Review for Paper Towns by John Green

"Paper Towns"

Author: John Green
Publisher: Penguin Group
Source: Public Library
305 pages

 When Margo Roth Spiegelman beckons Quentin Jacobsen in the middle of the night—dressed like a ninja and plotting an ingenious campaign of revenge—he follows her. Margo’s always planned extravagantly, and, until now, she’s always planned solo. After a lifetime of loving Margo from afar, things are finally looking up for Q . . . until day breaks and she has vanished. Always an enigma, Margo has now become a mystery. But there are clues. And they’re for Q. - Summary from Goodreads

   Ok, I think I want to get this out right away. I had only one problem with this book. The language used and some situations (I felt awkward with). I know this is how people talk in general (foul language and stuff) but I'm one who doesn't so it kinda bothered me. I normally wouldn't continue reading the book (because it does occur through the entire book) but man, the stoyline was so good I had to keep reading to find out what happened! So yah, that was that and I tried to skip over some words in there. Besides that I enjoyed this book entirely. It has lots of buildup and by the end I was ready to scream 'GET TO THE EXPLANATION!!' It had just the right amount of humor also. The roadtrip they took I found was laugh out loud...seriously lol. Like I said before the storyline is amazing and John Green did an amazing job conveying how Q felt throughout this (mostly) emotional journey. It is truly "Profoundly moving" as SLJ said. The ending was touching and suprised me. It did the job! Great book.....I recommend it to anyone who doesn't mind the language! I gave it four stars!

Excerpt:
      It was May fifth, but it didn’t have to be. My days had a pleas­ant identicalness about them. I had always liked that: I liked routine. I liked being bored. I didn’t want to, but I did. And so May fifth could have been any day—until just before midnight, when Margo Roth Spiegelman slid open my screenless bedroom window for the first time since telling me to close it nine years before.........(adventure starts :D :D)

Review for Better Off Famous by Jane Mendle

 

"Better Off Famous"                                                                                 
Author: Jane Mendle
Publisher: St. Martins Griffin
Source: Public Library
231 pages
     

Fame is awesome, right? Partying every night at the hottest clubs. Hanging with the coolest stars. Having your picture in every magazine. Yeah, that's what Annie Hoffman thought too. Until she became a celebrity.

All Annie ever wanted for her sixteenth birthday was a driver’s license and a spot at Julliard’s prestigious high school violin program. Well, she got neither. But as luck would have it, a casting director for fall’s hottest new television show happens to be at the Julliard auditions, and Annie wows him. He thinks her look is exactly what his show, a teen soap set at a posh New York school, has been missing. And just like that, Annie gets cast as the naive “new girl,” and her life is turned upside down.
Sure, the perks are great, the wardrobe is awesome, and her tutor is a super hot genius… but being stalked day and night by paparazzi out to catch her in her worst light---not so fun! Can Annie learn to balance her life-- and her partying-- before the press, and the public, write her off for good?

  The first chapter of this book was outright hilarious! I couldn't help but laugh! I think that was the funniest part of the whole book for me but the funniness does continue throughout the book for sure. Jane Mendle did an excellent job of conveying what stardom is really like, especially for a sixteen year old girl who just ended up there by fluke. I liked her writing in My Ultimate Sister disaster so I couldn't help myself to pick up this one too! And I am very glad I did! It doesn't take too long until the ball starts rolling and at some points I am like, Annie don't do it!!!! There are a few twists in the story that I wasn't expecting, none that I will note (for spoiling reasons). Plus there is an underlying message and Annie (the main character) does grow immensly (and I'm not talking height). Overall, I do recommend this book to anyone who likes teen conveyed books and fame! Plus the cover I thought was very cute! She looks so sleek and glamorous! I LOVED this book and gave it four stars! Way to go Jane Mendle!

Excerpt:

  "The sweat began, as always, in my palms. It was 11:00 a.m. on Friday, June 13, and my drippy hands had now existed, ex utero, for precisely sixteen years and five hours. I wiped my palms on my tank top and smiled weakly at the driving evaluator. 

  Honestly? I wanted a driver’s license about as much as I wanted to join an ashram in Tibet and be forced to greet the dawn every morning in a state of spiritual enlightenment. That is to say, not at all. It’s not that I didn’t understand the need to drive. I had waited for enough rides and walked home from enough bus stops to understand the allure of climate-controlled motion. And I certainly didn’t mind being in a car with someone else driving. It’s really what happened when I held the steering wheel that was a problem. At this exact moment, I could feel the points of my fingers burning against the wheel, an epicenter for all the queasiness and sweat flooding my body.

Deep breaths were proving radically unhelpful.

The examiner’s squeaky voice interrupted my daymare."

On My Bookshelf !

Hey everyone... so I am calling it "On My Bookshelf" instead of In My Mailbox but its exactly the same thing. Anyways, as you know from my previous post that I went to the library yesterday and got a grand total of three books. Here they are:

Better Off Famous by Jane Mendle (I have finished this one and will post the review tomorrow)...

 Click here for the storyline :)

Paper Towns by John Green (This I have almost completed reading...my review will be either tomorrow or the next day)....
 Click here for the storyline.

And His Sweet Favour by Diane Tucker (Obviously I have not read this one yet :D Not that fast!)....

  Click here for the storyline.
 So what are your thoughts? Have you ever seen these before? I picked them mostly because of there covers and the last two in the list were marked as new. They were about the only ones that interested me as well... and they have not disappointed me yet! Have a good weekend everyone! Thanks for reading!
                    



Blog Hoppers!

So, here is the question for this lovely weekend:

This week's question comes from Christina who blogs at The Paperback Princesses:

"If you find a book that looks interesting but is part of a series, do you always start with the first title?"

My answer? Yes, I always start with the first in the series otherwise it feels like I am missing a big chunk of the storyline. It just wont feel right to skip.....Great question!
P.S. Tomorrow I'll do a sort of 'In my malibox' deal but different since I got a few books today from the library! :D Cheers and thanks for reading!

Blog construction...Adding new page!

Hey bloggers, so tomorrow I am crossing my fingers that we go to the library. I am dying to read a good book....its been almost a week without reading! Ahhh... I think when I'm there I will pick up a few so it'll last me to next week! We'll see what they have :D Maybe they'll finally have 13 Little Blue Envelopes in for me. Never know. So I have also added a new page! It is called "My Wish List", it will list all the books I want to read. And hopefully in the future those 'wishes' will come true! Also, the contest winner for Dash and Lily's Book of Dares was announced today at this link: http://addicted2novels.blogspot.com/ Drum roll.....it was Andrea! Congratulations Andrea! This is one of the books, as you will see on my new page, that I am absolutely craving! Well, thats all for now! Cheers and thanks for reading!



Contest and Question!

Emy shin had held a contest for the book Matched and the winner was announced! Yup, Rachel Harris! I am depressed I didn't win that amazing book but I hope that Rachel will post somewhere how she liked it! I really wish I could have gotten it but hey I can't get everything! I am so happy for her :D So here is my question. As you may have noticed in previous blog posts from me that I am really handicapped in regards to the books I can read. Since I am poor (yes, not too much money on the side), I can't buy all the books I want so I rely on the library. Which in my case, the library sucks for YA book selection. All the blogs I've visited have their reviews of NEW books that sometimes aren't even released. Besides buying them how do they get their hands on the books? For example the above mentioned Matched, it hasn't been published yet but I see so many blogs that have a review for it...HELP! I would be so honored to recieve a newer book that I can give my opinion on! Thanks so much...that's all for now. Blogger out!



Author Quotes and a Shout Out!

So, I don't have any reviews for tonight but I do have two awesome quotes about books! Before I give you those I want to do a shout out to someone. Hafsah! If you haven't noticed I got a new header and button for my blog! And unfortunetly I cannot take credit for the amazing design...that goes to the wonderful Hafsah! Thank you soo much! Here is the link to her totally stellar website: http://www.iceybooks.com/ If you haven't seen it yet be sure to check it out pronto! Now here are the two quotes:

"You can cover a great deal of country in books. "

---Andrew Lang

"A room without books is like a body without a soul. "

---Cicero

 Thanks for reading! Have a nice day... :D

Review for Hannah Waters and the daughter of Johann Sebastian Bach by Barbara Nickel

"Hannah Waters and the daughter of Johann Sebastian Bach"
Author: Barbara Nickel
253 pages
Publisher: Penguin Group
Source: My personal copy

Back Cover: Catherina Bach sings only for her mother; she is too frightened of her famous father to even speak, let alone sing. Three centuries later, in mondern day Saskatchewan, Hannah Waters struggles to play Bach's Concerto for Two Violins, one she was supposed to have played with her mother. In this deeply moving novel, Hannah and Catharina will find and help each other discover the music within and the courage to express it.

    I read this book a while ago because the cover to me was beautiful. I did throughly enjoy it but it wasn't a page turner. When I bought this book at a school sale, I deemed it as safe. But this book was published 5 years ago already and since I got this book my interests in types of books have changed. The only connection I made with this book was the German side of it. Since my mother and father are German. Overall it was a honestly pretty boring read. I don't recommend this book. It is very nice but if your into suspense, romance or mystery etc. (like I am now) don't get this book. I must highlight though it is not a bad book at all, but its pretty plain, there's no real plot. The way the author switches between them is great too. I give this book two stars: