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Top Ten Tuesday: Things I Like/Dislike in Book Romances

Posted February 10, 2015 in Reading / 4 Comments

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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly link-up hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

This week’s list is the Top Ten Things I Like/Dislike in Book Romances.

1. Dislike: Insta-Love

First, it’s not even remotely likely. Second, just… no.

2. Dislike: Shallow Love Interest

Especially when it is a love triangle and one of the characters is so one-dimensional.

3. Dislike: Lack of Communication

The entire plot of some books would disappear if the characters actually talked. Communication is kind of a key in a relationship.

4. Dislike: Cheesy-ness

You know those books where you just have to cringe at some parts because they are sooo cheesy. Yeah, I don’t like that so much.

5. Dislike: Romance Being the Entire Plot

I don’t typically read romances. Ever. I prefer books that have a bit more of a plot.

6. Dislike: Stalkers

I hate it when one character is “so in love” that they are basically stalking the other. Not cool.

7. Dislike: Fated Relationship

“We’re just meant to be together. Everyone says so.” Please, no.

8. Like: Developed Romance (and Characters)

Where the characters aren’t just defined by their relationships but at the same time the relationship influences just about everything. This one is kind of hard to explain.

9. Like: When the Girl Can Survive Without the Guy

Sometimes it seems as if the entirety of the girl’s universe revolves around one guy and she doesn’t know what to do when he’s not there. I would much rather read about a girl who can function just fine without the guy (or with the guy for that matter).

10. Like: Friendship First

Relationships typically start as friends first in the real world. Why shouldn’t they in books?

 

These are the Top Ten Things I Like/Dislike in Book Romances. Feel free to share yours as well and check out the rest of them at The Broke and the Bookish.

amanda

And if this doesn’t make the most sense,
I wrote it really late as I was trying not to fall asleep.
Hence, I sometimes ramble… a lot.

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Review: Poison Study

Posted February 9, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments

Review: Poison StudyPoison Study by Maria V Snyder
Series: Study #1
Publisher: Mira (2005)
Audiobook
{10 hours and 26 minutes} (416 pages)
Rating:
Also by this author: Magic Study, Fire Study
Also in this series: Magic Study, Fire Study
Reading Challenges: 2015 Alphabet Soup, Read 2015

Synopsis

About to be executed for murder, Yelena is offered an extraordinary reprieve. She’ll eat the best meals, have rooms in the palace—and risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the Commander of Ixia.
And so Yelena chooses to become a food taster. But the chief of security, leaving nothing to chance, deliberately feeds her Butterfly’s Dust—and only by appearing for her daily antidote will she delay an agonizing death from the poison.
As Yelena tries to escape her new dilemma, disasters keep mounting. Rebels plot to seize Ixia and Yelena develops magical powers she can’t control. Her life is threatened again and choices must be made. But this time the outcomes aren’t so clear…

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Let’s Discuss! Book Formats

Posted February 7, 2015 in Let's Discuss, Reading / 8 Comments

Let's Discuss! Book Formats

Lately I have been reading a lot more on my kindle. Mainly this is due to where I have been getting books.

The local library doesn’t have the best selection of books. I could get a card to a different library with a much nicer selection but those libraries are 2+ hours from my house. I don’t want to have to drive 2+ hours to check out a book and about a week or two later drive the same 2+ hours to return the book.

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Review: Sacrificed

Posted February 6, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments

Review: SacrificedSacrificed by Emily Wibberley
Series: The Last Oracle #1
Publisher: Paranoid Productions (2015)
eARC (306 pages)
Via: NetGalley
Rating:
Also by this author: The Commander, Divined
Also in this series: Forsworn, The Commander, Divined
Reading Challenges: Read 2015

Synopsis

Fifteen-year-old Clio should have never been the Oracle of Sheehan. That power is passed from mother to eldest daughter, and Clio is the youngest of four sisters. But when her entire family is murdered by Mannix, the king’s adviser, Clio is left all alone and heir to a power she never wanted and doesn’t understand.
Hunted by Mannix, Clio seeks refuge in a foreign city where oracles are absolutely forbidden. If she’s found out, she will be sacrificed atop its great pyramid.
Clio has no choice but to win the trust of Riece, an enemy warrior. Despite the growing feelings between them, Clio knows that if he finds out who she really is, he won’t hesitate to kill her.
Clio tries to hide her budding powers, but the visions she has of Mannix bringing a barbarian army into Sheehan torture her conscience. She alone has the strength and foresight to stop him, but only if she can embrace her destiny and sacrifice everything.

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