If You Find Me

By Kristen

Well...Let's just say...I've been lazy and not wanting to go onto my computer and well I'm doing it now so....

If You Find Me

Loved it.  So much.  Even though I think there should be another book, like a sequel, but who knows.  Maybe Emily Murdoch is writing another novel.  I would definitely read it, no questions asked.  Reaction to this: EEPPPP CARRIE AND RYANNNNN.  I wish I could tell how they met and all but then that would freaking spoil it :| cuz he's a big part of the second half of the book.  Delaney is a !#$%& but it all gets better in the end.

I mean they become friends and all...And then Carrie and her sister, Janessa (don't worry this won't give anything away) live in a camper in the middle of the woods, but that changes in the first chapter, lucky, kind of for them.

It's like living out of civilization for years and years ant then moving back to society: high school, people, shopping and other stuff like that.  So Read this Book!!!!!!!!!!





The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones comes out in August! So excited! Divergent is being filmed!!! TFiOS Is gonna be a movieeeeeeeeee!

 

 

-Kristen

Nora's BEA Book Haul

To see the post Nora wrote about BEA, click here.

1. Hereafter- Kate Brian
2. Awaken- Meg Cabot
3. Entangled- Amy Rose Capetta
4. Independent Study- Joelle Charbonneau
5. Sweet Venom- Tera Lynn Childs
6. Blaze- Laurie Boyle Compton
7. Frozen- Melissa de la Cruz and Michael Johnston
8. Inhuman- Kat Falls
9. False Sight- Dan Krokos
10. Awoken- Timothy Miller
11. Unraveling- Elizabeth Norris
12. The Beginning of Everything- Robyn Schneider
13. Relic- Heather Terrell
14. The Burning Sky- Sherry Thomas
15. My Life After Now- Jessica Verdi
16. Twinmaker- Sean Williams

BEA 2013! (With a butt-load of GIFs and Pictures)

By Nora

Honestly, two years ago, I wouldn't have imagined myself going to Book Expo America, let alone wanting to go. I guess that all changed. My mom took me to BEA this year (for my birthday, which was in February, so this was highly anticipated) for Power Reader's Day on June 1st. It was AMAZINGLY FANTABULOUS. This was pretty much me, the whole time:


I won't give you the full play-by-play, but here was the day:

• Woke up at five to catch the bus to New York City. Surprisingly, I wasn't very affected by that. I just kind of...didn't care. I guess it was just the excitement.
• Took the taxi to the Javits Center.
• Ate breakfast, charged phone. Breakfast was meh. Not the best, but whatever. As we were eating, there was a guy a few tables away from us who looked exactly like John Green. From behind. I looked over and had a mini heart attack before he turned around. And he was wearing a suit. John Green would probably have looked like this: (aha just kidding)
• Noticed blisters from shoes before the floor even opened to the public. That was fun.
• Checked out the Penguin Book Truck. Seriously, this truck is too cool. I want it.
• Saw the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Truck. And did I mention that Jeff Kinney is probably opening a bookstore in a town near us? Like, how cool is that? Hey, Jeff Kinney. I know you want to hire me. *nudge nudge*
• Floor opened.
• Met Melissa de la Cruz and Michael Johnston. Authors of Frozen.
• Met Dan Krokos. Author of False Sight.
• Met Elizabeth Norris. Author of Unraveling.
• Met Kate Brian. Author of Hereafter.
• Met my mom's boss. 
• Met Heather Terrell. Author of Relic.
• SAW TAHEREH MAFI. I'M NOT KIDDING. She wasn't even signing or anything. Okay, there's actually a funny story behind this. So, a few weeks prior to BEA, I told my mom that Ransom Riggs (author of Miss. Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children) was going to be there, and I told her that I bet Tahereh Mafi would be there with him. She, of course, shot me down. THEN I SAW HER. OH MY GOD. So, while I was freaking out, my mom decides to tell Tahereh Mafi that I was stalking her.

  Me  

  

 Her

• Met Sean Williams. Author of Twinmaker.
• Met the girls from Tea Time, a weekly video show from Epic Reads (Harper Collins). Spun a wheel (woo!) and got a *book shimmy* shirt.
• Met Laurie Boyle Crompton. Author of Blaze.
• Watched about five seconds of Star Wars Shakespeare. What?! Yes, Star Wars characters reciting Shakespeare. But we could barely hear them, so we left.
• Met Jessica Verdi. Author of My Life After Now.
• Feet killing, tote bags digging into shoulders, we left BEA. Fell asleep on the bus. It was a long day.

 Elizabeth Norris

 Dan Krokos

 Melissa de la Cruz and Michael Johnston

 Waiting in Line... (there was a whole lot of this)

 My Stash of Stuff

 Beautiful Allegiant Poster

-Nora

Marked

By Kristen

I forgot about yesterday...WHOOPS! But here I am now!


Marked

So first off, my mom said I couldn't read this.  But there was absolutely nothing wrong with it at all!  It was amazingly good and like probably made my top 10.  I started reading it in November I think and I finished it last month!  I think it was just because I thought it was a little boring in the beginning but it got better and better and better.


Some parts were funny, like the whole Heath situation, and some were cut, like when she first met Erik Night.  It's basically about a girl who's marked by he goddess, Nyx (and trust me when I say that I'm not giving much away) and has reluctant and annoying parents who don't want her to go to the House of Night.  One thing, her mark is different and causes all people to stare.


She meets a really nice person, Stevie Rae (I think that's how you spell it; I forget) and Damien and the twins, Erin and Shaunee (I cant remember how to spell anything.  Sorry) and gets off on the wrong foot with some other girl.  It's just like high school, but in a school full of vampyres.  Sooooooo I really think you should read this if you haven't already.  Now I just have to somehow get my hands on the second book!

Look at this thing I found:

I thought it was pretty funny xP

 

 

 

-Kristen

Hmmm I Must Think Here

By Kristen

I AM RUNNING OUT OF BOOKS TO REVIEW :|  For real, not even lying here.  I finished this book last week and I have been reading like crazy to try to get another one to review for Thursday.  Luckily, I finished a book on Sunday PHEW!  I want to talk about a few things...Just to talk.

I really want to save that other book for Thursday...So I'm just babbling on here.  I really should review that other book.  OMG I am so mad at Nora.  She got to go to BEA (Book Expo America) where they have a TON of freaking free books that you can get signed and I wanted to go but I had something else that day and like you have to pay to go :|

Is that the right logo?

Oh well, if it's not, whatever.

OMG do you cry over fictional characters? I do and Nora does, too. My sister calls us book geeks, which is just really annoying.
Here is a short list of fictional (NOT TO US) characters to cry over.

Augustus Waters
Noah Shaw
Alex

I cannot think of more at the moment.  But those are the like top 3.

 

NOOOOOOOOOO AUGUSTUS :'(

Well.....This wasn't really...anything.... So I'm just going to stop here because if I keep going, well, I'll just wind up talking about things that have nothing to do with anything.  If that makes any sense.

 

 

 

-Kristen

Unremembered

by Nora
(By the way, sorry about the lack of posts. We are really busy with school!)

Can I start by talking about how lovely this cover is? It's just...perfection. I love how the face in the background is blurry, just like Sera's memory. Out of focus and fuzzy. Also, the eyes! I really like that they made the eyes purple (Violet ;)) to go along with the actual description of Seraphina.

Unremembered follows sixteen-year-old Seraphina (a.k.a. Violet) as she tries to regain her memory after obtaining a serious case of amnesia when she was found at the scene of a plane wreck. Every little piece of new information made my brain want to explode.

I absolutely loved the characters. My favorite was Cody, Sera's younger foster brother. He was just hilarious and reminded me (almost too much) of my friends at school. Nerdy, sarcastic, and adorable. For once, I wasn't so attached to Zen (the romantic interest of Seraphina) that I was super upset when the book was over. I guess that's a good thing. Good for my well-being, anyway. :)

The end of the book was just...what.

what what what what what what what what
(no, this is not a Macklemore reference)

I can't really tell you why I'm like this because I would spoil a lot for you (and I hate writing posts with spoilers), so all I can say is go read the book. I don't like leaving you hanging like that, but...just read it, okay?

Help Me! I Can't Think Of What To Write About!

By Kristen


Do you ever get those days where you want to write a story but you just can't think of an idea?  Ever get WRITER'S BLOCK?!  IT'S A TERRIBLE DISEASE FOR AUTHORS AND PEOPLE WHO ENJOY WRITING LIKE ME.  But Don't worry because.This. Is. Normal.  So don't freak out if you are having trouble with this.  Because everyone does every once in a while :)


Here are some things you can do to fix that:

1. It's called Google.com.  No, no I'm just kidding.  This is something I do sometimes:  I pick an object, it doesn't matter what it is, just pick something.  I use that as encouragement (Omg, like in TFiOS, which Nora reviewed a while before).  I then give the object, say, an important role.  For example, a pen.  Maybe it has some magical factor to it.  Maybe it can be the key to something.  Or a letter.  It can lead a mystery, trace the person who disappeared or ran away for unknown reasons.  Then, form a story around it.

2. How about start with a main character (MC).  Think of a name.  If that's causing a problem for you because it does for me; coming up with character's names is about the hardest thing for me when it comes to writing, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.  What else can you do?  OhOHOH! I know! Make a graphic organizer.  Write a description about your character: physical appearance, attitude, hobbies, etc.

3.  Pick a place you like to go to like a vacation spot.  Pick a place you don't like going to.  Think of different traits you could give a place.  Maybe you can turn it into a wasteland and make that where your story takes place.  Or maybe you can just leave it as is and turn it into a Dystopian society!  Like in Divergent or Delirium or Matched.


Those are just some of many things you can do to help you come up with an idea if you have this really terrible bad terrible horrible life threatening disease aka writer's block.

-Kristen