David Estes Fans and YA Book Lovers Unite! discussion

Daniel!!! Welcome back!! <3

Harlee wrote: "Rose (littlebookowl75) wrote: "@Harlee I love Ronan♡"

He's my favorite character of the series!!"

Same <3

Lanie wrote: "Ugh, just tried and failed to read "cinder" and "divergent" :( I couldn't even get to a hundred pages in either one. Thought they were WAY boring. To make up for the disappointment, I'm now rereadi..."

Sorry you were not a fan of Cinder. I really enjoyed it. I was not a fan of Divergent either.

Reading...


Really liking it so far :)

I finished Very good, but definitely bleak, back story on the Rot & Ruin world.

Next I'm rereading and also reading

I started Walk on Earth a Stranger today and am liking it so far but not loving it yet.

Finally started
It's as good as everyone says it is! I don't know how he does it, but I was pulled right into that world.

I finished pretty good.

starting now.

Elora wrote: "Finally started
It's as good as everyone says it is! I don't know how he does it, but I was pulled right into that world."

YESS. Love that book/series. :)

Karen wrote: "Hi Harold!!!"

Hi, Karen!

It's been a long time, hasn't it?

Just finished which was a long book but very very well written and in depth about the characters. It is about an apocalypse that is sort of in the background, while we follow several characters before the event happens and one after.

Took a look at and it is written in a very unusual way. I have to make the font on my Kindle very large to read it easily. Tell me anyone, does this format continue?

Now reading Epidote 8 of Love and Decay Revolution
If you have not got into this series, it is one of the very best out there about zombies, romance and the apocalypse, with some humor and very real characters. We all deserve a Parker brother in our lives.

Elora wrote: "Finally started
It's as good as everyone says it is! I don't know how he does it, but I was pulled right into that world."

Yaaayyyyy!!

Donna wrote: "Just finished which was a long book but very very well written and in depth about the characters. It is about an apocalypse that is sort of in the ba..."

Illuminae is an experience ike no other! Yes, the format continues through the entire book and is what I loved most! You have no idea what you will get next when you flip each page. I'm not sure how it would be on a Kindle though. I did hear that the audio is fabulous and is a whole other experience entirely, than the book.

Harold wrote: "Karen wrote: "Hi Harold!!!"

Hi, Karen!

It's been a long time, hasn't it?"

Yes it has been. Hope to see you lots and lots! :)

The last month of my life has been entertainingly busy, sorry for the silence. But I've read some great (and just okay) books along the way.

Just finished the All for the Game trilogy (The Foxhole Court, The Raven King, and The King's Men) by Nora Sakavic last night and it was spectacular. It's raw and Nora isn't afraid to push those characters to the limit. It's a new favorite of mine. I highly recommend it. The kindle versions are really inexpensive (first one was free) but I had to buy the paperback versions too because they needed to be on my bookshelf.


I was going to reread the three Raven Cycle books before The Raven King comes out but I needed something a little simpler after the books I just finished. So I'm reading The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness instead.

Donna wrote: "Just finished which was a long book but very very well written and in depth about the characters. It is about an apocalypse that is sort of in the ba..."

I just bought in print instead of ebook (which counts for about 90% of my books) i haven't started it yet. how do you like it so far?

I love Love and Decay although i started about a year ago and only got half way through season 1, for some reason (i think i got caught up on too many other book) i stopped reading them and recently decided to pick the series back up. It's probably one of my fav Zombie books, i remember the writing being witty, and if i remember right the virus started with a herpes vaccine.. haha cracks me up.

Donna wrote: "Just finished which was a long book but very very well written and in depth about the characters. It is about an apocalypse that is sort of in the ba..."

Decided The Scattered looked interesting so just bought it, Donna! ;)

finished pretty good.

starting

Finished my re-read of Prisoner of Azkaban. Picked Passenger back up again before I re-read Goblet of Fire.

Karen wrote: "Donna wrote: "Just finished which was a long book but very very well written and in depth about the characters. It is about an apocalypse that is sor..."

Oh, you will like it I think. It is long but develops each character with a chapter for each as it goes along. Hope the next one comes out soon!

Jenn wrote: "Donna wrote: "Just finished which was a long book but very very well written and in depth about the characters. It is about an apocalypse that is sor..."

LOVE AND DECAY just gets better and better. You won't regret getting back into that one. Witty, as you said, with some romance and some scary zombie fighting.

Jenn wrote: "Donna wrote: "Just finished which was a long book but very very well written and in depth about the characters. It is about an apocalypse that is sor..."

I have Illuminae but am catching up on LOVE and Decay's latest first. Love and Decay: Revolution, Episode Eight

I just finished which was oh so dark!
I also finished which disappointed me :/ I've also just read and .

Right now I'm reading . I rarely read less than 3 books at a time, but I've only got this one going right now. :)

I just finished "confessions of a murder suspect." By James Patterson & loved it! Now I'm reading "scorpion shards" by Neal Shusterman.

I finished and thought it was a great start to a new Shadowhunters series.

I also started and then finished, practically in one sitting, ! Sooooo good! Loved it! This was a PIFM book and I'm so happy I finally read it!

I'm also about to finish which I've been putting off, because I really don't want this trilogy to end. :(

YAY Karen! So happy you liked OotE!! :)

I finished my reread of and I liked this one much better the second time. Also finished a beta read I was doing, which was just AMAZING!!!

Next I'm reading

Since my last update, I finnished The Pale Horseman by Bernard Cornwell. Then I read Rangeela Tales- Book 1, Rangeela Tales- Book 2, and Rangeela Tales- Book 3, by Gita V. Reddy. After that, I read Globular Van der Graff's Goblin Tales for Adults by Jack Eason, and RENOVO Grounded by Geoffrey Wakeling. Now I'm reading Quicksilver by Toni Dwiggins.

I am reading The Shining Girls

Karen wrote: "I finished and thought it was a great start to a new Shadowhunters series.

I also started and then finished, practically in one sitting, and when I am finished with my current book, I will read The City of Mirrors.

I will be sad when it is finally finished.

I finished The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness in two days. It was rather fantastic and touching and lovely. I really enjoyed it.

Now I'm starting The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. It was quite the following on tumblr and I'm curious to see what the hype is about :)

I started and finished today and the I just started

Sky wrote: "I started and finished today and the I just started "

Well, I just finished . I loved it- I found some of the characters unnecessary and formulaic but Noah and Brian were such strong, powerful characters that it didn't matter. Hope you like it! I'll write a review for it once my exams are over.

I'm nearing the end of and good grief, I should not be reading this one at midnight! My heart is POUNDING from the action in this. I need to stop reading this one and go find something that will calm my heart down. Something nice and boring so I can sleep! ;)

I finished and it was SO GOOD! 5 star read, easy. I liked it even better than Out of the Easy. This was a heartbreaking story, told in 4 different POVs from teens caught up in the middle of the war. The writing is excellent, and kept me turning the pages until late in the night!

I started in audio, the narrator is Julia Whelan :) I'm not far in, but I'm already hooked!

Next I'm reading

I'm still working on Walk on Earth a Stranger but I just started The Fair Fight by Anne Freeman and I'm really liking it!

May's BotM poll is up! :) https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

I finished , which I actually loved.

And then started and finished which I also loved.

Not sure what I'm going to read next though.

Sky wrote: "I finished , which I actually loved.

And then started and finished which I also loved.

Not sure what I'm going to read ne..."

Wow, that was fast, Sky!

Started reading

Sky wrote: "I finished , which I actually loved.

And then started and finished which I also loved.

Not sure what I'm going to read ne..."

I LOVE Bone Gap!

Karen wrote: "Started reading "

I'm interested to hear what you think of this one!

I started reading because a lot of people recommended it and the book had great reviews

Alright guys.....we have a rating system on books, but what we need is a rating system on how important it is to read said books. :)
You all told me to read and I put it on my TBR list and got it from the library and put it on my shelf at home to be read whenever I got around to it.
What I didn't know is that this is a drop-everything-that-you-are-reading-and-read-this-book-now kindof book.
I finished last night, and I'm still geeking out about it. If you like YA dystopian, put all other books down and give this book a read.
Holy Smokes!

Reading "scorpion shards" By Neal Shusterman. Loving it! Also reading "school's out - forever" by James Patterson. It's fun to revisit a favorite series form my middle & high school days. :D

Elora wrote: "Alright guys.....we have a rating system on books, but what we need is a rating system on how important it is to read said books. :)
You all told me to read and I put it o..."

Yay!

Jenny wrote: I LOVE Bone Gap!

Me too! It surprised me in a really good way.

Karen wrote: Wow, that was fast, Sky!

I know! I don't know what's gotten into me, but I just couldn't put either of those books down. So good.

So I started last night and finished it this afternoon and I still don't know how I feel about it. I mean, I didn't hate it but I definitely didn't love it either. I don't think it lived up to it's hype at all. Which was really disappointing.

Elora wrote: "Alright guys.....we have a rating system on books, but what we need is a rating system on how important it is to read said books. :)
You all told me to read and I put it o..."

Yep! Been there. Unwind is such a hard book to put down. Just amazing.

I finished 3.5 stars
This was overall a good conclusion the trilogy. Plenty of action and things happening! But there was still a lot left to "finish" by the end, especially with the agency and all those other kids. It could have used another book to tie up all the loose ends.

Next I'm reading and