Book Review

Title: We'll Always Have Summer
Author: Jenny Han
Published: April 26, 2011 by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Pages: Paperback, 320 pages

4/5 STARS

 

Belly has only ever been in love with two boys, both with the last name Fisher. And after being with Jeremiah for the last two years, she's almost positive he is her soul mate. Almost. Conrad has not gotten over the mistake he made when he let Belly go even as Jeremiah has always known that Belly is the girl for him. So when Belly and Jeremiah decide to make things forever, Conrad realizes that it's now or never--tell Belly he loves her, or lose her for good. Belly will have to confront her feelings for Jeremiah and Conrad and face a truth she has possibly always known: she will have to break one of their hearts.

 

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Review:

   In the final book of the Summer trilogy, there is heartbreak, betrayal and an amaaazing ending.

   Belly had to confront what she knew all along: she loved both of the Fishers. And what can be worse than a love triangle between two brothers. So when Jeremiah proposed to Belly (after doing something unforgivable), I knew that the time before the wedding weren't going to go so smoothly.

  Some truths come out when the wedding approaches closer and closer and with those, things start to turn. Between Conrad and Belly, I found it was like a damn rollercoaster. I love Conrad but sometimes I wanted to yell at him and tell him to get his act together so he can finally get things right.

   ''Ernie said, 'So are you gonna cry about it like a punk, or are you gonna do something?' (P.209)''
  
   The book was awesome and the ending was perfect, even though I would have loved to have more scenes for the ending.

   In the paperback version you had as an extra the love letters Conrad sent to Belly. AWWWW they were so funny and cute. He's great.

Waiting on Wednesday

Title: A Midsummer's Nightmare
Author: Kody Keplinger
Release Date: June 5, 2012

Whitley Johnson's dream summer with her divorced dad has turned into a nightmare. She's just met his new fiancée and her kids. The fiancée's son? Whitley's one-night stand from graduation night. Just freakin' great. Worse, she totally doesn't fit in with her dad's perfect new country-club family. So Whitley acts out. She parties. Hard. So hard she doesn't even notice the good things right under her nose: a sweet little future stepsister who is just about the only person she's ever liked, a best friend (even though Whitley swears she doesn't "do" friends), and a smoking-hot guy who isn't her stepbrother...at least, not yet. It will take all three of them to help Whitley get through her anger and begin to put the pieces of her family together.

 

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Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to random page
• Share two (2) ''teaser'' sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)


Title: We'll Always Have Summer
Author: Jenny Han

''Treat her right, man. She's a pain in the ass, but she's the only sister I've got.' (P.217)''

Waiting on Wednesday

Title: We'll Always Have Summer
Author: Jenny Han

 

It's been two years since Conrad told Belly to go with Jeremiah. She and Jeremiah have been inseparable ever since, even attending the same college-- only, their relationship hasn't exactly been the happily ever after Belly had hoped it would be. And when Jeremiah makes the worst mistake a boy can make, Belly is forced to question what she thought was true love. Does she really have a future with Jeremiah? Has she ever gotten over Conrad? It's time for Belly to decide, once and for all, who has her heart forever.

 

Description: www.goodreads.com

Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to random page
• Share two (2) ''teaser'' sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)


Title: Stolen
Author: Lucy Christopher

 ''There's no way out,' you called. 'I'll wait here all night if I have to, all week. You can't escape me.' (p.72)''

Book Review

Title: City of Lost Souls
Author: Cassandra Clare
Published: May 8, 2012 by Margaret K. McElderry
Pages: Hardcover, 538 pages

5/5 STARS

The demon Lilith has been destroyed and Jace has been freed from her captivity. But when the Shadowhunters arrive to rescue him, they find only blood and broken glass. Not only is the boy Clary loves missing–but so is the boy she hates, Sebastian, the son of her father Valentine: a son determined to succeed where their father failed, and bring the Shadowhunters to their knees.

No magic the Clave can summon can locate either boy, but Jace cannot stay away—not from Clary. When they meet again Clary discovers the horror Lilith’s dying magic has wrought—Jace is no longer the boy she loved. He and Sebastian are now bound to each other, and Jace has become what he most feared: a true servant of Valentine’s evil. The Clave is determined to destroy Sebastian, but there is no way to harm one boy without destroying the other. Will the Shadowhunters hesitate to kill one of their own?

Only a small band of Clary and Jace’s friends and family believe that Jace can still be saved — and that the fate of the Shadowhunters’ future may hinge on that salvation. They must defy the Clave and strike out on their own. Alec, Magnus, Simon and Isabelle must work together to save Jace: bargaining with the sinister Faerie Queen, contemplating deals with demons, and turning at last to the Iron Sisters, the reclusive and merciless weapons makers for the Shadowhunters, who tell them that no weapon on this earth can sever the bond between Sebastian and Jace. Their only chance of cutting Jace free is to challenge Heaven and Hell — a risk that could claim any, or all, of their lives.

And they must do it without Clary. For Clary has gone into the heart of darkness, to play a dangerous game utterly alone. The price of losing the game is not just her own life, but Jace’s soul. She’s willing to do anything for Jace, but can she even still trust him? Or is he truly lost? What price is too high to pay, even for love?

Darkness threatens to claim the Shadowhunters in the harrowing fifth book of the Mortal Instruments series.

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Review:

   Cassandra Clare is a terrific writer and like the rest of her books, City of Lost Souls was freaking awesome and breathtaking.

   Clary goes and fights demons and goes on errands, to find out what are Sebastian's plans with her and Jace. The relationship between the brother and sister is sinister and yet fun to read. At first, I thought that Sebastian might have changed, but in the end... he is a psycho! However, since his character has such depth, he is one of my favorite characters.

   I love love love Magnus/Alec, Isabelle/Simon, Jordan/Maia and JACE/CLARY, so I was really happy to see that there was a lot of scenes with those characters together. Jace and Clary are my favorite because their relationship is so cute, funny and hot.

   I managed to finish this book in one day and it is one of my favorite books. I recommend this series to anybody who loves action, romance and the supernatural.

I went book shopping today and got....

And on Tuesday I'm planning on getting the paperback version of Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout.