I love Jodi Picoult, and still do. But this one just felt a little flat. I just didn't feel as invested in the characters in Lone Wolf and the legal drama didn't seem terribly unique. The crazy circumstances of her books like My Sisters Keeper and Sing Them Home are, in my opinion, the creative heart of her books - this one didn't have that heart. The detail on the lives of wolves was rather interesting reading, though.

I think the last 1/4 of this book made it worthwhile. After finally getting to the main character's 'big reveal' the story moves a lot faster. Lots of supernatural/fantasy stuff to digest, very similar to the Mortal Instruments series, that seems to work better in this book. Maybe because it's set in Prauge rather than New York City, the supernatural seems like more of a possibility. Good Romeo and Juliet themed love story - I bought into it :)

Super fun read - especially if you have a total inner sci-fi geek. It's like a mash up of Willy Wonka and Caprica with a ton of 80s nostalgia thrown in.

This book blew me away. I haven't felt that emotionally invested in a character in a really long time. Cameron Post takes you on a roller coaster of an emotional journey and gives you food for thought on love, whatever form it takes. It also felt like a very timely read given all the talk about same sex marriage these days. Hopefully it will strengthen your position on equal rights for everyone or change your mind about it.

This was a gritty, sometimes uncomfortable read and beautiful at the same time: a great story about love and redemption. I felt myself getting frustrated with Victoria (the protagonist), but I think that was by design and I burned through the pages wanting to know if she'd make the right choices in her life.

This was a good sequel to Divergent, one of the better dystopian books I've read in a long time. Lots of action and lots more suspense than the previous book. Not sure which came out first, but it's very similar to the Matched series by Ally Condie... I'd give the edge to Veronica Roth and her more poetic writing style. Despite comparisons, it does not surpass The Hunger Games, unless the 3rd book is in any way decent, because Mockingjay was a huge disappointment in my opinion.

A wonderful story of perserverance and acceptance. It's a very emotional, and yet fascinating, journey the main character goes on after she loses her leg in an accident and learns to embrace her new life. This book is not just for those who love to run, or run/ran track in high school (I certainly didn't) but I certainly identified with this excerpt!
"That's the funny thing about running. The deceptive thing about it. It may seem mindless, but it's really largely mental. If the mind's not strong, the body acts weak, even if it's not." p. 155
Loved this book.

Ummmmm... what to say!? I knew going into this that it started as Twilight fan fic and that was painfully obvious to me as I was reading. If it wasn't based on someone else's basic story framework, I would have given it another star for being a total page turner. But was it a fast read because she used a similar storyline and a number of similar scenes? The only thing that really drove me nuts, though, was (much like Stephenie Meyer) she overuses phrases in the most annoying way: there was altogether too much 'smouldering' 'whispering' 'murmuring' 'oh my!' 'peeking through lashes' 'pants hanging from hips' going on. Much like there's just way too much 'dazzling' going on in Twilight. That aside, I SO wanted to know how things were going to unfold and, well, it was some fun SMUTTY reading for sure! Of course she leaves it on a cliffhanger and now I'm just going to go ahead and read them all. If you liked Twilight and you have an open mind/healthy attitude toward sex, it's a great read.

This book really surprised me; I thought it was going to be mostly a very descriptive, atmospheric historical novel set in pre World War II NYC (with a little Sex and the City story thrown in). It was all of these things, and so much more. It was witty, funny, sophisticated and gut wrenching at times. I would have given it 5 stars, but it took about 1/2 the book for that 'can't put down' feeling to come to fruition. But once it did, I was hooked.

I don't think there's anything more that I can say about this book that hasn't already been said: luminous, pitch-perfect, romantic, a triumph. It's a devestating and yet wonderful read. John Green's writing is almost TOO good, if that makes any sense. I love the interaction/dialogue between his characters, but I can't help but feel that NO ONE talks like that in real life. At the same time, that's why I love his books. The characters are like witty superheroes that put our thoughts so beautifully into words and say all the things we wish we could say. I hardly ever highlight passages from books, but Green's are (to use a phrase from the book) lit up like a Christmas tree. A few of my favorites:

"As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once."

And all of the passages on infinity were a revelation:
"It seemed like forever ago, like we'd had this brief but still infinite forever."
"You gave me a forever within the numbered days"

and the last pages of the book, are all one big highlight.

If you're looking for the meaning of life, this book has got a lot of answers.