Once Upon a Read-a-thon: Final Update!

The Read-a-thon is now over!

I read a total of 4 books...and they were all awesome. I might have been able to read more but I went to go see Thor last night...hot!

The Books I read:

An amazing fairy tale!

All I can say is that I need the next book...so GOOD!

Stared out slow, but it picked up and was awesome!

This was an amazing read. And I reviewed it today, check it out!

That's all for me!

Once Upon A Read-a-thon: Update and Challenge

Here is my first update and mini-challenge!


 Update:I've read The Near Witch, and loved it! 

And I'm about 3/4 through Queen of the Dead!

I'm doing...okay!

Challenge!

This is the challenge from YA Bliss!

Picking 3 GOOD love triangles, as you you don't know who it'll be!

1. I agree with YA Bliss. Jeremiah vs. Conrad from the Summer series by Jenny Han
2. Ren vs. Shay from the Nighshade series by Andrea Cremer
3. Mark vs. Kai from Tempest Rising by Tracy Deebs

Going to go do some reading!

Once Upon A Read-a-thon!

The Once Upon A Read-a-thon is hosted by Reading Angel, Pure Imagination, Candance's Book Blog! To enter go on one of their blogs and do so. You must do at least one update and one mini challenge to be entered in any giveaways.

And here is my list: With pictures, of course!

The Near Witch by Victoria Schwab

Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini

Queen of the Dead by Stacey Kade

Girl Wonder by Alexa Martin

Sharks and Boys by Kristen Tracy

That's all for me, and I hope I finish at least 3 of them!

Update #5

Hi!
How is everyone doing!? Sorry I forgot to do this last week!! There will be another update in the next days because of the Read-a-thon I'm participating in!

What I've read: (Since the last update)

• The Dark Divine by Bree Despain
• The Liar Society by Lisa and Laura Roecker
• Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
• I was Jane Austen's Best Friend by Cora Harrison
• Trapped by Michael Northrup
• What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen (LOVED this!)
• The Boy Book by E. Lockhart
• The Treasure Map of Boys by E. Lockhart
• Real Live Boyfriends by E. Lockhart
• The Disreputable History by Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
• Wildefire by Karsten Knight
• Legacy by Cayla Kluver

Currently Reading

I'm not going to include what I'm going to read because I'm also posting my list to read for the Read-a-thon! See sidebar for info!



Delirium by Lauren Oliver

Hi!
I have had so much homework these last few days. I've stayed up to 10, just doing homework. I usually go to bed at 9:30....I do like my sleep. So thankfully I hardly have any homework so I was able to get this review up!

Title: Delirium

Author: Lauren Oliver

Recieved via NetGalley

Rating: 5 stars

Review: Lena has always listened to what the government has told the people. Wether it be about music, clothes or love. All Lena wants is to he cured of love, she looks forward to the day where she will get her procedure done. But as Lena's procedure date comes closer and closer Lena finds herself falling in love and breaking every rule she's ever known.

I had very high expectations for Delirium, especially after reading Before I Fall. And I am thrilled to say my expectations were met!
Lauren Oliver is a great writer. Everything she writes is so beautiful and just so perfect. Every word has it's own special place and wholly belongs there. This was one of the things that blew me away in her previous book and blew me away even more in this one.

Delirium was one of those books that I just loved, everything clicked with me and flowed great. I can't think of very many words to even describe how I felt!

I loved, loved, loved Lena and Alex. I found myself rooting for them and I  had to know if they'd be ok and safe. I even found myself smacking my head a couple if times when I thought something was stupid or was just plain mad.

This book sent me through a whirlwind if emotions, and many books don't make you feel very many emotions. Thank you Lauren Oliver for making me feel grateful that I live in a time where I am loved and appreciated.

I'm having a terrible love hate relationship with the end of the book...it made me cry and I don't usually cry.

SPOILER!! HIGHLIGHT TO READ!

I am praying that Lena doesn't fall in love with another guy out in the Wilds, that would just be plain terrible! I will always love Alex. I'm even hoping that he isn't dead. He just can't be! I'm starting to tear up!

SPOILER OVER.

This is one great book that needs to be read by all and it will always be a favorite of mine.

Special Thanks to NetGalley and Harper Teen!

A Match Made in High School Review

HI!
Hope y'all is having a great Wednesday! I really like the summary for this book, so I'm going to use it!

Title: A Match Made in High School

Author: Kristin Walker

Rating: 4 stars

Summary:
When the principal announces that every senior must participate in a mandatory year-long Marriage Education program, Fiona Sheehan “husband”: jerky jock Todd, whose cheerleader girlfriend, Amanda, has had it in for Fiona since day one of second grade. Even worse? Amanda is paired with Fiona's long-term crush, Gabe. At least Fiona is doing better than her best friend, Marcie, who is paired up with the very quiet, very mysterious Johnny Mercer.
 
Pranks, fights, misunderstandings, and reconciliations ensue in an almost Shakespearean comedy of errors about mistaken first impressions, convoluted coupling, and hidden crushes.

Review: This book was hilarious! It made me laugh out loud so many times and the dialogue was the best!

Fiona was an interesting character, but I didn't like her. While she could be nice one day, she thought the world revolved around her. But thankfully she developed and grew during the story and became much, much more likable! The supporting characters like Todd, who was hilarious and I liked him a lot! I also liked Johnny and Marcie, because, well, they were super good friends as well as so funny.

The very idea of a High School having a mock marriage between two students is so ridiculous. But Walker pulled it off and kept the mood light almost always, and made her readers laugh out loud with joy and pleasure. The things the students in the marriage program had to do....oh so funny!

This is a very nice debut that made me laugh a ton! Can't wait to see what the author writes next!

Dead is Just a Rumor by Marlene Perez

Hi!
This week there will be a lot of reviews, because I'm mainly trying to get all my reviews for the books I read in the Readathon out. There will be 2 more review for the week.

Something screwy is going on so I apologize for the weird format of the review!

Title: Dead is Just a Rumor

Author: Marlene Perez

Rating: 4.5 stars

Review: Things are about to heat up for Daisy and her little town of Nightshade. Nightshade is planning its 200th Anniversary Party and it would go off without a hitch if citizens weren't getting blackmailed and someone wasn't writing terrible things about Daisy and Ryan on the bathroom walls. As always, Daisy is determined to get to the bottom of Nightshade's Problems. But it won't be as easy as she thinks this time around.

My great, trouble-making Daisy is back! If you read my review yesterday you'd probably know that I was less than pleased with the third installment in the series but this one was SO much better.

Daisy was better and did not get on my nerves at all! I don't know why but she just didn't. I loved the relationship between Daisy and Ryan in this book. It was so much more mature and romantic. It also helped that Daisy was grounded and was sneaking out....I guess I  like rule breakers!

The mystery, while predictable, was not as annoying either and I actually enjoyed reading about everything. I also didn't notice as many little "hints" the author drops. Maybe I just wasn't paying very good attention but I didn't notice many at all. And that was a very good thing.

This fourth Dead is book did surprise me in the very ending and I was so happy with the latest developments.

I can't wait to read the last book in the series, Dead is Not an Option! Thankfully I have it from NetGalley, so I'll get around to reading it soon!

Dead is So Last Year by Marlene Perez

Hi!
Happy Monday! I hope your New Year is off to a great start!

Title: Dead is so Last Year

Author: Marlene Perez

Rating: 3.5 stars

Review: Daisy and her supernatural town, Nightshade, are back and this time solving a very dangerous mystery. When Daisy and her friends start seeing doubles of the citizens of Nightshade, they just brush it off. But it turns out that there are doubles trying to cause trouble for all of Nightshade. And Daisy's schoolmates on the football team are acting even weirder. Will Daisy and her friends be able to solve this mystery without anyone getting hurt?

Dead is so Last Year was highly predictable and the characters were just annoying! Well most of the time.

Those are my main complaints. I just knew what was going to happen sooo far before Daisy or anyone else did. It made reading this not enjoyable at all. And sometimes the author left little hints that made the plot even MORE obvious!

Daisy, despite being some great mystery solver, gets herself into so many situations that aren't even realistic! I'm sorry but this book just annoyed me!

But other than the characters and the predictability, I liked watching things unfold and at the end I was very satisfied with what had played out during the book.

My favorite characters are probably Poppy and Ryan. I don't dislike Daisy but she just gets on my nerves.

If you are looking for a predictable but fun mystery with paranormal elements than this is the book for you!

Readthon Wrap-up!

Hi.

Sorry to Bombard you with another post for the day, but I figured I'd do a Wrap-up post for the readathon, even if it doesn't end for like 6 more hours, well at least where I'm at.

But I did finish almost all of my books, except Carter Finally Gets It by Brent Crawford, I'm going to read it when I'm more in the mood...I'm just going to spend the rest of New Year's Eve with my family and have some fun!

But I did finish all my other books for the readathon.

Here they are:

• Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
• Dead is a so last Year by Marlene Perez
• Dead is just a Rumor by Marlene Perez
• A Match Made in High School by Kristin Walker
• Delirium by Lauren Oliver

I just finished Delirium and I'm in a state between where my heart is heavy and where I just want to bawl my head off. I don't usually cry during books, I just don't for some reason. It's not that I don't feel them or anything I just don't! But I cried during the last couple of pages of Delirium and so hard I could hardly see the screen (of my Nook). Lauren Oliver such writes powerful books! I'm so excited for the second book, it's not even funny. I have to know what happens.

That's all for now guys, but tomorrow in edition to My Favorite books of 2010, I'll post a challenge wrap-up for the 2010 Debut Author Challenge and anything else. So stay tuned!

P.S. I feel even more sad knowing this is my last post of the year!

Anna and The French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

Hi!
Happy New Year's Ever! Are you going to stay up to midnight?? I might, just maybe. I do like to sleep...lol

Title: Anna and the French Kiss

Author: Stephanie Perkins

Rating: 5 ++++++++ stars

Review: Anna is dreading her senior year. It might  not actually be so bad if she didn't have to spend it in Paris. Because that sucks since she won't have any friends there. But as Anna gives school in Paris a try she actually finds herself liking it and liking someone else. As Anna explores the beautiful city of Paris, will she ever find her true love? And at the end of the year, what will she actually have to show for it?

WARNING: IN THIS REVIEW THE BOOK REVIEWER WILL GO TOTAL FAN GIRL. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.

I'm going to actually try and me a little sane in this review, but I don't think that's going to happen. Here goes nothing.

If I had to describe Anna and the French Kiss in three words, those words would be: Perfect, Romantic and A Must Read. (I know that isn't three.)

It was perfect and I don't want to ruin the awesomeness of this book by going on and on about how wonderful the characters were, how awesome the plot was, and how spectacular the romance was. Or even how breath taking the setting was. And that was all amazing, let me tell you.

But just let me tell you a few quick things: Stephanie Perkins is (Do I really want to say the man? Because she obviously isn't a man....?) Well in short she is the best author. LIKE EVER! I mean how is this book a Debut? Seriously? It was sooo good. I even did a couple of embarrassing things on GoodReads like this:

"I don't ever want this to end!!!!! I LOVE IT SOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Hmmm....I will let you all ponder my silliness for a moment.

But I can't finish this review without saying how much I loved Anna and Étienne. And all the rest of the characters. They were all flawed but so awesome.

I LOVE THIS BOOK, GO READ IT NOW.

No I don't care what you have to do to go read it NOW, JUST GO!

If you couldn't read that, it's probably for the best.

Books to Read during the Readathon!

Hi!
As you might all know I'm participating in the Out With A Bang Readathon Hosted by The Bookish Type and Book Savvy. Here's my list of books that I HOPE to read. I'll probably finish about 1or 2! I already finished 2010 Debut Author Challenge, but I'm still reading Debuts!




• Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins (FINISHED!)
• A Match Made in High School by Kristen Walker (Finished)
• Delirium by Lauren Oliver

 



• Carter Finally Gets it by Brent Crawford
• Dead is So Last Year by Marlene Perez (Finished)
• Dead is Just a Rumor by Marlene Perez (Finished)

Out with a Bang Readathon!

Hi!
Happy Sunday, Again!

I am going to participate in the Out with a Bang Readathon hosted by Casey at The Bookish Type (Link to Post about Readathon)


 I am so excited, let's hope I can get some major reading done! I plan to finish my Winter Break challenge thingy! YAY!