Jan - Feb - March '19 wrap-up.

Hi booklovers

I just realised that I haven't posted any monthly wrap-ups this year.

So, today, I'm going to combine the January, February and March wrap-up.

* = Beat the Backlist reading challenge book

January

1) Lovers Like Us* - Becca and Krista Ritchie - 4 stars

2) Alphas Like Us* - Becca and Krista Ritchie - 4 stars

3) The Eye of the World* - Robert Jordan - 4 stars

4) Unravel Me* - Tahereh Mafi - 3 stars

5) In An Absent Dream - Seanan McGuire - 5 stars

6) Tangled Like Us - Becca and Krista Ritchie - 4 stars

7) Days of Blood and Starlight* - Laini Taylor - 5 stars

8) Saga Volume 9* - Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples - 5 stars

February

9) The Mad Ship* - Robin Hobb - 5 stars

10) Fracture Me* - Tahereh Mafi - 3.5 stars

11) Sleeping Giants* - Sylvain Neuvel - 4 stars

12) Waking Gods* - Sylvain Neuvel - 4 stars

March

13) The Redemption of Callie and Kayden* - Jessica Sorensen - 4.5 stars

14) The Risk - Elle Kennedy - 4.5 stars

15) Dreams of Gods and Monsters* - Laini Taylor - 5 stars

16) Girls: Conception* - the Luna brothers - 4 stars

17) Girls: Emergence* - the Luna brothers - 4 stars

18) Ignite Me* - Tahereh Mafi - 3.5 stars

I can honestly say that I've had three great reading months so far and I hope it will continue to be a great reading year.

How has your reading been so far? Let me know in the comments.

Bye for now

Annelies

Auto buy authors

Hi booklovers

I think every (avid) reader has some authors they'll buy every book they publish and I'm no exception.

Here are two of my auto buy authors:

1. Katie McGarry. Ever since reading Pushing the Limits I fell in love with her writing style, her characters, the stories...

Katie writes YA contemporary companion stories that have a bite to them. Granted, the structure of the PTL books are pretty similar: boy meets girl (or vice versa) and they usually come from different backgrounds, they have their problems and together they try to work through them. But that's okay, it doesn't bother me. I only recently discovered contemporary because I always thought that contemporary books have fluffy love stories and I don't like those. (Or rather, I didn't like them, I warming up to them.) But reading the PTL series proved me wrong. Sure, they are love stories, but they are not always lovey dovy. I really hope Katie will carry on with the PTL series because it was really nice to read more about Echo and Noah in Breaking the Rules. Also, BTR really shows how much Katie's writing style is evolving. This story was a bit more mature (not NA) without being too explicit. I truly hope that one day she'll write a sequel to Crash Into You because Rachel and Isaiah are one of my favourite YA couples. We already learn a bit more about them in Take Me On since that story centres around Rachel's brother West, but we don't get to see them nearly enough :-s

 

I currently own the complete Pushing the Limits-series: Pushing The Limits - Dare You To - Crash Into You - Take Me On - Breaking The Rules (I own the e-book, but I want to own the physical copy)

I'm going to pre-order her upcoming book Nowhere but here, the first in a new series. This is actually one of my most anticipated Spring releases. I'm so curious to see what this series will be about. This comes out May 26th.

2. Cora Carmack. Another author I discovered last year. Cora writes NA stories, both contemporary and paranormal. I started by reading her Losing it companion series and I really really liked them. Little warning, these books do contain sex scenes - as do most NA stories - but they fit the stories. It's not like it's one sex scene after another, it's just part of the story. NA stories focus more on characters in the age group of those graduating high school and making their life whether it's by going to college or finding jobs and all the issues that go with that. Usually, these are fun, exciting, sexy, quick reads and I really enjoy them. Sometimes, NA stories tend to be a bit 'more of the same', but I don't find that's the case with Cora's stories. 

She currently has three series out and some novella's. 

I own the Losing it series: Losing it - Keeping Her (novella) - Faking it - Finding it - Seeking Her (novella).

I also have the two current books in the Rusk University series: All Lined Up and All Broke Down.

I'm going to pre-order the next one, which is All Played Out. This one comes out May 12th.

 I also own Inspire, the first book in her Muse series, but I haven't read it yet. But being on an NA kick lately, I'm sure it won't be long before I do.

Since I'm not a big fan of the covers (except for Inspire) I own these books on my e-reader.

Let me know in the comments what some of your auto buy authors are.

Bye for now

Annelies