Review - Verita by Tracy Rozzlynn

 
Title: Verita
Series: Verita Series
Author: Tracy Rozzlynn
Genre: Young Adult, Science Fiction
Publisher: Tracy Rozzlynn
Received: From author for Review
Release Date: May 2011   
Pages: 219
Rating:


What is it About?

Brett, a teen-aged girl alone in the world decides to take the chance of a lifetime and become part of colonization experiment on another planet.  A 500 year sleep life on the new planet Brett starts a new life, new friends, and new species.

My Thoughts:

I don’t usually read Science Fiction that often I am more of a fantasy girl.  The more I read of Science Fiction I am realizing I don’t really have any good reason for that because when it is a good written Sci-Fi with developed characters the genre is just as fun as any.

Teen Brett does brood like most young adults but it does not last long.  As soon she is on the new planet she is like a different person.   She is treated like an adult and has knowledge that helps her to develop an adult life on the new planet.

There were some interesting thoughts on the science of the planet and different species.  I especially liked there animal friend named Caper.  

Some things I did feel I saw coming though.  Like the reason Brett wants Ryan to sleep upside down in the pods.  

Very smart and likable characters in a imaginative world. And ack that ending!  What a cliffhanger!  

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WWW Wednesday - July 6th 2011

WWW Wednesday is a event that takes place at  Should Be Reading Blog

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…
• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?

WHAT I AM CURRENTLY READING:

The Fairy Godmother (Five Hundred Kingdoms) by Mercedes Lackey

This book is really a different take on the fairy tale Cinderella so far I am liking it alot.

Verita (Verita Trilogy) by Tracy Rozzlynn

This is Sci Fi which is a genre I am finding I like more then I thought I would. 

Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything by Geneen Roth

So far I found most of this eye opening but I don't know if it is going to have a real effect on my eating habit. Something has got to give though.

The Professor Was a Thief (Stories from the Golden Age) by L Ron Hubbard

This is one of Hubbard's mystery's .  I haven't actually started just yet so I don't know how it is going to be I have never read anything by him.

WHAT I JUST FINISHED:

My America: My Brother's Keeper: Virginia's Civil War Diary, Book One by Mary Pope Osborne

All the different My America and Dear America always seem so dark and end sadly.  This one isn't as sad because it is book one but still our history is so dark sometimes.

WHAT I WILL READ NEXT:


The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
I read this once before when I was very young and hated it.  I don't remember any of it and I heard the vlogbrothers are reading it so I thought why not try it again now.


No Future For You (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Volume 2) by Brian K. Vaughan and Joss Whedon
I bought the second volume at Wizard World Comic Con and decided to read this part of the comic again.

Theme Thursday - Male Person - Brad - Verita

Theme Thursdays is a fun weekly event that will be open from one thursday to the next. Anyone can participate in it. The rules are simple:

• A theme will be posted each week (on Thursday’s)
• Select a conversation/snippet/sentence from the current book you are reading
• Mention the author and the title of the book along with your post
• It is important that the theme is conveyed in the sentence (you don’t necessarily need to have the word)
  Ex: If the theme is KISS; your sentence can have “They kissed so gently” or “Their lips touched each other” or “The smooch was so passionate”

This will give us a wonderful opportunity to explore and understand different writing styles and descriptive approaches adopted by authors.
This week’s theme is

MALE PERSON (Father, Grandfather, Brother etc)

 "Brad ran cross-country track, but I knew there was more to him then just sports. He was sweet and caring, funny and smart; every thing I could have wanted in a guy." from Verita by Tracy Rozzlynn

 

WWW Wednesday - June 22, 2011

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…
• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?


WHAT I AM CURRENTLY READING:


Verita (Verita Trilogy) by Tracy Rozzlynn

YA/ Sci Fi interesting so far can't wait to see how it goes.

The Fairy Godmother (Five Hundred Kingdoms) by Mercedes Lackey

Only just got to the part that isn't similar to the Cinderella Fairy Tale.  I like it so far!

The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron

I have actually been participating in this for 7 weeks now..?  I think .. 7 or 6  but I always forget to put here because I am not actively reading it every day just every week.

Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything by Geneen Roth

I am listening to this on the computer.  It is hard not to do stuff and listen but I am trying very hard because I want to understand why I eat the way I do. 

The Writing Diet: Write Yourself Right-Size by Julia Cameron

Yes, it is done by the same author who does The Artist Way and yes it is very similar..  I felt I need something I could participate actively instead of thought driven like Women, God and Food.

WHAT I JUST FINISHED READING:

The Betrayal of Maggie Blair by Elizabeth Laird

This was more historical fiction then I thought it was going to be it was okay and dark. 

The Long Way Home (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 1) by Joss Whedon

This actually probably the third time I have read this part of the comic but I wanted to read it again to do a review here.  Still love Buffy I just have to catch up.

WHAT I WILL READ NEXT :

Ellie and the Elven King by Helen Rosburg

I have had this a while and need to read it.  I got it from the first Faerie Con.

Taking Off the Wheels by Jason Carr


Met this author at the Philly book fest in April.  The book looks cute and I think it will be.