47. Holes by Louis Sachar.

Lol @ the onion. It was the only thing I could think of for this book. I COULD have gone outside and dug a hole but I'm just too fucking lazy.

I love Holes. Book and movie. Shia, mmm. It's just such a cute, funny book. If you haven't read it, you suck dick.

5/5 stars, ahha.

46. The Pluto Project by Melissa Glenn Haber.

I liked it. Interesting concept. Sorta like how the placebo effect is..but more effective in real life? I don't really know how to describe it. You witness a bunch of events that go together so magnificently and your mind puts together all these theories that really work out..coincidences or no?

One quote.

"I've got a goddamn misery hangover."

4/5 stars.

45. 3 Willows by Ann Brashares.

This book was too kiddie. I LOVE the pants books and even the adult novel she did..but this just didn't compare. 2/5 stars.

44. Peace, Love and Baby Ducks by Lauren Myracle.

3/5 stars. I love Lauren Myracle but I'm not so sure about her books. This book was good but nothing that really intrigued me. I really don't want to read her ttyl books or whatever because the AOL speak drives me crazy. I really liked the partial stories she did in Let It Snow and How to Be Bad..so we'll just say yes to Lauren Myracle..but not so much for this specific book.

Er..

I completed the 50 book challenge a week or so ago. I'm just too lazy to update this. But I will. Eventually. Maybe I'll be done when I'm 83.

Not that anyone I know cares to read a book review blog anyways..

43. Castration Celebration by Jake Wizner.

Ahaha, that would be my brother. I couldn't resist.

I actually really liked this book. It was quite different from most teen books. It's about a girl who goes to this summer camp type place for actors and writers etc. She is writing a play called Castration Celebration. It shows her play as she's writing it and it's quite funny. She incorporates what goes on at camp into her play and it all just goes together very well. It's a musical play so she writes songs for it and they're all clever and stupid and awesome. It's all stupid perverted humour, but what's not to love about that? There are serious elements in it too though, obviously.

She meets a guy the first day there and the book is from his and her perspective..at the same time..it was really odd. I'd never seen a book written this way..because it doesn't switch perspectives by alternating chapters..it's just done that way throughout paragraphs. Like..it will show what she's thinking and what he's thinking all at the same time. I liked it though.

But yeah, she's a funny girl that most people don't take seriously and the guy is a typical guy, I guess, in the way that he's really into girls and isn't afraid to hit on anyone that he has his eye on. But he gets really into her etc etc. But it's FUNNY not really depressing ever. That's why the book is good. They're both sarcastic smartass bitches and we all know that I love sarcastic smartass bitches!

The book also involves her three roommates who are all pretty different and then his roommate who is pretty much a stoner guitar player. They're all like-able, though.

QUOTES!

"You know that book Twilight?"
"I've heard of it."
"It's about this vampire who hooks up with a teenage chick. They never do more than kiss, but I was thinking if he ever went down on her while she was having her period it would be like winning the fucking lottery."

AHAHAH WIN.

"There are gay monkeys? That's so cool."
"Of course there are gay monkeys. There are gay monkeys, gay gorillas, gay giraffes, gay penguins, gay aardvarks. You think only people can be gay?"
"Wow! I never thought about that before. Do you think there were gay dinosaurs?"
"Have you seen Barney?"


Ahahah, epic win.


<3KRISTEN.

42. Milkrun by Sarah Mlynowski.

Okay, how perfect is the picture I took for this book? LOL. It cracks me up every time. Master shake..omg, I love him. And it's perfect how the book has a fucking pink straw. Priceless.

I don't know what to say about this book :(

It was good.

LOL.

It's about a woman (she's 24, I think) whose boyfriend (that she's pretty obsessed with) randomly dumps her while he's on a vacation in Thailand to find himself. She decides to put herself on the market and get back in the game. She starts getting all dressed up and going to a bar called Orgasm (wtf) with her slightly slutty friend, shall I say. She meets guys, she goes out with the guys, she finds out something super negative about the guy and then she moves on to the next. Not in a slutty way, she isn't fucking them all or anything. She's just looking for THE ONE. She always gets overly excited and overly expectant. For example, she meets this guy that she was obsessed with back in high school and he asks her out and she's all excited and is thinking about their future together as husband and wife and then they go out and he turns out to be a total creeper. And so the story goes. It's just a comedic story of a girl who isn't quite over her previous love but willing to put herself out there and let her hair down. It's funny and witty and a great..er, girly read, I guess.

QUOTE.

"Don't worry, there's a lid for every pot."

But only because I had never heard that phrase before and it cracked me the fuck up for some reason. LOL. I'm so easily amused.


Kristen :D

39-41. Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer.

Sigh. Yes, I'm a Twilighter. But I REFUSE to read Breaking Dawn again, lol.

Let me break it down for you:
Twilight = LOVE.
New Moon = Good, but not great.
Eclipse = Ehhhhhhh.
Breaking Dawn = W.T.F.

That's how it goes. I've read Twilight - Eclipse 3 times now in a little over a year. I've read Breaking Dawn twice. I know I could read it again but there's no point. I find it so retarded..the only part I like is when all of the vampires from across the world come together and you learn about their powers and culture etc.

Most of the arguments for Twilight are so repetitive and annoying. I'll go through them and put my opinion.

1. Vampires don't sparkle. Okay, why is this such a big deal? It's not as if vampires actually exist..so why can't an author take a creature and make it her own? Many different vampires have different elements and personalities in different vampire books. If she wants her vampires to sparkle in the sun then let her and get the fuck over it and stop bitching. Go read Vonnegut since sparkling vampires are so beneath you and hey, maybe you should bitch about something that's worth bitching about next time. ///// This is only directed towards those who take this shit too seriously. If it's a joke, I don't care, I find most jokes about Twilight hilarious even though I like the book. But if people are degrading the book due to sparkling vampires and what not, I mean, what the fuck, it's a fiction story. Yeah. Woo.

2. Girls that like Edward Cullen's character are dumbass fucks and need to realize he cannot exist. REALLY? STONE COLD/HARD AND SUPER STRONG, SPARKLING, VEGETARIAN BEAUTIFUL MALE VAMPIRES DON'T EXIST? OH MY FUCKING GOD. I HAD NO IDEA. THANKS FOR BRINGING MY HEAD OUT OF MY ASS AFTER ALL OF THIS TIME. There's a difference between admiring his character and waiting for it. I agree, if you dump your boyfriend because he doesn't compare to Edward Cullen or if you're sitting at home crying because you can't find an equivalent, then that's pretty pathetic and you really do need to get over yourself. But for the rest of us who just admire his character and choose him over Jacob, why is this so unbelievable? People always say that they're for Jacob because he's human and someone like Edward could never exist and he's too perfect blah blah blah. Now, let me mention this again..IT'S A STORY. FICTION. NOT REAL. So if this FICTIONAL CHARACTER named BELLA has a choice between a PERFECT, BEAUTIFUL, ETC VAMPIRE named EDWARD and a typical immature dickass werewolf named Jacob that shoves his tongue down her throat..why the fuck would she NOT choose Edward IN THE STORY. If Edward exists for her IN THE STORY then why should she say NO to him? It doesn't make sense for her to be like "oh, sorry Edward, I'm going to have to turn you down for Jacob because you don't exist - oh wait" seriously.

NOW, if you genuinely don't like Edward's character - many people don't - then that's fine. If you don't like the over-protectiveness (he loosens up eventually) or his old style mannerisms or his cold skin or whatever other elements of his personality..then fine. It makes perfect sense for you to be like..yeah, I want Jacob. Or if you want neither. Or if you don't give a shit about any characters in Twilight, then yeah, that's fine. But don't be and idiot and get fiction confused with reality. Most of my obsessions involve the characters and nothing related to my own life. Sure, I may have mentioned in the past that I wish a vampire would come find me and love me and obsess over me..but it's not literal seriousness. Kind of like how I desire to have a threesome with the Weasley twins or James+Oliver Phelps, but that will never happen either. Hopefully you get my point.

But I do genuinely love Edward Cullen's character. I love his old fashioned phrases and the way he talks and the way he addresses Bella etc etc. His sarcasm and quiet humour. It's all so very attractive. And he's supposed to be. But it's not for everyone.

3. Stephenie Meyer's writing is horrible and her grammar is even worse. Okay, I may somewhat agree with this, but I'm not going to hate her books because of it. They're still read-able to me. Yes, it isn't written like a classic and it's not supposed to be, I don't think. For me, it's merely entertainment, nothing more, nothing less.

But yeah, I love Twilight (the first book) and I'll probably read it a billion times without it ever getting old.

I can't wait until the final draft of Midnight Sun comes out..I've read the partial draft and it's so amazing. Woooooo.

I've said enough on the subject. I'm sure I could go on and on but I'm too lazy.

KRISTEN.

38. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink.

Allllllllllllllright. I saw the movie and then I got super excited when I found it at Goodwill. I love Goodwill..there may be no organization at all, but you can find the best books there. And it's sooooooo cheap, obviously.

So, this was the last book that I read while at the beach. It's different when you see a movie and then read the book..instead of reading the book and then seeing the movie. Your perception is a bit different, I think, because if you read a book FIRST then you develop your own perspective of the characters and places in the book, and obviously books usually go into more depth, so that when you see the movie, you typically feel disappointment, or at least that's how it is for me. BUT if I see a movie THEN read the book, it's not as bad, because you see the characters and the setting and how it plays out..and then when you read the book you're like "oh, yeah, I can picture this perfectly..I remember this in the movie..blah blah blah!" and so on and so forth.

So, what I'm trying to say is that, from the direction I went (movie to book) I thought they did a pretty good job and stayed on track with the book. I really liked the movie and it's representation of the book. Now, if I had read the book first, who knows. But even if I had read the book first, I still think I would have liked the way the movie was. ANYWAYS.

The book was good. I already knew most of what was going to happen because, like I've already repeated 98532 times, it was a lot like the movie. I don't think I really expected it to be much different though. The book is a lot less..revealing, I guess, than the movie. They speak of making love a lot, but in the movie it's like woah shit.

The writing is very beautiful and very mature. It was really easy for me to get into, it wasn't dull or boring. It's written in a way that makes me really..I don't know, appreciate it.

And the story line is just so heart-sinking. It's beautiful and depressing. Yet..happy, sometimes. Not rainbow and unicorn happy, just moving. I don't know, I'm horrid at this.

QUOTE.

"The tectonic layers of our lives rest so tightly one on top of the other that we always come up against earlier events in later ones, not as matter that has been fully formed and pushed aside, but absolutely present and alive. I understand this. Nevertheless, I sometimes find it hard to bear. Maybe I did write our story to be free of it, even if I never can be."


kfkfffiiiishshshsh

37. Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan.

LOL. Okay, I couldn't resist. I'm not a fan of Harry/Malfoy erotic fan-fiction, but it cracks me the fuck up. I mean, I'm not against it though...

ANYWAYS.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS BOOK. Seriously, it's one of my all time favourites. Maybe my new obsession = books that involve young, troubled gay relationships. Maybe that makes me insane. Maybe I love being insane. But regardless if I'm insane or not, this book kicks ass.

I don't even know why! It's really short but it's just filled with so much awesomeness. It's so heart-felt and funny and heart-clenching and intense. Maybe I'm over-dramatic about it. I don't know. But I KNOW this is going to be one of those books that I read 930853925 times and it will never get old, NEVER.

But yeah, it's about a gay couple. In high school. Paul meets Noah who is a new guy and they fall for each other pretty fast but Noah is super hesitant because he had a super bad relationship in the past and it upset him super amounts. Why did I feel the need to use the the word super so much in that sentence?

Anyways.....DRAMA! Paul's ex (Kyle) all of a sudden starts being super random and wants to all of a sudden be a part of Paul's life again...go figure!

And with all the gossip going around (thanks to Infinite Darlene, the cross-dressing male who is also the QB of the football team) and Paul's best friend (Joni) all of a sudden dating a complete idiot and Ted (Joni's ex) being a broken-hearted annoyance and Tony (Paul's best friend who is also gay) having difficulty with his super christian parents, things obviously are going to get complicated.

And that's what it's about. READ IT. I love it. Read it. Now. It won't take you long. It's so cute, so cute, so cute. I love young gay love. I don't know why! It's just beautiful. Oh, and for those who aren't too happy with books about young gay couples, I'll at least let you know that there's nothing graphic in it really. Just kissing. But why would anyone be against it? It really burns me up, to be honest, and I find it idiotic.

5/5 stars, it DESERVES IT! I love David Levithan, I want to kiss him.

QUOTES!

"The pond's surface is like a wrinkled blue shirt, with small buoy-buttons marking the distance of water. The paddleboat wrangler has named the boats after his seven daughters. From the time I was little, I've always chosen Trixie, because she's orange and has the funniest name. This time the paddleboat wrangler lifts his eyebrow at me because I go along when Noah chooses the light green Adaline. I like the idea of following his whims. I like the idea of going with him into a boat I've never been in before. Trixie has seen me with Joni and Kyle, other friends and other guys; she has also seen me paddle alone for hours, trying to sort out my problems by leaving a wake. Adaline doesn't know any of my secrets."

"Do you know when you cross against traffic? You look down the street and see a car coming, but you know you can get across before it gets to you. So even though there's a DON'T WALK sign, you cross anyway. And there's always a split second when you turn and see that car coming, and you know that if you don't continue moving, it will all be over. That's how I feel a lot of the time. I know I'll make it across. I always make it across. But the car is always there, and I always stop to watch it coming."


<3much love, kristen


PS I'm done adding these for the day. IRL I'm on book #45 or 46, I don't remember, but I've almost reached 50. I'm totally going to own that shit, though. I mean, it's not even August yet! I still have a good five months, LOL.

36. How to Be Bad by Lauren Myracle, E. Lockhart, and Sarah Mlynowski.

I really liked this book! I love when multiple authors come together to create one book.

It's from the perspective of three different girls. Two are best friends and one is new in town. All three work at Waffle House. Jesse is a good ole' country girl, very christian, kinda stubborn, but very genuine and a good friend. Her best friend, Vicks, is more out-there, more punkish, although that's a horrible way to describe her, but I'm assuming you know what I mean. Mel is the new girl and Jesse doesn't like her at first because she doesn't understand her - she noticed her expensive jeans and found out she's from a fairly wealthy family, and she doesn't know why she's working at the Waffle House.

Anyways, Vick's boyfriend of the past year goes away to college at the University of Miami and he doesn't contact her for weeks and she's secretly freaking out about it. Jesse has a fight with her mother so she decides to steal her car and take Vicks with her to Miami to surprise her boyfriend. At first Vicks hesitates because her and Jesse aren't getting along as well as usual. Mel intrudes and says she would like to go and that she would pay for it (the other two don't have any money) so they finally agree.

So it's basically the story of three girls who go on a road trip. I love road trips, therefore I love this book. There was rule-breaking (they break into a closed tourist shop to see a giant stuffed alligator) and drunken mistakes and crushes and pirate hotels and the saving of baby ducks. It was very eventful and just a very cute book about the troubles of teenage girls and their ridiculous lives. But it's very genuine, or at least to me, because we all went through retarded ass shit growing up. All the dumb arguments that seem so stupid now, and all the excellent make-up experiences. We've all been there.

But yeah, I loved this book.

AND I have a quote!

"You guys have to make up. You're lucky to have each other, you should just get over your sex-God fight already."

Ahahaha. I just found the way it was worded super amusing.

4/5 stars, baby!

KFIOSH

35. I Love You, Beth Cooper by Larry Doyle.

I mean, what's there really to say about this book? It was alright, slightly predictable. It wasn't as funny as I thought it was going to be. I want to see the movie, it's really the only reason I read it. It wasn't that I didn't enjoy it, I guess I was just expecting more from it. But it is what it is. Not one of those books that's supposed to be life-changing, just amusing/entertaining, which it is.

3/5 stars.

KFISH >((((^((((;>

34. Bright Shiny Morning by James Frey.

Ahaha, oh boy. James Frey, you crazy man.

I love his other books, especially My Friend Leonard. Seriously, I read that at the beach a few years ago and I had tears streaming down my face and I was gasping for breath because I was crying so hard. It was that powerful, or to me at least. But I won't tell you which part, it's obvious if you read it.

Anyways, Bright Shiny Morning.

I liked it. Not as much as Leonard, but it was..amusing, shall I say? It's basically many different stories all related to Los Angeles. The good, the bad, the ugly, the beautiful, the fake, the false, the true, the rich, the poor, the desire, the facts, everything. Between each story he writes a paragraph of information concerning LA. Some of the stories he continues throughout the book, some don't. Sometimes he goes off and talks about something completely random for a few pages. For examples, roads. Seriously, the roads and highways of LA. He goes on and on about it. It's not BORING, but I didn't enjoy it as much as the stories. And sometimes he'll list things. Like the names of people who arrive in LA with the desire to be made into something..for example..he lists about 50 names and next to them he put the age and what they came to LA to be and what they ended up doing there. Like "Robert - 21 - actor - now a McDonald's cashier" or something along those lines.

There are maybe 5 stories that continue throughout the book. One is about a young couple that move to LA to escape their family. Another is about a rich couple (both actors) that are really friends in a fake relationship just to appear awesome to the outside world - the male is gay and is obsessed with a football player and goes to extremes to manipulate him and get him into bed, etc. Another is about a homeless man and his search for meaning. Another is about a girl whose parents crossed the Mexico/America border and had her in America. She has really big thighs and is very insecure with herself. I think that might be my favourite.

He also does a few pages of "fun LA facts" which are ridiculous things that you can hardly believe are true. And he talks about crime rates and the different groups of people and cultures and different parts of the city. It's kind of like reading Wikipedia, but better, lol.

Anyways, it was a very intriguing book and major props to James Frey.

3 1/2 out of 5 stars.

KDSGJAKDSGJASKGD
KRISTEN

33. The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan.

Okay, it's settled, I LOVE DAVID FUCKING LEVITHAN! He's just so awesome.

I don't know why I took the above picture. I didn't really know how to pair this book up with a picture, so I just opened up my drawer of hats and was like "all the possibilities.." okay, super lame, but it's super me, because I love hats, and I never know which one I should wear. End of story.

This book is written in poetry-block type paragraphs. Honestly, I don't get the point of it, if there is a point. I'm not one for poetry or anything close to poetry, but I just read it as a book and ignored how it was displayed on the page. It doesn't rhyme or anything, it's just typed into blocks. Maybe I just fail at poetry or whatever, but whatever. Haha, wow, that last sentence failed miserably.

Anyways, I loved this book. It's super short and I read it in one tiny sitting, but it's amazing. It's a bunch of different stories that somewhat come together and relate, but they're all from different points of view. It includes homosexuality, eating disorders, teasing, etc, all typical things that teenagers go through. But it's portrayed in a very mature, understanding way. Like it's not a teen novel, just a book involving teens. It was beautiful, very beautiful.

I have no quotes because the whole book is a quote. Seriously, it's just deep, in an easy way. I don't know, but I think that everyone should read it. No, I demand it.

5/5 stars, definitely.

E> kkkkkkriz10

32. Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen.

Okay, I have A LOT of updates, so I'm not going to go into detail for every single book anymore. Only if I feel like it. Which won't be often, most likely.

I love Sarah Dessen. I don't care if that makes me a 13 year old hopeless romantic or whatever. Her books are cute and I think each book can apply to a different teenager with a different situation. The stories aren't all the same. Okay, they are with the whole "girl meets boy something happens and girl ends up with boy anyways" but actually, when I think about it, all of her books aren't even like that.

Anyway, this book takes you back to Colby, a town on the beach. I think my favourite thing about her books is that a previous character/setting from a different book of hers always finds their way into it. It's not big, it's typically very subtle, but you notice it. All of the books are set in the same place (well, except Colby, but it's mentioned in quite a few of them) and it's fun how she'll randomly throw in a previous character. I'm always like "Oooh!" and sometimes she doesn't even mention the characters name, she'll just describe them and you'll be like "I know EXACTLY who she is describing!" It's fucking awesome.

I don't really feel like talking about the actual book. It was a good beach read though.

I didn't put aside any of the quotes from it or anything because I didn't even think about it and I blazed through it like a mofo. That's what happens at the beach house, I go crazy.

That's all I'm going to sayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.
I know, I SUCK.

Time to go add the rest of the entries. Let's see how far I get, ahaha.

!!!!!!!!Kristennnn

25-31. The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling.

(I usually take my own crazy-ass pictures for the books but was too lazy for HP so I stole this from Google)

Okay, I haven't updated in a super long time but that doesn't mean that I haven't been reading! I've read 11 books since my last update but I wasn't planning on doing each HP book individually because I've read them so many times.

I read the series again because, of course, the 6th movie was scheduled to come out on July 15th. I successfully read them all before 12am Wednesday the 15th and set out to watch the movie that I had been anxiously waiting for forever..I AM NOT going to discuss the movie though, lol.

I will discuss the books. Here we go.

THEY'RE FUCKING AMAZING. Seriously, my favourite books, and it's not going to change anytime soon. I am so obsessed with these books and Harry Potter is kinda like my religion. I can't go a day without referencing something to HP it seems. I'm a fucking HP nerd and I wouldn't change it for the world, baby.

I've read them all so many times. Seriously, my friend saw one of my copies and was like "holy shit this thing is worn out" and I was like "yeah :("

I'm not saying I love the books any more than the average HP fan-person. I'm just saying that I'm amongst that category of people, yeehaw! I really want to go to LeakyCon one year but I doubt that I ever will...

J.K. Rowling is a genius though. I love her. I would have her babies.

Everything just fits together so perfectly. Gah, I'm going to stop talking about HP.

ALL BOOKS ARE 10 OUT OF 5 STARS.

There are so many good quotes, SO MANY good quotes. Most of my favourites are from Dumbledore or the Weasley twins. I'll just post a fewwwww.

"Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?" (Deathly Hallows)

"You're a prefect? Oh Ronnie! That's everyone in the family!"
"What are Fred and I? Next door neighbours?" (Order of the Phoenix)

"And now, Harry, let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure." (Half-Blood Prince)

"You are the most insensitive wart I have ever had the misfortune to meet." (Order of the Phoenix)

"Get away from me, werewolf!" (Prisoner of Azkaban)

"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." (Chamber of Secrets)

"We could all have been killed — or worse, expelled." (Sorcerer's Stone)

"What's comin' will come, and we'll meet it when it does." (Goblet of Fire)



I'll update when I get home from the beach.
That's right, I'm on damned vacation!
<3Krrrrrrristen.

24. Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne.

Aw, this book was so cute. I don't know why I describe it as "cute" but it fits in my wacko jacko mind. Just look at the cover! It looks like a children's book.

Okay, so this is about a man who bets that he can take a trip around the world in eighty days. His name is Phileas Fogg and he's a right-on-schedule kind of man. He has a daily routine and he NEVER goes outside of it. He's consistent and mathematically correct and that's how he likes to live his life. He's wants to prove that he CAN make it around the world in 80 days with his precise mathematical predictions. Anyways, moving on. His newly hired servant, a character named Passepartout, goes along with him on this journey. Around the same time, a man robs a bank whose description matches Fogg's exactly. This is where detective Fix comes into the story. He follows him around the world, always a step behind, desperately trying to catch Fogg. They experience many terrifying and exhilarating moments on their journey..including the rescue of a beautiful princess by the name of Mrs. Aouda who joins in on the adventure. Phileas Fogg's character is very mysterious and admirable. He never flinches or loses hope. It's almost as though he has no emotion at all. Passepartout honours his master very much and is a character that you fall in love with from the very start. Fix is the perfect annoying little bitch of a detective and that is to be expected, lol.

I really liked this book. It was quick and that's how I like it. And the little adventures that they go through are exciting to read about. Riding elephants, being attacked my Indians, breaking religious laws and getting in trouble for it. It gets frustrating at times also, but I don't want to ruin anything, ahah.

QUOTE.

"Why, you are a man of heart!" said Sir Francis Cromarty.
"Sometimes," replied Phileas Fogg simply, "when I have time."


This was short and sweet.

I'm super super excited for the next book on my list, yeeee!
!!KRISTEN

23. The Last Days by Scott Westerfeld.

This is the sequel to Peeps and I have to say that I liked Peeps A LOT more. Something about this book was just kind of..random? I don't know. It seemed like there were a lot of pages but nothing much happened and then all of a sudden something happens and..it ends. Basically. Something like that. I mean, I liked it, but I don't think it was up to Westerfeld's potential. I really like his other books and this one was just kind of "meh" and I feel bad for saying that, lol.

SUPER QUICK AND SHORT SUMMARY!!

Two dudes that play guitar meet this chick who does keyboards and they form a band along with this girl that plays drums on paint BUCKETS (not cans!) on the streets and another girl that sings and is a bit weird and creepy. She's weird and creepy for a reason. She sings in this crazy psychadelic way where you can't really understand what she's saying but it moves along so well with the music AND it ends up being pretty monumental. Then they find out something. Then something happens. The end.

Lol, that was so pathetic, but I'm very lazy and have a lot to do. That's a horrible excuse but it's all I got.

QUOTE.

"I smiled, having a rare moment of absolute comfort in my own skin, every compulsion satisfied, the clockwork of the whole world clicking into place around my drumming. Even if they were young and flawed, these four had something. Maybe a happy accident was happening here, like the first time I'd ever noticed the echoes from the street matching my footsteps. . . ."

I know it takes me forever to update these things..I'm a horrid procrastinator!

<3kfishkristen bitchtit whaaat

22. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown.

Okay, so I've read this book 958329583295 times. I re-read it because the movie recently came out and I always like to freshen my memory up to prepare myself for the movie. I figured the movie was going to be terrible. And it was. Terrible isn't even bad enough to describe the movie. It was that bad. The Da Vinci Code movie was terrible too. It's just so unfortunate because the books are SO damn good. I think I like Angels & Demons more..but I don't know. They're kinda equal. Anyways, back to A&D.

It's just so fucking good.

Really.

I LOVE Robert Langdon. He's Mr. History-know-it-all, smart-ass, funny, charming, apparently handsome. Tom Hanks is NOT who I would have chosen to play his part, but whatever. And I like Vittoria WAY better than Sophie from TDVC. She's hot like a tamale, all feisty and shit.

//spoiler alert//

And the book is just amazing because it really does all come together. How he came up with the idea for this book is beyond me because all of the pieces of art exist and point in the right directions and it's just AWESOME. Seriously. If I ever go to Italy, I'm fucking going on the Path of Illumination and visiting all of those places..if possible. I just love history and thrillers and symbology and blah blah blah. Plus it's all science vs religion and I HATE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE THAT GO ON AND ON ABOUT HOW THESE BOOKS ARE THE FUCKING DEVIL. Have you READ it? I'm not religious and even I am moved by Carlo Ventresca's words about the church and his faith. It almost made me want to believe. Well, sorta, lmao. I know he ends up being, well, crazy, but still, the words Dan Brown created for him are just beautiful.

//end spoiler alert//

Sure, I think Dan Brown's writing is cheesy sometimes, but it goes well with the book. And I like how fast paced it is. It's like WAM BAM CHICKY CHAWWW. Exactly like that. Snap finger OH SHIT snap finger OMFG snap finger DID THAT REALLY JUST HAPPEN?

I don't see how people can dislike this book, seriously :(

I know I will read it 500620682 more times. It never gets old. NEVER. And I still laugh at the good parts and I still gasp at the surprising parts. I don't know why, it's just so good. So good.

Read it. Fuck you if you haven't. Okay, not really, but yeah. READ IT.

ONLY ONE QUOTE because it's my favourite teehee.

"As he flushed, an unexpected realization hit him. This is the Pope's toilet, he thought. I just took a leak in the Pope's toilet. He had to chuckle. The Holy Throne."

I WILL UPDATE AGAIN IN LIKE 2.3 SECONDS.

<3
kristen

21. The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien.

So far I love these books. I've never seen the movies so it hasn't officially been ruined for me..although I'm pretty sure I know how it all ends, unfortunately. I can't stay away from spoilers and I think they fucking STALK ME. Anyways, I read The Fellowship of the Ring earlier in the year and then took a break from the LOTR trilogy to read other books because LOTR takes me longer than most books. Probably because 934583429 out of 9325832958932589325 pages contain Hobbits walking through a motherfucking forest, but I love it anyways. I usually find it hard to concentrate on books that, for example, describe a tree in five paragraphs (you know what I mean) but LOTR is just, er, un..hate..able? Yeah.

//tiny tiny tiny spoiler alert//

So, I just finished The Two Towers and I can't decide if I like it more or less than Fellowship..it was quicker and easier for me to get through, that's for sure. I really like how it jumps from the different points of view of the separated "company" or whatever you want to call them. I enjoyed reading about how Merry & Pippin ended up kicking so much ass and I LOVE Treebeard, teehee. Legolas and Gimli's once-rival relationship is now so heroic and brotherly. Aragorn is a badassmothafucka as always. And of course Gandalf the Grey coming back as Gandalf the White was amazing. You just can't resist loving Gandalf, there's no way.

Then there's Frodo and Sam's journey. Most of the time I want to tear Gollum out of the pages but considering that's not possible, I must move on with my grief. I can't really describe how much I adore Frodo and Sam's relationship. Sam's royalty and Frodo's constant battle with the ring..fighting so hard to do what he believes is right. What's not to love?

//end tiny tiny tiny spoiler alert//

I'm not going to do a summary or anything. It's just something you need to read and let it come alive for you on your own.

I watched the first movie after I finished the first book so now I'm anxious to watch the second movie. I'm going to take another break from LOTR even though I reallyyyyy don't want to. But I DESPERATELY need to read the next book on my list and after I finish that I'll most likely finish up LOTR. I'm going to the beach house this weekend and we all know what that means..reading extravaganza, of fucking course!

I rate it 5 out of 5, no doubt.

AHHH, HOW I LOVE LOTR QUOTES!
I'm going to post the ones from Fellowship that I like since I didn't talk about it on here.

FELLOWSHIP:

"Ho! Ho! Ho! to the bottle I go
To Heal my heart and drown my woe.
Rain my fall and wind may blow
And many miles may still to go,
But under a tall tree I will lie,
And let the clouds go sailing by."

"Now is the time for resting. Some things are ill to hear when the world's in shadow. Sleep till the morning-light, rest on the pillow! Heed no nightly noise! Fear no grey willow!"

"Indeed in nothing is the power of the Dark Lord more clearly shown than in the estrangement that divides all those who still oppose him. Yet so little faith and trust do we find now in the world beyond Lothlórien, unless maybe in Rivendell, that we dare not by our own trust endanger our land. We live now upon an island amid many perils, and our hands are more often upon the bowstring than upon the harp."


TWO TOWERS:

"But there, my friends, songs like trees bear fruit only in their own time and their own way: and sometimes they are withered untimely."

"Now we feel the peril that we were warned of. Have we ridden forth to victory, only to stand at last amazed by an old liar with honey on his forked tongue? So would the trapped wolf speak to the hounds, if he could. What aid can he give to you, forsooth? All he desires is to escape from his plight. But will you parley with this dealer in treachery and murder? Remember Théodred at the Fords, and the grave of Hama in Helm's Deep!"

"If we speak of poisoned tongues what shall we say of yours, young serpent?"

"But I wish I could make a song about her. Beautiful she is, sir! Lovely! Sometimes like a great tree in flower, sometimes like a white daffadowndilly, small and slender like. Hard as di'monds, soft as moonlight. Warm as sunlight, cold as frost in the stars. Proud and far-off as a snow-mountain, and as merry as any lass I ever saw with daisies in her hair in springtime. But that's a lot o' nonsense, and all wide of my mark."

"The land dreams in a false peace, and for a while all evil is withdrawn."

"And we shouldn't be here at all, if we'd known more about it before we started. But I suppose it's often that way. The brave things in the old tales and songs, Mr. Frodo: adventures, as I used to call them. I used to think that they were things the wonderful folk of the stories went out and looked for, because they wanted them, because they were exciting and life was a bit dull, and kind of a sport, as you might say. But that's not the way of it with the tales that really mattered, or the ones that stay in the mind. Folk seem to have been just landed in them, usually -- their paths were laid that way, as you put it. But I expect they had lots of chances, like us, of turning back, only they didn't. And if they had, we shouldn't know, because they'd have been forgotten. We hear about those as just went on -- and not all to a good end, mind you; at least not to what folk inside a story and not outside it call a good end. You know, coming home, and finding things all right, though not quite the same -- like old Mr. Bilbo. But those aren't always the best tales to hear, though they may be the best tales to get landed in! I wonder what sort of tale we've fallen into?"

"I wonder, but I don't know. And that's the way of a real tale. Take any one that you're fond of. You may know, or guess, what kind of tale it is, happy-ending or sad-ending, but the people in it don't know. And you don't want them to."

Of course, they are many many more from these stories that I love, but I can't type the whole damn book. Time to go start #22 ;)

Muchacha Bye Bye!
KRISTEN

PS/
Christopher's review of The Two Towers:

philolol: two towers is really good
philolol: helms deep is metal as fuck

20. Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson.

I didn't know what to expect from this book when I bought it. I've heard of Speak but haven't read it or read any of her other books. This book is about a boy named Tyler that did a high school prank which lead him to have the reputation of a somewhat mysterious badass with a not-so-great reputation. The story pretty much revolves around his workaholic+asshole dad and his high school crush, Bethany. His best friend, called Yoda, and his freshman sister, Hannah, are also involved quite a bit. Him and Bethany gradually start talking and it leads to events that just trouble his image even more. He has to deal with being bullied (even though he buffed up a lot and became more intimidating after doing so much community service) and suffer his dad's wrath. You hear his unspoken thoughts a lot throughout the book and discover why he feels so..twisted (obviously!)

I thought it was a pretty good read. I hardly ever read something and don't like it, though, so the whole rating part of my entries are a bit stupid. But I'll go ahead and rate it a 4 out of 5 stars, lol.

QUOTE TIME. Honestly, I usually go through books so fast that I typically don't stop and record the quotes I like..but here's one.

"I leaned closer to the glass. The guy in the mirror looked like somebody had wrapped his heart in barbed wire and pulled. He wasn't just a loser. He was a lost, no-compass lost, don't-speak-the-language lost."

I like the no-compass lost part, teehee.

I realize that my reviews are kinda boring but I really suck at putting my thoughts into words when it comes to shit like this..but I'm trying..and I do enjoy discussing these books..so I'll keep doing it until I get too lazy.

L8R.
KRIS10.

19. Are We There Yet? by David Levithan.

This book was a nice, quick read. It's a story about two brothers (that seem quite different) that are tricked by their parents into going on a trip to Italy together. Danny, the older brother, is obsessed with his job and is constantly talking about what goes on at work. Nothing seems to matter too much to him except work. Elijah, the younger brother, is in school and more laid back. He's always very nice to everyone, always says 'please' and 'thank you'. Once they get to Italy, the brothers pretty much assume what will happen, like how their conversations will go, etc. In the book, they visit and describe many different museums/sites, which is interesting to read about. At one point, Elijah meets a girl and is caught up with that. The girl plays a somewhat big part in the story, but I don't want to spoil anything. I enjoyed reading it because it wasn't like a lot of the other teen novels that I've read recently. It takes you through Italy and through a troubled sibling relationship. It definitely makes me want to read the rest of David Levithan's books. Apparently he and John Green wrote a book together--I am VERY anxious for that to come out. It will most likely melt my fucking face off.

I give it 3 out of 5 stars.


Quotes:

"Although it is such a singular word, there are many variations of alone. There is the alone of an empty beach at twilight. There is the alone of an empty hotel room. There is the alone of being caught in the throng of people. There is the alone of missing a particular person. And there is the alone of being with a particular person and realizing you are still alone."

"In the age of guidebooks, websites, and radio waves, discovery has nearly become a lost feeling. If anything, it is now a matter of expectations to surpass---rarely a matter of unexpected wonderment. It is unusual to find a situation that appears without word, or a place that was not known to be on the road."

"Discovery cannot be revisited."



I'm late in posting this because I finished this almost a week ago. I'm already almost done with #20. I'm going to go finish it now, but I won't update the blog again unless I get extremely bored. Which, come to think of it, is very likely.

PeaceLove&HairGrease,
Kristen

18. Looking for Alaska by John Green.

I adore this book. I've read it before and I feel as if I could read it a billion more times. Of course, I fucking love John Green. Being a huge vlogbrother fan, I love the Green brothers and think they're hilarious and amazing dudes..and John is an amazing writer. He has written two other books (Paper Towns & An Abundance of Katherines) and they're awesome too. But I think LFA is my favourite. I'm not really sure why, it just appeals to me the most. It's hilarious. Seriously, I was reading it one night and started busting out laughing and my roommate was like "wtf?!" and I was like "he fucking got beat by a one armed kid!! LOL!! LMFAO!!" to myself and he just kind of stared at me. It still makes me giggle thinking about it. But in order to understand, you must read it! You won't regret it.

To sum it up, it's about a boy named Miles who starts at a new school (Culver Creek Boarding School) to seek what he calls the "Great Perhaps" which is something I (along with many other people, I'm sure) seek. He arrives and makes friends with his roommate, the "Colonel", who introduces him to.....DUN DUN DUN.....Alaska. Alaska, the most gorgeous girl he's ever seen, with those brilliant green eyes on a face that's attached to a perfectly curved body. Let me somewhat define Alaska for you: Addicted to cigarettes and books, with a boyfriend she constantly talks about having sex with, while coming up with genius pranks to get back at the "Weekday Warriors" that would definitely upset the headmaster (aka "The Eagle") and most likely get them all expelled, while ALSO hiding bottles of Boone's Farm to uncover later. Okay, so you probably don't think too highly of Alaska by that description. But she's a character you can't hate. Miles gets sucked into Alaska's unleashed personality and so will you.

I'm not going to do quotes because there are WAY too many that I like. Just read it. Now.

Mucho Love-o,
Kristen

17. Peeps by Scott Westerfeld.

So, I just finished Peeps by Scott Westerfeld and it was pretty amazing. Okay, so if I explained to you that it was about a vampire-like parasite transferred from one human to another through sexual intercourse (like an STD) then you'd probably think the story was retarded..but really, it's not. It's actually quite interesting. In the book, Mr. Westerfeld talks about a different type of parasite every other chapter and the information is gross, scary, and intriguing all at the same time. The characters in the book aren't annoying (one of the main girls does say "dude" a lot, but I can get over that) and the story doesn't feel like it's dragging on and it doesn't take forever to get going. It's a pretty dope concept and I'm excited to buy the sequel. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys vampire novels that AREN'T like Twilight (not saying Twilight is bad, I'm definitely a Twilighter) but not all about blood and biting necks and coffins. It's definitely not THAT type of vampire, it's a...well, it's a motherfucking peep.

I give it a 3 1/2 - 4 out of 5 stars.

Quotes I enjoyed:

"Her face was lit up with happiness, so different than it had been the night before. An almost orgasmic look of contentment came over her as she breathed in the scent of bacon."

"Maybe the natural world wasn't so jaw-droppingly horrible---appalling, nasty, vile. Sometimes nature could be quite sweet, really, as delicate as a confused and horny butterfly."

"The subway platform trembled under us again, another train coming. Eventually, we'd have to return to the surface, to face the sunlight and the coming crumbling of civilization, to rid out whatever tumult the old carriers had planned now that the old strain was surging into daylight. But for the moment I was content to stand there, the thought of an apocalyptic future suddenly less panicking. I had something that I'd thought lost forever: another person warm in my arms. Whatever happened next seemed bearable."

"My voice trailed off, an answer dawning on me. Not so much words or images, but a feeling---a generations-forgotten dread, an enemy long buried, a warning never to lose the old knowledge, because the sun can't always protect us from what lives in the lower depths. I felt again the shuddering revelation from my first biology courses, that the natural world is less concerned with our survival than we ever admit. As individuals, even as a species---we are here on borrowed time, and death is as cold and dark and permanent as the deepest fissures in the stones we walk on."

Time to start on #18.

Adios!
Kristen

The first sixteen.

1. Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen
2. Sleep Rough Tonight by Ian Bone
3. Diary by Chuck Palahniuk
4. Midnight Sun (partial draft) by Stephenie Meyer
5. That Summer by Sarah Dessen
6. Dreamland by Sarah Dessen
7. Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
8. The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
9. This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
10. Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
11. Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
12. So Yesterday by Scott Westerfeld
13. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
14. Bound South by Susan Rebecca White
15. Spanking Shakespeare by Jake Wizner
16. Tweak by Nic Sheff

I've decided that I'm not going to go back and review these books because it would be too time consuming. I might do some in the future (like Tweak & LOTR) because I'd like to talk about what I liked or didn't like, etc.

I know I haven't come too far this year (although last year I started in March and still read 50+ books) but I'm confident I'll catch up, lol. SELF-CONFIDENCE IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT!

I'm currently reading Peeps by Scott Westerfeld..

I'm over half-way through with it and it's very..interesting so far. I love Scott Westerfeld, he's a young adult fiction genius IMHO because his stories are so..different and crazy awesome. He creates so many things and it's awesome being sucked into a new world, even though I can tell that these worlds relate to ours in a lot of ways.

I shall update this as I go along.

Mua!
Kristen

Explanation.

I've started this for a couple of reasons. I participate in the 50 book challenge (I did it last year for the first time) and I will use this blog to discuss the books I have read/am currently reading and post quotes that I enjoy + reviews + other various information. I realized that I'm reading all of these books but I never really discuss them. I have a GoodReads account (where you can write reviews and rate the book) but I'd rather use a more personal blog where I can post pictures of the book I am reading and do my own kind of thing..aka whatever the fuck I want.

I'm not sure if I should do a re-cap of the books that I have already read this year or not. I sorta just came up with the idea and I'm still figuring out what I'm going to do.

Oh, lunch break, time to catch up on my reading. I'll probably be editing this throughout the day because it currently looks like shit.

-Kristen