Announcement

So, if you saw my latest entry about the books I'm bringing on vacation, you would know that I'm going to Disney World in a few days. Therefore, I want to let you know that you shouldn't be alarmed. I'll be back with more entries soon!

What Books Am I Bringing On Vacation? (2)

For this entry, there are two vacations taking place. The first vacation is a 3-day camping trip. Although the travel time for this vacation isn't too long, I always need books at hand! What you are probably thinking now is, "Whatever happened to Insurgent?" Don't worry, I haven't ditched it, but it is a fairly thick and heavy book to pack with me. Instead, I have chosen Radiance by Alyson Noel and Shimmer by Alyson Noel. I am probably not going to finish either of these, but you know, 250 pages isn't that bad.

It's almost fall break, therefore, Disney World for me! I'm so excited to go and check it all out. I don't really know what to expect. The only thing I know is that I cannot go without books. Again, Insurgent probably isn't the best idea because of it's largeness, so I will be bringing Dash and Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan, and An Abundance of Katharine's by John Green.

A juvenile! What? I know, that is why I'm bringing three books — just in case Maze of Bones doesn't work out. The main reason why I'm trying it in the first place is because I've been wanting to read the 39 clues series for a long time, so I thought I would try it, even though I'm a teen.

I hope you enjoyed this entry! Now let me ask you. What are you reading over your vacation(s)? Also, tips for Disney?

First Bookfession of All Time!

I went all the way to the beginning of the bookfessions tumblr, and found this:

Ha ha! Funny.

The Alchemyst Book Talk

If you check my blog regularly, then you should know that my current book was The Alchemyst by Micheal Scott. I originally picked up this book because a friend said I should read it. At first I was like, "Ya! Sounds cool," but after a while I found it very slow-paced. I was kind of hoping that it would be more busy and exciting. Unfortunately, after giving it a chance, I thought that I would save the series for later, because I wanted to read Graceling and Divergent, which were sure to be better. Sorry Micheal!

I will most likely be reading this book later though. Be sure to check my Current Book to see!

Pretties WOW!!

I came across this photo today:

Talk about cool!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/melanie_bertelson/2455278397/

Making Connections: Extras to my Book Blog

I was just thinking about Extras today, and to anyone who has read it you will know about face ranks. Then I went on my blog and I was like, "Hey! My face rank for this would be like Aya's: 451, 369." Help me out guys! Get me to #3!


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...Funny how I think of these things.

Matched Book Review

Matched by Allie Condie is a dystopian/romantic novel. In this society, the authorities choose everything for everyone. The 100 poems that you are allowed to read, the 100 paintings you can see, and who you are going to marry. Every child, after their 16th birthday, is invited to a Matching Banquet where they first see who they will be spending the rest of their life with. At least that's the case in normal people, but Cassia is defiantly not normal. She goes to look up her Match's facts, and two faces appear! What is Cassia to do?

This was an okay book, although I'm pretty sure I thought down on it because I read Extras right before this book, (which was amazing and the best book ever) so Matched didn't compare. That being said, there were still a lot of things that this book has to offer. It was a good "beach read", a slow paced novel that was a good break from the fast-paced reads that I have been into lately. The society was also very set-into-stone. I knew what I needed to know about the society, none of the facts changed, and it wasn't too complicated or hard to understand. The ending was also a very good set-up, giving a good head start to the second book, Crossed. A couple downsides to this book is the repeated content. Not only did it repeat events that were already explained in the book before, it was very much like The Giver by Louis Lowry. Although it probably wasn't on purpose, it still could have been more unique, but that doesn't mean that it wasn't good. This book was probably a 3 and a half star out of 5, a good novel for those (over 10 or 11) who like those slower books, or an innocent book with no swears.