Afterwards

Author: Rosamund Lupton
Goodreads Rating: 3.86
My Rating: 4.5 Stars
Pages: 400
Reviewed by: Nicole


I saw this book as a giveaway on Goodreads, which I didn't win but I liked it enough to add it to my "to read" shelf. When I saw I could request it on Netgalley, I jumped at the chance and was thrilled when I was approved to read it. 


Goodreads Synopses:


There is a fire and they are in there. They are in there...

Black smoke stains a summer blue sky. A school is on fire. And one mother, Grace, sees the smoke and rush. She knows her teenage daughter Jenny is inside. She runs into the burning building to rescue her.

Afterwards Grace must find the identity of the arsonist and protect her children from the person who's still intent on destroying them. Afterwards, she must fight the limits of her physical strength and discover the limitlessness of love.

What Comes Next?

So I've been debating what audiobook I should read next. I have quite a few that I have saved, but I'm looking for you to direct me towards what I should go for next. I've decided to list all of my options, and I'm hoping to get a lot of people to come out and cast a vote, so please pass this on. The options are in the order they appear on the poll. Since some of the books are parts of series, I'm not including the synopses, but rather a link to the Goodreads Page.

Note: This poll is doing something funny to my blog, its usually prettier than this, but I don't know what it is. Once I end the poll, I'll remove it, and everything will be just fine.

The Girl Who Played With Fire
By Steig Larsson

Fallen

By Lauren Kate

Note: This would be a re-read from when it first came out. I want to go back and read the whole series since I don't remember it from when I first read it.

Brisingr
By Christopher Paolini

The Traveler

By John Twelve Hawks

Note: This would be a re-read from a long time ago. It's part of a series that I want to read at some point and I hardly remember this book.

Anna Dressed in Blood
By Kendare Blake

A Tale of Two Cities

By Charles Dickens

Note: This would fulfill my classics requirement for the Book Worms Challenge, so I need to do this eventually.

The Daughter of Smoke and Bone
By Laini Taylor

Note: I also have this book in paperback. It happened to be free from Audiobook Sync, and so I have both versions.

Breaking Beautiful

Author: Jennifer Shaw Wolf
Goodreads Rating: 3.89 Stars
My Rating: 4 Stars
Pages: 386
Reviewed By: Nicole

I got this book from Netgalley on a whim, and I'm so glad that I did. I had seen friends reviewing it on their own blogs as well as notes on Goodreads. I was also drawn to it because I love me some teen drama and tragedy, and trust me, this book had the best of both worlds.

Goodreads Synopses:

Allie lost everything the night her boyfriend, Trip, died in a horrible car accident—including her memory of the event. As their small town mourns his death, Allie is afraid to remember because doing so means delving into what she’s kept hidden for so long: the horrible reality of their abusive relationship.
 
When the police reopen the investigation, it casts suspicion on Allie and her best friend, Blake, especially as their budding romance raises eyebrows around town. Allie knows she must tell the truth. Can she reach deep enough to remember that night so she can finally break free? Debut writer Jennifer Shaw Wolf takes readers on an emotional ride through the murky waters of love, shame, and, ultimately, forgiveness.

A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire # 2)

Author: George R.R. Martin
Goodreads rating: 4.38/5
My Rating: 3.75/5
Pages: 761
Reviewed by: Amy

Goodreads Synopsis:

A comet the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky. Two great leaders—Lord Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon—who hold sway over an age of enforced peace are dead, victims of royal treachery. Now, from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns. Six factions struggle for control of a divided land and the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, preparing to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war. It is a tale in which brother plots against brother and the dead rise to walk in the night. Here a princess masquerades as an orphan boy; a knight of the mind prepares a poison for a treacherous sorceress; and wild men descend from the Mountains of the Moon to ravage the countryside. Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory may go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel...and the coldest hearts. For when kings clash, the whole land trembles.

The Weight of Heaven

Author: Thirty Umrigar
Goodreads Rating: 3.71
My Rating: 4.25 Stars
Pages: 365
Reviewed By: Nicole

I got this book from Harper Perennial for the blog tour hosted by TLC Book Tours. This was another one of those books that was outside my comfort zone for books.

Goodreads Synopses:

Filled with satisfyingly real characters and glowing with local color, "The Weight of Heaven" is a rare glimpse of a family and a country struggling under pressures beyond their control.