Question about The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa

I am a huge fan of the Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa. Read them loads of times and can't get enough of them. Which is why I freaked out when I found out about her new book, The Immortal Rules, and was even more excited when I got an e-arc of it.

I've been reading it for a week now and I'm still not even half way through it and not for lack of trying either. I just can't seem to get into it. But Everyone is talking about how fantastic it is.

So here is my question: if you have read it, did you love it from the beginning or did it take you a while to get into it and is the end fantastic and make up for the slow start? Cause I would really hate to give up on a Julie Kagawa book, but I'm just not getting sucked into this. Should I push through it till the end?

Google Friend Connect is closing???

I just got an email from a fellow blogger talking about how Google is canceling GFC. Apparently the news went out back in November of 2011 and I just now heard about it.

So I went and did some research on it and found this article here talking about it.

I am very very very confused about all of this. From what I understand, because I am on blogger, I will keep my followers (which I love all 657 of you. For realz) but everyone else using GFC will lose their followers? And how is it going to show all my followers? And the blogs I follow? How is all of this going to be set up? I really don't understand any of this.

Anyone else confused and are seriously pissed off about this? Why does Google not think GFC was working well enough? I thought it was fantastic.

My real question is, can anyone answer any of my questions?

Question about reading goal

This year I set my reading goal for 125 books. I just finished #112. Anyone else frantically reading in order to make their year goal?

What is everyone elses goals?