Wings by Aprilynne Pike [REVIEW]

TITLE: Wings (Wings #1)
AUTHOR: Aprilynne Pike
PUBLISHER: HarperTeen
PUB DATE: May 5 2008

Summary from Goodreads:

"Laurel was mesmerized, staring at the pale things with wide eyes. They were terrifyingly beautiful - too beautiful for words.

Laurel turned to the mirror again, her eyes on the hovering petals that floated beside her head. They looked almost like wings.

In this extraordinary tale of magic and intrigue, romance and danger, everything you thought you knew about faeries will be changed forever."

Rating:

Yes, this review has spoilers.

I didn’t know what I would be expecting from Wings when I started it. Mostly I thought it would involve faeries. That’s about as much as I gave it any thought.

True enough, it was about faeries... but there’s a very creative twist to it. We’ve always believed that these supernatural beings are living creatures much like humans only immortal and magical. But have you ever thought of the fare folk to be plants? Well, seeing how the author created a new way to look at these creatures... I have to say I was impressed!

The characters are okay. I don’t find anything extravagant about them, except for Laurel’s lifestyle, and the mystery behind Tamani’s obsession with her. Honestly, at first I thought it was weird, but finding out the history behind his motives, I can definitely understand it now. I’m sorry I was judgemental, but you gotta admit it was a little peculiar.

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? [2]

It's Monday! What are you reading? Is a meme by Sheila @ Book Journey. And I quote her: "This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well… you never know where that next “must read” book will come from!"

Hi! How have you all been? Wow, it has been such a busy week for me that I have a lot of pending reviews to write. I also wasn't able to post my Book Haul over the weekend so I'll probably do that this coming Saturday. Another thing, I haven't had time to go through my emails yet so if you've sent me something and I haven't responded, I am so sorry about that. I'll get to them as soon as I can. The good thing about this week though is that I was able to get a lot of reading time, or maybe I'm just in one of my moods that enabled me to finish a number of books recently. Either way - yehey! 

RECENT READ

              

TITLES:
THE PIRATE'S WISH by Cassandra Rose Clarke
WINGS by Aprilynne Pike
THE RULES by Stacey Kade
THINGS I CAN'T FORGET by Miranda Kenneally

Aside from those lovely books, I've also managed to finally finish the Splintered by A.G. Howard and Dualed by Elsie Chapman that I have long since passed my expected date of finishing them. Thank goodness! 

CURRENT READ

      

TITLES:

SIEGE AND STORM by Leigh Bardugo

THE DARKEST MINDS by Alexandra Bracken

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? [1]

It's Monday! What are you reading? Is a meme by Sheila @ Book Journey. And I quote her: "This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well… you never know where that next “must read” book will come from!"

Hello there! And I am back from my long weekend and Internet abstinence (my little piece of sacrifice for the Holy Week). How have you all been? Well, since I'm wanting to get organized about my reading schedule (I have been trying to do so for a year now but I can't quite stick to it all the time), I decided to take part in this meme. It might just help me get to all the books I vowed myself to read. So here goes...

RECENT READ

Like I just said, it's been a long holiday (from Thursday, March 28th to Sunday, March 31st), so I managed to finish up several books [although some where just short stories], so Yay me! LOL.

TITLES:

TABLE FOR TWO by Marla Miniano (Filipino Author, Short Story)

FAN GIRL by Marla Miniano (Filipino Author, Short Story)

THE ETERNITY CURE by Julie Kagawa (eARC from NetGalley)

REQUIEM by Lauren Oliver

I enjoyed the two short reads from Marla Miniano they're very simple and very easy to relate to. As for Julie's second book from the Blood of Eden series, I think it was a little too long for me, but still I really liked this one. Lastly, I read Lauren Oliver's Requiem (buddy read this with Maria @ Bookchilla), which was by far the fastest paced book among the three in the Delirium Trilogy. But I'm hoping there would be a spin off or something, because that seriously cannot be the ending... Please! *sob*

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Series I'd Like To Start But Haven't Yet

Top Ten Series I'd Like To Start But Haven't Yet

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. Each week they post a new Top Ten list  that bloggers are welcome to join in and answer. 

Hello! How are you?

Today's Top Ten are the series you'd like to start on but still haven't done so yet. Now, normally the first on my list when it comes to this would be Harry Potter, but now that I finally read The Sorcerer's Stone (I'll start on the next one soon, I swear) I'm now in the safe zone for that one. Ha! *flips hair* No angry mob of non-muggles coming to get me. :D

So here's my list:

THE LORD OF THE RINGS by J.R.R. Tolkien

- Random Trivia: I've read somewhere that it's not exactly a trilogy but more of one book divided into 3 volumes. But what the heck, it's still on my list.

A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE by George R.R. Martin

- I refuse to watch the TV series because I want to badly read the books first. Although once I look at them, I kind of feel intimidated. I mean, have you seen how thick they are?

THE HEIR CHRONICLES by Cinda Williams Chima

- I have no idea why I still haven't picked this up yet. I also have been meaning to read her other series, Seven Realms.

THE DEMON TRAPPERS by Jana Oliver

- I've read the prequel novella, does that count as starting on this one? No? Darn!

THE INFERNAL DEVICES by Cassandra Clare

- I've actually "started" on Clockwork Prince. I just didn't continue on, I just felt like it wasn't the right time then. Maybe soon... I hope. 

In My Mailbox [19]

In My Mailbox [19]

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Merry Christmas everyone! 

It's been a busy week preparing for the holidays but I'm glad I got a few lovely books:

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

(Already read and reviewed, Review HERE)

Wings by Aprilynne Pike

Spells by Aprilynne Pike

Approved at Netgalley:

The Peculiars by Maureen Doyle McQuerry

I also received an amazing gift from my hubby: Weee! *happy dance*

Barnes & Nobles 1st Edition Nook

So that's it for me, hope you all had a great week. Also took a picture of my dog Miley sleeping. Poor baby must've been so exhausted! 

So what did you guys get this week?