Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Tell Me Tuesdays #30!!


Tell Me Tuesdays
is a meme/feature created by the awesome ladies of Please Feed The Bookworm and La La In The Library, where we can share how we choose the book we are currently reading from our TBR pile!

I'm always curious about that, cause as much as I tend to make myself a rough schedule for books to read and the like, I'm quite a mood reader and sometimes I just HAVE to ignore my schedule and read something else!


Legacy of Kings by Eleanor Herman

Imagine a time when the gods turn a blind eye to the agony of men, when the last of the hellions roam the plains and evil stirs beyond the edges of the map. A time when cities burn, and in their ashes, empires rise.

Alexander, Macedonia’s sixteen-year-old heir, is on the brink of discovering his fated role in conquering the known world but finds himself drawn to newcomer Katerina, who must navigate the dark secrets of court life while hiding her own mission: kill the Queen. But Kat’s first love, Jacob, will go to unthinkable lengths to win her, even if it means competing for her heart with Hephaestion, a murderer sheltered by the prince. And far across the sea, Zofia, a Persian princess and Alexander’s unmet fiancĂ©e, wants to alter her destiny by seeking the famed and deadly Spirit Eaters.

Weaving fantasy with the salacious and fascinating details of real history, New York Times bestselling author Eleanor Herman reimagines the greatest emperor the world has ever known: Alexander the Great, in the first book of the Blood of Gods and Royals series.




 Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl.

Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.







 First Class Murder by Robin Stevens

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are taking a holiday through Europe on the world-famous Orient Express. From the moment the girls step aboard, it's clear that each of their fellow first-class passengers has something to hide. Even more intriguing: rumour has it that there is a spy in their midst.

Then, during dinner, there is a bloodcurdling scream from inside one of the cabins. When the door is broken down, a passenger is found murdered, her stunning ruby necklace gone. But the killer is nowhere to be seen - almost as if they had vanished into thin air.
 

Daisy and Hazel are faced with their first ever locked-room mystery - and with competition from several other sleuths, who are just as determined to crack the case as they are.



First Class Murder is my reward read right now to motivate myself between ARCs reading and writing reviews. It's a MG murder mystery and I'm loving it so much!

Legacy of Kings... I am quite disappointed with it right now, I'm at 43% and I stopped reading it for a few days because it was feeling too slow and with the 7 POVs, the plot didn't seem to be going anywhere and GAH! I might end up DNFing this one...

Cinder is a re-read! I joined the #TLCReadAlong organized by Brittany from Books Addicts Guide because I want to have the books fresh for reading Winter! Cinder is August book and I've just started it last Sunday. I'm already loving re-reading it!


So what are you all guys reading and how and why did you decide to pick up that book? Shiny new ARC? Comfort read? Scheduled for review? Must have new release? Tell me!! 

16 comments:

  1. 7 POV's in Legacy of Kings Pili! 7?!!!!! Shoot, I was so looking forward to that one, but I really struggle with that many, I can never settle into the story because we follow so many people. So excited for Winter though, that one can't release soon enough!

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    1. Yeah, I think 7 are too many in this case!
      And yeah, Winteeeeer! I cannot wait!

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  2. Every mention I have seen for the Legacy of Kings has been saying they were disappointed, so you are not alone in that. My sister started the Cinder books, but I don't know how far she got. I will have to ask her. 30 TMT posts!!!!! Fabulous! Mine is finally up and you are linked. :)

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    1. Yeah, I was hoping for something very cool mixing history and fiction for Legacy of Kings but it's been mostly meh!
      Thank you for linking me!! And yes! YAY for 30 TMT posts!

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  3. This is first I've seen of First Class Murder and I love the cover. I couldn't get past page 100 with Cinder no matter how hard I tried.. It's too bad because that series is quite popular. Aww, I'm sorry to hear that Legacy of Kings isn't working out for you. I'm not a big fan of more than 2 povs at a time so I don't know if I'm up for that one.

    I'm currently trying to come out of a slump and just started The Wrath and the Dawn, fingers crossed that I enjoy it and don't let the slump get to it.

    -Mari

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    1. I hope The Wrath and The Dawn will put you out of your slump Mari, because I loved it!

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  4. Yessss for re-reading Cinder :D I must re-read them all before Winter. <3 But still so far away, so not reading them just yet ;) But so excited. Ugh. Hope you are loving it :) But aw. Legacy of Kings. I never wanted to read it. Then heard bad reviews :( not for me. And ahhh. I'm so sorry it is bad for you too :\ you should DNF it, hih :) Thank you for sharing. <3

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    1. I've joined the official Lunar Chronicles re-read so I can read one book a month and that way not stop completely to only read them and no other books! Thank you sweetie!

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  5. I have Legacy of Kings sitting on the table right beside me, and I'm hoping to read it in the next week or two. I'm focusing right now on library books. I have two library books that are due on Monday, and I'm conflicted about both of them. One is Go Set a Watchman, which I'm worried I'm just not going to like, and I also am still disturbed about whether Lee was exploited in all of this. The other book is a sc-fi story called Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson. I'm 200 pages in (about 460 total), I'm thoroughly bored, but I'm not quite ready to give up, because it's gotten good reviews.

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    1. I hope Aurora will get better for you and I also hope that Legacy of Kings will be better for you, because I've given up on it...
      Thank you Stephanie!

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  6. Legacy of Kings! How is that going for you? I struggled with the first half, but towards the end, things started to get better. It was definitely meh for a while though. I liked Cinder! Never followed up with the series, unfortunately. I hope you end up enjoying these once you finish them, Pili!

    Alyssa @ The Eater of Books!

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    1. Legacy of Kings... I've give up on it... I just didn't feel like going back to read it! =/

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  7. 7 POVs?! You're scaring me. It's up next on my TBR, girl. D: So awesome that you're rereading Cinder, though! I absolutely can't wait for Winter to come out!! <3

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    1. YESSSS!! WINTERRRR!!!
      And I seriously hope you'll like it better than me, Aimee! Cannot wait to hear what you think of Legacy of Kings!

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  8. I guess I'll be skipping Legacy of Kings! The overall response seems to be pretty meh and that makes me sad since I loved the sound of the book.

    I *still* haven't read the first book from A Murder Most Unlady Like series even though I got it for review. I LOVE MG Mysteries though so I definitely need to get caught up! Gahhhh TOO MUCH TO READ, TOO MUCH TO DO.

    ENJOY the Cinder re-read! :D I re-read it last summer and had SO MUCH FUN. Cinder, so far is my fav book (but I still need to read book 3)

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    1. Rashika, you NEED to read the Murder Most Unladylike series! It's a lot of fun and I loooove it!!

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