My Sister's Keeper (↑)

I've finished another book. This one being My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult. Another excellent read by her. You fly through the pages, but it's very much worth it at the end. I would recommend it to anyone. As usual, her book is thought provoking, but not enough to keep you up at night. It just based on a topic that begs to be discussed. Not to mention the ending will surprise the hell out of you! I suppose the one thing that does bother me tad is the ending. It just seems so abrupt and out of nowhere, and as if she just wanted to end the novel quickly.  Even so, it throws you for a loop when you read it.

This novel is basically about a young girl (13 years old) who was genetically matched before birth to be a donor for her cancer patient sister. She decides that at 13, she doesn't want to be a donor for her sister anymore, and would like to be medically emancipated from her family. She does realize the consequences of her actions (her sister will die) and yet she wants it anyway. This novel follows her throughout her trial, switching between viewpoints of herself, her sister, her brother, her mother, her father, her lawyer, her guardian ad litem.

Anyway, I hope that my next book is as good as this one! Until next time, happy reading!

Breaking Dawn (↑)

I've finally finished the Twilight saga! I have to be honest, I kinda liked the last book, Breaking Dawn. The only thing I have to say about it is that it's really long and sort of anti-climatic at the end. You expect a big fight, and it doesn't happen. It does tie up loose ends, so that's not bad. And it's not as lovey-dovey as the last 3 novels. I would recommend this novel, but of course because it is a series, I guess I have to recommend all of them...Damn haha Just when I thought I'd be able to get away from it!

Anyway, this book consists of the marriage of Edward and Bella, their honeymoon where Bella becomes pregnant, the birth of their baby who is half mortal and half vampire (never seen before, apparently). The Volturi hear about it and they come looking for them. In the meanwhile, the Cullens have to find 'witnesses' who will say that their child, Nessie isn't an immortal child but is in fact something different.

I guess what I like the most about the book is the non-mushy-ness of it. I definitely like the character of Renesmee (Nessie). She's cute and I can see how she could have the other vampires and werewolves wrapped around her little finger.

Anyway, I'm not sure what book I will be reading next, but hopefully I will choose one soon! Until next time, happy reading!

Eclipse (~)

Well here I am. I finished Eclipse (book 3 of the Twilight saga) by Stephenie Meyers today. Again, I found it irritating. Bella realizes that she's in love with not only Edward, but also with Jacob. The 2 boys hate each other (sworn enemies--one werewolf, one vampire), and yet Bella can't help but torture both of them by leading them on. She continuously says that she loves Edward, and yet she always goes running to Jacob whenever something goes wrong. I want to slap her. She's one of those girls who I absolutely hate in real life, the one who wants 2 men (or more) but gets upset with herself when she realizes what a bitch she is, but doesn't stop herself from treating those 2 guys like crap. I suppose I should say something good about the novel, seeing as the rating I gave it was '~'. This book made me think about my boyfriend, and how much I miss him. I think I gave it a semi-good rating mostly because it wasn't irritating the whole way through. Mostly in the very beginning and at the end. So the middle part was pretty good, I guess.

Anyway, this book is about how there is a vampire who is hunting down Bella, and is making 'newborns' who are uncontrollable. Anyway, it all ends up with the werewolves and the Cullens fighting together against Victoria (the hunting vampire) and the newborns to save Bella. Bella also chooses between Jacob and Edward. She decides on Edward, but the only way to be changed into a vampire by Edward is if Bella marries him first. So the book ends with Bella and Edward's 'sister' Alice planning their wedding. Aww how sweet...

Alright, time to start the final book in the series. Until next time, happy reading!

New Moon (~)

I finished the 2nd book in the Twilight Saga. New Moon by Stephenie Meyers. Surprisingly enough, I actually liked this one better than the 1st.  I don't know whether it's because there was less mushy stuff in it than the first or whether Stephenie Meyers writing has gotten better (which is probably doubtful). I'm not saying that I loved this book, and would save it in my bookshelf, and re-read it hundreds of times; all I'm saying is that it was better than the first. Definitely not worth saving on my bookshelf though.

So basically, this book was about how Edward left Bella because he didn't think it was safe that he was around her so much. Bella goes into depression, and the only way that she was pulled out of said depression was by a guy named Jacob, who incidentally becomes a werewolf, and incidentally the werewolves and vampires are enemies, so once Edward comes back (after Bella saves him from committing suicide) Bella can't see her best friend. Oh, and now Bella has 4 other problems: another evil vampire is 'tracking her', an evil vampire family that is considered royalty will kill her if she doesn't become a vampire by the next time they see her, her father has grounded her for what seems like life, oh and if Edward's family bites her on the neck to turn her into a vampire, the werewolves (who just happen to be indians) will hunt them down and kill them, Bella included because of a treaty that Edward's family signed. What a conundrum!  Just seems like one thing after another, and honestly, it's a little tiring hearing Bella whine in the book about how she has so much going on in her life. SHE BROUGHT IT ON HERSELF, GODDAMNIT!

Anyway, enough ranting about this series...Now onward to the 3rd book: Eclipse.

Until then, Happy Reading!

Twilight (↓)

I've finished a book. I've finally started reading the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyers. I'm going to read the whole series to say I've read them, but honestly, I don't really like them. I couldn't wait for Twilight to be over when I was reading it.

Anyway, for those of you who have been living in a hole the past few years, Twilight is about a human girl who falls in love with a vampire. The whole book is so far-fetched in the romance department, that it almost makes you sick to read. It almost ruins the ideals young women (teenagers, seeing as that is the audience this book is written for) that they should be expecting for love when they get into a relationship. It also can influence the young women to believe that no matter what trouble they get into their 'knight in shining armour' will come to rescue them, which isn't always true.

Overall, I have to say that I didn't really like the book. The characters were too basic (and annoying...), the storyline was dumb and basic, and the writing was too simple.  I would recommend it to anyone who wants a quick and easy read that they don't have to think about, and won't be nagging them later with unanswered questions. You can definitely tell it was written for a younger audience by comparing the writing of Ms. Meyers with any adult fiction writer.

anyway, I am onward to reading the 2nd novel in the series. Let's hope I enjoy it a little more than the last one.

Until next time, 

Happy reading everyone!

Sushi For Beginners (~)

I have finally finished another book! It's called Sushi For Beginners by Marian Keyes. I've already read a book by her, and didn't think it was anything spectacular, but I decided to give her another try. Again, it wasn't the best book in the world, and it really doesn't have any substance to it, but it's still one of those books you want to read in order to make you feel good. I guess you could say that it's 'chick lit'. The only thing is, I came out more sad after reading it. I don't know whether it's because I'm already feeling lonely, or if the book in general made me sad. Who knows!

Anyway, the book is about 3 women who have 'inter-connected' lives. It's about how these women go about trying to find their happiness in life, and all the 'trials and tribulations' they have to through beforehand. I guess you could say that it's a pretty sappy book, or at least the theme of it is. It's 564 pages long, but really it didn't need to be that long. But sometimes authors want to expand their storyline more than it should be expanded.  The good thing is, Marian Keyes doesn't insist on describing everything in a room, she tends to leave that up to the reader. Another thing I liked about the books is that it's set in Ireland, yes it does sometimes make it hard to understand what the characters are saying because they use slang words that I've never heard of before. But that's just something you have to deal with, I suppose.

All-in-all, it's an okay book.

Hopefully, I'll be able to settle on one book a lot easier/faster than the last time! Until next time, happy reading!

Craving a Read

This is horrible. I've been trying to find the perfect book now for a couple days. I flipped through the library books I picked up, but none of them seemed in the least bit appealing. I settled on Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. It's over 800 pages long, so we'll see if I will last through out the entire thing. Let's hope it satisfies my craving of the perfect book to read. If not, I might think about reading Memoirs of a Geisha.