The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

This one was a shorty, but that didn’t make it any less enjoyable. There was a move made about this book, but I haven’t seen it yet. I don’t doubt that it would be good though, even if this book is just about life. Charlie’s life.

  ‘This is the story of what it''s like to grow up in high school. More intimate than a diary, Charlie's letters are singular and unique, hilarious and devastating. We may not know where he lives. We may not know to whom he is writing. All we know is the world he shares. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it puts him on a strange course through uncharted territory. The world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new friends. The world of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite.’

Not much to say about this little bookie. Its short, sweet and all the while very enjoyable. Even though Charlie is just a normal teenaged boy going through normal high school problems, his character makes the story unique. Charlie doesn’t really think like the normal high school kid, and I continued to read because of his perspective on life.

One of my favourite quotes was from the beginning of the book: ‘We accept the love we think we deserve.’ It really meant a lot to me, and there were lots of meaningful quotes throughout the entire novel it was written beautifully. The reason it connects with so many people is because its about something we all have to go through in life; which is growing up.

I liked the diary format for the book, and I there isn’t one thing that I could pick out about not liking about it. Some people may get bored when Charlie just talks about things that happened to him that weren’t so exciting, but I think its important that those are included because its his life – with the exciting and boring parts.

I’ll give this a 3.5/5 I mean it wasn’t my favourite genre, but it was still worth the read. I likey. Chbosky doesn’t have his own website/blog but you can read more about him here http://authors.simonandschuster.ca/Stephen-Chbosky/1843916 Hope you enjoyed, I’m going to have a review for Eat Pray Love maybe, and coming up after that is Fire (Second to Graceling) Should be good.

Anywho. I think I should get started on some homework, new semester and a new beginning. Oh and GRADE 2013 WOOT WOOT

Bye  X)

CHiP by Aviva Bel’Harold

Surprised how quickly I managed to finish this one, its the final week for this semester it’s been quite busy, but this is one of those books that you can’t really put down. Even though I’ve never heard of this author, the cover caught my eye and its been a great read, so here we go!


With enhanced eyesight and an uncanny ability to know the future, Tia is not your average 17 year old girl. But neither is Teig: Genetically altered to look the role, he is sent from one school to the next in search of the perfect recruits for his company. Discovering Tia creates a dilemma for Teig – report her to the company and she might be destroyed, or risk the same fate happened to him if he doesn’t. Will Tia’s premonitions let her see the future in time to change it?

I was surprised when this random book that I picked up off the shelf was very interesting, even from the first page. The fact that its almost 50 years in the future captures you’re attention, and gets you wondering as to what the author envisioned society would be like at that time. I thought the touch contract thing was a very possible idea as well as the schools and how they watch the games, it was all very realistic and made the story more interesting.

One thing that I didn’t like at points was how it switched from Teig and Tia’s point of views, but it was always in the same time frame for both of those chapters, and reading through the same dialogue I’d read through Tia’s eyes was not very fun the second time around, I had to fight the urge to skip past parts of it.

FINALLY at the ending they revealed everything and explained the things you’ve been waiting for the entire book, though it did keep me intrigued and reading more i wasn’t bored very often. After I was finished the book though, I did have an sort of unsatisfied feeling, this may have been that I wanted the romance to develop a bit further, or that Bel’Harold left so much open to happen after she finished the novel. I was unsatisfied with the ending, something was just off about it.

Either way, I enjoyed this very much so I’ll give it a 3/5. If you would like to visit the author’s website here it is http://www.avivabelharold.com/ she has 4 other books i believe. Hopefully a second one will come out for this one, there are a lot of things that could happen next.

that’s all for now, until next book -

MRR

House of Dark Shadows by Robert Liparulo

Oh hey, its hasn’t been too long! Surprised that I finished another book so fast with how busy I am lately. Work, softball, school, graduating, writing, art and having a social life is a challenge I must say. I have no idea what I’m getting myself into starting up this blog again! (But tis for your enjoyment)

Much to his disappointment, Xander’s family moves away from his city – leaving all his girlfriend and friends behind – to a small town called Pinedale. There he and his family come across an old Victorian house in the woods. His family instantly falls in love, but Xander has a weird feeling about the place. Suspicious footprints are in the house, sounds come from the wrong direction, and the house has a gruesome history making sure nobody had lived there for over 30 or 40 years. Soon he and his family are caught up in the house’s dark magic, but then again Xander did always admire adventure.

 

Very interesting book, and not at all what I was expecting when I was first checking it out. I like the combination of genres that happens in this book, there is the horror part of it and then Liparulo mixed in some fantasy as well.

Another part I liked about this book was how it featured the two brothers, they were accomplices and very close which was fun to read about, especially because it was so realistic! I would treat my sister the same as he had in their situations haha.

The twist at the end was good, I didn’t quite expect it and I usually can predict things like that in books, with this one I only HALF did. I also like how it kept you wondering so much at the end of the book. There was so much unexplained, they only scratched the surface of the story and the mysteries of the house leaving you wanting more.

Seriously what the fuck is going on at this house, I really have no idea. I’ll give this one a 3.5 OUT OF 4. And yeah I’m stopping with the pictures of the ratings, I think they got deleted a long time ago.

Next book is thicker and longer, so who knows how long I’ll be. Chow!

MRR

A Mission From God by Vienna Lovett

Why hello there. I know, its been a while, but I decided I need to do some sort of writing activity, back to reading and keep up with my pretty little blog even if I’m still trying to figure out this new layout. I hope I can keep up this stuff a little and maybe my blog will get some attention, it looks wayyyy cooooler now >:) Anyway lets get on with this.

Jakob Jones, ordinary teenager, meets his guardian angel who presents him with a mission from God: get the world praying! To accomplish this task, he is given a large, old Bible that enables him to travel back to Ancient Israel and ask any of the Bible characters for help. Jakob experiences hair raising escapades as he meets and talks with some of the great patriarchs of the Bible. Jakob's best friend, Eli, tags along as a bodyguard, and the two of them dive head over heels into some wild and crazy adventures together.

Going to have to admit that at the beginning I was getting a bit bored, it does drag it out quite a bit there is a lot of extra dialogue than needed, but as soon as Jacob starts to use is Bible he gets caught up in dangerous situations, twists are happening all over the place.

The introduction of new characters at the end helped, and even though from what I can see there isn’t too much detail or development in the main characters you can tell that will happen in later books in the series.

It ended with a bang and finally plot got pretty exciting in the second half. Really enjoyed this book even though I’m not religious, the adventure is just the same. To me the power of prayer can be translated to instead just thinking of others and wishing good upon other people and I agree that could change the world. Guess its how you look at it.

I’m going to be giving this book a generous 4 OUT OF 5. I have faith in where this series is going, even if it’s meant for a younger age group then a young adult such as myself.

There is no website for this novel seeing as it was just published and its by a new author, BUT you can visit the authors other site here. She also writes her own music which she is publishing too. Check it out!

Any doodle, I’m reading a horror next I have to switch it up a little,

laterrr.

MRR