| ♥ Book #32 :: The tales of Beedle the Bard ♥ |
[Dec. 9th, 2008|02:38 pm] |
Title: The tales of Beedle the Bard
Author: J.K. Rowling
Copyright date: December 2008
Publisher: Bloomsbury
How many pages: 108 pgs
How long it took me to read: 4 days (not really. I only read on my 15 minute breaks.)
Category: Fiction
I learned about this book from: being a HP freak, of course. Durr! :P
This book was purchased at: Shopper's drug mart
This book is: amusing and enjoyable.
Other books by these authors: Harry Potter series, Magical Beasts and where to find them, Quidditch through the ages
Favorite characters: n/a
When and Where the story takes place: Wizarding world
Plot in a nutshell: It's a collection of Wizard fairy tales...oxy moron, I know.
Main characters: n/a
What I liked best: Dumbledore's foreword for all the stories. He makes me laugh. I miss him. :( Also, J.K. drew all the pictures herself, they are too cute! Especially the hairy heart. lol. The Canadian cover is also gorgey! I lurve it!
What I liked least: It was too short and made me crave more Potter which I don't think I'll get unless I read the series over again...
Overall rating: Even if you aren't a Harry Potter fan, it's a must have for every book shelf! Awesome book!
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| ♥ Book #26 :: Unforgettable ♥ |
[Aug. 12th, 2008|09:53 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Calgary, AB | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | tired | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Girls Aloud :: Waiting | ] |
Title: Unforgettable
Author: Cecily von Ziegesar
Copyright date: November 2007
Publisher: Little, Brown
How many pages: 248 pgs
How long it took me to read: 2 days
Category: Fiction
I learned about this book from: reading Gossip girl - it's a spin off.
This book was purchased at: borrowed from the library
This book is: awesome!
Other books by these authors: Gossip girl series
Favorite characters: Jenny, Brett, Julian, Kara, Heath and Brandon
When and Where the story takes place: Waverly boarding school, barn within city limits
Plot in a nutshell: Tinsley hosts a kegger that they won't soon forget!
Main characters: Callie, Brett, Easy, Jenny, Tinsley and Brandon
What I liked best: The mention of invisibility cloaks!
What I liked least: Yet again, a lot of the storylines mirror gossip girl storylines.
Overall rating: Now it's starting to heat up - in more ways than one! I'm positively addicted again! |
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| ♥ Book #25 :: Reckless ♥ |
[Aug. 10th, 2008|02:37 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Calgary, AB | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | accomplished | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Fefe Dobson : Don't let it go to your head | ] |
Title: Reckless
Author: Cecily von Ziegesar
Copyright date: November 2006
Publisher: Little, Brown
How many pages: 241 pgs
How long it took me to read: 6 days
Category: Fiction
I learned about this book from: reading Gossip girl - it's a spin off.
This book was purchased at: borrowed from the library
This book is: getting better
Other books by these authors: Gossip girl series
Favorite characters: Jenny, Brett, Easy, Kara, Callie and Brandon
When and Where the story takes place: Waverly boarding school mainly Dumbarton residence.
Plot in a nutshell: The girls are in lockdown all of trustee weekend due to a Secret Society party that got out of hand.
Main characters: Callie, Brett, Easy, Jenny, Tinsley and Brandon
What I liked best: the other uses words that I use: bitchface and grr being the ones that made me happiest. lol.
What I liked least: A lot of the storylines mirror the ones in gossip girl. Other things happen in people lives other than sex, drugs and drinking!
Overall rating: The series is starting to get better. This has to be my favorite book in it so far. |
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| ♥ Book #22 :: Twilight ♥ |
[Jul. 2nd, 2008|05:33 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Calgary, AB | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | accomplished | ] |
| [ | music |
| | David Cook :: Innocent | ] |
Title: Twilight
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Copyright date: 2005
Publisher: Little, Brown
How many pages: 498 pgs
How long it took me to read: 15 days
Category: Fiction
I learned about this book from: everyone being obsessed with it
This book was purchased at: Coles
This book is: amazing!!!!
Other books by these authors: New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn, The Host
Favorite characters: Edward, Bella, Alice and Jasper
When and Where the story takes place: Forks, Pheonix
Plot in a nutshell: Bella falls for a very dark and handsome boy in school only to find out he has a dark secret that could put her life at risk...
Main characters: Bella Swan and Edward Cullen
What I liked best: Edward reminded me of my boyfriend and it amuses me to no extent that everyone online wants their "own Edward" and I have one! Mwahahahaha! I am such a Bella. I swear, Drew is always telling me to "Be Safe" and making fun of me when I get hurt or in trouble and he has to bail me out.
What I liked least: How it ended...HOW COULD IT END LIKE THAT?!
Overall rating: Fantastic! I loved it! |
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| ♥ Book #21 :: Notorious |
[Jun. 16th, 2008|11:25 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Calgary, AB | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | irritated | ] |
| [ | music |
| | No Doubt :: Sunday Morning | ] |
Title: Notorious
Author: Cecily von Ziegesar
Copyright date: June 2006
Publisher: Little, Brown
How many pages: 276 pgs
How long it took me to read: 15 days
Category: Fiction
I learned about this book from: reading Gossip girl - it's a spin off.
This book was purchased at: Coles
This book is: not something I normally like reading
Other books by these authors: Gossip girl series
Favorite characters: Jenny, Brett, Easy, and Brandon
When and Where the story takes place: Waverly boarding school, Boston, New York
Plot in a nutshell: Tinsley Carmicheal is back and she's doing everything to get everyone else in trouble.
Main characters: Callie, Brett, Easy, Jenny, Tinsley and Brandon
What I liked best: Tough question...Heath amuses me...but he makes me miss Chuck Bass.
What I liked least: Tinsley is really starting to piss me off.
Overall rating: I'm really torn on this series, it's somewhat good, I'm just having a hard time getting into the storyline and characters. |
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| ♥ Book #20 :: Freak Show ♥ |
[Jun. 1st, 2008|07:24 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Calgary, AB | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | tired | ] |
| [ | music |
| | History channel :P | ] |
Title: Freak Show
Author: James St. James
Copyright date: 2007
Publisher: Dutton's Childrens books
How many pages: 298 pgs
How long it took me to read: 5 days
Category: Fiction
I learned about this book from: James St. James being on my myspace and shamelessly promoting it.
This book was purchased at: it wasn't. Borrowed it at the library.
This book is: fabulous!
Other books by this authors: Disco Bloodbath
Favorite characters: Billy Bloom, Flip Kelly, Mary Jane McAfferty
When and Where the story takes place: Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Plot in a nutshell: Billy is a young drag queen trying to survive high school
Main characters: Billy Bloom and Flip Kelly
What I liked best: James really captured how horrible kids can be.
What I liked least: How horrible these kids can really be to gays. It's terrible!
Overall rating: I went through something very similar to this in junior high. My whole class turned against me and called me a lesbian, although I wasn't. I felt for Billy because I knew how horrible it makes you feel to go through something like this...It's an amazing book for anyone who has ever been made fun of. |
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| ♥ Book #19 :: The single girl's guide to marrying a man, his kids and his ex-wife ♥ |
[May. 27th, 2008|01:34 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Calgary, AB | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | aggravated | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Nothing | ] |
Title: The single girl's guide to marrying a man, his kids and his ex-wife
Author: Sally Bjornsen
Copyright date: 2005
Publisher: New American Library
How many pages: 233 pgs
How long it took me to read: 1 day
Category: Self-help
I learned about this book from: stumbling on it at the library
This book was purchased at: it wasn't. I borrowed it from the library.
This book is: horrible.
Other books by these authors: I am really hoping that she didn't write anything else.
Favorite characters: n/a
When and Where the story takes place: n/a
Plot in a nutshell: This is a book that is supposed to be helpful to women about to or are step moms.
Main characters: n/a
What I liked best: She tried.
What I liked least: I found the woman to be a bitch and the things she suggested, she should have known from the beginning.
Overall rating: From square one you can tell that she was a spoiled, rich bitch that you just want to punch. She said something "witty" to her step son and he tripped her. So she yelled at him in public. That just makes her look silly. Also, the things she mentioned, she should've known when she got into her "mess" in the first place! She sounded like she was annoyed at the thought of having the kids over on the weekends.
There was one thing she did make me worry about. The bio-mom club. It's where all the mom's who actually birth their children will shun the step moms because they aren't the real mom...well, she has NOTHING on me. I am a 25 year old soon to be step mom to a 15 year old! People of authority - let alone bio mom's are going to not take me seriously.
Whatever, my step daughter loves me and we get along better than I have ever got along with my parents or siblings. Maybe I'm just lucky. By the by, this book sucked. Don't get it. |
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| ♥ Book #18 :: Hollywood Bliss : My life so far ♥ |
[May. 26th, 2008|02:57 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Calgary, AB | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | jealous | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Nothing | ] |
Title: Hollywood Bliss :: My life so far
Author: Chloe Rayban
Copyright date: 2007
Publisher: Bloomsbury children's books
How many pages: 288 pgs
How long it took me to read: 3 days
Category: Fiction
I learned about this book from: stumbling on it at the library
This book was purchased at: it wasn't. I borrowed it from the library.
This book is: how I wish my life was
Other books by these authors: Drama Queen, Watching you watching me, Terminal chic, Love in cyberia, Hollywood Bliss books.
Favorite characters: Hollywood Bliss, Shug and Kandhi
When and Where the story takes place: New York, Los Angeles, Rome, Kandhiki
Plot in a nutshell: Hollywood Bliss is Kandhi's (a huge popstar) daughter. This journal follows her travels during a busy time in her Mom's life.
Main characters: Hollywood Bliss Winterman, Kandhi, Oliver, Shug
What I liked best: Her Mom's real name is Candice. Although it's not spelt the same way, I have never read a book about someone with my name before. Go team Candypants!
What I liked least: I haven't read the first book - because I didn't know there was one - and I kind of got lost in some bits because of it.
Overall rating: It helped subside my wishes to be famous for just a little...now I want to be more than before. :P |
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| ♥ Book #16 :: It girl ♥ |
[May. 22nd, 2008|07:41 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Calgary, AB | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | hungry | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Girls Aloud :: Sexy no no no... | ] |
Title: It Girl
Author: Cecily von Ziegesar
Copyright date: November 2005
Publisher: Little, Brown
How many pages: 265 pgs
How long it took me to read: 14 days
Category: Fiction
I learned about this book from: reading Gossip girl - it's a spin off.
This book was purchased at: Coles
This book is: quite something.
Other books by these authors: Gossip girl series
Favorite characters: Jenny, Callie, Brett, Easy, and Brandon
When and Where the story takes place: Waverly boarding school
Plot in a nutshell: Little Jenny Humphrey from the Gossip girl series goes off to boarding school where she will fight to become the It girl.
Main characters: Callie, Brett, Easy, Jenny and Brandon
What I liked best: Jenny's transition.
What I liked least: How the storyline started out just like Gossip girl. A beautiful, popular girl disappears after she makes her best friend's boyfriend cheat with her. The characters are so much like the Gossip girl characters. Callie = Blair Waldorf, Brett = Vanessa Abrams, Easy = Nate Archibald, Heath = Chuck Bass, Tinsley = Serena Van der Woodsen. It was annoying.
Overall rating: It started out weak but by the end, I was gobbling it up! |
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| 5-9 |
[Apr. 6th, 2008|01:02 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | blah | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again | ] |
#5 The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
I really enjoyed this book! I liked the writing style, and it did everything right--I felt strongly for all of the characters (love or hate) and she was very descriptive throughout the whole thing. It was like being there, except I've never been outside the US. :) An excellent read.
#6 Vampire Hunter D 4: Tale of the Dead Town by Hideyuki Kikuchi
I don't really know what to say about this one. :) It fits well in the series, and throughout the series the characterization of the two main recurring characters remains strong. No nasty surprises. :)
#7 The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
I hate reading books after the movie has already come out because people tend to tell me about the movie. But I really liked this book, and I plan on looking for more of the author's books. A definite must-read for anyone who likes Tudor history!
#8 Cujo by Stephen King
I was, actually, a little disappointed in this one. The inside front cover was just a little misleading (something about stirring up a big evil, and the dog just gets rabies. Rabies aren't a big bad evil.) In its defense though, only Stephen King could turn a dog with rabies into 300+ pages of "oh shit."
#9 Codex by Lev Grossman
I don't know if I liked this book or not. :/ The ending seemed rushed to me, but up until then I actually really enjoyed it. It seemed realistic, despite the fact that it was a fiction book about... a fictional book. A good book to read if you're into books. :D |
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| Book # 7 - Book # 9 |
[Apr. 4th, 2008|06:55 am] |
The Husband by Dean Koontz - I enjoyed this one quite a bit. The first book I ever read by him actually. It was a real page turner, with quite a bit of surprises in it. I managed to finish it in about two days.
The Prada Paradox by Julie Kenner - I feel that the author wasn't being creative in this installment in the series. In the second book, the main female character was an actress. In this book, the samle thing, the main female character is an actress. In the second book, the main male character's name was Devlin. In this book, the main female character's name was is Devi. Way too similar. I think the author more or less ran out of steam here. I did like the ending, but it took me a long while to get to it as unlike the previous two books, I couldn't read this one all in one setting and had to keep putting it down.
The Romancipation of Maggie Hunter by Jane Sigaloff (Red Dress Ink) - I went out and bought this book in October or November of last year and started reading it then. I just now finished it. It was extremely hard to get through. The chapters dragged on. The characters were boring. The plot was predictible. Don't waste your money on this one |
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| ♥ Book #10 :: Startled by his furry shorts ♥ |
[Mar. 14th, 2008|06:18 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Calgary, AB | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | pissed off | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Jessica Simpson :: With you | ] |
Title: Startled by his furry shorts
Author: Louise Rennison
Copyright date: 2006
Publisher: Harpertempest
How many pages: 260 pgs
How long it took me to read: 2 days
Category: Fiction
I learned about this book from: reading the series since the beginning
This book was purchased at: Actually, it was borrowed from the library
This book is: not to be read in public, unless you like laughing like a loon in public!
Other books by these authors: Angus thongs and full frontal snogging, on the brightside I am now the girlfriend of a sex god, knocked out by my nunga nungas, dancing in my nuddy pants, Away laughing on a fast camel, Then he ate my boy entrancers, etc...
Favorite characters: Georgia, Rosie, Sven, Robbie, Dave the laugh and Libby.
When and Where the story takes place: London
Plot in a nutshell: Georgia is on the rack of love once again until she hears the luuurve god's decision on being her new boyfriend. Such heart breaknosity!
Main characters: The Ace Gang: Georgia, Jas, Jools, Ellen and Rosie
What I liked best: Rosie's dedication to her viking wedding. HOOORRRNNNNN!!!
What I liked least: Masimo annoys me.
Overall rating: HOW CAN IT END LIKE THAT?! GAH!!! |
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| ♥ Book #8 :: Away laughing on a fast camel ♥ |
[Mar. 9th, 2008|05:59 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Calgary, AB | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | happy | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Nicole Kidman :: Diamonds are a girl's best friend (movie ve | ] |
Title: Away laughing on a fast camel
Author: Louise Rennison
Copyright date: 2004
Publisher: Harpertempest
How many pages: 266 pgs
How long it took me to read: 3 days
Category: Fiction
I learned about this book from: reading the series since the beginning
This book was purchased at: Actually, it was borrowed from the library.
This book is: not to be read in public, unless you like laughing like a loon in public.
Other books by these authors: Angus thongs and full frontal snogging, on the brightside I am now the girlfriend of a sex god, knocked out by my nunga nungas, dancing in my nuddy pants, then he ate my boy entrancers, startled by his furry shorts, etc...
Favorite characters: Georgia, Rosie and Libby.
When and Where the story takes place: London
Plot in a nutshell: After Georgia's boyfriend (the sex God, Robbie) goes off to Kiwi-a-gogo land, she must deal with her heartbrokenosity while trying to steer off Dave the Laugh and catch the eye of the new Stiff Dylans italian frontman, Masimo.
Main characters: The Ace Gang: Georgia, Jas, Jools, Ellen and Rosie
What I liked best: The way it makes me laugh out loud no matter what is going on around me.
What I liked least: Sometimes the book tries to be funny but fails miserably.
Overall rating: I realized halfway through the book that I had already read this book (this is why it's good to write down books I read!) but, it was good to refresh my memory, it was stil tres, tres and thrice tres amussant! |
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| ♥ Book #7 :: The Devil Wears Prada ♥ |
[Mar. 6th, 2008|02:15 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Calgary, AB | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | amused | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Spice Girls :: 2 become 1 | ] |
Title: The Devil wears Prada
Author: Lauren Weisberger
Copyright date: 2003
Publisher: Random House
How many pages: 360 pgs
How long it took me to read: 18 days
Category: Fiction
I learned about this book from: being in the loop.
This book was purchased at: Chapter's
This book is: excellently written
Other books by these authors: Everyone worth knowing
Favorite characters: Andrea, Christian
When and Where the story takes place: New York (surprise, surprise!)
Plot in a nutshell: Andrea gets a job at Runway under the biggest bitch in New York.
Main characters: Andrea, Miranda, and Emily
What I liked best: It was so well written that I got lost in the book.
What I liked least: Alex's behavior towards his girlfriend of three years. It was only a year he had to deal with her being busy so that she could get the job she wanted so their lives wouldn't suck. He annoyed me the most.
Overall rating: I was so caught up in this book that by the time I finished it I felt liberated that I "survived" a year at Runway magazine under Miranda Priestly. lol. |
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| Book #5 and Book #6 |
[Feb. 12th, 2008|11:32 am] |
Sex and the City by Candace Brushnell
Not as good as the series. I read it cause I was a fan of the series. I got confused as Carrie was a sub character, so I wasn't quite sure WHO was narrating the book.
The Monolo Matrix by Julie Kenner
I quite enjoyed this one. Like the first one, an easy read. I finished it in two nights. Unlike the first one in the trilogoy, instead of using math and logic, the clues were Broadway Plays, which I found interesting. Enjoyable little book, although the characters were a bit too predictible. |
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