Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Reading and TBR

I have been really bust this week, so i am just going to do a quick update on a few thing:
I will have a book tag and some other thing up in the new few days.


WHAT I AM READING NOW:

Throne of Glass by Sarah J, Maas
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by
Peter Bognanni

TO BE READ: 

The reapers are the angels by Alden Bell
Team Human by Justine Larbalestier and Sarah Rees Brennan
Harbinger by Sara Wilson Etienne
The boy who couldn't sleep and never had to by DC Pierson

The Hunt by Andrew Fukuda
One last thing before i go by Jonathan Tropper
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon


I don't know if i will get to all the TBR or not . I am working on it.

The review of Hemlock Grove is not coming. I can't put my feels for this book in words, other then that its a must read for someone who love horror or classic Gothic novels.I give it 4 1/2 stars out of 5. So check it out. Also Hemlock Grove is going to be a Netflix TV show.
Here is the link for the GOODREADS page.
Here is the link for the NETFLIX page.


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Saturday, August 25, 2012

From the top of the Stacks!

 We have a tag,


                                        Love It or Hate It
 
Top 3 favorite books?
  • Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley
  • The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
  • The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Top 3 least favorite books?
  • The Demon Trapper's Daughter by Jana Oliver
  • The Line by Teri Hall
  • The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
Top 3 favorite characters?
  • Anna from Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
  • Katniss Everdeen From The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  • Beatrice Prior From Divergent by Veronica Roth
Top 3 least favorite characters?
  • Gale from The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  • Jem From The Infernal Devices Series by Cassandra Clare
  • Mimi From The Blue Blood Series By Melissa De La Cruz
Biggest let-down?
  • The Immortals series by Alyson Noel, I loved the first book but could get past the second
Books that you liked that other people hated?
  • House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Characters that people love but you hated?
  • Jem From The Infernal Devices Series by Cassandra Clare
Books you didn't finish?
  • Bad Taste in Boys by Carrie Harris: I don’t know why I could finish this book. I think I didnt like the writing or maybe the storyline.
  • The Lifeguard by Deborah Blumenthal: I didn’t like that it was nothing like what I wanted it to be and I didn’t like the storyline.
What book have you read the most times?
  • The book that I have read the most is any of the harry potter books or any john green book I have read a lot. I also have read a lot of the Sarah Dessen book a lot.
Series where the first book was amazing but went downhill from there?
  • Fallen Series by Lauren Kate
  • The Immortals Series by Alyson Noel
  • Hush Hush Series by Beth Fitzpatrick

Monday, August 13, 2012

Mixed Bag of Bookness.

Should have a review today but i cant put in words how i feel about this book today: Hemlock Grove by Brian McGreevy So look for a review here in the next few days.


                                                       eBook:

Let's talk about a free eBook i read a few months ago, it's free on amazon. It's Called The Rockstar's Daughter by Caitlyn Duffy. The book is about  a girl named Taylor who goes to boarding school  and spends the summer with her mother who isn't a very good mother. The summer before her junior year of school her mother dies and this starts the who story of how her dad comes into her life.
    I didn't think i would like this book but i read it in one sitting. It's got everything you want in a book, trouble, sex, romances and a step mother who could be her friend or worst. I think that is a smart well written book that teenagers could relate too. Read it if you want a quick easy read that is free. On a high note i don't read a lot of eBooks but i keep getting them to read but i don't. I like the feel of a read book in my hands.

                                                    Top Five:

My Top Five today is : Top Five Series i read this year. ( This is only books i have read this year, either the whole series or a book in the series.)

  1.  Divergent Trilogy  by  Veronica Roth ( Divergent and Insurgent are out )
  2. Hex Hall  Trilogy by Rachel Hawkins ( Hex Hall, Demonglass and Spell Bound)
  3. The Infernal Devices Trilogy by Cassandra Clare ( Clockwork Angel, Clockwork Prince and Clockwork Princess)
  4. The Body Finder Tetralogy by Kimberly Derting (The Body Finder, Desires of the Dead, The Last Echo and Dead Silence)
  5. The Iron Frey Tetralogy by Julie Kagawa ( The Iron King, The Iron Daughter, The Iron Queen and The Iron Knight)
You should check out all the great series i have in the top five this week.

                                                      Flash Back:

Flash Back is basically were i tell you about classics or older books that are good or something is happening with them like a movie or anniversary.

  • The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald : Has a new movie coming out in the summer of 2013. It is staring Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby. It also has Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Isla Fisher and Joel Edgerton. The Trailer is really good: Watch it Here.

                                         
                                                     Blog and BookTube:

I love to read and watch blogs about books. I found out that on youtube people make videos about books and other book relate things. I found that a lot of people read and love books just as much as i do. I think that everyone should check out this undiscovered part of youtube called booktube.


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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Tag and Confession # 1

I am going to do the harry potter tag everyone has been doing lately It about 17question and i don't go into to much detail  but you get my answers. 

  1. Favorite book: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows   
  2. Favorite movie: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  3. Least favorite book: Harry Potter and the order of Phoenix
  4. Least favorite movie: Harry Potter and the chamber of Secrets
  5. Parts of the books/movies that made you cry: Every time someone died.
  6. Twilight vs. Harry Potter: Harry Potter!!!!
  7. If you could hook up with any HP character who would it be?: Ron or Draco...lol.
  8. Favorite character: I have to say that it's the trio. As a group they are my favorite. But I love Luna too.
  9. What would your Patronus be?: My patronus is a Lion most likely.
  10. If you could have the Resurrection Stone, Invisibility Cloak or the Elder Wand which one would you choose?: The Invisibility Cloak
  11. Are you upset with any parts left out in the films?: Yes but I understand that they can't put everything from the book into a movie but I wish they could .
  12. What House would you be in?: On Pottermore I am in Gryfindor!
  13. Favorite subject at Hogwarts.: Defense Against the Dark Arts.
  14. Favorite professor.: Remus Lupin.
  15. If you could meet any member of the cast who would it be?: The Trio!
  16. If you could do one spell in real life what would it be?: Not really a spell but I want to be able to Apparition.
  17. If you were on the Quiddich team which position would you play?: Keeper or Seeker .

Now the Next part is a book confession: This goes with my harry potter tag.

My Confession is:  I didn't read Harry potter and the Deathly Hallows in till about a month before the movie came out. I knew somethings that happen from other people but i did know how the bookend for about three years. It was to bittersweet for me to end it. P.S. I got the book at midnight the day it came out.

Read a good book!

Monday, August 6, 2012

Books for a Dollar.

It's Review Day and i don't have a review because i am still reading the book that i want to review. Next week will have a review on Monday.

     So today's blog is going to be about the books i have gotten over the past few months. Like i said before i think, i don't really but new books but i do shop a used book stores and stores like that.

   First the books i brought or win in giveaways in the past few months.

I won to books from Goodreads. They are Bared to You by Sylvia Day which is a really good book for someone who is looking for something like Fifty Shades of Grey, But only in the love story. Then I won Night Sky by Jolene Perry, I haven't read it yet book it sound really good.I think it's about a boy who loved one girl and is falling in love with the other. If you want to know more about it check it out on Goodreads.

Now for the books that i brought. Most of them i got for 25cents a piece or 4 for a dollar.I have read some of them but not all of them. I am just going to list them for the most part. I only want to talk about one.

  • The World of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
  • The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
  • Deception Point by Dan Brown
  • Emma by Jane Austen 
  • Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
  • Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 
  • The Book of Fate By Brad Meltzer
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
  • Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb 
  • Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 
  • The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald
  • The World is Flat by Thomas J. Friedman
  • The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
  • The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories 
  • Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty

The Last book i got i want to talk about because it  changed my life it is an amazing book. I got The Last Lecture By Randy Pausch. It's a book written by a dieing man for his kids, but the book is also his last lecture because it was a professor. It's is a powerful book about how it follow you dreams, not just your adult dreams but the ones you made as a child because they are the best dreams to follow. Everyone should read this book.

I am reading a few books right now they are:
 Hemlock Grove by Brain McGreevy
 The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
 Keeping the Moon By Sarah Dessen ( part of my read every Sarah Dessen book this year)
 Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
 Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire

Add me on GoodReads: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5655055-jessica

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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Thinking....

I want my book blog to be something new and different then from my favorite blog/ book blogs. I have some really good ideas. Like how i rate and review books. I want to do a top 5 list with themes and stuff. I am working on what will becoming. I should have waited to start this but i was excited to start.

Whats to come in the next few weeks:

Reviews for Two Adult Novels.

A Top Five List with the theme of: Best Contemporary.

Some Cool Tags and other book stuff.

I was thinking about doing best book confession of the week.

Here is the timeline of what i am going for:

Review Monday (not every Monday) 
Tag Tuesday
Book Confession  Wednesday
Top Five Friday

NO Thursday.
I may think of something for a Saturday but i don't know yet.

I don't buy a lot of books but i go to the library every week.
    Maybe i will do hauls from the library and other places i get books from.


Sorry it's been a few but more is coming........