David Estes Fans and YA Book Lovers Unite! discussion

Finished:



Now I'm re-reading:

I just finished rereading and started on .
I'm in the middle of a buddy read of with my GR friend Heidi and partway through and
I'm loving them all!

I am on book 4 on the Remaining series: FRACTURED and loving it!

Elora wrote: "I just finished rereading and started on .
I'm in the middle of a buddy read of with my GR..."

I REALLY REALLY LOVED Six of Crows and the Martian!! I like the Shadow and Bone series, it held my interest at least. Had some issues, but still enjoyable :)

I seem to have latched onto Elora, I just finished and started

Also reading and rereading

Ashley *Hufflepuff Kitten* wrote: "I seem to have latched onto Elora, I just finished and started

Also reading and rereadi..."

Great minds think alike, Ashley! :)

@Elora and Jenny I liked the Shadow and Bone series a lot but I LOVED Six of Crows!

Yeah Harlee--in my reread, I'm still not loving the Shadow and Bone series. It's alright....but Six of Crows blew me away! I think I finally figured out why.....all the characters in SOC are unique, well-developed characters. Not so much in her first series. Nikolai and the twins are the only interesting characters to me. Mal seems really to be a placeholder/way for Alina to have extra angst. And Alina herself, while she has a dark side, seems to be more of a special snowflake type.

Elora wrote: "Yeah Harlee--in my reread, I'm still not loving the Shadow and Bone series. It's alright....but Six of Crows blew me away! I think I finally figured out why.....all the characters in SOC are unique..."

I just couldn't get into the Shadow and Bones series. I never read the last book. But I loved loved loved ! I'm super excited for

Oh me too, Karen! I think we should have a day-of-release buddy read!!! :)

Karen wrote: "Elora wrote: "Yeah Harlee--in my reread, I'm still not loving the Shadow and Bone series. It's alright....but Six of Crows blew me away! I think I finally figured out why.....all the characters in ..."

The last book in Shadow and Bone was the best in the series IMO. I think, as a writer, Leigh Bardugo gets better with every book. Nikolai was my fave character in that series, he was the most interesting.

I totally agree Jenny!!

Elora wrote: "Oh me too, Karen! I think we should have a day-of-release buddy read!!! :)"

Yes!!!

Since I last posted I finished Saga vol. 5(link's being difficult) and

Up next I think I'm gonna read

Catherine wrote: "@David That's my next "to read" after I finish My Lady Jane."

Cool! I'm taking a quick break from it to read a library book so we might end up reading The Young Elites at the same time!

Victoria wrote: "David wrote: "I'm reading !!! Off to a decent start :) :) :) 10% in!"

I enjoyed that one when I read it. Book two was good as well."

Awesome! I have book two on my Kindle and ready to go when I finish :)

Elora wrote: "Yeah Harlee--in my reread, I'm still not loving the Shadow and Bone series. It's alright....but Six of Crows blew me away! I think I finally figured out why.....all the characters in SOC are unique..."

I agree with everything you said :)

I just started An Ember In The Ashes today! I'm already on Chapter 3!!!! I'm also about halfway through my re-read of Crown of Midnight! Chaol Westfall is just <3

Just started Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi. And super close to finishing My Lady Jane.

Continuing with my #aYearathon readathon I read:

All were good!

Also started my Colleen Hoover reads with which tore my heart out several times! Loved it, really dramatic, but also really good!

I'm moving right on with

Rose (littlebookowl75) wrote: "I just started An Ember In The Ashes today! I'm already on Chapter 3!!!! I'm also about halfway through my re-read of Crown of Midnight! Chaol Westfall is just <3"

An Ember in the Ashes was good. Dark, but good :)

Aww Chaol! I love him too, but hate SPOILER FOR BOOK 4 (view spoiler)[what happens with him and Calaena. (hide spoiler)]

David wrote: "Rose (littlebookowl75) wrote: "I just started An Ember In The Ashes today! I'm already on Chapter 3!!!! I'm also about halfway through my re-read of Crown of Midnight! Chaol Westfall is just

An E..."

OMG, I want to click on your spoiler so bad!!!

David wrote: "Rose (littlebookowl75) wrote: "I just started An Ember In The Ashes today! I'm already on Chapter 3!!!! I'm also about halfway through my re-read of Crown of Midnight! Chaol Westfall is just

An E..."

I agree with your spoiler, David. Don't click, Jenny! Don't click.

Finished My Lady Jane, which I liked and thought was a cute retelling of history. Just started Furthermore and not sure how I feel about it yet. I don't think it has a lot of the strength as the Shatter Me series. But we'll see.

My #AYearathon Kick Off Video is up! What I'm reading right now is in here too :)

https://youtu.be/p56RnFj4tJQ

Jenny wrote: "My #AYearathon Kick Off Video is up! What I'm reading right now is in here too :)

https://youtu.be/p56RnFj4tJQ"

Nice!! I'm so happy you're doing booktubes again!! I think I will try to join you and Jen for the buddy read!! :)

Karen wrote: "Jenny wrote: "My #AYearathon Kick Off Video is up! What I'm reading right now is in here too :)

https://youtu.be/p56RnFj4tJQ"

Nice!! I'm so happy you're doing booktubes again!! I think I will try..."

That would be awesome! I'll go set up the thread now :)

Okay, buddy read set to start on Saturday, Sept 10th for ! Everyone is welcome to join!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Elora wrote: "I just finished rereading and started on .
I'm in the middle of a buddy read of with my GR..."

I loved Shadow and Bone! It was so good!

just got from Netgalley, I can't wait.

I'm currently midway through on audio and it's so good!

60% done with A Torch Against the Night. Aaaaahhhhh

In this past week, I read:

Endgame (E, #5) by Kate Wrath
The Path of Water (Quests, book 1) by Barbara G. Tarn
The Path of Fire (Quests, book 2) by Barbara G. Tarn
My Vibrating Vertebrae: and other poems by Agnes Mae Graham
Beat The Hackers by Stephanie Dagg
More Tales of the Southern Kingdoms - volume 2 by Barbara G. Tarn
Oh Auntie! by Stephanie Dagg

@Elora I TOTALLY agree with you about the Six of Crows characters being so unique. The first time I read Shadow and Bone I loved it but I reread it to continue the series and didn't love it like the first time and Siege and Storm also fell a bit flat for me. Ruin and Rising was satisfying but also had it's issues.

Elora wrote: "David wrote: "Rose (littlebookowl75) wrote: "I just started An Ember In The Ashes today! I'm already on Chapter 3!!!! I'm also about halfway through my re-read of Crown of Midnight! Chaol Westfall ..."

LOL! Hurry, Jenny, catch up so you can click!

I just finished my reread of the Throne of Glass books. Now I get to dive into Empire of Storms. Someone hold me, I'm not sure I'm emotionally ready for this haha.

Empire of Storms is here! A discussion on the differences between the books in the series themselves. (And showing off how gorgeous the book is!!)

https://youtu.be/SJBLjwpnkJg

David wrote: "Elora wrote: "David wrote: "Rose (littlebookowl75) wrote: "I just started An Ember In The Ashes today! I'm already on Chapter 3!!!! I'm also about halfway through my re-read of Crown of Midnight! C..."

I know, I know!!!

I finished last night and I honestly don't know if a book has ever made me as emotional as this one did.

Now I'm reading .

Yesterday I finished and I really liked it. Felt almost like a fairy tale with mythical creatures!

Also read a quick short story, which I really loved. Great backstory on the "Wild Poppy!"

Today I finished reading 3.5 stars
My first time reading Nancy Drew in years! I didn't read too many of the classics when I was kid, but I did like this one! It got better as the story went along. I do love how "modern" Nancy really was, this was published in 1930! She even has to change her car tire at one point in this story, and she does it without much fuss! LOVE!

Just finished It was so utterly, amazingly fantastic!!!!

You can check out my review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Elora wrote: "Just finished It was so utterly, amazingly fantastic!!!!

You can check out my review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

LOVED the Martian! The movie is really good too, I recommend watching it too!

Elora wrote: "Just finished It was so utterly, amazingly fantastic!!!!

You can check out my review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

YES!!! Couldn't agree more :) The movie was also a pretty decent adaptation :)

I finished and liked it! Probably not quite as much as the first two, which were funnier but with less depth, but still, a good read. The end bits reminded me a little of how Percy Jackson books feel.

Now I'm onto another library book I just got at the recommendation of Karen. A third of the way through and I'm HOOKED.

Jenny wrote: "Elora wrote: "Just finished It was so utterly, amazingly fantastic!!!!

You can check out my review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

LOVED t..."

Jenny, I cheated and watched it first, thinking I wouldn't like the book. Glad I did though, it helped me visualize everything.

Elora wrote: "Just finished It was so utterly, amazingly fantastic!!!!

You can check out my review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

I'm glad you enjoyed it so much. I haven't seen the movie yet, but I've seen that it's on one of our movie channels this weekend, so I plan to try and watch it.

I think I am the only weirdo out there that only liked the Martian but was not 100% in love with it. Please don't throw things!

No worries, Heidi. We'll still be your friend :)

I should be finishing up today. Also really enjoying on audio.