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10 years ago @ The Quiet Concert - Legacy of Kings by Ele... · 0 replies · +1 points

I have a problem sometimes with too many POV's, too. The Falling Kingdom series comes to mind. Even though I'm enjoying the series, I keep thinking I'd enjoy it more if it was a bit more focused.
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10 years ago @ The Quiet Concert - June 2015 Recap · 0 replies · +1 points

I'm happy to see Illuminae as one of the favorites. I'm really excited for this one. I tried reading Mosquitoland, but I just couldn't get into it.

Nicole: What an exciting trip you've got coming up. Prague is one city I desperately want to visit. Hope you have an amazing time! And I'll be DM'ing for your personal IG to see those pics!

Ashley: Enjoy the rest of your vacation, and take care of those feet! :)
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10 years ago @ The Quiet Concert - Firefight by Brandon S... · 0 replies · +1 points

I'm in love with this series. I finally read Steelheart about a week and a half ago, and I read Firefight over the weekend. I am so intrigued by Firefight, too. She is probably the most interesting character, IMO. (Well, at least until THAT THING happened with THAT OTHER CHARACTER at the end of Firefight.
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11 years ago @ The Quiet Concert - The Funk is Over! · 1 reply · +1 points

I feel like I could have written this myself! My review funk has lasted five months and counting. When I stopped blogging in August, I think it started a vicious cycle: I'm not blogging, so therefore I cannot review. And then: I cannot review, so I cannot blog. Mine wasn't so much a lack of confidence as the belief that I was physically and mentally incapable of writing a review. (Or IS that a lack of confidence? LOL.) The problem was that I had a whole bunch of e-ARCs that were published during my hiatus, and I HAD TO write something about them. I knew a full review wasn't possible, so I thought, "Well, perhaps it will suffice if I just wrote two or three sentences on GR. And I couldn't even do that!

When I forced myself to come back to blogging last week, my first review was a negative one, and it somehow just flowed out of my head. Well, "flowed" for me - I'm not one of those 20 minute review writers, either. And I started to think, "OK, I can do this." But then yesterday, I wrote my second review, and it was a positive one. And it sucks. And I knew it sucked when I clicked "Publish." It's a couple paragraphs of a synopsis and a sentence saying, "I liked it." But it was for a finished hardcover provided by a pub, so I didn't feel like I could avoid posting at all, or just trying the "two sentences on GR" approach. So now I'm back to thinking I cannot review.

As for you, I KNOW you know how to review, and I'm glad you got your confidence back. Would you send some my way? :)
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11 years ago @ The Quiet Concert - Captive by Aimee Carter · 0 replies · +1 points

Audible provides audiobooks for review??? I had no idea!

I didn't really like Pawn. One of the things that bothered me was that the whole transformation thing was just too hard to swallow. I know I shouldn't get up in those things, but I just couldn't get past it.

If this had been a "Wow!" review, I might have given this a shot. But it doesn't sound like I'd like it any better than Pawn.
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11 years ago @ The Quiet Concert - Golden Son by Pierce B... · 0 replies · +1 points

You've given me hope for this book, which I just got from the library yesterday. RR was 2 stars for me, and I wouldn't usually continue a series with a blah opener, but for some reason, I feel like I could get into this.

I also love grim. And tragic. Much more interesting than sappy endings, although those have their purposes, too. :)

Glad you are enjoying this series so much!
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11 years ago @ The Quiet Concert - Alice in Zombieland by... · 0 replies · +1 points

LOL - "douche purse." I was about to ask if this was literally a purse for douches, but then I figured ol' Granny must have meant douchebag.

This has been on my radar for a while, mainly because of the Zombie in the title. Even though I suspect they are not the really scary and gruesome zombies I love, I still would like to give it a shot.
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11 years ago @ The Quiet Concert - Stacking The Shelves (... · 0 replies · +1 points

I've got both of those books on my TBR. I have the first two books in the SSaD series and the ARC of the third. I guess I requested that when I was still in my, "Oh, who cares if I haven't even started the series yet? I'll go ahead and request the last book in the trilogy" phase.
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11 years ago @ The Quiet Concert - Life of a Blogger (1) ... · 0 replies · +1 points

I did not know you guys went to UVA! I went to NC State, so Go Pack! :) I visited UVA once, either on high school or my first year of college. It was a beautiful campus.

And once again, I must comment that I love your scarves. :)
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11 years ago @ The Quiet Concert - Cover Trends & The Boo... · 0 replies · +1 points

Lots of great covers here. Out of all of them, my favorite is ITSOB. I remember at one point writing about the cover and the hovering ghost, and I was surprised at him many people didn't notice the ghost! It's so eerie, and it captures the mood and the time period of the book so well.
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