Irgendwie geht mir Clary auf den Geist mit ihrem Getue ala „ich muss tapfer sein“ und dann wiederum denke ich mir nur so „komm, nimm das jetzt nicht zu ernst“. Auch mal irgendwie schön so beim lesen zu denken. Einfach nur lesen, um der Unterhaltung wegen und nicht alles so ernst nehmen zu müssen. Hab mich da wohl immer selbst zu sehr unter Druck gesetzt.Es gibt einfach nicht DAS perfekte Buch. Einerseits ist es schön, dass ich ENDLICH diese Einsicht erhalten habe, andererseits ist es sehr schade, dass ich das erst nach 2 Jahren Lesepause bekam.

 

Hey ho, nach hundert Jahren melde ich mich auch wieder einmal zurück. 

(Ich lösche gerade einfach jeden Satz wieder sofort, weil ich nicht weiß, wie ich den Beitrag hier weiterführen soll nach dem "Ich bin zurück"-Satz. *lach*)

Wie geht es euch? Alles klar soweit? Ist hier noch jemand aktiv? Ich habe gerade bei meinem Dashboard nur Beiträge von Booklikes selbst, irgendwie. 

 

Ich habe in der ganzen Zeit meiner Abwesenheit zwar ein, zwei Bücher gelesen, aber es waren nicht wirkliche Romane. Egal. Ich habe durch die Arbeit irgendwann keine innere Ruhe mehr gehabt, um mich konzentriert zu "entspannen" und was zu lesen. Aber das möchte ich eben dieses Jahr wieder ändern. Ich möchte mir endlich die Zeit nehmen, um wieder zu meinem Lieblingshobby, neben Serien suchten, zu kommen. Ich bin auch total raus aus dem Bookgame. Ich habe einfach keine Ahnung was gerade "angesagt" ist in der "Szene" und welche Bücher gehypet werden. Aber das will ich auch nicht. Ich bin froh, wenn ich eben gerade wirklich irgendwie zurück finde. Und das ist dank einer Kundin, gestern Abend, auf Arbeit passiert. Ich arbeite jetzt neben der Theaterkasse/-Büro auch im Theatercafé und da hat eine Kundin nach der Veranstaltung ein Buch aus der Tasche geholt. Ich habe es natürlich gleich als Aufforderung angesehen sie anzusprechen und nach dem Titel zu fragen. Es war der fünfte Band der "City of"-Serie von Cassandra Claire und wir haben darüber ein bisschen geredet. Spontan habe ich heute den vierten Band angefangen, weil ich eben wirklich wieder Lust verspürt habe zu lesen und das reden/schreiben über Bücher mir gefehlt hat. Ich denke, dass ich jetzt nicht komplett mit allem drum und dran von den Rezensionen wieder einsteigen werde, aber dennoch möchte ich wieder ein bisschen teilen, wie ich ein Buch während des Leseprozesses finde. 

 

Ich hoffe, dass alles klar bei euch ist, die diesen Beitrag hier lesen und ihr viele schöne Bücher gelesen habt :3 Nichts geht über gute Bücher, die einen in andere Welten ziehen und man dort alles vergessen kann, was einen im realen Leben nervt. <3

 

Liebe Grüße, 

Vee

Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry. 

 

Cassandra Clare

 

Before Cassandra Clare (born July 27, 1973) wrote the bestselling Mortal Instruments series, she gained popularity for her fan fiction: The Draco Trilogy, based on Harry Potter, and The Very Secret Diaries, based on The Lord of the Rings.

Honestly, Clary, Simon and Jace have just been getting less likeable as the book has gone on, quite the opposite of what is supposed to happen with character growth. Add to that that the story wasn't as interesting as the first books in the series, and I was quite let down. The first two and a half books dealt with legends and folk-tales, but now that the angels are interacting with the humans every other month, the inaccurate angelology is bothering me. What was with the stupid claim that Adam had a first wife who wouldn't obey him? If Eve couldn't even obey God to not eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, how can Cassandra Clare expect us to believe that Eve would obey Adam? The story of Genesis is interpretable as a parable, but I honestly don't know how it could be interpreted the way it was in this book. I will probably finish this series because I enjoyed the first two books so much, and I will probably give to new series a try since everyone on booktube seems to be raving about it, but if I don't start to leave these books feeling satisfied, then I will probably stop forcing myself to read them. Even via audiobook, this book felt long.

Meeeeh :/

I am not a huge TMI fan anyway, but I somehow got sucked into the first three books. I read the first, didn't really like it. Re-read it and liked it more, so I read the second. I liked it ok, so when I found the whole series on sale, I went ahead and bought them. Now I kind of wish I hadn't. TID was definitely better (although I really didn't like the first book) and I feel like this series should have never been picked back up for more books after the third.

The third book tied everything up nicely. It had a satisfying ending, and I think I would have liked the whole story better if it had just stopped there. But no, more books were written and now I'm stuck with them because I'm too stubborn to abandon the series completely because I own them (and have no one to give them away to).

I feel like everything moved backwards in this book. Simon was more...I'm not sure. Immature, maybe? He annoyed me for sure, which was a little weird because I loved Simon in the first three books, I think. Although I felt bad for him at times, what with the Mark of Cain (why is that so popular these days, anyway) and being a Daylighter and all that. But I feel like he redeemed himself just a little at the end, especially when he threw himself in front of Clary and ended up taking out Lilith by being struck by her whip instead. But, he pissed me off with the dating Maia and Izy thing. Not because he was dating both, but because he didn't tell either of them. Just...Ugh. He annoyed me throughout most of the book.

I am kind of having Twilight flashbacks iwth this series, because I like all these characters that aren't the main characters (Magnus, Alec, Isabelle, Luke, Maia, etc.), and the main characters just kind of irritate me and bore me. I can be fine with a difficult relationship and the people involved having to go through a lot, but this is hitting Anita Blake levels of ridiculous (not the same thing, but almost the same level of groaning and literal headdesking happening as I read).

Before I even picked this up, I knew Johnathan/Sebastian was making a comeback, without even seeing any spoilers about it. I just had a feeling after the third book. Lilith showing up was a little surprising, but not in a good way for me. I feel like it was kind of a cliche or something, honestly. I get it, but I felt like I'd read and heard almost the exact same things about her from other forms of media many times before, and it was boring.

Basically, I'm just so annoyed by this series, and I wish it had ended as a trilogy. But, the books are entertaining(ish) and quick reads, so I'm still probably going to finish the series. If I didn't own them, and I hadn't challenged myself to start finishing all these series I've started but haven't finished yet, I don't know if I would bother. Actually, I'm about 90% sure I wouldn't, if I had stuck to checking these out from the library.