Rainy Day Reads

Cress This is the third book of the Lunar Chronicles series so I can't go into too much detail regarding plot or characters without spoiling the other two books.  The third book of the series has been the best so far. This time we meet Cress, who is based on Rapunzel. We had a brief glimpse of her in Cinder, but now we get her full backstory.  I can’t really say too much about the plot in this book without spoilers, but I will say that it was really action packed for the most part, and I felt like it moved along a bit faster than the other books. Towards the end however, I was lagging a little. I don’t think I am cut out for marathoning series, as I just get a bit sick of the same story line for over a thousand pages. So I’m glad I will have a little bit of a break, while I wait for the last book, Winter, to get to me from the library.  As for characters in this book, I feel like we get to know the old ones better, and the new ones are described quite we...

Scarlet This is the second book of the Lunar Chronicles. I won't go into too much detail with the plot as I don't want to spoil anyone.  In the second book of the series we are introduced to a new character; Scarlet, who is based on “Little Red Ridinghood”. Scarlet’s grandmother is missing and we follow her search for her as she  teams up with a mysterious young man, named Wolf.  Alongside Scarlet’s story we still follow Cinder and her trials. I thought the books might have been companion novels at first, basically just set in the same universe, but dealing with each their own story, but as Cinder’s story was unfinished in “Cinder” and we meet her again in “Scarlet” I quickly determined that this is an actual series. It does take a good long while, though, for the two stories to link up. It was over half the book until we found out how Scarlet and Cinder were connected, and I felt like that was too long.  The plot again seems to move quite slowly, a...

I read this book as part of my Bingo Chart Reading Challenge. With this I can cross out “Read a collection of short stories”. I picked this because it came highly recommended by Jean BookishThoughts on Youtube.  This is a collection of short stories, seemingly all based on fairy tales. I say seemingly because there is one or two where I can’t recognize the fairy tale, but that is probably just me being dimwitted. Most of the other stories are recognizably based on Little Red Riding Hood, Beauty and the Beast and Puss-in-Boots to name some.  I really liked the writing of these stories. They are all beautifully written and Carter can conjure up an eerie feeling with just a few words. But, as I have recently discovered, short stories just aren’t for me. I just can’t seem to get into the story, when it’s that short. And if I can’t get into it and connect with the characters I find myself pretty much uninterested. I will say that I really enjoyed one or two of the lo...