In My Mailbox #8

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi for The Story Siren.

4 books! Some of them I got a little earlier than this week, but I didn't show them to you yet, so I'll show you now!

Bought:

• "The Rescue" by Nicholas Sparks
• "13 Little Blue Envelopes" by Maureen Johnson
• " All-American Girl" by Meg Cabot

 Library:

• " The Sky is Everywhere" by Jandy Nelson

Happy Reading!

Book Review - "What Happenned to Goodbye" by Sarah Dessen

Publisher - Penguin Young Readers Group
Release Date - May 10, 2011
Number of Pages - 402
Source - Library
Genre - YA, contemporary, romance, realistic.

Since her parents' bitter divorce, McLean and her dad, a restaurant consultant, have been on the move-four towns in two years. Estranged from her mother and her mother's new family, McLean has followed her dad in leaving the unhappy past behind. And each new place gives her a chance to try out a new persona: from cheerleader to drama diva. But now, for the first time, McLean discovers a desire to stay in one place and just be herself, whoever that is. Perhaps Dave, the guy next door, can help her find out. 

It is always a joy to sit down with a Sarah Dessen book. The heartwarming feeling was there as always. This was not my favourite Sarah Dessen novel, nut it still had the charm.

Let's talk about the bad stuff first, to get it over and done with. Thankfully there's not a lot of these. In this book, the characters didn't feel as deep as usually in other Dessen novels. Also, at the beginning of the book, the pacing was a little too slow for me. That is all for the bad stuff.

Now for the good stuff. The plot was definitely planned out very well, and it felt the same yet different from the other Sarah Dessen books. It's kind of hard to explain.The writing as captivating and enthralling as always.
The cover was also a beauty.


Overall, this novel was pretty good. It was the best book I've ever read, but I stilll recomend it. Even though, this book had a few drawbacks, Sarah Dessen is still one of my favourite authors.


Rating - B+ (I changed my rating scale)


Happy Reading!

Blogging Schedule

I've been MIA. I don't know why. I just have been MIA. But, I'm planning to change that by issuing a schedule for myself. Here it is:

Monday - review
Tuesday - teaser tuesday
Wednesday - Can't wait to read book
Thursday - review
Friday - review
Saturday - IMM
Sunday - author info/review/tag/day off

I really want to be more committed to this blog, so I am gonna stick to the schedule. Hopefully.


Happy Reading!

In My Mailbox #7

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi from The Story Siren

3 books this week! Yay!

• "Where She Went" by Gayle Forman (library)
• "Midnight for Charlie Bone" by Jenny Nimmo (bought)
• "Nights of Rain and Stars" by Maeve Binchy

I'm back!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Review over Crank by Ellen Hopkins)

I'm back with a video!!!!!! Enjoy!

Teaser Tuesday! May 31, 2011

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My teaser:

 

The best thing about crying is that it always knocks me out. I slept really well last night, even with the stupid dogs howling around midnight or so. 

(Need by Carrie Jones, page 18)

Book Review - "Across the Universe" by Beth Revis

Publisher - Razorbill

Release Date - January 11, 2011

Number of Pages - 398

Series - Across the Universe #1

Source - Library

Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet, three hundred years in the future. Never could she have known that her frozen slumber would come to an end fifty years too soon and that she would be thrust into the brave new world of a spaceship that lives by its own rules.
Amy quickly realizes that her awakening was no mere computer malfunction. Someone-one of the few thousand inhabitants of the spaceship-tried to kill her. And if Amy doesn't do something soon, her parents will be next.
Now Amy must race to unlock Godspeed's hidden secrets. But out of her list of murder suspects, there's only one who matters: Elder, the future leader of the ship and the love she could never have seen coming.


Well, I'm changing my review format again. I want my reviews to be a little more detailed, which is the reason why. 

Anyways, let's get on with the review. This book takes place in space. Cool, right? The main setting is the spaceship Godspeed. The setting was created and described really well, I could almost feel like I was there.

The concept of this book is really unique. There's a mix of sci-fi, dystopian, mystery  and romance. There's just no other  book like it. The storyline is really interesting!

Characters...just amazing.

This book deals with a lot of social issues, which I loved. Seriously, I have no idea how Beth Revis could plan such an amazing story! She's a genius!

Overall, this book was amazing! One of the best this year!

5/5