Far From Reality

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Teaser Tuesday - Echoes

1 comments Posted by LunaMoth at 10:39 AM

Rules

1. Open your current read to a random page

2. Pick (2) sentences to share, you can share more but no more than 1 paragraph.

3. No spoilers!

Lines

A wave of yearning swept through Rae, and she felt the sting of tears in her eyes. She blinked rapidly. No way was she going to have a crying jag in her first day in group. It's just one of your brain hiccups, she told herself. That feeling has nothing to do with you. She forced herself to return to her drawing. The handle of the paintbrush came out too long. It ended up as a root wrapped around Rae's ankle in the sketch.

Echoes by Melinda Metz

Sunday, February 12, 2012

In My Mailbox - a few weeks worth

5 comments Posted by LunaMoth at 5:10 PM

Bought

Harbinger by Sara Wilson Etienne

Maximum Ride Series 1-7 by James Patterson

Fracture by Megan Miranda

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

Sabina Kane Series 1-4 by Jaye Wells

Two Truths and a Lie by Sara Shepard

A Song of Ice and Fire Series 1-5 by George R. R. Martin

The Sword by Gail Z Martin

The Dread by Gail Z Martin

Shadow Blade by Seressia Glass

Shadow Chase by Seressia Glass

Chronicles of the Necromancer 1-4 by Gail Z. Martin

The Empyrean Odyssey 1-3 by Thomas M. Reid

The Haunted Lands 1-3 by Richard Lee Byers

Gift/Swap

Bad Blood by Scott Nicholson

October Girls by L. C. Glazebrook

Daughter of Xanadu by Dori Jones Yang

Liar Society by Lisa Roecker

Friday, February 10, 2012

Follow Friday

0 comments Posted by LunaMoth at 12:02 PM

Q: Would you rather read a favorite book over and over until you are sick of it, or read tons of mediocre books?

I would rather read a ton of mediocre books than read my favorite one to death. While reading those mediocre ones, I could happen upon a new favorite author or genre or at least one I would want to read again, while if I just read the same one over and over I probably wouldn't find a new book or genre, and I would come to hate the one book and I do not want to do that!

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Review - The Space Between

0 comments Posted by LunaMoth at 2:17 PM

The Space Between
Author - Brenna Yovanoff
Genre - YA/Paranormal Romance
Pages - 363

From Goodreads:

Everything is made of steel, even the flowers. How can you love anything in a place like this?

Daphne is the half-demon, half-fallen angel daughter of Lucifer and Lilith. Life for her is an endless expanse of time, until her brother Obie is kidnapped - and Daphne realizes she may be partially responsible. Determined to find him, Daphne travels from her home in Pandemonium to the vast streets of Earth, where everything is colder and more terrifying. With the help of the human boy she believes was the last person to see her brother alive, Daphne glimpses into his dreams, discovering clues to Obie's whereabouts. As she delves deeper into her demonic powers, she must navigate the jealousies and alliances of the violent archangels who stand in her way. But she also discovers, unexpectedly, what it means to love and be human in a world where human is the hardest thing to be

The space between is a YA paranormal romance between a half demon/angel girl named Daphne and a half demon/human boy named Truman. Sure, It dosnt start out like that, Daphne originaly goes to Earth from her home in hell to look for her brother Obie who has disappeared. Once on Earth she meets back up with Truman whom she met in Hell (a timeless place but apparently a year has passed since she met him) And she recruits him to help find Obie and piece together what happened to him.

As cliché as the story sounds, I liked that the characters were part demon, it’s a bit different than the typical vampire/werewolf/faerie that is prevalent today. Daphne is a likeable character, she is naïve but brave. In hell she has no feelings but upon going to Earth she starts to learn about them and the process is fascinating. Truman however, I could have lived without him, sure he goes through his own little transformation during the book but he is almost TOO tortured in the beginning, I get I was supposed to feel sorry for him but he made me want to roll my eyes.

The twists and turns towards the end were nice, but I think haphazard. Daphne uses her ‘power’ to fight Dark Dreadfull, a seemingly invincible monster that too easily gives up the chase, or rather the ‘fight’ was over far to quickly and I was disappointed. Same as with Azrael. I find the author building up to this grand finale or action climax and then just dropping it off and solving it in a few paragraphs. It made for a rather dull book at those times. The ending however was pretty nice, it was sweet but again rushed. I wish the book were longer, More backstory or character development would have done so much more for it.

Friday, February 3, 2012

Follow Friday

4 comments Posted by LunaMoth at 9:07 AM

Q: Define what characteristics you favorite books share. Do they all have a kick ass heroine or is that hot love interest the Alpha Male?

Great Question! I usually do not think about it. Now that I have, I guess it would have to be the main character is always strong in some way. I do not like whiney main charas they get on my nerves and i end up yelling at the book haha. I read a variety of genres so they usually do not have too many similarities.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Teaser Tuesday - Neverwinter

2 comments Posted by LunaMoth at 11:21 AM

Rules

1. Open your current read to a random page

2. Pick (2) Sentaces from that page to share

3. No Spoilers!

Lines

Drizzt and Dahlia exchanged glances yet again, and Drizzt recognized the murderous hints on her face. He called forth Guenhwyvar, sent her on a roundabout path, and they set to follow the man.

Neverwinter by R. A. Salvatore