Tangled up in meh

Have you ever read a book that's just...meh? Not 'throw it against the wall' flail inducing. Not 'throw it in the trashcan' bad. Not even 'well there's nothing on TV tonight, I might as well'. Just meh. 

For me, that was Tangled. It wasn't great (not by a mile), it wasn't terrible, it wasn't particularly anything. At one point while reading it, I fell asleep and it feel down under the bed. I couldn't find it and I wasn't all that broken up. I was about to move on to something new when I saw the corner poking out under the bedskirt. 

Told in four separate PoV's (no easy feat), it was an interesting concept, but it never really came together. The summary seems to indicate that they are all tied together by something, but really, they are just people that go on vacation at the same resort. 

Jena's PoV was a little on the whiny side, but not awful enough for me to drop it within the first 25 pages. Dakota's PoV almost got me there. (He's kind of a dick, and not the kind you fall in love with anyway). Skye's PoV was my least favorite. I think that was intentional. 

The whole book was saved, for me, by the last PoV... Owen. He was dorky and charming and I really connected to his voice. 

I was bummed because I'm really looking forward to Future of Us, which is co-written by this author (with Jay Asher). But the writing was good, I just think it was the story that I didn't connect with. 

*Disclaimer: I read this immediately after finishing Anna and the French Kiss. I don't think anything would have lived up. Except maybe Lola and the Boy Next Door. 

Things that make you go swoon

I love love. I mean, I love a lot of things, but I really love love. I read all kinds of books, not just love stories, but I am a dyed-in-the-wool sucker for romance.

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins made me sublimely happy. It was well written, and funny, and just plain good. And the love. Oh my, it was delightful.

It's not really the kind of book that I have to worry about spoiling for you. You sort of know, going in, what you're going to get. Girl meets boy, boy has girlfriend, yada yada and etc. People more jaded than I would say 'predictable', but it's really not, and to be fair, I'm pretty damn jaded...

and I fell head over heels.



Even if you don't read YA, even if you're not a love story fiend, even if you think you've done it all, seen it all, read it all... go read this. Feel the swoon. Thank me later.

The Intro Post

There are any number of articles available on the internet that will tell you exactly how to write a blog intro post. How to draw people in. How to grab new readers. How to set yourself apart. I started reading them, but then I remembered that a) the whole idea of a bare bones review site was reviews and not much else and that b) I'm SUPER LAZY. So here it is.

Me: I'm a mother, a wife, a business woman, a writer, a reader and kind of a brat.

The site: Book reviews. Mainly YA, but likely some fluffy, contemporary chick lit too. Nothing more than my random thoughts about what I've just read.

No bells, no whistles, no extras... no schedule. Just book reviews.

And on that note, no more babbling from me.