52 Books in 52 Weeks (2012) discussion

GUYS CHECK THIS PLEASE:
I'd love if you wrote RECOMENDED on the top of your reply to this thread whenever you have a book that you really liked! Thanks!


"In this thread, everyone will post their reviews/opinions of the book they have read this week AFTER you rate/review it on your page. The purpose of this is so everyone can see what you read this week and read your review without having to visit each profile. Some of you have their profiles locked, so this saves you the trouble of unlocking it.


ANY COMMENTS THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO THAT MATTER WILL BE DELETED.


The format will be like this:


Name of book.

Author.

n/5 stars.


"Your simple opinion/extended review/one word that expresses what you thought of the book. GO CRAZY! Anything counts. Don't feel pressured."


Link to your review.


Also, this allows us to be organized, so even if a member didn't log in for about a month, they can add the book they've read to the appropriate thread.


THANK YOU ALL!



EDIT:

As I've mentioned in the guidelines, one word or a simple opinion counts as a 'review'. I only called it that because Goodreads calls it that."



Now let's see your achievements, awesome people.

One Piece VOL 2 Buggy The Clown
4/5
reading manga seems easy, but it is not! i love catching all of the details that i usually don't pay attention to them in the anime :)

To Serve A King
by Donna Russo Morin

3.5/5

The book is about a girl who is a spy/assassin for the english king Henry VIII living in the french king Francis's castle. She was raised to hate him and kill him ,but will she be able to after spending her time there and living with them as the made of honor of his mistress Anne?

Book #52
The words you should know to sound smart by Robert W. Bly
1/5

The words in the book might make you sound smart if you know them. But, they are so difficult to fit into a sentence that you are left sounding pretentious instead.

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

حكومة الظل
منذر القباني
5/5



جميلة! جميلة جدًّا! لم اقرأ من الروايات العربية بهذا الغموض غير ماكان مترجمًا للعربية، الدكتور منذر القباني أكد بأن الرواية العربية قوية، وستبقى قوية فأنا في حماسٍ لاقرأ عمله الثاني.

استخدام التاريخ وربطه بالوقت الحالي في الرواية كان جميل، الوصف والتواريخ والأسماء أيضًا تؤكد أن الدكتور منذر ذو خلفية ممتازة وصاحب مقدرة كتابية هائلة.

لربما تشعر بالملل في بداية الرواية ولكن في أقل من 30 صفحة تبدأ المتعة، الرواية كلها 200 صفحة تقريبًا.

RECOMMENDED
38.
Book: Throne of Glass
Author: Sarah J. Maas
Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Dystopia
Finished Date: 31.Aug.2012
Rating: ★★★★★
Review: I am so in love with this book

≈ One of the things I truly admired was how original and creative the plot was. Combining mystery, paranormalcy and dystopian together produced such a very intriguing mix of entertainment. Even when one was mentioned enough that you can expect it but the doesn't ruin the beauty of the discovery. The plot was full of twists and everything was happening so quickly that you don't want to leave it for a second. And if you do then you'll just keep thinking about it. ≈

39.
Book: Defiance
Author: C.J. Redwine
Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Dystopia
Finished Date: 31.Aug.2012
Rating: ★★★
Review: good but...

≈ I liked this one. Strong & very emotional beginning but it kinda fell flat for me in the middle. I skipped some paragraphs and didn't seem to affect the story :(. But Logan and Rachel's relationship is pretty good though. Nice change from all the insta-love plots. I expected more from Rachel to be honest but I guess I was still under Throne of Glass's spell. ≈

Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


First off, I wish Goodreads would let us rate with half stars. I would've given this a 3.5. Because I really did enjoy it, it's just I didn't feel like I could lump it in with the other books I loved that I rated with a 4.

Now, on to the review. I liked this book. It was really entertaining, being in Bertie Wooster's head, and his narration is basically why I didn't put the book down. I felt bad for him, the poor well-meaning man. The plot is okay-ish, and to be honest the other characters are quite annoying, asides from Jeeves.

Speaking of Jeeves, there wouldn't possibly be a clone of him floating around somewhere, would it?