released 10/27/2015
isbn: 9781101965475 // 78 pages
read from: in the span on 2 days
hi guys!
i finished this quite a while back. around the same time i finished my last read but im now barely getting around to it.
ill make this super fast since its a super quick read.
so, this is the second part to the other DK short read, Last Light.
seeing as how the first one ended, i didn't really see how a second short story would come in to play buuut i mean, i guess it did.
in this story Makani accidentally touches a woman as she tries to stop her from falling and hurting herself cause kids are ruthless.
as she touches her, she sees that she has a woman hidden in a basement and shes torturing her out by not feeding her and well, keeping her hostage.
turns out this woman is holding her own twin sister captive.
turns out they're both bat shit crazy.
turns out i dont really wanna type it all out soooo.....its basically rich crazy women who end up ***SPOILER*** killing each other and their family.
and it turns out that Pogo will make an appearance in his new novel Ashley Bell so im excited about that and to see what role he plays!
uhm, so yeah.
quick little read.
i actually started reading this when i was at a concert.
yep! at a concert. i didn't care for the opening band so boom! gotta love ebooks.
mostly im excited for Ashley Bell.
i read a little tid bit on FB where DK talks about how his publishers have told him that AB might be his best novel yet!
and i mean, how? have you read Odd Thomas? or any other of his other novels!?
eeek!
im super excited.
thanks for stopping by for this odd little post! (:
(and also, i dont know why the heck this is placed in the center now that its published. as i typed it out, it was to the left but now....oh well.)
released: 2015
isbn: 978-0-553-49664-2 // 306 pages
read from: 10/25-28/2015
guys!!!
this is why i love the interwebs.
i found this book through a link of a link of a link and im so bummed because i cant remember exactly from where to give it proper credit. but anyways,.....look at the cover!!!!
isnt it beautiful!?
i love how its plain and white and then BOOM! color!
love it. shout out to the illustrators. and to her husband for the drawings inside the book.
....ill do this both ways, actually, let me give you the B&N description and then ill do my spoil because i just cant not do it.
Barnes & Noble:
"My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I’m allergic to the world. I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla.
But then one day, a moving truck arrives next door. I look out my window, and I see him. He's tall, lean and wearing all black—black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking and stares at me. I stare right back. His name is Olly.
Maybe we can’t predict the future, but we can predict some things. For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. It’s almost certainly going to be a disaster."
But then one day, a moving truck arrives next door. I look out my window, and I see him. He's tall, lean and wearing all black—black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking and stares at me. I stare right back. His name is Olly.
Maybe we can’t predict the future, but we can predict some things. For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. It’s almost certainly going to be a disaster."
before i jump in and spoil it all, yes, this is a YA book and its very much like The Fault in Our Stars and Eleanor & Park. but be happy knowing that no one dies. i still loved this book but ill keep that for spoilers.
ready?
okay....
****SPOILERS****
maddy lives at home pretty much caged in because she has SCID. a rare form of basically being allergic to EVERYTHING.
so of course she lives at home where she's never seen the outside world. never seen, smelled, or touched the outside world since she was idk 4 months old or something.
its just her, her mother and Carla her nurse.
that is until one day.
the one day when Olly moves in next door and her life changes.
it starts out of curiosity. Olly and his sister deliver a bundt cake to her but because of her allergies her mother declines the cake.
they head home and their father goes crazy. i dont want to make it too long so ill just say it here but his father is a raging violent alcoholic.
curiosity gets the best of Maddy and they become quick online friends.
she some how convinces Carla to allow her to see Olly in person.
it quickly blossoms in to more but then its cut short once Maddy's mother finds out that Carla has been letting Olly in. how she found out, well, i wont spoil all of it!
fast forward, Carla gets fired. and while she gets fired she tells Maddy to remember to live life.
which then leads to her leaving to Hawaii with Olly. (meanwhile, i have to plan in advance just to go eat at chipotle and get the guac without worrying about the extra $$$. le sigh. lol jk jk) everything goes well until the one night that it doesn't.
she goes back home and she's under for a while but of course when she comes around, shes back to the grounded lifestyle.
she is not allowed to have Olly visit and she actually tells him that its best that they no longer keep in touch.
months and months go by when she receives an email aaaaaand (if you really dont want to know the spoiler part please stop here!!!!! you have been warned!)
she NEVER had SCID!!!
never!!!
her freaking mother had her locked up all these years because shes (sorta) crazy!
when she was young, her brother and father were killed in an accident. leading up to it and maybe after (i forgot!) she kept getting repeatedly sick. ear infection, flu, diarrhea, colds, everything.
her mom was paranoid so she decided on her own that her daughter had SCID and locked her up. all because she didn't want to lose her daughter.
WHAT THE WHAT!?!?!??!?!?!
what a freaking crazy lady!!!
can you imagine if your own mother did that to you!?
of course she confronts her mom but she denies it.
she, at the beginning of reading the email, believes its a mistake because you know, how could her own mother do that to her?
but of course, when she asks Carla, she states that she kind of agrees that her mother might be off her rocker.
she goes to the doctors and he of course concludes that she in fact does NOT have SCID which i mean, woah!
the reason she had the episode in Hawaii was because since she wasn't allowed to grow up with the elements, her body went in to shock. other than the fact that her mom basically ruined her life, she was a healthy human.
in the end, she ends up in New York with Olly. oh, did i forget to mention that he moved away?
it was a good ending BUT im wondering where the hell did she end up at in New York?
who did she end up living with? what does she end up doing? how does she survive? cause New York = <3 but i mean its dirty-ish! if your immune system is down is that really where you want to go?
****SPOILERS OVER****
okay, so. did you read all that!? if you didn't, its a-okay. give the book a chance. fall in like with it.
if you did read the spoilers, as always, i left a lot out. i spoiled the main points but i didnt spoil what leads up to it and i truly believe those are just as good as the "main" event.
i really, really, REALLY liked this book and this author. i cant wait to see what else she publishes.
if you give it a read (or already have), let me know what you think!
thanks for reading!
have a great week.
(ps. im not sure why the end is placed in the middle...blogger is acting up but what can ya do?)
read: 10/14-23/2015
published 2015
isbn: 978-1-250-05890-4 // 432 pages
the last time i did the HONY post i posted all of my favorite ones aaaand then, then i accidentally deleted a folder that deleted a lot of my old post pictures.
so ill save you and i the heartache this time around and just not do it.
what i will say though is, GO BUY THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this was such a beautiful read for its photography and its stories but the one thing i LOVED the most about it is the juxtaposition (oh how i love that word!) of the stories.
on one hand you have someone saying they hate God for how they turned out and in the next you have someone saying they love God because of the positive output they now have on life based on what happened. from those who are against having kids to those who cant imagine life without their kids after thinking they were anti kids.
i love Brandon's work and i will definitely purchase whatever he puts out.
this is so good, good, good, good, GOOD.
i will say though, if you follow him on instagram, a lot of his posts show up on the book a lot in the beginning and then through out but it in no way takes away from the book.
purchase this book!
you will not regret it!
thanks for stopping by (:
have a great rest of your week.
ahhh!!!!
i think I'm getting out of my blogging fuuuunk!
but let's be honest, i think its just the news that Gilmore Girls is coming back to netflix for 4 90 episodes that has me jumping left and right and up and down!
oh you didnt know!?
GUYS! im a H U G E Gilmore Girls lover!
i have loved that show since it first came out on the WB (talk about throwback) and i have to say its in my top 3. i will love this show for forever and i love love LOVE to re-watch it. specially now that its on Netflix.
im currently re-watching it again for the 3rd or 5th time? iduno. i know the last time i watched it, i finished it on its 14th year anniversary.
this year, im re-watching it because of the Gilmore Guys podcast!
im not a huge podcast person. this is actually the ONLY podcast that i listen too. my boyfriend listens to podcasts to go to sleep so ill listen to several then but other than that im strictly a "gillie." i don't even know where i came upon it, maybe from Sarah's blog, so when i saw that she caught the Gilmore Guys live show i was like (as Kevin would say) "oh shiiit!"
i was bummed because they had been in LA a few weeks earlier so i thought i had missed them for sure but low and behold!, they film an episode out here in LA once a month!!!! ahhh!!!
so of course, i went on to their instagram and turned on the notifications and got a notification for their last LA show. because i didn't know where to purchase the ticket i missed out on it but luckily, i met a lovely young lady (on instagram!!!) who had purchased two tickets and she agreed to sell me one!
eeeek!!!!!
thanks to her i was able to catch these dudes live and !!!!! with special guest Doug Benson, who as it turns out is also a big Gillie!
the episode i attended was 513 A Vow Renewal Celebration. (there was SO much i had forgotten!!!!)
guys! if you've never seen Gilmore Girls!, watch it!
BINGE watch it.
fall in love and thank me later.
im currently watching an episode and then listening to the corresponding podcast.
i lasted a good while but then id watch 2-3 episodes at home and then listen to the podcast at work.
but anyways, enough blabber here's a few crappy pictures.
its a very small venue but i was in the back in the middle so i'd have no one in front of me.
Demi and Doug making fun of Kevin for his comments on some website about this show. specifically this episode. comments from when this episode aired back in the 2000's
afterwards, they had a Q & A and i was able to ask, well try to ask em why they were team Logan vs Jess (Im team Jess ALL THE WAYYY!!!!)
i wasnt able to get my point across cause Kevin kinda just blew it off but meh. i will say this though, Kevin is a cuuuutieee!!!! haha.
im excited to catch them again in November!
if theyre in your area and youre a fan of them, go ahead and catch them. ya wont regret it.
thanks for stopping bye.
have a great rest of your weekend.
released:9/15/2015
read from: 9/22 to 10/8 2015
isbn: 978-0804138147 // 240 pages
oh, how i love her so.
after reading her first book, i had to pick this one up (or better yet order it off B&N and have them deliver it 5 days after it was released) because how could i not!
its weird that i love Mindy so so much considering i only really know her from the office, her first book and instagram.
im probably the only human who has yet to watch her show. the few times i did, i didnt care for it.
i picked up this book because Diana posted this picture with an amazing quote (written out below) and i JUST about fell in love.
"People's reaction to me is sometimes 'Ugh, I just don't like her. I hate how she thinks she is so great.' But it's not that I think I'm so great. I just don't hate myself. I do idiotic things all the time and I say crazy stuff I regret, but I don't let everything traumatize me. And the scary thing I have noticed is that some people really feel uncomfortable around women who don't hate themselves. So that's why you need to be a little bit brave."
-Mindy Kaling
unfortunately you don't get that little gem til almost the end of the book.
if you've read her first book then you know this gal can get down.
the difference between this and her first is that her first was more about retelling and reliving stories. this book is more about the business side of her. and while I'm all for an independent woman kicking ass and taking names to get shiz done, i wasn't too crazy about this book.
let me put it to you this way....
Tina Fey's Bossy: didn't care for it. didn't care for it so much that i didn't even finish it.
Sarah Silverman's The Bed Wetter: didn't care for it. forced myself to read it but i didn't care for it. (i also want to point out that it was a while ago so i don't really remember it that well.)
...and i think that has to do with the fact that while i do appreciate their hard work and struggle to be the amazing women that they are, i don't really care to read the whole ins and outs of who they know and how. I'm more into their personal story telling. and while Mindy does mention some of it on here....there is a lot of talk about the Mindy show being canceled and picked up, a regular work day, about the Emmy's, about knowing this person or other and i wasn't crazy about it.
it took me a few more days to read this book that it would have normally.
NOW, I'm in no way, shape or form saying that this is a bad book because it is not!, its just not my preferred type of read. so make of that what you will but I'm pretty sure there are people who love the book to pieces because it is their type of read.
as always, i will leave you with a few favorite lines.
- "whats so wrong with effort anyway? its means you care."
if you've read her first book then you know this gal can get down.
the difference between this and her first is that her first was more about retelling and reliving stories. this book is more about the business side of her. and while I'm all for an independent woman kicking ass and taking names to get shiz done, i wasn't too crazy about this book.
let me put it to you this way....
Tina Fey's Bossy: didn't care for it. didn't care for it so much that i didn't even finish it.
Sarah Silverman's The Bed Wetter: didn't care for it. forced myself to read it but i didn't care for it. (i also want to point out that it was a while ago so i don't really remember it that well.)
...and i think that has to do with the fact that while i do appreciate their hard work and struggle to be the amazing women that they are, i don't really care to read the whole ins and outs of who they know and how. I'm more into their personal story telling. and while Mindy does mention some of it on here....there is a lot of talk about the Mindy show being canceled and picked up, a regular work day, about the Emmy's, about knowing this person or other and i wasn't crazy about it.
it took me a few more days to read this book that it would have normally.
NOW, I'm in no way, shape or form saying that this is a bad book because it is not!, its just not my preferred type of read. so make of that what you will but I'm pretty sure there are people who love the book to pieces because it is their type of read.
as always, i will leave you with a few favorite lines.
- "whats so wrong with effort anyway? its means you care."
- "the result of my not caring so much about what i say allows me to care more about how i say it."
- "if my childhood, teens and twenties were about wanting people to like me, now i want people to know me."
these are all from the Hello Again Chapter.
-the "i love sex scenes!" chapter.
-this quote
- "but my secret is: even though i wish i could be thin, and that i could have the ease of lifestyle that i associate with being thin, i don't wish for it with all my heart. BECAUSE MY HEART IS RESERVED FOR MORE IMPORTANT THINGS."
(page 202 i capitalized the end because COME ONE!!! <3)
-"years later i realized that the way i had felt during those first few months was correct. i didn't deserve to be confident yet. i happen to believe that no one inherently deserves anything, except basic human rights."
(page 217)
-"because confidence is like respect; you have to earn it."
(page 220)
-"people get scared when you try to do something, especially when it looks like you're succeeding. people do not get scared when you're failing. it calms them."
(page 221-222)
- also, that chapter (sorry i lost the page) where she talks about her friendship with B.J Novak. its amazing to see their relationship. specially when she talks about how he was there for her mother on her final days! <3 <3 <3
i love her when she's being honest. that to me is when she is the best!
i hope she does keep writing but in a more personal, anecdote way.
have you read this book?
what did you think?
let me know.
thanks!
- "if my childhood, teens and twenties were about wanting people to like me, now i want people to know me."
these are all from the Hello Again Chapter.
-the "i love sex scenes!" chapter.
-this quote
- "but my secret is: even though i wish i could be thin, and that i could have the ease of lifestyle that i associate with being thin, i don't wish for it with all my heart. BECAUSE MY HEART IS RESERVED FOR MORE IMPORTANT THINGS."
(page 202 i capitalized the end because COME ONE!!! <3)
-"years later i realized that the way i had felt during those first few months was correct. i didn't deserve to be confident yet. i happen to believe that no one inherently deserves anything, except basic human rights."
(page 217)
-"because confidence is like respect; you have to earn it."
(page 220)
-"people get scared when you try to do something, especially when it looks like you're succeeding. people do not get scared when you're failing. it calms them."
(page 221-222)
- also, that chapter (sorry i lost the page) where she talks about her friendship with B.J Novak. its amazing to see their relationship. specially when she talks about how he was there for her mother on her final days! <3 <3 <3
i love her when she's being honest. that to me is when she is the best!
i hope she does keep writing but in a more personal, anecdote way.
have you read this book?
what did you think?
let me know.
thanks!
released 2015
read from 10/10-11/2015
ebook isbn: 9780804181167 // 90 pages
ahhh! i LOVE this man!!!
gotta say, im still in love with my nook and these little novellas are one of the reasons why!
gotta say, im still in love with my nook and these little novellas are one of the reasons why!
soo, this novella is just a random little story that will have a 2nd part released on 10/27/2015. but im starting to wonder what it could be about since it was resolved in this one.
so, this book, its based on Makani. a young native Hawaiian living in CA who has some sort of supernatural power. (DK has this amazing writing style that doesn't...how it could even possibly come to light!?)
anyways...
she has the power that when she touches another person, she can see their dark/darkest secrets. that's why she left her home at the age of 20 (i think it was.)
so shes surfing one day when she notices a guy watching her.
she gets out, he walks up to her, he "hits" on her and they meet up to go eat.
thats when she discovers that he also has the same power as her. except that this dude is a crazy mass murderer. he's hired for murder. of course she sees it and he basically tells her that hes out to get her because its a fascination of his to "conquer" her. it has been since she was 16.
long story short (how much shorter than 90 pages can you get? ...well...), he goes after her and it does not end well for one of them.
i will say this, i kinda read super fast over the whole set up and i missed how it all happened so when i reread that paragraph it made a whole lot more sense. because of the way he ended the story, im really interested to see what he brings back in the second novella. all i can say is, im glad Bob is still alive! :)
i dont want to completely spoil it in case you want a really quick read.
i will say this though, its crazy how times have changed. that little sentence about Uber, i was like wooah! but i mean, woah. these are the new times. i cant even imagine what it would have felt like to know that i'd be reading that xx amount of years after high school.
anyways, do you like dean koontz?
i LOVE that man.
and for the record, im a H U G E chicken when it comes to scary stuff. like i mean i get scared easily. so just reading certain bits and pieces of this, i was all scared ._.
yea yea, make fun.
thanks for reading!
hi guys!
i just wanted to stop by and do a quick post about my goodreads challenge.
every year at the beginning of the year they let you set up a goal for how many books you'd like to read within a year. this might be my 2 or 3rd year joining however, it is the first time i complete the challenge and im super excited about it!
SO excited i wanted to do a little recap post.
i set the goal for only 15 books because mathematically, i KNOW i can do 1 book a month (thats only 12 though, les!..i know) AND if i love a book SO MUCH that i finish it in a day (which i do! not as often but still!) then i can squeeze in about 3 more.
i didnt want to go bananas and do a 50 book goal because at the beginning of the year, i was working 2 jobs and school and i felt like i was drowning so i didnt want to over do it. but it picked up towards the end. specially since i didnt take classes this semester and since i also had the summer break. aaaand it also helps that some books were good. the very good thing about this also is that its only (already) September so im excited to see how many more i can add and work with that as my goal for 2016.
so, ready for a quick recap?
15. #GIRLBOSS
i think because its still fresh my feelings on it havent really changed. but still! want to start your own bidness or already do? this is for you!
still love it! this is one of those books i finished in a day!
13. Nightlife
still a joke in my thoughts! super quick funny read.
12. Wild
im still in love with this book! and i love that i stumble upon Cheryl Strayed quotes and i know what shes talking about. love these kinds of stories.
still feel meh about this book. everything that happened here could have been on book 1. this is also my plea that there wont be a book 3.
my feelings have nooooot changed and they will not. i did not care about the book. it was too i duno. but i still want to watch the movie.
09. Gone Girl
uhm. hmm. read my review. im still on the same boat. i liked the book but i still stand by the whole "the movie was better" i still feel it dragged on a lot of parts and i cant believe im about to say this but, watch the movie and save some time.
compared to Gone Girl, still my favorite book. prefer it over GG. i definitely see the resemblance but i prefer this one better. waaaay better. one of my faves for sure so far this year.
feelings are still the same. im not all about the hype around this book but it did touch some spots. damn relationships! >:o
i LOVE jill mansell. ive read a butt load of her books and i have one pending to be read right now and while i have horrible memory and forget just about everything! i still love this book!
LOVED this book. loved, loved, looooved. pick it up and read it! do it!!!
04. Eleanor and Park
i liked it but UGH! i think im just frustrated that they ya know, dont want to spoil it again. but yea! aaahhh!!!
talk about leaving me all over the place. i didnt hate it. i didnt love it but i didnt hate it!
whats up with all these teens and babies and trips!? im a 27 year old and i cant even take a local California trip just for shits and giggles. lol. sorry. i had too. but uhm yea. it was cool i guess.
01. Concrete Fever
didnt care for it then and i still dont.
you know what i just learned?
that these books were kinda meh. more meh than ahh!, i love it. the funny thing is, theyre only meh to me now that im looking back and at the moment they werent that bad. how weird.
also, i read Uganda Be Kidding Me and Dont Lick The Minivan which puts me at "i hit 15 books a lot sooner than i realized" but i didn't log the dates in soo, my bad.
aaaanyways!, i know most of the books were meh BUT i will take those books, ALL OF THEM! 15 times over before anyone tries to make me re-read The One And Only by emily Giffin or finish it for that matter.
OMG! that book was just NO NO NO!
how are you going to hook up with your best friends, basically your sister!, father!? the dude calls you Girl! you grew up with him. i don't know its just a weird factor! and to top it off, HIS WIFE JUST DIED!!!!! i just couldn't finish that one.
this one and How To Be A Woman. that book was just ugh. im sorry but if feminism is how she talks about it then NO WAY. UGH!!!!
anyways, yea. if you're still here after this post then yaaay! (and thank you!)
are you on good reads?
lets follow each other! i need new books to read! (i think this is the link..iduno)
have a great month of October! (:
published 2/2015 (in the US. 2014 in the UK) // 413 pages
read from 9/16-20/2015
isbn: 978-1-4926-0208-8
im going on the record and stating that brit chic lit is my absolute most favorite guilty pleasure! Jill Mansell is anyways.
I LOVE HER!!!!
this is my 8th/9th book of hers i read so, you know, the love is real (and it so happens to be my first physical book, all others have been ebooks)
this is one of those "thank you for existing my lovely nook" moments cause had it not been for that little machine i would have never discovered her.
before i get started! yes, you already know the 1 or 2 people fighting the whole 'we belong together' scheme always end up together and almost always at the end.
soo....
sophie is the main character (even though there are 3/3.5 love stories) in this story.
because i have NEVER ran in to another Jill Mansell fan, im just guna do a total spoiler post (okay not total spoiler. just the end). but first!, here's the amazon review.
Sophie Wells is a successful photographer with a focus on putting the past firmly behind her. When Josh Strachan returns to the seaside town of Cornwall from the States to run his family's hotel, he can't understand why the fun, sexy girl has zero interest in letting him-or any man for that matter-into her life. He also can't understand how he's been duped into employing Sophie's impulsive friend Tula, whose crush on him is decidedly unrequited. Both girls remain mum about the reasons behind Sophie's indifference to love. But that doesn't mean Josh is going to quit trying...
lies. both girls dont keep quiet.
and he knows how he got duped into hiring her friend.
so.
there you are and here i go!
sophie fights falling in love with josh because her exhusband theo basically scarred her for life. when she was younger she married theo because he was ridiculously attached to his mother and her death wish was to have her son marry sophie so she could ya know, pass knowing he was going to be happy and taken care of.
well, she dies and he loses his marbles. sophie understands but it gets to a point where she just cant take it. he wants to have a kid but she's wise enough to understand that kids a marriage does not fix. so shes taking birth control behind his back which he ends up finding out about. which then prompts him to think that she is cheating no matter what she tells him.
so she moves out and thats how she meets tula.
everything is great.
then theo goes over to try to make things up and he sees her having a blast. which okay cool BUT it threw him for a loop and his result was to......commit suicide.
so he writes her a letter that she gets earlier than she was supposed to so she was able to rescue him before things got bad. (which by the way I HATE the beyonce reference. leave her out of books please and thanks!)
he survives but basically tells her to get lost.
so for the next 4 years she's hella messed up.
enter josh. he moves back to help his grandma Dot run their hotel. he runs in to sophie while she is there taking pictures and its basically from there that he falls in love with her.
tula, her best friend has a HUGE crush on josh but he obviously doesn't care for her.
enter riley, joshs' best friend, total playboy but ends up falling in love with tula.
dot is with lawrence (joshs' grandparents) until one day lawrence runs into aurora and then ruins his marriage to dot by leaving her for aurora.
in the end, yes, sophie ends up with josh. tula with riley. and spoiler, dot and lawrence end up together as well.
so, i spoiled the ends for you (ends because theres different love stories that make up this one story) but i left all the middle parts for each of the stories for you to read about! muahaha.
so you gotta figure that out on your own.
but really, brit chic lit. who isn't in to that? ;)
and trust me, theres a lot more that i left out!
have you read JM?
whatcha think?
thanks for stopping by.
have a good rest of your week! (:
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