Sisterhood of the World Book Bloggers Tag

Hey guys! Time for me to do a tag! YAY! I would love to give credit where credit is due but I don't know where this tag was created! So if you know please, please let me know!

                                           

The Benefits Of Reading

Reading... one of my favorite things... EVER. But people who hate reading may be asking,''What's the point of reading?'' That's what I'm here to show you:

Writing Negative Reviews

Guys, sometimes I feel as if I didn't enjoy a book as much as the next guy. And I feel bad when I write a review. I try as much as I can to explain what I did and didn't enjoy. But sometimes EVEN that is hard.

       WHEN I CAN'T EXPLAIN WHAT I DIDN'T ENJOY 

Sometimes the book itself isn't bad; it's just boring. You know what I mean? Or sometimes; what I dislike is personal and I really feel bad about giving it a bad rating. 

Sometimes when I don't enjoy an ARC (advanced reader's copy) I feel even worse about giving it a bad review.

                                              QUESTION TIME

So, what's your opinion of negative review? Should we keep our mouth shut or should we be honest and only honest?

Not In The Script By Amy Finnegan

Series: If Only #3
Publisher/Year: October 7th 2014 by Bloomsbury USA Childrens 
Genre: Hollywood
Format: Arc
Source: Publisher


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Millions of people witnessed Emma Taylor’s first kiss—a kiss that needed twelve takes and four camera angles to get right. After spending nearly all of her teen years performing on cue, Emma wonders if any part of her life is real anymore . . . particularly her relationships.

Jake Elliott’s face is on magazine ads around the world, but his lucrative modeling deals were a poor substitute for what he had to leave behind. Now acting is offering Jake everything he wants: close proximity to home; an opportunity to finally start school; and plenty of time with the smart and irresistible Emma Taylor . . . if she would just give him a chance.

When Jake takes Emma behind the scenes of his real life, she begins to see how genuine he is, but on-set relationships always end badly. Don’t they? Toss in Hollywood’s most notorious heartthrob and a resident diva who may or may not be as evil as she seems, and the production of Coyote Hills heats up in unexpected—and romantic—ways.

AfterShock

Dang, this book is good. I read this book fast. Not really giving myself time to breath. But this was because the book was so good. 

My Thoughts

I think the main reason that I enjoyed that I enjoyed this book was because of the main theme: Hollywood. As you may or may not know; I'm an actress. Meaning that I'm always interested in books that talk about the business. 

The second theme is ya romance. *coughs* WHATAWHAT. 

                                        

Two of the best genres in one! I was so excited!

Of course; the book wasn't perfect. There were moments that I felt that were ''fake''. 

But come on; this was Amy's first! This is probably my favorite debut novel evahhh!

My Rating

                   

Who I Recommend It To

I recommend this book to anyone who loves Hollywood and the biz. And anyone who is a fan of YA romance!

Friday Face Off: The Hunger Games

This meme was created by The Book Rat and is not a part of juliasgomez.


Hey ya'll! It's time for another FRIDAY FACE OFF. Today's edition is on The Hunger Games!

                                                             Synopsis                                

The nation of Panem, formed from a post-apocalyptic North America, is a country that consists of a wealthy Capitol region surrounded by 12 poorer districts. Early in its history, a rebellion led by a 13th district against the Capitol resulted in its destruction and the creation of an annual televised event known as the Hunger Games. In punishment, and as a reminder of the power and grace of the Capitol, each district must yield one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 through a lottery system to participate in the games. The 'tributes' are chosen during the annual Reaping and are forced to fight to the death, leaving only one survivor to claim victory.

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland By Catherynne M. Valente

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland by Catherynne M. Valente
Series: Fairyland
Publisher/Year: Published May 10th 2011 by Feiwel & Friends
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Hardcover
Source: Gifted


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The Back Cover:
Twelve-year-old September lives in Omaha, and used to have an ordinary life, until her father went to war and her mother went to work. One day, September is met at her kitchen window by a Green Wind (taking the form of a gentleman in a green jacket), who invites her on an adventure, implying that her help is needed in Fairyland. The new Marquess is unpredictable and fickle, and also not much older than September. Only September can retrieve a talisman the Marquess wants from the enchanted woods, and if she doesn’t . . . then the Marquess will make life impossible for the inhabitants of Fairyland. September is already making new friends, including a book-loving Wyvern and a mysterious boy named Saturday.


AfterShock:
Honestly, my first aftershock was: finally. I couldn't take it anymore. This book drained on and on on.

My Thoughts:
I, personally, did not enjoy the book. Here are some pros and cons:

PROS:
- This book was very uniquely writtten; Valente's writing style is extremely unique.
- The story is so freakin' weird! In a good way. The story is neer before seen. There is another that I have EVER read in any other books.

CONS:
- Valente's style is great at first, but for me, it didn't work.
- This is actual a personal thing (and not the author's fault at all) but the vocabulary was far larger than mine.
- As I mentioned before; this book went on and on on! I got bored very easily!
- At first the specific description was very cool; but afterwards it would get boring and long!
- Honestly, I'm just not a big fantasy fan!

Rating:
                               

Who I Would Recommend It To:
I would recommend it to big fans of fantasy, and people with big vocabularies!

P.S. Be Eleven By Rita Williams Garcia

P.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams Garcia
Series: The Gaither Sisters (#2)
Publisher/Year: Published May 21st 2013 by Amistad
Genre: Middle Grade
Format: Audiobook
Source: Bought


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The Back Cover:

After spending the summer in Oakland with their mother and the Black Panthers, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern arrive home with a newfound streak of independence, and the sisters aren't the only ones who have changed. Now Pa has a girlfriend. Uncle Darnell returns from Vietnam a different man. But Big Ma still expects Delphine to keep her sisters in line. That's much harder now that Vonetta and Fern refuse to be bossed around. Besides her sisters, Delphine's got plenty of other things to worry about-like starting sixth grade, being the tallest girl in her class, and dreading the upcoming school dance (her first). The one person she confides in is her mother, Cecile. Through letters, Delphine pours her heart out and receives some constant advice: to be eleven while she can.

My Thoughts:

As a sequel this book wasn't as good as the first one. But it was still pretty good. I listened to it as an audiobook (it was a good one by the way). 

The first book was such an experience. I was excited for this one. 

I loved to see the difference between the 6os in California and in Birminham

My Rating:

Who I Would Recommend It To:

I recommend this book to anyone who read the first book and anyone who enjoys reading about the civil rights movement.

Harry Potter Face Off

Hey guys! Today I'm doing another FRIDAY FACE OFF!!! Today I'm doing it on Harry Potter.

I know there are so many book covers for Harry Potter; but today I'm only doing it on the two most popular ones. Which are these:

                                                                               

OOOOO AAHHH so pretty.  


Anyway this is gonna be hard.

                        THOUGHTS AND RAMBLES

The first cover (we'll call it the oldie) is pretty cool. I love the unicorn in the back. But Harry Potter looks so goofy and nerdy. His glasses look like they're going to fall off and that does not make me feel good. But this cover is one of the original covers (almost everyone has this one) making it really special.

The second cover (we'll call it the newb) is also pretty awesome. It looks a little more modern which is good. But it's very busy. Another thing about this cover is that it doesn't really intrigue someone that hasn't read the book yet. You could easily overlook Harry.

                                      THE WINNER

Honestly, I'm gonna stick with oldie. You can never really go wrong with a classic right?

                                        LET'S TALK

So, what do you think? Did I make the right choice? Tell me which is your favorite and why!

Top Ten Hyped Books I Haven't Read Yet

Man, this is gonna be SO easy....

 Harry Potter By J.K Rowling

Ugghh I'm so mad at myself for not having read this yet! I will one day though!









The Book Thief By Markus Zusak

                                   
I don't understand why I haven't read this yet! One thing I'm super interested in is WWII stuff; so I'll get around to it!








Wonder By R.J. Palacio

Heard REALLY good things. So I need to read it.









 The Perks Of Being A Wallflower By Stephen Chbosky











    Since You've Been Gone By Morgan Matson











    Fangirl By Rainbow Rowell











     Legend By Marie Lu











      Eleanor & Park By Rainbow Rowell











       The 5th Wave By Rick Yancey 











        The Selection By Kierra Cass












Now I've got to read ALL. THE. BOOKS.

The Glass Mermaid Cover Reveal!

The Glass Mermaid by Poppy Lawless

Release Date: 07/14/15

Friday Face Off: Respect For Acting

Friday Face Off was created by The Book Rat .

For this week's Friday Face Off I'm going to do it on Respect For Acting, a book about theater acting.

Top 5 Wednesday: Books You'd Like To See As Tv Shows

Hey guys! Here's another meme I want to start on my blog! I know this is supposed to be for Youtube; but I decided to switch it up a bit! YAY!!

American Idol 20th Anniversary

American Idol by Shirley Halpirin
Series: None
Publisher/Year: March 1st 2011 by Harry N. Abrams
Genre: Non-Fiction
Format: Hardcover
Source: Gifted


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                                 The Back Cover:

Straight from the photo vault of America's number-one show, American Idol: Celebrating 10 Years, is the official photographic celebration of the first ten years of the television show that changed the face of music and popular culture throughout the world. Vaulting contestants from obscurity to mega stardom in a sensational display, this book celebrates the countless memorable moments over the past decade. With more than seven hundred images--beginning with Kelly Clarkson from the season one finale, to highlights of fan favorites, zany auditioners, the judge's best moments, and everything in between--this book is the ultimate visual history of American Idol. Many never-before-published images from behind the scenes, on stage, in the dressing room, and unforgettable performances, make this collection the ultimate collector's item for every American Idol fan. 


                                  AfterShock:

Honestly, I didn't feel an aftershock, I didn't really feel anything. I was't too excited; but I didn't hate it either. I guess I would call it neutral.

                                                     My Thoughts:

I've never been much of an American Idol fan but, I have watched a couple episodes. Even though obviously scripted; it's still entertaining (television right?).

When I first received this gift I looked through the pages and it looked like a fun, quick read. It's full of pictures but still plenty of text.

At first I zoomed through the first couple of chapters which were about the show in general. The book was pretty cool. 

After a while it started getting boring. As I already said; I'm not much of an American Idol fan. The next chapters were suddenly ALL about the contestants and all that jazz. I didn't really care because I didn't know any of these people! I didn't watch their seasons!

Of course it was still pretty cool to see how famous stars like Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson's beginnings.

                                        My Rating: 

                                   


                                 Factors For Rating:                       

+ Fun to discover how some stars started. Enjoyed learning about past judges      and the reality shows history. I liked the layout.

- More of a personal preference; but too much information on contestants and not as many info on the actual show.


                                  Who I Would Recommend It To:
Anybody who has American Idol on their DVR haha.
                                           

My Sister The Vampire: Love Bites By Sienna Mercer

My Sister The Vampire Sienna Mercer
Published: Scholastic
Genre: Middle Grade
Source: Hand me down
Page Count: 208
Rating: 




Synopsis:
The twins are travelling to Transylvania! Olivia's really nervous because she's meeting her vampire family for the first time. (There's a lot at stake.) Plus it doesn't help that she'll be there for Valentine's Day and her new boyfriend Jackson, the hot movie star, doesn't seem bothered that he won't be with her. But it turns out it's Ivy who feels out of place, despite being surrounded by vampires! And Olivia's been noticed by Prince Alex, a smooth-talking handsome vampire with an eye for non-vamps. Could it be love at first bite? And what about Jackson?! Sink your teeth into Olivia and Ivy's sixth fright-time adventure.

My Thoughts:
As you can see with the last sentence in the synopsis, this is the sixth book. Oops, maybe I shouldn't have read this one first.

So I read this during Booktubeathon, so I was a wreck! When choosing out my books, I was looking for the shortest book that went with the challenges. This went for book with red on the cover.

This book was confusing, and at first I thought it was because I was reading pretty fast, but turns out this is the sixth book in the series. DUMB JULIA!

I guess you could read this book first, maybe search the web for a little background, which is something I could be doing. But emphasis on COULD.

I COULD , but I WON'T. And that's because I could careless about the backstory. Yeah, I just said that. I could care less! 

I was't bored, I was just not really interested. I don't understand why I still tried to read middle grade after The Boy Next Door and Remarkable.

Honestly, read those reviews, and then you'lll now my opinion on this book.

Re-readability:
HECK NO!

Recommend To:
Again, just like Boy Next Door. I felt like it was written for 7 year olds, except it talked about love, and when I was 7, I could care less about boys!!

Monica Teen

Monica Teen By Mauricio De Souza
Genre: Graphic Novel

Source: Brazil (!)
Rating: 


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Reviewer's Note: I know you might be thinking: WHERE IS THE INFO?!?! I know I know..... The thing is, this graphic novel series is only sold in Brazil and Supermercado Brazil so it's not on Goodreads, and that makes it VERY difficult to find any information on it. The book is sold in Portuguese and English.

Also, this review is the whole graphic novel series, not one specific issue.

Synopsis: This graphic novel series follows four friends as they deal with friendship, relationships, parents, school and everything else teens go through! Each issue deals with a different problem a teen might be dealing with.

Book Info: This series also has a middle grade prequel series (that I loved!), but you don't need to read that to read this.

The series had over 100 comics. But you don't to read them in order.

The series is "manga style" except you don't read it that way.

My Thoughts: I love this series so much!! I read the prequel series in elementary school and I loved it, now that I'm reading the teen version, I like it even more. It is so relateable!!!

Pop Culture Correspondences Review

Published: Three Rivers Press

Genre: YA

Source: Publisher

Page Count: 304





Synopsis: 
We all know how Darth Vader shared his big secret with Luke Skywalker, but what if he had delivered the news in a handwritten note instead? And what if someone found that letter, as well as all of the drafts that landed in the Dark Lord’s trash can? In the riotously funny collection Dear Luke, We Need to Talk. Darth, John Moe finally reveals these lost notes alongside all the imagined letters, e-mails, text messages, and other correspondences your favorite pop culture icons never meant for you to see.
 
From The Walking Dead to The Wizard of Oz, from Billy Joel to Breaking Bad, no reference escapes Moe’s imaginative wit and keen sense of nostalgia. Read Captain James T. Kirk’s lost log entries and Yelp reviews of The Bates Motel and Cheers. Peruse top secret British intelligence files revealing the fates of Agents 001–006, or Don Draper’s cocktail recipe cards. Learn all of Jay-Z’s 99 problems, as well as the complete rules of Fight Club, and then discover an all-points bulletin concerning Bon Jovi, wanted dead or alive—and much more.
 
Like a like a bonus track to a favorite CD or a deleted scene from a cult movie, Dear Luke, We Need to Talk Darth offer a fresh twist on the pop culture classics we thought we knew by heart. You already know part of their story. Now find out the rest.

My Thoughts:
I felt like adding a ''dun tun duh'' to the end of that synopsis, but I didn't. Aren't you proud of me? No? Okay, bye (results into sing the rest of Do You Wanna Build A Snowman).

Okay, anyway. This book was really funny... most of the time. At sometimes I felt like putting this book down because it was so boring. But I didn't. Which I am grateful for. I'm not really a ''laugh out loud'' kind of girl, but boy did chuckles come out of me!!

This book was divided into little letters or texts or emails or other types of correspondences. Some were REALLY funny, and some were, umm.... not.

My favorite were the Superbowl halftime ones. They were about how they chose who was going to do their half time and it was funny!

Re-readability:
I would definitely read some parts again. Looking back, I kinda regret tabbing the ones I enjoyed so I could go back to it, but YOLO!!!!! That was weird.

The Rory Gilmore Book Challenge

For those of you that don't know, Rory Gilmore is the main character of the tv show Gilmore Girls.

Rory herself is a booknerd. So the tv show has a lot of book mentions.

This challenge is to try to read as many books mentioned by Rory Gilmore as possible.

There are A LOT of books. So this isn't a 2015 challenge. More like a life challenge.

But before I get to all the books I'm going to give credit where credit is due: this challenge was created by It's Time To Read. http://bookreviews.me.uk/rory-gilmore-reading-challenge/ The link goes directly to her post.

These books include movies that she talked about. Doesn't include the travel and cooking books. Bolded books are the ones I have already read.

And since there are A LOT of books, I guess I'll bold the movies I've watched too.

                         The Books
1984 by George Orwell

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon

An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Archidamian War by Donald Kagan

The Art of Fiction by Henry James

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

Atonement by Ian McEwan

Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

Babe by Dick King-Smith

Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women by Susan Faludi

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney

The Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis, Built a Village in the Forest, and Saved 1,200 Jews by Peter Duffy

Bitch in Praise of Difficult Women by Elizabeth Wurtzel

A Bolt from the Blue and Other Essays by Mary McCarthy

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Brick Lane by Monica Ali

Bridgadoon by Alan Jay Lerner

Candide by Voltaire

The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer

Carrie by Stephen King

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White

The Children’s Hour by Lillian Hellman
Christine by Stephen King

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse

The Collected Short Stories by Eudora Welty

The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty by Eudora Welty

A Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare

Complete Novels by Dawn Powell

The Complete Poems by Anne Sexton

Complete Stories by Dorothy Parker

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père

Cousin Bette by Honor’e de Balzac
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

Cujo by Stephen King

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon

Daisy Miller by Henry James

Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende

David and Lisa by Dr Theodore Issac Rubin M.D

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

The Da Vinci -Code by Dan Brown

Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol

Demons by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

Deenie by Judy Blume

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson

The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band by Tommy Lee Vince Neil, Mick Mars and Nikki Sixx

The Divine Comedy by Dante

The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells

Don Quijote by Cervantes

Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhrv

Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems by Edgar Allan Poe

Eleanor Roosevelt by Blanche Wiesen Cook

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe

Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn

Eloise by Kay Thompson

Emily the Strange by Roger Reger

Emma by Jane Austen

Empire Falls by Richard Russo

Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

Ethics by Spinoza

Europe through the Back Door by Rick Steves

Eva Luna by Isabel Allende

Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer

Extravagance by Gary Krist

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore

The Fall of the Athenian Empire by Donald Kagan

Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World by Greg Critser

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson

Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

Finnegan’s Wake by James Joyce

Fletch by Gregory McDonald

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger

Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers

Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut

Gender Trouble by Judith Butler

George W. Bushism: The Slate Book of the Accidental Wit and Wisdom of our 43rd President by Jacob Weisberg

Gidget by Fredrick Kohner

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Alvin Granowsky

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

The Good Soldier by Ford Maddox Ford

The Gospel According to Judy Bloom

The Graduate by Charles Webb

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

The Group by Mary McCarthy

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry

Henry IV, part I and ll by William Shakespeare

Henry V by William Shakespeare

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon

Holidays on Ice: Stories by David Sedaris

The Holy Barbarians by Lawrence Lipton

House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

How to Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer

How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss

How the Light Gets in by M. J. Hyland

Howl by Allen Gingsburg

The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo

The Iliad by Homer

I’m with the Band by Pamela des Barres

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee

Iron Weed by William J. Kennedy

It Takes a Village by Hillary Clinton

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

The Jumping Frog by Mark Twain

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

Just a Couple of Days by Tony Vigorito

The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Lady Chatterleys’ Lover by D. H. Lawrence

The Last Empire: Essays 1992-2000 by Gore Vidal

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

The Legend of Bagger Vance by Steven Pressfield

Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis

Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke

Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them by Al Franken

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens

The Little Locksmith by Katharine Butler Hathaway

The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

The Lottery: And Other Stories by Shirley Jackson

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

The Love Story by Erich Segal

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

The Manticore by Robertson Davies

Marathon Man by William Goldman

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone de Beauvoir

Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman by William Tecumseh Sherman

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

The Meaning of Consuelo by Judith Ortiz Cofer

Mencken’s Chrestomathy by H. R. Mencken

The Merry Wives of Windsro by William Shakespeare

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

The Miracle Worker by William Gibson

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion by Jim Irvin

Moliere: A Biography by Hobart Chatfield Taylor

A Monetary History of the United States by Milton Friedman

Monsieur Proust by Celeste Albaret

A Month Of Sundays: Searching For The Spirit And My Sister by Julie Mars

A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall

My Lai 4: A Report on the Massacre and It’s Aftermath by Seymour M. Hersh

My Life as Author and Editor by H. R. Mencken

My Life in Orange: Growing Up with the Guru by Tim Guest

My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult

The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin

Nervous System: Or, Losing My Mind in Literature by Jan Lars Jensen

New Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson

The New Way Things Work by David Macaulay

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Night by Elie Wiesel

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism by William E. Cain, Laurie A. Finke, Barbara E. Johnson, John P. McGowan

Notes of a Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Old School by Tobias Wolff

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

On the Road by Jack Kerouac

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life by Amy Tan

Oracle Night by Paul Auster

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

Othello by Shakespeare

Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War by Donald Kagan

Out of Africa by Isac Dineson

The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton

A Passage to India by E.M. Forster

The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition by Donald Kagan

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Peyton Place by Grace Metalious

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Pigs at the Trough by Arianna Huffington
Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi

Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain

The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby

The Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker

The Portable Nietzche by Fredrich Nietzche

The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O’Neill by Ron Suskind

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Property by Valerie Martin

Pushkin: A Biography by T. J. Binyon

Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

Quattrocento by James Mckean

A Quiet Storm by Rachel Howzell Hall

Rapunzel by Grimm Brothers

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham

Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

Rescuing Patty Hearst: Memories From a Decade Gone Mad by Virginia Holman

R Is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton

Rita Hayworth by Stephen King

Robert’s Rules of Order by Henry Robert

Roman Fever by Edith Wharton

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf

A Room with a View by E. M. Forster

Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin

Sacred Time by Ursula Hegi

Sanctuary by William Faulkner

Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Nancy Milford

The Scarecrow of Oz by Frank L. Baum

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand

The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette by Judith Thurman

Selected Letters of Dawn Powell: 1913-1965 by Dawn Powell

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

A Separate Peace by John Knowles

Several Biographies of Winston Churchill
Sexus by Henry Miller

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Shane by Jack Shaefer

The Shining by Stephen King

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

S Is for Silence by Sue Grafton

Slaughter-house Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Small Island by Andrea Levy

Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway

Snow White and Rose Red by Grimm Brothers

Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World by Barrington Moore

The Song of Names by Norman Lebrecht
Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos by Julia de Burgos

The Song Reader by Lisa Tucker

Songbook by Nick Hornby

The Sonnets by William Shakespeare

Sonnets from the Portuegese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sophie’s Choice by William Styron

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

The Story of My Life by Helen Keller

A Streetcar Named Desiree by Tennessee Williams

Stuart Little by E. B. White

Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust

Swimming with Giants: My Encounters with Whales, Dolphins and Seals by Anne Collett

Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Tender Is The Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Term of Endearment by Larry McMurtry

Time and Again by Jack Finney

The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Tragedy of Richard III by William Shakespeare

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

The Trial by Franz Kafka

The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters by Elisabeth Robinson

Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

Ulysses by James Joyce

The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath 1950-1962 by Sylvia Plath

Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Unless by Carol Shields

Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann

The Vanishing Newspaper by Philip Meyers

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

Walden by Henry David Thoreau

Walt Disney’s Bambi by Felix Salten

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

We Owe You Nothing – Punk Planet: The Collected Interviews edited by Daniel Sinker

What Colour is Your Parachute? 2005 by Richard Nelson Bolles

What Happened to Baby Jane by Henry Farrell

When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka

Who Moved My Cheese? Spencer Johnson

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire

The Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

Posting this list is so embarrassing! I debated several times if I should post this or not.

As you may have have noticed I haven't read a lot of classics. But I'm going to!

Books That Are For Lower Levels

   This post is Julia talking about ''lower level'' books. Now let's get started!
        

Here are some examples of lower level books that I've read:

*Super Diaper Bab.          

*Barbie No Mess

*Classroom Crackups

               Explanation/My Meaning

These were fun reads (at least most of them), and by no means they were "boring" because they are "baby" books.

I do not believe in "baby" books. I believe in lower level, or higher level books.

My seven year old brother has a 4th grade reading level.

I have an eighth grade reading level, while a lot of kids in my class have a 5th grade reading level.

By no means am I saying that having a lower reading level is bad. I'm just saying that just because someone is one age, doesn't mean they're at a certain reading level.

                           Conclusion

My conclusion Iis that I will continue to read lower level books.

Why, you ask? Because they're fun! They entertain me!

Though I will not post reviews about lower level books.

I don't know why, but I don't wanna write a review on Barbie!!    

  

Top Five Books I'm Excited For in 2015

Top Ten Books I'm Excited For In 2015

         As much as we try to deny it, 2015 is coming. So I'm doing the TOP FIVE BOOKS I'M EXCITED FOR IN 2015!!!!!

1.  

  

Why: First of all, HAVE YOU SEEN THE COVER? It's beautiful just                                             like most of Kasie West's books.  I've heard amazing things about her, and                                       I've received an arc for On The Fence and I also need to read that!

What It's About: When Gia Montgomery's boyfriend, Bradley, dumps                                                 her in the parking lot of her high school prom, she has to think fast. After                                               all, she'd been telling her friends about him for months now. This was                                                   supposed to be the night she proved he existed. So when she sees a cute                                                 guy waiting to pick up his sister, she enlists his help. The task is simple:                                               be her fill-in boyfriend— two hours, zero commitment, a few white lies.                                               After that, she can win back the real Bradley. The problem is that days after prom, it's not the real       Bradley she's thinking about, but the stand-in. The one whose name she doesn't even know. But           tracking him down doesn't mean they're done faking a relationship. Gia owes him a favor and his       sister intends to see that he collects: his ex-girlfriend's graduation party — three hours, zero                 commitment, a few white lies.

    Just when Gia begins to wonder if she could turn her fake boyfriend into a real one, Bradley comes     waltzing back into her life, exposing her lie, and threatening to destroy her friendships and her             new-found relationship.

2.

Why: Again, it's beautiful cover, BUT the description sounds really cool. I don't know why but I'm kinda interested in a book about a girl who works at a motel.

What It's About: If seventeen-year-old Skylar Evans were a typical Creek View girl, her future would involve a double-wide trailer, a baby on her hip, and the graveyard shift at Taco Bell. But after graduation, the only thing standing between straightedge Skylar and art school are three minimum-wage months of summer. Skylar can taste the freedom—that is, until her mother loses her job and everything starts coming apart. Torn between her dreams and the people she loves, Skylar realizes everything she’s ever worked for is on the line.

Nineteen-year-old Josh Mitchell had a different ticket out of Creek View: the Marines. But after his leg is blown off in Afghanistan, he returns home, a shell of the cocksure boy he used to be. What brings Skylar and Josh together is working at the Paradise—a quirky motel off California’s dusty Highway 99. Despite their differences, their shared isolation turns into an unexpected friendship and soon, something deeper.

3.

Why: This book seems like one of those "more than friends" books. Reading the synopsisit sounds like a sad, but heartwarming read.

What It's About: When Oliver was seven years old, his father kidnapped him in a custody dispute, spiriting him across the country and away from his family and his best friend, Emmy. Ten years later, Oliver is found and returns home, reuniting him with Emmy once again. But is their story still meant to be? Or are their hearts like the pieces of two different puzzles—impossible to fit together?

4.

Why: Read the synopsis then tell me you don't want to read it.

What It's About: Top Five Things That Are Ruining Chloe’s Day

5) Working the 6:30 a.m. shift at GoodFoods Market

4) Crashing a cart into a customer’s car right in front of her snarky coworker Sammi

3) Trying to rock the “drowned rat” look after being caught in a snowstorm

2) Making zero progress with her crush, Tyson (see #3)

1) Being accused—along with her fellow teenage employees—of stealing upwards of $10,000

5.

Why: This book sounds so interesting! I've never read any books about impersonators, so this could be a good book to start.

What It's About: Seventeen-year-old Violet’s entire life has revolved around one thing: becoming Erica Silverman, an heiress kidnapped at age five and never seen again. Violet’s father, the best con man in Las Vegas, has a plan, chilling in its very specific precision. Violet shares a blood type with Erica; soon, thanks to surgery and blackmail, she has the same face, body, and DNA. She knows every detail of the Silvermans’ lives, as well as the PTSD she will have to fake around them. And then, when the time is right, she “reappears”—Erica Silverman, brought home by some kind of miracle. But she is also Violet, and she has a job: Stay long enough to steal the Silverman Painting, an Old Master legendary in the Vegas crime world. Walking a razor’s edge, calculating every decision, not sure sometimes who she is or what she is doing it for, Violet is an unforgettable heroine, and Pretending to be Erica is a killer debut.