Last year I when to Book Exchange in Foley, Alabama, I had a huge haul and I am back with another one!!
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
15 Day Book Blogger Challenge | Day 1: Confessions
1. I will buy books wherever I go, whenever I go somewhere. To my, I don't ever not need more books.
2. My TBR pile sometimes gives me anxiety attacks.
3. I really want to finish this book list I have for college bound students, but I really hate the classics.
4. I mostly like young adult books, of course, but I can read mostly anything.
5. I love poetry, but have a hard time finding compilations that I like even though I might enjoy all the poems inside.
6. I like bookstores that have little to no people otherwise I feel uncomfortable.
7. I will hardly ever lend my books to anyone. If I do, it is a sign of how much I trust you.
8. I love bookmarks, but just to look at. I am way too lazy to ever use them.
9. I aspire to read the entire Nancy Drew and Goosebumps series.
10. My dream house will definitely have a hidden library.
11. Books are totally my getaway. I love romance the most and when read the backs of books, I quickly scan for a girl name and then a boy's name.
12. I don't see why people try to make fun of people who like Twilight as opposed to Hunger Games and Harry Potter. Can't girls save the world and get married?
13. I have a mission to write down sweet parts from books that I like. This mission is not going well.
14. If there is no synopsis on the back of a book I have not heard of, there is 100% percent chance that book will not be bought.
15. I don't mind if books are worn, by me or others, I feel like it makes us connected. I especially like when I buy used books and it has something inside, like an old movie ticket.
Monday, July 8, 2013
Book Haul: Summer Vacation (July 2013)
Today, I went to Booksamillion and Beach Books and I got:
Mama Loves Me, I Can Read, Cinderella, and I Can Read, Snow White for my baby cousin. I also got a dog training book for my spoiled Chihuahua, Action.
Then I got Article 5 for regular price,but was surprised to see The Gathering, and Burn for Burn on the sale shelf!
Lastly, Booksamillion was having a "Buy 2 , Get 1 Free" sale so I took advantage of the new location and found some good ones. I bought Catching Jordan, Once, and got Second Chance Summer for free.
Mission Impossible | Kiss Crush Collide by Christina Meredith
KissWhat Leah did—only she really shouldn’t have—one hot night at a country club party.
Crush
What Leah has—only she really shouldn’t have—on the guy with the green eyes, the guy who is not her perfect boyfriend, the guy who does not fit in her picture-perfect life, the guy her sisters will only mock and her mother will never approve of. Not in a million years.
Collide
What happens when everything you always thought you wanted—having cool friends, being class valedictorian and homecoming queen—runs smack into everything it turns out you really do want.
Kiss. Crush. Collide.
For Leah and Porter, summer is only the beginning.
Page Stopped: 61
Why Couldn't I Finish: It was going way too fast for me. Anybody who is not a new reader of my blog knows that I cannot stand cheaters! Leah is a cheater and the worst thing about it is that she is a fast cheater. As she goes on through her day, she seems to feel no regret what so ever. I needed more build-up to her affair, I guess it could be called, and more background about the boy, Porter.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Review | Overprotected by Jennifer Laurens
Author: Jennifer Laurens
Series: N/A
Pages: 243
Date Released: April 29, 2011
Summary: Ashlyn: A lonely society princess living in New York City.
Colin: Childhood enemy, now her protector.
Daddy hired him to be my bodyguard. Daddy thought I'd be safe. He thought I'd never fall in love. He thought he could keep me forever.
Charles: Obsessed with keeping her safe and keeping her his, he hires the one person he knows she could never fall in love with: Colin.
Daddy was wrong.
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Overprotected was a very intense and underrated novel. Ashlyn was a wonderful character who grew a lot throughout the course of the book. Her strength was so admirable and inspirational especially after being so badly incarcerated by her own paranoid father. Every part of the book was filled with a weird or unexpected twist of turn which were my favorite parts of the book. Colin was a great supporting character. He was such a gentleman towards Ashlyn and he took all her issues well. He was there whenever she needed him and stood quietly by her side when she needed to do something on her own. Their relationship was dynamic and one of the most realistic I've read before. The ending of Overprotected was so jam-packed with action and made me feel so much more connected with Ashlyn as she kicked butt and took names.
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