Since I'm back from Sabah, I caught a very serious bug. Book bug that is. Surrounded by my sister's vast collection of books, I decided to challenged myself to read 100 books this year and joined the Goodreads website that I check religiously every day now instead of Facebook. My sister has tonnes of books. Really.. tons. Bucketful. Boxes. And currently most of her books are YA books. YA is young adult which literally means teen stuff.
But some of these YA fantasy is such a bore. Really..I hate it when the character get all mopey and depressed and all that matters in her life is the strange mysterious guy who suddenly turn up in her life who happens to be a fallen angel (gasp) fairy prince (ooooh) or a vampire (damn!). And some of these books are best sellers in the US which made me go..damn..I wish I can write stuff like that and be rich!
For example Melissa Marr's Wicked Lovely is just plain stupid. A girl being stalked by a fairy prince who's obsessed with making her his Summer Court Queen. Duh... The series is such a hit but I just don't have the heart to follow the other books in the series let alone finish this one. It was a struggle really.
Verdict: 1 star
Fortunately there are some good ones..like Unearthly a girl who's part angel with powers who's obsessed with this cute guy who supposedly she have to save in the future but instead fell in love with another not so cute guy. The not so cute guy is so into her that he'll do anything. Poor guy. I felt sorry for him. He's a bit of a hillbilly.
Verdict: 4 stars
Haha..and what about a boy falling in love with a girl who came from a long generation of powerful witches and warlocks? That's kind of interesting considering that the boy gets zapped by electric everytime they kissed. She's not your average Beautiful Creatures, I mean she can make rain fall down when she's pissed.. now you're talking. And it is indeed a nice change to read a book from a male POV. Although I do think Ethan is a big softie.
Verdict: 4 stars
But my current favourite is of course Kirsten White's Paranormalcy in which the main character is a actually a normal human girl who hunts paranormals for a living. Evie is a refreshing change from all the other boring, sad characters of the YA paranormal romance. She's witty, funny, loves pink and very normal. And she actually electrocuted the hero when they first met. Ooooh so not love at first!
Verdict: 5 stars
Apparently in the US the reading trend right now is YA paranormal romance ala Twilight. If I was living there I'd probably be a writer already as writing such story is much more my alley than writing romance novels which I was trying to do for years. (Without success..) Love story with magic and fantasy seems a lot more interesting than just love story. Hehehe..
But some of these YA fantasy is such a bore. Really..I hate it when the character get all mopey and depressed and all that matters in her life is the strange mysterious guy who suddenly turn up in her life who happens to be a fallen angel (gasp) fairy prince (ooooh) or a vampire (damn!). And some of these books are best sellers in the US which made me go..damn..I wish I can write stuff like that and be rich!For example Melissa Marr's Wicked Lovely is just plain stupid. A girl being stalked by a fairy prince who's obsessed with making her his Summer Court Queen. Duh... The series is such a hit but I just don't have the heart to follow the other books in the series let alone finish this one. It was a struggle really.
Verdict: 1 star
Then what about Becca Fitzpatrick's Hush, Hush a girl who fell in love with a scary fallen angel? This guy is not even nice or rich or smart. Cue Edward Cullen. At least he's ridiculously rich and nice. It's just a case of teenage hormones going overdrive and being attracted to the brooding, bad boy in the school. Yawn..get a life..will you? Don't these kids have SAT's to study for?
Verdict: 2 stars
Verdict: 2 stars
Fortunately there are some good ones..like Unearthly a girl who's part angel with powers who's obsessed with this cute guy who supposedly she have to save in the future but instead fell in love with another not so cute guy. The not so cute guy is so into her that he'll do anything. Poor guy. I felt sorry for him. He's a bit of a hillbilly.Verdict: 4 stars
Verdict: 4 stars
But my current favourite is of course Kirsten White's Paranormalcy in which the main character is a actually a normal human girl who hunts paranormals for a living. Evie is a refreshing change from all the other boring, sad characters of the YA paranormal romance. She's witty, funny, loves pink and very normal. And she actually electrocuted the hero when they first met. Ooooh so not love at first!Verdict: 5 stars
Maybe I can write something like that. How hard can it be to write such slush..once upon a time..there was a girl with eyes like fire who like to kill beings. Supernatural beings that is..after all she was one herself...and on the story goes...
