Basically Books! discussion

Ok, here are the rules:

- Pick 5 friends or fellow group members.
- Scan their favourites shelf.
- Pick one book per friend.
- Read all five of the books between Sept 1st 2011 and Nov 29th 2011.
- Write a review (even if it's only a few lines) for each one.

(I know my "autumn" dates are off a bit, but this is to make way for an seasonal challenge in late Nov early Dec that I have still to come up with. If you have any thoughts of what we can challenge ourselves to do then, let me know! :p)

This will be called SPRING CHALLENGE for me XD I hope you guys don't mind~
This is an awesome idea Rea. I will read one of your favourites :P

Lol, sorry! Should I call it "third quarter" instead? :p

Lol, no. Leave it like that. I'm fully aware that most of you are from the northern emisphere xD

I picked my books!!

1. , from Rea.
2. , from Char.
3. , from Emma.
4. , from Anita.
5. , from Tara-Jayne.

I hope I can read them all!

Okay, I have my 5 (guess what, they're all on my TBR lol)

1. Rea - Completed 8/10/2011 - http://shadowsireview.blogspot.com/20...

2. Tara - Completed 14/10/2011 - http://shadowsireview.blogspot.com/20...

3. Jeshu - completed 18/11/2011 Review will be written on Monday.

4. Emma - Completed 3/10/2011 - http://shadowsireview.blogspot.com/20...

5. Cate - Completed 5/10/2011 - http://shadowsireview.blogspot.com/20...

(Awesome. I should be able to do that right?)

It's amazing that all of those books were already on your TBR list! I keep adding books to mine XD

You have seen my TBR list? XD I was pretty lucky that it's so big. I'm gonna use my massive list to my advantage with these challenges. :)

This is a great idea!!

If anyone has ideas for future ones, feel free to send me a message! I'm trying to come up with different ideas for the different seasons.

Anyway, my 5:

1. Char -

2. Emma - - reaad - 4/5 stars - http://reasreadingandreviews.blogspot...

3. Jeshu - (if I have the time as my copy is 1k+ pages!, otherwise I'll have to find another one)

4. Mimi -

5. Tara -

Must say i love the books people have chosen from me, oh wait ,,, i love all of my books lol

Tara-Jayne Gaga (BasicallyBooks) wrote: "Must say i love the books people have chosen from me, oh wait ,,, i love all of my books lol"

Yeah now you choose your five. We're waiting Gaga. :P

Hmmm, im thinking char .. LOL, if im actually gonna do it

Tara-Jayne Gaga (BasicallyBooks) wrote: "Hmmm, im thinking char .. LOL, if im actually gonna do it"

Hey. If the mods don't do it what hope do we have of the members joining in?

I know, its just i dnt have the money to buy 5 new books

Oh those five books I only have to buy 1. Yours! :p

I don't have to buy ANY of the books. :P

UR BOTH R SO LUCKY :P

I aint,,, :( sooo i cnt do it...

I think I have Haunting Violet coming to me from Book Depo (then I wouldn't have to buy any either) but I'm not sure anymore. They take forever to deliver to Europe. All they have to do is put the thing on a boat and it'll be here within 12 hours! On a plane and it's here in less than an hour! So why does it take 2 weeks to deliver? Le sigh.

I love this challenge! I'm a newbie here so I hope no one minds me using their fav list!

1. Rea-

2. Char-

3. Rachel-

4. Tia-

5. Jaime-

I can't wait to get started. I hope my library can get them all for me!

MaraC wrote: "I love this challenge! I'm a newbie here so I hope no one minds me using their fav list!"

Of course not Mara. Especially since you chose one of my books :)

Of course not Mara. Especially since you chose one of my books :)"

I had a hard time picking one so I had to add to my to read list! :)

Haha, I'm lucky my to read list is so huge. It means that at least one of ewveryone's books is on my TBR.

Some nice choices there! I've got Juliet in the box next to my bed so I'm looking forward to seeing what you make of it!

I am really looking forward to that one!

It does look very good. I'm not sure why I haven't read it yet, I really should!

Yay!! more people is joining!! :D

Hey, Tara, I don't have any of the books either XD I'll have to get them as ebook, because I think they are not even translated to spanish. No possibility to find them here, so at least the shopping will be easier for you :)

Jeshu wrote: "Yay!! more people is joining!! :D

Hey, Tara, I don't have any of the books either XD I'll have to get them as ebook, because I think they are not even translated to spanish. No possibility to find..."

Yes! I have hopes for the hunt one! :)

I cnt do anything like this, untill i get a kindle

Look for people who've got books on their favourites lists that you've already got at home? Quite a lot of people have the PJ ones so that'd be 3 books down before you even start!

I'm too poor to buy all the books I want to read so I just get them out of our local library. Most libraries are online now and are connected to the other libraries in the state. So, all you have to do is look the book up on their website and request it to be sent to your local branch. When it comes in, the library calls you. So far they have gotten me everything I have requested.

MaraC wrote: "I'm too poor to buy all the books I want to read so I just get them out of our local library. Most libraries are online now and are connected to the other libraries in the state. So, all you have t..."

Woo! Your library sounds awesome. I like owning the books because I'm a disaster and don't want to ruin someone elses book.

MaraC wrote: "I'm too poor to buy all the books I want to read so I just get them out of our local library. Most libraries are online now and are connected to the other libraries in the state. So, all you have t..."

That's awesome!!! I wish my library would work that way. I'd be able to ask for books which are only available in Santiago's libraries!

This is a great idea! Mine are:

- from Char

- from Rea

- from Anita (Finished - 3 stars)

- from Jeshu

- from Tara (Finished - 3.5 stars)

Tara your favourites shelf is massive, it would have been a shock if I wasn't familiar with your habit of giving 4/5 stars for almost everything.

Heheheh :D LOL im so funny :D That book is amazing :D by the way :D

Emma, we will read the same book from Anita XD

Jeshu wrote: "Emma, we will read the same book from Anita XD"

I noticed that too afterwards! Great minds think alike, lol. I think it sounds really interesting and it has a great title - very evocative.

That first book of the trilogy is fantastic! The other two were nowhere near as good. :( But you'll both really enjoy Poison Study!

Poison Study does look really good! Now I'm gonna be reading it too! :)

Yes, the summary caught my attention! It seems to be something different and new :)

Well, it's really very similar to a lot of fantasy out there, but the food tasting side to it was interesting to read about. Unfortunately, she drops all that in the second and third books so they just become generic and don't live up to what else is available.

Valek is also yummy in the first book! (he doesn't have much of a role and his character was flattened a lot in the other two books, may be part of why I didn't like them as much.) But I fell in love with him in Poison Study! ^^

Well, as long as the first book is good, that's ok! If I read the others, that would be only when I have enough time, not in the near future! XD

hmm... I'm starting to like this Valek. It's always nice to have a character to love and drool (Is that the word?).

I've just finished , which was my pick off Tara's favourites shelf.

My full review is here:

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

I gave it three and a half stars. I liked it a lot, it was a refreshing change to your typical PNR books. I really liked the main character Evie, she was neither unrealistically kick-ass or pathetically wet and she had a funny, engaging voice. The romance element was very sweet and there were some lovely sentiments to the story, I just would have liked it to be a bit longer and there be more detail to build up the suspense and give me a better picture of the 'world'. On the whole though, I enjoyed it! :D

I finished over the weekend. I really enjoyed it. I was that blown away by it that I had to take a few days to mull over just how I can put my thoughts into words for the review. I'll type it up tomorrow.

Going to be tackling next.

Rea wrote: "I finished over the weekend. I really enjoyed it. I was that blown away by it that I had to take a few days to mull over just how I can put my thoughts into ..."

How many stars did you give it? I really liked it.

I haven't yet. I'm tempted by 5 stars, but I think the characters' inability to see things staring them in the face just to keep the story going longer is going to knock it down to 4. I'll still put it on my faves shelf, though!

Lol, I didn't give it 5. It had 4 off me but I did seriously adore it. Only exceptionally good books that have earned 6 out of 5 go on my favourites shelf... well and the Georgia Nicolson series but they are my favourite series of all time.

This was the best YA (that takes itself seriously) I've read all year. I figured it needed to have this feat recognised with a much-coveted spot on the favourites shelf.

It's not the best YA I've read this year. I read Between Shades of Gray & The Book Thief is recognised as YA. It should. Give it a spot it deserves it! xD

I haven't read Between Shades of Gray yet, though I mean to read it at some point! And I read The Book Thief a while ago, though I view it more as an adult book than really being YA. At least, I feel adults will take more away from it than a reader of only 14 or 15. Book Thief is firmly in my top 5 reads of the previous decade.