Red Rising 01 | 
For my #weekendreads I‘m hoping to finish “Red Rising” and put more of a dent in “Powerless.” I don‘t know why, but it‘s taking me so long to read Powerless and it‘s not a story I‘m completely invested in. I‘ll finish it, but I‘m ready for it to end. As for Red Rising, I‘m loving this so far!
I'm excited to start this one! I heard it's about a dystopian society so this sounds like its right up my alley 🤣
#redrising #dystopian #january
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Red Rising has been on my tbr list for years and I finally got round to it. I like the premise, the storyline, the characters. Occasionally I feel it‘s a bit slow and this book could be half the size and still as good. I‘m looking forward to starting the next in the series. #fantasy #apocalypse #4stars #series
bailedI‘m bailing an hour and half (10%) into the book. I didn‘t realize it was the beginning of a trilogy and I‘m just not that invested 🤷🏻♀️
pickA really fun, easy to read adventure with space Irish drunkards. Loved the audio book and all the accents. Have a listen to what we thought about it in detail in episode 33 of the Mind Duck Books podcast: http://bit.ly/3BXcWzu
pickLove this book! So many twists and turns, and the characters are extremely well crafted. There are very gory scenes, which makes this especially heart wrenching. Also the audiobook narrator does an amazing job immersing the reader into this wild world
pickThis is a borderline pick for me. It had a very captivating opening, with great world building. However, when we get to the competition portion the story weirdly drags at times and feels more YA. I believe this is intended to be an adult novel but I. The choice of age of our protagonist, he struggles to balance the reality of that age with the dangerous world of this book. I do really like the protagonist and plan of continuing the series. 3.5⭐️
pan2 ⭐️s
Unpopular opinion incoming!
All I can say about this book is, “Why?” Why is it set on Mars when it seems to take place in a futuristic Rome? Why is the protagonist such a Gary Stu? Why do the characters reference conquerors and figures from ancient history as if nothing has taken place between then and mankind‘s terraforming of the solar system?
Overall, disappointing. I know tons of people love it, but I just couldn‘t get past my own ⬇️
So which is it? Roque or Cassius?! 🤦♀️
There‘s been more than a few things that have irked me about this one so far, but the premise is interesting enough that I‘ve stuck with it… for now…
pickIt took me a little while to get into this book but once it got going it was good. I'm not too sure about saying it's a space opera but that is what they classified it as. I guess the main character will do anything for the love he has for his wife #NSR221 @Nessavamusic #SpaceOpera in Science Fiction
Third re-read and still an all time favorite! Let's go Sevro!
#AllTimeFavorite #Howler
#AlphabetGame @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
#LetterR
This letter was hard because I have read so many great books that start with the letter "R". Ultimately I had to go with Red Rising by Pierce Brown.
Others that are worth mentioning:
Recursion by Blake Crouch
The Rentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
#alphabetgame #letterR @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Choosing the Red Rising series for this letter. Can‘t wait for the next book to come out next year!
#AlphabetGame #LetterR @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Whew...a tough one (dreading the S). But this one and the rest of the series is fantastic. I feel I must acknowledge the other very close runners up if no one minds:
Realm Breaker, Ruin and Rising, Rule of Wolves, and most recently Recursion.
so-soSo I won‘t lie, I didn‘t love this book. I actually found it kind of challenging to read. There were so many names and moving parts. I will read the next one to see if I enjoy the continued story. But I‘m not sold yet.
#Two4Tuesday
1. Have to go with Sevro from Red Rising—a bit of a cheat because he is a supporting character, who becomes a main one, in an already great book but he does make every scene he‘s in even better. ♥️ Sevro
2. I generally like a strong cast of supporting characters.
@TheSpineView
pickDarrow, born a red, must become a gold to start a revolution of his people.
A way more hard core hunger games. Highly recommend
pickI loved this one. Can‘t wait to get my hands on the rest so I can binge them.
This was for my Psionics & Divination class.
#oriliumreadathon #magicalreadathon #orilium
My Calling
I‘m hoping to become a Godseer at #orilium this year. It fits with my character, Veta Mae, very well. Hears hoping I can do it 🤞
#oriliumreadathon
This should be the last big haul for a while…..went to the used bookstore the other day and picked up these with the end of my birthday money.
#bookhaul
pickMy love, my love / remember the cries / when winter died for springs skies. / They roared and roared / but we grabbed our seed / and sowed a song / against their greed.
🎧⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This was heart wrenching and pulse pounding and I didn‘t want it to end. I want to write something that twists like this knife of a book. Kind of Hunger Games and Gladiator on Mars.
The song gets stuck in my head. 🎶
#sciencefiction #scifi #audiobook
pickI love this book and the entire series. It's very gritty and dark, but I couldn't put it down.
A book that #beginswith #red and one with #rosso ??
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
(Honorable mentions to "Red" by Kerstin Gier and "Red, White & Royal Blue" by Casey McQuiston)
pickThis book is battered and beaten like many of the characters that Pierce Brown crafted carefully. If you are looking for the story of an underdog, manipulation, rage, love and passion - look no further. I can‘t wait to read book two and rate this bad boy an 8/10. Absolutely worth the read.
Starting 2022 in my natural habitat. Finishing up book one of Pierce Brown‘s rising series.
Just started this series by Pierce Brown and am already enthralled. I haven‘t read sci-fi/fantasy for a while so this is a nice reintroduction to round out 2021.
For the #red prompt of #wishesandblessings ...I read this series earlier this year; books 1-3 were fantastic! Books 4-5 not so much, but I'm in the minority with that opinion. 😂 ...this gorgeous picture is courtesy of Instagram.
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
@Eggs
so-soThis book was just a little too sci-fi-ish for me. And a game where kids kill kids while gods play with and change the game is a little too Hunger Games-ish for me. I see why people like it, but HG was way better IMO. That being said I‘m sure I‘ll read the rest of the series, ha!
⭐️: 3/5
so-so#UnpopularOpinion
This was boring. Mix of Hunger Games and Lord of the Flies. The MC is too perfect. That's why I have a few plot hole questions.
I'm between Pan and So-So.
Fairyloot signed edition...
#AwesomeAugust @Andrew65
I'm struggling. I find it boring. Yet, I'm determined to finish it.
pick5 stars!
I can see why people keep mentioning The Hunger Games when reviewing this book. It's more violent, does has a lot of the same elements, but there's a lot more going on in this world. Some advice- skip trying the audiobook (this is a story you need to read) and go in knowing that it will take a bit to suck you in. Once you get pulled in though, you won't be able to stop.
bailedBailed only 10% into the audiobook, but I could tell pretty quickly that I wasn‘t going to enjoy it! It‘s just not my type of thing! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I'm posting one book per day from the ever growing unread stacks in my personal library. No description or explanation, just books I own and plan to read. #tbr
Day 65 (Audible edition) - missed a few days so posting multiples today
so-soI finished Red Rising about a minute ago. There are definitely some mixed feelings going on. I expected to be blown away, but it just felt lacking in some ways. However, I‘m really interested to see where this series goes. The end set up a plot line that really intrigued me.
https://wildwoodreads.com/2021/04/26/red-rising-by-pierce-brown-review/
