My Favorite Blog Post from Maggie Stiefvater's Blog :)

My favorite blog post from Maggie's blog is probably going to have to be her July 5th post on things she's not good at. Everyone has things that they are bad at and she was confident enough to put it out there. I probably wouldn't be able to do that. Because even though I can admit when I'm not very good at something I don't like it.

But I will admit on my blog that I'm not the most organized person sometimes just like Maggie. I think everyone has their messy side. Mine happeneds to be when it comes to keeping my room clean while I'm getting ready for school in the mornings. Maggie's is keeping her desk organized and not knowing how it happened haha.

That's my favotire blog post other than the obvious ones about her awesome series The Wolves of Mercy Falls :) Which if you haven't read or checked out you should go and do that because the books are awesome.


Here's the link if you'd like to check out my favorite blog post or maybe find your own:
 http://maggiestiefvater.blogspot.com/2011/07/things-i-am-not-good-at.html

Love & Rockets,

-K

Review: Boys, Bears, and a serious pair of Hiking Boots by Abby McDonald

Synopsis: Jenna may hail from the ’burbs of New Jersey, but Green Teen activism is her life. So when her mom suggests they spend the summer at Grandma’s Florida condo, Jenna pleads instead to visit her hippie godmother, Susie, up in rural Canada. Jenna is psyched at the chance to commune with this nature she’s heard about — and the cute, plaidwearing boys she’s certain must roam there. But after a few run-ins with local wildlife (from a larger-than-life moose to Susie’s sullen Goth stepdaughter to a hot but hostile boy named Reeve), Jenna gets the idea that her long-held ideals, like vegetarianism and conservation, don’t play so well with this population of real outdoorsmen. A dusty survival guide offers Jenna amusing tips on navigating the wilderness — but can she learn to navigate the turns of her heart?






Review: A big thank you out to Candlewick Press for sending me this and many others to review. 


I really really uber enjoyed this book. I've been waiting to read it for a long time. Ever since I saw Kristi from The Story Siren have it on an IMM! That was  long time ago.


I'm really happy that I found out about blogging reading makes me happy and I love sharing my thoughts on what I read with my followers and anyone else that happens to come across my blog :)


Back to the book, sorry got a little side tracked! Ok Abby made this novel amazing. I'd give it a 4.5 if I was going to rate it. I'm trying to write this without giving anything away in the story. Jenna is a girl who loves nature and seems like she would do anything to save a fly while she's in her home town. Well what about when she goes to Canada? I can't tell what happens but I can say that you'll love every second of reading this. 


I don't really know what to say about this one other than that I liked it a lot and that it would be a great summer read for those that haven't read it or those that want to read it again. I for one didn't think it was good enough for a second read. My absolute favorite character out of the entire novel was Reeve from the very beginning he sounded awesome. Also the fact that the way Abby writes out Jenna's thoughts about him makes him even more enjoyable as a character.


Something I REALLY REALLY hated about this novel was the ENDING!!!!! I can't get over how I wish this novel ended. I wish it would have given a little bit of a fast forward into what happened later in all of the great characters lives. Like how at the end of some movies they'll say something along the lines of "Gary, lived his life at home sitting in his mothers basement eating PB & J, and never got married." 

And if that wasn't a good idea how about a sequel. I would have loved to see what the next summer had in store for everyone of maybe even Winter break something would have been better than that crappy ending.

This was another short and sweet review for Kaylyn!

Love & Rockets,

-K ♥

Christmas Book Haul!

These are the books I got with some Christmas money. I'm excited for all of them :) Now to take them off my wishlist!

Best Books Giveaway

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Two awesome books up for grabs!!!!!!!!!!

Go check it out like now!

Glow(ARC) by Amy Kathleen Ryan

Synopsis: The Empyrean is the only home 15-year-old Waverly has ever known. Part of the first generation to be successfully conceived in deep space, she and her boyfriend Kieran will be pioneers of New Earth. Waverly knows she must marry young in order to have children who can carry on the mission, and Kieran, the handsome captain-to-be, has everything Waverly could want in a husband. Everyone is sure he’s the best choice. Still, there’s a part of Waverly that wants more from life than marriage, and she is secretly intrigued by the shy, darkly brilliant Seth.
Suddenly, Waverly’s dreams are interrupted by the inconceivable – a violent betrayal by the Empyrean's sister ship, the New Horizon. The New Horizon’s leaders are desperate to populate the new planet first, and will do anything to get what they need: young girls. In one pivotal moment, Waverly and Kieran are separated, and find themselves at the helm of dangerous missions, where every move has potentially devastating consequences, and decisions of the heart may lead to disaster.




Review: Glow is amazing! I absolutly loved it. On the back of the ARC it says that it's the most riveting series since The Hunger Games, but some of you will be shocked that I haven't read that series yet. I know jaw dropping moment. But I want to so don't judge me!


Something I noticed is that it seemed like it took ages to read, but then again you are reading through the never ending place we call space!


I think anyone would enjoy this book as much as I did, and if you don't .... well I'm sorry to say your a speck of dust in outer space. Just kidding. How you feel is totally your own opinion! I've heard nothing but great things about this book from many blogs that I read and I see why. I couldn't put it down. Glow is Awe-tab-ulous!


I love the way Amy switched the settings back and forth between parts. Going from the Empyrean to the New Horizon. I think that made everything more fun and added lots of suspense.


My favorite thing about this book is it didn't BORE ME once! I was always intrigued!


Can't WAIT for the next installment!

Love & Rockets,

-K

Sparkling Reviews: Awesome Christmas Giveaways ♥

Sparkling Reviews is celebrating Christmas with an assortment of really awesome giveaways throughout the month of December. Today's giveaway is for a Toshiba Thrive 16GB Android Tablet!! For more information and to fill out the form for a chance to win, Click Here.

Love Story by Jennifer Echols

Synopsis: For Erin Blackwell, majoring in creative writing at the New York City college of her dreams is more than a chance to fulfill her ambitions--it's her ticket away from the tragic memories that shadow her family's racehorse farm in Kentucky. But when she refuses to major in business and take over the farm herself someday, her grandmother gives Erin's college tuition and promised inheritance to their maddeningly handsome stable boy, Hunter Allen. Now Erin has to win an internship and work late nights at a coffee shop to make her own dreams a reality. She should despise Hunter . . . so why does he sneak into her thoughts as the hero of her latest writing assignment? 
Then, on the day she's sharing that assignment with her class, Hunter walks in. He's joining her class. And after he reads about himself in her story, her private fantasies about him must be painfully clear. She only hopes to persuade him not to reveal her secret to everyone else. But Hunter devises his own creative revenge, writing sexy stories that drive the whole class wild with curiosity and fill Erin's heart with longing. Now she's not just imagining what might have been. She's writing a whole new ending for her romance with Hunter . . . except this story could come true.


Review: So you want to read a great modern love story? This is the book for you then!
    To me this is a very great book, but I have to say the beginning was more like an adult novel than a teen book. How it was drawn out slow and just little things like that. But I didn't mind I love a good romance :)


Don't get me wrong I loved the book. This was also the first novel I have read by Jennifer Echols. I plan on reading more! 


Erin is a girl who has a sad past and confusing future. When it comes to Hunter she can't really decide what she wants! And it doesn't help that he sends her mixed signals.

So that brings us to Hunter, the hunky stable-boy! Who wouldn't want one of him in their life? I want one! Haha, so anyways he if forever sending Erin in a rotation. Their writing feud gets confusing.


This book is very good! I have sorta mixed emotions about it, but I know that the beginning was the only thing I found that was a little out for me. That was my only pet peeve about this novel, but it was great other than that! You should go pick up a copy and start reading :)

 Love & Rockets,

-K

Article 5 by Kristen Simmons

Synopsis: New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C., have 

been abandoned.

The Bill of Rights has been revoked, and replaced with the Moral Statutes.

There are no more police—instead, there are soldiers. There are no more fines for bad behavior—instead, there are arrests, trials, and maybe worse. People who get arrested usually don't come back.

Seventeen-year-old Ember Miller is old enough to remember that things weren’t always this way. Living with her rebellious single mother, it’s hard for her to forget that people weren’t always arrested for reading the wrong books or staying out after dark. It’s hard to forget that life in the United States used to be different.

Ember has perfected the art of keeping a low profile. She knows how to get the things she needs, like food stamps and hand-me-down clothes, and how to pass the random home inspections by the military. Her life is as close to peaceful as circumstances allow. 

That is, until her mother is arrested for noncompliance with Article 5 of the Moral Statutes. And one of the arresting officers is none other than Chase Jennings…the only boy Ember has ever loved.

Review: Great book thanks for giving it to me! I really loved the characters and setting. 

Ember, what can I say about her? Well without ruining the book, I can say that shes independent and sometimes stubborn. But she also has her sensitive side. She pulls through rough times. Ember is also very creative when it comes to finding other ways to do things. She has a very wondering mind.

Chase, Chase, Chase, Chase, CHASE! You don't really get to know many things about him in the beginning, but he opens up more and more throughout the story. I figured out things I wouldn't have thought about him.

The rest of the characters were interesting too, but most were short lived (as in not having long parts in the novel!)

The setting is kinda hard to explain. Of course, once you read it you'll understand what I mean. It's after some big war and there were a bunch of rules made. (Interesting :)

I personally don't usually like books about war, but I absolutely loved reading this one. A few friends of mine read the synopsis on the back of the book and asked if it was interesting, because they thought it sounded boring!

IT WASN'T !!!!

Love & Rockets,

-K

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