Posted August 8th, 2012 by Robyn
Hello and welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday!
As always this weekly meme is hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading.
To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…
• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?
What I am Reading
The Turning Tides by Derrolyn Anderson
What I Recently Finished
The Fate of the Muse by Derrolyn Anderson
What I Plan to Read Next
I really should finish Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman, but it hasn’t held my attention that well. So I am not sure what I will pick up next…
Posted July 26th, 2012 by Robyn
Title: Air
Author: Shauna Granger
Pub Date: October 2011
ISBN13: 9781466282834
Synopsis (from Goodreads): It was a rough start to the school year for Shayna and her friends, Jodi and Steven, but thankfully summer break is near. Trying to sort out her feelings for the new guy in town, Shayna agrees to let Jensen join her on a group date with her friends. While out they end up at a local coffee house where their classmate, social outcast Jeremy McCormick, is humiliated by his baseball star brother. When Jeremy runs away from the jeering crowd, Shayna and Jodi hear the unmistakable sound of a thousand wings chasing after him, but no one else seems to hear them. These are not like any air elementals that Shayna or Jodi have ever encountered before and they fear Jeremy has gotten himself tangled up in something too dangerous for him to handle. But when Shayna tries to help Jeremy control his magical abilities she realizes it might be the biggest mistake of her life.
My Take: I did not read the above synopsis before starting this book. So I was a little surprised. With the last book, Earth, focusing on Shayna and her Earth element powers, I expected Air to focus on Jodi. Until I started reading that is. Now, there was still a focus on the Air elementals, just not in the way I thought. In some ways I was a little disappointed. I really would have liked to see more of Jodi’s and even Steven’s powers in this book yet they still only act primarily as anchors for Shayna to boost her power. Jodi often seemed different to me in this book than in Earth. This time around she seemed less mature in parts. After what the characters went through in the first book, I would have expected all of the characters to have matured and in my opinion that should have showed in this book. Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoyed the storyline in this book. Jeremy was an interesting antagonist. The conflict was nicely done. As with Earth, Air was a fun quick read.
My Rating: 3/5
Posted July 25th, 2012 by Robyn
Welcome to another WWW Wednesday!
This weekly meme is hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading. To play along just answer three questions.
• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?
What I’m Currently Reading:
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
What I Recently Finished:
Air by Shauna Granger
Come back tomorrow to read my review!
What I Plan to Read Next:
The Fate of the Muse by Derrolyn Anderson
Posted July 18th, 2012 by Robyn
Hello and welcome to a brand new WWW Wednesday!
I know, I know… I vanished for a few months. My laptop died and I was computer less for a close to two months. But I’m back now!
This weekly meme is hosted by MizB atShould Be Reading. To play along just answer three questions.
• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?
What I’m Currently Reading:
Air by Shauna Granger
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
What I Recently Finished:
Earth by Shauna Granger
Read my review here!
What I Plan to Read Next:
The Fate of the Muse by Derrolyn Anderson
Posted July 17th, 2012 by Robyn
Title: Earth
Author: Shauna Granger
ISBN: 2940012582744
Pub. Date: May 2011
Series: Elemental, book 1
Synopsis (from Goodreads): Shayna and her two best friends have the abilities to manipulate and control the four elements, earth, air, water and fire. While learning to hone their growing powers, they discover a new and malicious presence in their sleepy beach town. Someone is performing blood magic and threatens to expose their small magical community. So far only small animals have been slaughtered, but then the nightmares start.
Shayna suffers nightmares of being chased and sacrificed only to wake up bloodied and bruised. She thinks her magical blood is the ultimate target for the final blood rite. When an innocent girl, Tracy, is kidnapped Shayna knows it’s only a ploy to draw her out; she can’t let someone die because of her.
My Thoughts: I enjoyed this story. It was a nice fairly light and very entertaining young adult read. Contained in it was a classic good versus evil tale.
Shayna and her friends Jodi and Steven are gifted teens living in California. They have the ability to magically work with the elements. They use their powers to help others and to explore the mysterious happenings in their community.
With the arrival of two new students, a new love interest is ignited with Shayna in the form of one of the new brothers, Jensen. I was relieved to see the usual young adult live triangle was very minor and short lived in this story. The tension due to the doubt placed on Jensen was a much better form of conflict than the love triangle so many authors seem to be relying upon these days.
I enjoyed reading about the powers that each of the three characters have. Although I had hoped to see more of the air and fire elemental powers, hopefully this will be the case in the future books.
My Rating: 3/5
