![]() ![]() my one true calling, to keep up with this review. I don't use goodreads as much as I used to, mainly because I have a job now, which is what I should be doing even as I type this. I still maintain this book will never be written. Do we have to have another book? The fandom is practically dead. OMG! The Seeker is to be released in 2015! I'm so excited! I've only been waiting.įOUR YEARS FOR IT!!!! Add another year. IF she ever writes it, it will be just to get more money from the movie deals she will get. I'll probably be 30 by the time this book finally gets written. Shouldn't it be more objective than that?Īlso, just to note, this book should have come out last year, and it still doesn't have A) A proper blurb, B) A cover, or C) A reliable author. This blurb sounds way to excited for two Host sequels. I wonder if goodreads can be edited by users, like Wikipedia. "Stephenie Meyer has confirmed that there will be two Host sequels!" <- current blurb. See this -> 'Stephenie Meyer has said that she might write two sequels to The Host.' <- That is in the blurb! How shameful!!!! I hate to sound so mean, but I'll believe it when I read it. Midnight Sun, anyone? Just because she said on Oprah (or where ever) she hoped to do two sequels to her best book, doesn't mean she will. Stephenie is like the most unreliable author out there. ![]() To come out in 2012? They should really add a 'Maybe' after that. ![]()
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