Hi everyone sorry I have been so slow with the posting things got a bit busy here but they have calmed down now and I should be able to go back to posting more regularly! Anyhoo today's post is what I call my BOOK-CRAZE, I have noticed lately that I am buying books faster then I read them, which has caused me to have a big pile of unread books on my bookshelf. I try to tell myself you don't need to buy anymore books right now you already have several at home you haven't read yet, and what happens? I get to the store and just can't resist getting at least one! I mean its just one right!! But then one turns into two and two turns into four and before I know it my unread pile is almost as big as my read pile. Does anyone else out there have this problem? A site I follow called Random Buzzers got me thinking about this topic when they started a discussion about what they called book hoarding! :) I defiantly fit that category! So I gotta say I am a Book Hoarder and Proud of it!!
Until next time, Happy Reading - Andrea
Friday, April 1, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Trying Something New
Happy Monday Everyone! Lately I have noticed that my collection of books seems to fall into a few categories Mystery, Paranormal and Mystery so I have decided to start pushing myself to try reading some new genres I don't usually go for :) So far some genre's that I have decided to try are SteamPuck, Romance and Comedy. What are some new genre's you would like to try?
Friday, February 25, 2011
Book Review: The Vinly Princess - Yvonne Prinz
Summer is here, and 16-year-old Allie, a self-professed music geek, is exactly where she wants to be: working full-time at Berkeley’s ultra-cool Bob and Bob Records. There, Allie can spend her days bantering with the street people, talking the talk with the staff, shepherding the uncool bridge-and-tunnel shoppers, all the while blissfully surrounded by music, music, music.
I very much enjoyed this quirky entertaining read. The characters were great they were all so developed and so wonderful in all their uniqueness. The big thing the book centers on is music (of which I am devote fan). It is brimming with cool musical references and has so many cool new ideas of music to try. Reading this book made me want to branch out and try to listen to something that isn't rock, so far I have not succeeded I just ended up listening to Snow Patrol for hours, but I plan to keep trying :) Anyway this is a great book for anyone with a passion for music or quirky books with quirky characters! I give it 5 out of 5 stars.
Have a great day! And Happy Reading! ~Andrea~
I very much enjoyed this quirky entertaining read. The characters were great they were all so developed and so wonderful in all their uniqueness. The big thing the book centers on is music (of which I am devote fan). It is brimming with cool musical references and has so many cool new ideas of music to try. Reading this book made me want to branch out and try to listen to something that isn't rock, so far I have not succeeded I just ended up listening to Snow Patrol for hours, but I plan to keep trying :) Anyway this is a great book for anyone with a passion for music or quirky books with quirky characters! I give it 5 out of 5 stars.
Have a great day! And Happy Reading! ~Andrea~
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Book Review: Darkness Becomes Her
Ari can't help but feeling lost and alone. With teal eyes and freakish white hair that can't be changed or destroyed, Ari has always stood out. And after growing up in foster care, she longs for some understanding of where she came from and who she is.
Her search for answers uncovers just one message from her long dead mother: Run. Ari can sense that someone, or something, is getting closer than they should. But it’s impossible to protect herself when she doesn’t know what she’s running from or why she is being pursued.
She knows only one thing: she must return to her birthplace of New 2, the lush rebuilt city of New Orleans. Upon arriving, she discovers that New 2 is very...different. Here, Ari is seemingly normal. But every creature she encounters, no matter how deadly or horrifying, is afraid of her.
Ari won’t stop until she knows why. But some truths are too haunting, too terrifying, to ever be revealed.
I was so into this book that I read it in one setting. I was up till 3 in the morning absolutely unable to put this book down. It just had so much mystery that I was on the edge of my seat. I loved all the characters, they were all just so unique and so wonderful to read about. Plus it had that whole greek gods and goddess myth thing going on, of which I am a huge fan :)When I got to the big revelation in the book I was so excited to know what the big mystery was but I was also so sad becasue that meant it was over until the next book :( So as you can tell by my gushing this is an awesome read that I give 5 out of 5 stars too and I reccomend everyone go read it! - Happy Reading ~ Andrea ~
Her search for answers uncovers just one message from her long dead mother: Run. Ari can sense that someone, or something, is getting closer than they should. But it’s impossible to protect herself when she doesn’t know what she’s running from or why she is being pursued.
She knows only one thing: she must return to her birthplace of New 2, the lush rebuilt city of New Orleans. Upon arriving, she discovers that New 2 is very...different. Here, Ari is seemingly normal. But every creature she encounters, no matter how deadly or horrifying, is afraid of her.
Ari won’t stop until she knows why. But some truths are too haunting, too terrifying, to ever be revealed.
I was so into this book that I read it in one setting. I was up till 3 in the morning absolutely unable to put this book down. It just had so much mystery that I was on the edge of my seat. I loved all the characters, they were all just so unique and so wonderful to read about. Plus it had that whole greek gods and goddess myth thing going on, of which I am a huge fan :)When I got to the big revelation in the book I was so excited to know what the big mystery was but I was also so sad becasue that meant it was over until the next book :( So as you can tell by my gushing this is an awesome read that I give 5 out of 5 stars too and I reccomend everyone go read it! - Happy Reading ~ Andrea ~
Friday, February 18, 2011
I AM SO SORRYYY!!!
I can't believe how long I have let go by without posting :( It has just been really busy on my end. But I am now offically done with high school :). Anyway on to business, I am currently reading Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly and am very much enjoying it! Andi is definitaly a unique girl I love how she is so into her music I am a avid music fan I don't play it but I listen to it constantly :) It drives my mom crazy sometimes becasue I always want either a cd or the radio on in the car lol. Well I promise to do a review as soon as I finish Revolution! And remember feel free to comment about any good books your reading or have just finished becasue I am always lookig for great new reads!
Happy Reading
Andrea
Happy Reading
Andrea
Monday, January 10, 2011
Shareing Monday
Hi! Happy Monday.
So for today's sharing I am going to tell you about a few of my favorite books =)
1. Devoured by Amanda Marrone = Ever since I was a little girl I have loved fairy tales. I loved them all Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Alice in Wonderland etc. but my favorite was always Snow White. I don't know what it was about that particular story that made me love it so much but I always have. So when I was browsing Thur the bookstore one day and I came across this book Devoured it instantly caught my attention because of the cover. On the front it had a picture of a pale girl with black hair and red lips holding an apple, sound familiar? I ended up buying it and I loved it. Its about this girl named Megan who has just started working at The Land of Enchantment theme park. She finds the job stupid especially since she has to dress up like Snow White but she took the job to keep an eye on her boyfriend Ryan who also works there, along with a girl named Samantha who he says is just his "friend". So not only does Megan have to worry about her boyfriend being all over Samantha and her job which she hates but she is also being haunted by her dead twin sister. Its a great book with a mystery and a bit of creepy edge what with people ending up dead with their hearts cut out and her seeing the ghost of her sister.
2. Fairest of All: A Tale Of The Wicked Queen by Serena Valentino = I figured I might as well stick with the Snow White theme. This one is basically the original story of Snow White but instead of seeing the story from Snow White's point of view you see it from The Wicked Queen's point of view. Honestly if you read this you will find yourself actually feeling pity for The Wicked Queen.
Okay I think have blabbed on enough I will continue talking about more books I love next Monday! Happy Reading ~ Andrea~
So for today's sharing I am going to tell you about a few of my favorite books =)
1. Devoured by Amanda Marrone = Ever since I was a little girl I have loved fairy tales. I loved them all Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Alice in Wonderland etc. but my favorite was always Snow White. I don't know what it was about that particular story that made me love it so much but I always have. So when I was browsing Thur the bookstore one day and I came across this book Devoured it instantly caught my attention because of the cover. On the front it had a picture of a pale girl with black hair and red lips holding an apple, sound familiar? I ended up buying it and I loved it. Its about this girl named Megan who has just started working at The Land of Enchantment theme park. She finds the job stupid especially since she has to dress up like Snow White but she took the job to keep an eye on her boyfriend Ryan who also works there, along with a girl named Samantha who he says is just his "friend". So not only does Megan have to worry about her boyfriend being all over Samantha and her job which she hates but she is also being haunted by her dead twin sister. Its a great book with a mystery and a bit of creepy edge what with people ending up dead with their hearts cut out and her seeing the ghost of her sister.
2. Fairest of All: A Tale Of The Wicked Queen by Serena Valentino = I figured I might as well stick with the Snow White theme. This one is basically the original story of Snow White but instead of seeing the story from Snow White's point of view you see it from The Wicked Queen's point of view. Honestly if you read this you will find yourself actually feeling pity for The Wicked Queen.
Okay I think have blabbed on enough I will continue talking about more books I love next Monday! Happy Reading ~ Andrea~
Monday, January 3, 2011
Sharing Monday
Hi! Happy Monday! I hope you all had a great New Years :)
So here we go with this weeks sharing Monday. I have decided to share one of my first memories of when I realized my love for books. I was 5 years old and it was Christmas. As embarrassing as it is to admit this I also had a great love for Winne-The-Pooh back then. So that Christmas my mom had really went all out on the pooh bear stuff. She got me a pooh bear bed set a pooh bear activity book etc. Well my favorite present out of all the stuff she got me was, this big pooh bear storybook. It was a hardback and was at least 450 pages maybe more. Oh how loved that book, from Christmas night on I made my mom read me at least one story out of that book every night. It was one of my most cherished possessions. And now 12 years later I still have that book! And its in great condition. I am saving it to give to my kids.
Well that's it for today! Happy Reading! - Andrea
So here we go with this weeks sharing Monday. I have decided to share one of my first memories of when I realized my love for books. I was 5 years old and it was Christmas. As embarrassing as it is to admit this I also had a great love for Winne-The-Pooh back then. So that Christmas my mom had really went all out on the pooh bear stuff. She got me a pooh bear bed set a pooh bear activity book etc. Well my favorite present out of all the stuff she got me was, this big pooh bear storybook. It was a hardback and was at least 450 pages maybe more. Oh how loved that book, from Christmas night on I made my mom read me at least one story out of that book every night. It was one of my most cherished possessions. And now 12 years later I still have that book! And its in great condition. I am saving it to give to my kids.
Well that's it for today! Happy Reading! - Andrea
Friday, December 24, 2010
A Christmas Suprise
Hi! I have an awesome Christmas surprise for everyone. Here is an interview with Lauren Oliver author of Before I Fall and the upcoming book Delirium!
1. What inspired you to write your newest book Delirium? (it has a very interesting subject by the way)
Thank you! The idea for DELIRIUM came from an essay I read by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, in which he wrote that all great books were about love or death. The next day I was thinking about that quote--particularly about how and in what form a modern love story could be told--while I was on the treadmill at the gym. I was simultaneously watching a news story about a flu outbreak that had everyone freaking out about the possibility of a pandemic, and I was kind of marveling that people so easily go into panics about reports of these diseases, and at some point the two trains of thought--love, and disease--just sort of combined in my head.
2. Did you always want to be an author or was there some point where you wanted to be something else?
Well, I always knew I would write—I’ve always written—but I didn’t always intend to “be” a writer. For a long time I did ballet very seriously and thought I might be a dancer.
3. I know this isn't in the subject of your writing, but I read in your bio that you have ten tattoos and was intrigued ( I am a tattoo fan and can't wait to get my first one) What made you love tattoos? And of the ten describe your favorite?
I actually don’t have a favorite. All of my tattoos are extremely personal, and reflect either a big theme in my life, or an important person or event. I like tattoos because I’ve always liked symbolism—I’m drawn to it as a way of helping make sense of the twists and turns in my life. I guess that makes sense, given the fact that I see writing as a way of doing roughly the same thing.
4. If you were stranded on a desert island with only three books what would they be?
Remembrances of Things Past, by Proust—I’ve always wanted to read it and it’s loooong. Matilda, by Roald Dahl, for comfort, and a guide about surviving on a desert island by yourself.
5. If you had to choose one author as your favorite who would it be?
I can’t answer that! Not fair. It would be between: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Roald Dahl.
6. In one word describe your style of writing?
Evocative? (I hope.)
7. If you were a color what color would you be? And why did you choose that color?
Probably dark gray. First of all, that’s pretty much the color of everything I wear. But also, I don’t know—it’s dark, sure, but there’s also some ebbing to it, some hope for brightness. Like the color of the sky just as the sun is starting to creep up!
8. Are any of your characters inspired by someone you know or yourself?
Oh, sure. I always say this but in some ways I think novels are like dreams: every character is the writer, in some way, shape, or form. And I pull real-life details from people I know all the time, and write them into my characters. I feel it helps me know them and gives them vividness and dimensionality to me. If you don’t know your characters as a writer, there’s pretty much no chance that your readers will know them and find them realistic.
9. Who is your favorite book character?
Ever?? I’m not sure! So many. Matilda from Matilda; and Lyra from His Dark Materials; and Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett from Pride and Prejudice; and Hercule Poirot from the Agatha Christie mysteries, and Sherlock Holmes, etc etc.
1. What inspired you to write your newest book Delirium? (it has a very interesting subject by the way)
Thank you! The idea for DELIRIUM came from an essay I read by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, in which he wrote that all great books were about love or death. The next day I was thinking about that quote--particularly about how and in what form a modern love story could be told--while I was on the treadmill at the gym. I was simultaneously watching a news story about a flu outbreak that had everyone freaking out about the possibility of a pandemic, and I was kind of marveling that people so easily go into panics about reports of these diseases, and at some point the two trains of thought--love, and disease--just sort of combined in my head.
2. Did you always want to be an author or was there some point where you wanted to be something else?
Well, I always knew I would write—I’ve always written—but I didn’t always intend to “be” a writer. For a long time I did ballet very seriously and thought I might be a dancer.
3. I know this isn't in the subject of your writing, but I read in your bio that you have ten tattoos and was intrigued ( I am a tattoo fan and can't wait to get my first one) What made you love tattoos? And of the ten describe your favorite?
I actually don’t have a favorite. All of my tattoos are extremely personal, and reflect either a big theme in my life, or an important person or event. I like tattoos because I’ve always liked symbolism—I’m drawn to it as a way of helping make sense of the twists and turns in my life. I guess that makes sense, given the fact that I see writing as a way of doing roughly the same thing.
4. If you were stranded on a desert island with only three books what would they be?
Remembrances of Things Past, by Proust—I’ve always wanted to read it and it’s loooong. Matilda, by Roald Dahl, for comfort, and a guide about surviving on a desert island by yourself.
5. If you had to choose one author as your favorite who would it be?
I can’t answer that! Not fair. It would be between: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Roald Dahl.
6. In one word describe your style of writing?
Evocative? (I hope.)
7. If you were a color what color would you be? And why did you choose that color?
Probably dark gray. First of all, that’s pretty much the color of everything I wear. But also, I don’t know—it’s dark, sure, but there’s also some ebbing to it, some hope for brightness. Like the color of the sky just as the sun is starting to creep up!
8. Are any of your characters inspired by someone you know or yourself?
Oh, sure. I always say this but in some ways I think novels are like dreams: every character is the writer, in some way, shape, or form. And I pull real-life details from people I know all the time, and write them into my characters. I feel it helps me know them and gives them vividness and dimensionality to me. If you don’t know your characters as a writer, there’s pretty much no chance that your readers will know them and find them realistic.
9. Who is your favorite book character?
Ever?? I’m not sure! So many. Matilda from Matilda; and Lyra from His Dark Materials; and Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett from Pride and Prejudice; and Hercule Poirot from the Agatha Christie mysteries, and Sherlock Holmes, etc etc.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Reading status update
Hi! Right now I am reading Real Life Boyfriends by E.Lockhart! As soon as I am done I will post a review :)
Happy Reading
Andrea
Happy Reading
Andrea
Sharing Monday
Sorry for the delay I have been busy doing all kinds of Christmasy things! Okay since its only 5 days till Christmas and I am in a very Christmasy (If you haven't noticed this is now my new favorite word ;)) mood I have decided to share a great Christmas memory! I remember when I was in 3rd grade so I was about 8, my homeroom teacher Mrs.Leet who also happens to be still to this day my favorite teacher had given us all a little baggie with some kind of mix that she told us was reindeer food. I was so excited to take that little baggie of reindeer food home, so I could leave it for the reindeer. On Christmas eve I put it in a little plastic bowl and sat it on the front porch right before I went to sleep. And then I woke up at the crack of dawn the next morning and ran to open the front door and check on the food. I remember I was thrilled to see every last bit of the food gone and the bowl tipped on its side like something had attacked it. I was so excited I couldn't believe reindeer had been on my porch and ate the food I left for them!!! Even now 9 years later I can remember that day like it was yesterday! Ohhh how great it was to be a kid!
I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas - Andrea
I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas - Andrea
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