June Wrap Up

For the month of June I managed to read a total of 16 books. I'm really surprised by myself o.O

"The End of Everything" by Megan Abbott

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Genre: Mystery

This was not the best book to start the month with, but oh well...It was some kind of modern version of "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov and I did not like it very much. The characters were annoyingly stupid and the story itself was not very well written.

"A Dance of Mirrors" ("Shadowdance" #3) by David Dalglish

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Genre: Fantasy

Although it's not my favorite book in the series "A Dance of Mirrors" was a great read for me. There was character development and some really unexpected twists. I'm looking forward to reading the next book...hopefully soon.

"Shinju" ("Sano Ichiro" #1) by Laura Joh Rowland

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Genre: Mystery

Although it combines two of my favorite things - mystery novels and Japan related books, I did not enjoy this book as much as I thought I would. May be it was the fact that I knew almost at the beginnig who the killer was which disappointed me. Nevertheless I will continue with the series. Hopefully the next books will be better.

"The Lost Wife" by Alyson Richman

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Genre: Historical Fiction

I really enjoy reading Alyson Richman's books. They are so heartbreaking that I cried while reading every one of them. This one in particular is with a very heavy subject - the Holocaust, and it's so beautifully written and so real.

"Hush, Hush" ("Hush, Hush" #1) by Becca Fitzpatrick

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Genre: Paranormal Romance

I've been wanting to read this book for so long but I've read really mixed reviews about this. Sadly I did not like the book. The story is something already seen - not original and not written properly, the characters were all not likeable at all...I'm really sorry but it was just not my cup of tea.

"Divergent" series by Veronica Roth

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Genre: Dystopia

I know a lot of people like this series, but I just couldn't. The story and the character development went downhill after the first book.

"The Wit & Wisdom of Tyrion Lannister" by George R.R. Martin

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Genre: Humor

This is a book full of quotes by my favorite character in "A Song of Ice and Fire" series. Honestly, I excpected it to be more fun than it actually was.

"07-Ghost" Volume 1 & 2 by Yuki Amemiya

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Genre: Manga

"07-Ghost" is probably my favorite anime of all time and sadly it's not finished. So, I decided to start reading the manga because I like the story and the characters (even the bad ones) and I want to know what happens. Hopefully they will make anime continuation...

"Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

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Genre: Classics

I really liked the story of this book but sadly the writing style killed it for me. The characters were all very, very strange and I can't say I liked any of them.

"The Drowned Cities" ("Ship Breaker" #2) by Paolo Bacigalupi

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Genre: Dystopia

Sadly, the main problem I had with this book was the language barrier. I do know English, but this book had so many compicated words that sometimes I did not know what was happening. I was also not so fond of the characters, especially Mahlia - she was just not thinking at all about the consequences of her actions.

"Quattrocento" by Susana Fortes

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Genre: Historical Thriller

Well, this had to be a historical thriller and I like thrillers. The problem is that in this book nothing was happening. I was constantly waiting for some action and nothing was given to me so I was very, very disappointed. Gave additional star to this book only because of the pretty cover (which was actually the main reason I bought this book - stupid me).

"City of Heavenly Fire" by Cassandra Clare - Book 6 in "The Mortal Instruments" series

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Genre: Paranormal

May be I'm the only one who didn't like "The Mortal Instruments" series. I did like some of the chracters (Jace and Clary not beeing in this list) and the premise of the book. I really think the series should have ended long time ago (like with book 3 for example), but I managed to read all six of the books so now I can leave them in the past.

Please leave a comment if you've read any of this books and what's your opinion about them :)