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I've got Heroes of Olympus but I'm planning on reading the last of the Percy Jackson one's first.

Decided to start it tonight lol! Might be a bad idea because I have a feeling it's one that's going to keep me reading long past the time I should be sleeping.

I'm about three quarters of the way through Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth. Great series! I'm also a couple of chapters into The Fool's Girl by Celia Rees. I keep switching between reading them both because they're both so good!

Clockwork Angel has been on my tbr pile for far too long! I need to get to it soon. I loved the first three of the Mortal Instruments series (and looking forward to the fourth) so I know I'll enjoy it when I finally get to it.

I've only read the first two so far, even though I have all of them! I'm trying to space them out a bit to make them last lol. It's a great series. As well as great main characters, I really like that the vampires are bad!

Has anyone read any Eve Edwards books? There's The Other Countess and The Queen's Lady out so far. The third book of the series The Rogue's Princess is out in July this year. Set in the Elizabethan era, they're aimed at the Young Adult market but are well worthy of a read by any historical fiction fan. Great plots, brilliant characters and impecable writing!

I've read both The White Queen and The Red Queen. I really enjoyed them both but I liked The White Queen more, probably just because Elizabeth was a more likeable character than Margaret.

Any one read this book? It's a new release and I really enjoyed it. Here's my review: Forsaken is set in the near future, the world is suffering from economic crisis as well as dealing with an onslaught of demons. Riley is an apprentice Demon Trapper, working along side her father to capture demons. When I started reading this book, I was expecting a run-of-the-mill Young Adult paranormal story. Forsaken turned out to be so much more. I really liked the character of Riley. She had just the right mix of toughness and vulnerability. She didn't let being a girl hold her back in the predominantly male environment of Demon Trapping but she still acted appropriately for a sixteen year old in a scary world. As with most books of this kind there's the potential love interest and in the case of Forsaken, there was three boys to chose from! First is Beck, the slightly older guy who trapped with Riley's father. He clearly cares for Riley as he watches out for her but it doesn't usually come across in the best way. Riley generally thinks of him as a bossy big brother. Second is Simon, another apprentice and all round good guy. Simon's a good Catholic boy and is the voice of reason to Riley's more irrational character. The third guy is the mysterious Ori who randomly shows up and helps Riley out when she gets in trouble. One of the things that, for me, set Forsaken above a lot of other books of this type was there was a whole lot more action and there was a lot of detail behind the world and the demons that were in it. The plot was really interesting and kept me hooked throughout and there was always something new happening with a few twists and turns along the way. It's important to remember that this is the first book of a series and therefore in some places it was a little heavy on the explanations to set things up for future books. Often that makes a book a little slow in places but I never really got that in Forsaken as I just wanted to know more about the Demon Trappers Guild and the world they lived in.

I'm currently reading Battle of the Labyrinth (the fourth book) and really enjoying it so far. Has any one read The Red Pyramid, also by Rick Riordan? It's the first of a series called The Kane Chronicles which is kind of similar to the Percy Jackson books but this time it's Egyptian mythology. The second book is out soon.

Delirium is a really great book! Here's my review: Lena lives in a society where, at the age of eighteen, every person goes through a procedure knows as the 'Cure'. Being cured eradicates the ability to love, as love is considered an illness. Without love there's no pain. Lena is looking forward to being cured, she's even counting down the days. At least she is until she meets Alex. The society and world that Lena lives in is explained really well in this book. Dystopian worlds are often difficult to get into as not enough description leaves the reader not understanding what's going on and too much explanation can just be a bit dull. Delirum manages to find the perfect balance. It was refreshing to see a futuristic world where not everything is highly technological. Only the very rich can afford to run a car because of the price of fuel and there's no alternative so people like Lena walk everywhere. Lena's family only has one cell phone between them which isn't even very good. The only real scientific advancement we see is the medical development of the cure. As a character I didn't find Lena easy to warm to but in some ways that worked. Although those under the age of eighteen are able to feel love, it is highly discouraged with boys and girls are segregated at all times and a curfew for the uncured. There's also a detachment between children and their parents with something as simple as comforting a crying child being seen as a sign that the adult may not be completely cured. So, at the start of the book, Lena wasn't such a loveable character because of this. Further into the book it became easier to get attached to her and care about her outcome. I really enjoyed reading the book. I'd heard a lot of hype about it before reading and I'm always a little concerned about those books living up to it but in Delirium's case I wasn't disappointed. I'm looking forward to the sequel, Pandemonium, which is due out in 2012

I really enjoyed Matched (dystopia is one of my fave genres) and I'm really looking forward to the sequel! Here's my review: Cassia lives in a future world where everything is controlled by Society. People where different colour uniforms depending on their status, meals - all nutritionally tailored for the individual - are supplied. Even death is controlled. The story starts with Cassia about to attend the ceremony where she gets to find out who she is to be Matched with,.ie. who she'll marry when she's older. For most people this is usually someone they've never met before but Cassia's match ends up being her best friend, Xander. The matchees are given data cards with information about their match, obviously pointless to Xander and Cassia, they grew ip together after all but Cassia decides to take a look anyway, only to have a picture of another boy flash up on the screen briefly. Cassia wonders if there has been some mistake. Could it be that this boy is actually her match. It's strange because Society doesn't make mistakes and even stranger because she also knows the other boy, Ky. In lots of ways, Matched is very typical of dystopian fiction. An 'ideal' world where everything is controlled to the extreme, supposedly for the good of the people and a protagonist who starts to doubt the rules. It's a very well written and interesting story. There's probably not enough depth to some of the characters but I think that will come with future books in the series. It would have been too overwhelming to go too much into this as well as setting up and explaining the storyworld. Saying that however, I adored both the relationship between Cassia and Xander and that which grew between Cassia and Ky. Throughout, the book was really enjoyable and was one that I could have quite easily read through in one go if I'd had the time to be able to do that. The only part I was slightly disappointed in was the ending as there didn't really seem to be one. However, having now seen that it is the first of a planned trilogy, it wasn't such a bad way to finish up; especially as it's left me wanting the next book right now!

I don't usually have this problem as I usually have at least two books on the go (more often I have about 4 that I'm currently reading). So when I finish one, I've still got the other(s). Sometimes I'll start another as soon as I finish one but often I'll wait a little while. I also have a massive tbr pile so on the rare occasion I finish up everything, it doesn't usually take me long to choose the next one. Also, having a Kindle means I don't get stranded without something to read lol! I used to be like some of the others, carrying a 'spare' book with me just in case but now I have a whole bunch with me all of the time!

Hi I'm Tasha! I read (a lot) and review books on my blog "A Trillian Books". I read pretty much any genre but a lot of the books I read fall in the Young Adult category (even though I'm no longer in the target age for them lol). I love fantasy and science fiction type books the most, although I do prefer my vampires to be bloodsucking and bad rather than sparkly and misunderstood. I also love reading comic books and graphic novels. Some of my favourite books/series' are: - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Harry Potter - The Mortal Instruments - The Hunger Games - Morganville Vampires - Discworld I'm looking forward to getting to know more people and chatting about all things book related!