February Reads

I finished the Kindle Single, The Girl In Room Fourteen, I started at the end of January.  My reading has been thrown off since my son has barely been in school due to an excessive amount of snow days this year.  Anyway, I am not usually a fan of short stories, but I wanted something light and quick to read in between Divergent and the second book in that series, Insurgent.  This Kindle Single was just the thing.  It was well written and not too deep.  I enjoyed it and was surprised by the ending.

Then I read Insurgent by Veronica Roth.  This is the second book in the Divergent Trilogy.  I really enjoyed this book, just as much as the first one.  People keep comparing them to the Hunger Games books, but they are quite different in my opinion.  I have read a lot of dystopian novels though, so I can classify them by their subtle differences.

Of course that was followed by Allegiant, the third book in the Divergent Trilogy.  I liked this one as well, although things started to get very complicated in their world(s).  I did not like the ending, but I am glad there was finality to it.

Next I read another Kindle freebie called Medicine Men: Extreme Appalachian Doctoring by Carolyn Jourdan.  This book was a funny collection of stories from rural doctors.  I think it would make a great documentary or tv show to follow similar doctors in their daily practices.  I enjoyed this book, but would have liked to see better editing skills.  There were a lot of missing words and errors which annoys me when I am reading. 

I finished this last book with only three days left in the month, so I'm going to leave off there.  I will start something new, but I'll share about that one next month.  I'll be poring over my Kindle library and wish list to decide what will be my next read...

January Reads...

I read a lot.  I mean A LOT! I got a Kindle a couple years ago and the convenience of being able to instantly buy a book really amped up my reading.  I also love that there are a ton of free and super cheap books for Kindle, so I tend to stock up on those and read them in between things on my must read list.

For the month of January here is a list and my comments on the books I have read...

Domestic Apparition by Meg Tuite
This was a freebie for Kindle when I downloaded it, but it looks like now it is $2.99.  I am glad it was free when I snagged it, because I would not have been pleased to have paid for it.  It is a short read, but the character is interesting and the prose is great.  However, I did not enjoy the way the book flowed from one scenario to the next, similar to short stories which I don't usually enjoy.

Divergent by Veronica Roth
I heard nothing but great things about this book and the next two in the series.  Also, I like dystopian novels.  So, of course I had to give it a try.  It was compared to the Hunger Games Trilogy, but I'm not really finding it to be in that league.  I enjoy the writing, the premise and the characters, but the main character in this series doesn't have that same attraction as in The Hunger Games.  I am going to read the next book in the series and maybe then I'll be more hooked.  So far, I am enjoying it though.  It does give me a bit of flash backs to either The Giver or one of the books in that series.

Essential Oil Healing Secrets
This is another Kindle freebie I downloaded.  Someone on the essential oil board I frequent on Facebook shared it, so I thought it would be worth a look.  It is short, not very informative and not well written or edited.  I'm not sure why it doesn't even list an author, just ADISH Books.  Very strange, but there was some interesting information in there and it was free.

The Girl In Room Fourteen by Carol Drinkwater
This is a Kindle Single, a Kindle exclusive short story.  I just started it and have been distracted by all the snow days my child has had from school, so I have not yet finished it, but it does seem good for a short story.

If you would like to read more this year, please check out my friend Toni's blog and enter her Kindle Paperwhite giveaway here.