March 23, 2015

The Selection

By: Kiera Cass

 I rate this book 5 out of 5. I really enjoyed it. The author had a great idea and there are not a lot of books like this. It kind of reminded me of The Bachelor because of the concept. This book will be liked more by girls because it has to do with falling in love.

 

  The main character America is already in a secret relationship with a boy from home but her mom is pressuring her to go into the selection( a completion with 35 girls so the prince can find one to marry) because this time period is in the future and they have a rank and she is in one of the lower ones and her mom wants her to go so they can become a one and help them. When she gets there she hates the prince and has trouble fitting in but  in the book her and the prince become friends because she is  still in love with the boy from home but her feelings start to change but then her boy from home comes to work in the palace and she is torn between the two boys. Her first love or a prince that can give her a better life.

 

 

 

March 9, 2015


    


I read the books Just one day and Just one year by Gayle Forman. I loved her If I stay series so I had to check out her other books and they were just as good. If you loved If I stay you will fall In love with this book series.

 In Just One day ,Allyson meets an amateur Dutch actor Willem during her post-HS culture tour of Europe and with a spontaneity unnatural to her throws away all her caution and embarks on a day trip to Paris with him. They spend a day together, and then it's over, abruptly. Allyson goes back home then, starts college. Her already depressed state is made even more severe by hardships in college, intense helicopter parenting and lack of friends. But her experiences during that one day in Paris eventually encourage her to change her life in a major way and go back to Paris....


You have to read  Just One Year to see if their journey continues....

February 23, 2015

 

                                                                 Dover Beach Extension

           Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Bowles walked home together. Mrs. Phelps still had tears streaming down her face. " Now why are you still crying?" Mrs. Bowles exclaimed, She continued her rant -" I can't believe Montag had the nerve to read that poem to us. You know what I think ...I should turn that man in! It is unacceptable. "NO!" Mrs.. Phelps shouted as they walked up to Mrs. Bowles house. " Think about that poem, doesn't it make you sad. I feel empty like I'm mourning something but I don't  know what! Is it happiness? Suddenly I'm not happy anymore, I have been thinking I don't think I have been happy for a long time." Mrs. Phelps desperately explained. " Hmmm... I'm happy I don't feel any different. See you later" Mrs. Bowles said walking into her house. 
Mrs. Phelps turns back around wanting to see Montag maybe he will read more to her. Something inside her snapped and she needed answers. Banging on Montag's door, he answered with a scowl on his face and before he could say anything Mrs. Phelps told him she wanted to hear more... she needed to read the books.        

     January 26, 2015                                                         

                                                                My Life Next Door

                                                                By: Huntley Fitzpatrick 

This is a fantastic book about friendship, family, first love and trust.  

My Life Next Door is the kind of story that you expect to be light and fluffy but then it surprises you.
I thought this book would be very cliché: little rich girl falls for the boy next door; gets a whole new perspective on life through the eyes of a financially-strained, but very happy — unlike her own — family; but she learns so much about her self and her family.

 Something bad happens with her mom and her boyfriend that threatens a life of Jase's  family member and when she finds out the truth she has to do the right thing. Is it to keep her moms secret or tell the truth and jeopardize her  relationship. 

 January 12, 2015


                                                           

                                                                  American Sniper
                                                                  By: Chris Kyle

This book is an auto biography. I have not read a lot of them. I saw the movie trailer for this book and I was very interested. It drew me in and I wanted to know more! So I picked up the book and read it so I could compare it to the movie, I like to read the book before I see the movie.

I am a little less than half way through this book. I don't normally like war books but this one is very good! I like how when he uses military terms he put in parentheses what it means.

I am dying to know what happens to the people in the prologue. It stopped on a cliff hanger. I think he will shoot them because they were dangerous. But you never know. I recommend this book to everyone. So far its a good read.

 Here is the link to the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99k3u9ay1gs&noredirect=11