Let's Get Personal #34

 Hey there Bookies,

Well my mood on what I want to read is changing yet again. But I am halfway through revisiting Cinder since I got my hands on the second book. So I will probably finish that and hopefully by then I will figure out what my new mood of reading is so I can continue. Right now I am breezing through graphic novels. I read at least four of them today. Also I am a little overwhelmed because I am preparing to move. That's right, I am moving and to a whole different state. I ended up getting a new job that will give me more time to explore more of my creative side and literary side. I'm a little nervous about it and also excited. It's a big step, but I think this will be good for me. At least i have my books to help me get my mind off of how stressful my life just got.

So until next time...

-Lys

Finally finished Electric Idols

 

Hey there Bookies, 

Thanks to revisiting series that I never finished, I was able to finally finish Electric Idol. The first time I tried to read this book i had only made it halfway. I can't remember why. It could have been a personal reason or my mood shifted since I am a mood reader. But I finished and I can say it is still like a 180 from the first book in the series. The trope is a marriage of convenience that still doesn't go as planned. Our female character is Prosephone's sister Psyche. She ends up in a situation where Aphrodite wants her literal heart, but Aphrodite's son Eros can't go through with killing Psyche. So he comes up with an idea to marry Psyche in order to prevent his mother from killing her. Sadly Aphrodite doesn't care and still wants Psyche dead. Why? I can't remember why. To get back at her mother Demeter? Probably. Aphrodite and Demeter have a bit of a fued going on that their children suffer for it. Also what seems to be popular with these books is that the female character always leaves to sacrifice herself for the man she loves and then the man gets tangled up in someone dying. Now I have to be honest, I haven't exactly finished this book. I have about 30 minutes left but I am starting to see a pattern. Especially when all the intense stuff happens right when the book is about to end. It kind of makes it a little predictable. I even bet the next book is going to have the main male character as Zeus. Guess I will just have to find out.

So until next time...

-Lys

Finished reading Immortal

 

Hey there Bookies,

I finished listening to Immortal by Sue Lynn Tan. Sadly I didn't liked this book as much as the duology that I love by her. I do like that it takes place in the same world as the duology. But there was a few more things that needed to be explained a little better in the book in order to make this book a little bit better. Maybe if she explained when this book took place compared to the duology it would have been easier to visualize. Now I have no idea what to say about this book that doesn't ruin all of the things that would reveal certain events in the book. There is an enemies to lovers feel to the beginning in the book but it eventually changes tropes after about halfway through the book. It changes after our main female character enters a cave and is presented to two different fates that she must choose from. But of course our main female character decides that she doesn't want either of them. She wants to make her own fate. That is as much as I can't comfortable say without ruining the book. If you want to know what happens, I do recommend the book to read. I really enjoyed the book, but I don't love it as much as the duology that I read from this author. The book will probably get three stars from me. I would give it three and a half stars but I can't. Either way, please go support this author because her books are pretty good and focus around Chinese Mythology that I find pretty fascinating. 

So until next time....

-Lys

Listening to Immortals by Sue Lynn Tan

 

Hey there Bookies,

I'm attempting to get out of my reading slump and what better way than reading a book by the author of my absolute favorite duology. I listen to this book while I am alone in the car to pick up my mom from work or after I drop her off. I am already about the quarter of the way through and this book takes place in the same realm as the Cilestial Duology. We are following a female character who's name i know but can't spell. I don't have the physical copy to look it up either. Anyway our main female character is a weak woman who is slowly dying in the beginning. Her grandfather risks his life to give her a rare relic that the celestial queen sent him to get called the Pearl Lotus. The lotus binds itself to our main female character and cures her of all her illness. But she is to never reveal that her grandfather gave it to her. Shortly afterwards, our female character's grandfather dies of a heart condition in the presence of the celestial queen and the god of war. Making our main female character believe that they had a part in her grandfather's death. Then an interaction happens between the main female character and the god of war after he saves her from being attacked by winged creatures that somehow get past the protective barrier around the city that was placed years ago through a deal. The god of war tells the main female lead that she has a month to get settled in her new position and mourn her grandfather before he comes back to take her to present herself in front of the celestial queen. A few chapters focus on our main female character getting used to being the new ruler of her city. It explains how the ministers are trying to use her weak state to their advantage, but she doesn't tolerate it much. She isn't blind to what they are doing. Then the day where she needs to visit the Celestial Kingdom approaches. She assign rival ministers to handle issues while she is away under the supervision of her childhood friend. Then the god of war takes her to his home because something had happened at the palace of the celestial queen, delaying our female character meeting her. As we read about her stay in the god of war's home, you get hints of a romance brewing. It gives you the whole enemies to lovers trope. I stopped at the point where our female character ends up going into the forbidden southern courtyard and encounters a woman there. That's all I got so far. I am enjoying the book so far. I do plan on getting the physical copy by the time of my next post on this book so I can give names. I just can't wait to see where things play out from where I left off.

So until next time...

-Lys

Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente

 

Hey there Bookies,

I'm trying to get back into reading or listening to audiobooks. Really I'm trying to get out of my reading slump. I picked this book because it was short. The audiobook is about two hours long and that is it. Anyway as I listened to this book, I was a little confused on what was going on. Our main female character has a perfect like that she never questioned. At least until somethings start happening that aren't normal. She finds a locked drawer, but things are never locked where she is. A brush is found that isn't hers with hair that doesn't match hers. She finds a finger bone in her knife block. She questions it but everyone just brushes it off. Because everything is perfect, there are no reasons for that. Anyway as I listened to this short book, it kind of reminds me of the story with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. This book is kind of a retelling of that story, but our female character has to be made to be perfect and happy or things will go wrong. She questions things towards the end when she meets a man who kind of feels like he resembles a snake, the animal. He talks to her and she talks to him. With this book feeling like a retelling, I can already imagine how this book is going to end. But I won't share it. The book is a good quick read but not a whole lot happens in it. I guess that is the point of being such a short book. Sadly, I just couldn't enjoy this book and I give it about two out of five stars. It's okay but it just isn't for me. 

So until next time...

-Lys

Let's Get Personal #33

 Hey there Bookies,

I am in a reading slump. After finding a few duds and boring audiobooks that I just couldn't get into right now, I have pretty much stopped trying. Even graphic novels are hard for me to focus on. I think it has to do with all of my appointments going on. Which brings me to my update on my wrust injury. I am not fully functional, but i can do so much more than I could in the last six months. I just have three more appointments left and I should be good to go. I just need to remember to not fully push myself like I have a habit of doing. I just feel happy to not be stuck in a brace anymore. Anyway if you have ideas on how to get out of my slump, feel free to share. 

So until next time...

-Lys

Listened to All Systems Red By Martha Wells

 

Hello there Bookies,

Well I tried out a science fiction and I can't tell you anything about the book. Why? Because I remember absolutely nothing. This wasn't a very memorable book to me. It's short and I was able to listen to the whole thing in one day. But I can say that this book reminded me why I don't really read science fiction. I just find it boring and if there was action in this book, it wasn't very noticeable. All I remember is that someone hacked into the murder bots' system and turned them into killing machines. Why? Because they were greedy and wanted a whole planet to themselves. That is all I remember. I don't remember names of characters or what they did throughout the book. This book gets a two out of five stars from me. It's safe to say that this isn't the book for me.

So until next time...

-Lys