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Showing posts with label Stacking The Shelves. Show all posts
Stacking the Shelves & Confession Saturday: Gale Hawthorne
So I usually do a Stacking the Shelves post on Saturday, but I have also found a cool new weekly feature from The Reading Armchair that I really liked. So I thought it would be great to just combine the two every week into one post. First I will show the books I have gotten in the last week and then it will be my letter to a fictional character. Two for the price of one!
Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews where you can show off all the new books you have acquired in the following week.
Books for Review:
Recorder and Randsell by Meme Higashiya
Warren the 13th by Tania del Rio
(Both were sent by the publishers through Netgalley)
Bought:
Slide by Jill Hathaway
Invisibility by Andrea Cremer and David Levithan
The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
From the Library:
Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek by Maya Van Wagenen
Confession Saturday is a weekily feature hosted by The Reading Armchair. Basically each week you write a letter to any character out of a book addressing your thoughts towards them and letting them know what you think of them. This looked so much fun and I hope you will decide to join in too! There is a linky on The Reading Armchair's post.
This Week's Character:
Gale Hawthorne
From:
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
*WARNING: This letter contains spoilers for all books in the Hunger Games Trilogy and contains ranting and sass. Read at your own risk.*
Dear Gale,
I feel like I have been on the fence with you through out my time reading the Hunger Games Trilogy, but I believe the end of Mockingjay is where I cut it off. I really did want to love you Gale, but it just didn't work out because of you being....you.
Let me be honest with you here, you were really nothing special to me in the first book. Now don't get me wrong here. I thought you were a good friend and you gave Katniss a good pep talk before the Games, so I made a note that you were an honorable person. That's about where it ends for my feelings and attention towards you in the first book. And I know you are not to blame because you were not very present..or should I say important for most of the first book, so let us have no hard feelings here.
Now book #2, Catching Fire, is when things got complicated. I am not going to act like I had a problem with your sudden confession of love to Katniss, but let's be real here, you really muddled things up. I mean really? Why did you wait so long to show these feelings? Why did it take Katniss "pretending" or should I say being in love with Peeta to get you to wake up? Get it together man! You know what? I actually felt sorry for you. You made me confused and conflicted. I didn't know if I was Team Gale or Team Peeta. Then came the part where you asked/begged Katniss to run away with you. It was all so irrational, yet really cute and even pretty funny. This is about the time where I actually began to have some adoration and respect towards you. At the time, I did not believe it was wise for you and Katniss to run away, but by the time it was announced that Katniss would be going into the Hunger Games a second time, I sure wished you had left. Oh and that dreadful whipping scene broke my heart! I could not bare to see you in such an awful position being tortured by the capital.
This is where we get to the 3rd book, Mockingjay, where the real issues I had toward you become apparent. I just don't know what happened to the funny, cute, thoughtful Gale from the first two books. Some how you grew distant and I did not like it AT ALL. I guess it might be because you were all wrapped up in the revolution and ready to get revenge against the capital, but still... Even through most of Mockingjay, I had faith that you would go back to the Gale I loved. Then I get to the end of the book and see that Katniss and Peeta are together and you are off being all important and what not. That is great and all that you are successful but are you serious??? No goodbye? No catch you later? No letter to see how Katniss is doing? TO THIS VERY DAY, I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU JUST DISAPPEARED LIKE THAT! Ok I get it. It was probably best that you left, so Katniss and Peeta could be together, but you could of at least said SOMETHING...ANYTHING. Are you mad at Katniss? Sad? Do you not like her anymore? No one knows! So I'm done with you. This is where I cut it off. Holding all these confused feelings for so many years cannot be healthy.
Sincerely,
Chioma
Stacking the Shelves #4
So before I get started with the books I must say a few things.
Thank You So Much To Everyone Who Has Followed This Blog! It Has Reached....
120 Blog Followers!!!
Like whaaat? I am so thankful and excited! I totally remember when I had only 1 follower (lol).
I will definitely be doing a GIVEAWAY at 200 (Oh and its going to be good; You just wait!)
Next thing is....
I Created A Goodreads Group!
This group was created to help book bloggers and booktubers make friends and support each other. This group is meant to be a family of YA bloggers and youtubers who give advice and help promote those who are a part of this group. This is the place to come for support, blogger/booktube help, tips and tricks, book news, collaborations, co-bloggers, co-vloggers, buddy reads, readathon host help and many more things.
I would really appreciate it if you guys went and checked it out!Now On To The Books I Got This Week
For Review
Believarexic by J.J.J. Johnson - Edelweiss
A Blind Guide to Stinkville by Beth Vrabel - Edelweiss
Beyond Reach (True Calling #2) by Soibhan Davis - Netgalley
Bought
A Blind Guide to Stinkville by Beth Vrabel - Edelweiss
Beyond Reach (True Calling #2) by Soibhan Davis - Netgalley
Bought
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Incendiary by Chris Cleave
Such a Rush by Jennifer Echols
The Other Normals by Ned Vizzini
A Tale For The Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
(All From Book Outlet)
From the Library
The Epic of Gilgamesh by Anonymous
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Prodigy by Mary Lu
Thank you guys again. Definitely link your Stacking the Shelves posts in the comments so I can check them out. Also, let me know what you think I should read first.
You Should Probably Go Check Out: How to Reduce the Number of Unread Books You Own
You Should Probably Go Check Out: How to Reduce the Number of Unread Books You Own
Stacking the Shelves #3
Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are
adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can
include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from
friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!
Hosted by: Tynga's Reviews
eBooks for Review
Mindwar by Andrew Klavan (Netgalley)
To This Day by Shane Koyczan (Netgalley)
Something Wiki by Suzanne Sutherland (Netgalley)
Song of My Life by Carolyn Brown (Netgalley)
Queen of Someday by Sherry D. Ficklin (Netgalley)
Heart of Dread: Frozen by Melissa de la Cruz & Michael Johnston (Netgalley)
Amulet #6: Escape From Lucien by Kazu Kabuishi (Netgalley)
Scar of the Bamboo Leaf by Sieni A.M.
Purchased Books
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
Vicious by V.E. Schwab
My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
My Name is Mina by David Almond
Lost and Found by Andrew Clements
The Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy (Bind up) by Jenny Han
The End of Education by Neil Postman (Nonfiction)
*I kind of went on a classic rampage this month*
The Picture of Dorian and Gray by Oscar Wilde
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Emma by Jane Austen
Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
These are all the books I have received in the past week. Please let me know what books you have received and what books I should read next.
Also I would like to know: What are your favorite classics?
Stacking the Shelves #2
Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are
adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can
include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from
friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!
Hosted by: Tynga's Reviews
eBooks For Review
A Song For Ella by David Almond (Netgalley)
Darkness by Erin Eveland (Netgalley)
Mind Blind by Lari Don (Netgalley)
Paradigm by Ceri A. Lowe (Netgalley)
The Olympus Cloud by Stephen Randel
Orenda by Ruth Silver
Dead Girl Walking by Ruth Silver
Eyes of the Enemy by Kelly Hess
Purchased Books
Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
Requiem by Lauren Oliver
Catching Fire by Susanne Collins
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Frostbite by Richelle Mead
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Purchased eBooks
Edgar Allen Poe Complete Tales and Poems
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hopkins
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
Starydog by Kodilyn Calhoun
The Selection by Kiera Cass
The Diviners by Libba Bray
From Digital Library
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (Audiobook)
These are all the titles I have accumulated in the last 2 weeks. I know this is a ridiculous amount! I really need to slow down on my book buying. Comment down below which ones I should read first and a link to your Stacking the Shelves post.
Stacking The Shelves Wednesday: January #1
I have accumulated quite a few books this month so far and I thought I would make a post showing what I have bought. This is my first Stacking the Shelves post and I think I will try to do one every other Wednesday. Maybe you guys can help me decide what I should read first.
AND MOST EXCITING OF ALL!!!
I know I have a serious problem. No need to tell me.
Have a spectacular day!
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