July Book Club

For July we read:

SPOILER ALERT!  DON'T CONTINUE READING UNLESS YOU'VE READ THE BOOK OR DON'T CARE IF YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS!  YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

We had to reschedule our book club to last night, and only a few of us could get together.  We still had fun though, and I talked to Erin about the books already.

Our thoughts on Magic Study and Fire Study:

Andrea and Erin both loved Moon Man.  Andrea like how he provided some comic relief to the story.

We thought Lief was a bit annoying, but we understood why he acted the way he did.  We all thought the reuniting with Yelena's family was handled really well!

Andrea said she loved how everything was so well thought out.  Go Author!

Everyone thought Cahil was an idiot!  I personally think Valek should have just killed him.  We talked about how stupid it was that he still wants to take over Ixia even though he isn't royalty.

Fisk and Opal were both really interesting characters, and we loved them.

The Commander is so awesome!  It all finally makes sense.  It was cool how he was harboring 2 souls.

Erin thought Fire Study was a bit tedious to get through.  She didn't like the traveling around, but she thought the ending was good.

We thought the books were so fun to read, and they are pretty quick to get through.

We talked about more stuff, but I can't remember everything.  I should probably write down stuff next time!

For August we decided to read:

We plan on watching the movie at our next get together!  I'm way excited!!

Magic Study

Goodreads Bit:    You know your life is bad when you miss your days as a poison taster...


With her greatest enemy dead, and on her way to be reunited with the family she'd been stolen from long ago, Yelena should be pleased. But though she has gained her freedom, she can't help feeling isolated in Sitia. Her Ixian background has changed her in many ways—and her newfound friends and relatives don't think it's for the better...

Despite the turmoil, she's eager to start her magic training—especially as she's been given one year to harness her power or be put to death. But her plans take a radical turn when she becomes involved with a plot to reclaim Ixia's throne for a lost prince—and gets entangled in powerful rivalries with her fellow magicians.

If that wasn't bad enough, it appears her brother would love to see her dead. Luckily, Yelena has some old friends to help her with all her new enemies...

My Thoughts:

-    I really enjoyed how the author reunited Yelena with her family.  I thought it was pretty realistic.  It would be hard and awkward.  I think a lot of siblings would react like Leif, but I know others wouldn't.  I think I would be very awkward about seeing a sibling after many years.    I hope I would try to make friends, but it is one of those things that you just don't know how you'll react until your in the situation.

-    I hate Cahil!!!  What a wannabe!!!  He is such a dork!  How dare he move in on Valek's woman!!  He is like a little boy.  He has some serious growing up to do.  

-    The romance was a little more mushy in this one.  Obviously Yelena misses Valek, and obviously, it would be hard to be apart.  I can't say I don't like it cause I would probably be the same way, but it wasn't as sigh worthy as the relationship in Poison Study.

-    The whole commander thing makes a lot more sense in this one.  We get to find out a little more, and it was like a light bulb went off in my head.

-    Sitia is a very different place than Ixia, and Yelena is more dedicated and gutsy than I am.  I would turn tale an run straight back to Ixia at the first chance I had.  I like the contrast in the two countries though, and I think Sitia is a great country for "magical people".  

-    I wish I could talk to horses.  I wonder what my name would be.

-    I love the banter between Ari and Janco.  I just can't get enough of them!!  They make me laugh.

-    This one was very thrilling.  There was a lot going on, and Yelena was tested at every turn.  I'm glad Valek, Ari, and Janco made appearances.  I liked Poison Study a teeny bit better, but this was still great!  Never a dull moment in Yelena's life!