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4.5 stars overall 2.5 for the first half 5ish for the second half The One by Kiera Cass I don't like her writing style. A few times she's misused words or phrases them poorly. The first half of the book had me struggling to continue. But suddenly after the half way mark, I couldn't let go. In total, I cried 3 times for this book. For the last 30 pages, it took me 2 hours to read... Mainly because of crying so hard.  I didn't like in the series how absolutely nothing changed for three books. The same stuff trends: - problematic politics - Mer is gutsy for her fellow poor caste members - she loves her family - her and Max are super happy together - Aspen appears - devious other Elitists do something - Mer makes it worse for herself - this usually is a public announcement that (is awesome and far more interesting than a Katniss Everdeen propaganda speech) is against the King's wishes - the King gets angry - Max and her are on the rocks - she decides she...

Hi! I know it's been a really long time since I've posted- my apologies. It's well into the early hours of the day, so I'll keep things quick. Don't fret, I'll extend later. The reason I haven't uploaded is because: Sweet 16 Silliness Anxiety struggles in the midst of the yearly exams Oh. I thought the list would be much longer... But then again, all I do is literally stare at glass or paper all day for "fun". Guilty is charged.  My anxiety made me go into a horrible state and I've kinda recoiled like a hermit. I haven't left the house in just over a week. To keep my mind completely off my panic, I read the entire Twilight Saga. I'm not sure if I've mentioned this on my blog, but for years (3 or 4) I've adored Twilight. It's one of my favourite universes to escape in to. Did I distract myself successfully?  Now that I'm on holidays, I have time to read all the books I picked up from the library bef...

Five Summers by Una LaMarche Although this book flashes from one perspective to another, and gives "heart stopping" plot twists (that serves no purpose since the reader has no context or connection to these secrets), the book DOES truly linger. It gave me an OVERWHELMING sense of nostalgia for these four girls... That ARE fictitious!!   Emma, by far, was my favourite to read from. Then Jo. Then Maddie. Then Skylar [man, she was a big ol' b*tch- I tell ya].  I didn't really see the point of Maddie's character. Her secret could've been developed a lot better and had more focus. Jo's conflicting ideas on her identity and then leading to sexuality was fascinating and ground breaking simultaneously. It's uncommon these days that four young feminists (which is discussed briefly in the first half of the book) to discuss such unique, individual struggles they went through.  Albeit, some of there mantras were annoying and I wanted to stop reading the book, but ...

The Infinitive Sea by Rick Yancey I made it 3/4 of the way through and refused to go on anymore!! It was too painful to read... It was well written, but I had no idea what was going on. There wasn't really a recap on anything including the 12 million characters he expects us to track. Maybe it was just not my style, which is a shame because I enjoyed the 5th Wave. I may need to reread them at a much slower pace since I need to have professional skills in comprehension and translating to understand a fraction on what's going on! If anybody has read it, please discuss it with me. the other one

We Were Liars by E Lockhart A perfect combination of the scandal in Gossip Girl and the heartbreak of John Green. This novel is truly a page turner! Although it is leaving you bland chapters in the middle, by the second half you can't put it down.  Like any coming of age YA novel, I expected not to be impacted much. But alas, this will scar me forever, and I'm glad. I'm not too sure what the moral was, but I will always remember the suspenseful tragedy and how it's changed my perspective forever. 5/5 stars (a new favourite book of mine!! :]) the other one

Passion by Lauren Kate It wasn't necessary to make a whole book out of, it was quite boring too. I'm going to continue on, but really, if you're not overly obsessed with this series and just want to finish it- don't bother with this one! It does have some (trying not to spoil) cute scenes but overall it was repetitive and left no questions answered. the other one

I've realised this isn't a YA vampire literature, but adult vampire literature. It's incredibly dull, and is basically a fantasy of the author, including being 15 years younger with her dream man.  Basically a memory of her glory days in Oxford, aside from being a which. But she sure did study alchemy. I can't read any more. It's really dull and not suited for 15 year olds who want their does of YA. 1/5 stars the other one

THIS BOOK IS A NECESSITY THAT ALL YA'S MUST READ The quirkiness of it all has you constantly giggling. Amount of times I dropped the book because of a scene? 6. Which is a lot since I am immune to most corny YA reads. But this was different! It had such a unique diversity to it, it's officially one of my favourite books. The characters are written strongly, with good use of minor characters. They weren't too "in your face that we take the attention away from the main plot" and the two perspectives were integrated beautifully. It never was repetitive and had an excellent pace to the progression. To top it all off; the ending was the most settling, satisfying thing in the whole book. Questions I must ask (some spoilers): 1. Was Thibaud mentioned before the party? In Dash's POV? Or did I miss that? (I know this is techically 3 questions but you're just gonna have to deal with it) 2. Is it possible that Priya fancied Dash? 3. How old was Dash? I t...

I heard of this book while binge watching the vlog brothers. Hank talked it up so much, I knew I had to read it. Unfortunately I hadn't seen it in any of the book stores, and then suddenly there were 5 copies in my local library! THE FOLLOWING REVIEW WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS The book is set in a scifi dystopia, with a bunch of teenagers. As usual. Oh! With a corrupt system where everybody has a "feed" imbedded into their heads. Human's were computerised. Titus, a conspicuous teen boy, meets a girl, Violet, and along with his friends they go hang out at a night club. The night takes a turn for the worst when a hacker fries all of their feeds. Glitching and making them 'mal' (malfunction). They all soon recover, aside from Violet. But it can't be that bad, can it? It's just a computer. Except it's not. It's the new central nervous system, the brain takes second in command. What's Titus to do when his new girlfriend is dying?  As tra...

Hello, my friends! Goals for the Holiday: a book a day go for a run once a day eating healthy eventually doing my assignments, probably the last week of it I haven't read a book a day, but I have finished 2. I have 4 more books to read, and I will be reading them before my friend comes to visit for a week. I also want to have read them all so I can return them when it's the monthly YA book club. I'm going to bring my friend along to that. This week's read was Gone by   Michael Grant. It was a really enjoyable novel, it had a captivating plot line for the entire book, with 2 main perspectives: The Good (kid's from the FAYZ, who help people) and the Evil (from Coate's Academy, the children who are sent there have usually been out of place). Sam, the main protagonist for the Good, was in history when his teacher just "poofed" from the class. Skeptically, he and his classmates searched the class. Half the kids, who turned 15, were missing from t...

"Men went mad and were rewarded with medals. All over the world, boys on every side  of the bomb line were laying down their lives for what they had been told was their country and no one seemed to mind, least of all the boys who were laying down their young lives." Reading only the first 4 chapter's of Catch-22, I'm already effected. The writing is beautiful, the narration is witty (and a little  cynical ),  and there's so many messages portrayed that I don't understand why nobody else is crazing over it. Sure, it's been 50 year's since the first publish, but the youth of today needs to read about this.  It's been decades since the  Vietnam War, and yet, men are still choosing to go made for a medal. Humanity is still searching for the  resolution and recognition they desire for the meaning of their existence. The question isn't why. But how? How are we not realising our own faults? How do we stop this  paradoxical meaningless [while se...

Hello my fellow readers, It has come to my attention that everybody is not reading enough. Sure there's fanatic book reader's like myself, unfortunately, that's not enough. Every morning, recess and lunch I go to the library, and I am one of the only people in there reading. Reading is so different compared to other forms of entertainment. Here's some fact's that I googled; Children and young people who do not achieve expected levels of literacy are likely to be from disadvantaged backgrounds. 14% of children in lower income homes rarely or never read books for pleasure. Only 1 in 5 parents easily find the opportunity to read to their children. Parents are the most important reading role models for children and young people.   (National Literacy Trust,  Reaching Out with Role Models , April 2009) 10 to 16 year-olds who read for pleasure do better at school.   (2013 research by Dr Alice Sullivan and Matt Brown from the  Institute of Education ) Reading for pleasure ...

In Australia, I rarely ever see genuine racism for nonwhite races.  But today, I was revealed to the ugly truth. While on the bus, my driver swerved straight passed a mother with 2 children and a baby in a pram. This was unmistakable to see. If it was, her frantic waving from the bus stop was.  My bus driver made eye contact with her, and continued to drive.  I forgot to mention the fact that she and her children were aboriginal.  My bus driver just muttered derogatory terms and drove on by. Being shocked by the confrontation was naive. But now I've learned there is still filth in people that needs to be reformed. the other one

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