The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead

First of all, I'd like to say that I understand where Sydney is coming from. If I were her, I'd be a little scared around vampires too. I mean, sure, I'd get used to them, but I'd still be scared. I mean, come on. They're blood sucking, magic using, immortal if they're bad, people that look like people. You get what I mean? That being said, I still probably would have gone after Adrian if I were her. He's awesome. And he wants to hang out all the time. Also? He stands up for people and things. Who wouldn't love that?
This book was action packed, and pretty awesome. I wasn't quite sure on who this Brayden kid was, but I'd never date him if I were Sydney. I mean, sure, he likes all the same stuff and does all the same stuff as her, but as soon as i figured out that that was all he was going to talk about all the time, I would definitely have broken it off. I'm not really sure why Sydney cried after, but I guess it was for the better. Now. In the next book I'm hoping her and Adrian get together. How cute would that be? (:
I like how there was another 'section', lets call it, of the Alchimists, but there's always a churchey side of something or another, right? Though, I'm still not really clear on what Trey had to do with it, aside from being in it. He seemed like he didn't really want to be in there with them. I wish that Sydney would be a little more into the whole magic thing with the teacher, but I guess she's like, offended or something by it. Oh well. I'm sure that awesome thing will grow on her. :D
I think that's all I'm going to write. It's an awesome book, by an awesome writer, who writes awesome series'. Is that even a word? Probably. Whatever. It was awesome, anyways. If I hadn't said it enough. :P You should definitely read it if you read the Vampire Academy  books, and even if you haven't you should read it. (:

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Messenger by Lois Lowry

To be honest, I'm still not really sure how the books in this series are connected. I mean, I know that the second book and the third book have a couple of the same characters in them, but how is the first book related to any of this? What happened to Jonas and Caleb-if I remember correctly? I mean sure, they're all dystopian books with basically the same idea. but really, how do they even match up? It's weird. Maybe someone could explain it to me?
That being said, I still enjoy this series. It's short, and straight to the point. Sometimes I wish it would be a little longer, but that's fine. Sometimes you need a short book in between long books just for a break. I didn't realize it at first, but Matty was the child from 'Gathering Blue'. I don't really remember more than bits and pierced , but once Kira came into the story with her twisted leg and sewing powers, I started to remember.
Overall, I liked this book. It was interesting, and the forest adventure was pretty cool. I'm not totally sure what happened at the end there, but there's still one book to read, so I'm sure I'll find out. (:

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If I Stay by Gayle Forman

I have to admit, this book really did make me cry. Which is saying something, because I really don't cry for books, or even movies. So this means that this book really got to me. As soon as Adam came into the room all puffy-eyed, I knew I was going to cry. I don't know why exactly, but a guy crying gets to me a lot more than a girl crying. Maybe because I'm a girl, that desensitizes me from crying along with them? :P

There was really only one part in this book I didn't really like, and that was the whole 'play me like a cello' part and that's because it was just insanely weird for me. I know that it was like the only remotely sexual thing for Adam and Mia, but it was still weird. Like, imagine walking in like that? How would you explain that?! ha ha. It could have been less creepy.

Other than that, there wasn't really anything else I didn't like. It was a cute book, full of some good, some bad flashbacks  and I really want to read the next one. Did I mention I couldn't put it down? Well I couldn't. It was insane. I pretty much read that whole book in one sitting. Which is awesome. If you haven't read this book, I definitely think you should. (:

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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

although this book was a little hard to get into at first i really enjoyed it. narrated by death, this book takes place in Nazi Germany. it reminds me of Anne frank, the way they hide a Jew in the basement. one of the main characters was a young girl who lost her family at the beginning of the book. her brother died on the train, and her mother dropped her off at a house and she never returned. in the beginning she missed her mo, but she quickly discarded that and replaced her old family with her new foster family. 

that ending, i swear it almost made me cry. i mean, i knew it had to happen, they were in the middle of WW11, but i really didn't want it to happen. i was surprised when the bombing wasn't the ending, but happy to know that there was a sweet ending for that awful thing that happened.

i don't know what else to write without spoiling it! if what you read before wasn't too much of a spoiler, i mean. i wish i could be a book thief, under different circumstances though, of course. i don't think i could handle being in WW11. i loved the twist with death in it, I've never really read anything like it before, and it was awesome. if you haven't read this book yet, i definitely recommend it! (:

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The City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare : Review

          What do I think about this series? Although it's action filled and exciting, I wish there could just be a conclusion already. A couple books back it should have ended. I mean, wasn't it only supposed to be a trilogy anyways? You can tell that she's extending it to create one of those never-ending series for the fans, and that's not a good thing. It's dragging on, and I'm hoping that I'm not the only one in the whole young-adult universe that thinks so. 

          What do I think about this book alone, however? I thought that it was exciting. Just like the rest of the series, and even the series itself, it was packed with action, splashed with romance, and touched with family feud  I might want the series to end, but I do still like the books. The characters are starting to get a little bland and shallow, but I still do like the books. I'm starting to think, though, that Clare is running out of idea's. I don't understand why the bad guys can't just die at the end and it could all be finished. With a happy ending, even. Might not be the best choice, but at least it could be finished. 

          Honestly, I'm starting to think that these books are all the same. Dating drama, family feud, war breaks out, dating drama is over, all crisis averted. The family goes back to almost normal. How much easier could it be? And that's why I'm bored. They really are all the same, and I'm actually beginning to dread the next books. Lets hope it's the last, and also hope that I'm not the only one who feels this way. 

          No matter how tired I am of the series, though I still liked the book. And because of that, (and also my weird obsession to finish books and series' no matter what,) I'm going to read the next one. And if there's another one after that, I'm probably going to read that one too. I would recommend that you do that too, just to see what happens in the end. (: 

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Cinder by Marissa Meyer : Review

In the future, there are robots, rulers, and ALIENS. What an awesome mix. I knew I'd like this book from the second I started it. Even though it's in China, I still imagined everyone to be white.. since I am a white Canadian girl. It happens. I didn't imagine everyone to be Chinese, lol. Especially the Cyborg's. Everyone was white in my mind, haha. Is that racist? I didn't think it was, but uh. Anyways. Back to the review.
I got used to the whole last name first pretty quickly, it was easy. I really hated Pearl and Adri, but I'm sure everyone did. They're awful people and I really wanted Cinder to backhand them a couple times. Especially with her robot hand. Wouldn't that have been awesome? I was literally shaking a couple times there. Lol. I know, I overreact to books. But it happens when you get sucked into one like that.
I know it says that I started reading this on September 7th, and I really did. School started, and the first thing I did was go to the school library. I mean, hey, it's free books. I read the first couple chapters that day, and then I forgot it in my locker. For two months. And I want to say it wasn't totally my fault, that I moved into other people's locker's a couple times, but I really need some extra remembering power. (Anyone got any to spare?) And then I brought it home, and finished it. In like a day. Which is crazy, because that was a big book! That just shows how awesome it was. (;
The character's were awesome. I'm hoping there's another one of these books somewhere. I really want to keep reading. (isn't that the worst) But if that's not possible, I'm sure I can wait. distract myself with other books. It's not like I have a shortage of those things, ugh. If you haven't read it yet I definitely recommend it. Even if you don't like the whole in the future, space and robots kind of scene. READ IT AND LOVE IT. lol :P
Another thing. I was not expecting that ending. Like. At all. I mean, I was kind of thinking about it, but no. Not the full blown thing. So, watch out for that. lol :P

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Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan : Review

I'd like to thank the publisher for letting me read this via Netgalley.com.
What a cute book. I really didn't know that it was written by the same people that wrote 'Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist' until I looked it up. The whole time I was reading this book, I was like. Huh. This reminds me of that movie. Which I really liked, because Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist is like one of my favorite movies. I really need to read that book though, :P
I know this came out a couple years ago, but I still got it off Netgalley. Which is awesome, because I didn't even know this book existed until I saw it there. I'm glad I got to read it. It's a cute story about a couple book nerds, like me, who found each other through books, and made their boring holidays fun. A couple times through this book, I found myself thinking about what would happen if I did this. But no, this is a fictional thing, and I'm sure it would only work in books. :P Plus. I'm not that desperate, am I? hahah. Lily's kind of a shut in, she doesn't really get into other's business, and she mostly just sits around at home. Dash, on the other hand, goes out all time, from what I learned, and has friends who's business just sucks him in. Which is really what happens to me. I would say that I'm more of a Dash than a Lily, and that's not a bad thing. I know I'm saying this a lot, but they're really cute. I know they're fictional, but I could totally see a couple like them being around my school. I mean, even though there are really only about five people who are really hard core readers, one being me, I could still see it. Maybe if some guys got into books. But anyways, lol. If you haven't read this book already, you definitely should. And, while we're on the topic of cute things, you should really watch Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist. And not just because I've got a big movie star crush on Michael Cera. That's an awesome movie, and if the book is anything like the movie, I'm sure I'll love it.

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