David Estes Fans and YA Book Lovers Unite! discussion

Currently reading "lady of the forest" up next, "a game of thrones"! :D

David wrote: "So I just realized is going to be a ten-book series! And each book is like a 1,000+ pages, but only the first two are out. Ugh. It is such a GOOD BOOK, but I do..."

LOL!!! I think I will wait, then, I've got too many other series I"m in the middle of!

I've read a few more stories out of :
"In Ninety Minutes, Turn North" by Stephanie Perkins--5 stars! LOVED this story!
"Souvenirs" by Tim Federle--4 stars, really liked this one!
"Inertia" by Veronica Roth--another 5 star story!
This anthology, is overall, really good!

Also finished and I really did like this one! Fun quick read about modern day Dragon Slayers!

Next I'm reading

Just started and !

Finished Unravel Me by Mafi. It was so good! Can't wait to read Ignite Me. Next I'm going to read The Winner's Crime.

WOW, Catherine, you're just cranking them out! You go girl!!

@Donna haha thank you! Can't take all the credit though these authors are amazing and keep me hooked.

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Oda wrote: "finished
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I hope you like Fall Out, Oda!

I am currently reading and am loving it!
For those of you who love Riordan's other works, this is well worth the read. :)

Lauren wrote: "Just started and !"

I liked Rebel of the Sands!

I'm having one of those months where I can't seem to finish any one book. But.... I am on vacation and just got back from a whirlwind 2 week long crazy roadtrip. ;-D

Right now I'm in the middle of and now a reread of .

Elora wrote: "I am currently reading and am loving it!
For those of you who love Riordan's other works, this is well worth the read. :)"

Awesome! I plan to read it SOON :)

I am almost done with The Way of Kings. I have no idea what to read next as I expect to have a book hangover after this one :)

I have also been writing like crazy, 11,000 words in the last two days. This is already my longest book and will likely end up around 140,000 words. Brew was previously my longest at 110,000. I can't wait to finish this manuscript so I can take a breath!

Reading the Monstrumologist and about ready to barf, lol! After this I think I'm going to read The Book Thief. Oh yeah also reading Strings and liking it so far.

Holy cow, David! That's a ton of work!

David wrote: "I have also been writing like crazy, 11,000 words in the last two day..."

Excellent!

David wrote: "I am almost done with The Way of Kings. I have no idea what to read next as I expect to have a book hangover after this one :)

I have also been writing like crazy, 11,000 words in the last two day..."

Yeah!!!!! :-D

I just finished The Rose and The Dagger and I'm not satisfied with the ending. I felt like there were many loose ends. Nevertheless, I loved the story!

Rhamichu wrote: "I just finished The Rose and The Dagger and I'm not satisfied with the ending. I felt like there were many loose ends. Nevertheless, I loved the story!"

I hate being dissatisfied and have been known to throw a book or two across the room because of it. ;)

I finished which was a good mystery, I really liked it.

Next is

Catherine wrote: "Reading the Monstrumologist and about ready to barf, lol! After this I think I'm going to read The Book Thief. Oh yeah also reading Strings and liking it so far."

Love The Monstrumologist! But yes, very gory! I'm glad you're enjoying Strings thus far ;)

Catherine wrote: "Reading the Monstrumologist and about ready to barf, lol! After this I think I'm going to read The Book Thief. Oh yeah also reading Strings and liking it so far."

Those are two heavy books back to back!

I started Wolf by Wolf yesterday and it is interesting so far!

Harlee wrote: "I started Wolf by Wolf yesterday and it is interesting so far!"

Ohhh I've been hearing about this one. Looks good!! :)

I finally finished I did not enjoy this one as much as Pride and Prejudice or Sense and Sensibility, but it was still a cute story!

Just started this one, like the writing, there are three or four out in this series so love that! I will be following this author.

I Just Finished it is SO Good

Update on my library! Still working on mostly decor, but I think I've got most of my books situated (although I think libraries are always a work in progress!)

TBR books, with library books and journals on the top


Fantasy and Paranormal books (HP books are on the floor, they will have a place of honor in my display case when I get it moved!)


YA Historical Fiction, Thriller/Suspense, Contemporary


YA Sci-Fi and Dystopian


MG (I have since but the Baby-Sitter Club Dolls on doll stands)


Top shelf is YA Fantasy/Paranormal (overflow), bottom 2 shelves are Adult books

Holy cow, that is an AMAZING library. I'm so jealous!

I finished , there's a reason why this book has incredible ratings on Goodreads. It is perfection :) Loved every second. I'm going to take a break before reading the sequel. Now I'm reading finally!

David wrote: "I finished , there's a reason why this book has incredible ratings on Goodreads. It is perfection :) Loved every second. I'm going to take a break before reading..."

Thanks David! I'm SO HAPPY, I've been wanting this FOREVER!!! Married 19 years, and I'm FINALLY getting it!!!!

Cool beans on the books. I think Heidi's group read next month will be Alive, so I'll probably be reading it soon too!

Jenny wrote: "Update on my library! Still working on mostly decor, but I think I've got most of my books situated (although I think libraries are always a work in progress!)

TBR books, with library books and jo..."

Oh gosh, so excited for you, Jenny!!

David wrote: "I finished , there's a reason why this book has incredible ratings on Goodreads. It is perfection :) Loved every second. I'm going to take a break before reading..."

David Alive is my groups book for Aug. so please pop in next month to tell us your thoughts :)

Heidi (Yup. Still here.) wrote: "David wrote: "I finished , there's a reason why this book has incredible ratings on Goodreads. It is perfection :) Loved every second. I'm going to take a break ..."

Awesome, will do! It is a FAST read, I'm at 55% in a day without really reading all that much. So far it's pretty good, definitely keeping me guessing with a main character who is quite complicated. It's got a strange dynamic because all of the characters have the mindsets of 12-year-olds (the last age they remember), but are now in older (18-year-old) bodies. So far I'm liking it though!

It's a very unique concept, isn't it David? I found it a very quick read too. I'm looking forward to reading the second book after the reread I'll be doing for August.

August's BotM poll is up! :)

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Is anyone taking part in the Slip, Grip, Flip reading marathon starting in a few days????

I`ve dnf-ed two books this week hopefully the NeXT book I pick up will be better. Will try: now.

Currently reading

@ Rose. I'm gonna try. I read the series a little while back and LOVED it and have been wanting to reread it--it's only a matter of if I have the time :)

@Ashley
What are your thoughts on the Red Queen? That was one I wanted to love but I didn't :(

@elora I felt the same about Red Queen

Elora wrote: "@Ashley
What are your thoughts on the Red Queen? That was one I wanted to love but I didn't :("

I like it so far -- it could be much better, I'm getting enormous Hunger Games vibes, but it's holding my interest for the moment. We'll see come the end.

Donna wrote: "It's a very unique concept, isn't it David? I found it a very quick read too. I'm looking forward to reading the second book after the reread I'll be doing for August."

Yes, it's got all of my interest at this point!

Elora wrote: "@Ashley
What are your thoughts on the Red Queen? That was one I wanted to love but I didn't :("

I was the same, I couldn't finish it :(

Reading Sovereignty at the moment

Oops, that posted before l was done haha! I'm also reading Stalker Girl!! ;)

Rose (littlebookowl75) wrote: "Is anyone taking part in the Slip, Grip, Flip reading marathon starting in a few days????"

Thanks for the shout out! I'll be sending out a group message about it in a few days, but this is a good time for a pre-announcement! The Slip Trilogy reading marathon will start in two days in this Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/23047...

Basically the group of more than 500 members will be reading the entire trilogy front to back over the course of about 5 weeks. Every day me, Karen, and Jenny will be posting fun things in the group: DAILY GIVEAWAYS, quotes, discussion topics, and author insights. It's going to be a blast, so I'd love for a bunch of you from this group to join us :) Can't wait! And to get you all started, Slip is FREE on Kindle today through Tuesday. Hope to see you all in the group!

David wrote: "Rose (littlebookowl75) wrote: "Is anyone taking part in the Slip, Grip, Flip reading marathon starting in a few days????"

Thanks for the shout out! I'll be sending out a group message about it in ..."

WOOOOOOOT!!! Super excited for this :)