I'm Back!!

    
      Hello everyone, I'm back! While I was on break, I figured out why I needed to take a break. I felt like no one really loves my blog. I know people like this wonderful blog and vist it, but what I didn't know was whether my blog was special to someone. If my blog stood out to someone compared to all the other blogs, even if it was just one person who felt that way, I would be ecstatic! I know people visit my blog and comment (which I love it when you guys comment) but even though you have subscribers you never know how they feel about your blog. So, I got really depressed and I stared thinking that no one liked my blog and my blog was bad and stuff like that. So, I took a break (everyone is saying duh at the same time) and I am really glad I did, because it opened my eyes to two things.

     The first is, it doesn't matter if people don't love your blog, all that matters is if you are doing and/or talking about something you like. Its a plus when someone comments, because then you can have a conversation with them.

     The second thing I already knew, but it kind of hit me in the face on how true this is, you guys are awesome. Not just the subscribers but also the people who aren't subscibed, but still visit my blog. I knew this before, because I always felt so happy & honored when someone subscribed to my blog, But what really showed me that some of you guys actually like and love my blog, was when I looked on my stats and saw that I had 20 something page views days after I posted the taking a break post. I felt so honored that some people would come back a couple times a day just to see if I was back yet and that really brought back my confidence. So, I thank all of you for that, and I'm just really grateful to you guys. So, I just wanted to thank you guys so much :)

So, I will leave you guys you something that I thought was so incredabaly cute.

 

Isn't he the cutest thing ever........or maybe it's just me, either way I think he's cute.

Happy reading :)

 

Taking a break.

I am going to be taking a break from the blog for a few weeks. I am taking a break because I'm just not in the blogging mood or the reading mood for that matter. I don't know why that is, maybe because school is sucking the life out of me, I don't know. I just need to be away from everything book related for a while, so my love of books can come back. I will be back before Christmas for sure. I just need a break for a while guys, but I will be back in a few weeks.

Thank you guys for understanding :)

See you soon.
Happy reading.

Friday 56 (11) & Feature friday (10)

 

 

Friday 56 is hosted by Freda's Voice

Rules:

*Grab a book, any book.

*Turn to page 56.

*Find any sentence, (or few, just don't spoil it) that grabs you.

*Post it.

*Add your (url) post to Freda's Voice in Linky. Add the post url, not your blog url. It's that simple.

 

 

Isobel shut her eyes, keeping them that way for a full three seconds.

Could this day-could this year get any worse. 

 

 

 

 

 

Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read.

Rules

• Leave your name on the post.
• Create a post on your own blog that links back to the post (just grab the FF button) visit as many blogs as you can and tell them hello! In their comments.
• Be sure to follow them and if someone follows you follow back!!!

Q: Books are turned into movies all the time! Turn it around. What movie would make a great book?

This is hard to answer, because most of the movies I love where book to movie....... actually all of the movies I love where books first....... How did I not know this about myself..... So anyway, I can't really answer this.








Thats my answer, Whats your answer?
Happy reading

 

Pushing the Limits by Katie McGary

Grade: 4.5 Butterflies
Name: Pushing the Limits (Pushing the Limits #1)
Author: Katie McGary
Released: July 31st 2012
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Page Amount: Hardcover, 392 pages
   
Goodreads summary

No one knows what happened the night Echo Emerson went from popular girl with jock boyfriend to gossiped-about outsider with "freaky" scars on her arms. Even Echo can't remember the whole truth of that horrible night. All she knows is that she wants everything to go back to normal.But when Noah Hutchins, the smoking-hot, girl-using loner in the black leather jacket, explodes into her life with his tough attitude and surprising understanding, Echo's world shifts in ways she could never have imagined. They should have nothing in common. And with the secrets they both keep, being together is pretty much impossible.

Yet the crazy attraction between them refuses to go away. And Echo has to ask herself just how far they can push the limits and what she'll risk for the one guy who might teach her how to love again.


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My thoughts

     I got this book because I heard so many good things about it. It's like every review is saying how awesome this book was and in the end I agreed with them. However, in the beginning of this book I couldn't connect with anything, not the characters or the plot, nothing. I kept reading for the one thing I could connect with, and that was Noah. He was the only character I could connect with and his was the only story I was interested about. Then after a while, Noah's and Echo's relationship added to Noah's story for why I kept reading this book. Then after a while, I started to like and connect with Echo. Then I started to care about Echo's story. Then around page 150 I started to love everything about this book.

    The POV in this book switches between Echo's and Noah's. I like it when authors do this, because it brings a lot more depth in the characters and plot and in this book it was no different.

    The plot in this book was about both Echo's and Noah's story and I was only interested in Noah's story at first. I don't know why that is, maybe because I hated Echo in the beginning so I couldn't get into her story. However, after a while I started to get interested about that happened to Echo and wondering if she would every remember. So, after a while, me only liking half of the plot, turned into me loving this gripping and captivating plot.

     So, as you could have probably tell by now, I had a lot of hate for Echo in the beginning. That is because she was such a push over. I am fine when characters are like that in the beginning, because that just adds to the story line of how that character over come that. However, I didn't read any character development for that aspect of Echo until while after page 100. After she started to stand up for herself, I started to understand her, like her and connect with her. So, in the end Echo was an awesome character.

     Now Noah was the best character in this book. He was thoughtful, caring, hot, and let no one hurt the people he calls his family. He was the perfect guy. I am not kidding, he was perfect in every way and his loyalty to his brothers was heart warming.

     So, in the end this book was great, it had a wonderful and heart warming plot, it had characters that you couldn't help sympathizing with, and a author that was fantastic. Also, if you are having a hard time reading it because you don't like it, keep on reading, because I promise you it gets better.


This book got...

4.5 Butterflies

Beautiful, this is a great book. 

Recommended if you like: Contemporary and Romance.





That's my review, I hope you liked it.
Happy reading.

 

Stacking the Shelves (18)

"Stacking the Shelves" is a weekly theme hosted by Tynga's reviews . Feel free to join in if you want. In this theme I showcase all the books I got this week.

I got some pretty awesome books this week!!!!!

Barnes & Noble

I got....

Nevermore by Kelly Creagh.

I can't wait to read this book and when I learned this was based off of Edger Allen Poe I was even more excited to get this book.

Silver by Talia Vance.

This book looks so good!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait to read it!!!

Library

I got...

Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson.

I have wanted this book since it came out. I love, love the story of Peter Pan and I can't wait to read this!!!!!

Pushing the Limits by Katie McGary.

I have heard some awesome things about this book, and this is another book I can't wait to read!!!

Thats all I got this week.
What did you get??
Happy reading.



Friday 56 (10) Feature Friday (9)

 

Friday 56 is hosted by Freda's Voice

Rules:

*Grab a book, any book.

*Turn to page 56.

*Find any sentence, (or few, just don't spoil it) that grabs you.

*Post it.

*Add your (url) post to Freda's Voice in Linky. Add the post url, not your blog url. It's that simple.

"Why don't you humor me?" I ask. "Maybe I don't want to give this to you. Maybe there's a reason I can't." I link the chain back around my wrist.

"Listen to yourself." Blake's voice is quiet. "There is a reason."

Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read.

Rules

• Leave your name on the post.
• Create a post on your own blog that links back to the post (just grab the FF button) visit as many blogs as you can and tell them hello! In their comments.
• Be sure to follow them and if someone follows you follow back!!!

Q: Do you mind books with similar ideas to other books? Similar concepts, backgrounds, retellings or pulled-to-publish fanfic?

     I do not mind books that were influenced by another book and then have similarities to that book, that's fine. However, I think there are boundaries to how similar a book can be to another book. I am fine when a book reminds me of another book because it has the same tone of voice as another book, or if it has the same structure, or has characters that resemble the characters in that book, or if the concept is similar to another book. I am fine if a book has one of those or two of those, but if a book has all of those, then that's crossing a line. If someone looks in a book and takes the characters and everything else from it, then that is just plain disrespectful. An author put her (or his) heart and soul into that book and yet it gets treat it like dirt. 
    The only way I would be fine with that is if they tell me it's a retelling. If anywhere on the book it says it's a retelling, then I'm fine. 
      As for fan fiction I am fine with that. I don't really read fan fiction, because I think a person doesn't know what the character would do accept the author. An author has this idea in her (or his) head and then starts to write about it. Then she adds characters and those characters grow. So, the only person who really knows the characters are the persons who's head they grew in, and that's the authors.




That's my rambling answer.
what was your answer?
Happy reading.

The Pledge by Kimberly Derting

Grade: 4 Butterflies
Name: The Pledge (The Pledge #1)
Author: Kimberly Derting
Released: November 15th 2011
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry
Page Amount: 323 pages

                         Goodreads summary


In the violent country of Ludania, the classes are strictly divided by the language they speak. The smallest transgression, like looking a member of a higher class in the eye while they are speaking their native tongue, results in immediate execution. Seventeen-year-old Charlaina has always been able to understand the languages of all classes, and she's spent her life trying to hide her secret. The only place she can really be free is the drug-fueled underground clubs where people go to shake off the oppressive rules of the world they live in. It's there that she meets a beautiful and mysterious boy named Max who speaks a language she's never heard before . . . and her secret is almost exposed.

Charlie is intensely attracted to Max, even though she can't be sure where his real loyalties lie. As the emergency drills give way to real crisis and the violence escalates, it becomes clear that Charlie is the key to something much bigger: her country's only chance for freedom from the terrible power of a deadly regime
 
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My thoughts

     I love Kimberly Derting, I love her books, I love her writing style,she is one of my favorite authors. So, when I saw that she had another book coming out I immediately got this book and it was......great, but it disappointed me a little. I love all of Kimberly Derting books and this one felt like it wasn't on the same level as her other books. It was good, don't get me wrong, but it wasn't her best book.
    The plot was good, fast paced, and it kept me guessing though out the whole book. However, it felt like it was missing something. I don't know what exactly, but something was missing.
     The characters where good and I liked them a lot. I connected with them, and you guys know that if I can't connect with with the characters then the book is most likely ruined. I loved, loved Charlie, she felt like a very realistic heroine. I just loved that about her.
    All in all, this was a great book, but for Kimberly Derting fans might be disappointing.

This got....

 4 Butterflies

Beloved, This is a really good book.

Recommended if you like: Dystopian and Kimberly Derting.

Thats my review, I hope you like it.
Happy reading.







                          

Ripple by Mandy Hubbard

Grade: 3 Butterflies
Name: Ripple
Author: Mandy Hubbard
Released: July 21st 2011
Publisher: Razorbill/Penguin
Page Amount: 260 pages

Goodreads summary

Lexi is cursed with a dark secret. The water calls to her, draws her in, forces her to sing her deadly song to unsuspecting victims. If she succumbs, she kills. If she doesn't, the pain is unbearable. To keep herself and those she cares about safe, she shuts herself off, refusing to make friends or fall in love-again. Because the last time she fell in love with a boy, he ended up dead.
Then Lexi finds herself torn. Against her better judgement, she's opening up again, falling in love with someone new when she knows she shouldn't. But when she's offered the chance to finally live a normal life, she learns that the price she must pay to be free of her curse is giving him up.







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My thoughts

    I was really excited to read Ripple, because I love mermaids and water creatures books. So, when I saw this book was about sirens I snatched it up and started reading it as soon as I got home and it was...good. What I mean by that is it didn't blow me away, but it wasn't awful either.
    The characters where good and enjoyable, but they weren't memorable. The plot had a good fast pace and I never got bored and it had twist and turns that I didn't see coming, but there were also a few things I did see coming from a mile away. The writing in this book was good, but it didn't amaze me.
    The romance in this book was good and a lot more realistic then some in other books I read and it would have worked if the author didn't make them say they loved each other. If she kept them in the "falling in love stage" instead of the "I love you" stage it would have been perfect, but she didn't. So, when they said they loved each other it ruined the realness of  the relationship.
    So, if you want a quick and fast summery read, then this book is good, but if you want a really deep book then maybe this book isn't the best.

This got....

3 butterflies

Basic, nothing special.

Recommend if you like mermaids, water creatures and if you want a fast read.





That's my review, I hope you like it.
Happy reading.

Stacking the Shelves (17)

"Stacking the Shelves" is a weekly theme hosted by Tynga's reviews . Feel free to join in if you want. In this theme I showcase all the books I got this week.

 It was a pretty good week in books.

Barnes & Noble

 

I got..

Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales and Poems.

I am so excited to read this!!! I have always loved Poe and now I got all of his work!!!! I'm so excited!!

 Library

 

I got....

 

Starlighter by Bryan Davis & Warrior by Bryan Davis. These are the first and second book in the Dragons of Starlight. 

I read the first book Starlighter a little while ago and when I saw that the second book was there I got it and the first book to refresh my memory.

Dragonswood by Janet Lee Carey. I think this is the first in a series, but I don't know what series. 

I have always loved books about witches and when I saw this one it looked good.  

Unspoken (Lynburn Legacy Series #1) by Sarah Rees Brennan.

I have heard nothing but praise for this book and it looks so good. Can't wait to read it!!!!

Thats what I got this week.

What did you get??

Happy reading. 

friday 56 (9) & feature friday (8)

Friday 56 is hosted by Freda's Voice

Rules:

*Grab a book, any book.

*Turn to page 56.

*Find any sentence, (or few, just don't spoil it) that grabs you.

*Post it.

*Add your (url) post to Freda's Voice in Linky. Add the post url, not your blog url. It's that simple.

 This is page 56 on my nook

 "This isn't about my feelings for Maggie. This is about my respect for the Visionary. You can't get jealous over that. Get over yourself." Kyle said. 

Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read.

Rules

• Leave your name on the post.
• Create a post on your own blog that links back to the post (just grab the FF button) visit as many blogs as you can and tell them hello! In their comments.
• Be sure to follow them and if someone follows you follow back!!!

Q: What is a deal breaker for you in a book? For example, do you abhor love triangles? Or can't deal with bad editing? 

     There are very few things, that are in a book, that I can't find a saving grace for. Like, if I am reading a book and I hate the characters but love the plot, I will keep reading the book for the plot or vice versa. However, there is one thing that almost can never have a good enough saving grace and that is when the pacing in a book i so incredibly slow. When it is slow I can't like the characters, I can't get into the plot, it just ruins the book. That is exactly why I couldn't finish Eon and the Tiger's Curse. 




That was my answer, what was yours?
Happy reading