A Colloquy on Books

Beka Cooper is not a Puppy anymore, she's a Dog. But things aren't going well, there's counterfeits out in the markets, merchants are raising their prices, and that's not good with the coming winter. Beka and her mentor Goodwin have to undercover but is Beka up to the job? 3 stars. Nimira is a music hall performer who is forced to perform in front of a bunch of leering drunks. Hollin Parry hires her to accompany a piano playing automaton. There's secrets in the air, a mad woman roams Parry's house and a fairy might be trapped in the automaton. 2 stars. Two sisters who will do anything in order to protect each other. Annie can't see the present but she can see the future. Fia can never do the wrong thing, her instincts are perfect. When the sisters are offered a place at an elite boarding school, they agree. This is no ordinary school as Fia realizes, this school does everything from choose stocks to plant bombs. They stole her past. They control...

Darcy has put her whole life on hold to go to New York to publish her teen novel. Lizze accidentally slips into the "Afterworld" in order to survive a terrorist attack. Darcy has a lot to learn about the writing world. Lizzie discovers that there are many stories that need solving in the "Afterworld," the world between life and death. She constantly wonders if she's made the right decision until she falls into a crowd of seasoned and fledgling writers. All of sudden Lizzie is faced with new threats she might not be able to overcome. One writes the words, the other lives them. I enjoyed reading Afterworlds  for two main reasons. One, I liked the fact that it took me into the publishing world through the perspective of a writer. I learned a lot about how books get published and also got "to see" how hard authors have to work before their book actually goes into print. The second reason I enjoyed reading Afterworlds . Before we to my reason, you ne...

Saba has always followed in her twin brother Lugh's footsteps, so when four cloaked men kidnap Lugh, she follows trying to save him. Soon she is forced to team up with Jack and the Free Hawks a group of revolutionaries. As she does she realizes she has the power to take down a corrupt society from the inside. 4 stars. When Brontë starts dating Bruiser, her twin Tennyson isn't surprised but unnatural thing start happening, bruises disappear, scrapes heal too fast, and it seems like their good fortune but it may be more than they bargained for. 4 stars.  Princess Sylvi is bound to her pegasus Ebon on her twelfth birthday, for a thousand years before them the pegasi and humans have lived safely because of their inability to communicate without the help of magicians and shamans. Ebon and Sylvi can  talk. Will their friendship destroy the peace between the nations? 2 stars. Grace moves and starts seeing monsters and a girl who looks exactly like her...

Mirabelle's past is unknown, her parents are dead, and her guardians have forbidden her to return to her birthplace, Beau Rivage. Desperate to find some answers Mira runs away to Beau Rivage. Nothing is as it seems in Beau Rivage, a pale girl has a morbid interest in apples, an obnoxious playboy is a beast to everyone he meets and yet another guy has a thing for damsels in distress. Here, fairy tales come to life and are played out, again and agian. But fairy tales aren't always pretty and don't always end happily ever after. Mira has a role play, a destiny to embrace or fight.  Everything about Kill Me Softly  drew me in, starting from the title to the cover to the first chapter itself, (says a lot about my tastes doesn't it?). I really liked the way the story started without any wandering. What I mean is that Sarah Cross got right into her story without wasting time, she started with a purpose and delivered on the purpose. Another thing that I enjoyed was th...

The final installment in the Hush, Hush  series. Nora has gotten past a lot of troubles but the biggest one is yet to come... she has to win lead and win war or she's dead. 3 stars. Galen is the prince of the Syrena and he's on a mission to find a girl who can communicate with fish. Emma literally runs into Galen, when they both sense a connection. But it takes several encounters to convince both Emma and Galen of Emma's gifts. Galen knows she hold the key to his kingdom but can he convince her? 4 stars. Doug Swieteck and Lil Spicer become friends and Lil challenges him to find new sides of himself, as he does he fixes his relationships with his father, brother, peers, and his teachers. 3 stars. Melody can't walk or talk, but she's smart. Smarter than all the people who diagnose her, smarter than her classmates who dismiss her as retarded. Melody won't be defined by her disease and she's going to let people know, ready or not. 5 stars. ...

My cousin and I were just having a conversation when the topic of WhatsApp statuses came up. My status at the time was, "'Books are uniquely portable magic.'~Stephen King." Our conversation went as follows: Chinmay a.k.a. my cousin (C): I don't read books much anyways. I'd replace books with movies. Me (M): Books are better because it's a unique experience for each person. C: I feel the same about good movies. It gets you thinking. M: Yes, but you and I see the same thing on the screen. In a book you don't, you make it up. C: But... The perspectives are totally different for two diferent individuals. M: So I may focus on details such as color while you focus on say texture. C: Yes... You may appreciate art present in the scene while I may appreciate the screenplay or the background score of the scene. M: But that applies to books too, but in books you get the added bonus of focusing on different details which entails a completely different ...

The second installment in the Hush, Hush  series. Nora Grey has gotten herself a guardian angel but he's been acting anything but angelic, in fact he's been spending time with her arch nemesis Marcie Millar. 3 stars. The third installment in the  Hush, Hush  series. Nora doesn't remember the past 5 months of her life. She tries to get her life back on track but in the back of her mind she keeps seeing things that don't belong in her world. 3 stars. Remy has always known where she stood in a relationship. After all she has learned from her mother who is working on husband number 5. Dexter doesn't fit any of her rules but she can't shake him. Is she finally understanding all those love songs? 3 stars. Note: If you would like a detailed review of any of these books, please comment and I will get it posted as soon as possible.