August Books

[clare_dragonfly]

56. In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. Valente - *****
57. Insurgent by Veronica Roth - ***
58. Pink Smog by Francesca Lia Block - ***
59. A History of Violence by John Wagner - ***
60. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick - *** 1/2
61. A Lady Can Never Be Too Curious by Mary Wine - ** 1/2
62. Spell Bound by Rachel Hawkins - ****

Huh, thought I didn't read much in August, but that's a fair amount of books. Especially since I finished them all. I finally got to read Spell Bound, after checking it out of the library twice before and failing to read it before I had to return it! And it was really good--I definitely recommend that trilogy, which starts with Hex Hall, to YA fantasy fans.

State of the TBR: 199

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Comments

[dragonjournal]

My daughter (12) and I really enjoyed the Hex Hall trilogy. She kept taking the books while I was trying to read them!

Also; Insurgent is in my library pile. Tell me it's as good as the previous book. I have high hopes for it.

[clare_dragonfly]

Hee hee! I guess that's what happens when you read YA and have a kid in the target audience XD

And I'm afraid I can't tell you Insurgent is as good as Divergent, not if you want the truth! I found it rather disappointing. The consensus in the Goodreads group where we discussed it seems to be that it suffers from Middle Book Syndrome.

[dragonjournal]

Actually, that gives me hope for it. I don't generally get disappointed if I know a book is the middle one of a trilogy. It's like, Empire Strikes Back is my favorite Star Wars movie and that suffered a lot from MBS. But now I know to be aware of it, and will adjust my thinking accordingly. :D

[clare_dragonfly]

Oh, well, that's good! Let me know what you think, when you get around to it!

[dragonjournal]

I have finished Insurgent! And yes, it most definitely suffered from Middle Book Syndrome.

However. It did tell a very important part of the story in my opinion. It gave us the reason for the society the way it was, for how things broke apart, and explained why the fence was bloody important.

It does make me wish that the next book would hurry the hell up, because I'm interested to see how the entire thing wraps up. If it wraps up.

So yes. Definitely a middle book, but I still enjoyed it!

[clare_dragonfly]

Yeah, but that part wasn't until the very end XD That explanation was certainly my favorite part of the book! I'm looking forward to the next book too.