Cress by Marissa Meyer

Title: Cress
Author: Marissa Meyer
Published: February 4th, 2014 by Feiwel & Friends.

In this third book in the Lunar Chronicles, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they’re plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and her army. Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl imprisoned on a satellite since childhood who's only ever had her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker. Unfortunately, she’s just received orders from Levana to track down Cinder and her handsome accomplice. When a daring rescue of Cress goes awry, the group is separated. Cress finally has her freedom, but it comes at a high price. Meanwhile, Queen Levana will let nothing prevent her marriage to Emperor Kai. Cress, Scarlet, and Cinder may not have signed up to save the world, but they may be the only hope the world has.

My Musings 

I’d like to start by talking about Cinder’s character development (She is the main character). I am amazed, because I know that if I was in her position I would have reacted in a similar way. She was overwhelmed and scared at first, but then she realized that she had to be in charge because a lot of people depended on her. It is astonishing to go through the journey of Cinder, Scarlet and Cress and see the way her persona matures; I cannot wait to see what she’s going to be like in Winter.

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Title: Cinder

Author: Marissa Meyer

Published: January 3rd, 2012 by Feiwel & Friends. 

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.

My Musings 

OHMYGODDDD. Just read that summary and tell me you don't want to read this book. I had been wanting to read this book for a loooong time. But the series isn't complete yet so I was reluctant to start it, until one day my resolve crumpled and well here I am, fangirling about this book.

Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater

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Title: Blue Lily Lily Blue

Author: Maggie Stiefvater
Published: October 21st, 2014 by Scholastic Press.

There is danger in dreaming. But there is even more danger in waking up. Blue Sargent has found things. For the first time in her life, she has friends she can trust, a group to which she can belong. The Raven Boys have taken her in as one of their own. Their problems have become hers, and her problems have become theirs. The trick with found things though, is how easily they can be lost. Friends can betray. Mothers can disappear. Visions can mislead. Certainties can unravel.

My Musings 

I think this is my favorite book of this saga so far. There is so much going on, just like in the other books but this time I felt like the pieces of a puzzle slowly fitting together and making the whole picture a whole. 

The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

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Title: The Dream Thieves
Author: Maggie Stiefvater
Published: September 17th, 2013 by Scholastic Press.

Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same. Ronan, for one, is falling more and more deeply into his dreams, and his dreams are intruding more and more into waking life. Meanwhile, some very sinister people are looking for some of the same pieces of the Cabeswater puzzle that Gansey is after...

My Musings 

I must admit it took me a while to really get into it. Like maybe there was soo much going on. The Gray Man, Declan, Kavinsky, Ronan, Adam, Blue, Gansey, sometimes I wanted to scream. And for a good portion of the book you're just not hooked in it. You know how you can't stop reading a book? Well that wasn't the case here, at least for the first half of it.

The Dream Thieves de Maggie Stiefvater

Título: The Dream Thieves

Autora: Maggie Stiefvater

Publicado: Septiembre 17, 2013 por Scholastic Press.

Ahora que las líneas ley alrededor de Cabeswater han sido activadas, nada será igual para Ronan, Gansey, Blue y Adam. Por un lado, Ronan está cayendo cada vez más en sus sueños y sus sueños están entrando en la vida de los despiertos. Mientras tanto, algunas personas bastante siniestras están buscando las mismas piezas del rompecabezas de Cabeswater que Gansey...

My Opinión 

Debo admitir que me tomó tiempo adentrarme en este libro. Siento que tal vez era mucho lo que estaba pasando. El Hombre Gris, Declan, Kavinsky, Ronan, Adam, Blue, Gansey, algunas veces quería gritar. Y durante una buena porción del libro, simplemente no estás obsesionado. ¿Saben que a veces uno no puede dejar de leer un libro? Bueno, pues esta vez ese no fue el caso para mí, al menos durante la primera mitad del libro.

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

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Title: The Raven Boys

Author: Maggie Stiefvater

Published: September 18th, 2012 by Scholastic Press.

It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive. Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them—not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her. His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble. But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can’t entirely explain. He has it all—family money, good looks, devoted friends—but he’s looking for much more than that. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents all the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul who ranges from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher of the four, who notices many things but says very little. For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She never thought this would be a problem. But now, as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she’s not so sure anymore.

My Musings 

I've caved in and started this saga. Usually, I try to stay as far away as I can from series that aren't finished yet. But I've heard so much about these books I just couldn't help myself. So today I am talking about the book I read this week, The Raven Boys, by Maggie Stiefvater.

The Raven Boys de Maggie Stiefvater

Título: The Raven Boys
Autora: Maggie Stiefvater
Publicado: Septiembre 18, 2012 por Scholastic Press.

La temperatura en el cementerio está por el suelo, incluso antes de que los muertos lleguen. Cada año, Blue Sargent se para al lado de su madre clarividente, mientras que quienes van a morir pronto pasan por su lado. Blue nunca los puede ver, hasta este año cuando un chico surge de la oscuridad y le habla directamente a ella. Su nombre es Gansey, y Blue pronto descubre que un estudiante adinerado en Aglionby, el colegio privado y local. Blue tiene una política de mantenerse alejada de los chicos Aglionby. Conocidos como The Raven Boys (Los Chicos Cuervo), sólo pueden traer problemas consigo. Pero Blue es atraída hacia Gansey, en una manera que ni siquiera ella puede explicar. Él lo tiene todo -familia con dinero, una cara atractiva, amigos leales-, pero él busca más que eso. Está en una búsqueda que ha dominado a otros tres chicos cuervo: Adam, el estudiante con beca que resiente todo tipo de privilegios que le rodean; Ronan, el alma feroz que va de la ira a la desesperación; y Noah, el taciturno vigilante de los cuatro, que se da cuenta de muchas cosas, pero cuenta muy poco. Desde que tiene uso de razón, le han advertido a Blue que va a causar la muerte de su amor verdadero. Ella nunca pensó que esto fuera a representar un problema. Pero ahora, mientras su vida se ve atrapada en un extraño y siniestro mundo de The Raven Boys (Los Chicos Cuervo), ella ya no está tan segura.

Mi Opinión 

He caído y empezado esta saga. Usualmente trato de mantenerme tan alejada de las sagas que no han sido finalizadas, pero he escuchado tanto sobre estos libros que simplemente no pude resistir más. Así que hoy hablaré del libro que leí esta semana: The Raven Boys de Maggie Stiefvater. 

All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

Title: All The Bright Places

Author: Jennifer Niven

Published: January 5th, 2015 by Knopf.

Theodore is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him. Violet lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister’s recent death. When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it’s unclear who saves whom. And when they pair up on a project to discover the “natural wonders” of their state, both Finch and Violet make more important discoveries: It’s only with Violet that Finch can be himself—a weird, funny, live-out-loud guy who’s not such a freak after all. And it’s only with Finch that Violet can forget to count away the days and start living them. But as Violet’s world grows, Finch’s begins to shrink.

My Musings 

So I started this book and I found myself constantly underlining sentences here and there because I agreed with sooo many of the things said by the characters of the book, especially from Finch. He's witty, funny and just SO passionate. He didn't want to let the days pass him by, he wanted to live every day at the very fullest. At first I was kind of skeptical about him because he'd always have a smartass comeback, but then as I found out more about him I liked him more and enjoyed reading his parts the most.For example, look at these gems: