Apologies

So, I completely dropped the ball on continuing this blog because college started and work started. I am however trying to get myself together and start planning out my time so I'll have to try and fit in reviewing books once more. I hopefully will have another one up by the end of this week because I just finished reading an awesome book called The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer. :) Look for a review by Sunday night. 

Until then, Keep the Pages Turning!

This time I have the review...Promise!!

Wicked Appetite By Janet Evanovich

Summary:

Lizzie Tucker is a baker. She lives in an old house she inherited and she has a relatively normal life. Bills, work, all that jazz. Until of course a supernatural being named Diesel, pops into her life. He tells her that he is on the hunt of a stone with magical properties and that she will be able to feel. While Lizzie is skeptical about Diesel, and her, abilities, she goes along with it anyway. Because you know…he’s hot.

Comments:

I really liked this book. It was rather…basic, in plot and structure but had plenty of laughs which kept my attention. If you are looking for a book that keeps you on the edge of your seat this isn’t quite the book for you. If you are looking for some light reading with potential to laugh, this is most definantly the book for you.

Quotes:

Lizzie: “My honest opinion was that I was in the presence of a genuine whacko. If I counted Glo, it would be two whackos. Although, I had to give Diesel something for being a whacko with a work ethic.”

Diesel: “…The way it’s been told to me is that there are seven deadly sins known collectively as SALIGIA. Envy, Pride, Greed, Gluttony, Lusty, Grumpy, and Sneezy.”

Lizzie and Diesel: “Hear that?” I said to Shirley. “Good news. The spell might wear off.” Shirley flipped me the finger. “More good news,” Diesel said. “She knows sign language.”

I'm back again...hopefully....

I have completely and totally dropped the ball on this blog. I really need to work on it more. So as a quick review, I will talk a little about the most recent TV show I have been watching, The Killing. This show is about the murder of a girl named Rosie Larsen and Detectives Linden and Holder are looking into the murder. So far the suspects have been very diverse. Usually a new one or two every episode. If you are into murder mysteries, I would recommend this series. It's sort of like Veronica Mars. You know how they had a whole mystery that lasted for an entire season? I'm enjoying it so far and I would recommend it. :) Now, I will try my very best to have a review on Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich to you guys by Monday. Tuesday at the latest. Until then Keep the Pages Turning.

I'm Back!

It's been...what? a couple weeks?....since I last posted a review. Before you start getting all mad, I had a good reason. I was finishing up my senior year of high school. :) I am now a high school graduate!!! Yeay! Now I get to start even more school at college! I am going to go into cosmetology, which is going to be awesome. :) Anyway, to fix you up with a couple of short recommendations to tide you over until the next book review, I read Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter and Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers and I can tell you that they are worth your time. If you read Uncommon Criminals you may want to read the first book in the series, Heist Society, because if you don't you won't get some of the references made in Uncommon Criminals. Other than the references to the first book, you can follow the story easily, though. Grave Mercy was AWESOME!!! I am not kidding, It was about a girl from I think it was the eighteenth century, that became an assasin and then she had to go undercover into a duchesses home to help the duchesses brother protect her. In the process, the girl, Ismae, and the brother, Gavriel, may just fall in love. So you should definantly add those two to your To Read list. Oh! Uncommon Criminals is about a girl who is a theif and is trying to steal the Cleopatra Emerald, which is supposedly cursed. So both of these books, as I just realized, are very girl power-y. Well I better sign off so I can try and get myself in order after taking a couple weeks off from about everything to finish up school. Until next time, Keep the Pages Turning!!!

One Directionitis!!!

So, my best friend is probably going to get annoyed by this post probably but whatever. It's my blog and if I want to talk about Niall Hor....I mean One Direction, then I am going to talk about N....One Direction. So the hot new British Boy band formed after the five members, which I will get to in a minute, all auditioned as solo artists on the X-Factor and were later put together to form a boy band, which came to be called One Direction. They have garnered quite a following of Directioners, which is what their fans are called, much like Justin Bieber fans are called Beliebers. Speaking of Justin Bieber, it seems that One Direction sold out their WHOLE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR IN LESS TIME THAN IT TOOK FOR ONE JUSTIN BIEBER SHOW TO SELL OUT. Take that Beibs!!! Anyway, on to the members of the band!!!




First up we have ladies man Harry Styles. Youngest member of the band and according to the boys the biggest flirt.











Next is Louis Tomlinson. He is the clown of the group, and he seriously does not want to grow up. Ironically he is the oldest member of the band.









Liam Payne is the serious member of the band. Although I have heard tell that he has come out of his shell since being around the boys and isn't as serious as before.








I don't know a whole lot about Zayn Malik. In fact I know very little about him aside from that fact that "Vas Happening!" seems to be a running joke in the band and it always seems to come from him or be directed at him.








Last but definantly not least...(in fact I think he's the best!!!) is the Irish member of the band Niall Horan. I believe my room just got about ten degrees hotter just thinking about him. Anyway, he was saved by Katy Perry on the X-Factor and apparently just barely made it through to boot camp. Niall is the eater of the group, and he loves swing music. And I still like him even though he is a Justin Bieber fan. I must admit though that I do like Justin's song Boyfriend.






Their album is very fun and I even like the slower songs. I usually avoid slow songs but theirs aren't bad. My favorite song on the album is What Makes You Beautiful and One Thing. Up All Nite is a very fun song to just dance around your room to.

So that about wraps up my post on One Direction. Until next time, Keep the Pages Turning!!!

Virals by Kathy Reichs

Summary:

Virals is the story of a group of teenagers who are exposed to an experimental strain of parvovirus that can be contracted by humans. The virus changes them and they have to try and figure out what the virus did to them while trying to solve a forty year old murder mystery that has Tory and the gang racing to catch a killer before the killer catches them. Together, with their new abilities they begin to collect clues, connect dots, and place puzzle pieces together to form the big picture. But will they be in time? In time for what? In time to save their lives.

Characters:

Tory Brennan: Fearless leader. She is constantly leading her reluctant friends on dangerous missions in an effort to find out what has happened to them and why someone is trying so hard to cover up a forty year old murder. Also, Tory Brennan is Temperance Brennan’s, of the Temperance Brennan books and Bones fame, great-niece.

Quote: “I’ll give him this: he didn’t treat us like kids. He treated us like criminals.”

Hiram Stolowitski: Commedianne extrordinaire. Easily the most reluctant of the group to go on the missions but not the most nervous. He always finds something at least remotely comical in their situations and brings a few laughs. A.k.a. Hi.

Quote: “‘BS is my specialty. If you lived in my house, you’d be a pro, too.’” Hi.

Ben Blue: The Brawn and Transportation. Very mysterious. Doesn’t talk much. He owns the boat, the Sewee, that transports Tory, Hi, Shelton, and himself to school everyday and into trouble. He is also referred to as Blue on occasion. It is implied that Ben and Tory may like each other. Do they? You ask?  Read the book and find out.

Quote: “’Tory can order me around inside my head,’ Ben said. ‘If that doesn’t make us close, I don’t know what does.’”

Shelton Devers: Puzzle Whiz. Shelton is the most nervous and scared, but because of his rationale he usually agrees with Tory’s plans because while dangerous, and often illegal, they are necessary.

Quote: “‘We may suck at breaking in to places, but we’re money at sneaking out!’”

These are just the main characters. To find out about the rest, check out the book.

Review/Thoughts:

I absolutely loved this book. Loved it. It is one that will have a permanent place on my bookshelf. Also, for all you fans of the TV show Bones, if you didn’t already know it, Bones was based on the Temperance Brennan books written by, you guessed it, Kathy Reichs. I tried one of the TB books and didn’t like it as good probably because I watched Bones before I read the books, but I thought I would give Virals a shot and I am SOOOOO glad I did. I must issue a warning, however. THIS BOOK CONTAINS SCIENCE CONTENT. YOU MAY ACTUALLY LEARN SOMETHING FROM IT. All joking aside, the science that is in it is actually pretty cool. Not boring like something you have to do in school.

Quotes:

1.       “‘I can’t believe you jokers fixed it,’ Hi was picking his way down to the beach.

‘Believe it, clown. Too much brain power here to fail.’ Still pumped, Shelton threw another palm       Ben’s way.

‘Oh, I’m sure.’ Hi stretched, yawned. ‘It was something highly technical, I suppose? Something required mechanical ability? Nothing as simple as tightening a wire or flipping a switch, right?’   Ben reddened. Shelton developed an interest in his sneakers.

Score on for Hi.”

2.       “ ‘Oh Mr. Limestone, thank God you were here! I would have wet my pants without you!’ Hi fake-swooned into Shelton’s open arms. Both started laughing, drawing frowns from the other patrons.”

3.       “ ‘I’ve got bones here.’

‘Where?’ Ben dropped his shovel and peered over my shoulder. ‘Holy crap! You were right.’

Shelton’s response was less manly. Spotting the gruesome discovery, he yelled, ‘Grave, grave!’ and scrambled from the pit.

Hiram took one look and promptly upchucked.

4.       “’Someone is going to be inside that house,’ Hi said, ‘Claybourne Manor has forty freaking rooms! The place will be knee-deep in ninja butlers.’”

5.       “’Baravetto was unconscious when we found him,’ Hi said, ‘What did you do to the guy?’

‘Kicked him in the balls, then brained him with a rolling pin. Twice.’ [Tory]

‘Punted and pinned. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy…’

So…yeah. Loved the book. Laughed out loud many times. If you read it I hope you like it too. Until next time, Keep the Pages Turning!

Coming Soons!!!

So these are just some of the releases I am looking forward to. I read so much I guess because I try to fill in the lengthy gaps between the books in my favorite series, but then that just makes more series to read in between gaps of new series, and so on and so forth…I think I have a problem. Maybe they should make an RA group. Readers Anonymous. “My name is ……, and I read too much.” Anyway, on to the books!!!

1.            Wicked Business by Janet Evanovich. It is the sequel to Wicked Appetite which I will be reviewing sometime in the future. This series is a spinoff of her Stephanie Plum novels, which I have also heard called her By-The-Numbers series. Diesel, one of the main characters, first appears in Visions of Sugar Plums, the first between the numbers book. And may I just say that Diesel is one of the most scrum-diddily-uptious (Yes I said that) book characters ever? Release date of the book is June 19th. So close yet so far away!

2.            Code by Kathy Reichs. Third in her Virals Series, which, once again, I will be reviewing sometime in the near future. Release date is indetermined but it is coming out in 2013. (Bang head against the wall in hopes that time will bend to my demands if I injure myself. Not working.)

3.            Tiger’s Destiny by Colleen Houck. Final book in the Tiger saga. Yummy Indian men are found in these books. Though Kishan (one of the book characters) is the best. However, my best friend disagrees with me. That’s alright though. This way we won’t fight over who gets who just over who’s better than who. Tentative release date is September 4th but isn’t set in stone yet. Also, not set in stone is wether I will actually review the books. I may review the series but three books to review when I have so many I want to review that I have already read and many others I want to read and review? Hey, I’m not Wonder Woman.

4.            Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins. Last in a trilogy of books, the others entitled Anna and the French Kiss and Lola and the Boy Next Door. I happen to have met Mrs. Perkins  personally. (Smug smile) AND earned best friend brownie points by getting a signed copy of Lola for my BFF for Christmas. Also, I am pretty tight with a friend of Mrs. Perkins. I will be reviewing the first book in this series at least and more than likely the second one too. The release of Isla will be in 2013.

5.            Reached by Ally Condie. Final book in a trilogy. I have read the first one, Matched, but have yet to read the second one. However, I have the second book in the trilogy, Crossed, on hold on my library card so hopefully I will have read it soon. Reached is set to be released on November 13th.

6.            Glitch by Heather Anastasiu. This book is the first of a trilogy by a brand new author. I am rather intrigued by the plot (you can get intrigued also if you google the authors name and read about the book.) and can’t wait for it to come out. Which will be on August 7th.

So these are just a few of the many books that are coming out. And I am interested in all of them. Perhaps you will be too. And if I am responsible for getting you hooked on reading I apologize…for not starting a blog sooner. :P Next Review will probably be on Saturday. Until then, Keep the Pages Turning.