Author Archives: kelley

Stephen King – Wolves of the Calla, or; WTF, Stephen King?
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Posted on October 23, 2013 by

Seriously.  SERIOUSLY. This is why I have a book blog, so when I read something that makes me this crazy I can rant about it here.  This is the strangest book series I’ve ever read, and I’m not sure it’s a … Continue reading →

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Cloaked – Alex Flinn
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Posted on October 1, 2013 by

I did not like this book. Not the writing, not the dropped storylines, not the obvious plot twists or the boringness or the narrator’s voice. I basically hated everything about it. Cloaked didn’t kick any puppies, to my knowledge, but … Continue reading →

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The Eyes of the Dragon – Stephen King
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Posted on September 27, 2013 by

A kingdom is in turmoil as the old king dies and his successor must do battle for the throne. Pitted against an evil wizard and a would-be rival, Prince Peter makes a daring escape and rallies the forces of Good … Continue reading →

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The Gunslinger – Stephen King
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Posted on September 19, 2013 by

Soooooo…you know how The Dark Tower series is supposed to be like this huge awesome epic fantasy-type story that everyone in the world loves? There are countless websites devoted to it, in fact the people at the WoT/ASoIaF forum I … Continue reading →

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Kelley – P&P Readalong Week 3
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Posted on April 21, 2013 by

Chapters 21-30 –  from Rejecting Mr. Collins to Mrs. de Burg’s Well, Caroline Bingley has persuaded Mr. Bingley to leave town to marry Darcy’s sister, and Jane’s deludedly nice and doesn’t blame Caroline and is all martyrish sweetness and YAWN. … Continue reading →

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Kelley – P&P Readalong Week 2
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Posted on April 13, 2013 by

Chapters 11-20 – from Imprisoned at Netherfield to Mr. Collins’ Proposal More bitching about at Netherfield. Mean girls, mean Darcy, clever Lizzie. (I’m guessing that could sum up most of the book from here on out). There’s an awesome scene … Continue reading →

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Kelley – P&P Readalong Week 1
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Posted on April 9, 2013 by

First off, I don’t think I ever read Pride and Prejudice before, so I’ll be able to talk about this from a first-time perspective, yay! I’m doing an audiobook of this one, and also trying out the Audible listen + … Continue reading →

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Requiem – Lauren Oliver
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Posted on April 2, 2013 by

<– this girl on the cover is looking progressively manlier with each book. I’m not really sure I have much to say about Requiem. I didn’t like it. I just feel rather blah about the whole thing, and I’m really … Continue reading →

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Pandemonium – Lauren Oliver
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Posted on March 29, 2013 by

Here are some random thoughts I have about Pandemonium, some taken from notes on my kindle while reading. It’s kind of ridiculous that, now that the “bad guy” (the Invalids) from the first book doesn’t really exist anymore, now there’s … Continue reading →

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Life After Life – Kate Atkinson (ARC to be published April 2nd)
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Posted on March 26, 2013 by

**A copy of this book was provided by the publisher. Below opinions are my own.** So first I want to say straight out that I loved Life After Life. It’s a honkin’ big book, and it’s really not my “type” … Continue reading →

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