And who doesn't bring food to a place that will most likely be in the middle of nowhere? I'm sorry Hannah, but I wouldn't have done the same.īut, the only thing that truly bothered me was that in the end, everything turned out okay. If someplace doesn't show up on google, then I wouldn't go there. That should have been the first red flag. I don't know what would possess Hannah, to take her boyfriend to a place she barely knew how to get to. The main character Hannah is just not redeemable, which makes her hard to like. The cover was beautiful, so I felt like I had to give it a chance. Book Tour Review & Giveaway: A Court of Thorns and.I didn't really know what to expect from this book when I first started reading it.Backlist Revew: A Desirable Residence by Madeleine.Backlist Review: A Memory of Light by Robert Jorda.Discussion Review: Black Iris by Leah Raeder.Book Tour Review: Under the Same Blue Sky by Pamel.Two Minute Review: None of the Above by I.W.Review: Waistcoats & Weaponry by Gail Carriger.

Boldly Bookish Tour & Giveaway: Lion Heart by A.C.Review: The Courtesan Duchess by Joanna Shupe.DNF Review: Still Waters by Emma Carlson Berne.Review: Gabby Duran and the Unsittables by Elise A.Book Tour Review: Love Is Red by Sophie Jaff.Review: The Harlot Countess by Joanna Shupe.Not for me, but no ratingīecause hey, maybe after 150 pages, it really does get better. Thrillers, with vague paranormal framing, and are utterly, utterly unoriginal. I bet they'd also really enjoy Spellbound a book I DNF'd last year - as both are generic, young-adult There is nothing compelling me to read it: not the plot, the characters, nothing. Only pages to go to FREEEDOM!' but, then, I realized, I don't have to finish this book. ItĬould get off this generic beaten path.

Thinking constantly to myself, 'Just hang in. When I found myself struggling with reading Still Waters, Last year than I ever have in a single year before (12 out of 213), and I am growing ever more discerning here in 2012. Pruning through my TBR piles and what I had to read. Off bad or bland or boring, those are the kind of books hardly everĪctually get better, and then you're left with x amount of wasted time You never know.' And that's true, it really could Plotpoints, shoddy writing, just because 'Hey, it might get better before the end. Push through just-plain-bad dialogue, obvious machinations and I mean, I used to peek at the final page of every book Iīought I still totally do this just to glance at who might survive, scared to get attached to doomed characters.įor these reasons, I don't like to give up on books. Having all the answers and knowing exactly what lead up to those finalĬonclusions.