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pickRead early this month. I re-read this book to clarify some points in order to complete the series. Still interesting but I think that sometimes there are unnecessary details. Like it but not love it. 3.5/3.8 ⭐️
January 2023 #BookSpinBingo (free space) @TheAromaOfBooks GR #ATY2023 prompt #13
#TheForgottenBookClub
pickCharacters were pretty awesome but not so many of them got many pages. This was mainly a book about Ronan and it was interesting to learn more about his past but I would have loved to see more others as well.
I really loved the atmosphere and writing, this was mysterious and partly a bit creepy. There were also scary moments.
I loved the beginning but at some point this dragged and overall not so much happened.
#SeriesRead2022 #192025 (2013)
Hey @Laughterhp - Here are the books that washed up on the beach for you this month!! I really enjoyed the tagged book and also The Girl With All the Gifts. I've read another Mackintosh book and thought it was really good - this one is still on my TBR 😂 And the other two just because they seemed like contrast for the others!! Happy reading!!
Thanks for hosting the #TrappedonanIsland challenge @aperfectmjk !!!
pickSecond book in this series. We are going to know more about some characters specifically about Ronan. There are some funny parts between Noah and Blue and Gansey and Blue and Maura and The Gray Man. That Calla can be so direct, no filter when she speaks😂and there are other situations regarding of what Gansey is looking for. However, an unpopular opinion, I found some repetitive parts with this character Kavinsky and the cars🙄3.5/3.8⭐️
#manicmonday time!
Book: The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
Author: Sonali Dev
TV Show: Derry Girls
Band: The Doors
Song: Devil On My Shoulder - Billy Talent
My UK edition of The Raven Boys came in the mail and I can't wait to start Book 2, my book club book will have to wait. Luckily I still have 2 weeks to read it. @persephone1408 I am obsessed with this story !!!! Thanks again for your pick for #groupx
“Everyone had their disappointment and their baggage; only, some people carried it in their inside pockets and not on their backs.“
pickFinished my second #trappedonanisland read. This one was pretty good. I liked learning more of Ronan‘s background and family story. These are still good on audio and can‘t wait to pick up the next book.
#seriesRead2022
This time, it was more of a thought than a feeling, a soft heat that began at her mouth and unfurled through the rest of her. One of his cold hands slid behind her neck and he kissed her again, lips parted. It was not just a touch, an action. It was a simplification of both of them: They were no longer Noah Czerny and Blue Sargent. They were now just him and her. Not even that. They were only the time that they held between them.
pickThe second installment for the Raven Cycle was very good. I really like these characters, and can't wait to see what happens in the rest of the series. 4.5 outta 5⭐
A book that #BeginsWith #dream
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
I've read The Dream Thieves a few years ago, but never finished the saga..
(Bonus: the italian edition of "A Midsummer Night's Dream")
pickFinished #2 in The Raven Boys series by Maggie Stiefvater: The Dream Thieves. Wow! What a ride! Even though my daughter has a pristine, autographed copy of this book (or maybe that‘s part of it) I listened to it on audiobook. The narrator was amazingly perfect for this book and made the fantastical parts even more thrilling. Where can we go from here? #132 #BookSpinBingo #21 (#BS in October) #BFC21 #SERIES2021 #THANKFULATHON #ROYALREADATHON
pick#ConflictedWorlds Day 29: This is literally #PersonVsNightmares - There is something in the way that Stiefvater wrote this novel that demonstrates her acuity in untangling her character‘s emotions, their temperament, rendering them a soul whereas before they were healthy archetypes. Full review here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-8Hn
pickI continue to enjoy Stiefvater\'s writing and I like the characters and want to know where they\'re headed. At the same time, the pacing was super slow and I got very frustrated. I want to read the next one, but at the same time I\'m not ready to rush into it.
pickLook, when I say I struggled with “The Raven Boys”, I mean I STRUGGLED with The Raven Boys. The writing style did my head in! However, with this one it all finally clicked. I am officially Maggie Stiefvater TRASH. I can‘t wait to dive into Blue Lily, Lily Blue! As Kevin McCallister from Home Alone proposed, “Thirsty for more?” Yes, yes I am. *Raises Kindle like Thor with his drinking horn* “This book, I like it! Give me ANOTHER!!”
pickRating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I didn‘t like The Raven Boys at all. I know, I know a ton of people love it. I wrote this series off back in 2017. Well, fast forward to now, 2021, I was scrolling through Libby and decided why not? So, here I am writing a review for this and can say I liked it. I liked the characters and I was really intrigued with the Gray Man.
#bookstagram #bibliophile #litsy #littens
pickWow okay I seriously can't believe I am just now reading this series! I am genuinely loving these books - the concept, the characters, the setting, the dialogue - everything! Even things that aren't my usual cup of tea work here. I especially love how Stiefvater writes people who feel like people - boys, girls, men, women, students, professors, hit men, ghosts - she has a knack for making her characters feel personable that I really appreciate.
Friends, @Lizpixie ‘s birthday giveaway comes with a challenge too fun to ignore. Here‘re my favourite books from each of the last five decades:
70s - Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice
80s - The Secret Countess by Eva Ibbotson
90s - Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
00s - The Virtu by Sarah Monette
10s - The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
#Lizpixie50thUnbirthdayGiveaway
pickSo much love for the Raven Boys, Blue and her family. I can tell this series will go to my reread pile. Also, Ronan Lynch is badass!
#SeriesRead2021 #MountTBR2021
pickIt took a long time, but I finally finished The Dream Thieves. It was a disappointing sequel, but I‘m intrigued enough to continue the series.
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
#ya #ravenboys
It was a good reading month! But still no bingo. 😂
The tagged book was my #BookSpin. A reread for me & my favorite in the series. I adore Ronan! ❤️🖤❤️
My #DoubleSpin was Great Goddesses by Nikita Gill. I love her poetry & enjoyed her new take on the Greek pantheon.
@TheAromaofBooks
Starting to get a little more interesting #TheDreamTheives #TheRavenCycle #Layline
pickSo good! As good as the first, I think. Total escapist reading.
I‘m excited to start the second book in ‘The Raven Cycle‘ series! #TheRavenCycle #TheDreamTheives #MaggieStiefvater
so-soSecond in the "Raven Boys" series, featuring a group of supernaturally-powered adolescents who go looking for the burial site of a 14th-century Welsh king in Virginia. It's fine, though they seem to spend a lot of time not working on their quest. Still, it's engaging enough for me to continue. Cover design is pretty great, yeah?
She finished book two! I am so in love with her work! If you want ANY paperback rebound into a beautiful hardback with embellishments and etchings and binding of your choice, shoot her a message on ETSY and she will work with you! Check out her FB page as well (BrioBound) ETSY link:
https://etsy.me/3feNlEV
pickMy second book for #bookspinbingo
I love this series. It‘s dark and unusual but I can‘t help but keep reading. I loved learning about Ronan more. The next book in the series is my #doublespin and I‘m almost done with my #bookspin (those are the ones in yellow)
Aaand we are already on the next one. The second book has always been my favorite in the series.
pickIt is official, I love these books. Listening to them is an experience all of its own. This is a must read series
Inara always seems to show up whenever I'm doing something with books & lay right in the middle! 😄😄😄 Bonus today: she started purring as soon as I petted her (she's a sparse purrer). ❤❤❤ Maybe she loves books as much as I do! #catsoflitsy
Finished my second reread of this last night 😍 and it's still amazing!
pickThis second book in “The Raven Cycle” series is even more bracing than the first. Stiefvater reveals her true talents by adjusting her writing style based on the character from whose point of view she writes. Her style is dizzying, straightforward, creative, and simple all at once. Truly a worthwhile read.
My appetite‘s still all over the place. Come suppertime, that meant I nixed my plan to make red curry with tofu and broccoli in favour of some spicy Kraft Dinner. I probably would‘ve done better to eat nothing at all. Oh well.
I finished THE DREAM THIEVES while I made it. I‘m enjoying this immediate series reread, but I definitely won‘t repeat it. From now on, I‘m going back to one reread per year, max, on all faves. #audiocooking
I‘ve been sick since Boxing Day, which is all kinds of frustrating, but today I managed to do something with all the egg whites left over from my lemon sour cream pies. I had half again as many as I usually use for coffee meringues, so I ran out of room on my baking sheet and had to do a couple smaller ones in a loaf pan. Those didn‘t turn out pretty enough to serve people, but they sure tasted good. #audiobaking
