Tag Archives: books read in 2012

Review: Forbidden by Syrie James & Ryan M. James

  By Eliza Baum | April 19, 2012 - 8:11 pm | Uncategorized
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I decided this time along that I would keep of log of my reading progress. We’ll see if it’s any fun compared to an off-the-cuff review afterward!

Before I get started

The cover is pretty. Not enough for me to buy it based on that alone, but pretty enough that I couldn’t resist checking it out. Based on the blurb, it’s another angel book. Which, now that I think about it, is the reason it ended up on my TBR list (see previous post, re: Goodreads group). My library happened to have this one in stock through Overdrive, which moved this to the top of the list. I’m really crossing my fingers that this one will be good.

First few pages

Wow. 3rd person with a shifting POV? It’s so strange for YA paranormal that it almost threw me … Continue reading →

Review: A Beautiful Dark by Jocelyn Davies

  By Eliza Baum | April 18, 2012 - 3:12 pm | Uncategorized
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I think this may be a first. This book has a cliffhanger ending, and I didn’t hate it. The ending, that is. The book? Well, it left plenty to be desired.

But I’m getting ahead of myself.

A Beautiful Dark is yet another YA with a beautiful cover. I’d say that was responsible for drawing me in (because I’m oh-so succeptible to the draw), but it actually wasn’t this time. One of my groups over at Goodreads, Never too old for YA Books, has books(s) of the month, and this month’s theme is Angels and Demons. This was the chosen Angel book for April.

In a nutshell, the story is about recently-turned-17 orphan Skye, who starts back to school for the new semester to find two new guys vying for her attention. Said new guys, … Continue reading →

Reviews: The Battle of the Lilys

  By Eliza Baum | February 5, 2012 - 8:54 pm | Uncategorized
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No, there’s no a book by that title. (I don’t think. *checks* Nope, I’m safe.) I just realized this week that I read 2.5 books last weekend, and they ALL featured characters named Lily. Weird. I wonder if Fate was trying to tell me something–and if she was, it better be something good! Like, someone named Lily is getting ready to give me a million dollars.

The three books were:

Untitled and In Progress by A Friend of Mine
Hourglass by Myra McEntire
Forgive My Fins by Tera Lynn Childs

In the first, Lily is the main character’s best friend. She’s spunky and fun, blond, and may be facing some major life changes that parallel the main plot.

In Hourglass, Lily is the main character’s best friend. She’s spunky and fun, dark-haired, and helps the main character deal with major life issues to advance … Continue reading →

Review: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

  By Eliza Baum | January 10, 2012 - 3:24 am | Uncategorized
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This book first caught my attention in an online ad many months before it came out, though I can’t remember where. I’m the sort who finds cover art critical in influencing my fiction choices–which some may say is superficial, but I find that a good cover just sets the mood like candles might do for a romantic dinner–and this one had me hook, line and sinker.

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

It’s lush, angsty, mysterious, dark and beautiful all at once. There was so little information available about the book (probably intentionally) that it only added to the mystique. I added it to my amazon wish list so I wouldn’t forget about it. It’s been at the top of my “books I will pay full price for” list ever since the release date, and last night I broke down and … Continue reading →

Starting the New Year Off Right

  By Eliza Baum | January 7, 2012 - 2:27 am | Uncategorized
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I officially started 2012 with a laid back evening of Game of Thrones with a friend of mine, and my husband half-watching from his computer in the background. We managed to watch all 10 episodes in a row, without breaking for sleep, finishing sometime around 4:30 am. Good stuff. I want to read the books now, BUT.

I’m notoriously bad about starting series and never finishing them.

It’s not that I dislike series–on the contrary, I love the idea of getting to live in a cherished world for book after book–but I tend to need a palette cleanser after a couple of books of the same genre. Either that, or life gets in the way of my reading habit, and by the time I come back, I’m in the mood for something completely different. Case in point, my romance novel quest. (I’ll get back to it eventually, but for … Continue reading →