No. 81 for 2014

Title: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children #1)
Author: Ransom Riggs
Rating: 3/5
Book: 81
Pages:  348 pgs
Total Pages: 29,084 pages
Library Book?: Yes
No. of Library Books read: 59
Version: Book
Next up: Drums of Autumn (Outlander #4) by Diana Gabaldon

I have heard a lot of hype about this book and while I enjoyed it, I wasn’t blown away by it. The characters were likeable enough and the plot moved nicely but I kept waiting for the book to pull me in and it just didn’t. Also, while the pictures that were used throughout the book were creepy, I feel as though it didn’t do much for the story. Even still, I will be checking out the second book in the series.

About the Book:

A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs.

It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive.

No. 80 for 2014

Title: Isla and the Happily Ever After (Anna and the French Kiss #3)
Author: Stephanie Perkins
Rating: 3/5
Book: 80
Pages:  339 pgs
Total Pages: 28,736 pages
Library Book?: Yes
No. of Library Books read: 59
Version: Book
Next up: The Diviners (The Diviners #1) by Libba Bray

While I haven’t been a big fan of the other two books in this series, I actually did enjoy this book. Isla could be immature and annoying at times but overall, I enjoyed it.

About the Book:

Hopeless romantic Isla has had a crush on introspective cartoonist Josh since their first year at the School of America in Paris. And after a chance encounter in Manhattan over the summer, romance might be closer than Isla imagined. But as they begin their senior year back in France, Isla and Josh are forced to confront the challenges every young couple must face, including family drama, uncertainty about their college futures, and the very real possibility of being apart.

No. 79 for 2014

Title: The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds #1)
Author: Alexandra Bracken
Rating: 5/5
Book: 79
Pages:  488 pgs
Total Pages: 28,397 pages
Library Book?: No
No. of Library Books read: 58
Version: Book
Next up: Isla and the Happily Ever After (Anna and the French Kiss #3) by Stephanie Perkins

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was a little slow to start but it picked up quickly. I definitely look forward to reading the next two books in the series.

About the Book:

When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that gets her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government “rehabilitation camp.” She might have survived the mysterious disease that’s killed most of America’s children, but she and the others have emerged with something far worse: frightening abilities they cannot control.

Now sixteen, Ruby is one of the dangerous ones.

When the truth comes out, Ruby barely escapes Thurmond with her life. Now she’s on the run, desperate to find the one safe haven left for kids like her—East River. She joins a group of kids who escaped their own camp. Liam, their brave leader, is falling hard for Ruby. But no matter how much she aches for him, Ruby can’t risk getting close. Not after what happened to her parents.

When they arrive at East River, nothing is as it seems, least of all its mysterious leader. But there are other forces at work, people who will stop at nothing to use Ruby in their fight against the government. Ruby will be faced with a terrible choice, one that may mean giving up her only chance at a life worth living.