Joanne

Everyone should read this book. Seriously.

Although this book picked up about 3/4 of the way through, I started it a month before I finished and read about 6 books in between. That is pretty unusual for me and says something about how much interest the book held for me.

Ugh such a chore to get through

An ok start. If I hadn't heard that these books were really good and seen that the remaining books have a higher rating than this one, I may not have continued, since there wasn't all that much that was special to me about this one. It was reasonably entertaining though, so I'm gonna continue to see what all the fuss is about.

Meh, wasn't feeling this one, and it started getting too transparently religious... boring.

I have to admit, entertaining as this book was, it was damn long. I honestly felt like I would never reach the end. Don't know why that matters when I'm enjoying it, but it somehow does.

This one focuses a lot more on Brianna and Roger's relationship, although of course Claire and Jamie have a lot of story too. There were some good moments with Lord John Grey too and I'm starting to really like his character. 

I think I'm gonna take a nice long break before starting #5.

I admit I don't like it when books end and I'm not really sure what happened, they frustrate me. However I still found this book hard to put down. It had adventure and strange friendship and the idea of a friend leaving you a treasure hunt to follow after she dies is intriguing.

Just can't understand what is going on half the time. Had no idea of the story going in and maybe that is part of the problem. Just gonna give up rather than force my way through and try again when I'm older.

I can't believe it took me so long to get to this book. I didn't actually know what it was about despite it being on my to-read list for months and I think in my head I was maybe confusing the author with Jonathan Franzen, and thought this book would be dry and intimidating to read. 

I'm so glad I gave this a shot and don't even know how to express what I think about it. It made me feel so many things. My boots feel very heavy after finishing this one. I actually debated starting the book over again right after finishing.

This book was amazing. It wasn't at all the stuffy, difficult read I was expecting. Despite the length of the book, I blazed through it, reading in all my spare time over a period of about 5 days or so. There were parts that were horrifying, and tragic and terrifying, but also moments of hope and courage and people living their lives the best way they were able in the circumstances they were in. I can see why it was such a sensation when it was published and made such waves in peoples' beliefs regarding slavery. Highly recommended!

I'll admit these books are getting better and this was definitely the best one yet, but I'm still not completely sold on wanting to read all of them. I still have the next one in the series on hand, so I'll probably make a decision after that.

This one deals with a weakening of the barrier between the real world and Nevernever (I think it was called), allowing ghosts to get through into the world when the sun goes down. It heavily involves vampires and was a quick read once I got over a hump where I didn't touch it for about 5 days

I just don't really get the "point" of microfiction. But then again, I don't even really enjoy short stories. If I can't get invested in the characters and the story, I just find it boring.

The story of a white orphan girl sold to a southern plantation owner and raised by the slaves he owns. She grows up to love them as a family and as she becomes an adult, opportunities arise for her because of the colour of her skin. She has to make some difficult choices and she does the best she can to try to keep her family safe. 

I really loved this book and was held captive the whole way though, but holy crap, the drama! I can't see myself re-reading it because all the emotions a book like this triggers are a little much to handle. I would definitely recommend it though. 

Wow. Just wow. I heard that this book had twists and turns and kept surprising you, but it really had me going. I kind of suspected a little something, just by reading the table of contents chapter titles, but it still kept turning me around. Upon finishing, I immediately wanted to start over at the beginning and re-read the whole thing, knowing how the story turned out. I definitely had a good time reading this one.

Short story, introducing Harry Dresden, where he rescues a little girl who ran away from home and defends her from a troll, with the help of an astonished cop, who turns out to be named Murphy!

It's funny that despite it being a dystopian novel, the fact that it is so is not what the story's really even about. It's just another example of how no matter what we're predestined for or the choices we make, we can truly adapt or accept almost anything, especially if people tell us it's normal. 

This book made my chest feel very heavy by the end. It was just sad thinking about how these people were thought of, even though the characters in the story actually had a much better life than their counterparts. It makes you think about science and medicine and is scary how this doesn't seem as far fetched as it probably should.