TGIF!



This Friday's Question:

 

Character Envy: If you could be one character from a book, 

who would you choose & why?

 

A: I would love to be Bella Swan just so I could have Edward and Jacob's attention. (Don't judge me!)

I would also like to be Grace Brisbane from Shiver. Why? Because she has Sam! I wish I had a boyfriend as sweet as Sam!

I would also like to be Four from Divergent. He's so cool and collected.

Feature and Follow Fridays!



Guess what? I'm the feature Blogger on Alison Can Read this friday!! Go check me out!

Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Parajunkee's View and now Alison Can Read as well . It's an awesome way to meet new bloggers and friends!

Q:  Let's step away from books for a second and get personal. What    T-Shirt slogan best describes you? 

A: My brother bought me a T-shirt that says, "Who needs drugs, I go broke buying books." That shirt describes me pretty well considering most of my money does get spent on books. And I wouldn't waste my money on anything else to be honest. I can't think of anything else that I want.

Booking through thursday

Q: What’s the latest you’ve ever stayed up reading a book? Is staying up late reading a usual thing for you?

A: The latest I've stayed up reading a book was till 3 am. I was reading the Hunger Games and just couldn't stop. I will usually stay up till around 12 or 1 am but that's it.

Waiting on Wednesday



Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine! Each week, bloggers spotlight what upcoming release they're eager for.

 

What I'm waiting for: Crossed by Ally Condie

Release date: November 1st 2011

 

In search of a future that may not exist and faced with the decision of who to share it with, Cassia journeys to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky - taken by the Society to his certain death - only to find that he has escaped, leaving a series of clues in his wake.

Cassia's quest leads her to question much of what she holds dear, even as she finds glimmers of a different life across the border. But as Cassia nears resolve and certainty about her future with Ky, an invitation for rebellion, an unexpected betrayal, and a surprise visit from Xander - who may hold the key to the uprising and, still, to Cassia's heart - change the game once again. Nothing is as expected on the edge of Society, where crosses and double crosses make the path more twisted than ever.

 

 

I'm interested in finding out what Cassia will face in Crossed. I'd also like to know what the rebellion would be like and what it would be about.

Review: Matched by Ally Condie

Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is her ideal mate . . . until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black.

The Society tells her it's a glitch, a rare malfunction, and that she should focus on the happy life she's destined to lead with Xander. But Cassia can't stop thinking about Ky, and as they slowly fall in love, Cassia begins to doubt the Society's infallibility and is faced with an impossible choice: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she's known and a path that no one else has dared to follow.

At first, I couldn't really get into the story. I was bored for the first 10 chapters or around there. Then once Cassia started getting interested in Ky it got a little better. From there is when things started getting more interesting and exciting.

There a couple things that I just didn't understand. One of them was why Cassia got so obsessed with Ky when she had been extremely lucky and gotten Xander, her best friend, as her match. One would think she would be extremely content with life and not want to ruin that. Another thing was why the society took their artifacts. I don't remember it being explained. Also, am I the only one who thought the society was a pretty decent place? I didn't think it was that bad.

I think the best thing about this book was the secret love scenes between Cassia and Ky. I don't know why but I love forbidden love. I just do. Every scene in which Cassia and Ky were being secretive and falling in love made me sigh. I couldn't get enough of those scenes!

Overall, I think it was a decent book and I'm looking forward to reading Crossed, the second book in the trilogy.

Rating: 7

Review : Linger By Maggie Stiefvater



In Maggie Stiefvater's Shiver, Grace and Sam found each other.  Now, in Linger, they must fight to be together. For Grace, this means defying her parents and keeping a very dangerous secret about her own well-being. For Sam, this means grappling with his werewolf past . . . and figuring out a way to survive into the future. Add into the mix a new wolf named Cole, whose own past has the potential to destroy the whole pack.  And Isabel, who already lost her brother to the wolves . . . and is nonetheless drawn to Cole.

 

At turns harrowing and euphoric, Linger is a spellbinding love story that explores both sides of love -- the light and the dark, the warm and the cold -- in a way you will never forget.

At First, this book was a little boring and slow but towards the middle it began to get really good. I was use to Sam and Grace's povs but Cole and Isabel's were new. I didn't really like Cole at first because I thought he was a jerk but towards the end he redeemed himself. With Isabel, I had mixed feelings. There were moments in which I liked her but there where other times in which I couldn't stand her. Maggie's writing was just as great as it was in Shiver if not better. I just cannot get enough of her writing.

My favorite thing of this whole book had to be the ending! I was so blown away by it that I kept rereading it.

If you've read Shiver but haven't gotten around to this book yet, you need too! And if you haven't even started this series then you need to do that first!

Rating: 9