February Wrap Up

Wow, I only managed two books in February but it is a short(er) month and there was a lot going on.  So in that light, two is one better than none.

 The Machine Awakens was for the Community Library Science Fiction Book Club.  It is what I think of a typical science fiction grocery store aisle paperback.  It wasn't really my taste at all and would be the kind of book to turn me off of science fiction if I didn't know there is better stuff out there.  Several members of the club did not read it citing poor writing and overuse of 'false realism'.  Myself and another member found there were two many different story threads that might have been interesting but never connect to the main thread.  The final battle was won a little too easily.  There was a lot of naming of space craft that one member complained about but I just skimmed over those boring parts!  I didn't rate on GoodReads because I hate to give 1s and 2s but I can't quite bring myself to give it a 3.

This one was for the Dogwood Belles buddy read and is a sequel to An Ember in the Ashes that we read last summer.  The writing is good, the characters are interesting and likable, the world is brutal but the storyline is typical of YA Dystopian but it has some unique elements.  Overall I enjoyed it but I only gave it 3 on GoodReads and it won't be the top book that I recommend to readers who love this genre.

Here's hoping for a better reading month in March!

What Are You Reading Wednesdays (12)

What Are You Reading Wednesdays #WAYRW is a weekly feature on It’s A Reading Thing. Everyone is welcome to participate. You can answer the questions in the comments section of the weekly #WAYRW post or link back to your #WAYRW post on your blog in the comments section as well. 

How to participate:

Grab the book you are currently reading and answer three questions:
1. What’s the name of your current read?
2. Go to page 34 in your book or 34% in your eBook and share a couple of sentences.
3. Would you like to live in the world that exists within your book? Why or why not?

Library of Souls (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children 3) by Ransom Riggs

"To some it might've seemed callous, the way she boxed up her pain and set it aside, but I knew her well enough now to understand.  She had a heart the size of France, and the lucky few whom she loved with it were loved with every square inch - but its size made it dangerous, too.  If she let it feel everything, she'd be wrecked.  So she had to tame it, shush it, shut it up.  Float the worst pains off to an island that was quickly filling with them, where she would go to live one day."

I think I answered no for the first book but now the world is so much bigger and full of potential and possibilities that in spite of the dangers, I would now say yes.