2011 Book Review #25: The Hero of Ages

Title: The Hero of Ages
Author: Brandon Sanderson
Genre: Epic fantasy (#3 in trilogy)
Thingummies: 4

Synopsis: Same problem as the last one--synopsis of book 3 spoils books 1 and 2. ( Synopsis with spoilers for earlier books )

Thoughts: ( So, what did you think? )

2011 Book Review #26: Matched

Title: Matched
Author: Ally Condie
Genre: YA Dystopian Romance (#1 in trilogy)
Thingummies: 3

Synopsis: Cassia lives in a world where probabilities map out your entire life for you, from what work you do to when you die to who you will marry. She's ecstatic when her official mate, or Match, turns out to be her best friend. But when, just for a second, the screen flashes another boy's face, she finds her certainty in the wisdom of the Officials' choices eroding. Will she stay with Xander and all he represents--security, comfort, conformity--or will she break all the rules in pursuit of the mysterious Ky?

Thoughts: ( So, what did you think? )

Apparently, being sick is good for my backlog

Between the plane rides and the sick days, I'm plowing on through my to-read stack.

2011 Book Review #27: Reserved for the Cat

Title: Reserved for the Cat
Author: Mercedes Lackey
Genre: Edwardian fantasy/rewritten fairy tale (one in a series set in this world, with very little continuity from book to book)
Thingummies: 3.5

Synopsis: When Ninette is unjustly fired from her place in the Paris Ballet, she is just desperate (and hungry) enough to follow the directions of a mysterious talking cat. She quickly finds herself, to her astonishment, impersonating a Russian ballerina at a music hall in England. But, like the cat, the music hall owners are not exactly what they appear to be. And neither is the ballerina Ninette is impersonating. She's something much darker, and she is not amused that Ninette is using her name.

Thoughts:( So, what did you think? )