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Be careful! These 10 books causing #bookhangover!
Lolita
In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Collins delivers equal parts suspense and philosophy, adventure and romance, in this searing novel set in a future with unsettling parallels to our present.
This beloved novel tells the story of Edmond Dantès, wrongfully imprisoned for life in the supposedly impregnable sea fortress, the Château d’If. After a daring escape, and after unearthing a hidden treasure revealed to him by a fellow prisoner, he devotes the rest of his life to tracking down and punishing the enemies who wronged him.
Though a brilliant storyteller, Dumas was given to repetitions and redundancies; this slightly streamlined version of the original 1846 English translation speeds the narrative flow while retaining most of the rich pictorial descriptions and all the essential details of Dumas’s intricately plotted and thrilling masterpiece.
Alexandre Dumas’s epic novel of justice, retribution, and self-discovery - one of the most enduringly popular adventure tales ever written - in a newly revised translation.
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http://www.adme.ru/tvorchestvo-pisateli/10-knig-posle-kotoryh-trudno-nachat-novye-731710/
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The Lightning-Struck Heart
No way in hell. And that quote I saw on my dash is just the cherry on top of my oh-hell-no: “Unicorns aren’t allowed to be whorish. You’re supposed to be all virtuous and pristine!”Too bad because the premise looks interesting.
Risk It All (Dance with the Devil)
3.5Megan Derr has always been my guilty pleasure read. Not so much "guilty" but still. It's not that I don't recognise the flaws, it's that they really really don't hinder the stories for me. The stories read like fairy tales and even the questionable behaviour (especially in this series - issues like (not bothering with) consent and stalkerish behaviour in the first books) while not seeming as cute on a reread... well, they didn't throw me off the stories. I see the new stories rewriting worldbuilding from the previous ones, I raise my eyebrows and move on. I realise they might be a little bit not good on a number of levels, but I still enjoy them, all right? They're tasty. Like junk food, probably.
So that said, Dance with the Devil is one of my favourite Megan Derr series. I enjoy catching up with - and going back to - Chris and Sable, Grim and Johnnie, Jesse and Rostya & co. I'm hoping Caedda (and that Alucard, what was his name)'s story will be told eventually. I'm looking forward to the other Cross brothers' stories. Basically, I'm pretty fond of this world. :D
This story was a nice addition. I enjoyed Kipling's journey and I happily revisited the whole series.
 - Megan Derr)
Three the Hard Way (ACRO Book 7)
It was all right but I was not convinced of the menage. And Devlin was barely there and far too one-dimentional.
 - Sydney Croft)
(Kind of) Review: The Name of the Wind
Interesting feature, that with the emoticones.
As a part of my recent return to mainstream books, this one sure is a winner. When I wasn't reading it, I was thinking about it. I didn't feel like leaving it for a while to go on with other reads - at least once I properly started it.
I like the magic system and how it is explained, but not too much. I like how energy isn't lost, how you have to work in order to get power.
I liked Kvothe but not completely. I liked (and hated) that despite being intelligent, he is just (more!) as prone to stupidity as anyone else.
I got pretty fond of Devi, LOVED Bast, liked Chronicler.
I liked the stories within the story.
I didn't like Denna. Meh. The constant laudation turned me right off.
I didn't like that the author used a 8yo boy as a catalyst to move along the story.
Fandom/Fanfic/Shipping side note.
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I'll be reading book two, but not before the release date for the third one is officially set. And I'd like to know if it will be a thrilogy or more books are to be expected... Feels like both are possible.
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Dragon's Breath
Okay, that was weird - I'm 100% sure I've read it but I couldn't remember at any point what would happen next.3.5
The Harem Master
Is this one generation away from Sandstorm? Meaning, is Shahjahan Ikham's son? Is Ikram one of Emre's people and why wasn't it mentioned if he stayed? Did Emre stay to become a part of Altan's harem? Ehhh, so many questions.
Peter trying (with various results) to tone down the creepiness. Yum.
After (The After Series)
How is this even a thing? I'm not against fanfiction in general nor against 1D fanfic in particular, and I have no opinion one way or another in regard to P2P but this... this I'm against. Published RPF blatantly referring to Harry Styles, with its own merch - this is messed up.
I don't get it. HOW did it get published? How did it get translated и на български, при това? How is it getting a damned movie?
How come such pieces of... fiction become worldwide published phenomena?
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/books/a32330/after-author-anna-todd-interview/
But Todd only sees any comparisons to Fifty Shades as an honor. Todd loves the E.L. James series and credits it with "totally [changing] my reading life." In Fifty Shades, "everything was based in Washington and Seattle, and so I was like, After's going to be in Seattle!" Tessa's interest in publishing was inspired by Todd's own passion for novels but also Fifty Shades' Ana Steele, who pursues a career in book publishing.
 - Anna Todd)
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Cut & Run 9
I've been wondering about the lack of hysteria over this book (but not missing it).I actually like the idea of total media eclipse pre-release. It's fresh. And I miss the days before ARCs became such a mass occurence.
Hopefully this won't be the only positive thing I'll have to say for this book. :D
Booklikes' policy on fan fiction
The full answer is here:
http://booklikes.com/thread/1651/policy-on-fan-fiction-delete-entries-reviews
Briefly, - we are allowed to catalog fanfic (and even WIPs). BL might take down a listing at the request of an author depending on the circumstances, BUT they will never remove any reviews from our blog. So, I feel safe adding reviews here.
(For context, Goodreads is taking down fan fiction listings at the request of the authors. If the listing is taken down, all of the ratings and reviews vanish also.)
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The Lions of Al-Rassan
I feel kind of cheated because of the skipped year but in the same time I'm grateful I was spared from the trainwreck in slo-mo it apparently was. Still, it annoyed me and this is the reason I'm reducing half a star. Pffft, whatever.
It was a rich book, showing the cultural and religious clash between three countries and faiths marvellously. Not sure why it's being marketed as sci-fi in my country since it's obviously high-fantasy but hey, at least it's translated and more people have the opportunity to get to it (and feel my pain). i'll recommend it endlessly, I'm generous like that (especially with pain).
I really liked the characters.
Strong, self-assured women.
Clever, proficient men.
I'm especially fond of Ammar and Miranda. ^^
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Reading progress update: I've read 497 out of 511 pages.
Чия загуба щеше да е по-тежка? Имаше ли мярка за тези неща? И ако имаше, какво от това? ;_;
I want a 'nobody dies' AU. :(
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