About Julia
Hi everyone! This is Julia of
The Broke and the Bookish, formerly blogging on my own at
The Competitive Bibliomaniac.
I read mostly historical romance, but can often be found reviewing paranormal romance, young adult books (mostly distopian/fantasy), fantasy/sci-fi, classics,
and the occasional non-fiction book about languages.
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Currently reading
Review and Progress Post: Undone by Lila DiPasqua
I wish I could rate this higher. I really do. But I just can't get through it. I feel weird giving a book two stars that I didn't finish. It was just to random for me. The characters not making sense. I couldn't connect. I had such high hopes for it to. I think that maybe I may try DiPasqua's books after a few more have been written. I see the potential, but I just couldn't get the gumption to finish this.
Here. This status update by me sums it up well:
"Damn it. I can only take so much of this. Where did the plot go? The beginning was so refreshing but it's turned into a mess. The sex scenes are numerous which causes the plot to drag a lot, even with skimming. And it does make me roll my eyes that Simon is pretty much walking around with a constant erection. His penis is like its own character. For real. I want to finish but its going to be rough..."
Progress Post:
| 09/15/2012 | 14.0% | "so far I really like this" | ||
| 10/02/2012 | 70.0% | "Damn it. I can only take so much of this. Where did the plot go? The beginning was so refreshing but it's turned into a mess. The sex scenes are numerous which causes the plot to drag a lot, even with skimming. And it does make me roll my eyes that Simon is pretty much walking around with a constant erection. His penis is like its own character. For real. I want to finish but its going to be rough..." | ||
| 11/11/2012 | 72.0% | "urg. I should just power through the rest of this..." |
Originally posted on GR in November 2012
 - Lila DiPasqua)