Saturday 17 December 2011

responding to a blog/vlog

hey y'all I was just watching Book Chat: series vs. stand-alone books from Misty the Book Rat, and thought I'd respond.

I was really thinking about it when she spoke, about the fact that some books just work well as a series and other tend to feel as if they are just creating it to gain money, I even thought I spoke about this because I read one like it. But I'm not 100% sure. 

I really like series when it comes to romances, the series that hold the same world, the same style, and even the same people, but each book is a different couple. I just don't seem to like, nor do I more one when a series is set in a one person mind. there are only three I have that I have done will with but mostly because they were all there when I started the series rather than me having to wait--that's when I tend to forget about it, also when I have a problem with the main characters personality, because it's never going to get better, more than not, that crap part of their personality actually gets more pronounced.

ONE PIECE

  From Instinct to Rebellion

    Prod dets
OnePiece series, Vols 14—19
Pub: SHUEISHA Inc, Tokyo
Author & Art: Eiichiro Oda
Cat: pirates
Format: graphic novel, paperback; 1216 pp w/ chapters 118 to 187
Age Range: YA
    Synopsis
Baroque works part 3 of 13
As a child Monkey D. Luffy dreamed of becoming King of the Pirates. But his life changed when he accidentally gained the power to stretch like rubber...at the cost of never being able to swim again! Years later, Luffy sets off in search of the “One Piece”, said to be the greatest treasure in the world....
Instinct
Someone has given Dorry the Giant exploding ale and he’s not happy! Assuming it was Luffy and crew; he launches an all-out attack and is soundly defeated by the rubbery power of the Gum-Gum Rocket! But mystery is afoot—if Luffy didn’t slip the giant the exploding brew, just who did?

    Catch up.... Monkey D. Luffy started out as just a kid with a dream—and that dream was to become the greatest pirate in history! Stirred by the tales of pirate “Red-Haired” Shank, Luff vowed to become a pirate himself. That was before the enchanted Devil Fruit gave Luffy the power to stretch like rubber, at the cost of being unable to swim—a serious handicap for an aspiring sea dog. Undeterred, Luffy sat out to sea and recruited a couple of crewmates: master swordsman Zolo and treasure-hunting thief Nami and lying sharp-shooter Usopp, and Sanji, the high-kicking chef.

REVIEW (Pleasure of a Dark Prince)


‘Gifts from gods always come with a price. Are you ready to pay mine?’
 (read: 16/Dec/11)
      Pleasure of a Dark Prince

    Prod dets
Immortal After Dark series, book 7
Pub: 2010, Simon & Schuster
Author: Kresley Cole
Cat: Paranormal Romance
Format: paperback (mid); 431 pp w/ 54 chapters
Whose: Lucia & Garreth
Age Range: Adult

                Synopsis
In exchange for her life, Lucia the Huntress has made a promise to the Goddess Skathi, a promise she is determined to keep. Like her saviour, Lucia is now an Archer, but her immeasurable skills as a hunter are on loan, and conditional upon her word.

If she is to defeat the evil Cruach once and for all, and save her world from apocalypse, she cannot risk her talents as a hunter. But when she meets Garreth MacRieve, prince of the Lykkae, her extraordinary strength of will is truly tested.

MacRieve is determined to win the Valkyrie and keep her safe from harm. But despite the surprising force of her attraction to him, Lucia will not give in, for she knows it is not safe for her to be with the fierce werewolf whose smouldering eyes weaken her resolve each time she sees him.

The secrets she harbours could destroy her—and those she loves –and every day brings more danger. MacRieve could help her, but will she trust him with the truth?


      my Thoughts (review)