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Stewart's books are so great! Young ones would love this book! There is so much adventure from a ship to a deserted island! Just because you are a little kid doesn't mean you can't do great things.
If you enjoyed his first one, you'll love his 2nd. I'm excited to get to the third installment of the Mysterious Benedict Society. Being smart is cool, kids! Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance are all overly smart kids. Each of them have awkwardness or some kind of fault. Put them all together and they can conquer anything. I don't understand why this book isn't more popular. 5 stars
This book went in one ear and out the other. I honestly can't remember much about it even though I read it 5 months ago (since I'm still catching up on the reviews or whatever these are) So, all I can get out of this was Francis Chan is no Rob Bell. The reason why I read/bought this book is because it was free on Amazon for a day. Actually three of his books were and the other ones didn't look that great to me. Eh, at least it was free. My Goodreads said I gave it a 3 star so it wasn't awful I guess. But not something I would read again.
I would have never heard about this book if it weren't for Goodreads. Divergent was rated 2011's best book on Goodreads. It's a distopian book and a young adult book, so obviously I had to read it.
The main character,Beatrice, lives in a world where all people are divided by five factions. Each faction is based on virtues like being honest (all the time), selfless, brave, peaceful, and intelligent. Your faction tells you how to act, who your friends are and what job you can have. When you turn 16 years old you have a to make the most decision of your life. You can either stay in the faction you were born into, or you can choose a different faction.
This book is great and I really enjoyed reading it. The weird thing to me is that I can usually tell what choices a character is going to make is most things. Beatrice chose everything the exact opposite of what I would have chosen so it was harder for me to become the character. I'm never an outsider while reading. I become the main character most of the time. This book, I did not. There is no way I could have survived all the initiations that Beatrice had to go through. I suppose I might have ruined the beginning of the book for you, but really? Could you not tell that she chose a faction that was completely different that hers? 5 stars This is also another series that I'm reading that isn't finished yet. I have to wait until Fall of 2013 to get my hand on the final book.
Every once in awhile I'll venture over to the humor section and choose a book. I'm more of a story person, but some times I need something light and a good laugh. I love Mindy's character from The Office and hearing that she's written quite a few episodes and directed some, I had to read something of hers.
"Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?" is a book full of stories of Mindy starting out in New York. This book goes to show that even awkward people or people that stubble into awkward situations all the time, can still make it. There are sections that talk about her ideas and her opinions on certain subjects. There are also fun pictures as well. I read this one of a kindle device, and I'm so glad I chose my iPad to read this one since I didn't have the book in hand. My Kindle Keyboard wouldn't have done it justice. 3 stars
Yay! Another dystopian series! This is the third book of The Giver trilogy. I heard she was writing a fourth, so I can't wait until it comes out. Lowry is so much apart of my childhood and she is still apart of my adulthood. The thing about Lois is that she has written so many books and they are on so many different genres and subjects.
She does well of tying things together, finally. Books one and two make a lot more sense now, even though all of the books in this trilogy could be stand alone books, in my opinion. 4 stars
Do I really need to do a review of this book? 5 stars most definitely.
I kind of got on the bandwagon of this book following a little late. My stepsister was reading this and I kind of actually thought that this book was about being hungry and making a game of it. So, I didn't read it right away. To say I was surprised while reading this is correct. I actually like jumping on the bandwagon of books late because the whole series is out and I don't have to wait for the authors to finish writing or the publishers to let the book out. (as you can see, at the moment, I'm having a hard time of this since I'm waiting on like 3 series right now) Mockingjay came out about a year before I the thought crossed my mind to read it.
I loved all the characters, I hated the whole idea of kids killing kids, but I love distopia societies. I'm glad I got my hands on this before the movie came out. I really do try to read books before I go see their movies, unless I didn't know it was a book before hand. You would be surprised how often movies are made from books. It's almost if Hollywood cannot come up with new stories, but then again I like to see their adaptation of what they think how the book should be seen.
Guess who my favorite author of this year is? All the hype that you hear about this book is true. This is my favorite John Green book that he's written so far. I cannot wait until I can read it again. I will be doing that soon since my very late birthday present is coming in at the end of this month. All four of John's books, in hardback copy, and two are signed! Well since John signs most everything I think that it will be more rare to have something of his that is not signed. No joke. I've been hearing stories of people finding signed copies in used bookstores. Really? You can find any of John's books in a used bookstore? I look every where I go and I can never find one.
I truly believe that if people would take the time to read his novels they would fall in love with his stories and writing. He's not a J.K. Rowling but people are comparing him to J.D. Salinger
Anyway, this book is about a hard subject to handle: Kids and Cancer. BUT as sad as this book can be, it is also hilarious and crazy and wonderful. You'll get to experience all of your emotions while reading this book. I absolutely cannot wait until I receive my J. Scribble copy of The Fault in Our Stars. 5 stars duh.
I'm not one for "girlie" books. (I'm not one for girlie anything, even though I'm a girl) I'm also not one for mysteries. Wait, I love mysteries on television and movies, but for some reason mystery books don't usually make my list. This, however, was only 1.99 for all five of Halliday's "High Heel Mystery" series on Amazon's kindle daily deal. It received four stars out of five and I usually find the reviews at Amazon mostly right.
"Spying in High Heels" moved in a quick pace with lots of action and romance. I don't really like romance novels either, so now I'm wondering why I bought this boxset for the kindle in the first place. It did keep my attention and I think I probably finished it in two to three days.
If you are looking for a book that is entertaining without having to think, then I would recommend it. Be into mystery and romance though. I'll probably read another one when I"m terribly bored and have nothing else to read. The only reason I'm giving this one a 3 star is because I don't like the subject matter, but not saying that Halliday isn't a good writer/storyteller, just my opinion of mystery/romance novels in general.
