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Second Kiss by Natalie Palmer

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I remember he day I found this book. A year ago. Shame on me for not reading it before. It was epic, amazing and just so darning SWEET!
It is so under my age by who cares. It was a simple read but the writing is not bad, not bad at all. This author knows what she is doing, the writing isn't sloppy or boring and the pace is just quite right!
And you know, it is my kind of story, the one that always takes my heart with it.
Gemma and Tess have been best friends for so long that they can't think of one another without the other one.
And this their story. The difference between clumsy Gemma and popular Jess through middle school and the changes they both have to go through due to growing up. Not kids anymore. Not more fort fights, or silly childish games. But, even though those are going out of the picture quickly, some stuff's coming to replace all of that. And it's a good trade if you think about the whole picture.
After all, it killed me that through almost the whole book they wouldn't accept their new feelings for each other.
But those little life shattering events will be the things that will bring them together, more than they already were.

It absolutely made me wish I had 15 again. :D
I could totally relate to Gemma in every way, although I never had a friend from that early in life, not one that was that awesome. Because, let's face it, Jess alikes do not exist outside this book.
And when the ending came rolling by, just to spoil it a little, just a bit, it was raining over where I live too. Thunder and all, so I got the whole effect of it.
And after I finish it I had the biggest of smiles until I went to bed. It was that cute of a story. The letter is my favourite part. And the last paragraph is just cute in every way.
Read it, come on. Easy read, cute story, good characters. What else can you ask for a cloudy afternoon? It made my day. One of the cutest stories ever.



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A Rushed Adult...

Ashfall by Mike Mullin

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Now I'm ready to review this one.
It usually takes me an hour after finishing a book, just so I have all my thoughts fresh and true to the book in question but this one was a bit different...I needed time.
Why? Because, I didn't know how to review it. Mr. Mullin, you touched me. If I have a soft spot, other than books, is the sense of never seeing my family again and the third in line is to survive on my own. A little background here, I'm 18 and have never lived on my own and to top it all, I'm a Med student so the possibilities of living on my own are still a long way from me. And it can not be compared to what Alex went through when he is only 16, but still, adulthood is scary at times.

What did Alex went through? You have no idea. And if you have one, is worse than that.
It's a typical Friday, his family is out, visiting  relatives that live in an another state, for the weekend. A weekend on solitary that transforms into a month long adventure trying to find his family in a new country, in a new world. So, what happened? A volcano. Yep, the almighty volcano, the father of all volcanoes, found in the beautiful Yellowstone National Park, did KABOOM! and all hell went loose.
So, here is one of the reasons I didn't give it all 5 stars... Is just difficult to me to believe that a 16 year old would know that Yellowstone is basically a Super Volcano waiting to explode... Come on, no offense, but if you don't even know the difference between Australia and Europe, how would you even know that there is a super volcano. The last sentence is based on a video I saw some time ago.(Apologize for the Americans that do know that very important piece of information.)
So, yeah, as you can imagine, everything is a disaster. Ashes everywhere, the sound is unbearable, and the sun is to be missed. I love that about this book, it's so very believable, the weather implications of an explosion of this nature. And not only that, not even three days after that first explosion, the people was desperate and didn't stick to normal society rules. Stores were emptied of anything that was thought could help survived this disaster. Riots were commonplace.
But Alex can't stay, he has to find his family. That's when all the good stuff happens. He has a long way to go, very little food, an even more little amount of water but motivation, he has plenty. And let me tell you, he is not stupid. He knows when to stop, where to rest and the direction he needs to follow. But, any precaution that he could have ever foresighted couldn't have prepare him to the dangers that awaited him on his journey.


So, here is reason number two to why not give this a 5 star review.
Darla. No, do not get me wrong, she is awesome, she is the reason why Alex lived to so many dangers and , actually, she helped him keep his good spirits and will. In so many levels.
Let me explain, although I'm a girl who cries when she reads about fictional characters dying, even real life people that didn't even know...I should've been happy just with Alex and Darla's adventure through this whole mess. When you read it you'll know why we can't take Darla out of the equations and why they are to be together.
But no, there has to be something for the romantics out there.I was hoping for the The Maze Runner little romance kind of thing, something that couldn't be avoided.(Go read that one too, BTW) And I'm grateful and all but ,seriously? It was so different of my expectations, it was like, nooooo! How can you been thinking in sex when there are killers out there, crazy people turning into cannibalism to withstand the harsh winter and lack of food supplies? WHY? I understand, basic need of human beings, but come on, are you kidding me? And some of you will be thinking this, "They are teenagers. They are missing their lives from before. They want to be normal teens again." And I completely agree with those thoughts, but if I were to be on their shoes, that would be the least of my worries.
It's a personal thing. Again, apologize. It's just such a good plot, amazing characters and much more, that some things that weren't really necessary, in my opinion, cast a shadow over it's greatness.

But my opinions are not important. READ IT! It's fantastic and just a good book. Makes you think about stuff.
And I can't get over that part, almost at the end, when you think that OK, this is it, and BAM! It's not.
Can't wait for the sequel! :D




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Like feathers

In the Middle of Nowhere by Julie Ann Knudsen

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Where to start?
By the beginning, I suppose.

Before I continue I want to thank the author for letting me check on this fantastic book. :D

This is Willow's story, a 16 y.o. girl that for a series of events has to start a new life with her family in a barely known island by the Portland shore named Pike's Island.
What does exactly make a seemly normal girl and her family to move to a place where she is forced to take a ferry everyday to school? Sadly, for Willow, all her problems started when her dad died.
So now she has to deal with everything that comes with moving to a new place and leaving her whole life back.
But, also for Willow, there will be a mysterious boy that will come with necessary changes for her.

If you are like me, you'll feel slightly annoyed, at first. I just wasn't connecting with the story or characters. But I've learned that you can't judge a whole by it's pieces so as always I went on reading. And I'm glad I know that little piece of information. Eventually, a few chapters after, the whole story starts to make sense and it actually makes you get into the story and feel like you are a part of it, too. Don't believe me? I'm telling you, you'll cry, laugh, and actually yell at Willow for some stuff that goes on.
I have to admit that I couldn't stop myself of rolling my eyes a time or two. Willow is immature and, to me, fell flat a couple of times.
But it was just for a couple situations and that is just my normal reacting to bad judgement and lack of common sense. But still Willow is a likeable character that matches the story perfectly.
And you may be asking about the boy. That one was Michael Cooper, a boy that comes and goes for most of the book while Willow discovers herself and her personal strength.

This book was a combination of very common problems for teens such as the loss of a parent, dealing with alcohol and drugs, trying to fit in in a new place, seeing the remaining parent moving on, even first love.
Personally, I love all that's romantic and stuff, but even I have to admit that very very soon all books start to look alike and eventually bores you to death.But In the Middle of Nowhere was like a breath of fresh air. Unlike so many books out there this one does not stuck the main character and this character's love interest together as if they were joined by the hips. Believe me when I tell you that this is all about Willow and her personal growth, dealing with her mom finding someone that cares for her and her children, trying to make some sense out of the high school's "most bitchy" girl and the girls that surround her, experiencing her first hangover, smoking her first joint, even her desire to learn how to drive and get her first job. Like I said, a normal teenager with teenager problems.
So what does all that mean for Michael? Oh, do not worry, he is there alright. But his part was of the subtle type but that doesn't mean that it was not a huge part. After all, it is through Michael that Willow learns more about herself than with anything else that is currently happening in her life. It is him that teaches Willow to open herself up and to try to embrace her life and let go of her fears for those are her only obstacles of truly living.
I loved Michael form beginning to end, he is a writer and a poet with a secret of his own. The reason why he doesn't go to school  and disappears from Willow's life from time to time.
I do not know if it would be right to tell you...
I couldn't believe it when the truth came out, not because of what it was, you could practically figured it out in a second, but because this was the second time that I encountered it in a book. If you've read  Sing Me to Sleep you may know what I'm talking about. And you may also know what I immediately imagined. I dreaded that possible outcome because the heartache would be unbearable a second time.

So I'll leave it there because it's your mission to find out what happened to Willow those first months of her new life. What Michael's secret is. And if everything went right at the end.
Hint: it does not finished as heartbreaking as Sing me to Sleep did.Just so you'll know.

It was a very good read.The language a little too proper sometimes. I felt that maybe it should've been set in England rather than in Maine.
And it has some faults here in there that I won't lose my time trying to explain because you may not look at them as such. My interpretation is mine alone. Yours may be different, and I'm pretty sure it will be. The thing that I want most is for you to enjoy it and to finish it with a feathery feeling inside you.
This story will stuck with me for many, many reasons for a long, long time.
I'll leave you with Michael's words of wisdom:

"Sweet dreams, my dear. Sweet dreams, you dare? Be done with dreams and face your fear."



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The Bastian Effect

What A Boy Wants by Nyrae Dawn

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


My, my. Did I needed to read something just like this. Last night I was a little bummed out because of school and stuff and I wasn't doing anything productive. It had been over two weeks that I could sit and try to read something that wasn't school related. And to be honest I have a to-read list since last year, but as always, when I get a new book I just want to read it immediately, so I have a lot of books waiting. But I do not regret reading this one...IN ONE NIGHT! I just couldn't stop. I wasn't even finish with the second paragraph when I was already hooked! And the whole ride I had that feeling you get in the pit of your stomach.

Sebastian, this amazing guy that just didn't believe in love or falling in love or anything related to love because he had a difficult time every time his mom broke up with the newest boyfriend or end up a marriage. So he wasn't a believer, and that is just so original,right? It is because Sebastian, he is a good guy, a very good guy and not only talking about his good looks, he protected his friends with iron fist. Losing some hook-ups on the way, it didn't matter, Jaden, his best mate, Pris, the sharp tongued girl and, of course, Aspen, the daughter of a hippie couple that was just his best friend since ever. But living with his mom, that was a complete believer of true love, didn't came without consequences. With time he learned his fair share of knowledge about relationships and everything someone needed to do to get the perfect hook up, so he became the Hook-up Doctor. Helping girls getting the guy they wanted helped him perfect his game and the money was much appreciated, and it always is when you want to afford your own car, isn't it? So that how he lived, hooking up whenever he wanted, hanging out with his friends whenever they could and just be. But Bastian doesn't know that is about to change. His latest client, a PA rocks (a privacy policy of his) makes a deal with him, so it will be the usual, he receives the money, she receive the tips, when she gets the guy he gets paid off and everyone happy. Or so he thought.
While everything is going smoothly with his client, things are changing with his friends, particularly with Aspen, and he does not why. First it was Jaden's comment on Aspen's butt, and now she, although Aspen is no different at first sight, whenever he doesn't talk to her or hang out with her or just when he is with her he feels rather strange himself, noticing things he didn't before. when did she had her hair looks so smooth, and why hadn't he notice how she smelled, and why can't he concentrate on an every day hook up, and why can't he stand seeing her talking with other guys.It was just so damned confusing. And then, BOOM, he got it, he was in love, or at least thought he was, but it was a very strong feeling, too strong and real to be just a mirage, and he wanted to kiss her so badly, touch her in a very different way to the way he did before. He didn't want to treat her as any other hook up, it was Aspen after all,he wanted to protect her from every harm. He definitely wanted to protect her, yeah, it must be love. And how to tell your best friend you love her in a very unfriendly way, that you want to be with her, that you want her? It's not going to be easy but he will think of something.
So, one day, before the leave for the coast to celebrate Pris' birthday, he checked his Hook Up Doctor account to see if PA Rocks had some success after he told her some tips of his and what he finds out is very much a surprise. PA Rocks is Aspen, and Aspen likes him, she's been trying to hook up with him. And he couldn't feel any happier and this trip is just the opportunity he need. Nd to make a long story short, because I want you to read all the unmentioned details, he gets the girl, but decides to do the only gentlemanly thing he knows, to brake up with her so she won't be hurt if what they felt was only a passing thing.
And well, here you go, find out if he recovers the girl, discover the real reason Aspen contacted the Hook Up Doctor.

And for the ending, I think I got a hint of a possible follow up story, and if is not, I want to demand a follow up book, and I may or may not mean a follow up on Sebastian and Aspen's story. ;)
Please! Read it. I don't think all my stomach twisting was just because I didn't eat dinner. The rumors are real. Where are the guys like Sebastian?



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The Austen Effect

A Weekend with Mr. Darcy by Victoria Connelly

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


It was...to put it lightly....a turn off...I was expecting so very much of it. The title, the cover and the overview got my attention immediately, making me put other books I've  putting off reading to read this one..but I can't quite say I regret it because I've gave it 3 stars. So I did like some of it but it wasn't what I wanted. I must confess that my experience with Ms.Austen is quite unexistent..I know! And I walk through life calling myself a reader but it is true, and after this one, maybe my Janeite potential was lost..not for good but for quite some time. I hope. I have been allured by Mr. Darcy's advances,yes, but for the time..I'll prefer to wait.



One of the mayor thing that didn't work for me was the whole thing with Robyn. I never got to like her, to know her and to even agree with the author to pair her up with Dan. What a waste! For most of the book she was complaining about her boyfriend who she admittedly didn't love or like, for that matter. Finds herself in love with Dan, perfection in flesh. But she still make the stupidity of saying yes when said boyfriend proposed to her after a few of embarrassing moments.. And she calls herself CONFUSED! Confused was Lochan and Maya from Tabitha Suzuma's Forbidden when they started feeling the way they felt for each other. Confused was Forrest Gump when Jenny told him about his son. A lot of confused characters have crossed paths with my eyes and imagination, but not adorable Robyn, no, she wasn't confused she was just a fool. A fool I say! Everytime a chapter or paragraph was about her I had to stop and just watch something as deep as Toddlers And Tiaras just for me to be able to survive her, Robyn. Let's just say that she was a secondary character with the dreams of a main one. Not good.

But enough with her. The next thing that killed it for me was the whole Austen thing. I know it is a very Austenian book, but you didn't have to say it in every single paragraph of the book. Every.Single.One There is something called the Austen Effect...I had an overdose. Hence my decision of putting off Austen books for some time.



I read this one and finished it just because of Katherin and Warwick. I wanted to know that everything was going to turn out great for them. Besides, they are the ones who appear at the overview,no silly Robyn. And ther is a reason for it. Why it wasn't only with those two and them books. It would've been better.  I even liked Jace at the end. I feel sorry for Dan. What a catch! What a loss.

You can only ask so much of a book.



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Genius...

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Read it three weeks ago and I still cry a bit whenever I think of Gus.

Being this my first John Green Book...I was not disappointed!
I'm a fan of his and his brother, Hank, in their YouTube channel, VlogBrothers. A nerdfighter to death, my friends. But even though I knew John writes and me being the reader that I am, I couldn't possibly imagine making myself read one of his books. A bit afarid, I think, that I wouldn't like it perhaps. Yeah, I know, he won an award and everything and made a book with David Levithan, one of my top 20 favorite authors of all time, but still I had my doubts. But after watching video after video of him not talking about TFIOS, signing all those books, and all the effort he made to keep it a secret as long as he could, I admit I was curious.
So, after the must awaited release date, I waited to see how it did. Didn't read a review in order to not spoil my own experience in case I decided to read it, but I kept track of the scoring, listen to a word or two about it's awesomeness and well, here I am, unable to decide which book by John Green to read next. Now I'm scare I won't like them as much as I LOVE TFIOS.

Just FYI, one of my best friends gave me this fabulous Christmas present, a Parisian Notebook for Quoting, her words! And I didn't read a really good book worth keeping quotes to start up my Quoting Notebook until THE FAULT IN OUR STARS. Now I always read Gus's words to Hazel, Hazel's own opinions, and whatever line I thought worth remembering. I worry that maybe John will sue me for the amount of quoting I have in this Notebook, almost the whole book if I have to be honest with you. I'm exaggerating, of course, but hey, I came close to do it. It is just such an AWESOME BOOK!

I have to come clean at something, I didn't actually liked Augustus at first. Too cocky, confident, forward...a too much for me. But did I ever regret anything in my life was this. How could I not love Augustus Waters. After some chapters you understand him and Hazel and EVERYONE! Even the freaking writer! Anna and the Hamster!

Every turn was a surprise, even if I guess the way it was already just ahead of me.
Hazel is just so sad, comfortable with her fate that doesn't want to do much with her life, or what is left of it. That when Augustus Waters
appears is just like a new air going through her sickened lungs. I loved how Gus taught Hazel everything she needed to really live her short life at it's fullest. How he made her wish come true. How they made this whole relationship from scratch in a short amount of time. Love ought to be like that, one day it is not, the next it is. And that's exactly how Gus was. Like he said, he didn't have the right to deny himself to say the truth or to live life. Sometimes it is just too late and you wouldn't want to regret it.

Oh, and when he died, he died like 6 chapters before the end or something like that but I cried the whole time. Barely reading because of the non-stopping tears. And yeah, this whole review goes around Augustus Waters but without him what would've been of Hazel. Dying alone, without knowing what life was truly about, even though hers is suppose to be a short one? How? Tell me!
I just love it. I need a physic copy. I need to hug that book. Even if you can hug it, your laptop is just some metal and plastic, not the real deal. I need to shed some tears in my favorite parts. I need the world to read it, too.
I feel just like Hazel did with An Imperial Affliction, a book so good that you want to be the only one to know about it but you can't possibly live with the idea that nobody know of it's geniusness.I don't care if that's not a word. This book is what it is. Genius, Grand...Anything you would use to describe the best thing of all time. 
We need more stars for books like these, GoodReads. Five are just not enough.





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Clever...

Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Oh, man! This is my first. No context, no plot whatsoever but still a better love story than Twilight. hahahah xD IT WAS THERE, I HAD TO DO IT! Team Jacob! LOL..But still, Oh My God. You connect with the character in so many levels. And do we get a name? No! And that's the most interesting part. And I don't want to search anymore than I already have but I understand that this is fiction, even thought the authr has written a couple of books based on real facts. But even so..THIS IS SO REAL! And, yeah, it was publishe quite a while ago but it is still our modern reality. Apply it to the 21st century and BANG! you have it, right here in those 213 pgs!
Everytime I went to the bookstore I would be drag by it everytime I saw it on the bookshelf. And one day I had extra cash and bought it. And, you know what? i do not regret it. While reading it I decided to keep it and when I have children (IF something like that ever happens to me) or my sisters' and brother's children are old enough I will give it to them so they will see that drugs are not fun, at all.
Maybe it's a stupid idea but what better way than this way! I'll even give it to my little sisters when they come to age. And I am sure it will still be a very real reality (if you know what I mean) for many many years to come. It is sad, but the world has come to this. It is our responsability to try to it to not go unchanged.
A couple of weeks ago I read a phrase that call my anttention very much, "Instead of trying to make a better world for the children, try to make better children for the world." And I can't agree more, generation after generation is getting worse than the previous one. Even Socrates knew about it in his time. We are losing focus people. Let's try because there is something worst than failing and it's not trying at all. :)
It is a toughy, and very confusing because, while it was written as I teenager writing a diary, it does not explain every single detail. Soemwhere in the middle you will read a name and you will be wondering who is that one or how come it was in one place and now it's in another. Don't expect a full story,character interaction or something like any other book you've read before. It is not. And try not to read it on a sick day. Trust me, I know what I'm talking about. :)



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Ok....I just have to do this real quick!
I have a major physics exam tomorrow & I'm right here..deciding what book to review next and not studying! And look what I found! :) I have not entered a Giveaway in such a long time...I live out of the States, and as You know, most of the giveaways are for Canada or USA readers,only. Yes, I know, it is sad for us that have to manage with poorly stock bookstores, no access to a credit card (no internet shopping) and the lack of our culture of the joy of reading. So..this is just a one more try..not the last but definitely I'm reluctant to enter too many of these giveaways.....but it is ANNA AND THE FRENCH KISS!!!! St. Clair for goodnessakes! <3

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A reading worth a day...

Forgotten by Cat Patrick

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I can't believe I finished this in ONE day..is not like I haven't done that before but I didn't expect this to grab me and nail me to my phone until there were no more words left. And man, was it a roller coaster. This is the first time that that expressions REALLY means that very same thing..UPS and DOWNS and LOOPS and just MINDBLOWNED-NESS.... F word is in order. Hands down one of the best plots I have read in a while.



Let me explain all those funny looking words for you. You see, we meet London Lane, a high school girl, very normal looking, with a mom and and absent dad, not that that may call to a Surprise expression. BUT, she does not have a memory. Not like mine or yours or like anybody else's. She remembers forward, she knows the future but not the past. Once she lives one of her memories BANG! she forgets it, it doesn't exist for her anymore. So, in order to have a normal life or an attempt for one she relies on her daily notes and reminders, so she doesn't depend that much on her mom or her best friend, aka, her only friend. Lets just say she is not very popular in her higschool, in fact you may call her the Freak of the class, even though she tries to make notes about every single detail she thinks she'll need, she is bound to make mistakes just like everyone else. So she sometimes seem very forgetful or just plain distracted to not recall very simple things. That is just how it is, she can't do anything about it except form theories to why she has that condition. And her best one so far has being the fact that her dad left her after her parent's divorce without so much as a glance back. I know, ok, is that the great plot you were talking about up there? Well, that is just the start.

So before I continue, please stop, and go read the book and come back afterwards because herE it is : SPOILERS ALERT*



It started the day he started at school. Without knowing, London just met her true love, a handsome boy named Luke, that as cute as he is, hides the key for all the twists and turns this book has in store for you. First, London starts having this dream, a nightmare really, a funeral, Luke's maybe, or a child, hers? Who knows but the images there,the people she finds surrounding her are her long lost father and, surely, that old lady is her grandma. But what to do? Now, she finds some pictures of her dad along with some birthday cards for her form her dad. Secrets. Secrets she wants to take out to the light but her relationship with her mom, once a very open one, is starting to shutdown. She is lying to her anyway. (Very immature of her, didn't quite understand that part myself) And to top it all, once she has managed to start dating Luke, no matter how the first date went (she no remebering any of it and me wishing that a real guy was just like Luke), her best friend Jaimie starts to date Mr. Rice (yep, a teacher. A married teacher.) and does not want to know how that will end up, because you know, London knows, but she does not want to hear any of it, and after fighting her notes, London tells her anyway and that is the end of their firendship,at least for a while, because, again, London knows. That is a terrible thing, knowing how stuff will be but not being able to remember afterwards. Kind of sucky sometimes. But as the story keeps going, it helps when you find out that your boyfriend for 4 months has been lying to you, knowing everything about you. Quite handy, all you do is erase it form you notes, and Voila! it's done. No more Luke. But he is a fighter, people! He will not take no for an answer so he makes her see that the brake up is a mistake and over something so trivial as a "You lie to me. I lie to you." fight. Again, i didn't quite get it myself, but I try to put myself in London's shoes. She can't trust in just anybody. But well, who would've guess, that fight will teach Luke a lesson and he is just as happy to know that because, it is London! And that's the part were the first unexpected twist came, LUKE KNOWS! He knew all along, since they were 11 years old. That story is just so cute. I just love it when the male character hides a secret crush on the female character. But, unlike other novels,you didn't expect it at all! I surely did not see that one coming!

The second twist happens when London realizes that her nightmare, her memory (keep in mind she only remembers the future) is that, a memory, of the past. The funerl was something that happened, before. She lived that and somehow is able to remember it. And the loop in that twist is that is her little brother's funeral. Jonas' funeral. And from this everything goes rather smoothly. London reconciles with Jaimie. Her mom and London herself start to have hope about the possibility that Jonas might be alive. Her relationship with Luke morfs, because now she can remember him, from her future, something that had bever happened before.

And the final twist is that she remembers the day everything went downhill for her family. The day Jonas was kidnapped. She letting the strange lady come in the car, taking Jonas away. Her dad rushing behind them, ending up in a crash. She dying and brought back to life, leaving her with a major fault. Her unique memory. Followed buy the divorce and him, disappearing.

And, well, once you think of it, everything is plot convenient (in a way) but man that I'm glad that you find that one out just after you finish it. You have expectations but they might be fulfilled in a way you never expected. I know mine were. And I cannot escape the feeling that this is just so 50 first Dates but backwards. From the girl's point of view but the guy just the same. He not taking advantage of her memory problem and all that. Just loved it. It was a reading worth the day it took me to read it. Try it. I give it a mighty big Thumbs-Up for a week-end read. If you feel like it. ;)



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"TO DIE WILL BE AN AWFULLY BIG ADVENTURE"

Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


The World War II...a time in the world's history marked by murder, despair, regrets and ,why not, adventure. Yep, I had a pair to say the word "ADVENTURE" and if in your little mind you think I mean about the fun,laughter and good times such a thing as an adventure brings to someone's life you, friend, are wrong..adventure is not always a good thing, or let's rephrase it, an entirely good thing. All those who took their time and review their possibilities of survival and knew they wouldn't make it unless they face a time of dangerous adventure, dark adventure...an adventure they didn't knew how would it end or if it would end at all. And most of them, died during that adventure but they did with the taste of freedom in their whole bodies. That's the main reason I decided to use the word "adventure". I just can't help it, I always wanted to live in that time just to know the feeling of being in an adventure no matter how dangerous it might be. I know I will never know, wishing will be the only feeling I will ever sense on that matter. The World War II brought a lot consequences, some of them good, like the UN, some of them very bad, like the deaths of millions of innocent people..but consequences in the end, consequiences of human actions, brought upon ourselves by our own stupidity. I may live in the 21st century but I can't help but feel the need to awknowledge those whose lives where marked by a time of darkness and death. There is not other better or more fantastical place than a war zone, where true heroes are out there, shown to the world to see.

Is it terrible for me to think of a war as magical? I do not know the answer but I do love the concept better than a made-believe land or world.

If you are still with me, after that overdramatic introduction, I want to invite you to read the book that brought all that thinking to my little brain. It is a historical fiction but the best historical fiction you can possibly think of, the time? WORLD WAR II..( a big DUH! is in order)...the place? FRANCE (my favorite place in the whole world, the country I will live in about 10 years, mark my words!). To be more accurate it is July 1942, the last time many jewish family saw the sun in freedom and in life during the occupied France. The last time Sara Starzynski ever knew how a family was suppose to be.



But the Vel D'Hiv Roundup didn't only affect those french jew who lived through it but also many years since then, the story of it all touched the journalist Julia Jarmond's life. After finding out that her new home was the home of a jew family of the unspeakable Vel D'Hiv roundup and getting to write about that day for the 60th anniversary, she decided to look up for that family and without knowing, started an adventure of her own, that would change everything.



Julia will become obsess with Sarah's life, she will do anything to know what happened to her after that day that she lose everything. With flashback chapters, the reader will be able to follow the adventure Sarah went through to be able to escape and return to Paris to save her little brother that was hiding when the police came for them that morning but after an unsurprising end to that adventure, Sarah will be an enigma both to the reader and Julia.



I couldn't help but cry in so many chapters that it is difficult for me to point them out and it will also be a Ginormous spoiler for you, friend. And you have to understand that I read this last december, after over a year of search. I wanted to read this so badly since '10 that I would always look for it in bookstores and such. I know there is a movie, here is the link to the trailer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzDZ9e3mG... ... I haven't seen it yet. I needed to read the book first, a matter of choice. I do not know how faithfull it is to the book but the trailer looks good and can't wait to watch it.



The end..oh the End! It made me feel butterflies. If you get what I did at the end please TELL ME! because I think I was the only one to realize what I realized. Warning: it is an ending that is not an ending. It suggests so many things that I couldn't believe Tatiana de Rosnay left it there but so glad a the same time.

5 stars are not enough. I knew since the beginning that it was a fiction but it felt so real since the beginning! Please! PICK THIS BOOK UP! A must-read, indeed! =)



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A little hole in one's spirit.

The Beginning of After by Jennifer Castle

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Here we go... My official first review of the year. Yep. This is the first. No judging.



Ok...what did I like about this one? For starters the thing that called my attention fisrt was the cover, obviously. It's my kind of cover, bright colors but not that bright; a person is in it but when you really look at her you know there are a million things going through her mind. Not really looking at anything, and you know that, not because you can see that part of the set, no, but because you just know. You've being there. If not, where have you been?! You should be doing your time of day dreaming. Is healthy and helps you with stress. Do not hold that to me, I'm just saying. And well, continuing with the issue at hand, I liked it, as simple as that. I just have the most weird taste, I know, but it's who I am. Can't help it.

Then I read the little overview that comes with books..and just for the record, publishers should think twice before deciding on an overview, sometimes it just makes it too easy for one to make a whole plot out of those few words, it may differ from the actual story but, not that I'm bragging, I have come real close at guessing. Although, many authors still manage to prove me wrong and twist everything and blow my mind.

So friend, if you are still reading, bare with me, I will get to review the book at some point. Promise.



Ok, so if you go some reviews back, you will notice that I don't like the use of spoilers, in fact I avoid them at all costs, and that is exactly what I will try to do with this one because the story really deserves for you to go fresh, clear, unguided ( is that even a word?) because it is another I-lost-my-whole-family story and , Yes! you guess correctly, it has a I'm-dealing-with-grief teeanger, a girl to be exact. 16 years old, Laurel Meisner is living her "after".

But before I continue, keep reading. It may have a looooooot of similar elements to a lot of other novels you've probably read before but this has a twist, that not even I expected to be there. I'll explain further ahead, Just Keep Reading.



Laurel, straight A's student, perfectly normal teenager never realized of what she had until that night that everything was lost. Her mom,her dad and even her little 13 year old brother passed away so suddenly that she didn't even had time to blink. One moment they were the next there were not. And just like that her life changed forever.

But, life being how it is, didn't let Laurel grief by herself. Next door neighbor, David Kaufman, lost somebody too in the very same accident that took Laurel's family to that unknown place you go when you've come to the end of your life. But, as the story evolves from Laurel being dumbstruck by the whole thing, David dropping out of school, she hooking up with some guy, he driving all over the country, and a lot of other situations that make both Laurel and David to face their lives without their love ones, you realize they manage their pain in very different ways.

So, stop it, do not start making ideas, David is mentioned at the very start of the book and you will, like I did, start thinking: "Laurel and David have this secret love for each other that, unfortunely, came to light after the accident and will end up together, happily ever after.The End." NO! Not at all..wich part, I'm not telling, but I can assure you, David plays a VERY VERY different part than what you expect it.



And so on, the story is just that, Laurel dealing with her new life, trying to fill up the whole she suddenly had in the middle of her spirit. David's comings and goings. David's dog, I can't bealive I'm saying it, but this time the pet actually played an important part! And, well,the start of their new improved relationship.

If I continue I'm bound to use the Spoiler alert and I'm not going to fall for that one. But I actually hope you get the whole "The Beginning of After" thing beacuse it took me the whole book, to the very last sentence,to get it. And if you feel like reading it in one sitting, prepare some ice tea, snacks and very strong tissues..you will cry, guaranteed. ;)



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P.S. Have you told your mom, dad, sister(s)/brother(s) that you love her/him/them today?

P.P.S. That color looks great on you! =)





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Flawless by Lara Chapman

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Ok, here we go.
You know, you wouldn't think that Sarah, the main character... Scartch that. I like to treat someone as the person he/she is, regardless if they exist only on the author's imagination. Imagination is a world on itself.
Sara, beautiful Sara Burke, like every other teenager, american teenager, likes first days just because of what they mean. A new day to reinvent yourself, new chances. But, and there is a big but, like in everything that looks great but not quite right. Her nose its's, well, big. Told you, there was a big but. I don't think she would care that much but with a mother like that who wouldn't give it a second thought? Gladly, her best friend, Kristen, supports and encourages her self-confidence.
Quoting, "An Adonis has arrived and I'm here to worship him." Like Sarah said, Rockford Conway arrived to absolutely shake her world. Perfect Rock. Uneven teeth Rock. Beautiful Rock. But I'm not sure if putting them in that same category as "beautiful with a minor defect" helps the story. It just looks childish, to put it in a way, to me, at least.
The connection you can almost feel between Sarah and Rock is unnerving, one moment you're thinking "Yes! It doesn't matter that she has an unusual nose. He likes her!" and the next "Of course. the perfect-looking friend is the one he likes Likes." Ugh. C'est la vie.
But here comes what sets off the story for us. Sarah likes Rock more by the second, he is absolutely perfect for her, both being literature experts. But does Kristen too. And the thing is, she is not a lit fan, at all. So Kristen needs and successfully reclutes Sarah's help to conquer Rock's heart. A dilemma? For sure, but between Kristen and any guy, including Rock, there isn't really a choice to make.
The thing is, although Sarah is against fooling Rock, is Kristen she is talking about. No matter how uncomfortable it'll be. How painful it'll get. Best friends are for life, aren't they? And this whole "Rock&Kristen"scenario only builds up to her already crumbling self-confidence that makes her doubt whether or not to take her mom's advice and take care of business. you know, with a knife. The surgical kind.
Well, Sarah helps Kristen in every way she doesn't want. Sending e-mails, helping on "not-dates", actual dates and the following letters and facebook messages. You smell disaster? Me too.

If you think about it, Sarah has the best intentions, but who wouldn't feel divided in half? Help Kristen. Fall for Rock. It's not the first time you or I have read the same situation, and more than once. Deception always leads to unhappy endings. Deceiving is not the answer. But if Kristen had heard Sarah from the beginning we wouldn't have a story to read. And this is your typical kind of book, beat friends morfs to every extreme just for a guy, and why? Because they don't trust their own selves, so they become someone else. And when you figure out Kristen is just like that, you'll feel sorry for her. Or maybe not, maybe I'm just playing with you? Or not.

No torturing, I'll help you figure that one. All likeness with anything you've read so far ends there. It seems that maybe Rock does seem enchanted by Kristen's charms, even the made up ones. And you, as me, as Sarah, will fall into a doubting point of no return.
I like very much Sarah's dilemma of doing or not a plastic surgery that wll erase all her problems once and for all. Being the daughter of a plastic surgeon gives me an indside view that most don't have access to. Is funny when in one scene, she's researching one of the million brochures her mom plasters her life in oddly ways, but comes upon a video of the procedure and totally frightens. Flaws will always become insecurities. Plastic surgery is just another way of solving that. If I could talk to Sarah I would tell her to do it, ONLY of she feels comfortable with everything that that involves and most of all if she won't regret doing it afterwards. Feel free to take that advice for yourself or a friend. No copyrighting it. =)

The one thing that was potentially annoying, notice the "potential" before the adjetive, is how Sarah portraits Rock like he is the Pope or a super heroe. She barely knows the second thing about the guy, no matter how much she likes him. And why can't she say NO to Kristen for once, it just makes her digging her own hole an easier task.

Sarah is agood student, a good daughter, a good friend, but has build this wall so thick she just missed on so much.
Surprises here and there and she starts knowing herself and her surrounding a great deal more.And finds an answer to all her problems, no matter how difficult it may seem.

I'm not spoiling it for you, I've already talked about it a little too much. Is your turn to ride this well written, inspiring story.
Regardless of what you think or what I said and you have read, you'll be signing up for one of the most unexpected of outcomes ever.



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Unrealistically Good...

His Eyes by Renee Carter

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


What can I say? Although it was extremely short...and fast-paced. I loved it! I have to admit that the first half of the book is kind of dull and like everything you expect from a book like this. But you just wait. It gets to your heart with devastating surprise.

I liked that, although, Tristan loved riding it was kept in the shadows a bit. That even though, at first, you think you know Amy..you end up noticing that you dont. She is perfect for Tristan, as Tristan becomes perfect for Amy. Today, before I finished it I thought of this words. "Perfect doesn't always mean flawless."

Amy an ordinary almost graduated high school student was the only one to respond to a babysitting job. She desperately needs the money if she plans going to the college of her choice. With her mom always someplace else, mentally, and a runaway brother, she can only count on herself making it happen. But there is a catch. That babysitting job is not what she expected, at all. She has to sit a boy who happens to have her same age..and is a little bit..blind.Tristan lost his sight after a riding accident and is reluctant to adapt and hold on to life the best he can.



Although I have to agree to whoever happens to read this that the odds of somebody falling in love that fast are almost zero, and that the author could've easily make this great story even better, digging a little bit futher into their world, the story isn't disappointing at all.

I liked Amy very much, and couldn't help swooning after Tristan. The only thing that nags me is that Ms.Carter could have dig a bit more, elaborate deeper, with what happened to Charlie, Amy's brother. Her relationship with her parents. Tristan's feelings and emotion are kept practically a mystery, Chris and MArly, Tristan's Dad and Mom and everything.

But hey,if after all the lacks of this story still manages to came up with 4 stars is because the story is beautifully thought through. Believe me. ;)



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No title.The book speak by itself.

My Beating Teenage Heart by C.K. Kelly Martin

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Ever since I heard of this book I wanted to read it. The cover is just perfect, it calls for your attention, it singles itself out among others. Go to whatever bookstore you like and you'll know what I mean. Let me tell you, I have so much to do for college that I didn't knew if I was going to read it this year but the time felt right and I squeezed it between the gazillion thing I had to do and well, worthy it was. Even more than that.

A story tell in two voices that at first is certainly confusing, you just feel like maybe you picked the wrong book or it is a mistake, a cover's mix up or something.NO PEOPLE, the beginning is right. You don't know what are you dealing with at first, a ghost if you believe in that kind of stuff, a spirit or an energy depending on your believes, but it's something that is certainly there, talking to us, explaining whatever she or he is trying to explain, that there are no words for it.

And Breckon, a..uhm..broken guy.See the irony there? No? Well.... The thing with Breckon is that if you are a girl, and I am sure you are, it will fall on your stereotypical high school guy, a good life, good friends, hookups, girlfriends, family. But we meet that Breckon over his memories because now he is, like I said, broken. Tragedy has stricken his life and maybe he is not as strong as he believed he was.

This story is not about Breckon only, dicovering his new self, an after. But is the story of the spirit/energy/ghost that now has a name, Ashlyn. Who is figuring out what's her connection with Breckon, why is she still here, wondering why she can't stop watching/spying Breckon's every move. And rediscovering herself too, but in a before kind of way, she is dead after all.

Everything will be answer, believe me.

The thing I loved the most about it is that had side stories, little ocurrences on both characters lives that can be easily applied to anyone. *Spoilers Alert* Like Breckons bike accident, how he wasn´t aloud to play sports, or the best friend's dilemma, secret hookups, streakings plan, trashing at parties, the sex, and making a pause as I am already on it that well, the sex is very realistic, not meaning that there is a full description, no, but it is certainly true to the reality of most american teenagers. Where I come from is very different. Ok, what else, oh yeah, the high school life for americans. It seems very difficult, very different form my own experiences. There are other situations like Ashlyn's molesting, her relationship with her extended family, even Callum's, Ashlyn's cousin, problems too.How Ashlyn felt about her sister, her surroundings, how she misses everything she took for granted when in the world of the living.



This is a book where you'll find yourself. You'll see that you are NOT the only one going through that, whatever it is. Happy, sad, tragic, depressive, hilarious, horrible, awful, great or plain good. Maybe I'm not the best reviwer, I'm no writer but if you get at least a bit of what I'm trying to communicate to you through this poorly written, what?, essay?...or whatever this is, that makes you want to read it, to pick this book up, and go through it and cry like I did and like you will, I will be glad,even happy that maybe, a tiny bit of that spark was lighten by someone as insignificant and simple as myself. Let me know what you think of it.



Note: I never expected for me to cry at the end, maybe I'm teary this days or something but it was so well written that it was unavoidable. Read it, you'll get what I mean.

Just Smile... =D

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


It's been a while since I read a book like this. It was sad but at the same time so true. What I mean is, the author really stayed true to the theme se was sharing with us. Esting disorders affect more people every year, younger every day, in constant battle with themselves. I could easily recommend it to someone who is going through something like this, if they are having the problem or a family member or a firend is, either way Wintergirls is a really good way to show those people that ther ARE NOT alone. That is the problem so many times, they feel alone, desperate for attention, or just plain wishing to fit perfectly in a rather NOT perfect world. Eating disorders are such a difficult theme to talk of, but Ms.Anderson did it great. The feelings and situations Lia, the girl in the book, was going through really seemed to be like what a real person would go through. I haven´t met anyone with that kind of disorder, except for a distant aunt ( it´s complicated), but i really felt that if I did knew someone with that kind of problems and I read this book, it would be a good representation of what that person is feeling.
Lia's parents divorced, her dad, David, remarried with Jessica and now she has a new stepsister, Emma, who obviously likes her and Lia does too in return. But her Mom Dr. Marrigan, the cardiologist, is, what would you call, a pain in the you-know-what. So after two times in the prison New Seasons, a center for people like her, who suffers of bad eyes, because obviously they don't see the world as we, the rest and normal people do, she decides to move with her dad and step-family. But her eye problem is not cured, she still checks her calories, still works out in secret and has a secret weight-goal everytime she accomplishes the one before. The thing with Lia is that she is concious of her problem, but she DOES NOT see it as a problem rather than a way to be strong, a way to show the world how tough she is. There are episodes through out the book that you can clearly see it, how she fights her own body, avoiding eating. She chants how good it will taste, how delicous it will be to eat it and enjoy it and that's when she crumples and denies her own bopdy of nourishment. She sees food as a punish, may I say. A way that tell her she is weak, that food is stronger than she is. But food isn't her only problem, now Cassie is dead too. Cassie, her best friend since 3rd grade, died, alone in a motel, and she called Lia the very same night she died. But Lia didn´t picked up. Cassie ended their friendship, why would she? But now, she sees Cassie's ghost, hunting her. Encouraging her to stay strong,meaning not eating, starving.
SHe is afraid and VERY hungry. But she can beat the logic, she does NOT need food. She and Cassie were Wintergirls. Now she is the only one to prove what she is. And there is where you see how much an influence a friend can be. When I finished the book I couldn't decide where Lia's problem began. Was it when Cassie returned form Drama Camp and started vomiting after she ate? Was it when her parents got divorced? When her dad remarried? When her life wasn't having any sense anymore? Who is it to blame? And after very deep thoughts, I got it. The author provides the answer to that hiding question. There is no one to blame.Not even the eating disorder person. They cannot fight it, they didn't wish to be like that. And no one told them to do it either. NO ONE IS TO BLAME. And rather than trying to find the guilty party you must find the person or group of people that will help you. And when you finally get that it feels awesome. there is, also, a secondary character named Elijah, he was the last person to see Cassi alive. And he is not that important to the story becasue it all centers on Lia, but he has the last message Cassie wanted to tell Lia. He is the trigger for Lia's worst breakdown ever and her recovery. I loved that, very much really. You see Elijah as a nobody but in reality he is the cause for the outcome, for Lia's ending of this chapter of her life. Sorry for the spoilers, they wer much needed! =D



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RollerCoaster Story =D

Carrier of the Mark by Leigh Fallon

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Sooo......wow!
It was a fantastic story, a bit confusing xD..but when you get it you are like...WOW!!! o-O..xD
The one thing that bugged me like crazy was Adam and Megan...LOVELY couple,Adam GORGEOUS! of course..Megan is likeable enough..what? she is with Adam!....BUT!!! The big BUT of The week! The scene where he pours his undying love to Megan it was FLAT!!! SO FLAT! Flatter than a 8 year old chest! It was soooooooooooooooo unbelievable, so out of reality..i just didn´t bought it! The author could´ve work more in it or something. I just didn´t get how it started, how they came to the way the felt for each other, because from that start point It´s amazing! Adam is a fantastic male character, the hero in every way! Rough start, nice trip. I´ll just wait for the end of the road to keep bitching about that.
Other than that, I LOVED the story. The scenery, Ireland is amazing and there aren´t that much books written on that set. And just imagining the accent of the hot guys...it was a really good gift for girls like me. ^^
Although, I can´t wait for the next book I just can´t decide if the ending was the perfect one. If it will get the attention of the readers for them to die for the next one, but it was okay. The chapter before the last one made my heart go nuts! It totally freaked me out, but no worries, everything turns out just fine. An I´m really curious if Aine will get to know her future husband and if she will totally like him and fall for him. And of Course, there is Rian and Fionn's love life. Will Rian meet the girl just right for him, that helps him control all that power? Will Fionn get another chance at love? Maybe or maybe not. But I´m really looking foward to the outcomes!
The book was nothing I expected, it had great action and the problem of both Adam ad Megan being together was nerve wracking. ANd obviously she has to enter more deeply into both The Order and The Knox worlds just for us to understand it and get the story a whole other nudge deeper. It will make it better and it will be the key to success. Either way, I liked this book very much. Can I have the next,please? Like, right now? =)



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The Beast found beauty.

Sing Me to Sleep by Angela Morrison

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This kind of books always remind me why I love to read and why I spent so much time around them than with people. You are never wrong of what the book is trying to tell you and it always understands you, giving you advice on how to overcome a dark place in your life. Many girls felt like Beth did..like a Beast. Being able to account all their faults as easy as count 1, 2, 3. I'm one of those girls on bad days. But like Beth you could end up with a life changing situation that brings to you an opportunity to change, to transform yourself, for better of course.

In Beth's case was her being chose to be the soprano soloist in her choir because if there is something that Beth excels at is at singing. She has a voice that doesn´t matches her outter appearance. The only person who truly sees Beth as who she is, is her best friend, Scott. Awkward Scott who doesn't call her mean things and support her when she is dealing with bullys at school. Scott who seems to care for her and not only in a friendly kind of way.

And after the transformation of her life ( a total makeover) Beth and her choir are ready to show the entire choir world what are they made of. What Beth doesn't see coming is that her choir's biggest competition is also her most unattainable dream boy. Derek, mysterious Derek, lead singer of the Amabile Boys Choir is dazzling. Gorgeous guy who posses a voice to die for and a secret...one that he doesn't want Beth to know about because it could change everything.

After the uprising romance begun at Switzerland it moved to theri hometows. Beth with the giddyness of first love and both of them trying to make it work, though Derek seems to be falling apart from her, disappearing for days without notice. And that only complicates her now very awkward relationship with Scott who, after she came back, revealed a secret that she didn't saw coming but inside her knew it was there.

After several months, still Derek disappears but now is different. He missed a very important presentation of Beth's choir and she is not going to get the opportunity go. But when she founds Derek and Derek's ultimate secret she can only understand him now more than ever.









*Spoilers*

It really bothered me how jealous Beth was of Derek, her attitude didn't help in me liking her. But you can only understand what she went thorugh. And after finding out Derek is dying, you just can wish for the best, although the ending is no surprise. Derek dies, and that last scene with him makes you cry all over. You feel like losing something very precious. I loved Derek and loved how he encouraged Beth to move on and telling her that maybe Scott isn't a bad choice for her. He always knows he is going to die, what makes his relationship with Beth more painful. Buit knowing Scott will be with her makes him feel relief and hope for the girl he loves. I just love this book, this story, this character. Based on a real life Amabile boy. May he rest in Piece. =) Angela Morrison became one of my favorite authors ever.



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Grief.

Fall for Anything by Courtney Summers

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This is the saddest book I've ever read..and I know COurtney Summers would be the only one writing like this, with such grief that wraps you..doubts that constantly wakes you from your favourite dream..loneliness when surrounded by the whole world..and this story is just..I've never lost anybody close to me, thanks God, and not under this circumstances either. But it is just perfect for the one's who, in fact, have gone thorugh it.Grief.The real kind.

If you have lost someone and you read this because you believe a work of fiction will bring you answers..don't waste your time. It won't.Simple as that. But read it becasue it allows you to understand and to learn how other people deal with what you are dealing with. And the story has a great message to it...if you seek answers you'll only find more questions.If you try to understand you´ll only doubt. Just try to shape your life to the outcome of something terrible, something that in a way had to happen even though you didn't want to.

Eddie, who is a girl, has lost her father through suicide and now she wants to understand why. He didn't left any answers, he jsut needed to go. Eddie´s mom s wreck, barely coming out of the bed, always wearing her husband's housecoat, losing his scent, any trace of his existence. Eddie doesn´t know why her father did what he did, did he had a motive? Of course, but what was it? But he was a photographer, an artist, and artists have a different point of view of the world..their senses are sharper..would that be? Eddie was no artist so she wouldn't know what her father felt or sense.

Milo, Eddie's best friend, tries to help her..but to Eddie's eyes he doesn't just get it. She is all by herself. Until Culler Evans come into the picture...literally. A student of her father's..goign through the same things as her. Seeking for anwsers..a why. They have a connection and they feel it.

And then these little pieces of Seth Reeves start to appear..and maybe those are the keys to unravel the mistery behind his suicide.

So many things happen, you just feel Eddie's grief through all the pages. Like she is one of your nearest friends and without needing words or sounds you just know what she is going through.

Milo is a constant rock to Eddie but he is also a human being who also suffers her loss..because he has lost something too..the very same night everything happened. And Culler's part to everything is just key for Eddie to find closure. I liked it very much but just a little warning. After you finish it you'll probably end up a little sad yourself. Don't be scare. It'll go away but you will always know now.

Unforgetable.



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Do you believe in Time Traveling?

Timeless by Alexandra Monir

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I'm still in shock for that ending..and here is why.
Michele..with one L please LOL....has to move with her big Money grandparents, whom she have never seen before after her mom died in a car accident. Life changing experience, and she has no idea HOW MUCH life changing will be. The discovery of a key, the only thing her long lost father ever left and wich her mom never spoke of..is one element of a recurrent dream, one Michele had almost her entire life. And now the adventure begins.
The Time Traveling sensation and the feelings of meeting all those family members in their respective time periods bring Michele to get over losing her mom and helps her explain her awkward relationship with her new found grandparents. But nothing would've been more important than meeting the very same guy from those life lasting dreams of hers.
Now she has a name for him, Philip, and their love will surpass everything, even the complicated laws of Time.

OH.MY.GOD. Though the feelings between Philip and Michele were lacking of some credibility, the story was amazing. I didn´t believe much their feelings toward one another, there was something missing but the way the author allows you to know the story's developement as well to Michele that it leaves you with a feeling of assurance that everything will go well at the end. Some facts were obvious a first but there is a moment were everything is kind of confusing and then the story starts to come out at it's fullest. And if you like to experience a bit of every time period Michele visits you will not be disappointed, the description are rather accurate and the music, though you cannot hear it you can feel it. It just awesome that some authors include some playlists to their stories, cause to books/music lovers like myself love to do that, match some songs with their favorite books, they just save us time.
The last pages just brought me to tears..I have promise not to include spoilers and I will stand by it so the only thing that I will say is that...WOW! It couldn't have ended better than that. Obviously there is a sequel because Michele has so much to discover still, there are some lose pieces here and there that I´m sure will come to end on the sequel.
Best Cliff Hanger Ending Nominee....no way to put it better than that..it just was unexpected.Although you kind of see that coming. There is too much to the story to just do one book. But I just couldn't believe my eyes when the words 'To Be Continued' appeared..awesome. I don't know much about Alexandra Monir..but I will defienitely never forget her name. She is a promising soon-to-be-author in my "Best Authors" list =)



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This author form Georgia came up with this singular and captivating story that I´m sure you will love.

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


After months of seeing this book coming up on my Amazon.com researches, you know, to keep up with what is new on the YA literature, one day from out of nowhere a blog of some sort came into my screen showing new deals on movies based on books. And in that list were some of my favorite ones and The MAze Runner was included, so yeah, I'm expectng that movie now, but first...My curiosity on WHAT this book had in order for Hollywood to want it steped up and I decided to read it.

Darkness....where was he? Thomas didn´t know..what are those boys doing in here? What is this all about? And the most important question of all....WHO WAS HE?????
One thing that will definitely appeal to you is the mystery..you never know what is going on, whay things are happening as they are and the writing is just delicious. James Dashner makes you feel IN there with the characters, moving along with the plot.
After getting himself, somehow, into this....how to call it? Questions, questions and more questions and barely a few facts. Once a month a new boy comes with the weekly supplies. The doors close at sunset. And there are the Grievers, ugly creatures that live in the Maze..a maze that surrounds where all those boys are with no way of getting out. All they could do was explore it and try to discover what it is guarding them from..or for. But the very next day Thomas arrived something that in the two years they´ve being living in there has never happen..ever. A girl arrived to their place and she will change everyhing. What is going on? Not even the older ones know..all they could figure out is that their time in the Maze is OVER.
The Maze Runner captvates your adventureside and activates your defenses..you want to help be in there with all of them but at the same time you don't because you are safe at your home. This is a definitely must-have nominee. I loved it. No disappointment whatsoever. I can't believe it took me this long to read it.



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Also by James Dashner:The 13th Reality series,The Journal of Curious Letters.