oodles of books.: April 2009

Review | The Other Side of the Mirror; Volume 1 & 2 by Jo Chen

Apr 30, 2009

It's not what it looks like...actually, yes it is. I've only read simple manga books this past month. This was a short, two part story that I read while sitting on the floor at Barnes & Nobles. I don't know why it caught my eye, but when I read the first one, I turned to the second one soon after. The story of Sunny and Lou was a bit interesting and I liked that there was only two volumes to it, or else I'd still be sitting at Barnes & Nobles trying to finish it. But maybe if it hadn't been short, it wouldn't have gotten my attention.

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Review | Getting Even: Good Girlz by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

Yet again, another young adult novel. A few girls get together to get payback on the boy that cheated on them, and things spiral out of control, as they often do in the game of revenge. Anyways, it was an okay, just not my kind of reading. i picked it up for a few bucks at Borders with the gift card I got for Christmas :)

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Review | Forest of Gray City: Issue I by Uhm JungHyun

Apr 29, 2009

I humored the boyfriend by going into a comic book store by my school, Pulp Fiction and in their buy one, get one free sale I picked up a copy of this for myself. I wasn't too interested, like I said I was just humoring him, but I actually enjoyed the cute, short love story a bit. I'm actually looking forward to how the little story ends in the second issue, and I actually returned to the store to look for it. Although it hasn't been released in the US, it should be coming soon, so I reserved it. A little silly and unlike me, but I'm glad I did it.

Review | Faking It by Jennifer Crusie

Apr 27, 2009

I love this book. I've read it multiple times, and I started talking about men and their doughnut ways one night to the bestie, so I picked it up once again. I loved it, just like I loved it the dozens of other times I've read it. Jennifer Crusie is definitely on my top faves ever. Anyways, its kind of like the second part to Welcome to Temptation or at least Davy's story, who I happened to love to pieces from the first book even though he's a con man and dangerously doughnut-ish.

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Review | Staked (Void City, Book 1) by J.F. Lewis and 100 Bullets Volume 1: First Shot, Last Call by Brian Azzarello

I love vampires. I am a vampire (not really, but I can dream can't I?) And vampire books fascinate me. I hadn't read a vampire book since Breaking Dawn, and I was super excited when I picked this one up at Borders for about four bucks. The main character is Eric. Eric is a vampire with short term and long term memory loss. His girlfriend Tabitha, wants to be a vampire just like him so they can be together for eternity. When he decides to turn her, most of his problems start. With some gruesome fighting scenes, and some sex scenes, this book is for older teens and adults. The ending is not satisfying at all, and I assume will continue on in the sequel which I look forward to reading. Sort of. I enjoyed it, but not. It was humorous and entertaining, but not so much of a page turner that kept me coming back for more.

100 Bullets Volume 1: First Shot, Last Call by Brian Azzarello

My first graphic novel of the year. My friend has a collection of all sorts of graphic novels, and since I joined the Graphic Novel Challenge this year, I asked him to let me borrow a good one. He thought about it for a while and then told me I might like the 100 Bullets series. I believe he has all of the published ones, and I pulled the first one off his bookshelf. What's it about? I asked. I wasn't too sure if I would really like it. "Okay. Imagine you're content with the way your life is. Something happened that changed everything about the way you lived, but now you're okay with your life. Now imagine, a man you have never seen pulls up in a car next to you. He tells you he knows you, and what happened to you. He gives you a briefcase. Inside is proof that one person is responsible to why things went wrong in your life. There is also a gun and one hundred bullets. Each bullet is untraceable and if you decide to use it, you won't be caught" I was so intrigued about what he said that I borrowed the first two and breezed through the first one. It wasn't exactly how he described it, but it gets better the farther you get into it. Its only one hundred and twenty something pages, so its a quick read. It's really interesting and I liked it.

"If a stranger offered you the chance to get away with murder...would you take it?

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Review | The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy

I got this book for Christmas two years ago, right after the movie came out in theatres. I tried reading it about four times, before I actually made it a goal of mine to finish it. It was tough. I've been reading it on and off for about four months and although I know I don't remember all the details, I finally finished it a 12:23AM. The book is based on The Black Dahlia murder of the late 40's and although it was a while, maybe some hundred and something pages, before both cops really started getting deep in the investigation, it was interesting to read. It was sad and dark, and kind of raw maybe. I don't think I'll ever pick it up again, but I enjoyed it while it lasted.

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Review | The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

I loved this book so much, I can't wait until I read it again some other time. The way the story unfolded and how it was told through Mary's eyes was great. It took me some time to finish, not too sure why, but I thought it was amazing. I watched the movie before this and I loved it as well. I had no idea it was based on the book, and not the just on Henry and one of his, what was it, six wives? It is definitely on my faves list.

Review | Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit

Apr 24, 2009

For like the fifty-millionth time. I love, love, love this book. Only a few hundred and thirty something pages long, this book has been probably on my top three faves of all time. I don't know why I decided to read it again, but I couldn't help it and finished it in less than a day. It's fascinating. The story of the Tucks has captivated me since the first time I read it back in sixth grade. I'm pretty sure that no one else in my English class from sixth grade has ever touched this book again. Or maybe I'm wrong, but I could damn well bet on it. Anyways, read it + love it.

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Review | The Washingtonienne by Jessica Cutler

It was sort of 'eh.' I picked it up on sale at Barnes & Nobles for a few bucks and it kept my attention but wasn't really that good of a book. Somewhat based on the authors similar lifestyle, it tells the story of a girl and her blog writing about sexploits and how that changes her life and gets her fired from her job. I guess I kept reading it just because it's been a while since I read a good romance novel, and this was sort of something like that, but not really.

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This week I've picked up a few books and I hope to have them finished by the end of next week. Along with the three other books I'm reading. I doubt it'll happen, but I can try. Tomorrow I'm going to Disneyland, yay! I haven't gone for a year. Woah right? Well I guess that's the benefit of living about twenty minutes from both Disneyland and Knotts and about forty minutes from Universal. I love California. The weather has been kind of weird though. On Sunday and Monday it was over ninety degrees. I was melting man, but then on Tuesday it was about seventy five. Wed, Thurs, and today, its been about sixty something degrees. There hasn't been much rain this year either. Maybe about eight days total? And even that was in about a two and a half month span. Anyways, here are the books I picked up:

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Hardback, trade paperback or mass market paperback?

I usually prefer paperback because it is lighter to carry in my bag :)

Barnes & Noble or Borders?

Both, but if I had to choose, probably Barnes & Nobles.

Bookmarks or dog-ear?

Bookmarks. I make my own and I collect them so I love using them.

Amazon or brick-and-mortar?

Amazon.

Alphabetize by author, by title or randomize?

Both. I have two bookselves and one is alphabetized by author and title and another that's random. I prefer random if I don't have a series.

Keep, throw away or sell?

Keep. I can't sell or give away, and especially not throw away any books that I've read.
Keep dust jacket or remove it?

Keep it.

Read with dust jacket or remove it?

Remove it to read it, or to let someone borrow it.

Short story or novel?

A novel.

Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?

Harry Potter definitely.

Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks?

Stop reading when I'm tired.

"It was a dark and stormy night" or "Once upon a time"?

both :)

Buy or borrow?

Buy. Whenever I borrow I want to keep them and that usually isn't borrowing.

Buying choice: book reviews, recommendations or browse?

All three. If a book review was good, I'll pick it up. If someone recommends it, I'll pick it up. If I'm at a store and I see something that looks interesting, I'll pick it up.

Tidy ending or cliffhanger?

Either as long as its not a bad ending,

Morning, afternoon or nighttime reading?

Afternoon or night time. Unless I'm early to class in the morning, then I'll catch up on a few pages.

Stand alone or series?

Both. I love series, but I also love stand alone books because it starts and ends right there with one book.

Favorite series?

Julia Quinn's Bridgerton's series :)

Favorite children's book?

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus :)

Favorite YA book?

The Twilight Series for now.

Favorite book of which no one else has heard of?

?? Sentenced to Live by Cecile Klein

Favorite books read last year?

God Shaped Hole and Breaking Dawn

What are you reading right now?

Staked, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, Forgotten, Genesis Alpha, Accidentally Yours, Chasing Lincoln's Killer, When Your Child is 6 to 12, A Year in High Heels. Phew!

What are you reading next?

Emma, Cleopatra: Histories, Dreams and Distortions, and Kill Your Friends.

Favorite book to recommend to an 11-year-old?

Tuck Everlasting or Maniac Magee

Favorite book to re-read?

Anything by Jennifer Crusie or Harry Potter series

Do you ever smell books?

When they're new, yes :)

Do you ever read primary source documents, like letters or diaries?

Not really...

Review | If This Bed Could Talk by Liz Maverick, Lynn LaFleur, Kimberly Dean

Apr 22, 2009

Finished reading: If This Bed Could Talk by Liz Maverick, Lynn LaFleur, Kimberly Dean

Some erotic romance novel. Three short stories, sure to make things interesting. I picked it up along with a few other books at a local dollar bookstore a while ago. I just needed something romatic-ish without the young-ish part that I've been reading recently. A good beach book kind of read. Made me wish it was summer and that I was tanning somewhere hot.

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happy earth day.

save the earth yo.

Review | Mommies Who Drink by Brett Paesel

Maybe its because I don't have children, or because I don't have a Friday night drinking group, or because I would never be fit to be an actress, but I didn't enjoy this book much at all. I kind of just forced myself through most of it, and found the collection of stories in this book a little dull. But I looked up a few reviews after I read it, saw some pictures of the author and I guess I can say it was okay.

"What time of the day is it too early to start drinking?"

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Review | Spilling the Beans: Loteria Chicana by Jose Antonio Burciaga

Apr 21, 2009

Pretty cool, short essays on Chicanismo. I thought most of them to be pretty interesting and I was surprised at some of the things I learned reading a few of them actually. I love all the spanglish used, and it makes me feel like I'm talking out loud.

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Review | Houston, We Have a Problem by Erin McCarthy

A light fluffy romance, a simple sweet love story. Who knows how long I've had this book sitting on my bookshelf waiting to be read, but I finally got to it. It was pretty okay :) I read it pretty quickly because I was enjoying it. I'm not too sure if I liked the authors writing style too much though, so I know I'm not going to go searching for any more of her books any time soon. Overall, it was a quick easy read and I'm sure I'd enjoy it again at a later time.

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Books Read in 2012

Apr 20, 2009

January
1. The Thorn and the Blossom by Theodora Goss
2. Bound by Kira Saito Ⓐ
3. Fangs Rule: A Girl's to Being a Vampire by Amy Mah (Vampire) Ⓐ

February
4. First You Try Everything by Jane McCafferty Ⓐ
5. The French Maid by Sabrina Jeffries *
6. The Glass Case by Kristin Hannah *

March
7. Youth in Revolt by C.D. Payne
8. Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan ♫
9. Waitlisted by Laurel Gans Ⓐ
10. All About Eve by Caitlin McColl *

April
11. The King's Rose by Alisa M. Libby
12. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins ∞
13. Fallen From Grace by M.J. Putney *
14. The Call by Merrill Gemus*
15. You've Got Everything Now by John Atkinson *
16. The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey Ⓐ

May
17. The Light Tamer by Devyn Dawson Ⓐ
18. The Catastrophic History of You & Me by Jess Rothenberg
19. Jenny Pox by J.L. Bryan
20. Boys Over Flowers, Volume 1 by Yoko Kamio ♦

June
21. What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell ♫
22. The Syndicate by Shelena Shorts Ⓐ
23. Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1 by Stephenie Meyer, Young Kim ♦
24. I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder
25. Boys Over Flowers, Volume 2 by Yoko Kamio ♦
26. Boys Over Flowers, Volume 3 by Yoko Kamio ♦
27. Boys Over Flowers, Volume 4 by Yoko Kamio ♦
28. Boys Over Flowers, Volume 5 by Yoko Kamio ♦
29. Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood

July
30. The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa
31. Boys Over Flowers, Volume 6 by Yoko Kamio ♦
32. Boys Over Flowers, Volume 7 by Yoko Kamio ♦
33. Boys Over Flowers, Volume 8 by Yoko Kamio ♦
34. Boys Over Flowers, Volume 9 by Yoko Kamio ♦
35. Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone by Kat Rosenfield Ⓐ
36. Boys Over Flowers, Volume 10 by Yoko Kamio ♦
37. The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan ∞
38. The Demon Catchers of Milan by Kat Beyer Ⓐ
39. Zom-B by Darren Shan Ⓐ
40. Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult & Samantha van Leer

August
41. Hourglass by Myra McEntire
42. One Moment by Kristina McBride Ⓐ
43. A Girl Like You by Maria Geraci
44. Meant to Be by Lauren Morrill Ⓐ

September
45. Small Damages by Beth Kephart Ⓐ
46. Would You by Marthe Jocelyn ♫
47. Gimme A Call by Sarah Mlynowski

October
48. Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake

November
49. Ten by Gretchen McNeil
50. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Leviathan

December
51. The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick ❀♫

* Short Story
∞ Re-read
♦ Manga/Graphic Novel
♫ Audiobook
Ⓐ Advance Reader Copy
❀ Middle Grade

Read in 2010

(click on title for review)

1. Wings
2. Monster (audio)
3. At Face Value
4. The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl (audio)
5. Evernight
6. Thristy
7. The Great Gatsby (audio)
8. The Hunger Games
9. The Chosen One
10. The Girl Made of Cool
11. Dino Vicelli: Private Eye in a World of Evils
12. Master: An Erotic Novel of the Count of Monte Cristo
13. Wicked Lovely (audio)
14. If I Stay
15. Lock and Key
16. Dear John (audio)
17. Impetuous
18. Thirteen Reasons Why
19. Goth Girl Rising
20. Wintergirls
21. Half-Broke Horses
22. Sea Change
23. Prophecy of the Sisters
24. A Great and Terrible Beauty (audio)
25. Tricks
26. As Simple As It Seems
27. Numbers
28. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls
29. Lisa, Bright and Dark
30. Zan-Gah: A Prehestoric Adventure
31. Zan-Gah and the Beautiful Country
32. Morpheus Road: The Light
33. The Knife that Killed Me
34. Island Sting
35. In a Heartbeat
36. The Lost Duke of Wyndham
37. Legacy of a False Promise: A Daughters Reckoning
38. Mockingbird
39. Thirteen Days to Midnight
40. Claire De Lune
41. When Mike Kissed Emma
42. Rising Shadow
43. Shadow Hills
44. Forget You
45. Dark Flame
46. Little Black Lies
47. White Cat
48. Two Way Street
49. Change of Heart
50. Plus
51. Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives
52. Virgin Territory
53. Winter Longing
54. Memories of My Melancholy Whores
55. Salvaged
56. Low Red Moon
57. The Cougar Club
58. Virals
59. The Eternal Ones
60. If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now
61. Kiss Me Deadly
62. My Name is Memory
63. Aces Up
64. This Gorgeous Game
65. The Julian Game
66. Beautiful Creatures
67. Beautiful Darkness
68. Indigo Blues
69. Grace
70. Monster High
71. Paranormalcy
72. Leaving the World
73. The Prophecy
74. The Wives of Henry Oades
75. Sounds of Murder
76. Perfectly Dateless
77. The Sixth Surrender
78. Trickster Girl
79. Firelight
80. Dead is Just a Rumor
81. Crecendo
82. Nightshade
83. The Other Boleyn Girl
84. Incarceron
85. The Replacement

Read in 2011

(click on title for review)

1. How to Kill a Rockstar by Tiffanie DeBartolo
2. A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
3. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
4. You Killed Wesley Payne by Sean Beaudoin
5. Mr. Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange
6. Future Imperfect by K. Ryer Breese
7. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
8. Dare to Surrender by Lilli Feisty
9. Priests in the Attic by Elaine A. Small
10. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
11. Infinite Days by Rebecca Maizel
12. Specials by Scott Westerfeld
13. Hotel No Tell by Daphne Uviller
14. Happy Birthday to Me by Brian Rowe
15. Delirium by Lauren Oliver
16. Crush Control by Jennifer Jabaley
17. FLCL, Volume 1 by Hajime Ueda
18. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
19. Kare Kano, Volume 1 by Masami Tsuda
20. The House of Six Doors by Patricia Selbert
21. Burned by Ellen Hopkins
22. The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
23. The Raie'Chaelia by Melissa Douthit
24. Arson by Estevan Vega
25. Paradise 21 by Aubrie Dionne
26. Missing in Mexico by Stuart Gustafson
27. After the Party by Lisa Jewell
28. Static by Tawny Stokes
27. Viscount Breckenridge to the Rescue by Stephanie Laurens
28. Cry of the Fallen by Joel M. Andre
29. The Cowboy and the Vampire by Clark Hays and Kathleen McFall
30. The Gift of Illusion by Richard Brown
31. Take Me Down by Lauren Hawkeye
32. In the Shadows by Julieanne Lynch
33. Silas by Robert J. Duperre
34. Tempest by Julie Cross
35. Cut by Patricia McCormick
36. Populazzi by Elise Allen
37. What Happens in Vegas by Natasha Deen
38. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephenie Perkins
39. The Year of Fog by Michelle Richmond
40. Tie Me Up by Lauren Hawkeye
41. Afterlight by J. Corsentino
42. Spirit Seeker by Jamie Haden
43. J'Adore New York by Isabelle LaFleche
44. Bloodstone by Nancy Holzner
45. Space by Emily Sue Harvey
46. Something So Right by Elyse Mady
47. An Unexpected Bride by Shadonna Richards
48. The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan
49. Her Sister's Shadow by Katharine Britton
50. Lead Me On by Lauren Hawkeye
51. Between Shades of Gray by Ruda Sepetys
52. Triangles by Ellen Hopkins
53. Saving June by Hannah Harrington
54. Christine by Stephen King

'09: 100+ Reading Challenge

Fits perfectly with my new goodreads challenge

so here I go...

001. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

002. Spilling the Beans: Loteria Chicana by Jose Antonio Burciaga

003. If This Bed Could Talk by Liz Maverick, Lynn LaFleur

004. Getting Even: Good Girlz by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

005. Faking It by Jennifer Crusie

006. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

007. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit

008. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

009. The Luxe by Anna Godbersen

010. The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy

011. Houston, We Have a Problem by Erin McCarthy

012. Staked (Void City, Book 1) by J.F. Lewis

013. 100 Bullets Volume 1: First Shot, Last Call by Brian Azzarello

014. The Private Lives of Pippa Lee by Rebecca Miller

015. When Your Child is 6 to 12 by John M. Drescher

016. Accidentally Yours by Susan Mallery

017. Kill Your Friends by John Niven

018. Pretties by Scott Westerfeld

019. 100 Bullets Volume 2: Split Second Chance by Brian Azzarello

020. Island of Lost Girls by Jennifer McMahon

021. The Host by Stephenie Meyer

022. Family Sold Separately by Kate Long

023. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

024. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith and Jane Austen

025. Ghostgirl by Tonya Hurley

026. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

027. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

028. Echo by Francesca Lia Block

029. I Want You to Want Me by Kathy Love

030. The Otherworldlies by Jennifer Anne Kogler

031. Smack by Melvin Burgess

032. 3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows by Ann Brashares

033. Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard

034. Wake by Lisa McMann

035. The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn

036. Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen

037. Jessica Z by Shawn Klomparens

038. 30 Days of Night, Volume 1 by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith

039. The Reading Club, Volume 1 by Cho Ju-Hee and Suh Yun -Young

040. 100 Bullets Volume 3, Hang Up on the Hang Low by Brian Azzarello

041. Crank by Ellen Hopkins

042. Vampire Haiku by Ryan Mecum

043. The Walking Dead, Vol. 1 Days Gone Bye by Robert Kirkman

044. Serenity: Those Left Behind by Joss Whedon

045. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards

046. Simply Scandalous by Carly Phillips

047. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

048. The Giver by Lois Lowry

049. Dancing with Ana by Nicole Barker

050. 100 Bullets Volume 5: The Counterfifth Detective by Brian Azzarello

051. The Walking Dead, Vol. 2 Miles Behind Us by Robert Kirkman

052. Code Name: Princess by Christina Skye

053. Everything Sucks by Hannah Friedman

054. Bending Towards the Sun by Leslie Gilbert-Lurie

055. Prince Harming Syndrome

056. The Man Who Loved Books Too Much
057. Twenty Boy Summer
058. Book of Shadows, Book 1: Sweep
059. Water for Elephants
060. Benny and Shrimp
061. The Forest of Hands and Teeth
062. Across the Endless River
063. Just Listen
064. The Picture of Dorian Gray
065. Frozen Fire
066. Children of Dust
067. How to Score
068. Sense and Sensibility and Seamonsters
69. Yellow Moon

70. The Summoning

71. Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale

72. Hush, Hush

73. Speak

74. Leftovers

75. The Everafter

awards!

from Donna at Bites
andLauren at I was a teenage book geek
and Ninefly from story on a page
and Kari from A Good Addiction
and Melissa from i swim for oceans
and Emma from Emma Michaels
and Stephany from Stuck Between the Pages
and Danielle from Every Last Page
and Lover of Romance from Addicted to Romance

from ZAC at Dirty Pages

from J. Kaye at J. Kaye's Book Blo g
and ninefly from story on a page

from J. Kaye at J. Kaye's Book Blo g

from Pizza at Pizza's Book Discussion for the August
Reading Challenge

from J. Kaye at J. Kaye's Book Blo g

from Elnice at Ellz Reads

from BrittLit at Reading Nook
and from Lucy from Delightful Reviews

from Jennifer at R eading with Tequila

from Texy from Texy's Bookself
and from Darlyn from Darlyn&Books

from Nely at All About {n}

from Donna at Bites

from Jenn at Books at Midnight
and ninefly at story on a page
and Sasha from The Sweet Bonjour
and from Book♥Soulmates

from J. Kaye at J. Kaye's Book Blog

and from Lucy at Delighful Reviews

and from Donna from Bites

from J. Kaye at J. Kaye's Book Blog

and from Nikki at Bookizzle

and from ninefly at story on a page

Read in 2009

(click on title for review)

01. Uglies
02. Spilling the Beans: Loteria Chicana
03. If This Bed Could Talk
04. Getting Even: Good Girlz
05. Faking It
06. A Midsummer Night's Dream
07. Tuck Everlasting
08. Sense and Sensibility
09. The Luxe
10. The Black Dahlia
11. Houston, We Have a Problem
12. Staked (Void City, Book 1)
13. 100 Bullets Volume 1
14. The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
15. When Your Child is 6 to 12
16. Accidentally Yours
17. Kill Your Friends
18. Pretties
19. 100 Bullets Volume 2
20. Island of Lost Girls
21. The Host
22. Family Sold Separately
23. Pride and Prejudice
24. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
25. Ghostgirl
26. Go Ask Alice
27. The Outsiders
28. Echo
29. I Want You to Want Me
30. The Otherworldlies
31. Smack
32. 3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows
33. Pretty Little Liars
34. Wake
35. The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever
36. Someone Like You
37. Jessica Z
38. 30 Days of Night, Volume 1
39. Reading Club, Volume 1
40. 100 Bullets Volume 3
41. Crank
42. Vampire Haiku
43. The Walking Dead, Vol. 1
44. Serenity: Those Left Behind
45. The Memory Keeper's Daughter
46. Simply Scandalous
47. And Then There Were None
48. The Giver
49. Dancing with Ana
50. 100 Bullets, Volume 5
51. The Walking Dead, Vol. 2
52. Code Name: Princess
53. Everything Sucks
54. Bending Towards the Sun
55. Prince Harming Syndrome
56. The Man Who Loved Books Too Much
57. Twenty Boy Summer
58. Book of Shadows, Book 1: Sweep
59. Water for Elephants
60. Benny and Shrimp

61. The Forest of Hands and Teeth

62. Across the Endless River

63. Just Listen

64. The Picture of Dorian Gray

65. Frozen Fire

66. Children of Dust

67. How to Score

68. Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
69. Yellow Moon
70. The Summoning
71. Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale
72. Hush, Hush
73. Speak
74. Leftovers
75. The Everafter

2009 Challenges

100+ Reading Challenge: 01.01.2009 - 12.31.2009

The Classics Challenge: 01.01.2009 - 12.31.2009

August Reading Challenge: 08.01.2009 - 08.31.09/ Done :)

Scott Westerfeld Challenge: 01.01.2009 - 12.31.2009/ Done :)

Support Your Local Library Challenge: 01.01.2009 - 12.31.2009

Read Your Own Books Challenge: 01.01.2009 - 12.31.2009/ Done :)

Chick-Lit Challenge: 01.01.2009 - 12.31.2009/ Done :)

Fear Itself Challenge: 07.01.2009 - 122.31.2009/ Done :)

'09: The Classics Challenge

Level: Classic Feast - Six Classics

001. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
002. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
003. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
004. The Picture of Dorian Gray

Review | Uglies by Scott Westerfield

"In a world of extreme beauty, anyone normal is ugly."

I enjoyed it. It kind of creeps me out that in the future Earth, everyone is turned beautiful at sixteen. Everyone looks the same, everyone thinks the same, everyone is the same. Although it seems bizarre that this would happen, it in some strange way makes sense. There would be no more anything due to differences. It gives the mind something to think about in a subtle kind of way.

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