Showing posts with label review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label review. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Library Books! | Book Talk #2

Heyo! I'm back again with my short reviews on the books I read this year. I've got quite a few reading done this past few weeks. Mostly because I want to do read all the books I can before school really starts again and the assignments kick off. Let's face it, the only things I'll be reading then are probably ones required by my professors.

If you don't know what this is all about, you can check all the deets here. I explained why I start this series, what inspired me to do it, and what this series is all about. You can also check out the reading challenge that I'm doing along with my progress here.

Enough with the chit-chat. Let's get on with the reviews!

Monday, January 25, 2016

It's A Start | Book Talk #1

I'm starting a new series. Again. I don't know what I'm thinking. This came to me as I was binge watching Ariel Bissett's videos. I love her content and how she isn't afraid to voice her honest, sometimes brutally so, opinions. She puts up a lot of really interesting discussions about mostly modern literature and they're really worth checking out if you love those kind of things. Or if you love books in general, really. Just check it out. She's great.

On her channel, she doesn't do monthly wrap-ups like most booktubers do. Instead, she's got a series called 'Book Reviews' where she talks briefly about what she thinks of the books that she's read. She said that sometimes she doesn't have that much to say to put up a full length review for a book. So, she accumulates short reviews every couple of months to share her opinions about what she read in between one review video and another. Does that make sense? I hope it does. You can watch her latest Book Review video by clicking here. She explains it better than I can. clicky, clicky.

Because I'm not very good at writing lengthy reviews, I decided to do the same thing. Review a few books in smaller chunks to share my thoughts on them. I think it will make it easier for me to keep track of what I'm reading. I also think that it will help me with my reading challenge in one way or another.

Okay, enough with the rambling. Let's get on to the reviews!

Friday, January 23, 2015

Legend by Marie Lu: A Review


Title: Legend
Author: Marie Lu
Publisher: Speak
Series: Legend #1
Release Date: November 29, 2011
Pages: 305 (Paperback)
Source: Purchased
Rating: 

What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. 

Born into an elite family in one of the Republic's wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic's highest military circles. 

Born into the slums, fifteen-year-old Day is the country's most wanted criminal. But his motives may not be as malicious as they seem. 

From very different worlds, June and Day have no reason to cross paths - until the day June's brother, Metias, is murdered and Day becomes the prime suspect. 
Caught in the ultimate game of cat and mouse, Day is in a race for his family's survival, while June seeks to avenge Metias's death. But in a shocking turn of events, the two uncover the truth of what has really brought them together, and the sinister lengths their country will go to keep its secrets.