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