In My Mailbox (12)

Every sunday or saturday (depends on how I feel) I will show you the books that I bought, recieved or borrowed! This meme/idea is hosted by TheStorySiren.

I hope you all had a great Christmas! Mine was absolutely freaking fantastic, I loved every minute of it and I am truly sad that it’s over. What did I get from Santa? Well, apparently I was a good girl because I got allot of great stuff and four books.

The Books that I RECEIVED are:
Once Dead, Twice Shy by Kim Harrison
Zombie Blondes by Brian James
The Devouring by Simon Holt
The Nation by Terry Pratchett

All of the above books where on my wish list, so unwrapping them made me feel very happy.

The Books that I BORROWED are:
Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Instalments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies by Laura Esquivel (Dutch Translation)
Know nothing about this book, but was drawn to it by it’s cover.
Audrey, Wait by Robin Benway (Dutch Translation) Read so many wonderful reviews about this book, I thought why not give it a try.
Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson (Dutch Translation) This one been on my wish list forever and found it in Dutch translation. Lucky me, now I can read the book first before adding it on my shelf.

All of the above ´borrowed´ books are borrowed from the library.

It's Monday

Read Last Week:
The Facts speak for themselves by Brock Cole
The Clique by Lisi Harrison
Invitation Only by Kate Brian
Devil’s Kiss by Sarwat Chadda

* The reviews are coming this week

Reading:
Once Dead, Twice Shy by Kim Harrison
Zombie Blondes by Brian James

Waiting To Be Read:
The Devouring by Simon Holt
The Nation by Terry Pratchett

Highest ‘My Feelings’ Rating: Devil’s Kiss by Sarwat Chadda
Enjoyable but not the greatest read: The Clique by Lisi Harrison

This fun meme is hosted by J Kay's

The Facts Speak For Themselves by Brock Cole

Title: The Facts Speak For Themselves

Written by: Brock Cole

Release date: March, 2006

Pages : 184

Source: Library

My feelings: Mixed up

Description:

At the request of her social worker, thirteen-year-old Linda gradually reveals how her life with her unstable mother and her younger brother led to her rape and the murder she witnessed.

My Review:

How can I review this book, I truly don’t know the answer to this question. I don’t even know if I liked the book. It was just so graphic and it made me go..oh…all the time.The story made me sad when Linda was left alone to take care of her little brothers and her mom went drinking, the story made me mad when she got raped and left alone by her own mother with a men who couldn’t take care of here and she winded up to take care of him. I am for sure never going to forget this book, forget about Linda is just impossible to do.

Merry Christmas

Oh my, how time flies. It’s already Thursday! My mom totally freaked me out today. Why? I saw her cooking for tomorrow and asked what we where going to eat. She told me only ‘very healthy stuff’. I was like yeah..sure. I looked what she was cooking, and saw mushrooms, broccoli and Chicory. She saw my reaction and just laughed out loud. The meat was in the oven.

My mom already decorated the dinning room. It looks so pretty.

I hope you all have a Mery Christmas! Translation into Dutch; Fijne kerstdagen!
Nina

How to be bad by E.Lockhart, Sarah Mlynowski & Lauren Myracle

Title: Stout, stouters, stoutst
Original title: How to be bad
Written by: E.Lockhart, Sarah Mlynowski & Lauren Myracle
Release date: April, 2009
Pages: 352
Source: Library

My feelings:

Description:
Three girls who couldn't be more different have one goal in mind: to get the heck out of Dodge. Well, Niceville, Florida, actually. But it might as well be called Nowheresville. Vicks is the wild-child fry cook whose boyfriend left for college and isn't returning any of her calls; Mel, the good girl in expensive jeans who just wants everyone to like her; and Jesse, the trailer-dwelling human morality meter who's discovered a life-altering secret.

My Review:
I never read a book written by any of these authors before and therefore I was really curious how the story would be. Would it all flow together or would it just totally be a disaster?

The book has allot of little chapters and you read them through the eyes of each girl. This way you really get to know all three of them and I really enjoyed that.

The start was a little bit too slow for me. Therefore after three chapters I finally got into the story. I loved the characters, except one, Jesse. She’s a religious person, that’s fine, me too, but she believed that her way (Gods way) was the only way to live. Very annoying!

I liked that during the road trip the girls really get to know each other better and find out about the secrets that they have. Also I liked that during the road trip one of them find love, yes that made the story a little bit interesting.

Overall I did enjoy the book, but am I going to buy this one to put on my shelf?. no, therefore it didn’t was that surprisingly different than other teen stories I have read. But it was a fine afternoon read.

Fall Into Reading Challenge Wrap up

I started out well, I made my list of books that I really wanted to read and was planning to read at least two of the books each week. Well as always my plans get interrupted by college, duties, work and other important stuff, like sleep. But because it was one of those fun challenges you could cross the books that you haven’t read and put the books you have read on the list. So I haven’t read fifteen books in total, but thirteen. Actually I read allot more in the Fall but I didn’t link them with this challenge. Yes, I can!

The favourite book that I read this fall was truly Emma written by the amazing Jane Austen. Emma and Mr.Knightley, the perfect match ever! The story was well written and so beautiful.

The books that I read are:
Private by Kate Brian
Sucks to be me by Kimberly Pauley
Fake boyfriend by Kate Brian
Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran
Highlander’s Temptation by Sue-Ellen Welfonder
Nobody’s Princess by Esther Friesner
Hannu, Hannu by Geir Gulliksen
Moonlight by Rachel Hawthorne
Emma by Jane Austen
Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Arthur en de zienersteen by Kevin Crossley-Holland

Au Revoir,
Nina

In My Mailbox (11)

Every sunday or saturday (depends on how I feel) I will show you the books that I bought, recieved or borrowed! This meme/idea is hosted by TheStorySiren.

The Book that I RECIEVED is:
- Ondine: The Summer of Shambles by E.J.McKenna

This book I recieved from Becky at the Bookette
Thank you so much Becky for sending me the book, I am looking forward to reading this one. I love a great ´fairy tale´. And I adore the card you send me with it!

The Books that I BOUGHT are:
Yet again, none.

The Books that I BORROWED are:
- The Clique by Lisi Harrison (Dutch Translation)
- Invitation Only by Kate Brian, 2nd in Private series (Dutch Translation)
- Devil’s Kiss by Sarwat Chadda (Dutch Translation)

All of the above books are borrowed from the library.

Let’s hope it’s different than Private, don’t get me wrong, I seriously adore Private, yes adore, but reading the same in another book is so WRONG.

Description The Clique:Meet The Clique… Massie Block: With her glossy brunette bob and laser-whitened smile, Massie is the uncontested ruler of The Clique and the rest of the social scene at Octavian Country Day School, an exclusive private girls’ school in Westchester County, New York. Massie knows you’d give anything to be just like her. Dylan Marvil: Massie's second in command who divides her time between sucking up to Massie and sucking down Atkins Diet shakes. Alicia Rivera: As sneaky as she is beautiful, Alicia floats easily under adult radar because she seems so "sweet." Would love to take Massie's throne one day. Just might do it. Kristen Gregory: She's smart, hardworking, and will insult you to tears faster than you can say "my haircut isn't ugly!" Enter Claire Lyons, the new girl from Florida in Keds and two-year-old Gap overalls, who is clearly not Clique material. Unfortunately, for her, Claire's family is staying in the guesthouse on Massie's family's huge estate while they look for a new home. Claire's future looks worse than a bad Prada knockoff. But with a little luck and a lot of scheming, Claire might just come up smelling like Chanel No. 19.... The Clique... the only thing harder than getting in is staying in.

After reading Private by Kate Brian and finding it very good, I can truly say I am hooked on this series. I am so happy that my library has the second book too and I can’t wait to read this one.

Description Invitation Only:Reed Brennan's future is looking as bright as the two-karat diamonds in her new housemates' ears. Being accepted to the most prestigious private boarding school in the country wasn't enough for Reed. She had to break every rule to do it, but she has accomplished the impossible:
Reed is a Billings Girl now.
And with her new status come respect, envy, and, most important, opportunity. Not to mention the parties. Unfortunately, at the next illicit party in the Easton campus woods, her roommate snaps some pictures of Reed in more than one compromising position. She uses the photos to blackmail Reed: Dig up dirt on the most powerful and popular Billings Girls or she will have Reed expelled.
And speaking of parties, the Legacy is coming up. It's the invitation-only Halloween party in NYC and it's rumored that Thomas -- Reed's MIA boyfriend -- will be making an appearance there. Too bad Reed isn't even close to invited.
Life as a Billings Girl is every bit as glamorous as Reed imagined. What she didn't bargain for is the tangled web of private lies these girls weave.

I didn’t know that this was a book translated into Dutch. I really thought this was a book written by a Dutch author, later when I looked inside I saw that it was translated. I am looking forward to read this one, it does sound very excited.

Description Devil’s Kiss: Billi SanGreal is the first girl in the Knights Templar, and the most kick ass weapon-wielding heroine around. At fifteen, her life is a rigorous and brutal round of weapons practice, demon killing and occult lore – and a whole lot of bruises. But then, she didn’t have much choice. Her father, the Templar Master, forced her to take this path. There is no sacrifice Arthur will not make in his war against the Unholy. But Billi hates the Order, and she hates him too. Tempted by a chance to live a different kind of life and reject everything her father wants her to be, she learns to her horror that she may unwittingly have brought down the Tenth Plague upon humanity – the death of all first born. Faced with choosing her destiny, she must make sacrifices greater than she could have imagined.