2009 DONE!

K, that's all the posts for 2009. On to 2010 now, yippy.

2009 wasn't bad. Didn't read as many as I did in 2008 but that's because I got lazy and un-motivated. I still kind of feel that way and it's already February 2010. But I'm getting better.

<3
Kristen.

53. Midnighters #1 (The Secret Hour) by Scott Westerfeld.

This picture is terrible. It's the only clock I could get to where I could change the hands to 12 real quick. You can barely even tell. OH WELL. MOVING ON.

These books are short, quick, easy, nothing magnificent but not bad. I love Scott Westerfeld. We all know this. It's an awesome story though..like..the shit he comes up with is amazing. I give him so much credit in the young adult world. MAJOR. FUCKING. CREDIT.

This is about a group of teens in Bixby, Oklahoma. When the clock hits 12am for them, time freezes for an hour. For example, the main character (Jessica) walks outside during the "midnight hour" and the rain isn't falling, it's just stand-still in the air, little drops of water surrounding her. If she touches it, her hand gets wet and the drop goes away. Most people are frozen in this hour, all but a few teens that live there and DUN DUN DUN CREATURES. Creatures that are dangerous and only come out in the midnight hour. Untouched metal and thirteen-letter words weaken them. Each teen that experiences the midnight hour has a different quality..one can read minds, one can fly, one is really good at math. It all ties together. Jessica doesn't know what HER power is and that's kind of the point of the book..she's trying to figure it out. Because all the creatures are attracted to her and chase after her and that usually doesn't happen. WHY is it happening to her? READ IT AND FIND OUT.

Totally cool.

NO QUOTES TKAESJGKSJGJSG
RUSHRUSHNEXTITEMPLEASE

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52. Whiteout by Ken Follet.

Ken Follett is awesome. A-W-E-S-O-M-E. Idk why the fuck I just did that.

He's up there with Dan Brown. Maybe on equal grounds. It's a close battle.

This book was awesome. Way better than THE LOST FUCKING SHITTY ASS SYMBOL which I talked about a few entries ago.

I don't feel like talking about it and I have no quotes. I'll just say this..good characters, good plot, good setting, good book. AHHHHHHHAHAHAH I SUCK.

5 out of 5 stars.

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ANDISVERYOBNOXIOUS

51. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer.

LOOOL OK I GAVE IN AND READ IT AGAIN (FOR THE THIRD TIME) BECAUSE I AM PSYCHOTIC.

I will not discuss Twilight. I already have. HERE.

K, so, Breaking Dawn. I love when all the vampires come together from across the world and you see all their powers and everything. I enjoy Jacob's humour (TEAM EDWARD 'TIL DEATH THOUGH AND YES I SAID DEATH BECAUSE I KNOW I AM GOING TO DIE AND THAT SOME SEXY VAMPIRE ISN'T GOING TO COME SAVE MY LIFE AND TURN ME INTO HIS IMMORTAL FUCKING WIFE SO PLEASE SHUT THE FUCK UP). But the whole preggo shit is retarded as fuck and I hate every part of it.

That's all I have to say about it!!!!!!!!!!!!

Err...3 1/2 out of 5 stars.

quote!

"Life sucks, and then you die.
..yeah, I should be so lucky."

<3NEXTPOSTKFISH

50. The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

RETURN OF THE KING. EPIC EPIC EPIC EPIC. So good. LOTR, I love you.

Do I even need to talk about this book?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!? It's awesome. You need to read it. That's all that needs to be said!

But I'll say more.

GAHHHHHH I LOVE HOBBITS. AND FUCKING GANDALF. AND. FUCKING. J.R.R. TOLKIEN. YOU ARE AWESOME. I CAN'T TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT I LOVE IN A CALM UNCAPS MANOR. SDKGJDSKGJDSJGDSKJGADSJG. FREAK OUT. FREAK OUT. FREAK OUTTTTUUTT.

Pull it together, Kristen.

Hah. Return of the King was SO GOOD THOUGH.

Let me discuss one thing though...the MOVIE. FUCK THE MOVIE. The book is way better. Why the hell did the LOTR movies get so much hype? K, that's a dumb question. They're awesome movies. But they're not awesome compared to the books. I always say this. It's always so true though. I watched the movie and I was like..ummm......this is a shame. This is a BLOODY SHAME. A DISGRACE TO THE BOOK.

LMFAO. I need to click "publish post" and move on cause this is getting nowhere.

QUOTES. LOTR QUOTES.
I love LOTR quotes.
There are way more but I can't fucking quote the whole book.
Because the whole book is good.
And a shitload of it is quote-worthy.

So..yeah..!

"Where will wants not, a way opens."

"'Do you remember that bit of rabbit, Mr. Frodo?' he said. 'And our place under the warm bank in Captian Faramir's country, the day I saw an oliphaunt?'
'No, I am afraid not, Sam,' said Frodo. 'At least, I know that such things happened, but I cannot see them. No taste of food, no feel of water, no sound of wind, no memory of tree or grass or flower, no image of moon or star are left to me. I am naked in the dark, Sam, and there is no veil between me and the wheel of fire. I begin to see it even with my waking eyes, and all else fades.'"


<3333333333333 Kristen.

49. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown.

K, let me put this out there..I am a HUGE DAN BROWN FAN. Seriously, I've read all of his books countless times. I love Robert Langdon..I mean..I LOVE him. But this book?

THIS...BOOK...

....

sucked.

I can't believe I am saying this. I don't even know why. I just didn't fucking like it. It was PREDICTABLE. DAN BROWN'S FUCKING BOOKS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE PREDICTABLE. I GUESSED who the big secret guy was..I KNEW WHO IT WAS. That's so wrong. What the fuck, Dan Brown?

And it's so crazy because it is set in DC and I FUCKING LOVE DC. BUT one thing I always liked about his books was that they went away from America quite a bit..and I love reading stories set in Europe..especially Dan Brown style because it's almost a history lesson but it was never a boring history lesson...it was exciting and interesting and page-turning.

This book bored me. It wasn't a page turner for me. A few things happened where I was like "dayumm" but not enough. Not enough for Dan Brown, the king of "DAYUM HOLY SHIT WTF" moments.

BLAH. I HATE THAT THIS BOOK WASN'T MAGNIFICENT. It's hard to live up to his previous books but come on..he released Angels & Demons and then Da Vinci Code and they're both phenomenal..and so was Deception Point..I fucking love that book as much as the other two. Digital Fortress was great, I didn't like it as much as the other three, but it was fucking God compared to Lost Symbol. BLAH.

AND WTF HAPPENED TO SOPHIE? Honestly, Vittoria was my favourite. I hated that she didn't make it to the Da Vinci Code..and I was fine with Sophie..but ANOTHER new girl? Three girls?! MAYBE if he would have MENTIONED Sophie..but he didn't..it's like the two books BEFORE this one didn't exist. At least in Da Vinci he MENTIONED Vittoria and the situation..but in Lost Symbol..he didn't bring it up at all. Fuck that shit.

Idk. I need to stop ranting because it's getting to the point where it's just angry bullshit that doesn't make much sense.

But seriously.

..Seriously.

The book isn't worth being rated.
And NO QUOTES.

Did all the other Dan Brown lovers like this book? Did they love it? I didn't even research it or look at reviews. Blah. Who knows. Am I over-reacting, or do other people think it sucked shit also? I DON'T KNOW. FUCK.

SORRY.

xox
KRISTENGTFO

48. Exit Here. by Jason Myers.

Um, awesome fucking book. Drug addiction, sex, parties, good music, humour, fucked up shit. It's been a few months since I read it so I don't completely remember it but I do remember that it was awesome. Jason's second book came out recently and I bought it. I'll probably read it soon. Hopefully it's as good as this one is.

5/5 stars.

Er, there were more quotes I liked, but I kinda stopped keeping track of them. Here's one:

"I told him that he and April should name their kid cheese sandwich and he completely freaked out on me."

Hah.

K, let me just put this out there. I'm SUPER behind on updating this. I'm going to do the rest of lats years books and all the books I've read so far this year..hopefully all in the next 30 minutes, ahha. WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES. But yeah, let the updating begin...

<3little swimmy/kfish.

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."


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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.

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KRISTEN