to this one just makes me feel bored, despite the incredible author!
10. Wolfcry by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes--yes there's quite a few of her books that I haven't read. This series she wrote was interesting, but I found myself losing interest by third book when Danica and Zane were no longer the main characters. It was also perhaps due to too much time between book 2 and 3 that had me totally forgetting characters that I didn't know who was who in this later years story. So I doubt I will ever finish the rest of this series.
