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Book Review: Scott pilgrim vol 2

Scott Pilgrim, Volume 2: Scott Pilgrim vs. The WorldScott Pilgrim, Volume 2: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World by Bryan Lee O’Malley
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Read from August 6 -August 7
Summary Does Scott and Ramona’s burgeoning relationship have a future? Isn’t Scott still supposedly dating Knives Chau? Who is Ramona’s second evil ex-boyfriend, and why is he in Toronto? Who are The Clash At Demonhead, and what kind of bizarre art-punky music do they play? Who’s their hot girl keyboardist, and what is Scott’s relation to her? Why are they Knives Chau’s new favourite band? Fights! Drama! Secrets revealed! The answers to all these questions and more!

Review – Scott finally breaks up with knives and is officially dating Romana
flowers and Scott has to still fight evil ex’s and this one is an actor and knives is kind of crazy obsessed since Scott broke up with her so Scott beats this evil ex and knives tries to get into a fight with Romana wow she is crazy and then Scott ‘s ex girlfriend the one that broke his hear t called and told him that his band could play before them at this club and then we see the next evil ex .

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Book Review: the fault in our stars John Green

The Fault in Our StarsThe Fault in Our Stars by John Green
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Read fromJuly 28-August 5
Summary – Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.

Review – so people have told me for awhile to read this book that its amazing but it will make you cry this is about hazel grace she has a tumor and she is in this support group and she doesn’t want to be there until she sees a boy Augustus waters oh I love him this story will make you cry and laugh I loved hazel and I felt bad for her at the same time when Augustus and hazel integrated I love it Augustus has one leg but he’s not sick anymore Augustus and hazel hang out allot Augustus loves hazel romantically but hazel doesn’t want to hurt him cause she will die she gives Augustus a book recommendation and they both talk of the love of this story and they use cancer perks to meet the author that was a mistake he was an asshole and that’s Is me being kind he was rude to Augustus and Hazel so they left and went to the Ann frank musame that’s where they had there first kiss and I loved them being in love but then things go bad when Hazel learns that Augustus is still sick and close to dying when he dies it was terrible I cried for about 5 min don’t read this book in public you will look crazy but at the end of this book with the letter to that author I was crying this was an amazing book I would re read this .
Favorite quotes
“Augustus Waters was a self-aggrandizing bastard. But we forgive him. We forgive him not because he had a heart as figuratively good as his literal one sucked, or because he knew more about how to hold a cigarette than any nonsmoker in history, or because he got eighteen years when he should’ve gotten more.’
‘Seventeen,’ Gus corrected.
‘I’m assuming you’ve got some time, you interupting bastard.
‘I’m telling you,’ Isaac continued, ‘Augustus Waters talked so much that he’d interupt you at his own funeral. And he was pretentious: Sweet Jesus Christ, that kid never took a piss without pondering the abundant metaphorical resonances of human waste production. And he was vain: I do not believe I have ever met a more physically attractive person who was more acutely aware of his own physical attractiveness.
‘But I will say this: When the scientists of the future show up at my house with robot eyes and they tell me to try them on, I will tell the scientists to screw off, because I do not want to see a world without him.’
I was kind of crying by then.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book. And then there are books like An Imperial Affliction, which you can’t tell people about, books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like betrayal”

Oh I wouldn’t mind hazel grace . It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you. Page 176

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Book Review: Grimm fairy tales vol 1 Ralph Tedeaco

Grimm Fairy Tales Vol. 1Grimm Fairy Tales Vol. 1 by Ralph Tedesco
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The Grimm fairy tale graphic novel was very interesting story wise but the art was very mature .red riding hood and you the know story but they all have a twist they all start with the main character and they end up finding this story book but red riding hood brining something to grandma she see’s this guy who she was apparently doing something that only married people do and then she see’s this other guy Chopping down a tree and he gives her this knife and ends seeing a wolf and she fallows the wolf back to her house she though is was the guy who gave her the knife but it was the other guy and she stabbed the other guy. The Cinderella story maybe my favorite it starts with this girl named Cindy and she is made fun by these girls she goes to this fairy tale lecture and then the story begins Cinderella has horrible step sisters and step mother and there is a ball and the step mother throws Cinderella into this cellar where Cinderella is surrounded by ghosts and she just wants it to stop so she sells her soul to a fairy godmother she wants to step mother and step sisters to pay for what they’ve done she goes to the ball and then she comes back the fair godmother tells her the prince is coming And what about the step sisters and mother well they are attacked and the prince and Cinderella live happy ever after. Hansel and gretel was an interesting story of a girl who runs away from her strict parents with her brother and they hitch a ride and they hear a very different story about hansel and gretel they run away and find this house and then Hasel is caged up and gretel has to do house work and as she tries to get the key she turns to this monster and well hansel ends up eaten the girl learns from they and goes home . Rumplstilsken is about a girl being pregnant and her boyfriend wants to get rid of it and she doesn’t know what to do a lady comes up to her to tell her a story when a girls father tells a king that his daughter can spin gold the girl doesn’t know what to do cause she can’t and he said he would have her killed a dwarf hears her cries and helps her but she has to give him her first born child she agrees the king ends up marring her and she has the baby boy rumplestilskin comes back and she doesn’t want to give it up so he tells her if she can guess his name she can keep her baby’s he searches high and low and finds it but on the boy’s thirteenth birthday he comes back looking different and curses the son so the girl learns children are important . Sleeping beauty this guy is told from this girl he likes to get some drugs from this guy this woman drops a story book and Brett reads it sleeping beauty is told about the curse and this servant likes her she is in a deep sleep but to be awaken the boy must truly love her or he will die so the servant goes to her and she wakes they are to be married but the princess is not into it and is with another guy and then this guy ends up dieing and the princess never is awoken again and Brett learns from that . The robber bridegroom two sisters fighting over a guy in the story is also about sisters but one sister is to get married and the other sister pushes her off the ledge and she ends up marring the prince and ends up being a meal . Legacy this one was my second favorite the story of the story book the girl finds it in this house when she is with her bother the book has power and it changes her town and finds this old guy who ends up being her brother wow .
All these stories were so cool but they were a little mature with the artwork alone all the girls breasts looked like balloons I don’t think I will be continuing with the rest of the novels

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Book Review: the meeting Richelle mead

The Meeting (Vampire Academy, #1.5)The Meeting by Richelle Mead
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Dimitri point of view of the first meeting in vampire academy was so cool to know Demitri liked rose to start with it will be interesting how they do it in the film
Fav quote . The princess didn’t need a network or army, not when she had this protector.

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Book Review: Nantucket Blue Lelia Howland

Nantucket Blue (Nantucket, #1)Nantucket Blue by Leila Howland
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Started June 29 – July 21

Summary For Cricket Thompson, a summer like this one will change everything. A summer spent on Nantucket with her best friend, Jules Clayton, and the indomitable Clayton family. A summer when she’ll make the almost unattainable Jay Logan hers. A summer to surpass all dreams.

Some of this turns out to be true. Some of it doesn’t.

When Jules and her family suffer a devastating tragedy that forces the girls apart, Jules becomes a stranger whom Cricket wonders whether she ever really knew. And instead of lying on the beach working on her caramel-colored tan, Cricket is making beds and cleaning bathrooms to support herself in paradise for the summer.

But it’s the things Cricket hadn’t counted on–most of all, falling hard for someone who should be completely off-limits–that turn her dreams into an exhilarating, bittersweet reality.

A beautiful future is within her grasp, and Cricket must find the grace to embrace it. If she does, her life could be the perfect shade of Nantucket blue.

Review –
This book was the book I needed I’ve been in the worst reading slump of my life about a month ago I went to a signing and got this book signed I had a blast I related to this book in many ways loosing a parent loosing a friend cricket was about to have a great summer her crush Jay was starting to notice her , she and her best friend Jules we’re going to Nantucket for the summer and jay was going to be there but then it goes bad SPOILER ELERT Jules mom dies and it puts Jules in a funk she can’t get out of Jules is mean to cricket ruins her chance with Jay but cricket got a job working at a cute little inn she gets a interning job for this guy writing about this life of a really rich guy names boaty Jules mostly tells cricket she doesn’t want to be friends harsh right and then something big happens cricket and Jules younger brother Zach start secret dating I love them together there adorable the ending was good to I loved this book I highly recommend it as your beach read .
Favorite quote
“Forget girls who died decades ago; words were ghosts. They were what haunted me.”
― Leila Howland, Nantucket Blue

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Book Review: Free Four Veronica Roth

Free Four: Tobias Tells the Divergent Knife-Throwing Scene (Divergent, #1.5)Free Four: Tobias Tells the Divergent Knife-Throwing Scene by Veronica Roth
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Started July 17 finished July 17

Summary
#1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth retells a pivotal Divergent scene (chapter 13) from Tobias’s point of view. This thirteen-page scene reveals unknown facts and fascinating details about Four’s character, his past, his own initiation, and his thoughts about new Dauntless initiate Tris Prior.

Four’s point of view of the knife scene was interesting it was cool to see him Into tris in his own way throwing knives at her and even though it was short I still loves it four is an interesting character cause we still don’t really know him yet four fears can’t wait to read more of four .
Favorite quote “Of course she thinks I’m like Eric. I just threw knives at her head”

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Book Review: Bloodlines Richelle mead

Bloodlines (Bloodlines, #1)

Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Sydney is an alchemist, one of a group of humans who dabble in magic and serve to bridge the worlds of human and vampires. They protect vampire secrets – and human lives. When Sydney is torn from her bed in the middle of the night, at first she thinks she’s still being punished for her complicated alliance with dhampir Rose Hathaway. But what unfolds is far worse. Jill Dragomir – the sister of Moroi Queen Lissa Dragomir – is in mortal danger, and the Moroi must send her into hiding. To avoid a civil war, Sydney is called upon to act as Jill’s guardian and protector, posing as her roommate in the last place anyone would think to look for vampire royalty – a human boarding school in Palm Springs, California. But instead of finding safety at Amberwood Prep, Sydney discovers the drama is only just beginning…

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April 29-May 10

Sydney Sage is taken one night out of her bed she thought she was in more trouble cause of helping Rose Hathaway .see Sydney is a alchemist and they protect humans from vampires they hate vampires of all kinds but when she finds out she has to live with one Jill Lisa’s new found sister because people are trying to kill Jill and now they must appear human Jill ,Sydney, and guardian Eddie must keep Jill safe . Adrian is also there which he doesn’t want to be but Abe thinks it will be good for him .allot of things are going on killings Jill died at court and now her and Adrian are bounded .weird tattoos that look like alchemist and when Sydney finds out why Keith called her dad to come down she finds out he’s related to the tattoos and Keith has some nerve since he raped her sister and Lee Jill’s Lee is the one doing the killings like WTF but we also found out that Lee use to be a stragoi he killed that girl and once you’ve been stragoi you can’t go back to being stragoi I loved this book I can’t wait to find out what happens next I also loved she named her car latte

Favorite quotes –
Was she living his sex life ? Bloodlines page 202 by richelle mead

I didn’t stumble into a sorority house Full of them or anything .That made him laugh. You might have had a harder time getting Adrian out of there if that was the case.
Bloodlines by richelle mead page 219

“Yeah? Can you draw a skeleton riding a motorcycle with flames coming out of it? And I want a pirate hat on the skeleton. And a parrot on his shoulder. A skeleton parrot. Or maybe a ninja skeleton parrot? No, that would be overkill. But it’d be cool if the biker skeleton could be shooting some ninja throwing stars. That are on fire.”
― Richelle Mead, Bloodlines page 241

“Mmm. O positive, my favorite.”
“Is it? I thought it was a cabernet sauvignon.”
“So it is,” said Adrian, straight-faced. “My mistake.”
― Richelle Mead, Bloodlines

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Book Review: Clockwork Angel Cassandra Clare

Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

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Oct 2 2012 – May 6 2013

Tessa grey comes to London after to the death of her aunt to live with her brother Nate but when she gets to London she doesn’t see her brother waiting for her but two woman the dark sisters and Tessa finds out what she is she can change who she is see the magister wants her and she is being held with the dark sisters until she is ready well until one day a boy comes storming into her room while she is tied to a bed see he is no normal boy he’s a shadowhunter and he rescues Tessa he kills one of the dark sisters and is brought to the instatute when she wakes she meets Charlotte She tells everyone she wants to find Nate there are mundanes dieing see a vampire. Dequincy is killing them then there is this guy the magister and I love all these characters Jem who we find Is sick and is going to die we find out who the magister is in the end I love this story some parts were slow but I loved it.

Favorite quotes –
“One must always be careful of books,” said Tessa, “and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

“You know,” Gabriel said, “there was a time I thought we could be friends, Will.”

“There was a time I thought I was a ferret,” Will said, “but that turned out to be the opium haze. Did you know it had that effect? Because I didn’t.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

“Will looked horrified. “What kind of monster could possibly hate chocolate?”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

“My name is Herondale,” the boy said cheerfully. “William Herondale, but everyone calls me Will. Is this really your room? Not very nice, is it?” He wandered toward the window, pausing to examine the stacks of books on her bedside table, and then the bed itself. He waved a hand at the ropes. “Do you often sleep tied to the bed?”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

“Do you normally turn up in gentlemen’s bedrooms in the middle of the night? If I’d known that, I would have campaigned harder to make sure Charlotte let you stay.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

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Book Review: chasing Brooklyn lisa Schroeder

Chasing BrooklynChasing Brooklyn by Lisa Schroeder
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Restless souls and empty hearts

Brooklyn can’t sleep. Her boyfriend, Lucca, died only a year ago, and now her friend Gabe has just died of an overdose. Every time she closes her eyes, Gabe’s ghost is there waiting for her. She has no idea what he wants or why it isn’t Lucca visiting her dreams.

Nico can’t stop. He’s always running, trying to escape the pain of losing his brother, Lucca. But when Lucca’s ghost begins leaving messages, telling Nico to help Brooklyn, emotions come crashing to the surface.

As the nightmares escalate and the messages become relentless, Nico reaches out to Brooklyn. But neither of them can admit that they’re being haunted. Until they learn to let each other in, not one soul will be able to rest.

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May 1 – May 2

Review – The companion to I heart you , you haunt me was amazing .I haven’t read Lisa Schroeder’s books since 2010 but I was just in the mood and I love it it may be my favorite one Brooklyn lost her boyfriend lucca. One year ago and she’s still in pain and now Lucca’s best friend dies of an overdose . And nicco Lucca’s older brother keeps running and there both being haunted Brooklyn by Gabe Nicco by Lucca they start to talking and realize there might be more than working out they like about each other they start to fall for each other I loved loved this book I cried . Very good read

Favorite quotes –
One song –
The lyrics, the melody the mood can take you back to a moment in time like nothing else can.

“Aren’t the scariest things in life
Those things you can’t see?”
― Lisa Schroeder, Chasing Brooklyn

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Book Review: pushing the limits Katie mcgarry

Pushing the Limits (Pushing the Limits, #1)Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Source – own

Finished April 30,2013

Review – Echo use to be normal until one night she got scars on her arms and doesn’t remember why now she is a freak. Noah lost his parents and now he’s trying to get his brothers back . Echo and Noah don’t get along at first but it seams they have allot more in common and Echo falls for Noah and the other way around Echo still doesn’t remember why her mom tried to kill her and Noah is trying to adopt his brothers problem Carrie and joe the parents that his brothers have now . But why Echo and Noah fall for each other they know there for each other they go through allot I loved this book it felt so real out of all the contemporary’s i’ve read .

Favorite quote – “If you’re scared, tell me. If you need to cry and scream, then do it. And you sure as hell don’t walk away from us because you think it would be better for me. Here’s the reality, Echo: I want to be by your side. If you want to go to the mall stark naked so you can show the world your scars, then let me hold your hand. If you want to see your mom, then tell me that too. I may not always understand, but damn, baby, I’ll try.”

“It doesn’t get better,” I said. “The pain. The wounds scab over and you don’t always feel like a knife is slashing through you. But when you least expect it, the pain flashes to remind you you’ll never be the same.”
― Katie McGarry, Pushing the Limits

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Book Review: Divergent Veronica Roth

Divergent (Divergent, #1)Divergent by Veronica Roth
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I have not read many Dystopians but I LOVED this one . This book is about Tris and this is the future in Chicago and it’s pretty messed up you live in these factions and they mean something different but when Tris had to take a test to see which faction she’s in she gets Divergent which is apparently dangerous but on the choosing ceremony Tris picks dauntless she goes onto a new life she meets new people Christina , Al and Will who accept her and there is is mysterious instructor named four I absently love Tris and four there conversations there relationship Tris .lives in danger cause she is divergent things are about to happen war and it’s not good who will die and who will live I love this book go read it .
favorite quotes
I might be in love with you.” He smiles a little. “I’m waiting until I’m sure to tell you, though.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent
Are you asking me to undress Tris ? A nervous laugh gurgles from my throat only partially
– Page 405

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Book Review: Ten Gretchen McNeil

TenTen by Gretchen McNeil
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Oh my god This book was amazing I’ve always loved mystery and this was soooo good this book is about a bunch of people who come to and island for three days Meg and Minnie are best friends Meg is in love with t.j who she canceled on at homecoming cause her BFF is also in love with him but when things start to get strange like one girl dies but they mark it as sucide no problem not until the bodies keep piling up and there is a dead girls diary which might be the clues to why there there but when I found out who was the killer oh my god it made total sence I loved this book.

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Book Review: twilight graphic novel vol 2 Stephanie Meyer

Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 2 (Twilight: The Graphic Novel, #2)Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 2 by Young Kim
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I read the first one a while ago and I loved this one the art the story I can’t wait till new moon comes out it made me feel like I was first reading it it so easy to pick up on the rest of the story .

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Book Review obsidian Jennifer L armentrout

Obsidian (Lux, #1)Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

When Katy and her mom move after her dad has passed they need a new change and a new change they got Katy meets her boy next door Dameon Black he’s an ass good looking. Sweet talking. Alien yeah you hear me. Right him and his twin sister are aliens Dee and Katy get along smashing I mean Katy does get attacked by the luxen’s enemy and is weirded out why but when. She walks in front of a car and daemon stops it that’s when it gets good Katy finds out and she has a trace that the armun can trace to them and the rest but Katy and daemon have a special relationship lots of bickering and heat I really loved this book the writing was well done I loved the characters and the end wow great first in the series

Favorite quote – Why are you such an ass?” The words came out before I could think twice.
“Everyone has to excel at something, right?”
“Well, you’re doing a great job.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Obsidian

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