BOOKISH MEMORY CHECK #1

Back in June, I saw this tag over on Kyla's Library and I have been keeping my email in my inbox because I knew that I wanted to do this tag. The whole purpose of the tag is to see how much you remember a book. The original creator of this tag is Where Stories Lie.

The Rules:
1) Go to your Goodreads ‘read’ shelf
2) Sort by random
3) Test your memory on the top 5 books

1. The Defector by Daniel Silva

What I remember: I read this book back in 2015 and I read it out of order. I found this and book 7 at a store called Fred's and I read this one first. I fell in love with the characters and the whole plot. It is about an Israeli spy name Gabriel Allon and he has to find and protect this Russian defector and he almost dies in this Russian forest.

After synopsis: I was correct with the Russian defector and the forest of Russia. He has to find this defector because this man saved Gabriel Allon's life in the previous book, that I have not read.

2. Rise of the Isle of the Lost by Melissa de la Cruz

What I remember: This is the third book in the Descendants series and it mainly focuses on Ursula's daughter and the restaurant that her mother owns. She is also very angry at Mal for getting her happily ever after and being with King Ben. Also King Tritan's trident gets stolen by one of his mermaid daughters.

After synopsis: Yea, I was right and I can't mention what exactly happens because it will spoil the book. I did forget about Uma racing with Captain Hook's son to try to find the trident. 

3. Micah by Laurell K. Hamilton

What I Remeber: I don't remember much of anything in this installment of the Anita Blake series. It is mainly about Micah who is the pack leader of the werewolves. And I think this involves his back story. I started disliking the series with this book and I really didn't pay attention. 

After Synopsis: So, Anita and Micah are on one of her work trips because she raises the dead for a living and she has to have one of her lovers with her to feed her all the time sex need to feed her other lovers through her energy. Then she starts freaking that it is just her and Micah alone after he announces it.

4. Girls in pants by Ann Brashares

What I Remember: I used to watch the first and second movies all the time in my childhood and a year or two ago, finally got around to read the third, fourth and fifth books. I was not impressed because going into the last three books, I was reading things that I knew from the movie. I was not happy. This is the summer before college and they each go there separate ways reluctantly and then grow into their own person without the crutch of childhood friends. The pants kind of start to lose their magic.

After Synopsis: The synopsis doesn't give much away beside that they go to college, so score for me for remembering the third book, which is just the second movie. 

5. Gilded Cage by Vic James

What I Remeber: I really enjoyed this book and it's kind of a dystopian or utopia where the people of England have to do ten years of enslavement to become full fledged citizens of the country. We follow a family of 4 where the parents decide to go ahead and start their and the kids enslavement while the son is still in high school and the daughter is young. They sell their house and all their possessions and they end up getting split up which was not part of the plan.

After Synopsis: I forgot about the magic system. To be honest, I didn't think it played a really big part in the first book. I also forgot about the third child in the family. I am going to have to re-read this book soon because I want to read the third book.