Hiatus

Hi everyone!

I hope that you're all enjoying your weekend. Just wanting to let you know that starting Tuesday until probably Sunday I will be having a blogging hiatus because I will be on a trip to the lovely San Juan Islands of Washington State. (I kind of wish I was going to Canada, but alas, no.) This means that I won't be doing any more posts till then, and I will be missing all the memes (I'll miss you guys this Friday) but I'll be back soon and catch up then. I may find a time to post between now and Tuesday, but, if not, see you guys soon!

p.s. I'd love it if you'd vote on my poll to tell me which book I should read next!

Follow Friday

Q. How many books do you read in a week? And in what format do you read them, or listen to them?

A. It depends on the week, but usually one a week in either a hard copy or on my Kindle.

Happy Friday everyone!


please leave a link so I can check out your blog!!!

CLOCKWORK PRINCE COVER REVEAL!!!

The cover for the Clockwork Prince was revealed this morning! what do y'all think?? You can enlarge it by clicking on the picture!

I love Jem (the guy on the cover) he was my second favorite character in the Clockwork Angel (1st place went to Magnus <3)

description (from GoodReads)

In Clockwork Prince, with Mortmain vanished and the clock counting down on how long Charlotte can keep control of the Institute away from Benedict Lightwood, Will, Jem and Tessa must dig into Mortmain’s past to predict what he will do in the future, But secrets about Mortmain aren’t all they find buried — Tessa begins to uncover the truth about her own birth, and the ghosts of Will’s past return to haunt him. As Tessa grows closer to Jem, and Will is driven further toward the brink of madness by jealousy and guilt, will they discover the truth in time to halt the next phase of Mortmain’s evil plan?

Review: Girl, Stolen

Title: Girl, Stolen
Author: April Henry
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Page Count: 224 (hardcover copy)
Rating: 5/5

Description (via GoodReads):

Sixteen year-old Cheyenne Wilder is sleeping in the back of a car while her step-mom fills her prescription at the pharmacy. Before Cheyenne realizes what's happening, their car is being stolen—with her inside! Griffin hadn’t meant to kidnap Cheyenne, all he needed to do was steal a car for the others. But once Griffin's dad finds out that Cheyenne’s father is the president of a powerful corporation, everything changes—now there’s a reason to keep her. What Griffin doesn’t know is that Cheyenne is not only sick with pneumonia, she is blind. How will Cheyenne survive this nightmare, and if she does, at what price?

Review:

I really enjoyed reading ‘Girl, Stolen’. The story and characters were very well developed and written. It was in third person, but the perspective of the characters changed, and I really like how the author, April Henry, did that. It is a very quick read, but has all the elements of a great story! Since the main character is blind, April Henry describes the book in other ways besides sight so you are put more in Cheyenne’s point of view and ‘see’ things the way she does. On the whole, ‘Girl, Stolen’ seemed very realistic to me. There was only one point where it wasn’t for me, and I am one of the few people for whom this would be a problem. In the book, Cheyenne is described as going to Catlin Gabel for high school, which happens to be the same place where I went to middle school (It’s pre-K – 12). And though I didn’t go to the high school, I was on the same campus of which there were some inaccurate descriptions (i.e. in the book Catlin has a football team when in fact it actually doesn’t). But I still loved that she went there, inaccuracies aside. (After all, how often do you read a book where the main character goes to the same school you did?)

Over all, ‘Girl, Stolen’ was a great read! I loved the story, I loved the descriptions, and I loved the ending. I highly recommend it, and because it is so past-paced and condensed it was one of the quicker reads that I have read in a while!

Follow Friday

Q. It's circle time. Time for us to open up and share. Can you tell us FIVE quirky habits or things about you? We all have them...

1. I sometimes eat salad with my fingers.
2. I hum along with the sounds of machinery (printers, fans, etc.)
3. I always sleep with at least one animal on my bed.
4. I am a compulsive nail biter ( especially at intense movies).
5. I have a TBR list of about thirty books.

3 different books, 4 different movies!

As well as a book geek, I also count myself as a movie aficionado. And what can be better than news on books and movies? News on books being made into movies of course!!

For those of you who are also movie enthusiasts and do not yet know about Comingsoon.net you really should, it is an incredible source for all movie news. Anyway, the past couple of days there has been some good news regarding books being made into movies.

1. The upcoming release 'Legend' (which I featured as my Waiting on Wednesday this week) already has a director for its movie adaption, Jonathan Levine. Also, the Twilight Saga's Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey will produce it.


2. Andrew Niccol has signed up to direct the movie adaption of 'The Host' by Stephanie Meyer. He originally wrote the screenplay while someone else was set to direct it, but now it seems he has returned to the project.



3. Lastly, 'The Hobbit' which is being made into a two part movie adaption released a ten minute video on the last touches of their pre-production. (Out of all of these, I think I am most excited about this).

Follow Friday

Q. The Blogger Apocalypse made me a little emotional. What is the most emotional scene in a book that you have read lately?

A. The ending of 'The Book Thief' made me cry harder than I have ever cried at the end of a book. (((((Max)))))