Something, Maybe

Title: Something, Maybe
Author: Elizabeth Scott
YA
Pages: 217
My Copy: Paper Back - Simon Pulse
Basic Rating: 4/5
Characters: 3/5
Story: 3/5
Setting: 3/5
Cover: 3/5
Following book: None -
Worth it? 3/3
My Recommendation: For lovers of Elizabeth Scott and other writers like Sarah Dessen. It's a really good coming of age - drama for teens.
My Thoughts:
The first thing i must say is that this book is so much better than "perfect you". It's more my style and not so kissy with no emotion. It actually had substance of growing ad some unusual not typical event is in a teenage girls life. It was real and Hannah was real and her feelings were relatable to a degree. Elizabeth Scott did a great job on this book and i am really satisfied and more after reading this story. For me it was addicting and i just wanted to know what would happen next.
The characters were really good and understandable. Great mystery's behind them and you want to know their story.
The story is heartbreaking in terms of sad but not sad sad depressing. (if you read it you'll understand.) It also glows with some light as the book goes on. It's my kind of YA story that is a young adult story of a girl with romance in it (or what ever you'd like to call it), but it doesn't make the book sill or unnecessary (like "perfect you" was sometimes to silly and not really real.) It's both fun and emotional. I think it is a better book of Elizabeth Scott and it gives her more diversity.

Plot:
Everyone thinks their parents are embarrassing, but Hannah knows she's got them all beat. Her dad made a fortune showcasing photo's of pretty girls and his "party" lifestyle all over the Internet, and her mom was once one of her dad's girlfriends and is now the star of her own website. After getting the wrong kind of attention for way too long, Hannah has mastered the art of staying under the radar . . . . . and that's just how she likes it. Of course, that doesn't help her get noticed by her crush. Hannah's sure that gorgeous, confident Josh is her soul mate, but between trying to get him to notice her, wondering why she suddenly can't stop thinking about her coworker Finn, and dealing with her parents, Hannah feels like she's going crazy. But she's determined to make things work out the way she wants - only what she wants may not be what she needs . . .

Bostan!~~~

Don't Judge a girl by her cover

Title: Don't judge a girl by her cover
Author: Ally Carter
Pages; 263
YA
Basic Rating: 3/5 and a half
Characters: 4/5
Story: 3/5
Setting: 4/5
Cover: 4/5
My Copy: Hyperlon Hardcover
Following: Only the good spy young (book #4)
Worth it? 2/3 or 3/3

My Recommendation: For readers and lovers of the Gallagher girl series and for readers who are looking for a new series to get into. (but if you are interested start with the first book)

My Thoughts:

I am really happy with this book. I again thought the characters were really great and the setting and feel of the story was really cool. I like even now the feel of the places being described and the look in my head as i picture it. My rating isn't as high as the two books before this because i really loved those two better but i did like this book a lot. The story was really mysterious and different and i thought that was planned out good. I just really can't see myself feeling into the whole Zach and Cammie relationship. Once being brought to her first boyfriend i can't just switch over to Zach. So I'm not liking that area of things, but i must admit i am trying to like Zach more. I can't wait to see what is going to happen in the next book - i am clueless to what is going to happen. I really like how Ally Carter writes - her style is cool. So that is what i have to say about this book, check it out if you are interested.

Plot: When Cammie "the Chameleon" Morgan visits her roommate Macey in Boston, she thinks she's in for an exciting end to her summer break. After all, she's there to watch Macey's father accept the nomination for Vice Resident of the United States. but when you go to the world's best school (for spies), "exciting" and "deadly"are never far apart. Cammie and Macey soon find themselves trapped in a kidnappers' plot, with only their espionage skills to save them. As her junior year begins, Cammie can't shake the memory of what happened in Boston, and even the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women doesn't feel like the safe haven it once did. Shocking secrets and old flames seem to lurk around every one one of the mansion's corners as Cammie and her friends struggle to answer the questions Who is after Macey? And how can the Gallagher Girls keep her safe?

Soon Cammie is joining Bex and Liz as Macey's private security team on the Campaign trail. The girls must use their spy training at every turn as the stakes are raised, and Cammie gets closer and closer to the shocking truth. . . . .

Bostan~

Yet To Read: Apollo 23

Yet To Read: Is about a book that i have not read yet but believe me i really want to. It is me sharing what is on my wish list and reading list. This book description is from Amazon.com

Title: Doctor who: Apollo 23

Author: Justin Richards

Pages: 256

Science Fiction

Publishers: BBC Books ( Out on April 22, 2010)

Amazon Price List Price: $11.99

Price: $8.09

Plot:'For a few moments this afternoon, it rained on the moon'. An astronaut in full spacesuit appears out of thin air in a busy shopping centre. Maybe it's a publicity stunt. A photo shows a well-dressed woman in a red coat lying dead at the edge of a crater on the dark side of the moon - beside her beloved dog 'Poochie'. Maybe it's a hoax. But as the Doctor and Amy find out, these are just minor events in a sinister plan to take over every human being on earth. The plot centres on a secret military base on the moon - that's where Amy and the TARDIS are. The Doctor is back on Earth, and without the TARDIS there's no way he can get to the moon to save Amy and defeat the aliens. Or is there? The Doctor discovers one last great secret that could save humanity: Apollo 23.

Why? The book sounds really good and i am interested to see what this new doctor will be like in print.

On the Bright side, I'm now the girlfriend of a sex god

Title: (US) On the Bright side, I'm now the girlfriend of a sex god (UK) It's OK, I'm wearing really big knickers
Author: Louise Rennison
Pages: 233
YA
My Copy: Harper Collins Publishers (cover art 2006)
Paperback
Following book: Knocked out by my nunga-nungas

Basic Rating: 4/5

Characters: 3/5 (great characters)

Plot: 4/5

Setting: 3/5

Cover: 3/5 and a half

Worth it? either paper or hardcover

My Recommendation: For readers who are looking for a good laugh and a sense of humor, a fabby story and something really easy to get into.

My Thoughts: I'm so happy with this book and the whole series. Again i loved Georgia and her way of describing her life. Louise Rennison really has a very goofy sense of humor and a special way that she See's things through Georgia. This book is just a really nice story to read and it will make you laugh. It's good to read if your looking for something like that. I think we can all relate to Georgia, in the largest way or even just a small way. She's goofy and at the same time lovable. For girls, she's the typical teenage girl - in a none typical way. Her mum always cracks me up, how she's just so disconnected from her daughter, but we all know she loves her. And her sister Libby is Hillary! - she has some little girl problems that are normal. So i thought this follow up was perfect for "Angus-" and I'm just so happy how the story is progressing and i can't wait to read more of the books in this series.

Plot: Georgia Nicolson is dating the Sex God so life should be perfect . . . . . . except in Georgia's life, nothing is ever Perfect. Her cat, Angus, is terrorizing the neighborhood. Her sister, Libby (who is slightly Mad), hides her pooey knickers at the bottom of Georgia's bed. Then the Sex God breaks it off because she's too young. It's time for Georgia to become a heartless boy magnet.

Bostan~

Open Book: Bright Side -

Open Book: Painting a smile and if i'm lucky enough a hint of a laugh at the corners of your mouth. I really liked these qoutes i have collected throughout the week. Thought they were a laugh and either true or could be true for some people.

Title: On the Bright side, i'm now the girlfriend of a sex god

Author: Louise Rennison

Page: 86

"Boy's are different from girls. Girls like to be cozy all the time but boys don't. First of all they like to get all close to you like a coiled-up rubber band, but after a while they get fed up with being too coiled and need to stretch away to their full stretchiness. Then, after a bit of on -their-own stretchy, they ping back to be close to you."

Page: 127

"Thinking about the difference between girls and boys. For instance, when girls walk home we put on lippy and makeup. We chat. Sometimes we pretend to be hunchbacks. But that is it. Perfectly normal behavior. When the Foxwood boys come out they hit each other, trip one another up, and stuff leaves or caps down each others trousers."

Pages: 205
"Am i really horrible? Perhaps i am one of those people who don't really feel things properly, like Madona."

NEw New books

I just got a few books a couple of days ago!!! I am very excited and happy. Since i can't get very many books as my cercomstance doesn't allow me to i alway get super excited when i can.
So these are my new books!!!

Title: Something, Maybe
Author: Elizabeth Scott
Pages: 217
YA
Plot: Everyone thinks their parents are embarresing, but Hannah knows she's got them all beat. Her dad made a fortune showcasing photos of pretty girls and his "party" lifestyle all over the internet, and her mom was once one of her dad's girlfriends and is now the star of her own website. After getting the wrong kind of attention for way too long, Hannah has mastered the art of staying uner the radar. . . and that's just how she likes it. Of course, that doesn't help her get noticed by her crush. Hannah's sure that gorgeous, confident Josh is her soul mate, but between trying to get him to notice her, wondering why she suddenly can't stop thinking about her cowoker Finn, and dealing with her parents, Hannah feels like she's going crazy. But she's determinded to make things work out the way she wants - only what she wants may not be what she needs. . . .

Title: The Taking of Chelsea 426
Author: David LLewellyn
Pages: 241
Sciene Fiction
Plot: The Chelsea Flower Show - hardly the most exciting or dangerous event in the calendar, or so the Doctor thinks. But this is Chelsea 426, a city-sized future colony floating on the clouds of Saturn, and the flowers are much more than they seem. As the Doctor investigates, he becomes more and more worried. Why is shopkeeper Mr. Pemberton acting so strangely? And what is Professor Wilberforce's terrible secret?
They are close to finding the answers when a familiar foe arrives, and the stakes suddenly get much higher. THe Sontarans have plans of their own, and they're not here to arrange flowers. . .


Title: Knocked out by my Nunga- nungas
Author: Louise Rennison
Pages: 173
YA
Plot: Georgia Nicolson has finnally landed Robbie the sex god and life is fab. But all of a sudden Georgia's ex, Dave the Laugh, is starting to look quite dreamy. Strangely, so does just about every other guy Georgia meets, event the new French teacher. Is Georgia becoming a shameless vixen?






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Angus, Thongs and Full- frontal snogging

Title: Angus, thongs and full-frontal snogging
Author: Louise Rennison
Pages: 234
YA

Basic Rating: 4/5

Characters: 3/5 and a half ( I really liked them!)

Plot: 3/5 and a half

Setting: 3/5

Cover: 3/5

My Copy: Paper Back (Harper Teen Cover art 2006) (The one above)

Following book: "On the bright side, I'm now the girlfriend of a sex god" USA copy

or UK "It's OK, I'm wearing really big knickers"

Worth it? 2/3 or 3/3 ( i would buy hardcover.)

My Recommendation: For people who like a comical genius an for fun light weighty matters. And above all for readers who love YA Comedy.

My Thoughts: This book is such a laugh. It was just real (in more of a comical way) and funny. Their was just girl topic's that real girls think about. It was light with relatable matters. I could relate to somethings and it was so hilarious to see it put into words. Georgia is very amusing and funny. She is a bit selfish and sometimes too vain, but she's a great character. We are all at times selfish and vain so that is relatable. The other characters just fit in perfectly and i like that a lot. It is different than the movie - "Angus thongs and perfect snogging" - but i think it does have to be when you combine two books together. The setting is very ace - i love Eastborne England and i thought that was brilliant. It's a diary and i normally don't go for diary's but i wanted to try this book out and i am really glad i did. It's a great book - lots of snogging, but the great thing about it is that it's clean and great fun. Related a lot to the movie that got me into the book. I can't wait to read the following book.

Plot: Georgia Nicolson's life is far from simple. Her cat, Angus, is the size of a small Labrador. Her three-year-old sister may have peed somewhere in her room. And her best friend, Jas, thinks she looks like an alien just because she accidentally shaved off her eyebrows. Enter the Sex God. This just might turn out to be the most fabbity fab year ever!

Bostan

Open Book: Angus!!

OpEn BoOk: Painting a smile with words. I'm back!! I went away from my blog for a week and i have been saving this Open book for a while now. Glad i can share it will you all now.

Title: Angus, thongs and full-frontal snogging

Author: Louise Rennison

Page: 118

"I am going to become a writer for Cosmo - you don't have to make any sense at all. Or maybe i'll be a bloke, they don't have to make any sese either."

Page: 141

"I will concentrate on my positive and not my negative, e.g., I will think less about my nose and more about my quite attractive teeth."

Bostan

400 and up!

I have Past 400 posts!! I can't believe it!!! Well i guess i can't believe it because i never thought i would pass 100 or even 200 posts. Now i wonder if i can make it up to 500 or even 600. That would be a challenge, but i'll just have to wait and see if i can do it.

400 posts and up!!!

The Time of Angels (5.04)

Premiring on April 24 in the UK is Episode 4 - The Time of Angels.
Writer: Steven Moffat
Starring: Matt Smith and Karen Gillan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIxOaMMjcoY Trailer <-

Plot:
In this two-parter, the Doctor and Amy meet River Song, a spaceship crashes and the Doctor, at the request of Father Octavian, hunts the last of the Weeping Angels in the ruins of Alfava Metraxis

Victory of the Daleks (5.03)

This episode came out in the UK on April 17. The Third episode of season 5.
Writer: Mark Gatiss
Starring: Matt Smith (The Doctor) and Karen Gillan (Amy Pond)
Plot:

The TARDIS materialises in the Cabinet War Rooms during the Second World War, one month after Winston Churchill (Ian McNeice) called for help. Soon they find that trouble has come their way and the doctor must find out who is with him or against him.

The Eleventh Hour Season 5 Episode 1 (5.01)

I give this episode 4.5
I loved it!!! It was brilliant and very cool! I was worried about how Matt Smith would take over the role of the doctor. The End of time was very dramatic and emotional and it was sad to see David Tennant leave, but i don't feel like Matt S is replacing him its just that the show is moving on and living in a whole new way. Its a whole new doctor and new show i think. Not only has the doctor changed, the writers, the companion, the TARDIS, the screw driver, and the doctors taste in clothes and food. This episode was such a laugh and very entertaining, i loved watching it and it got me very much excited for ever single new episodes.
Great job
BOstan

Small Island 2

Small island part 2 is coming on April Sunday 25th. (but check your local listings to be sure)
Hosted by Laura Linney on PBS Masterpiece Classic. It is 90 min. long. It is the last of the season.
If you have missed part 1 and you want to see it go to this link - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/smallisland/watch.html
And for more information - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/smallisland/index.html

The Plot:

Born into a broken home and an impoverished life in Jamaica, Hortense (Naomie Harris) longs for a fulfilling life in England; one with a fine house and a doorbell. The door of opportunity swings open, and Hortense is married and on her way to the promised land of post-war Britain. Steadfast dreams are soon tested by hard realities as Hortense and her husband Gilbert (David Oyelowo) face racism and poverty. In the small-minded country, their only saving grace is Queenie (Ruth Wilson, Jane Eyre). But Queenie faces her own disillusionment, married to the kind but dull Bernard (Benedict Cumberbatch, The Last Enemy). Bonded by high hopes and broken dreams, these four lives fuse together in a powerful and hopeful story of love and fulfillment. Small Island is based on the award-winning, bestselling novel by Andrea Levy. (Two episodes; 90 minutes each; TV-MA, S)

Bostan

Anne Frank

This is a little late but i wanted to have a small review of Anne Frank.
I watched it on a Sunday and i was really surprised by how much i really liked it. The movie i am told is one of the most accurate that has been made. That is pretty cool i must admit. The actors were really good and i loved the way the story was being told. Like a diary but still a movie. I really liked it and i recommend it to movie lovers, History lovers, and lovers of a good drama.

Bostan

Doctor who: The Beast Below

I forgot to do this last week, but here - The second Episode of Doctor who Season 5 came out today in the UK. The trailer -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpw7L7w0RVY .
It is the second Episode of Matt Smith's Season.
The Beast Below - Season 5.02
Writen By: Steven Moffat

"The Doctor takes Amy to the future inside Starship UK, which contains in addition to British explorers, an intimidating race known as the Smilers."


Bostan~

Open Books - ATAFFS

Open book: Painting a laugh in your soul with words.
These quotes i thought were both true and funny. Check them out!

Title: Angus, Thongs, and full-frontal snogging

Author: Louise Rennison

Page:9

Said By: Jas

"Jas Said, "Georgia, you thought it was funny and i thought it was funny, but you have to remember that boy's don't think girls are for funniness."

Page: 11

"I can already feel myself getting fed up with boys and i haven't anything to do with them yet."

Bostan~

Anne

DOn't forget about Anne Frank!! (Masterpiece Classic - PBS)
For some tonight for others tomorrow, (check your local listings!!)

BOSTAN~

Yet To Read: Gone

Yet To Read is about a book that i have not read before but YES do i want to! Defiantly on my wish list!

Title: Gone (book 3)

Author: Lisa Mcmann

Pages: 224

YA- Science Fiction

Published: February 9, 2010

plot:

Not going to add it because of spoilers!

And Why i want to read it? I love the series!

The Last Song (2010)

Title: The Last Song
Year: 2010 (March)
Rating: PG
Director: Julie Anne Robinson
Writers: Nicholas Sparks (Screenplay and Novel) and Jeff Van Wie (Screenplay)
Actors: Miley Cyrus, Greg Kinnear, Bobby Coleman, Liam Hemsworth, and Kelly Preston.

My Rating: 4/5
My Thoughts: I went to see this movie yesterday with my sister and her friend. I have (had) been wanting to see it since they started playing the previews on t.v. I am not against Miley Cyrus, i know some people LOVE or HATE her. I am neither, i love some things she does and i don't care for others. To start i really liked this movie and it really got me more wanting to read the book. I love the story line from Sparks. I thought it was a good movie and i thought the acting was really good. The characters were great and i must say the scenery was really Beautiful!!!!
Miley Cyrus totally surprised me with this film and i really liked her in it - it's much different then her Disney show and i thought her character portrayal completely different (except for the music part) from her real image. The story made me shed tears, i thought it was sad but not too too sad. Some things just make me sad. Well i won't say more on that because i do not want to spoil. But we all must know that Nicholas Spark's movies have never not once been not sad. That is i think a fact. They are not all bawl your eye's out sad but you must feel sad at least once during the movie to be watching a Spark's movie.

Well thank you for listening me go on - and on,
BOstan~

Fade

Title: Fade (book 2)
Author: Lisa Mcmann
Pages: 248
YA Science Fiction
Book Following: Gone (book 3)

Basic Rating: 3/5 and a half (meaning i really liked it!)

Plot: 3/5!

Setting: 3/5

Characters: 4/5

Cover: Cover is so cool!

My Copy: Simon Pulse

My Recommendation: For fans of Lisa McMann and for people looking for a cool new series to get into. I recommend this book to older Teens.

My Thoughts:

This sequel to Wake was really good. I must say that i really liked it. The books plot and story was just great - the story line was addicting. The characters old and new were once again great and i really like Janie and Cabel still. (Love em!) The cover i thought is very cool - i totally get it now. I didn't before, i just thought it was cool and now i am beating myself over it, how could i not understand it! The book was addictive but not exactly as drama pact as the plot description on the back of the book - they never really are. I didn't like some parts in this book as i found somethings unnecessary. Some parts unnecessary. I didn't like all the swearing. It wasn't crazy bad, but it was to much for me. I don't like when there is swearing in books - sort of ruins it a little for me and i know for some other people too. But again i liked how it was written - the style was unique and impressive. I thought the whole realization of our lead character - Janie's - future was dim and Grim. Not exactly happy with it, but i hope it doesn't end bitterly in the 3rd book. During the end of this book it was getting more depressing for her, though it did turn around a little not completely turning happy it did though end on a happier note - i won't say any more about that. I am happy with this book and i am excited for the 3rd book - Gone.

Plot: Some Nightmares Never End.

For Janie and Cabel, real life is getting tougher than the dreams. They're just trying to carve out a little (secret) time together, but no such luck. Disturbing things are happening at Fieldrige High, yet no body's talking. When Janie taps into a classmate's violent nightmares, the case finally breaks open - but nothing goes as planned. Not even close. Janie's in way over her head, and Cabe's shocking behavior has grave consequences for them both. Worse yet, Janie learns the truth about herself and her ability - and it's bleak. Seriously, brutally bleak. Not only is her fate as a dream catcher sealed, but what's to come is way darker than she'd even feared. . . . .

Thanks Bostan~

New April Book

Very Excited i got a new book!!!!! Love it and i can't wait to read it!!!! New Books Rule.
I have been really wanting to read a Nicholas Sparks book and for me i am not exactly just dying to read some of his other books because they are more about adults and older adults (which is cool and i love to do it but). . . i wanted to read something more around my age. So i really wanted to Read The Last Song for ever now. And i finally bought the book yesterday!! I also really want to read "A Walk to Remember" that he also wrote. (I loved the movie)


Title: The Last Song
Author: Nicholas Sparks
Pages: 405
Price i payed: $11.95
Plot:
Seventeen-year-old Veronica "Ronnie" Miller's life was turned upside down when her parent's divorced and her father moved to Wrighsville Beach, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains alienated from her parents, particularly her father. . . until her mother decides it would be in every one's best interest if she and her brother spent the summer with him. Resentful and rebellious, Ronnie rejects her father's attempts to reach out to her and threatens to return to New York before the summer's end. But soon Ronnie meets Will, the last person she thought she'd ever be attracted to, and finds herself falling for him, opening herself up to the greatest happiness - and pain - that she has ever known.


Bostan~

New April Book

Very Excited i got a new book!!!!! Love it and i can't wait to read it!!!! New Books Rule.

I have been really wanting to read a Nicholas Sparks book and for me i am not exactly just dying to read some of his other books becuase they are more about adults and older adults (which is cool and i love to do it but). . . i wanted to read something more around my age. So i really wanted to Read The Last Song for ever now. And i finnally bought the book yesterday!! I also really want to read "A Walk to Remember" that he also wrote. (I loved the movie)

Masterpiece 2'd for April

Anne Frank coming on PBS Masterpiece Classic on April 11th Sunday (or April 10 Saturday) (Check your local listings for exact time and day). Hosted by Laura Linney. For more information click here - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/annefrank/index.html
or the picture on the right hand side of this page.
To Watch online go to the PBS website and it will be playing from April 12 - May 11. Don't miss it!
Plot:
For Jewish teenager Anne Frank (Ellie Kendrick), her diary is her one true friend and confidant. In it, she records the thoughts of a typical teen — only set against a backdrop of encroaching evil in Amsterdam during World War II. Stowed away behind a bookcase in a secret annex with her family and others to flee the Nazis, Anne experiences her time in hiding as an adventure. And, amidst closed quarters and random bomb blasts, Anne faces friction with family, a desire for independence and the first stirrings of young love. As Anne's identity solidifies, so does her resolve to be a writer — her diary a tangible and remarkable record of a young woman's first-hand observations of the Holocaust, and the innate goodness she still sees in people. Drawing on Anne Frank's own words in the most accurate-ever adaptation of the revered memoir, Masterpiece presents The Diary of Anne Frank on Holocaust Remembrance Day, 2010.


BOStan~~~~~~~~~~~~

Masterpiece April

Sharpe's Peril on PBS Masterpiece Classic on Saturday April 3rd or April 4th (check your local listings for exact date and time) Hosted by Laura Linney. Don't miss it.

For more info to the -> click the picture.

Bostan~

Island of the blue Dolphins

Title: Island of the blue dolphins (Read it in March)
Author: Scott O'Dell
Pages: 181
Historical Fiction

Basic Rating: 3/5 and a half ( I really liked it)
Plot: 4/5
Setting: 3/5
Characters: 4/5
Cover: 2/3 and a half (My copy is ok)
My Copy: Yearling Newbery

My Recommendation: For all ages

My Thoughts:
Island of the blue Dolphins is a really good book. Scott O' Dell did a great job writing it. Especially because it is based on a true story, being it is harder to create a real environment and a story following the real events and what could have happend if you don't have very much information. My older sister recommended this book to me about 7 years ago and finally i now read it. I am very happy i read it because i got into it and addicted to it. I should have read it years ago! The story is not long, but it is told in a Way that is not just summarizing a life story. The words are colourful and meaningful. The characters including even the animals are extremely good. The setting and story is emotional, they are both connected. In the beginning with some losses i didn't get too sad but more during the middle and end because i got to see the connection between the characters i felt losses more. Loss and gains are vital parts in this book and the out look of our main characters is both real and heartwarming. Parts in this book made me very sad and others made me very happy. The ending really made me happy and i am glad that at least it ended in that way. This book is great for kids, but i think it is a good read for Young Adults and adults, because it isn't to little kid for us. It's for all ages i think.

Plot: In the Pacific there is an island that looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it blue dolphins swim, otters play, and sea elephants and sea birds abound. Once, Native Americans also lived on the island. And when they left and sailed to the east, one young girl was left behind. This is the story of Karana, the Native American who lived alone for years on the Island of the Blue Dolphins. Year after year she watched one season pass into another and waited for a ship to take her away. But while she waited, she kept herself alive by building shelter, making weapons, finding food, and fighting her enemies - the wild dogs. Hers is not only an unusual adventure of survival, but also a tale of natural beauty and personal discovery.


Bostan!

Yet To Read: Last day of the month!

Yet to read: is about a book that i have never ever read before but since it is on my reading list is want to share what it is about and why i want to read it. The plot description is from amazon.com

Title: The Line

Author: Teri Hall

Pages: 224

Copy: Hard Cover

Price: 11.55 was 16.99

Published: March 4, 2010

Plot:In this futuristic debut, Rachel lives with her widowed mother, who is a housekeeper on the Property, an estate that borders the Line, a protective barrier that runs along the U.S. border. After a hostile force, the Korusal, blasted the area with atomic bombs, the Line has been rigidly maintained to keep out the Others: people who were trapped in the bombs’ fallout. Rachel is intensely curious about what life is like in the Away, beyond the Line, and when she finds a message from an Other pleading for help, she jumps into action. Her efforts trigger a series of events that not only compromise everyone on the Property but also reveal dangerous secrets.

Why? It sounds fun and different. The story sounds adventurous and mysterious. Action packed maybe. . . .

Next for M -

Next on Masterpiece Classic - Sharpe's Peril. Hosted by Laura Linney on PBS. (Check your local listings for exact channel, date, and time.) Airing on - April 4th Sunday 2010. (Next Month)
One arining and episode - the time is - 120 min.
Don't miss it! More Info here is the link for the site- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/sharpesperil/index.html
The Plot is:

Colonel Richard Sharpe (Sean Bean, The Lord of the Rings) may have a nose for mischief, but his only interest now is returning to England. But before he goes, he is prevailed on for one last, seemingly straightforward duty — safe transport of some property across central India. The "property" in question turns out to be Marie-Angelique (Beatrice Rosen, 2012), who Sharpe quickly pegs as petulant, spoiled and selfish. The journey, through more than 600 miles of hostile territory, will prove to be riddled with surprises and rebellion and bring Sharpe, his comrade-in-arms Patrick Harper (Daragh O'Malley) and their ragtag troops into a dark conspiracy and one climactic, perilous battle. Sharpe's Peril is based on the characters created by novelist Bernard Cornwell. (One episode; 120 minutes; TV-PG)

Bostan~

Open Book: Mermaids

Open Book: Painting a smile with words, because reading can be fun. I really liked this quote, i thought it was very true. And i really liked reading this book again. I liked reading it this second time.

Title: Mermaid Park

Author: Beth Mayall

Page: 171

By: Stephanie

"We all want a little make-believe," Stephanie said, lifiting her shoulders in a delicate shrug. "If you think about it, it's just a little ironic that the people who have it are considered the weird ones."

BOStan

Just Listen

Title: Just Listen

Author: Sarah Dessen

Pages: 371

YA/ Coming of age book

Basic Rating: 4/5

Plot: 4/5

Setting: 3/5

Characters: 3/5 1/2

Cover: 2/5 1/2 (meaning i thought it was a good cover)

My Copy: Paper back

My Recommendation: For fans of Sarah Dessen and a story with a lot of meaning and heart.

My Thoughts: I am very much impressed. This is my second Sarah Dessen book (the first i didn't like honestly) and this is my second try at reading this book. The first time i just couldn't Finnish it, i didn't like it and i couldn't get into it. And i think at the time i wasn't ready for it. It was a little out of my depth at that moment in my life. But anyways, i am so glad that i got myself to read it again. ( i wanted to try it again because i wanted to read Sarah Dessen's Lock and Key afterwards.) I recommend this book very much. Well i will start here, i really liked how it was written. The writing style is great and how the character Annabel is described through her narrating of it is great and addicting. Annabel as a character was greatly flawed, but you just had to like her. She did many things that would just make you want to scream- "Don't Do it!" or "Do it! Please!" But i really appreciate the human factor to her and the honesty of her personality. She didn't irritate me and i loved that. She was just really well made. Owen when i first tried to read this book came off to me as just a loser. But when i read it again this time i understood more of his character and got drawn into his intense nature making him one of my favorites. I really love him and just to clear things up - i don't think he is a loser. The other characters were also great and i really like them all. They were all real and believably human. The whole characters and story really was full of expression. It was sad and emotional, it was happy and bright, and it was in the middle. So many feelings spread out through this book. I learned a lot from this book, not only some facts on life that make a good point, but also how to write a good story. I give it a I LOVED IT!, because of all the things i stated above. I am just really glad (and enthused) that i finally read it. I'm grateful i gave it another chance.

Plot: Annabel Greene is the girl who has everything. At least, that's what she portrays in her modeling shoots. But Annabel's life is far from perfect. Her friendship with Sophie ended bitterly, and her older sister's eating disorder is weighing down the entire family. Isolated and ostracized at school and at home, Annabel retreats into silent acceptance. Then she meets - Owen - intense, music-obsessed, and determined to always tell the truth. And with his guidance, Annabel learns to just listen to herself and gains the courage to speak honestly. But will she be able to tell everyone what really happened the night she and Sophie stopped being friends?

A Critic - Bostan

Open Book: Just -

Open Book: Painting a smile with beautiful words and ideas. This is a bit late but i had to share these quotes. Unbelievably i found a lot in this book. It was like it was overflowing with nice words that came of easy to the ears. These are the ones that i really loved.

Title: Just Listen

Author: Sarah Dessen

Page: 12

Annabel talking-

"If you could just be nice, then you wouldn't have to worry about arguments at all. But being nice wasn't as easy as it seemed, especially when the rest of the world could be so mean."

Page: 64

Annabel Talking-

"I was beginning to see, though, that the unknown wasn't always the greatest thing to fear. The people who know you the best can be riskier, because the words they say and the things they think have the potential to be not only scary but true, as well."

Page: 96

By: Owen Armstrong -

"music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common."

Pg 96-97

By: Owen Armstrong-

"Plus there's the fact," he went on, making it clear he didn't need me to reply anyway, "that music is a total constant. That's why we have such a strong visceral connection to it, you know? Because a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has changed in you or the world, that one song stays the same, just like that moment. Which is pretty amazing, when you actually think about it."

Pg 104

By: Owen Armstrong-

"But i think you should be responsible about what you're putting out there for people to hear. If it can be pollution or art, why wouldn't you choose art?"

Pg 338

By: Dad-

"If you don't pay attention to the past, you'll never understand the future. It's all linked together."

Thanks Bostan!

Yet To Read! The Education of Bet

Yet To read: Is about a book that i have not read before but i seriously can't wait to. This Book description is from Amazon.com and i can't wait to read it. I'm looking out for it.

Check it out!

Title: The Education of Bet

Author: Lauren Baratz-Logsted

List Price: $16.00 Amazon online price : $10.80

Young Adult/ Period Fiction Piece

To Be released on: (July 12, 2010)

Plot:

When Will and Bet were four, tragic circumstances brought them to the same house, to be raised by a wealthy gentleman as brother and sister. Now sixteen, they’ve both enjoyed a privileged upbringing thus far. But not all is well in their household. Because she’s a girl, Bet’s world is contained within the walls of their grand home, her education limited to the rudiments of reading, writing, arithmetic, and sewing. Will’s world is much larger. He is allowed—forced, in his case—to go to school. Neither is happy.

So Bet comes up with a plan and persuades Will to give it a try: They’ll switch places. She’ll go to school as Will. Will can live as he chooses. But once Bet gets to school, she soon realizes living as a boy is going to be much more difficult than she imagined.

Why? Well it just sounded really interesting and a good read for me personally. I am looking forward to it.

To the Right ->

Just a little note, don't forget i have a poll to the right of this page. Vote on it if you like, i would appreciate it a lot. I haven't had a poll for a while now and i thought it was time for one.

Thanks BOstan!



The Question is : "What is your favorite Johnny Depp and Tim Burton Movie?"

Lost episode 8 " Ab Aeterno"

I thought this was a great episode. I really thought it did answer some questions i had about Richard. I never would have thought that was what happened to him. Very surprised. And Oh my! That's how the boat got there. Very funny. Well it felt a little shorter this week or maybe it just went by fast. That might be more logical. Well i can't wait for next week's episode and i am looking for more answers!
BOstan :)

Through the Looking Glass

Title: Through the looking glass & what Alice found there
Author: Lewis Carroll
Pages: 155 (149-304)
My Copy: Hard Cover Junior Library - Grosset and Dunlap
Children's Literature, British Classic

Basic Rating: 5/5

Plot: 5/5

Setting: 5/5

Characters: 5/5

Cover: 4/5 ( I just love my copy!)

My Recommendation: For anyone who loves a good classic and a great story. A story that is a bit man makes it even better!

My Thoughts: Amazing! I loved this book, Lewis Carroll is wonderfully mad. He has an imagination that truly is great. I want to have his for as long as i live, to think of things as he does is incredible and to picture a place where anything unusual happens is a simple wonderland. Alice is one of the best characters ever written, she is so sweet and good natured, her way to accept what most people won't is one of the best things about being a child. I just really love her. I loved all of the characters in this book, from Tweedledee and Tweedledum to the Red and White Queens. There were so many laughs in this book and so much heart and imagination. I think everyone needs an escape like a wonderland. The land of Looking Glass is simply put as Nonsense and what a good nonsense it is. I loved the setting, it was fantastic and funny - fantastically funny. How their are bread and butter flies, Rocking Horses, and bee's as big as elephants. I just really enjoyed it and i will read it over and over again!

Plot: Alice steps into the land of Looking Glass where everything is not as it would seem. She travels through the land, exploring and experiencing curious things. A quote from Lewis Carroll: "If i had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?"

BOstan~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Books and more Books

Yesterday i just got two new books. I am very excited. Both are follow ups to a series that i really liked and i can't wait to read them both. Very Very excited. Right now i just started a bunch of book series that i really like, and i think that is good. Well here they are:

Title: Fade
Author: Lisa McMann
Pages: 248
Science Fiction YA
My Copy: Paper Back

Plot: For Janie and Cabel, real life is getting tougher than the dreams. They're just trying to carve out a little (secret) time together, but no such luck. Disturbing things are happening at Fieldridge High, yet nobody's talking. When Janie taps into a classmate's violent nightmares, the case finally breaks open - but nothing goes as planned. Not even close. Janie's in way over her head, and Cabe's shocking behavior has grave consequences for them both. Worse yet, Janie learns the truth about herself and her ability - and it's bleak. Seriously, brutally bleak. Not only is her fate as a dream catcher sealed, but what's to come is way darker than she'd even feared. .

Title: Don't judge a girl by her cover
Author: Ally Carter
Pages: 366
YA
My Copy: Hard Cover
Plot: When Cammie "The Chameleon" Morgan visits her roommate Macey in Boston, she thinks she's in for an exciting end to her summer break. After all, she's there to watch Macey's father accept the nomination for vice president of the United States. But when you go to the world's best school (for spies), "exciting" and "deadly" are never far apart. Cammie and Macey soon find themselves trapped in a kidnappers' plot, with only their espionage skills to save them.

As her junior year begins, Cammie can't shake the memory of what happened in Boston, and even the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women doesn't feel like the safe haven it once did. Shocking secrets and old flames seem to lurk around every one of the mansion's corners as Cammie and her friends struggle to answer the questions, Who is after Macey? And how can the Gallagher Girls keep her safe?

Soon Cammie is joining Bex and Liz as Macey's private security team on the campaign trail. The girls must use their spy training at every turn as the stakes are raised, and Cammie gets closer and closer to the shocking truth..


Bostan~

Yet To Read: It's Thrusday But I Mean't it for Wednesday-

Yet To Read: is about a book that i really really want to get into and read. It has interested me enough to say that i really want to read it and i hope i get to. The plot description is from amazon.com and the prices are too.


Title: a blue so dark
Author: Holly Schindler
Pages: 288
YA
To be published: May 1st 2010
Price: $ 9.95

Plot:

Fifteen-year-old Aura Ambrose has been hiding a secret. Her mother, a talented artist and art teacher, is slowly being consumed by schizophrenia, and Aura has been her sole caretaker ever since Aura's dad left them. Convinced that "creative" equals crazy, Aura shuns her own artistic talent. But as her mother sinks deeper into the darkness of mental illness, the hunger for a creative outlet draws Aura toward the depths of her imagination. Just as desperation threatens to swallow her whole, Aura discovers that art, love, and family are profoundly linked—and together may offer an escape from her fears.

Why? just found this book today and it sounded really good. The whole artistic side and the whole life changing facts of a mental disorder. I really want to read it.


Bostan ~

Open Book: Through Glass

Open Book: Painting a smile with um. . . . anything that doesn't make sense. Well in this book i have found so many quotes that i LOVED but these are the ones i that i so wanted to share. Love em!

Title: Through the looking glass

Author: Lewis Carroll

Page: 198
Said by Tweedledee -
"Contrariwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic."

Page: 221-222

Said by Alice and the White Queen -

"Alice Laughed. "There's no use in trying," she said; "one can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age i always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. There goes the shawl again!"

Page: 235

Said by Humpty Dumpty -

"If I'd meant that, I'd have said it," said Humpty Dumpty."

Thanks Bostan -

Lost this week

I just wanted to post a small post referring to this weeks lost. I really liked it!! It was a good episode, the story was great pushing us further on a new path of things and more questions were asked, answered, and i couldn't help thinking What? the whole time. Great episode - loved the scenery! and can't wait for next weeks!

Bostan

Cross my heart and hope to spy

Title: Cross my heart and hope to spy

Author: Ally Carter

Pages: 236

YA

Following book: Don't judge a girl by her cover

Basic Rating: 4/5

Plot: 4/5

Setting: 3/5

Characters: 4/5

Cover: (My copy is hardcover) 4/5

My Recommendation: For Fans of the series and for readers who like spy YA books.

My Thoughts: This book was fantastic! A great sequel and a great second for fans. (Which i defiantly am) I enjoyed reading it so much, it was just so fun and exciting to read. The story is great, full of sweetness, mystery, action, and total spy-ness. I loved the returning characters and the new characters were brilliant. So for me not to give away any more i wont say anything else in that area of things. It happens every time when i read the back of a book, what i read seems so simple and when i am actually finished with the book i feel so dumb for not seeing the secrets that are behind the simple product description. (But it is a good dumb feeling.) Well the story and the whole weaving's of Cammie Morgan's life is so amazing. I loved how again it doesn't solely focus on boys but they do appear in it. I miss Josh though and i hope he comes more into the story again in the following books. But if it is the end for him (not saying that it is for sure) it is a okay one that i can live with. Reading this book i just became so addicted. It was just a great ride to go on. I love addicting books, they are my number one favorites. (especially addicting books that are in a series) Well to sum my thoughts in a short sentence - I extremely enjoyed reading this book and it is a must if you have read number 1.

Plot:

After staking out, obtaining, and then being forced to give up her first boyfriend, Josh, all Cammie Morgan wants is a peaceful semester. But that's easier said than done when you're a CIA legacy and go to the premier school in the world . . . for spies.

Cammie may have a genius I.Q., but there are still a lot of things she doesn't know. Like, will her ex-boyfriend even remember she exists? And how much trouble is she really in after what happened last semester? And most of all, why is her mother acting so strangely?

Despite Cammie's best intentions to be a normal student, danger seems to follow her. She and her friends learn that their school is going to play host to some mysterious guests--code name: Blackthorne. Then she's blamed for a security breach that leaves the school's top secret status at risk.

Soon, Cammie and her friends are crawling through walls and surveilling the school to learn the truth about Blackthorne and clear Cammie's name. Even though they have confidence in their spy skills, this time the targets are tougher (and hotter), and the stakes for Cammie's heart--and her beloved school--are higher than ever.

BOstan!

Open book: Hope to spy 2

Open Book: A place where i can share the quotes that inspire and put a smile to my face. (Painting it thick) Ink is the best invention ever! Well today i am sharing this quote that i found that i really liked. (well obviously i like it or i wouldn't have made this whole post for it) Anyways i soooo agree with it! I can't understand boys a whole lot either.

Title: Cross my heart and hope to spy (book 2)

Author: Ally Carter

Page: 197

Cammie talking -

"We'd been studying boys for almost an entire academic year, and yet i didn't feel any closer to understanding a culture where people insult you, then tease you, ignore you for weeks, and then ask you to the movies!"

Natsob~ Bostan

Hey's for horses

Ello everyone, i just wanted to write a friendly post for my blog. I just changed my blog layout!!! I like my new one, i just wanted something bright and spring like. Bright is always good! (well i hope it is) Anyways, i hope everyone is doing good and have a good new week!

BOSTAN

Open Book: Hope To Spy

Open Book: Painting a smile with WORDS how great is that! Well this week i am a bit late in my open book, but here i am. I found two quotes that i really liked. Spy-ish and typical girl.

Title: Cross my heart and hope to spy (book 2)

Author: Ally Carter

Page:127

Cammie Talking -

"And i couldn't help but think that spy stuff is hard. Girl stuff is hard. But i doubt there's anything harder than spy-girl stuff."

Page: 178

Cammie talking -

"I felt like Barbie's less-then-perfect friend."


Thanks ~