Time Flies...

OMG! I know! Time flies bye and I haven’t blogged in weeks. Yep, another message from me that I’m alive. No need to worry. I’m just super busy & unfortunately that means no time to blog. This week I’m making a schedule & I’am going to post some reviews. Anyways, I’m still here!! Miss you and I will try and make more free time to blog. 

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SR: Juniper Berry by M.P. Kozlowsky

Juniper Berry by M.P. Kozlowsky
Release date: April, 2011
Pages: 227
Source: Bought

My Feelings:




Description:
Juniper's parents have not been themselves lately. In fact, they have been cold, disinterested and cruel. And lonely Juniper Berry, and her equally beset friend, Giles, are determined to figure out why. 

On a cold and rainy night Juniper follows her parents as they sneak out of the house and enter the woods. What she discovers is an underworld filled with contradictions: one that is terrifying and enticing, lorded over by a creature both sinister and seductive, who can sell you all the world's secrets in a simple red balloon. For the first time, Juniper and Giles have a choice to make. And it will be up to them to confront their own fears in order to save the ones who couldn't. 

My Review:
I love middle grade books and when I read the description of Juniper Berry I knew I had to read it. The main character Juniper Berry is a very young, lonely, kind, strong and determined girl. I really liked Juniper. She’s just so honest and sweet. She wants to help her parents and has a lot of courage to do the things she has to do to get them back. Yay Juniper! Her friend, Giles, is really sweet as well. He is afraid and lacks the courage that Juniper has. But, together they are a great team. I love that they become friends and fight for what is right. The evil being in the story is creepy! Very! The story is fast paced and the plot is really neat. While I was reading Juniper Berry I thought that this would be a very great Halloween read. So def. going to read it again near October. All in all, loved it and I recommend Juniper Berry.

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Feature & Follow

"The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee's View and Alison of Alison Can Read."

Q:  School is out! What is your favourite Summer Reading book? 

I like to read books in different genres, but summer usually means for me lots of contemporary books. I like those kind of books. Also I love dramalicious books, well known as chick-lit. I love drama filled books. To be honest, I do read those kind of books during the whole year, but in the summer I get drama hooked. 

One of the best series to read during the summer is The Fame Game by Lauren Conrad. Filled with drama! 

(Starstruck is the second book in the series.)

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How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff

How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
Release date:  November, 2004
Pages: 194
Source: Borrowed
Part of: Dystopian challenge

My Feelings:



Description:
Fifteen-year-old Daisy is sent from Manhattan to England to visit her aunt and cousins she’s never met: three boys near her age, and their little sister. Her aunt goes away on business soon after Daisy arrives. The next day bombs go off as London is attacked and occupied by an unnamed enemy.

As power fails, and systems fail, the farm becomes more isolated. Despite the war, it’s a kind of Eden, with no adults in charge and no rules, a place where Daisy’s uncanny bond with her cousins grows into something rare and extraordinary. But the war is everywhere, and Daisy and her cousins must lead each other into a world that is unknown in the scariest, most elemental way.

A riveting and astonishing story.

My Review:
To be honest, I hadn’t heard a lot about this book, but when I recently found out it was dystopian I looked  it up at the library. You know me, I have a new thing for dystopia! & then ... I read some reviews at goodreads, which were really raving about the book and my expectations got high.

Never a good thing!

The characters are all right. They don’t really stand out for me, or do anything for me. I felt Daisy was a troubled teenager, a girl with an eating disorder and an outsider. Her niece and nephews were very nice. The thing I didn’t get was the connection she had with one of her cousins. It was just too weird for me. Also I didn’t get him. Was he some kind of rebel? Smoking on fourteen? I don’t get it. And why would the aunt leave them alone? Yes, I know there was a war going on, but couldn't she leave them with a friend? 

The plot is okay. It’s not the best plot ever, but it’s okay. Halfway in I did wanted to put the book down. The *love* thing irritated me and the whole let’s go find them started to get repetitive.

How I Live Now wasn’t for me. I thought I would really like it, but I just didn’t. I recommend borrowing the book at the library! 

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Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan

Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan

Release date: October, 2010
Pages: 260
Source: Won @ Marjolein book blog. Thank you Marjolein!!

My Feelings:




Description:
“I’ve left some clues for you.
If you want them, turn the page.
If you don’t, put the book back on the shelf, please.”

So begins the latest whirlwind romance from the bestselling authors ofNick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist. Lily has left a red notebook full of challenges on a favorite bookstore shelf, waiting for just the right guy to come along and accept its dares. But is Dash that right guy? Or are Dash and Lily only destined to trade dares, dreams, and desires in the notebook they pass back and forth at locations across New York? Could their in-person selves possibly connect as well as their notebook versions? Or will they be a comic mismatch of disastrous proportions?

My Review:
It took me a giveaway to win to finally read Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares & damn I’m glad I won it. Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares was fun to read.

I liked the main characters. Lily could have been a friend of mine when I was a teenager and Dash, swoon, is Dash. He’s sweet, funny, loves books (hello! Awesome!) & has some pretty hilarious comments.

The plot was super fun, very entertaining. I read Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares in one sitting & it was a clear movie in my mind. The dares are perfect. They do things, especially Lily, that they never thought they would do. Brave & adventurous! And it all take place in New York. New York! Setting was just awesome.

I highly recommend.

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