Books I read in November!

Books I read in November:
1.The Lucy Variations by Sara Zarr
2. Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
3. Numbers by Rachel Ward
4. The Chaos by Rachel Ward
5. The Selection by Kiera Cass
6. Stolen By Lucy Christopher
7. The Elite by Keira Cass
8. The One by Keira Cass

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Book Review: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
By Stephen Chbosky 
213 pages 
I really liked this book, It was short and it never bored me. I inspired me to write in my diary that I had't written in for 5 months. At times I would get confused or lost but it may have been me zoning out during important parts, I have not seen the movie yet but I do own it so I will watch it at the next opportunity. I really like the characters, I only really connected with Charlie, Sam and Patrick. I didn't really understand Patrick and Brad at the end but then again that may just be me. Overall I really liked this book and I would recommenced it.  

Book Review: The Elite

The Elite (book two of the Selection Series)

By Keira Cass

323 pages

I had about 2 weeks in between books one and two and I think it made it even better. I really enjoyed the second book. FYI I have also read the third book, there was about a 2 second break between the second and third books. I really love these books they just have a little place in my heart for them, I just love the whole idea and I have always dreamed of being a princess and so I love princess stories, so thats a big part of it. I don't really know how to say more without spoiling so I'll keep my lips sealed. 

Book Review: Stolen

Stolen 
By Lucy Christopher 
299 pages
I really liked this book but there were also some things I didn't like. I loved the beginning it was intense and interesting. I also didn't like the end but it really wrapped the whole story together. The middle at parts I felt like got a little boring but then something interesting could happen so it wasn't enough to make me want to put the book down in any way. I really like Ty and I know it would be weird and some people may not like it but I really want Gemma to love him sooner and there would be a bit of love in it I saw it at the end but I was with so many other things I got distracted.All in all I really liked this book and I would definitely recommend it to someone. 

Book Review: The Selection

The Selection
By Kiera Cass
pages: 327
I loved this book, I love the whole world that they live in, at times I must admit I didn't really agree or well understand why America did what she did but for the most part I was with her. I can not wait till I get my hands on the second and the third! I need them, instead I will distract myself from reading it over and over again with other books. As soon as I finished I instantly read the first two chapters of the second book then wanted to start it all over again I have not felt that way in a while so I take that as a sign that this book is AMAZING!! just for a start, its mostly just a guilt pleasure of mine. I wouldn't say the writing is amazing just the feeling it gives me so yes the writing is amazing!

The Chaos by Rachel Ward

The Chaos 
By Rachel Ward 
339 pages 
Rating: One Star
*****This review contains spoilers*****

I really didn't like this book as much, I really didn't connect with the characters as well. The third book is with the same characters and I think I will pass on that. The whole book was leading up to the end, and honestly it wasn't as big of an ending either. I also thought that the author didn't really need to have Adam go to the prison and when he escaped it was really far-stretched that the earthquake would happen at that time as he attacked the body guard. I read this book in a day and it was fast paced and there were parts of it that I enjoyed but not enough of them :(

Book Review: Code Name Verity

Code Name Verity
By Elizabeth Wein
332 pages 
Rate: 5 stars!
ahh! I loved this book so much! I just finished it minutes ago. The beginning is kinda slow but its also really interesting I read the whole second half !today so it went by really fast. I really like how it was kind of in two points of view. I really love the plot and the characters and the whole damn thing! Ahh I recommend this to anyone and everyone because it really isn't focused on the history more about the friendships and courage that they had to go through. I have made some new favorite book character ever! this is a definite must read. And reread!!!

Book Review: Num8ers

Num8ers 
by Rachel Ward
325 pages
I thought this book was okaaaaay. I really want to read made for you and I think they are pretty similar but I didn't really love this book and hopefully I will love Made for you. I really didn't connect with the characters that much. I thought it was weird and I couldn't get over in the beginning she called a character ugly and hard to look at and then later called them beautiful it messed with my imagery and I didn't like it.  Overall I really didn't enjoy it, I only read it because I was at school and our class was in the library and I could find no other book.

TBR

In October I had a big stack of books that I wanted to read, about 10 of them I had started at some point, but never finished. Well I am so happy to say that I have finished all of those books! Now on to what I will be reading in November, I am not quite sure all the books, my big stack is now 5 books so I will be visiting the book store/ library this month which I stayed away from these past weeks. 
TBR:
1. Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein 
2. Diary of a Teenage Girl by Melody Carlson
3. The Book Theif By Markus Zusak
4. The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
5. The Selection Series. (I bought the first one and I am really excited!) 
I am a little bit worried because a lot of those ar historical fiction so I will more than likely be reading lighter books in between. 

Book Review: The Lucy Variations

The Lucy Variations
By Sara Zarr
304 pages
Rate: 4 stars
I really liked this book. It was about a 16 year old girl who was an amazing piano player as a child and then one day during a competition she walked off the stage. I play piano and I really liked reading a book about piano, every time I read it I would go play a song or two after. I thought that I could be a lot stronger if it was in the first person. Or if it shared other peoples thoughts in the third person as well as Lucy's. I was a very short read for me which I very much liked. 

Books I read In October 2014

Books I Read last month:
1. Keeping The Moon By Sara Dessen 
2. Mrs. Lincolns Dressmaker by Jennifer ....?
3. Will Grayson Will Grays by John Green and David Levithan 
4. Stargirl By Jerry Spinelli
5. The Indigo Notebook By Laura Resau
6. The Ruby Notebook by Laura Resau 
7. The Jade Notebook by Laura Resau 
8. The Danger box by Blue Balliett 

Woohoo! Hello November! Till Next year October. 

Book Review: The Danger Box

The Danger Box

By Blue Balliett 

304 pages

I thought the book was okay I would give it 3 stars. I Was expecting a lot more mystery and thrill. I think the book at first was a little misleading. I liked the writing style. I also love books with really short chapters so that was a plus. I thought that the characters weren't really developed, I kind of got a feel for zoomy but not really anybody else. I was kind of hoping for more from Lorrol. Anyways I thought the book was alright just a bit undeveloped. 

Book Tag

I have always really wanted to do one of these so here goes!

Do you remember how you developed a love for reading?

My mom is a kindergarden teacher and so I started reading a bit earlier, All I remember is constantly asking for her to read to me. She also says she remembers coming into my room and me having tons and tons of books out reading them. (All of which were picture books) 

Do you prefer to read one book at a time or several at once?

I really can't read two books at once. I did a lot when I was younger but now I connect a lot more to my characters and I can't. 


Is there a genre you will not read?

I really don't like straight out fantasy but I might read it possibly.

Do you have a favourite book?

I really liked the ruby notebook by Laura Resau it is the second of a sereis I love. 

What is your least favourite book?

Mrs. Lincolns Dressmaker. I have yet to find another I despise. 

What is the longest book you have ever read?

I really have no clue.

What was the last book you bought?

The Jade Notebook by laura Resau. I ordered it on Amazon.

Do you prefer library books or buying books?

If I really like the book I want a copy on my bookshelf but I also love libraries or at least the one in my town. 

What are you currently reading?

The Danger Box by Blue Balliett 

Where do you buy your books?

A lot of times amazon but we have a secondhand book store that also half the books are new and popular so I go there a lot. 

Do you ever pre-order books?

No.

How many books do you buy a month?

I have only bought one this month but I haven't been to a bookstore yet so....

How do you feel about second hand charity shop books?

I don't think I have ever been to one I have none in my town. 

Do you keep your read and to-be-read books together?

No I am quite OCD so that is basically illegal on my bookshelf

Do you plan to read all the books you own?

I’m trying. Its really hard with all the other books I want to read. 

What do you do with books you own that you know won’t be re-read?

The bookstore I said that had half secondhand books and half new books you can sell them there and I do that a lot. 

Have you ever donated books?

Many times.

Have you ever been on a book buying ban?

No.

Do you think you own too many books?
Not really....well maybe.

Book I'm Currently Reading

I started reading this book a long time ago and never finished. I love the author and I read her other books when I was younger, when this book came out I thought it was too scary so I waited a couple of years then bought it, not a couple years after that I am reading it. I read her other book Hold Fast in September and I really liked it. This book has losts of mystery so I think its perfect for halloween,so now, Im off to read! 

Book Review: The Jade Notebook

The Jade Notebook 
By 1aura Resau
365 pages 
rate: 5 stars 
I loved this book and the series,I didn't want it to ever end, but it did with a lovely ending. All of the books held a bit of mystery and thrill which I loved. This book had the most out of the three. The first had a bit at the end, then the second had a mystery the whole book but the exciting part was at the end and the same for this book but the fast pace was more for the whole last half of the book. I loved the characters and how they developed and how none of them are really who you think they are. I really like the way that Laura Resau incorporates languages into the books. In the first book it was spanish the second it was french and then the third it was spanish again. The epilogue didn't quite please me but that was just because I didn't want to let the story go and be forced to say goodbye to the characters. I thought the book was very relatable at one part when she was caught under a wave at the beach, I have had that happen to me and it is terrifying and reading that page really got my heart beating faster and I got a little scared, for zeeta and remembering when it happened. I could tell something similar had happened to Laura Resau. I really like it when authors know exactly what they are talking about. I give it 5 stars and I highly recommend this series and I will be rereading whenever possible. 

Review of The Ruby Notebook

The Ruby Notebook
By Laura Resau 
373 pages
I loved this book, I really love the character, I had a really hard time choosing between Wendal and Jean-Claude, only in the beginning. I loved the plot and the mystery that made me point finger many times at many different people. The ending is a cliffhanger and the next book I will read is the Jade Notebook, the last book in this seres... I'm not ready to say goodbye! Ah! I give this book 5/5 stars. 

Book Review of the Indigo Notebook

The Indigo Notebook
By Laura Resau
315 pages
I really liked this book, I liked the plot, I haven't read that many books about traveling and I really liked it. It was a quick read and I am excited to read the second book, I loved the ending and how everything played out. I liked that there was a bit a romance but it wasn't overpowering. I liked the little quotes of poetry and the idea of nobodies family is perfect. I would defiantly read it again at some point and my next book I am going to read is the Ruby Notebook which is the second book.  

Stargirl Book Review

Stargirl 
by Jerry Spinelli
186 pages 
I read this book for school, and its been one of my favorite books that I have had to read. It was a little weird discussing high school love with the teacher but I did really enjoy the book. I have the second book and I am planning on reading it because the ending left me wondering. In the beginning I kind of thought of Stargirl and a human with no emotion who didn't care at all about what people thought but I was proven wrong and found her to be very sweet and loving and in some cases almost sensitive. At least around Leo. I would definitely recommend this book for nice read with a slight touch of humor.

Review of Will Grayson, Will Grayson

Review for Will Grayson, Will Grayson

by: John Green and David Levithan 

310 pages 

I liked this book. Will Grayson, Will Grayson. I was reading it in the car with my friend who had read it and I pointed out that I thought that it was wierd how it didn't capitalize the i's when it was supposed to. She told me that when it capitalized the i's it was one will grayson and when it didn't it was the other. I was on chapter three so I hadn't read enough to catch on to that, but I though that it was very clever. I liked the plot a lot and I loved the ending I would recommend this book to a friend.

Books I read in September

These are all of the books I read/ finished in September:
1. Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson 
2. My sisters Keepers by Jodi Picoult
3. Hold fast by Blue Balliett
4. Bright Island by Mabel L. Robinson 
5. The Anybodies by N.E. Bode 

Book Review: Mrs. Lincolns Dressmaker

Mrs Lincoln's Dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini 
353 pages 
Rating: I didn't like it.
I started reading this book when I was studying the Civil war in school. I though it was fine, a little boring but it was going along with what I was studying so I thought that was cool. I was reading another book at the time so I never finished it. I recently tried to pick it back up, and found I could not finish it! To me it seemed to be like reading a textbook, I didn't really connect with the main characters or really any of them and most of it was just telling what was going on in the war. If you really love the Civil war and have a ton of patience that go for it. It isn't really poorly written, its just boring. I have fallen asleep numerous times reading this book. I have not finished it yet and I am not sure I am going to, I really like finishing things so I may push through and do it (I only have 100 or so pages left) I am not really interested in what happens to the main character I just want to say I finished it and put it on my bookshelf to stay their forever. 

Books That are sitting on my bookshelf waiting to be read

These are books that I have either started reading or have not read yet...

Books I have started: 
1. Mrs. Lincolns Dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini
2. Will Grayson Will Grayson by John Greene and David Levithan 
3. The Indigo Notebook by Laura Resau
4. The Ruby Notebook by Laura Resau
5. The Danger box by Blue Balliett
6. The Lucy Variations by Sara ZarrBooks I haven't Started: 
7. Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein 
8. Diary of a teenage Girl by Melody Carlson
9. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
10. The Postmistress by Sarah Blake 
11. The Language of Threads by Gail Tsukiyama 
So thats all but its still quite a few, and they aren't even on my bookshelf just a stack next to my desk (yikes). So reviews of these will be coming soon!