reread:
24. Witch of Blackbird Pond - Elizabeth George Spear
25. Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
26. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
27. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
28. Lost & Found - Chris Van Hakes
29. Prince of Tides - Pat Conroy (I have to say, his recent autobiography REALLY turned me off to his books. I suggest if you love Conroy's books, don't read Death of Santini. It will ruin it for you)
30. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
31. Daughter of Smoke and Bone - Laini Taylor
new:
18. Wounded - Lindsay Buroker There was nothing special about this book, which disappointed me because Lindsay is one of my favorite authors. However, she has such a gift for banter between the sexes - I wish I were that witty in real life.
19. Bitter Kingdom - Rae Carson I put this off because I had such a hard time remembering the storyline and I shouldn't have - I think it's the best in the series. Simply fabulous. And I'm so glad they stopped belaboring the point of her size. It stops mattering at some point, yes? (that was my only complaint about the first two books, and now I want to immediately reread them all)
20. Shadow Cats - Rae Carson This was a novella in the same world as Bitter Kingdom. It was good, but Bitter Kingdom was better.
21. Balanced on the Blade's Edge - Lindsay Buroker Again, she's so good with banter. This was back to the fantasy that she's so fantastic at. Not quite as good as the EE books, but a very promising start to a new series.
22. The Witch's Daughter - Paula Brackston Once I got past the diary style of this, I thought it was very good and very well written. Good.
23. Republic - Lindsay Buroker Now this was what I was waiting for. I'll read about these characters gladly for the rest of my life.
24. Bread & Wine - Shauna Niequist Not what I was expecting; it was a little more religious than I'm comfortable with reading, and I'm not such for essays, but it was excellent writing and I felt genuinely choked up several times. It was very good, and if a little preachy doesn't turn you off (it's not necessarily in a bad way, just more constant than I was expecting) I think you would really really enjoy this book.
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Lindsay said she's not going to write about Amaranthe and Sicarius as mains again since they're pretty much settled, but would be open to Maldynado or Sespian. I'm a little disappointed. I can understand her getting tired of the same characters, but I keep thinking more, more, more!
I also agree with you on Bitter Kingdom. I love how much the characters grew and the ending was perfect.
I'm trying to remember Wounded, but had to look it up to see what it was. Yeah, it was okay. Nothing earth shattering, nothing horrible. I think the dialog and character development just weren't as good.
I'm reading the second BotBE now and I have high hopes for it.
I liked Witch's Daughter too and have Winter's Witch to read (different characters, same sort of story). Maybe I'll get to it in June.
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