Feature and Follow Friday: This reader ain't loyal

Parajunkee / Alison Can Read

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Q: How do you decide what books to read?

Une photo publiée par natalia (@natyuniverse) le 2 Juin 2014 à 4h47 PDT

So many books so little time.

I used to keep a jar filled with book titles and let destiny decide. But I cheated too many times and had to get rid of it (guilty conscience). Now I just follow publishers deadlines and pick books from my nightstand or recommendations.

How do you choose your next read?

Review: Angelfall

Can Penryn's life get any worse?

Aside from the hard to spell name, Penryn lives in an apocalyptic world where fallen angels have taken over. Finding food is her number priority, aside from babysitting her little sister Paige and a mother with dementia. And then one day things get worse. Paige gets kidnapped by angels and the only way to save her is by joining Raffe, a fallen angel with freshly cut wings. Can these two put aside their differences and help one another before it's too late?

Angelfall is packed with strong characters. Even the mother who is ill, has enormous will power. Instead of just focusing on the love/hate tension between Raffe and Penryn, Susan Ee adds an interesting subplot about why the angels desire to claim children, leading the novel to a promising series.

Looking forward to reading the sequel.

Review: Kiss and Tell

Jacqueline Green starts her book with fast paced action scenes and doesn't quit. 

In this third installment of the Truth or Dare series, the girls -- Tenley and Sydney -- are still haunted by their past. It now feels like a huge mistake that, to increase their popularity status, the girls decided to play nasty pranks. The darer has incriminating video and will stop at nothing until these girls are dead.

Perhaps due to the Echo Bay/small town background, the book reminded a lot of I Know What you did Last Summer. People were dead and the girls had learned their lesson, and still the darer kept going at them like some crazy psychopath (which is not far from the truth). Although, I did not find the characters endearing in any way, there is no denying that the action was there, with several possible suspects.

Feature and Follow Friday: Wrap me up

Parajunkee / Alison Can Read

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Q: How do you cure a reading slump?

Une photo publiée par natalia (@natyuniverse) le 19 Avril 2015 à 7h07 PDT

There is nothing more depressing for a bookworm than to get stuck in a reading slump.

Every time I get lucky and read two or three books in a row that I end up enjoying, I know that the streak will eventually end. And then the slump comes. That one book that is just so boring it ruins everything. Especially when it came highly recommended. So you don't DNF it. You stick to it, hoping to see what the big deal is.

Just switch genres for a while, watch a movie, karaoke for a night... All it takes is a few days for the slump to be gone.

Review: Riley Mae and the Sole Fire Safari

In this third installment of the series, Riley Mae travels to Africa to hide from Eric, a jealous corporate member who tried to kill her and her crew. She moves in with a family of three growing girls and learns the true meaning of hardship: getting up at 5 am to collect water, walking to school under severe heat, eating ugali (white corn) every day -- not the typical life conditions she was used to. Riley wants to go home more than anything. How long will they have to hide from Eric? Is he even searching for them?

The theme behind this book is determination. Faith (one of the three village girls) stays up late studying to become a doctor, all while waking up early the next morning to fetch water. Through her Riley learns that nobody has it easy, but will power and kindness is what makes us special.

Sweet and uplifting.