The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey

The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey
Published by Puntnam on September 16, 2014
Genres: Sci- Fi
Pages: 300
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 How do you rid the Earth of seven billion humans? Rid the humans of their humanity.

Surviving the first four waves was nearly impossible. Now Cassie Sullivan finds herself in a new world, a world in which the fundamental trust that binds us together is gone. As the 5th Wave rolls across the landscape, Cassie, Ben, and Ringer are forced to confront the Others’ ultimate goal: the extermination of the human race.

Cassie and her friends haven’t seen the depths to which the Others will sink, nor have the Others seen the heights to which humanity will rise, in the ultimate battle between life and death, hope and despair, love and hate.

1/2

I was patiently waiting for this book all year. If your not new to my Youtube channel, then you will know how much I LOVED The 5th Wave. I thought it was amazingly written, creepy and I just fell in love hard with it. So it's safe to say I had huge expectations for the sequel.

It didn't meet them though to me.
The first problem I have with it is that it's 160 pages shorter than the first book. Granted the first book isn't an insanely long book, it clocks in at 460 pages but to have a sequel only 300 pages long? Not cool! 

I felt like the first half of this book could have easily been a novella. There wasn't much that went on and it drug on for that matter. I loved reading Cassie & Evan's part but Ben was really annoying in this book. I just wanted to punch him quite honestly. 

I was surprised about the POV's in this book. In the first book we do get mutiple POV's but mostly it's from Cassie. In this book I would say 70% of the book follows Ringer...which if I'm honest I didn't hate.

I didn't love at first that it was mainly Ringer's POV because I just wanted to read more Cassie..more Evan but I gotta say I liked the change of pace. Ringer's part in the whole book was the most interesting and it gripped me the most because the first half of the book was so ehhhh.

Ringer is a complex character. She is abrasive, tough and hard to read but man is she fun to read. I loved reading all her parts and her struggle in this book was REAL. 

The last 50 pages kinda made up for this book but not completely. Like I said the first half of the book was just ok and I think could have been cut but the second half was pretty good!

I didn't hate this book by any means, I just thought it would be a tad more epic. 
I am hoping the last book will be AMAZING & answer all of our many questions and just be rock solid.

Did you read The Infinite Sea? What did you think of it?

Bookish Goals Progress of 2014 So Far

At the beginning of this year I posted a video about my bookish goals of 2014 I wanted to accomplish & I thought it was time to revisit it.

Here is my list of all the bookish goals I wanted to achieve this year. 

Below the goals I will talk about my progress so far with said goals & what I think about achieving them.

 

1.Read 70 Books

  This will defiantly not happen. When I filmed my bookish goals video I did not know I would get pregnant this year so that kind of threw my goal for a loop! The reason for that is because I have a 'high risk' pregnancy so in the very beginning I had to take a ton of different medicines and even give myself shots so it really threw my goal bonkers.

I have since changed this goal to....

1.5. 'Read 50 Books'

 I am happy to say that of August 22, I have read 40 books! So hopefully I will surpass my goal but I'm banking on that I probably won't which is ok with me. 

2. Buy Less Books

2013 was the year I bought & bought & bought. I am happy to say this goal is going amazing! I have maybe bought 1 book each month! That is all thanks to the library & getting sent review copies!

Yay to saving money!

3. Read the Percy Jackon Series

Hahaha this still hasn't happened yet and since half the year has already gone by I'm guessing this goal probably won't happen which is a shame. I REALLY need to read this series!

4. Attempt to read the Lord Of The Rings series

I have somewhat done this! I listened to the audiobook of The Hobbit so that counts...right?

5. Read One Classic

This still hasn't happened yet but hey the year's not over yet!

6. Reread the Harry Potter Series

I am over halfway done with this goal! I have reread the first 4 books in the series! Only 3 more to go! I can do it!

Overrall:

I think I'm doing pretty well with my bookish goals this year! I think there will only be a couple I don't meet & I am totally ok with that! Overall this year has been a good reading year for me. Not amazing, but good. Granted with all the stuff that's happening in my life I am happy to have made the progress I have!

What are your reading goals for this year? How are you doing with them?

Let me know!

Take Me On by Katie McGarry

Take Me On by Katie McGarry
Series: Pushing the Limits #4
Published by Harlequin TEEN on May 27, 2014
Genres: Contemporary
Pages: 544
Source: *Was sent this book for an honest review
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  Champion kickboxer Haley swore she'd never set foot in the ring again after one tragic night. But then the guy she can't stop thinking about accepts a mixed martial arts fight in her honor. Suddenly, Haley has to train West Young. All attitude, West is everything Haley promised herself she'd stay away from. Yet he won't last five seconds in the ring without her help.

West is keeping a big secret from Haley. About who he really is. But helping her-fighting for her-is a shot at redemption. Especially since it's his fault his family is falling apart. He can't change the past, but maybe he can change Haley's future.

Hayley and West have agreed to keep their relationship strictly in the ring. But as an unexpected bond forms between them and attraction mocks their best intentions, they'll face their darkest fears and discover love is worth fighting for.

I am a huge fan of Katie McGarry & this series. I LOVED Pushing the Limits, liked Dare you to & fell in LOVE with Crash into you. So I had very high hopes for her 4th installment in this series.

Overall, I really liked this book. I will say it is not my favorite in the series. I think it's going to take alot to beat Crash Into You for me honestly. With this book I went into it already kind of not liking one of the characters which was West. If you've read the 3rd book in this series then you know West was quite a jerk in it so he had to redeem himself a ton!

I thought West redeemed himself in this book & I really enjoyed reading about him and his journey. I have always loved reading about the Young family and their dynamic and flaws. There was a 'huge' secret in this book that you are waiting for and when the secret was finally revealed I wasn't that shocked honestly.

Now let's talk about the other main character Haley. I liked Haley but didn't really connect with her. Haley is a kickboxer and is known for fighting and being strong but in most of this book I found her to be very weak and not willing to put up a fight. Now don't get me wrong the situations this girl went through were absolutely horrible but I just wanted her to realize sooner that she needed to fight and be strong.

 

Like I said, overall I liked this book. I will say my favorites in the series are the 3rd, 1st, this one and then the 2nd. Katie McGarry knows how to write some awesome, steamy romance and very relatable characters.  This series will always be one of my favorite contemporary series and I do recommend you pick this book up!

Four: A Divergent Collection

Four: A Divergent Collection by Veronica Roth
Series: Divergent 0.1-0.4
Published: July 8, 2014 by Harper Collins
Genres: Dystopia
Pages: 208
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Two years before Beatrice Prior made her choice, the sixteen-year-old son of Abnegation’s faction leader did the same. Tobias’s transfer to Dauntless is a chance to begin again. Here, he will not be called the name his parents gave him. Here, he will not let fear turn him into a cowering child.

Newly christened “Four,” he discovers during initiation that he will succeed in Dauntless. Initiation is only the beginning, though; Four must claim his place in the Dauntless hierarchy. His decisions will affect future initiates as well as uncover secrets that could threaten his own future—and the future of the entire faction system.

Two years later, Four is poised to take action, but the course is still unclear. The first new initiate who jumps into the net might change all that. With her, the way to righting their world might become clear. With her, it might become possible to be Tobias once again.  

 It should come as no suprise that I rated this book as a 5. I have always dubbed Four as my fictional husband will always continue to do so.

I loved this entire book and devoured it within hours. I loved learning about Four's past and how he came to be Dauntless and even meeting Tris.

There's not much else to say really. I don't want to spoil the Divergent trilogy for anyone who hasn't read it. I will say you have to read it though! It's one of my favorite series, ever!!

All I gotta say is- MORE FOUR!!!!