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Book Review: Clockwork prince Cassandra Clare

Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices, #2)Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Summary – In magical Victorian London, orphan Tessa found safety with the Shadowhunters, until traitors betray her to the Magister. He wants to marry her, but so do self-destructive Will and fiercely devoted Jem. Mage Magnus Bane returns to help them. Secrets to her parentage lie with the mist-shrouded Yorkshire Institute’s aged manager Alyosius Starkweather.

Read from February 26- April 27

Review – this book was amazing I like it way better than clockwork angel . So when will was 12 a demon cursed him that anyone who ever loves him will die so will is determined to get the curse off him so he can tell Tessa how he feel at this point I’m like is this why your an asshole cause that would explain it . The institute might be taken away from Charlotte damn Benedict I hate him so they have a time Liment to find mortimain and oh Sophie and Tessa have to be trained by Gabriel and Gideon I like Gideon and Sophie together I loved the part when Sophie hit hit Gabriel I was laughing so hard . Oh Tessa and Jem I was like do I like them together or her with will and I still don’t know I love both of them but after will discovers there was so curse he goes to Tessa but Jem asks Tessa to marry him that is bad timing and when will was confessing his love and I was crying and yelling no no no cause she’s engaged and of course she doesn’t believe your in love with her cause of what you’ve done to her . I did like the makeout scene at the ball they had to go to where Tessa had to be be Jessamine cause oh jessamine is with Nate and there ” married ” And they drink this lemonade which has warlock powder in it . I really loved this book the part with Charlotte and Henry they really do love each other they got to keep the Instuite Charlotte is going to have a baby aww oh and Cecily will’s sister arrives awesome book .

Favorite quotes. So  you’re suggesting we take the train up to York , to meet a ninety-year old man , leap on him ,  and yank out his hair ?  I’m Sure the clave will be ecstatic  . Page 74

I  swear   that  woman   had a  previous   career  as  a  death-hunter   selling  tragic  ballads  down  the  seven dials  ,   said  will  .  And  I do  wish  she wouldn’t  sing  about   poisoning   just  after we’ve  eaten . Page   214

“When  we  run the  institute  he   said  pitching   his  voice  loud  enough  for  will  to hear  , ”  this    training room  will  be  far  better  kept  up   and supplied  .”  Tessa  looked at  him  angrily  . “Amazing  that I don’t like  you, isn’t  it  ?   Page  216

You  speak  of  sacrifice  ,  but  it  is not  my  sacrifice  I offer   ,  it  is    yours   I ask  of  you  ,  he  went on .  I  can offer  you my heart ,   Though   I have no idea  how   many more  beats it  shall  sustain  . But   I love you enough   to  hope   that you will not  care   that  I am being selfish   in trying to make   the  rest of my life  –  whatever it’s  length  –  happy , by spending   it with  you  .  I  want  to be  married  to you ,  Tessa I  want  it more  than  I  have  ever  wanted  anything  in my  life   .   Page  430

It  was  books  that  kept me  from  taking my  own life   after  I  thought   I could  never love  anyone  never  be  loved by  anyone  again .  It was  books   that made me  feel  that  perhaps  I  was  not  completely  alone   .  thay  could be  honest  with me   , and  I  with them. Page   468

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Book Review: bossypants Tina fey

BossypantsBossypants by Tina Fey
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Read from April 15-16
Summary

Before Liz Lemon, before “Weekend Update,” before “Sarah Palin,” Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that one day she would be a comedian on TV.

She has seen both these dreams come true.

At last, Tina Fey’s story can be told. From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty on Saturday Night Live; from her passionately halfhearted pursuit of physical beauty to her life as a mother eating things off the floor; from her one-sided college romance to her nearly fatal honeymoon — from the beginning of this paragraph to this final sentence.

Tina Fey reveals all, and proves what we’ve all suspected: you’re no one until someone calls you bossy.

(Includes Special, Never-Before-Solicited Opinions on Breastfeeding, Princesses, Photoshop, the Electoral Process, and Italian Rum Cake!)

Review – What I thought of this book was it was funny I read it with the audiobook and I was laughing crazy I just started watching 30 rock and I wanted to read this and I loved it it was funny and witty and I loved it go read it and Tina fey is awesome .

Fav quote“Right up until camera time, I was sweaty and green from having to touch my own eyeballs like that. If you’ve never had to do it, I’d say it’s not as quease-making as when you lose your first tampon string, but equally as queasish to a self-breast exam. If you are male, I would liken it to touching your own eyeball, and thank you for buying this book.”

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Book Review: point of retreat Colleen hoover

Point of Retreat (Slammed, #2)Point of Retreat by Colleen Hoover
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Summary -Layken and Will have managed to overcome the obstacles that threatened to destroy their love, proving that they are destined for one another. What they are about to learn, however, is that the things that have brought them together may be the very things that ruin their connection forever…

Layken is left second-guessing the relationship whilst Will is jumping over hurdles to prove his love for her. What the young lovers discover about themselves along this journey may change their entire world, and the lives of those who depend upon them the most…

Read from April 6 – 14

Review – I butterfly love the second book in this series I’m not sure if I love this or the first one more but it was so good it made me cry and smile this one is taken place in will’s point of view I wasn’t sure I was going to like it I love will and I loved hearing this in his head I love we got some new characters also Kiresten and Sherry (kiresten’s mom) Kiresten is 11 yet she talks like she’s 25 . Lake’s mom died and gave will and Lake these stars filled with quotes and advice and that’s such a cute idea I loved will and Lake’s relationship in this one it was more grown up and I liked that So lake and Will are both in College and guess who is in will’s class vaughn the girl who broke up with him two weeks after his parents died and she is trying to hit on him when he tells her he’s in a relationship what is wrong with this girl but Will doesn’t tell Lake and it doesn’t seam like a big deal until she comes to his house and she’s crying and apologizing and then she says what if your with lake cause you feel sorry for her and then I’m like go away and then Lake see’s Will kiss vaughn ‘s forhead and Lake is mad like really made she starts to second-guess there relationship and Will is trying to get her back and then he conspires with everyone to get her to go to the slam and it’s so cute and she forgives him the the big car crash happens and I’m like if she dies I’m going to scream but no she doesn’t eddie kiresten kel coulder will and Gavin get hurt but Lake gets hurt the worst and I was hoping Eddie would be okay cause she’s pregnant and having a girl so Will decided to take Lake on a date to the house again and he proposes I was so happy and there married I loved this book so much.

favorite quotes

She’s the eleven year old neighbor I was telling you about . The one I think is an imposter based on the things that come out her mouth . I’m beginning to suspect she’s a really tiny adult posing as a little redhead child. Page 8

And my suck would be the fact that an eleven year old has a larger vocabulary than me , page 14

Fair enough , I’ll drop it . But first I need to lay down some rules . No holding hands until your at least eleven and a half . No kissing until your thirteen. And no tongue until your fourteen. I mean fifteen. Once you get to that point, we’ll revisit the rules. Until then you stick to those. Page 64

Okay would you rather I look like Hugh jackman or George clooney Johnny Dep she says that answer was to fast for my comfort what the hell Lake ? your supposed to say Will! your supposed to say you want me to look like me but you weren’t the options she says neither was Johnny Dep . Page 286

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Book Review: Beautiful mess Lucy v. Morgan

Beautiful Mess (Bailey's Boys, #1)Beautiful Mess by Lucy V. Morgan
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Summary – Warning: contains pet rats, hot YouTube celebrity roommates, and one spurned girlfriend about to get even…
Working in a wedding cake shop sucks when you’ve just been dumped.

Bailey Frost has a recipe for disaster: one cheating ex, one big glass of liquor, and three well-meaning male friends who think her lack of a sex life is funny. Before she knows it, she’s confessed that she’s never had an orgasm with a man.

Now Bailey has to navigate sappy couples at work, while her friends are hell-bent on helping her get revenge on evil Craig…by dressing up as werewolves, on YouTube.

And one of those friends – the tall, shy-but-gorgeous Linc – might just want to help Bailey with that other little problem…

Read from April 8- 9

Review – bailey was dumped by her cheating boyfriend Craig she lives with her two guy friends tom an olly and there is also linc he doesn’t live with them but he’s always there the guys do YouTube video parodies and baliey works at a wedding cake shop on valentines day linc and bailey hook up I really like this book and them together it was a fun read.

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Book Review: slammed Colleen Hoover

Slammed (Slammed, #1)Slammed by Colleen Hoover
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

SUMMARY -Layken’s father died suddenly, leaving her to gather every ounce of strength to be a pillar for her family, in order to prevent their world from falling apart. Now her life is taking another unexpected turn…

Layken’s mother gets a job which leads to an unwanted move across the country. However, a new home means new neighbours… and Layken’s new neighbour is the very attractive Will Cooper.

Will has an intriguing passion for slam poetry, and a matching passion for life. The two feel an irresistible attraction but are rocked to the core when a shocking revelation brings their romance to a screeching halt. Layken and Will must find a way to fight the forces that threaten to tear them apart…or learn to live without each other.

Read from April 4- 6

Review – Layken’s father has died of a heart attack and her and her mom and her brother Kel have to move from texas to Michigan cause they can’t afford the house anymore so this is where Layken meets Will Cooper , Will is 21 years old and is raising his little brother colver and Colver and Kel become friends and Will and Layken go on a date I love how Will takes her to a slam poetry I love poety and I don’t see it allot in books I love how Layken tells will about her fathers death and how affected her and when Will preforms something about this parents death and how they died in car crash I was so moved by this book it was beautiful they have an an amazing date and the the hell happens when Layken starts school the next day Layken meets Eddie (who’s a girl) and her boyfriend Gavin I love them together . And then Layken see’s will there and she’s wondering what he’s doing there and then it finally connects with me that he’s her teacher and I’m like NO NO NO THIS IS NOT HAPPENING and I was so angry cause I know Layken is in love with Will and she tells him that and he’s like no your not and that made me angry but then I found out things about will that I just had to get over what happned how Colver was in the car when Will’s parents died and that Will lost his scholarship and that his girlfriend dumped two weeks after his parents died what a bitch and then something big happens the reason why they really moved to Michigan her mom has cancer and it’s terminal I mean wow I was sobbing and then the event with javi when she heard will’s poem about her I was like awww and omg and then Javi like attacks her and will is so angry cause he thinks that there just kissing he was jealous . and then the scene in the laundry I was like will I know you care for each other and then the slam when they were reading the poems . the ending was sad cause her mom did die and the letters I was sobbing at this point I loved this book so much .

Favorite quotes

Are you really going to make me admit that I have absolutely no life here ? I say page 31

Well your eighteen now . You’ve had enough of my dating advice for a lifetime , she says but I’ll provide you with a quick recap just in case . Don’t order anything with onion or garlic , never leave your drink unattended , and always use protection . Page 34
Ugh mom ! I roll my eyes you know I know rules and you know I don’t have to worry about the last one . Please don’t give will a recap of your rules . Promise ? I make her promise . Page 34
So tell me about will. Does he work ? Is he in college ? Is he a serial killer ? She says this with such sincerity . Page 34

“Does he treat you with respect at all times? That’s the first question. The second question is, if he is the exact same person twenty years from now that he is today, would you still want to marry him? And finally, does he inspire to be a better person? You find someone you can answer yes to all three, then you’ve found a good man

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Book Review: Eleanor & park Rainbow Rowell

Eleanor & Park

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Read from February 17- 26

Summary -Set over the course of one school year in 1986, ELEANOR AND PARK is the story of two star-crossed misfits – smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. When Eleanor meets Park, you’ll remember your own first love – and just how hard it pulled you under.

Review – I had read fangirl last year and loved and I picked up Eleanor & park and fell in love with this romance but it didn’t start as a romance Eleanor is a big redhead and a little bit weird and wear’s men’s clothes but Eleanor has a tough life her stepdad kicked her out and she’s back a year later and she’s starting at a new school . Park the only Korean in omaha when he meets Eleanor he thinks she’s weird but lets her sit next to him there both misfits there different from everyone else I loved this book but I didn’t like Park at first I thought he was very judgmental to Eleanor I don’t like people who judge just cause of weight and looks but then things happen and I loved them Eleanor starts reading his comics over his shoulder I squeaked out of happiness and then he makes her mix tapes that’s adorable I thought this books was going to be adorable cause I did read fangirl and thought it was going to be this cute adorable romance I was so wrong I loved the mix point of view . they start talking about music and comics and I thought that was so sweet but Eleanor has problems he lives with his terrible step dad and siblings but there family’s are totally different park’s family his mom is a beautian everything changes between them they start dating and I loved there romance I loved that Park loved her even if she was curvy and had big red hair and I know how that feels I’m curvy I have big curly hair I loved when they had the first kiss and then allot of dates and I loved that Park’s mom is like I don’t like Eleanor and then as time goes on she sees allot things she relates to I loved that I loved the makeover scene I thought it was funny . I need a park in my life cause he’s adorable I love that he gets insecure to he tells eleanor there are no hot Asian guys I thought it was nice to see he didn’t see himself as hot and they had things in common in the end this is where shit gets real she comes home from a date with Park and she sees all the things with park everywhere and this message now through this book I thought the messages on the book was from Tina but no it was from her stepdad so she gets out and she’s running and there’s Tina saying like hey what’s wrong so she helps her and and her Tina and steve go to park and Eleanor says she has to leave so he takes her and they say there goodbyes and it was heartbreaking I loved this book so much I didn’t want it to end read it .

Quotes I love -She’d have to get up to let him have his spot by the window . Which would be akward . It was all akward . Every time the bus hit a pothole , Eleanor practically fell in the guy’s lap . Page 24
Eleanor was right : she looked like art , and art wasn’t supposed to look nice ; it was suppose to make you feel something . Page 165

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Book Review: allegiant veronica Roth

Allegiant (Divergent, #3)Allegiant by Veronica Roth
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Read from December 20 – February 20

Summary – The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered—fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she’s known, Tris is ready. Perhaps beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find a simple new life together, free from complicated lies, tangled loyalties, and painful memories.

But Tris’s new reality is even more alarming than the one she left behind. Old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless. Explosive new truths change the hearts of those she loves. And once again, Tris must battle to comprehend the complexities of human nature—and of herself—while facing impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice, and love.

Review – The last book in the divergent series is told in tris and Tobias point of view I loved that it was in both point of view it was interesting to see the what was in both there heads so after insurgent we learned that they wiped people’s minds and there memories now Tobias mom is taking over they know they have to get out so they get out of the city and go to the buro where tris’s mom came from and we learn her mom went into dauntless when she was sixteen to learn Tobias also learns something about himself he’s not divergent there are two typeGD and GP genetically damaged and genetically pure and Tobias is GD and he thinks he’s broken and tris keeps telling him that he doesn’t need to lose to the the test that she loves him . Tris reads her mom journal when she was in the buro it was interesting I really loved this book it might be my favorite I know it’s sad but I loved it Tobias works with this girl Nita he thinks that she wants the truth serum but she really wants the death serum and Uriah gets hurt he may never wake up at this point I was already sobbing I love Uriah Tobias was arrested and tris is angry with him but eventually forgives him more happens in this book lots of work and this beautiful scene with Tobias and tris I loved that scene cause veronica Roth didn’t focus on the sex part more the emotion part and I loved it . David wants to do another reset and tris has an idea to reset them but she has to get to the weapons area well Caleb was sapose to do it , it went down very bad And I was sobbing I loved this book if you haven’t read this series do so it’s an amazing series I loved it .

Favorite quotes –

I sigh . it’s  not a perfect situation  but when you have to choose between two bad options , you pick the one that saves people you love and believe in most you just do okay ? Page 388

And  I know   ,  without  being  told   ,  that’s  what love does  ,   when  it’s  right  – it  makes  you more  than  you were  ,  more than  you  thought  you  could  be .  page  414

Where have you been lately ? Christina says she wiggles her eyebrows . With four ? Doing a little … Addition ? Multiplication ? I cover my face with my hands . That was the worst joke I’ve ever heard. Page 255

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Book Review: shadow kiss Richelle mead

Shadow Kiss: The Graphic Novel (Vampire Academy: The Graphic Novel, #3)Shadow Kiss: The Graphic Novel by Richelle Mead
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Summary – What if following her heart means Rose could lose her best friend forever?

Rose Hathaway knows it is forbidden to love another guardian. Her best friend, Lissa – the last Dragomir princess – must always come first. Unfortunately, when it comes to gorgeous Dimitri Belikov, some rules are meant to be broken…

But since making her first Strigoi kills, Rose hasn’t been feeling right. Something dark has begun to grow in her mind, and ghostly shadows warn of a terrible evil drawing nearer to the Academy’s iron gates. And now that Lissa and Rose’s sworn enemy, Victor Dashkov, is on trial for his freedom, tensions in the Moroi world are higher than ever.

Lying to Lissa about Dimitri is one thing, but suddenly there’s way more than friendship at stake. The immortal undead are on the prowl, and they want vengeance for the lives that Rose has stolen. In a heart-stopping battle to rival her worst nightmares, Rose will have to choose between life, love, and the two people who matter most… but will her choice mean that only one can survive?

Review – the graphic novel of shadow kiss was my favorite cause it’s my favorite of the series it was still sad in the part and I love seeing the cabin scene it was a great graphic novel I loved it .

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Book Review: holly and her naughty eReader Julianne Spencer

Holly and Her Naughty eReaderHolly and Her Naughty eReader by Julianne Spencer
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Holly was not looking forward to going home to her high school reunion she was afraid she would see her high school crush Max who stood her up when she was 18 and worst of all she dropped her kindle and it broke Holly loves her kindle and after one night with her friend she cast some kind of spell and her kindle is on again except it’s different this time she is the character in the story she thinks she’s loosing her mind cause of what vivian did now she can be with hot guys in books in many different ways but then something happens a wall was broke between our world and the book world one of the characters has escaped and is in Max’s body who Holly has been spending allot of time with since vivian disappeared with her kindle witch she didn’t christoph took it he’s inside max she’ gets him back everyone is safe and she goes back home and then Holly receives a text that bring back memories of when she was 18 and Holly finds out some things that were in the past I loved this book I got it for free so I didn’t think it would be anything special but you’ve got to read it
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favorite quote – The words on the page are nothing but ink. Lines and curves and dots oranized in a most peculiar fashion . it’s not until you read them that they become something more . it is you who gives them life the characters of the book are only alive when a reader makes them so.

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Book Review: how to be alone tanya Davis

How to Be AloneHow to Be Alone by Tanya Davis
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A cute pome on how to be alone and how to be okay with like treating yourself to dinner and going to to the movies I love this I think everyone should read it .

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Book Review: pawns Estelle Macdonald

PawnsPawns by Estelle MacDonald
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Leslie was abandoned by her parents she sees a fire and goes to it where she meets a group of teens where they said they take care of people but there is more of it that it seams it’s darker than it seams .

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