Review'd: Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver

Book Review:
Title: Pandemonium (Delirium 2)
Author: Lauren Oliver
Published February 28th, 2012 by Harper Teen
Rating: 5 Stars

Goodreads Summary: 
I'm pushing aside the memory of my nightmare,
Pushing aside thoughts of Alex,
Pushing aside thoughts of Hanna and my old school,
Push,
Push,
Push,
Like Raven taught me to.
The old life is dead.
But the old Lena is dead too.
I buried her.
I left her beyond a fence,
Behind a wall of smoke and flame.

DeLibrarie (Del) Review:
One of the downfalls of loving books so much is the waiting. I feel like I'm always waiting. Waiting for title reveals. Waiting for cover reveals. Waiting for synopsis reveals. and OF COURSE waiting for the book itself to be released. This book is probably the one that I've waited for with the least amount of patience. I LOVED  ... no LOVE... Delirium. The ending is just so breathtaking that one can't NOT love it. The moment I finished it, I longed for the next one, and I know I wasn't alone in that longing. I'm warning you... You will be just as (maybe even more) jarred by this ending. I vaguely remember feeling like parts of the book seemed a little slow, I never got bored but more than once I felt my mind wander away from the book... but it is impossible for me to give Oliver's books any less that 5 stars because her endings are just so moving. They leave me aching to find out how Lena is going to handle the next obstacle thrown her way.

Teaser Tuesday

I feel like I say this every post but... It's been a while since I've had the chance to blog... as I'm sure you've noticed... sorry. This school thing keeps getting in the way. :) I have still been reading a decent amount though so I'm sure to have some new reviews up soon. In the meantime here is a Teaser Tuesday, a meme hosted by Should be Reading. ... I know it's Wednesday... but I don't care... I wanna do a teaser. ;)


How do you do it?
1. Grab the book you're reading.
2. Open to a random page. 
3. Select two teaser worthy sentences.
4. Post 'em. 


This weeks Teaser Tuesday is from:

Supernaturally by Kiersten White

'"Yup. I'll be fine. And if I had Tasey, I'd probably just us it on Jack."

I hoped for a laugh, but Lend sighed and nodded. "I'll see you tomorrow night then."

"Yeah." I leaned in a was rewarded with a quick kiss, our lips barely brushing. Stupid, stupid Jack.'

Can't Stop Gushing About...

I was being very diligent doing my math homework... and then BAM my calculator runs out of batteries, and naturally I'm at the library instead of my apartment and did not bring any spare batteries. Unfortunately, I still have another hour that I have to put into the math here at the library in order to fulfill my 2 hours a week. SO... my plan... stay signed in... and instead of doing math... I'll blog. :) There is really a lot of things that I can't stop gushing about this week. Here is just a taste of the runners up for the week:

1. Dance Moms on Lifetime - It is sooo awful... But I love it so much! I can sit and watch this show for hours.
2. Adele -21 - This Album is GOLD! I think it is soooo wonderful! I love Adele!
3. My boyfriend - ;) Not gonna lie... I gush about him all the time... but I'm also not a crazy person who posts all about her boyfriend on her book blog... and I don't want you all to puke... or Nic to puke... Nic would puke.
4. Boy Meets World - Previously mentioned boyfriend bought me the first 4 seasons for my birthday. :) We've been watching up a storm.
5. Les Mis- This post will come eventually, I am so in love with this musical... and hey they're making it into a movie.
6. Hunger Games- this post will come later too... probably right after or right before the movie is released.
7. Fairy Tale Influenced Entertainment- Once Upon a Time, Mirror Mirror, the new Kristen Stewart movie thats coming out about Snow White and the Huntsman that I can't remember the title to right now. I love this kind of stuff.

SO many good options right?! I bet you are sitting at the edge of your desk chair/bed/kitchen table in anticipation to find out what the chosen Gush is this week...

This week I can't stop gushing about...

Sappy Romance Movies

I figured it was appropriate considering it's almost Valentines Day and all. I, personally, am not a huge fan of the "holiday." It's pretty much a day that puts pressure on a relationship or reminds the single that they are in fact... single. I just think it's kind of a pointless day and that if you are in a relationship you should be showing each other how much you love them everyday. However... one great thing about Valentines day... The movies. BECAUSE it's Valentines day... I can sucker Jared into watching a MAJOR chick flick because it's supposed to be a romantic day. ;) So I thought I'd make a little list of my personal favorite Sappy Romance Movies. 

IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER:

1. Tristan and Isolde: I am a sap for forbidden love... and James Franco might be the sexiest man ever to walk the earth. What's more... He's a kick ass actor. He portrays the heartbroken, conflicted man SOOO well... It's SOOO amazing. I could watch this movie on repeat. 

2. The Notebook: You can't talk about Sappy Romance Movies and not bring up The Notebook. It really is like the Queen of the category after all. Rachel McAdams is one of my favorite actresses, and Ryan Gosling is another actor that just plays heartbroken SOO well. It's just such a beautiful movie. 

3. Time-Travelers Wife: Rachel McAdams really is the queen of Romance movies. I can't watch this movie without crying. A lot. 

4. Becoming Jane: James McAvoy is my ALL TIME favorite romantic actor. He is so expressive with his facial expressions that I believe every word that he says. Any movie that man is in is gold. 

5. Pride and Prejudice: I really don't think this one needs an explanation... it's a classic. :)

OR...

I also really really really want to see THE VOW starring Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams (surprise). 

Do you have any favorite Sappy Romance Movies?

Review'd: Everneath by Brodi Ashton

Book Review: 
Title: Everneath
Author: Brodi Ashton
Date Published: January 24th, 2012 by Harper Collins. B+B
Rating: 5 stars

Goodreads Summary: 
Last spring, Nikki Beckett vanished, sucked into an underworld known as the Everneath. Now she's returned- to her old life, her family, her boyfriend- before she's banished back to the underworld... this time forever. She has six months before the Everneath comes to claim her, six months for good-byes she can't find the words for, six months to find redemption, if it exists.
Nikki longs to spend these precious months forgetting the Everneath and trying to reconnect with her boyfriend Jack, the person most devastated by her disappearance- and the one person she loves more than anything. But there's just one problem: Cole, the smoldering immortal who enticed her to the Everneath in the first place, has followed Nikki home. Cole wants to take over the throne in the underworld and is convinced Nikki is the key to making it happen. And he'll do whatever it takes to bring her back, this time as his queen.
As Nikki's time on the surface draws to a close her relationships begin slipping from her grasp, she is forced to make the hardest decision of her life: find a way to cheat fate and remain on the Surface with Jack or return to the Everneath and become Cole's queen.

DeLibrarie (Del) Review: 
Where to start...
This book has it all! BUT... my favorite thing about it is Ashton's characterization. I felt like I was Nikki, I felt what she was feeling. I felt her heartache and her pain. But it was Jack who ultimately stole MY heart. It's so often that authors make the male love interest a supernatural creature because it's easy to explain why he is so amazing... but Jack is a regular guy, a football quarterback... All- American Mr. high school. Basically, Jack's the guy that every girl in the school wishes they had... but he ONLY has eyes for Nikki. He's this perfect boyfriend who never gives up on trying to find Nikki, and when she does come back... he waits for her to warm up to him at her pace. Jack is perfect.... no like really perfect because he's human... so he's very capable of not being perfect... but still is. :) I might have a little crush.

I also love how many authors are modernizing mythology. I love the Persephone myth... so I was excited to see that this was a modern day re-telling of the story. I was ecstatic when the Orpheus and Eurydice myth was brought up... it's my favorite. Ashton blends the two stories together sooo perfectly. I could not put this book down... seriously I sat and read it all through class. (i didn't feel too bad considering it was a Mythology class ;) ) I am very impatiently waiting for the next one!!

Review'd: Hallowed (Unearthly 2) by Cynthia Hand

Book Review: 
Book Title: Hallowed (Unearthly Book 2)
Author: Cynthia Hand
Date Published: January 17th, 2012 by HarperTeen
Rating: 5 stars

Goodreads Summary:
For months Clara Gardner trained to face the fir from her visions ,but she wasn't prepared for the choice she had to make that day. And in the aftermath, she discovered that nothing about being part angel is as straightforward as she thought.
Now, torn between her love for Tucker and her complicated feelings about the roles she and Christian seem destined to play in a world that is both dangerous and beautiful, Clara struggles with a shocking revelation: Someone she loves will die in a matter of months. With her future uncertain, the only think Clara knows for sure is that the fire was just the beginning.

DeLibrarie (Del) Review: 
I am madly, deeply, passionately in love with this series. Unearthly was suspenseful and beautiful... and Hallowed is no different. Hand does a fantastic job of pacing her books... they are never boring and with Hallowed in particular, there was never a moment where I even considered putting the book down... it went with me to class, to dinner, to bed and even to the bathtub. I don't even really have anything negative to say about it... I seriously recommend this book to everyone. "Hey you, random man in the alley... Have you read this book?" This series is easily one of my favorite of all time. Right up there with Gemma Doyle, Fallen, and Hush, Hush. I love everything about it.

Review'd: The Mephisto Covenant

Book Review:
Title: The Mephisto Covenant: The Redemption of Ajax
Author: Trinity Faegen
Published: September 27th, 2011 by EgmontUSA
Rating: 3.5 Stars

Goodreads Summary: 
Sasha is desperate to find out who murdered her father. When getting the answer means pledging her soul to Eryx, she unlocks a secret that puts her in grave danger- she is an Anabo, a daughter of Eve, and Eryx's biggest threat.
A son of Hell, Immortal, and bound to Earth forever, Jax looks for redemption in the Mephisto Covenant- God's promise he will find peace in the love of an Anabo. After a thousand years, he's finally found the girl he's been searching for: Sasha.
WIth the threat of Eryx always looming, Jax knows he has to keep Sasha safe and win her over. But can he? Will Sasha love him and give up her moral life?

DeLibrarie (Del) Review:
I had a really hard time actually rating this book from 1 to 5. It is a really entertaining book and every time I picked it up to read, I found it really difficult to put back down, but I was never really excited to pick it up again. It is a long book... it's well over 400 pages and I felt like the first 300 were anti-climactic and a lot of entertaining but useless scenes when it came to actually moving the story along. The biggest issue that I had with this book was the love story between Jax and Sasha. I read A LOT of paranormal romance books... so I have pretty high standards when it comes to the romance part of that genre. Jax was some strange mix between Patch's (Hush,Hush) bad boy, rebel without a cause nature and Daniel's (Fallen) self- righteous savior complex... it got to be a bit confusing because the two types are basically opposites. I had more of a problem with Sasha though, it seemed like one second she wanted to be with Jax for ever and the next she never wanted to see his face again... which is fine... but usually there is some sort of filler scene that gives some sort of explanation or insight into the sudden change of heart. I felt like her constant mood swings in regards to her feelings for Jax were a little hard to follow and eventually I just wanted to smack her.  :) Overall, It was a good read. Not amazing but definitely not bad. Solid 3.5 stars... so we'll round up to 4.

The Time Will Come

I am fully aware at how bad we suck. We haven't posted anything in almost a month... sorry! Classes started and I've been reading and reading and reading... but nothing that I can really blog about. I'm reading Romeo and Juliet (again) for my Shakespeare class, and Rag and Bone Shop for my YA lit class... but later in the semester I'll have an actual excuse to read... my YA lit class requires me to read like 7 YA books of my choice... (happy dance).

On another note... It's my Birthday!!! For my birthday, I decided to buy myself Hallowed by Cynthia Hand. :) I'm crazy excited to start reading it once I finish The Mephisto Covenant. Also... I woke up this morning and walked out into my kitchen and there was my wonderful boyfriend making me blueberry pancakes, eggs, bacon and a fresh cup of coffee. :) I was sooo surprised, and it's nearly impossible to surprise me. I've had a wonderful morning thus far. :)

Now since we haven't posted anything in a while.... and it's "Time Will Come" monday on DeLibrarie today.... I think I'll actually post on of those.

Time Will Come is a weekly meme hosted by Books For Company. How do you do it? Walk over to your bookshelf(ves), stare at it, pick one of the many that are gathering dust.

This week I chose:
THE NEAR WITCH BY VICTORIA SCHWAB

I chose this book because I've heard AMAZING things about it, Nic LOVES this book. I have an ARC copy of it that I haven't read yet and it's not for lack of want.

So that's all I have for you today... Have a great My Birthday Day. ;)