Book Nerd?

Hello everyone!
So, yet again I have performed my usual disappearing act, I know... I'm sorry! Senior year is incredibly busy as it is and then add in work and trying to maintain a social life, it can get a little bit hectic.
Anyways, the point of this post is to talk about all of the books that I've been reading lately. Please note, this isn't even all of them! The books shown top to bottom are:

• Dubliners by James Joyce
• Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling
• Le Comte de Monte-Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
• Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
• Specials by Scott Westerfeld
• Extras by Scott Westerfeld
• Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
• Reached by Ally Condie
• Ape House by Sara Gruen

I also have recently read Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, Delirium by Lauren Oliver, and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.

Obviously I'm still in the process of reading most of these books, but thankfully this snow storm gives me an excellent excuse to cuddle up with them!  Over the next few days/weeks I will be posting my thoughts on hopefully all of these books. I currently am waiting to get my hands on some books that are more medical based, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lax, In The Country of Hearts, Strength In What Remains. Keep your eye out for those too! If you have any book recommendations for me please, let me know. I'm always looking for new material to read. 

For those of you lucky readers that live in the areas affected by Nemo, stay warm and stay safe!

Have a beautiful day :)

What Am I Reading?

Hi guys!
Sorry that I've been slacking a little bit lately when it comes to posting! It's taken me a little while to get back into the swing of things when it comes to my daily life. No matter, I recently started a book that I'm super excited about reading and I thought I would share it with you guys!

ABOUT THE BOOK

“It still amazes me how little we really knew. . . . Maybe everything that happened to me and my family had nothing at all to do with the slowing. It’s possible, I guess. But I doubt it. I doubt it very much.”

On a seemingly ordinary Saturday in a California suburb, Julia and her family awake to discover, along with the rest of the world, that the rotation of the earth has suddenly begun to slow. The days and nights grow longer and longer, gravity is affected, the environment is thrown into disarray. Yet as she struggles to navigate an ever-shifting landscape, Julia is also coping with the normal disasters of everyday life—the fissures in her parents’ marriage, the loss of old friends, the hopeful anguish of first love, the bizarre behavior of her grandfather who, convinced of a government conspiracy, spends his days obsessively cataloging his possessions. As Julia adjusts to the new normal, the slowing inexorably continues.

(From www.theageofmiraclesbook.com)

Now, I can't really say my thoughts on this book because I'm only on page 19. However, it did come highly recommended to me and the concept sounds fascinating. Well, to me at least.

Anyways, just thought I'd share! I'll be sure to do a book review when I'm finished to let you guys know how I like it! 

Have any book recommendations for me? Let me know!

Have a beautiful day! :)

The Death Cure

Hello, hello! 

So I realize that it's been like forever and a day since I did a book post, but I guess that's just because I haven't really read anything recently that I thought was worth talking about! Well, until this obviously!

As you may know, I have read all 3 books in this series (<3) I have posts on both (The Maze Runner) and (The Scorch Trials).

First of all, I must say I really didn't like The Scorch Trials all that much. I thought The Maze Runner was absolutely fantastic, it had me hooked from like, page 5. The Scorch Trials, not so much. In comparison to the other books in the series, it was just mediocre. However, James Dashner did definitely redeem himself with this baby! 

I am definitely a fan of the plot twists he put in this book, I really wasn't too sure how he was going to go about this seeing how the second book ended. I will admit that in the beginning of this book I hated Thomas. I didn't really want to, but I did. I guess we've sort of had a love hate relationship going on through this series, I loved him in the first book, loved him in the second until the end, hated him in the beginning of the third and then he won me over again!
Obviously, from the books that I read I am a huge fan of dystopian literature, and Mr. Dashner just made my fan girl status go up about 300 points! Boom.

I don't really want to spoil this book for you guys, but I can happily say that I loved the ending. Certain things that happened in the book did leave me heart broken, but my heart glued itself back together after I read the ending!

Unfortunately, this is the last book in the series (I think) </3. However, James Dashner did write a prequel to The Maze Runner and it's being released in August! YAY! I cannot wait to read that, I just hope that the whole loving every other book thing doesn't apply to this one.
If you hadn't already realized, I loved this book, and I highly recommend it to anyone that has read and liked, The Hunger Games series or the Matched trilogy!

And now, here are all of the little links that your heart desires-

The Maze Runner (Maze Runner Trilogy, Book 1)
The Scorch Trials (Maze Runner Trilogy, Book 2)
The Death Cure (Maze Runner Trilogy, Book 3)
The Kill Order (Maze Runner Prequel)

Crossed

Hey guys! So as you may know, I was reading Crossed as of like... last week? I think... But anyways, I finished it!

I really really really like this series! It sort of reminds me of the Hunger Games, just with out all the arena fighting and Peeta. Just like with the first one, it took me a little while to get hooked on it. I think it was around the part when Cassia ran away from the work camp. I really hope that Eli makes an appearance in the third book because I really liked him! I liked Indie at first as well, but I don't know anymore. I just feel like she's way too sneaky and she's going to end up stabbing Cassia in the back. Also, it kind of seems like Indie is trying to take Cassia's man! Am I the only one that thinks that? She wants literally everything that Cassia has... relax Indie.

This is a little bit off topic, but not really. What do you guys think of the covers? Click here to read my theory about the covers.

Needless to say, I'm kind of excited for the third book! A little birdie told me that they are making Matched into a movie? Have you guys heard this rumor? Do you know if it's true? I feel like this is one of those books that I'd love to see come to life. Let me know your thoughts! :)

Have a beautiful day!<3

P.S. Should I do a post on my favorite quotes from Crossed?

What am I reading?

Hi guys!
I just wanted to do a super quick book related post on what books I'm currently reading!

Yup! Crossed! I feel like I really have a thing right now for books about dystopian societies. Cough THE HUNGER GAMES Cough... Who said that?

I don't know if this has clicked for you guys yet, but I completely get the covers now! I was on Amazon yesterday and I saw that you could already by the third book and freaked out a little bit... No big. But it's just a pre-order thing since it comes out in November of this year. But if you look at all three covers it totally makes sense! Well, at least I think it does. Here's my theory, the colors of the covers (green, blue & red) represent the colors of the pills that the society gives everyone in their tablet case. And the first book is green (calming) so it's... the least harmful (?) of the three. Then the second, is blue (nutrient  pill thing) and it's supposed to keep you alive if something was to ever happen to the society. So it's, sort of like, freedom. The third is red (erases your memory) so it's the strongest out of all of the pills, and it was rumored to, well... no one really knows because it's supposed to erase your recent memory so you wouldn't remember taking the pills, but Cassia knows! Anyways, that's the most lethal. 

So that's the color portion of my theory. But I think the images on the covers represent Cassia breaking away from the society. Because if you look, on the first one it looks like she's trying to get out of the bubble thing, then the second one she actually broke through the bubble, and then on the third she's like getting out of the bubble. So yup. That's my theory! It's probably totally wrong!

So I'm currently 26% done and it's starting to get really good! Let me know if you guys have read this, and if you liked it.

I'm currently reading this for my English class in school, but I really really like it! It is so much better than The Scarlet Letter (the last book we read). Have you guys read Tom Saywer? My mom said she read it and liked it more than Huck Finn. Would it be worth reading for me?

Oh, French class... Yeah, I just finished this book over the weekend for my French class. I actually really liked it. But guys, I was convinced that Lili was actually a girl until my teacher corrected me like halfway through the book... Oops! 

So those are all the books that I'm currently reading, once I'm done Crossed I'll be starting The Lost Symbol (my library lone expired last time </3). I can do a post on that when I'm done if you guys want! I also will be doing a post on Crossed as soon as I finish it.

What books are you reading right now? Any recommendations?

Have a beautiful day! :)

None of the pictures used are my own.

Thoughts on The Hunger Games

Hey guys!
So if you follow me on Twitter, then you already know that I went and saw The Hunger Games last night! I honestly have been looking forward to seeing the movie since I finished the first book! Alright, now onto what I thought.

It seems like the movies are never quite as good as the books, and in this case, that remains true. However, I really did like it. I think they did a good job with recreating it. Unfortunately, there were somethings that they changed, and left out...Like how Katniss gave Prim the pin to keep her safe... what? Are you kidding me? Did I skip a chapter or something, because that's definitely not how it happened. And because of that, that completely gets rid of the character Madge. Who, I think is very important in Mockingjay even though she's dead. Also, Peeta's father never visited Katniss before she left for the Capitol.  I also feel like they didn't show the grandeur of the Capitol enough, you don't really get the sense that all of the other districts are poor and starving and the citizens of the Capitol have a fine life. And the only one in Katniss's family that looked even on the verge of starvation was her mother. Now, skipping to the Arena, I was a little bit bummed that they didn't show Rue's district sending Katniss their bread as a way of saying thanks. But, I did like that they showed Rue's district doing the three-finger salute to Katniss. Now, at the very end they didn't show Katniss and Peeta in the hovercraft where she was absolutely freaking out thinking they were going to kill them. It might just be me, but I actually really liked that part in the book, because it felt like the first time Katniss really showed that she cared for Peeta. The way they ended it leaves me wondering about the next movie... They did not show Katniss and Peeta's fight at the very end, and I feel like that is kind of important to the next movie, because they aren't exactly buddy buddy in the beginning of the second book.
Alright, enough about the bad! Time for some stuff that I loved! I really, really loved the way they showed the fighting in the Arena. It wasn't too gruesome but you knew exactly what was going on. I know that in the book they don't talk about what is going on with the game makers and the sponsors because it is told from Katniss's point of view, but I loved how they showed that in the movie! I think it made it really obvious that the tributes had absolutely no control over their fates. If the game makers wanted you to die, you would die. I also thought that Josh Hutcherson did an amazing job as Peeta! Not gonna lie guys, he's pretty cute! Jennifer Lawrence also did a great job as Katniss!
Overall, I really enjoyed the movie, if you've read the book, I think it's worth seeing but there will probably be a few changes that they made that irritate you.
Let me know if you've seen it or if your planning on going to see it! And if you've seen it- what did you think?!
Have a great Sunday guys! :)

The Hunger Games Nail Polishes?!

Say what?!
I know I am probably the LAST person on Earth to hear about this, but I just found out today that China Glaze is releasing a Hunger Games collection of nail polishes! I'm kind of excited...!!! And what's even better, they are being released this Wednesday, February 22! Well, at least they are at Hot Topic! (You can pre-order them now!) If you are going to order some or all of them, you should know that the prices are cheaper at Sally Beauty Supply! Not by much, but still if you're ordering all of them, it adds up. So at Hot Topic they are $7 each and at Sally Beauty Supply they are $5.99, but if you have a beauty club card, they are only $4.99! Woot! I'll put the links below to where you can find them! If you want to see the color selection, just Google China Glaze Colors From The Capitol, there are literally 244,000 pictures! I'm sure you'll find what your looking for! :) I have a feeling I will be ordering some later today! When they come in I'll do swatches to show you the ones that I got! I actually really love Stone Cold! It is so gorgeous, and I don't normally like matte polishes... but wow! Let me know if you've seen this collection, and if you have- what colors are your favorites?

http://www.hottopic.com/hottopic/Accessories/Cosmetics/Nails//The+Hunger+Games+Capitol+Colours+By+China+Glaze+-+Stone+Cold+Pre-Order-552333.jsp

http://www.sallybeauty.com/hunger-games-collection/CHNGLZ2,default,pd.html?cm_vc=SEARCH

Favorite Quotes From The Hunger Games Series

Hello! :) I'm back! As promised, this will be a post will all of my favorite quotes from the Hunger Games series! Enjoy! :)
WARNING- If you haven't finished all/any of these books, please ignore this post! There is one quote that will definitely be a spoiler! Read at your own risk!
The Hunger Games-

"I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun"

" Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true. Here is the place where I love you."

"Panic begins to set in. I can't stay here. Flight is essential... But I can't let my fear show."

"You don't forget the face of the person who was your last hope." 

 "Destroying things is much easier than making them."

"Stupid people are dangerous." 

Catching Fire -

"Having an eye for beauty isn't the same thing as a weakness... Except possibly when it comes to you."

"I just want to spend every possible minute of the rest of my life with you.."

"I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now, and life in it forever..."

"You know, you could live a thousand lifetimes and not deserve him." 

"I always channel my emotions into my work. That way, I don't hurt anyone but myself." 

 "I realize only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me."

Mockingjay-

"Some walks you have to take alone."

"Better not to give in to it. It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart."

"Because something is significantly wrong with a creature that sacrifices its children's lives to settle its differences."

"That what I need to survive is not Gale's fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire myself. What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again. And only Peeta can give me that. So after, when he whispers, 'You love me. Real or not real?' I tell him, 'Real.'" 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Scorch Trials

Hey hey!
So some of you may remember that I read The Maze Runner back in January and I absolutely loved it! It was so great! And yup, I did it again... I basically spent all of yesterday speed reading it because that was the last day of my 14 day loan!Silly me for waiting so long! But personally, I would like to blame The Hunger Games series for distracting me because I had the best intentions of reading this as soon as it downloaded onto my Kindle... but then I became... obsessed... oops! :)
I definitely think that The Scorch Trials is worth reading, honestly at some points I found it kind of confusing, but that's probably just because I had read the first one like a month earlier. I'm not gonna lie to you guys, I'm super curious to find out more about WICKED and what their mission really is. I actually love how the author puts that little letter type thing at the end that sort of gives you a preview into the next book, but not really! If you've read any of them, you'll know what I'm talking about!
I am without a doubt planning on reading the next one! I just have to wait until its available for my Kindle, but don't worry, when it is I won't spend 13 days reading a different book and then speed read through it!
Let me know if any of you guys have read The Death Cure cause I'm really looking forward to it! I feel like I'm on a sort of sci-fy kick right now, well not really... Cause The Hunger Games isn't really sci-fy, but it's more futuristic.
So I'm on vacation right now and I'm in desperate need of book recommendations! I think this week I will probably read The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lax! It sounds fascinating!
I'm probably going to be overloading you with posts today because I've been lacking in that department lately! So keep your eyes open!
Talk to ya'll later! :)

Catching Fire & Mockingjay

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone! (or... HAPPY TUESDAY!)
I know some people aren't huge fans of V-Day but where ever you are, or what you feel about today, just remember that there is always someone out there that loves you!

So as you may remember from my post last Friday, I'm kind of addicted to The Hunger Games... Like really addicted. So, after I finished The Hunger Games I immediately bought Catching Fire for my Kindle, and I didn't really read that much on Friday night, but then Saturday morning I read some and then.... I stayed up till 3 a.m. on Sunday reading... and yep, I finished it! Guys, seriously. It's so good! (Peeta<3) I'm not going to go into huge detail about the actual book itself cause I don't want to spoil it for anyone! But, I will say that it was amazing! The ending was a bit... confusing? I didn't quite understand what was going on at first (If you've read it, you'll know what I mean). But I still thought it was great! And oh my gosh! When they find out what the Quarter Quell is... I FREAKED! No joking, I may have screamed NOOOOO at my Kindle... just maybe. :)
Then Sunday morning I ended up buying Mockingjay because it was all I could do to keep myself from buying & reading it at 3 in the morning! And... I finished it today! :) Like at 3 or something. I've been almost done it since I think yesterday but I really didn't want to keep reading because after all, Mockingjay is the last book! But I can happily say that I'm glad I finished it! I was so thrilled with the way the author chose to end it! Like literally I thought that if it didn't work out the way I wanted it to, I would have just given up reading forever! Well... maybe not forever, but for a little while at least. This book, out of all of them is the most emotional. Again, I don't want to spoil it but there were a few moments when I was fighting back serious tears, and I was so thankful that I was on my couch and not at Starbucks anymore!
I feel like when you find a book, or a series that makes you stay up till 3 in the morning, and you finish all of the books in like... less than a week, you know it's good! So I hope you guys take my word for it, and read these books yourself! They are fantastic! If you've read them, let me know what you thought of Mockingjay! I know some people that have read it really didn't like it!
I for one cannot wait for the movie to come out! I think Josh Hutcherson (sorry if I spelled that wrong!) is absolutely perfect for the role of Peeta! He really is exactly the way I imagined him! I will definitely be going to see the movie, I might wait a day or two just to see what people think of it. If people say it's horrible I probably won't see it while it's in theaters, but I can promise you guys that I will be watching this movie because I am just so darn excited!
So I think within the next few days I am going to be doing a post with all of my favorite quotes from the books! Keep and eye out for that one!
Have a great Valentine's Day everyone!
Much Love!<3

The Hunger Games

Hey hey! So this is going to be a super duper quick post! Lets start it off by me saying how sorry I am for this recent period of desertion! Forgive me? Thanks! :)
Alright guys, so this week I have been A.D.D.I.C.T.E.D. to The Hunger Games! I cannot stress enough how in love with it I am! If my memory serves me correctly, this was in fact the first book I bought for my Kindle, but for some reason, I only started reading it on Tuesday! Wow! Big mistake on my part! I should have started it way sooner! So, I started Tuesday and I finished it like and hour and a half ago. Yup. Addiction. I have already bought and started Catching Fire for my Kindle! You guys, I know there is a ton of hype over this series right now because its a Best Seller and the movie is coming out in March, but I'm not kidding you, if for some reason you haven't read it- you absolutely need to... like now....!
I'm also pretty sure that it's safe for me to say that I'm team Peeta, but we'll have to see if Catching Fire changes my mind! I'll keep you updated on how I'm liking it, and when I finish!
Thankfully, I planned ahead and I do have a post planned for tomorrow (YAY!) it's sort of unlike anything I've ever posted before, I recently did some shopping and am planning on doing sort of a mini haul! The mix of items is... interesting? :) It has some Forever21 items, Sephora products, and one or two Drugstore purchases!
Keep an eye out for that everyone! :) Have a wonderful Friday, and if you haven't yet... Read The Hunger Games!!!!!!
Much Love! <3

Favorite Book Series

Hey everyone! Sorry I disappeared for a little bit, I've been really sick and have found that I don't have the energy to do much of anything! That's life I guess!
So, my favorite book series?
I think this one has to go to Harry Potter. I absolutely love this series. My grandmother got me the last one for my birthday the year it came out, and not 5 minutes after I got it, I was already plopped down in a chair completely into that book!
While I love non-fiction books, I feel like once and a while everyone needs to read a really excellent fiction book, its nice to just get taken away to a place so different from the one that you live in.
Whats your favorite book series? Did you like the Harry Potter series or are you a fan of more realistic books?

Book Case Tour!

I hope your all ready for a picture filled post! Without further adieu, lets get into it!

Alright! Thats the whole thing! Please excuse my bottom 2 shelves, I don't really use them for much. The very bottom one is all DVDs and I think some glass candle holder? I'm not totally sure. Then the next shelf up, has some container, a few text books and some PS3 games.
I would love to be able to tell you that my books are arranged alphabetically by title, but they're not. Sorry! There is a sorta-kinda system though! T
The third shelf is 'quality' literature paperbacks. The fourth shelf is 'teenage crap' books, all paperback. And the fifth shelf is my hardcover books, and one book on C.D.

 That's a shot of my book case, showing only the shelves filled with books. I will try and write out all of the titles that I can read in the picture for you guys.

 Schindler's List, Fast Food Nation, Write, Memoirs of A Geisha, The Left Hand Of Darkness, One Mans Leg, The Color Purple, Fight Club, Our Game, Jurassic Park, The Book Theif, Running With Scissors

 A Clockwork Orange, The Pursuit of Happyness, Seeing The Real Paris, The Kite Runner, The Reader, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights

 Jane Eyre, Theodore Roosevelt- A Life, Founding Brothers, Angela's Ashes, The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell, Wild Roses, Without Reservations, Mountains Beyond Mountains, The Worst Hard Time, The Hobbit, Honey Baby Sweetheart

 Les Miserables, Good In Bed, some Justin Bieber book, 19 Minutes

 Holes, The Luxe, Rumors, The It Girl, On Writing, Burned

 A Girl Named Disaster, Vela Jean Learns To Drive, Sushi For Beginners, A Million Little Pieces, The Lightning Thief, One Mans Leg, The Book Borrower, Twilight

 New Moon, Breaking Dawn, Eclipse, My Sisters Keeper, The Lovely Bones, Olive Kitteridge, Paris To The Moon, Our Girls, The Second Summer of The Sisterhood, The Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants, Dear John

 Harry Potter and The Sorcerers Stone, The Golden Compas and Dear Johns cover

 The Invisible Bridge, To Kill A Mockingbird, Pride and Prejudice

 Angela's Ashes, Tis, Teacher Man, Harry Potter Books 1-6

 Harry Potter Books 5-7, The Da Vinci Code, Emerils TV Dinners, Emeril!, Dear Departed,

 Blackbird, Holy Bible, Play Their Hearts Out, Oliver Twist, Enemy Women, blink

 Me, Lord of The Rings Box Set, 3 scripts, Harry Potter Book 5 on cd

Alrighty! Thats the tour of my main book case, I do have many others with lots of wonderful books on them, but this is the biggest and the one that has books I'm more likely to gravitate towards on it!

Have a great Friday everyone! :)

Books I Read In School in 2011 & Favorite Books I Read In School

Hey everyone! Sorry I didn't post yesterday! But, I'll make up for it today by doing yesterdays and today's post combined in one! Yay! :)
Haha, ok so yesterday's was supposed to be all of the books that I read in/for school in 2011!

1. The Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. The Worst Hard Time- Timothy Egan
3. The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell- John Crawford
4. The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter- Carson McCullers
5. Till We Have Faces- C.S. Lewis
6. 19 Minutes- Jodi Picoult
7. The Hobbit- J.R.R. Tolkien
8. Mountains Beyond Mountains- Tracey Kiddler
9. Of Mice And Men- John Steinbeck
10. A Thousand Splendid Suns- Khaled Hosseini
11. The Kite Runner- Khaled Hosseini
12. Their Eyes Were Watching God- Zora Neale Hurston

I do believe that is all of them! And to be honest, I really did enjoy most of those!

Ok now- on to 'today's post'!

What is my favorite book that I've read in/for school?

Hmm... Honestly, the first one that comes to mind is To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee. I read that in my Freshman year of high school, and I totally loved it. That's probably my favorite.. Yeah... I had always thought I had a copy of it, but come to find out, I didn't. :( So, for my last birthday my mom bought me the 50th anniversary addition of it! (Thanks Mom! :) ) I cannot even begin to say how excited I was! 

A second favorite I think may be The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell by John Crawford. I chose that book for one of my summer reading choices for my U.S. history course. Really, that was probably one of the most interesting summer reading books that I have ever read. It was just so unlike the books that I normally read, I have never really read any war books before. But now, The Things They Carried is on my list!

Now, I will leave you with a fun fact! I actually named the kitten that I got last spring, Boo Radley after Arthur Boo Radley in To Kill A Mocking Bird. Just more proof that I love that book!

That right over there is my boy Boo Radley in his first snow storm!

Tomorrows post is going to be a book case tour!! Yay- books!

Have a great night! :)

Books I Read In 2011!

Happy Tuesday?
It's only Tuesday... but that means tomorrow is Wednesday (duh), and thatt means that the work/school week is half over! Thank goodness! So today I have for you guys a list of all of the books that I read in 2011, well, I'm going to attempt to remember all of them! Wish me luck! :)

1. The Luxe- Anna Godbersen
2. Rumors- Anna Godbersen
3. Envy- Anna Godbersen
4. Splendor- Anna Godbersen
5. Of Mice And Men- John Steinbeck
6. The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell- John Crawford
7. The Worst Hard Time- Timothy Egan
8. Keeping The Moon- Sarah Dessen
9. The Great Gatsby- F. Scott. Fitzgerald
10. The Kite Runner- Khaled Hosseini
11. The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter- Carson McCullers
12. Sugar and Spice- Lauren Conrad
13. Sweet Little Lies- Lauren Conrad
14. What Would Jane Austen Do? - Laurie Brown
15. Till We Have Faces- C.S. Lewis
16. Their Eyes Were Watching God- Zora Neale Hurston
17. A Thousand Splendid Suns- Khaled Hosseini
18. 19 Minutes- Jodi Picoult
19. Matched- Ally Condie
20. The Hobbit- J.R.R. Tolkien
21. Wuthering Heights- Emily Bronte
22. Mountains Beyond Mountains- Tracey Kiddler
23. Water For Elephants- Sara Gruen

Not bad I suppose! I just thought of all of these off the top of my head! I'm sure there were some others that I missed. But the way I look at it is, if I forgot it, it wasn't worth talking about! If you guys want I can do reviews of specific books, or talk more in detail about what they are about! Just let me know! :) Alright, I'm off to go study my life away! I have exams this week </3 

Hope your week is more fun that mine! :)

Book Related Memory

Hello Night Owls!
I just finished watching One Day so I figured now was a good time to post! Have any of you guys seen that movie? Like I thought it was good, but the guy was kind of a tool, and yeah she loved him but still... If I was her, I probably wouldn't have waited that long for him! Oh well, I guess that's why that movie wasn't about me! But oh my gosh. I totally did not see that thing towards the end coming! (Don't want to spoil it! :) ) Not gonna lie, I gasped. Yup. I was thoroughly depressed.
Ok, so- Book related memory?
Reading has been a huge part of my life for literally, as long as I can remember, my parents would read to me, and whenever I could, I read to myself. It's totally a life long love affair. But one that really stands out in my mind is my dad reading one of the Harry Potter books to me. Every night before I'd go to bed he would come in and sit on my bed and read like 1-2 chapters to me. But I think the most memorable part about that was that he would always fall asleep before me! I would always have to wake him up and say, "Daddy! Keep reading!" and of course, since he was exhausted, he wouldn't even realize that he had dozed off! Despite the fact that it took a while to get through those books, they were still amazing, and as a bonus I have some really great memories paired with each of the novels!
All right everyone, I'm finally off to bed! My pillow is calling my name :)
Sleep well!

My Book Wishlist!

Good morning everyone!
Today's post is going to be a list of all the books that I am dieing to read ASAP!

1. The Scorch Trials
2. The Death Cure
3. Unbroken
4. Crossed
5. What Happened to Goodbye
6. A Secret Kept
7. 'Tis
8. War Horse
9. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
10. The Stand
11. 11/22/63
12. The Scarlet Letter
13. Flowers of Algernon
14. ROOM
15. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
16. One For The Money
17. Noble Vision
18. The Long Run
19. The Boy In The Striped Pajamas
20. Chain Reaction

Sorry that none of them have the authors! I was just thinking of these off the top of my head! But I definitely am looking forward to reading all of these! I just bought The Long Run literally 5 minutes ago for my Kindle. That one is a Kindle Single so I'm not sure if you can get it if you have a Nook or any other kind of ereader! 

Let me know if you've read any of these books! And if you have- what did you think of them?

Have a great Saturday!

What Am I Reading Now?

HAPPY WEEKEND!

So, since I finished The Maze Runner (love) a few days ago, it is time for me to move on to my next book! And that book is.... (drum roll) Unbroken! By Laura Hillenbrand!
I must say I haven't legitimately started it yet :( The reason is, I told it to send the book to my Kindle from Amazon, and la di da di da, I thought it did... It always does if your connected to WiFi right? No. It didn't. So much to my disappointment, I was sitting in class today, doing nothing hoping that I would get to start reading this book, but no. It was not there,waiting for me. Obviously I do have other books on there, for example I've been meaning to read The Hunger Games, but I knew I wanted to read Unbroken next, so alas. I must wait patiently.... Even though I'm just going to do one of those Sync/Check for Books-diddys tomorrow morning! So yay! Unbroken!
Once I'm done I'll post a review of it! I hope I like it because this one came highly recommended to me from a very reliable source!
Have a wonderful Friday! :)

The Maze Runner

Oh. My. Golly. Gosh.
This book was so good.
Like. OMG!
Yeah, so uhm I guess I dont really have to say this but.... I LOVED IT!
I cannott wait to start The Scorch Trials!
If you haven't read this, you need to. Like if you don't then I just don't even know what to say to you! I am literally down on my knees begging you to read this. READ IT!

Convincing enough for ya? ;)
Read it- You'll love it!

Almost Friday!<3

Last Series I Read?

I haven't read a complete series lately, so I think the last one I read was in like September. Obviously I'm reading a part of a series right now (The Maze Runner- OHMYGOD, its SO good!)
Ok! So what series was it?
The Luxe Series- Its made up of 4 books The Luxe, Rumors, Envy, Splendor and they are all by Anna Godbersen! They're about New York City in like 1890? Its about all the upper class families. It was entertaining to say the least! I read Envy one night sitting up in my chair eating Twizzlers! :)

Happy Tuesday!