Overview: Halley and Scarlet are best friends, and have been since they were eleven years old. Halley could always could count on Scar for anything; until Scarlet's boyfriend dies in a motorcycling accident, sending them both into shock. Now, Scarlet is the one who needs to lean on her best friend. When Halley gets a call from Scarlet at sisterhood camp, she knows this is serious. After getting back to Halley's home town to see Scarlet, the book takes off into an emotional rollercoaster.
My Thoughts: I found the book to be quite pleasing; Halley and Scarlet are wonderful characters and very hard not to like. I thought the book was very realistic and fasinating. The crazy home life Scarlet survived in and the odd relashionship between Halley and her mother was somewhat addictive. I loved it, and would suggest it to anyone who would read it.
Three stars: ***
Overview: Unlike any vampire novel I've read before, Gina Covello wakes up in her coffin, confused as to how she got there. Oh wait, yes, she died. However, before her death, gorgeous and stylish Gina was vamped. Now, when she wakes up, she finds herself in an intense world of secrets and lies. Melli, a vampiress on a quest for power, is building a empire to take over the council; and in order to do this, she has to kill - the teens of Gina's High School. Soon, Gina takes matters into her own hands; to set the vampires Melli is holding free and to get her boyfriend Bobby back from the council. If you like vampires & drama, it should definitely be on your list.
My Thoughts: I saw this book in a little book shop when I was on vacay and I wasn't exactly sure how it would turn out, so I didn't expect much. However, it gave me more than I hoped for, and I was satisified when I finished. I liked Gina; since she was a mix between Zoey from Marked and Massie from the clique, I had a sense that she was relatable and real - with lust for human blood, of course. It is two hundred thirty pages of interesting.
Three Stars: ***
Overview: Jane and Scarlet are polar opposite BFF's, moved from Santa Barbara to L.A. where they plan to start their lives; her as an intern at a prestegious event planning biz while Scarlet goes to U.S.C. While trying to have a good time in an awesome L.A. club, they are discovered by a reality producer and the book picks up from there - or should I say goes down. The girls meet their co-stars, Gabby & Madison, go to fabulous clubs, and live their lives on-screen. It seems too good too be true! However, you could believe that it was. Soon, the cameras are everywhere the girls DON'T want to be. It seems that everybody loves to love you - but, they love to hate you even more.
My Thoughts: It was a pretty good read, considering it was a quirky comedy with relatable characters. Out of all the characters, Scarlet was my favorite. She knows what she wants, doesn't take any crap from anyone, and was level-headed in any situation. Although, those are all nothing compared to the admiration I held for her when she was the only one who realized that her L.A. type A, blonde, air-headed co-stars Gabby & Madison were nothing but trouble. The very end of the book made me laugh, it seemed very clever of Lauren to end it this way. There is a plan for a two more L.A. Candy books, sequeling this unique tale. It was overall, a decent read.
Three Stars: ***
Overview: When her and her enemy/cousin team up together, they put they're minds to destroy Alicia's twin cousins' dream of being in the music video for !i! Where, all along, the dream that Alicia wanted to come true, (meeting & shooting with the hawt spanish star) seemed vastly overrated when you discover @ the end, her annoying stalker LBR Nigel, is actually !i!, in which case she obviously admits she is crushing on him, too.
My Thoughts:Forgive me, Alicia is the only Clique book that seemed to slip my mind, but I just finished it & decided to write a review. I thought it was the ultimate truimph; to watch her cousins follow around some fat stand in for !i! as her, Nigel, & Nina watched. Ha. Take that, bitches!
Three Stars: ***
Overview: This book was about John Grogan, a guy who decided to buy a puppy to buy him time before he was going to have a baby. However, the random decision leads them on a journey of happiness, tears, and laughs with Marley, an unorthodox, lovable lab with a fear of thunderstorms and love for people.
My Thoughts: Personally, I thought the book had the perfect amount of emotions: humor, sadness, joy; it was very relatable and a good dose of fun. I liked the book and found it hard to put down. The ending was heartrenching, considering I had grown very attached to Marley and the family. Overall, I found it very entertaining. Awesome read!
Three Stars: ***
Overview: The story about an early 19th century family growing up in the Brooklyn slums. It is a heart touching novel with all the twist and turns of life squeezed into five hundred pages. Francie, an impressionable little girl and her brother Neely are subject to poverty, sickness, a hard-working mother and an alchoholic father.
My Thoughts: Overall, reading 'A tree grows in brooklyn' wasn't a bad experience. If you don't think about the overdrawn story line and slow moments, you enjoy the humorous and some-what intriguing experiences Francie and the Nolan family endure. For A 500 page book about the life of a 19th century brookyln girl growing up in the slums from birth to college, this is as good as it gets. It was a cute and charming tale; it was life. Nothing other than pure realness. I tip my hat to Betty Smith because she did an awesome job. She made me fall in love with the modest characters of the story - Sissy imperticulary. I thought she had the most sad, yet positive outcome by the end of the book. I enjoyed reading about her the most. And of course, when Francie became older and started taking up dating and such. It was a decent summer read.
Three Stars: ***
Overview: Dangerous minds is a very inspirational story about a teacher teaching in an inner city high school with high hopes and aspirations for all her students. Between using tricky methods like writing 'good' notes for home & pulling off the image of a rough and tough Marine, she steals the hearts of many of the young kids in her classes.
My thoughts: I read this book in a period of three days, and it ripped my heart out to put it down. Although it was a hit movie, the book is a muchmuchmuch better. You fall in love with the twisted and complicated lives of her students and her methods of winning them over for them to become better kids. Don't let the cover fool you, this is a tale of joy and love as a teacher reaches out to save and make better the lives of her young high school students.I enjoyed it, and you should read it, too!(:
Three stars: ***
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