tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post6582126019551474592..comments2023-11-14T02:10:02.743-08:00Comments on A Nudge in the Right Direction: Book Review: Wings by Aprilynne PikeKrispyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09492607213249874138noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-62311787384676646132012-06-11T03:12:28.674-07:002012-06-11T03:12:28.674-07:00I stumbled across this while reasearching my book ...I stumbled across this while reasearching my book report on Wings, and i am so glad i did. I don't find it that bad, but every single one of your points are exactly right. Anyway, consider this:<br />Laurel is a plant, yes?<br />Laurel's mum is a master naturopath, yes?<br />As proved by David, Laurel is also a plant, yes?<br />Master naturopaths turns plants in to medicene!<br />It's like:<br />"Mum, please don't! Thats my cousin your crushing!!" LOLTillysnow1https://www.blogger.com/profile/11412205347990179333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-23047981137838105212011-10-16T17:51:16.867-07:002011-10-16T17:51:16.867-07:00OMG I'm spitting coke, not that kind, across t...OMG I'm spitting coke, not that kind, across the room. Love this review and you just saved my bleeding eyeballs. That's actually in my Nook to-read.<br /><br />Found you Lydia Kane's bloghop and am so happy I did.Wanton Redhead Writinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971702384041741216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-36172318776549728242011-10-16T02:36:54.150-07:002011-10-16T02:36:54.150-07:00I LOVE your stick figure drawings! What a review! ...I LOVE your stick figure drawings! What a review! I never read the book because the blurb just didn't do it for me. So she's staring at pretty petals -- so what? And it mentioned her eyes twice (staring at the pale things -- really, *things*? You couldn't find a better word? -- with wide eyes, eyes on the hovering petals), making this short blurb repetitive and tedious, plus "too beautfiul for words" sounds like such a lazy way to describe beauty. So yeah, didn't hook me.<br /><br />J.C.<br /><br /><i>Join me in the <b><a href="http://jc-martin.com/fighterwriter/2011/10/trick-or-treat/" rel="nofollow">Trick or Treat Spooktacular</a></b>! Could you help make the Grand Prize a brand new Kindle Touch?</i>J.C. Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01567971311643106302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-88623660580081018912011-10-14T07:52:06.438-07:002011-10-14T07:52:06.438-07:00hahaha :)hahaha :)Chehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04692104497106016192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-85721900201001882842011-10-13T21:46:05.976-07:002011-10-13T21:46:05.976-07:00*hearts your reviews**hearts your reviews*Danyelle L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10366276085080565870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-57944512931666122532011-10-13T20:37:50.212-07:002011-10-13T20:37:50.212-07:00This has to be the most hilarious review I have EV...This has to be the most hilarious review I have EVER read! Maybe more so because I actually read this whole book. (Don't ask!) And the drawings, oh man...too funny!!Sherrie Petersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11670339498152684137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-9968741877609022132011-10-13T10:45:07.674-07:002011-10-13T10:45:07.674-07:00Okay. That's it. I now officially CHALLENGE yo...Okay. That's it. I now officially CHALLENGE you to review my book in all your goried stick figure glory. It would be my crowning achievement. Who knew writing lame books just to piss Alz off (and reap the reward of an awesome post about it) would be on my to-do list? I shall now commence writing additional sucky books so they can be reviewed by Alz. :D<br /><br />I have WINGS, but have never been able to bring myself to read it. Now I want to just because your review was so funny. It's like Mystery Science Theater 3000; the books are so bad you just gotta love 'em. Or not. But we can have fun laughing at them!ali crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13023009704454279645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-90599800943542215642011-10-13T08:41:40.921-07:002011-10-13T08:41:40.921-07:00THIS WAS THE BEST REVIEW EVER!
Her agent is Jodi R...THIS WAS THE BEST REVIEW EVER!<br />Her agent is Jodi Reamer, who is Stephenie Meyers agent...(No surprise!) Cause this is twilight in Fairie? form. Also, Aprilynne Pike LOVES Twilight. <br /><br />Yep.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00503400522084515874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-40580115883079186092011-10-12T19:48:47.972-07:002011-10-12T19:48:47.972-07:00I downloaded this for free (maybe we did at the sa...I downloaded this for free (maybe we did at the same time) but haven't read it yet. The first page didn't do it for me. <br /><br />If she wanted to be biologically correct, she'd eat rotten fish and horse manure and rancid seaweed instead--you know, the real stuff of plant fertilizer.Lydia Kanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00484415427764822386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-13594993817732457692011-10-12T15:27:22.376-07:002011-10-12T15:27:22.376-07:00HAHAHAHAHAHA
That awesomest thing is that you wri...HAHAHAHAHAHA<br /><br />That awesomest thing is that you write exactly how you talk, which is one of the best parts about this post. Your illustrations are spot-on, as usual. "Her hair is magically delicious" omg I died reading this whole thing. It's worth it to start reading Wings just to read this review.Sophia Changhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946233873722107937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-46080642457240391342011-10-12T08:41:03.466-07:002011-10-12T08:41:03.466-07:00Why do you do these things to yourself?!!!Why do you do these things to yourself?!!!Genniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05156495017828114109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-90720916448784311872011-10-12T08:17:40.791-07:002011-10-12T08:17:40.791-07:00Omg, thank you for this review. I occasionally tho...Omg, thank you for this review. I occasionally thought about picking it up because the cover looked cool, but was deterred because Stephenie Meyer blurbed it.<br /><br />Now, I see why Stephenie Meyer blurbed it. At least your review was entertaining.XiXihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05364953168828471897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119162506009432262.post-2881277004026190012011-10-12T07:34:18.727-07:002011-10-12T07:34:18.727-07:00Yeah, this stayed on my e-reader for about two day...Yeah, this stayed on my e-reader for about two days. Long enough for me to realize I had made a huge mistake. Obviously, I'm not the target audience, butI don't think my 13-16 yr old self would have appreciated it, either.<br /><br />The thing that pissed me off the most (aside from the writing style, and Laurel's "hippie" parents. my dad was at woodstock, okay, and he's 64) was that Laurel knew she might have some healing power, yet she just cried about her dad in the hospital dying and didn't do anything about it. WTF? Drawing out the tension is one thing, but too stupid to live is another thing all together. <br /><br />Yet this is a best-selling series. <br /><br />Obviously, wish-fulfillment books sell. Time for me to crack into the market. *rubs hands together* <br /><br />I'm going to need an mc who's so gorgeous, woodland animals start knitting (or crocheting, if they can't manage the knitting needles, whatevs) when she's in their vicinity. She doesn't need anything else to make her special, just her amazing looks. Add to that a painfully handsome, sigh-inducing bad-boy, the complete opposite of mc's childhood buddy, but of course, Buddy's still cute if he takes off his glasses. <br /><br />Then be sure to completely turn their lives upside-down due to some preternatural force that almost, but not quite, manages to make everyone seem like they're in danger. The important thing isn't the external conflict, anyway. <br /><br />As long as the mc realizes she's just too hot to date her buddy, and just enough of a doormat to put up with the asshole shenanigans that bad-boy is bound to put her through for the rest of their short lives together, that's all the plot the story needs. <br /><br />Yet another reason I want to cringe when I tell people I write paranormal romance.Tere Kirklandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562750950130316280noreply@blogger.com