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June 19, 2015
Review: The Fill-In Boyfriend, by Kasie West
The Fill-In Boyfriend by Kasie West Published by HarperCollins on May 5th 2015
Genres: Coming of Age, Emotions & Feelings, Family, Friendship, Love & Romance, Social Issues, Young Adult
Pages: 352
Format: eBook
Source: Purchased
Goodreads
When Gia Montgomery's boyfriend, Bradley, dumps her in the parking lot of her high school prom, she decides to do the unthinkable…convince the cute guy waiting to pick up his sister to pretend to be her boyfriend for the night. The task is simple: two hours,...
June 16, 2015
Review: The Queen of Bright and Shiny Things, by Ann Aguirre
The Queen of Bright and Shiny Things by Ann Aguirre | Goodreads Published by Macmillan on April 7th 2015
Genres: Emotions & Feelings, Love & Romance, Social Issues, Young Adult
Format: eBook
Source: Purchased
Rating:
Sage Czinski is trying really hard to be perfect. If she manages it, people won't peer beyond the surface, or ask hard questions about her past. She's learned to substitute causes for relationships, and it's working just fine . . . until Shane Cavendish strolls into her math...
June 14, 2015
Reading Quirks
Because we bookish people are a weird bunch. I thought about this today, when before my Accounting class (sigh), I was hanging out with some friends. Well, they talked, I read. So, then, I get to a part of the book where after things being perfect for a while, it’s just so clear something bad’s gonna happen. I was lying on my back, but I suddenly sat up with an ‘I can’t do this!’ and put the phone away.
I don’t need to tell you about my friends’ stares. My best friend told the others that it...
June 11, 2015
Review: Struck, by Jennifer Bosworth
Struck by Jennifer Bosworth | Goodreads Published by Macmillan on May 8th 2012
Genres: Love & Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult
Format: Paperback
Source: Purchased
Rating: DNF
Mia Price is a lightning addict. She's survived countless strikes, but her craving to connect to the energy in storms endangers her life and the lives of those around her.Los Angeles, where lightning rarely strikes, is one of the few places Mia feels safe from her addiction. But when an earthquake devastates the...
June 8, 2015
Review: Thorn, by Intisar Khanani
I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
Thorn by Intisar Khanani | Goodreads Published by Purple Monkey Press on May 30th 2012
Genres: Adaptations, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Fantasy, Fantasy & Magic, Royalty, Young Adult
Format: eARC
Source: Netgalley
Rating:
For Princess Alyrra, choice is a luxury she’s never had … until she’s betrayed.Princess Alyrra has never enjoyed the securi...
June 3, 2015
Review: Every Day, by David Levithan
Every Day by David Levithan | Goodreads Series: Every Day #1
Published by Knopf Books on August 28th 2012
Genres: Fiction, LGBT, Romance, Social Issues, Young Adult
Format: Paperback
Source: Purchased
Rating:
"Every day a different body. Every day a different life. Every day in love with the same girl.
There’s never any warning about where it will be or who it will be. A has made peace with that, even established guidelines by which to live: Never get too attached. Avoid being noticed. D...
June 1, 2015
No Time to Write and Too Much of It: No Way to Win
I used to complain I never had time to write. It was a time when my mother thought I spend too much time at the computer, so I had no other choice but to switch to paper. And… it was different. Words flowed more freely, but there was also this sense of non-permanency that bothered me to no end, because it wasn’t permanent. 9 out of 10 ten times, what I ended up typing in Word bore little ressemblance to the paper so I was often fed up about it.
There was also the fact that I had to do homewo...
May 31, 2015
Resources for Writers
It’s incredible how many of us out there are writers, and I love that! Especially that there are more seasoned writers willing to help others to get started and tweak our techniques.
I think it’s important to know what we’re getting into from the moment you decided you want to write a book, or anything that you want to publish, for that matter. It’ll save you from embarrassing stuff like what happened with my awful first draft.
I wouldn’t call myself a newbie anymore, but wouldn’t dare consid...
May 30, 2015
May: Let’s Wrap it Up
Reviews I especially loved All the Rage this month :3
Review: This Shattered World, by Amie Kaufman/Meagan Spooner Review: Royally Lost, by Angie Stanton Review: All the Rage, by Courtney Summers Review: Maxon, by Christina Bauer Discussions Writing Ideas: The Tale of the Tale I Ship… Lydia and Stiles -Teen Wolf We Were Meant to Be: On Romance Plots Digging Deeper: LGBT Books and Me Movies Jane Eyre Avengers: Age of Ultron Run All NightYou can see what I thought on these, here.
The p...
May 28, 2015
My Month in Movies: May Edition
A monthly recap of some of the movies I’ve watched this month with a very serious appreciation of each one :3 Jane Eyre
I went on a movie-watching spree a few weeks ago and because I’m such a literary person, loving of classics and all thingsBrontë, Austen and Dickens I decided to watch it.
Not at all because Michael Fassbender plays Rochester. Nope. I didn’t even notice him there.
I can say that Mia knows how to play the role of an obscure, litttle governess very well.
I do think that t...
