February 2012
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I'm going to make two pre-finishing book...
Delirium | Lauren Oliver : Set in a time where love is a disease that one must be cured of— but you can’t be cured until you’re 18. People are matched with mates by the government, and anyone found with signs of the delirium are taken into custody and operated on
The Things They Carried | Tim O’Brien : Many short stories that are tied together to talk about the Vietnam...
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7. The Mockingbirds | Daisy Whitney
Completed: 17 February 2012
Summary: Alex Patrick is goes to an elite boarding school, Themis, which unfortunately has a turning of the head policy. Themis believes that their students are perfect, and won’t accept anything to defy that belief. However, when Alex is date-raped, she is forced to find someone, anyone to care and help.
Review: This book is excellent. Excellent. It’s...
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6. You Have Seven Messages | Stewart Lewis
Completed: 10 February 2012
Summary: Luna’s mother died over a year ago in a freak accident. When Luna finally builds up the courage to go into her mother’s old studio, she finds her cell phone, which has 7 new voicemail messages on it. Each one leads her into finding something out about her mother that she may have not wanted to know.
Quote: “Oh, sorry about that. My...
Holy crap, when did all of you show up?
I’m not complaining, it was just a nice surprise.
I haven’t forgotten about this blog, I’ve just been really overwhelmed with school and the death of my grandfather that I haven’t had much time to read. I’m going to start up again ASAP, though, because I miss it. A lot.
So, expect a review soon.
Goodnight, lovelies ♥
January 2012
8 posts
P.S.
If you ever wonder what book I’m currently reading, it’s always the one in my portrait.
:)
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5. The Name of the Star | Maureen Johnson
Completed: 26 January 2012
Summary: Aurora (Rory) Deveaux moves to London to go to a boarding school. She has an experience that turns out to be completely life changing— and scary. After this, nothing is the same. During her time in London, a string of Jack the Ripper copycat murders were happening, throwing London into a panic. Rory turns out to be the only witness to one of the...
I'm currently in a post-TFiOS depression.
I kind of want to read it again…
I might do it.
I don’t know.
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4. The Fault in Our Stars | John Green
Completed: 15 January 2012
Summary: Hazel is a cancer-ridden girl who has been bought some time by Phalanxifor, a cancer-shrinking drug. Forced to go to a youth support group by her mother to “live her life”, Hazel runs into someone new— and hot. Would this new guy, Augustus Waters, be the one to leave a mark on Hazel’s life?
Quote: “‘Desperately Lonely...
I have to read my next book in 3 days, assuming my...
But if TFiOS comes before I finish this, this book is being cast aside, no hesitation.
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3. Be More Chill | Ned Vizzini
Completed: 7 January 2012
Summary: Jeremy is a pretty normal kid— not overly good looking, not good with girls, not popular. But he wants to be. He hears about something called the SQUIP, which is a supercomputer that helps to make you Cool. With this SQUIP, his life changes. But is it really for the better?
Quote: “What are you doing? Leave Christine alone. Chloe is going to lead...
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2. Killing Britney | Sean Olin
Completed: 5 January 2012
Summary: Britney was a normal girl, until she started dating high school hockey jock Ricky. Dating Ricky launched Britney into the “in crowd”, the “Hockey Wives”, the popular people. But it started around her that a string of deaths— one after another— had laid suspicion on the people close to her.
Review: This was a good book...
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1. The Future of Us | Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler
Completed: 3 January 2012
Summary: Set in the year 1996, and Emma receives a computer from her father. Her neighbor and best friend, Josh, comes over to deliver the AOL CD that he says his family won’t use. After it installs, Emma discovers a tab at the top of her browser that says “Facebook”, which hasn’t been invented yet. Curious, she clicks on it, and finds that...