Crazy Little Thing by Tracy Borgan

OK this was not a 5star book, because it is not the quality type read that you choose in hope of finding deeper meanings or for making soul searching. But it is quite good for its type, with the exceptional quality of giving also a few laughs (which is quite rare I think). So I do suggest it to someone that needs something light to read, it is easy-flowing and not at all boring. Despite the fact that it does not feel so realistic.

I am simply wondering: why does it always have to be a super-hot guy? They do look excellent, probably even mouth-watering to some, but they seem unapproachable to everybody who does not spend their lives in a gym in order to match them. So, I am wondering, if Des (or any Des) were some more common-looking, less muscular guy, would he be less desirable? I think no. I think he would be even more seductive. Because then we, plain mortal women/readers, would feel it more possible to ride along him, when we fantasize ourselves as the girl (I can't even remember her name, imagine that!) instead of fighting the need to hide in the shadows. Just saying...

Shatter me - YA novel by Tahereh Mafi

Ι'm nearly finished with this one. And it is quite good:

PROS:
-The author has a uniquely wonderful way of writing, and saying things.
-The trick of the numbers (counted times) is very nice, the strike-through fonts (erased sentences) also a good idea, but both are intense in the beginning and fading through the book. I think the writer should keep this system more updated, during the whole book.
-The shining, silver fish hook waiting on the end of e-v-e-r-y chapter. Ms. Mafi has done this one really nicely.

CONS: The story. It reminds me of a strainer, filled with holes everywhere. And the characters. They are in a place (emotionally) where the romantic reader would want them to be, but how they got there is another issue, not balancing on logic. Anyway. A little more thought should have been given to the plot. Sure, it keeps you want to read a little more, to see what happens, but... The story will not stay in your mind afterwards. It could have been much more powerful, the concept of 'I touch you-you die' has potential.

That's that.

 

Pandemonium finished

I forgot to write that I finished Pandemonium (two days) ago, and I personally loved it. OK, I know that some issues are not believable and the resemblance to Twilight's trick-book2 is obvious, and to Hunger Games even more. But still, I was hooked, couldn't take the book out of my mind until I finished, pretty much knew the ending but still I liked it. And there was so much tension all the time, that at one point I said: enough, I need to relax a bit.

My first thought when reading the last word was 'how can I wait another year for the next book?'. I guess that pretty much says it all.