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Book Review: the art of being normal Lisa Williamson

The Art of Being Normal

The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The art of being normal lisa willimanson
January 22- March 10 David Piper has always been an outsider. His parents think he’s gay. The school bully thinks he’s a freak. Only his two best friends know the real truth: David wants to be a girl.On the first day at his new school Leo Denton has one goal: to be invisible. Attracting the attention of the most beautiful girl in his class is definitely not part of that plan. When Leo stands up for David in a fight, an unlikely friendship forms. But things are about to get messy. Because at Eden Park School secrets have a funny habit of not staying secret for long

Review : I loved this book this is about David and Leo both very different but the same . David has always been different his parents think he’s gay but he’s not he wants to be a girl . Leo is a new kid at school who doesn’t like making friends he’s marked right away as a troubled kid he meets Alisha a girl who sees him not for his bad boy act . One day David gets bullied bad by this one asshole guy and Leo helps him out and punches the guy . Leo and David start talking and Leo starts tutoring David in math . When David is alone he dresses in girl clothing David wants to be a girl but he has to tell his parents . Leo is has started dating Alisha and he’s happy but then Leo tells Alisha his secret . David decides to visit Leo since he hasn’t been showing up to school and David tells Leo that he isn’t gay that he wants to be a girl And Leo tells David he’s trans I totally didn’t see that coming but there were signs and David asks if he will come back to school and he eventually does but some bitch mean girl finds out Leo is trans .The reason Leo left his old school was he was attacked by some classmates and tied to a tree fucking terrible .Leo finds out who his father is and he wants to go meet him and David is going with him and David decides to go in girl clothing they go drinking and get really drunk and they find Leo’s dad and he was a fucking asshole . Leo’s aunt explains that Leo’s dad ditched them before he was even born . David finally comes out to his family and tells them about him wanting to be a girl . David’s friends throw this winter party that isn’t part of the school David and Leo dance it was cute I loved this book and the characters .

Quotes :Normal is such a stupid word what does it even mean Look it’s beautiful out.
Are you seriously telling me you’d prefer to lie on the sofa in the dark all day correct .

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Book Review: Where I belong J. Daniels

Where I Belong (Alabama Summer, #1)Where I Belong by J. Daniels
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

March 4- 5

When Mia Corelli returns to Alabama for a summer of fun with her childhood best friend, Tessa, there’s only one thing keeping her on edge. One person that she’d do anything to avoid.

Benjamin Kelly. World’s biggest dickhead.

Mia hates him with a fury and has no desire to ever see him again. When she decides to start her summer off with a bang and finally give away her v-card, she unknowingly hands it over to the one guy that excelled at making her life miserable, learning a valuable lesson in the process.

Always get the name of the guy you’re going home with.

Ben can’t get the girl he spent one night with out of his head. When she leaves him the next morning, he thinks he’ll never see her again. Until he sees her lounging by the pool with his sister.

Mia is determined to hate Ben, even though she can’t forget him.

Ben is determined to prove he’s not the same guy he used to be.

What happens when the one person you wish never existed becomes the one person you can’t imagine being without?

Review : This Book was so cute Mia’s mom is sick and she goes to visit her best friend Tessa but isn’t looking forward to seeing Tessa’s brother cause he was a complete dick to Mia when they were kids . Mia decides she doesn’t want to be a virgin so she goes to a bar and sees a guy and goes home with him and they having amazing intense sex she leaves not knowing his name and goes to see Tessa and the guy who she slept with was Ben . Mia is determined not to like Ben but that might be easier said than done . Ben wants Mia to see that he’s not the same guy he once was he tries to be Friends with Mia and Mia meets Ben’s son who is a very adorable kid she sees how different Ben is she ends up going on a friend date with Ben and his son and after sending Ben all these sexy texts she can’t get him to see she wants to be more than friends until she sends and accident text to Ben and then they have sex then Ben and Mia start dating and Mia starts hanging out with Ben and his son . When there is an incident nolan mom was drinking and driving with him and Ben will probably get full custody . Ben loves Mia but he can’t say it since shes only in town for the summer and then Mia gets a call Mia’s mom is dying and she drives and calls Ben and tessa her mom dies and she hasn’t heard from Ben and she’s second guessing there relationship until she finds out he was shot and she drives to him he wasn’t hurt that bad good he was wearing his vest they meet up and kiss and fool around in a car . Mia is moving in with Ben and Ben proposes and Mia is pregnant ahhh I loved this book so much I’m on the second book.

Quotes
This is where I belong. Wherever you are. Always.”

“This was always my home. Wherever he was.”

I know what being around you does to me.” I grab her hand and place it against my chest, my other hand reclaiming its spot on her hip. Her eyes dart from my face to where her hand is and I see her eyes react to the effect she has on me. “Do you feel that? That’s what you do to me. Every fucking time I’m near you.” I can hear her heavy breathing while her eyes stay glued to her hand. I don’t say anything else. I just let her feel it. You own this part of me. Take it.”

I press my lips to her forehead, pulling the covers up over us both. “Sleep, angel. You have me. I’m never letting you go.” And with those words to her, she finally relaxes.”

I was trying to be good, baby. I wanted you to see that I’m not that same guy you once knew. I’ll never be that guy. I’ll never hurt you, Mia, and I’ll fucking kill anyone that does. But this is it. Once I have you again, I’m not letting you go. So you better be damn sure this is what you want because there’s no going back after this.

“Ben pulls his wallet out of the back of his pants. Where his ass is. That. Ass. It’s the perfectly sculpted entity in itself. There should be internet sites dedicated to it. Fan clubs. Parades even.”

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Book Review: this is love Kennedy fox

This is Love (Checkmate Duet #2)This is Love by Kennedy Fox
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

March 2- 3

Viola Fisher is the epitome of perfection.
She despises my one-night stands and mocks my less-than-classy habits.
She’s smart, beautiful, and too good to be true.
And I want her.

If she were anyone else, I’d have made my move years ago, but considering she’s my best friend’s little sister, she’s always been off-limits. Not to mention how much she loathes my very existence.

Hating me is her religion, but needing her is mine. Her sexy curves and filthy smart mouth make me want her even more, and I’m more determined than ever to change her mind.

I’ll prove I’m done playing games.
But until then, we’ll continue to play by her rules.
Viola Fisher may have won the battle, but the war isn’t over yet.

Checkmate, princess.

Review : I loved this book it was cute and sexy after the accident I needed to know what happened but I have fucking Mia she’s a crazy bitch and I don’t know why Drew can’t see that . Viola is worried about Travis and Drew asks Viola to watch him when he’s home and they start dating and it’s so cute but they have to hide there relationship from Drew . Travis knows he has to tell Drew he is dating Viola but Viola is stressed cause graduation . Viola gets and offer for a six month and she doesn’t know how to tell Travis . Travis has lunch with his mom who tells him that his father has cancer and she knows about him and Viola . Travis gets Viola a puppy it’s so cute she names it Gryf from Harry Potter . I love Travis and viola’s relationship they have there up’s and downs but they love each other . Drew finally finds out about Travis and Viola cause she’s a fucking bitch and told Drew and she tried to kiss Travis and when he didn’t want her cause he’s in love with Viola , Viola freaks out and leaves she won’t talk to Travis and she leaves on her six month to Boston . Viola misses travis and he misses her they text but it isn’t the same . Travis is starting up his own company Viloa is pregnant she’s moving back home she tells Drew first and then Travis and he’s happy there back together and he ends up proposing so cute I loved this book so much I’m on the 4th one .
Quotes
Princess… I want to be the one to tell him. I owe him that.
I swallow hard and nod in agreement . What are you going to say exactly ?
I’m going to say , Oh , hey Drew . Your sister and I have been having dirty raw sex for the past week and we want to keep doing it

If we have a little girl, you’re going to be that scary dad with tattoos that doesn’t let her date ever.Damn straight . And she’ll have a big strong uncle that carries a gun and handcuffs . No dating until she’s thirty . I’m serious

If he weren’t injured , I’d be ready to strip all his clothes off.

Vila fisher has always been mine, and finally being together is endgame

Just know , if you break my heart again , Travis king , I’ll break your balls

when I’l a millionaire , you’re getting tons of gifts . she perks up . The only gift I want is your brother wrapped in nothing but a bow.

If you wear your cop uniform , I might be able to get her to install the software on all of the computers I had delivered today for free. Now he’s the one laughing . I’m not going to be your stripper .

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Book Review: This is war Kennedy fox

This is War (The Checkmate Duet #1)This is War by Kennedy Fox
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

February 28- March 2

Travis King is the worst kind of a**hole.
He taunts me for being a good girl and mocks my high standards.
He’s cruel, crass, and has enough confidence to last two lifetimes.
And I hate him.

It wouldn’t matter so much if he were avoidable.
But considering he’s my older brother’s best friend and roommate, I see him more than I’d ever want to.
His sculpted abs and gorgeous eyes are wasted on such an arrogant man, which makes me hate him even more.

Even though I’ve had a crush on him since I was ten, the feelings weren’t mutual and he’s made that very clear.
He’s always loved getting under my skin and one night against my better judgment, I let him in my bed.
I’ve succumbed to his manw**re ways, but that doesn’t change a thing.

Because the King is about to get played at his own game–and lose.
Checkmate

Review : I loved this book it was funny and sexy this is about Travis king and viola they kind of hate each other they grew up together Travis is Viola’s big brothers best friend and he broke Viola’s heart when she was young and has hated him since . Now there forced to live with each other for two weeks cause Viola is on spring break . Travis is a manwhore and he’s fucking his boss’s daughter Viola likes to point on a daily basis how much of manwhore he is they steal each other’s clothes she’s run’s his one night stands out of the aparment until one day travis gives viola some pleasure and she can’t get him out of her head . Everytime viola is around a guy Travis goes crazy and punches them . They end up hate fucking when Viola is drunk and Viola finally tells travis why she hates him when she was 13 she overheard travis say that viola was his pitty friend and that hurt her and travis was hurt to loose viola and they end up having sex in a car and get stopped by a cop so funny travis ends up hurting viola cause she was going to hang out with Jason and she cried but then courtney calls viola and travis and viola talk and then head home to have sex and then that crazy bitch at his work took credit for the work and he’s mad and takes it on viola and she goes to hang out with Courtney and her brother is back cause his girlfriend dumped him and the cliffhanger oh my god car wreck and he was with Mia this book was awesome I loved it .

Quotes
He’s not worth your tears . Or the amount of bail money it’d take to get us out of jail

Travis king and his royal c*ck have compleatly ruined me for anyone else

wrong answer . Viola fisher is worth every damn thing

I thought it’d be better if I asked everyone to meet me at librairy instead of being in a house with a crazy naked man .

get your naked body off me , I say with gritted teeth . Never heard of that one before

I’m starting to think you have a thing for me . He smirks , obviously proud of himself . If you wanted to get me naked , all you had to do was ask

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Book Review: the sun is also a star Nicola Yoon

The Sun Is Also a StarThe Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

January 10- Febuary 22

Natasha: I’m a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. I’m definitely not the kind of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York City street and falls in love with him. Not when my family is twelve hours away from being deported to Jamaica. Falling in love with him won’t be my story.

Daniel: I’ve always been the good son, the good student, living up to my parents’ high expectations. Never the poet. Or the dreamer. But when I see her, I forget about all that. Something about Natasha makes me think that fate has something much more extraordinary in store—for both of us.

The Universe: Every moment in our lives has brought us to this single moment. A million futures lie before us. Which one will come true?

Review : This book was beautiful I loved Everything , Everything and I loved this book
Natasha’s family is being deported and Natasha’s working her hardest to have that not happen Daniel is a poet his family wants him to go to Harvard and be a doctor they both meet and talk and spend some time with each other I love Daniel he’s caring a good poet and he cares for Natasha . They end up making out Natasha meets Daniel’s family . Daniel’s brother is a fucking asshole he treats Daniel like crap . Natasha and Daniel part way they fight cause Natasha tells him that she’s being deported but Natasha wants to see Daniel she finds a lawer who might be able to help . She gets Daniel’s number after Daniel and his brother got in a fist fight they meet back up go up to a roof and kiss and Daniel goes to his college interview which turns out is the same Lawer and he couldn’t stop her deportation they have to leave Daniel goes to her house with her .Years pass they grow apart until they meet again on a plane I loved this book so much one of my new favorites .

Quotes :
Natasha is different . She believes in determinism —- cause and effect . One action leads to another leads to another . Your actions determine your fate .
In this way she’s not unlike Daniel’s dad .
Daniel lives in the nebulous space in between . Maybe he wasn’t meant to meet Natasha today. Maybe it was random chance after all .
But.
Once they met , the rest of it , the love between them , was inevitable

“Maybe part of falling in love with someone else is also falling in love with yourself.”

“Stars are important,” I say, laughing.

“Sure, but why not more poems about the sun? The sun is also a star, and it’s our most important one. That alone should be worth a poem or two.”

“We have big, beautiful brains. We invent things that fly. Fly. We write poetry. You probably hate poetry, but it’s hard to argue with ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate’ in terms of sheer beauty. We are capable of big lives. A big history. Why settle? Why choose the practical thing, the mundane thing? We are born to dream and make the things we dream about.”

Observable Fact: I don’t believe in magic.
Observable Fact: We are magic.

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Book Review: Milk and Honey Rupi Kaur

Milk and Honey

Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Book review Milk and honey rubi kaur January 28-30milk and honey is a collection of poetry and prose about survival. It is about the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity. It is split into four chapters, and each chapter serves a different purpose, deals with a different pain, heals a different heartache. milk and honey takes readers through a journey of the most bitter moments in life and finds sweetness in them because there is sweetness everywhere if you are just willing to look

Review : I loved this collection of poetry some I didn’t like but they were very beautiful poems .

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Book Review: if i was your girl Meredith Russo

If I Was Your GirlIf I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

January 16- 22

Amanda Hardy is the new girl in school in Lambertville, Tennessee. Like any other girl, all she wants is to make friends and fit in. But Amanda is keeping a secret. There’s a reason why she transferred schools for her senior year, and why she’s determined not to get too close to anyone.

And then she meets Grant Everett. Grant is unlike anyone she’s ever met—open, honest, kind—and Amanda can’t help but start to let him into her life. As they spend more time together, she finds herself yearning to share with Grant everything about herself…including her past. But she’s terrified that once she tells Grant the truth, he won’t be able to see past it.

Because the secret that Amanda’s been keeping? It’s that she used to be Andrew

Review : This book was beautiful . This book is about a trans girl name Amanda and she’s going to a new school and moving in with her dad . At school she meets a lot of new people . Bee , Grant , and a group of girls who save Amanda from heat stroke . Her father is having trouble coming to terms with Amanda being trans. Amanda ends up going to a party with her friends and Grant and Amanda end up dancing Grant ends up taking her to a quiet place they go for a swim and they kissing. Amanda avoids Grant until he finds her and she agrees to go out with him . Amanda knows she has to tell Grant that she’s trans but she can’t . I loved the flashbacks before she was where she is now . Amanda tried to kill herself this book was very deep and beautiful. Amanda has been through a lot she starts dating Grant . And hanging out with friends and her dad and her aren’t still getting a long . she finds out one of her friends is gay she dated Bee . Amanda finds out that Grant is poor and he works a lot he brings her home to his family which went well . Amanda’s friend comes for a visit she’s trans and Amanda doesn’t want her other friends to meet her . Amanda writes a letter to tell grant the truth but he burns the letter . Grant asks her to homecoming so Amanda goes with her friends and runs into Bee who is drunk and comes onto Amanda . Amanda wins homecoming queen and Bee tells everyone she’s trans oh my god and she runs out and Grant catches her and asks if its a joke and then she leaves but gets attacked by parker but her friends find her and Chole points a gun to his head which was kinda badass . Amanda’s father hits grant cause he thought it was grant so she ends up going home to her mom and her dad shows up for thanksgiving and her and him talk and she wants to go live with him again so she goes back which was brave . Her and Grant talk this book was beautiful and I can’t wait to read more works by this author .
Quotes
You can have anything,” she said, “once you admit you deserve it.”

I know it hurts. I know it hurts so bad you can barely breathe sometimes. I know because I’ve been there. Please don’t leave us. I promise life can be good, and we need you too much.”

Maybe secrets were part of life; maybe everyone had something they were lying to themselves about, or something they were hiding.
I looked up at the cross again and wondered if I was supposed to hear this particular sermon at this particular moment for a reason. I decided that the people who had said God didn’t love me, who said I didn’t have a place on Earth—they were wrong. God wanted me to live, and this was the only way I knew how to survive, so this was what God wanted. This was what I wanted. I had chosen to live, and it seemed like, finally, I was doing just that.”

“I wondered if joy could ever be felt by itself without being tainted with fear and confusion, or if some level of misery was a universal constant, like the speed of light.”

For as long as I could remember, I had been apologizing for existing, for trying to be who I was, to live the life I was meant to lead.”

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Book Review: Shameless Gina L. Maxwell

Shameless (Playboys in Love, #1)Shameless by Gina L. Maxwell
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

January 14- 21

People say I’m shameless. They’re right.

I like my sex dirty. It takes a hell of a lot to tilt my moral compass, and I always follow when it’s pointing at something I want. That goes double when it points straight at the one girl in all of Chicago who’s not dying for a piece of me.

She’s all I can think about, and that’s a problem, because she wants nothing to do with me. But I’ve seen her deepest secrets, her darkest fantasies, and they match mine to a fucking T.

I want her. Bad.

Now I need to show her how good it can feel…to be shameless.

Review : I loved this book , this book was funny and sexy Jane just wants her sink fixed and Jane’s friend calls a guy to come over to “fix it ” but the handyman is actually a stripper name Chance . But Jane doesn’t know he’s a stripper until he starts dancing for her . They make a deal Chance will fix her sink and dance for her . When he’s in her bathroom he finds something on her laptop some really kinky porn Jane likes it rough . Chance dances for her and then they have some kinky sex and he leaves but he can’t get Jane out of his head so he finds her at her work when he’s with his friends which are very interesting characters
Austin a firefighter and Roman a lawyer very interesting combo for strippers. Chance fallows her to the bathroom for some fun so they agree to a no strings relationship . Lots of Kinky sex until Chance doesn’t just want that when he sees men hitting on Jane he tells her he wants more while there in the bath and I love them together . Chance is worried Jane might want to change him . Jane goes to her cousins birthday and strippers are there Austin , Roman and Chance oh god and Jane leaves and when she gets home her and Chance get in a fight cause Jane asks him if he ever thought about stopping stripping and they break up . Chance is angry and he goes to Jane and they do there sexy time and get back together . Jane decides to get back at her friend and Chance says he’s going to send her Ruthless who is roman I can’t wait till the next book .
Favorite Quotes :
I’ve decided he’s pretty much a unicorn with attitude , Aka the perfect lover

I wouldn’t mind charming my way into her panties . Fell like sharing ? Do not kill your best friend. Do not kill your best friend

Damn, that means my thrusting game would be the reason a marrage gets called off . He shakes his head and whistles . That’s pretty fucking heavy , Man but I guess what they is true . With great cock come great responsibility.

No , I was thinking more along the lines of another laywer. one who could schedule a meeting in a conference room one of these nights when she’s working late all by herself . one who might start loosening the constraints of his suit during the meeting to get comfortable then might end up with it off all together . Her beautiful brown eyes grow wide with excitement . oh my god , she says Roman not roman I answer with a wink Ruthless

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Book Review: Haikyu!! Haruichi Furudate

Haikyu!!, Vol. 2Haikyu!!, Vol. 2 by Haruichi Furudate
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Book Review Haikyu ! vol 2 November 30- January 9Ever since he saw the legendary player known as the “Little Giant” compete at the national volleyball finals, Shoyo Hinata has been aiming to be the best volleyball player ever! He decides to join the team at the high school the Little Giant went to-and then surpass him. Who says you need to be tall to play volleyball when you can jump higher than anyone else?After proving themselves to be the ultimate combination in their practice match against Tsukishima, Kageyama and Hinata are finally allowed to join the club! Hinata’s true power—to perfectly time his spikes with his eyes closed—is awakened and nothing can seem to stop this crazy setter-spiker duo. Now their skills are about to put to the test at a practice match against one of Kageyama’s former teammates from middle school, Toru Oikawa.Review : I think this was my favorite one so far . Hinata and Kageyama win against the others and they get to be on the team they have a practice game the members are former teammates of Kageyama and they end up winning and me meet Oikawa who is very cocky and was a former teammate of Kageyama this vol was very funny also I love this manga even though I’m not a fan of sports

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Book Review: kiss him not me volume 2 Junko

Kiss Him, Not Me!, Vol. 2Kiss Him, Not Me!, Vol. 2 by Junko
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Book review : Kiss him not me vol 2

January 4-6 Hi there! It’s Kae again.When I go to school every day, it feels like I’m walking into a real life dating game. Four of the hottest guys in my school are with me everywhere I go!The school festival is coming up and I’ve been put in charge of making the boys outfits for a cosplay café. Do you know what this means? That’s right, I get to see them all in costume! I have lived for this day, and this day alone. I’m brimming with excitement to go full-throttle fujoshi on those boys! But wait! Last night before the festival, Igarashi-kun was acting kind of weird, wasn’t he?And now, it’s the day of the event and crazy things keep happening to me with these four beautiful boys! My heart won’t stop pounding! This is way too real for me. I want to go back to my fantasiesReview : The second vol was very cute Kae class is doing a cossplay cafe and she is making the costumes and shes overwelled so the guys help out . Igarshi likes kae and he says he wants to go with her just him and her to the festival but Nana and shinomia aren’t cool with that mutisumi says they can make schedule so they all get time with Kae and Kae is freaking out cause she’s not use to this kind of stuff there was a lot that happened with the guys a kae freaks out and runs off and she’s assaulted by some other guys but then her friends show up to help . In the next part was Kae decides to go to a anime convention and has the guys come along and they all have to get kae the BL books I love these guys and kae meets a new character cosplaying who helped Kae and it turns out she goes to her school she was cosplaying as a guy can’t wait to read the rest of the series .

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