Bookish Blerd

I am completely immersed in this world and I cannot believe it isn't over.

Things are getting more hectic for Alexander, who is quickly growing from "pretty good" to "great". I don't want to spoil it for anyone, but this is shockingly good and the cliffhanger...

I need more like now!

So, Wil Wheaton as the narrator was the biggest selling point for me.  He's just excellent, and I feel like he only picks good projects.  Not to say that the description wasn't enticing, because, obviously it was the other selling point.  

This was a fun adventure that kept me interested throughout.  I made it through the audibook in one sitting, not counting interruptions from the hubby and kids.  It puts a fun spin on history which actually hits a little too close to home because the people making the history are never the ones writing it, as they're too busy in the midst of it.  The people who do write it, never quite get it right, do they?

I love the idea of the immortals, the genetic defect that gives some humans ridiculously long lives and the idea that the longer you live, the more power you gain (knowledge and experience is power).  And there are always going to be those that use those powers for evil.

Alexander, a 1500-year-old teenager, his best friend and his crush are now charged with stopping one immortal's quest to basically end the world as we know it.  As I said, this was a fun read (listen) and I cannot wait to get to the next book!

OMG! This was amazing. At the start I did not think I would even finish this book, let alone enjoy it, but it picked up very quickly.

This story was haunting and heart-wrenching and sad and beautiful. Poor Kya lived such a horrible and yet full life. Everyone in her life walks out on her or abuses her, often both. She grows up alone--literally alone and somehow she survived and thrived in her own way. The wholesome, god-fearing church going community shun this poor child rather than help and nurture her. Who she grew up to be was in part because of their neglect and abuse, but somehow they blamed her for growing up alone in the marsh.

UGH this book made me so very angry because of how this poor girl was treated. I have to say I didn't expect the ending, but was very pleased with it. Excellent story!

This was a brilliant end to an incredible series.  I don't think I can describe how much I enjoyed this.

This was a phenomenal sequel! I love this story and am excited to get to the next book in the series. excellent storytelling, fascinating plot, amazing characters. All the adjectives.

Great performance,  meh story. I love pirates, adventure, historical settings, classics, and full cast performances. This story had all of that, yet it didn't entertain me like I hoped/expected.

I couldn't get into it, even with the very excellent voice cast carrying me through the tale. I suspect this just isn't the story for me, or perhaps it's one of those "must re-read later" kind of books.

All-in-all, not bad, just not great.

Three stars is the best I can do. I'm just flummoxed.

The idea is great, I like the story, just not how it unfolded. So far the only character I can get behind is Roen, the mercenary from a distant land with skin like sand, and Tzain the older brother of the main protagonist. The characters just flip flopped too much for me. I understand a bit of confusion and being at a loss as to who you are and what you should do especially considering the situations they all find themselves in, but it seemed they were changing who they were every chapter. And that ending?! Ugh! As much as I am not loving the way this series is unfolding, I am invested, which means I gotta wait for at least one more novel. WTF?!

Wow.

Just wow.

This was...haunting is the best I can come up with.  

Love, love, love Pippi! This is by far my favorite childhood series. Pippi and her shenanigans always make me smile. The narration was good, not great. But the story more than made up for it.

This follow-up to Illuminae was phenomenal!  I became immediately invested in the characters and their plight.  Everything was so exciting and there was so much going in, but again, it never got confusing.  This format continues to intrigue me and I'm very much looking forward to reading the conclusion to this adventure.

This was a truly fascinating read. I really enjoyed the format. From one page to the next you didn't know what you were going to get, which was kind of exciting.  The story was fantastic. 

One consortium illegally colonized a planet for mining, and when the other consortium found out they launched a deadly attack with biochemical warfare and regular everyday missiles.  Survivors are rescued, but they rescue ships are overrun with refugees and somewhat crippled.  Luckily their dreadnought attacker has been crippled as well.  Then it's a race to see who can get across the many, many lightyears to safety on a space station and get the word out about the attack (or silence the survivors.) 

In the meantime the biowarfare waged is causing major troubles on one of the refugee ships, and the battleship's AI is damaged enough to make it cuckoo for coco puffs!  There is so much going on in the story, and surprisingly, none of it was lost in the varying formats or the multiple characters.   Very much looking forward to the next book in the series!