tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285879888452949022.post1935463564611058858..comments2024-03-29T01:12:50.377-07:00Comments on Kasie West: Weekend of Reading (plus contest winner)Kasie Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14169629001145903361noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285879888452949022.post-4208345991532786532012-06-06T23:49:27.549-07:002012-06-06T23:49:27.549-07:00Ah, Heather, your flattery will get you everywhere...Ah, Heather, your flattery will get you everywhere. :) I'll get that book to you soon.Kasie Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14169629001145903361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285879888452949022.post-72748011480303116332012-06-05T15:12:58.354-07:002012-06-05T15:12:58.354-07:00Yay!! Are you serious?? I never win anything and...Yay!! Are you serious?? I never win anything and winning a new read is double exciting!! Also, thanks for the two new book suggestions. I can't think of any that I've loved loved lately except for yours. And I'm totally not just buttering you up! HahaHeatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02465067283227261682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285879888452949022.post-1136997576376801332012-05-30T21:30:18.384-07:002012-05-30T21:30:18.384-07:00Interesting! I've heard mixed things about BIT...Interesting! I've heard mixed things about BITTERBLUE, so I'm glad to hear you liked it. I'll admit I tried The Scorpio Races... and put it down a couple chapters in and haven't been back! Yikes. I'll need to pick it up again. <br /><br />You must read BEING FRIENDS WITH BOYS. It's superb.Elana Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877856005992028912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285879888452949022.post-30617121004162753982012-05-30T09:30:33.397-07:002012-05-30T09:30:33.397-07:00Two more books to add to my list. You know I felt ...Two more books to add to my list. You know I felt that way about Rachel Hawkins HEX HALL series. :) Of course, I got those from your recommendations also. Maybe I'll only read books you recommend from here on out. This sounds like an excellent plan...J.R. Johanssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02671109654769467131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285879888452949022.post-15766526469628936112012-05-30T09:29:21.119-07:002012-05-30T09:29:21.119-07:00I just read both of those this month, too, and I f...I just read both of those this month, too, and I felt just the same. Amazing writing. Reading books that good make me wish I were as talented as they are. <br /><br />I also just finished Insurgent. I also loved it--very different type of book, but sucked me right in. Daughter of Smoke and Bone was another one that has prose so amazing I just want to eat it.Sara B. Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14213313028658810705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285879888452949022.post-56718304928497432412012-05-30T03:36:23.008-07:002012-05-30T03:36:23.008-07:00Have you read Diana Gabaldon's Outlander serie...Have you read Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series? I push these books all the time--they are so good! They are also long--big, fat, juicy reads--so I guarantee you won't blow through them too fast.Linda G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576828490765434497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285879888452949022.post-5367925404514111512012-05-29T18:55:36.884-07:002012-05-29T18:55:36.884-07:00I read The Scorpio Races earlier this year and lov...I read The Scorpio Races earlier this year and loved it, I just love Maggie Stiefvater's anything (books, music, art)! She is one talented human being. This book is my pick for Book Club later this year.<br />One book that I still think about is Chime by Franny Billingsley, it took me a while to warm to the MC, but when I did, I adored her!<br />Now, because I'm Australian, I thought I would suggest some Aussie reads that I've loved too, the most recent one was On The Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta, it's mystery intrigued me, and totally kept me reading to the last page, wanting to finally put all the pieces of the puzzle together, amazing!<br />The other Aussie author is Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden, that too is an amazing mystery novel, where it's not until the last that you start to put the puzzle pieces together (you think you have it at some point in the book, and then Kate totally flips that on it's head - and everything really pulls together), loved it! Still trying to find time to read her other books... just too many books to choose from at the moment!Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09988954845179582752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285879888452949022.post-14500719003763653742012-05-29T17:09:57.662-07:002012-05-29T17:09:57.662-07:00You will love it, Mary! And thanks for the suggest...You will love it, Mary! And thanks for the suggestions. I haven't read Delirium or Pandemonium yet so I better add those to my list. :)Kasie Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14169629001145903361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285879888452949022.post-33894661632664699862012-05-29T17:09:04.724-07:002012-05-29T17:09:04.724-07:00Excellent suggestions, Rachel. I love adding books...Excellent suggestions, Rachel. I love adding books to my wish list. :)Kasie Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14169629001145903361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285879888452949022.post-48770642541740684302012-05-29T15:58:51.700-07:002012-05-29T15:58:51.700-07:00I'm glad you felt that way about Bitterblue, I...I'm glad you felt that way about Bitterblue, I'm about to start reading it now. I enjoyed Pandemonium - the sequel to Delirium actually I really like Lauren Oliver's writing. When I finished reading How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr I really wanted more. The Girl of Fire and Thorns - loved it definitely want more. Blood Red Road was really good too.Mary E Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13119298615414367828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285879888452949022.post-36703007462803432972012-05-29T12:56:58.591-07:002012-05-29T12:56:58.591-07:00Okay..are you read for my fast reads as of late? (...Okay..are you read for my fast reads as of late? (I just took out 7 books from the library and I've already 4. Talk to me about fast reads...I am yo lady!)<br /><br />- WHEN YOU WERE MINE; rebecca serle<br />- PERFECT CHEMISTRY; simone elkeles<br />- if you want funny books....*please* pick up HOW TO RUIN A SUMMER VACATION by simone elkeles..it was her first book and it is laugh out loud funny!!! about a girl who is taken to israel to meet her grandparents for the first time (they are dying) and she thinks she's in for a summer of a lifetime (hot guys, shopping, sun tanning) and she realizes there's more to life than that. :)<br />- NORTH OF BEAUTIFUL; justina chen headley<br />- THE DUFF; kody keplinger<br />- LIKE MANDARIN; kirsten hubbard<br />- ACROSS THE UNIVERSE; beth revis<br />- MOSTLY GOOD GIRLS; leila sales (hilarious, funny, funny, funny!!)<br /><br />Hope this helps your predictament, Kasie :-DRachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076907708483883575noreply@blogger.com