Books that I tried to read but they are just not well written:
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie. I'm having a hard time figuring out the characters. There's an issue with who's a he or she. Sometimes, it's "He this and that" and other times, the same he is a she. Author needs to pick a s*x to label them. If they are dual s*x, then create a new name to label them as such. The storyline is clueless. There is no real strong theme other than they are set out in space.
Dying of Light by George R.R. Martin. I really enjoyed Game of Thrones so thought I'd give his sci-fi a try. It's just not the same, however, I realize the story was written/first published in 1977 so maybe I'm just not into it because I'm big on character buildup and this book just seemed all over the place with it. I'm sure if I give it time, it'll come out. I may or may not finish and I'm leaning toward may not but I may try another of his books.
Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer. So wanted to read this book but it's in PDF format and right now I'm not willing to read on my computer. Did that a lot last year but this year, I'm only reading just before bed or when I'm out somewhere bored.
On a brighter note, I just downloaded Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery. I plan on reading this to my girls at bedtime. I loved the TV show but never read the book. Hopefully it's as good as the TV Show. I can't remember when a TV show was actually better than the book so I'm positive this will be good. I have the DVD set for Anne of Green Gables so after I finish reading the book, we'll be watching the DVD.
Also, I'm finishing up on The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon. I read halfway, took a hiatus from it, and am now back at it. A couple of weeks ago, I dropped by Barns N Noble to get the soft cover of the 2nd book which just came out, The Mime Order, and learned that new releases only come out in hard cover. It takes about 6 months to a year for the softcover to be released. I'm not going to wait that long to read it and I don't want the hardcover so I'm going to just download it on my Kindle. I'm really excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!