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Title: A Lost Witch (A Modern Witch #7)
Author: Debora Geary
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: 4.5/5
# pages: 269 pages
Date read: July 2013, 2014, March 2015, November 2019, December 2021

Hannah Kendrick has spent the last twelve years fighting for her sanity. And the doctor who has stood by her side has run out of options.

A small computer tracking spell will find Hannah—but can Witch Central save her?


I think "A Lost Witch" earns the dubious honour of being the Witch Central book that has made me cry the hardest so far - probably just as well that I was alone while reading this, so I didn't worry anybody.

What I enjoy most about these books is that everybody is so genuinely nice and caring - Witch Central opens their hearts and lives to anybody in need, and it makes for such a refreshing change to many of the books I've otherwise been reading.

My heart broke for Hannah, Lauren and Nell in this one, but they have a strong safety net, and I have no doubts they will make it through to the other side in one piece.

Title: Witches Under Way (WitchLight Trilogy #2)
Author: Debora Geary
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: 4.5/5
# pages: 419, Audiobook ~9hrs
Date read: July 2013, July 2014, February 2015, August 2016, July 2018, December 2019, December 2021, March 2024

Lizard and Elsie are under way, but the WitchLight journey isn't an easy one.
- There are bumps and obstacles inside their own hearts.
- There are meddling witches, helpful knitters, and a fearsome duo with water pistols.
- And there is the greatest challenge of all... the one they will pick for each other.


I liked this even more than the first book in the trilogy. The first book was great, but it really mostly served to set the stage for this one. In this Elsie and Lizard got to soar... both figuratively and literally.

I laughed out loud on several occasions and had a lump in my throat more times than I can count - and more often than not the two happened at the same time... made for interesting bus reading, I'll tell you that! But the story isn't over yet, and I can't wait to see what happens next.

Oh, and I'm totally in love with Freddie :)

Title: How Green This Land, How Blue This Sea (Newsflesh #3.5)
Author: Mira Grant
Genre: Dystopian
Rating: 3.5/5
# pages: 132
Date read: July 2013

Post-Rising Australia can be a dangerous place, especially if you're a member of the government-sponsored Australia Conservation Corps, a group of people dedicated to preserving their continent's natural wealth until a cure can be found. Between the zombie kangaroos at the fences and the zombie elephant seals turning the penguin rookery at Prince Phillip Island into a slaughterhouse, the work of an animal conservationist is truly never done--and is often done at the end of a sniper rifle.

Yet another novella in the Newsflesh universe. I wasn't quite as taken in by this one as by the earlier ones, as there seem little new ground to explore... but what little new ground there is, Mira Grant found in this novella. My biggest beef with the story is that like in all novellas, there's not enough page-space to explore the plot and the characters.

Title: Come to the Table (SouledOut Sisters #2)
Author: Neta Jackson
Genre: Christian fiction
Rating: 4/5
# pages: 388
Date read: July, 2013

Kat may be new in her faith, but she's embraced the more radical implications of Christianity with reckless abandon. She invited Rochelle--a homeless mother--and her son to move in the apartment she shares with two other housemates. And she's finally found a practical way to channel her passion for healthy eating by starting a food pantry at the church.

Her feelings for Nick are getting harder to ignore. The fact that he's the interning pastor at SouledOut Community Church and one of her housemates makes it complicated enough. But with Rochelle showing interest in Nick as a father-figure for her son, their apartment is feeling way too small.

It's ridiculous how long time this book has been standing on my shelves. I LOVE Neta Jackson's books, so anybody would expect me to pick them up right away! But come to think of it, that's actually probably the problem... I have such high expectations of them, that I'm afraid they can't live up to them.

But I finally manned up and picked up the book yesterday... and of course I ended up reading it in no time flat, just like the rest of her books :) True, it doesn't quite live up to the level set by the Yada Yada series, but then none of her later books have, so I wasn't really expecting it to. I wasn't too fond of Kat in the beginning of the book, but she grew on me, as she grew in her walk as a Christian. And as always, it made me long for a church like the SouledOut church.

I wonder if this is the last in the series though? It did seem rather "wrapped up"...

Title: A Discovery of Witches (All Souls #1)
Author: Deborah Harkness
Genre: Fantasy, Paranormal
Rating: 4/5
# pages: 688, Audiobook ~23hrs
Date read: July 2013, November 2018

Deep in the stacks of Oxford's Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the course of her research. Descended from an old and distinguished line of witches, Diana wants nothing to do with sorcery; so after a furtive glance and a few notes, she banishes the book to the stacks. But her discovery sets a fantastical underworld stirring, and a horde of daemons, witches, and vampires soon descends upon the library. Diana has stumbled upon a coveted treasure lost for centuries-and she is the only creature who can break its spell.


Slow to start, but suddenly it grabbed me by the throat and absolutely wouldn't let go again. It's been a couple of days since I finished it, and I still find myself thinking of it, and remembering the atmosphere of the book. I may have to prioritize reading the sequel higher than I had originally planned-

It's very definitely Twilight for adults. There are SO many similarities between the two books - or rather between Edward and Matthew, and between the relationships described. That's not a bad thing though - I really liked Twilight, and while I noticed the similarities, they didn't bug me.

4 stars rather than 5 simply because it did take rather a long time for it to start properly, and because it ended on a fierce cliffhanger with absolutely nothing resolved, but as a whole, I'd say I enjoyed it a lot more than I had expected to.

Reread in 2018: I didn't feel it slow to start at all this time around! I really enjoyed it, with a few exceptions:
- Matthew. He infuriated me at times. I don't get why he isn't vilified every bit as much as Edward Cullen, because he's certainly just as bad (sometimes worse) with his attempts to control Diana for the purpose of protecting her.
- Knox, Gillian and all the witches in the beginning of the book. Their arrogance and presumption towards Diana was - again - infuriating.

I loved Marthe and Ysabeau :-) Didn't remember that from my first read-through. The house and its ghosts were delightful as well :)

Title: Divergent
Author: Veronica Roth
Genre: Dystopian
Rating: 5/5
# pages: 487
Date read: December 2011, July 2013

Beatrice "Tris" Prior has reached the fateful age of sixteen, the stage at which teenagers in Veronica Roth's dystopian Chicago must select which of five factions to join for life. Each faction represents a virtue: Candor, Abnegation, Dauntless, Amity, and Erudite. To the surprise of herself and her selfless Abnegation family, she chooses Dauntless, the path of courage. Her choice exposes her to the demanding, violent initiation rites of this group, but it also threatens to expose a personal secret that could place her in mortal danger.

"Divergent" is one of those books that suddenly popped up everywhere. I actually hadn't even considered reading it, until I read yesterday that it had been voted "Book of the Year" by Goodreads! Now I knew I had to see what the fuss was all about.

The book did NOT disappoint! I was hooked from the very first moment, and even the open ending didn't bother me too much... I must be getting to a point where I've started to expect them! I couldn't put the book down, and would have finished it much sooner if I didn't have that pesky work intervene ;)

The action is fast-paced and convincing - it takes a very talented writer to make me afraid of heights through her writing... and I don't even have vertigo! I was stunned when I discovered she's only 23 years old! If she continues in this vein, she has great things ahead of her.

It actually most of all reminded me of "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld, which isn't a bad thing at all. Now I just hope that Veronica Roth can keep up the pace in the sequel.

Read it! :-D