School, school, school.. blah

Hi guys! Sorry I haven't updated in awhile. School is taking over my time. I'm a senior this year so it's top priority :b

Since this week has been crazy (good & bad) I couldn't do much but see all the awesome things posted so hopefully in the coming weeks I can update as regularily as before. In the meantime, if you watch the british show Misfits here's the short film "Vegas Baby!"

September 11

Rest In Peace to everyone that lost their lives that tragic day. I will forever pray for you and your families. I’m sorry that you had to lose your lives for no reason at all. I still wonder to this day what killing all of these people proved. nothing. Forever in our hearts. ♥ 9/11

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On My Wishlist - Zombie Edition!

On My Wishlist is a fun weekly event hosted by Book Chick City and runs every Saturday. It's where we list all the books we desperately want but haven't actually bought yet. They can be old, new or forthcoming. It's also an event that you can join in with too - Mr Linky is always at the ready for you to link your own 'On My Wishlist' post. If you want to know more click here.

Here are my zombie picks!

The Enemy by Charlie Higson

They'll chase you. They'll rip you open. They'll feed on you ...When the sickness came, every parent, police officer, politician - every adult - fell ill. The lucky ones died. The others are crazed, confused and hungry. Only children under fourteen remain, and they're fighting to survive. Now there are rumours of a safe place to hide.


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The First Days by Rhiannnon Frater
The morning that the world ends, Katie is getting ready for court and housewife Jenni is taking care of her family. Less than two hours later, they are fleeing for their lives from a zombie horde.

Thrown together by circumstance, Jenni and Katie become a powerful zombie-killing partnership, mowing down zombies as they rescue Jenni's stepson, Jason, from an infected campground.

They find sanctuary in a tiny, roughly fortified Texas town. There Jenni and Katie find they are both attracted to Travis, leader of the survivors; and the refugees must slaughter people they know, who have returned in zombie form.  

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Allison Hewitt is Trapped by Madeleine Roux
Allison Hewitt and her five colleagues at the Brooks and Peabody Bookstore are trapped together when the zombie outbreak hits. Allison reaches out for help through her blog, writing on her laptop and utilizing the military's emergency wireless network (SNET). It may also be her only chance to reach her mother. But as the reality of their situation sinks in, Allison’s blog becomes a harrowing account of her edge-of-the-seat adventures (with some witty sarcasm thrown in) as she and her companions fight their way through ravenous zombies and sometimes even more dangerous humans.


*All three sound incredible! Thank you Dearly, Departed and Lia Habel for turning me on TEAM ZOMBIE ;3

In My Mailbox (3)

In My Mailbox is a weekly Meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren, where you post the books you've recieved for review, bought, borrowed, traded, or got from the library!

Here's what I got this week!

Gifts from an amazing friend:

Rules of Attraction review here!
When Carlos Fuentes returns to America after living in Mexico for a year, he doesn’t want any part of the life his older brother, Alex, has laid out for him at a high school in Colorado . Carlos likes living his life on the edge and wants to carve his own path—just like Alex did. Then he meets Kiara Westford. She doesn’t talk much and is completely intimidated by Carlos’ wild ways. As they get to know one another, Carlos assumes Kiara thinks she’s too good for him, and refuses to admit that she might be getting to him. But he soon realizes that being himself is exactly what Kiara needs right now.

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Luis Fuentes has always been sheltered from the gang violence that nearly destroyed his brothers’ lives. But that didn’t stop him from taking risks—whether he’s scaling a mountain in the Rockies or dreaming of a future as an astronaut, Luis can’t stop looking for the next thrill.

Nikki Cruz lives her life by three rules—boys lie to get their way, don’t trust a boy who says “I love you,” and never date a boy from the south side of Fairfield. Her parents may be from Mexico, but as a doctor’s daughter, she has more in common with her north-side neighbors than the Latino Blood at her school. Then she meets Luis at Alex’s wedding, and suddenly, she’s tempted to break all her rules.

Getting Nikki to take a chance on a southsider is Luis’s biggest challenge, until he finds himself targeted by Chuy Soto, the new head of the Latino Blood. When Chuy reveals a disturbing secret about Luis’s family, the youngest Fuentes finds himself questioning everything he’s ever believed to be true. Will his feelings for Nikki be enough to stop Luis from entering a dark and violent world and permanently living on the edge?

*I already finished Rules of Attraction and I absolutely loved it! I hope I love Chain Reaction as much as the first two. It'll be a bittersweet ending to a great series.

Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles -Review

Title: Rules of Attraction
Author: Simone Elkeles
Page Number: 336
Genre: YA
Synopsis:
When Carlos Fuentes returns to America after living in Mexico for a year, he doesn’t want any part of the life his older brother, Alex, has laid out for him at a high school in Colorado . Carlos likes living his life on the edge and wants to carve his own path—just like Alex did. Then he meets Kiara Westford. She doesn’t talk much and is completely intimidated by Carlos’ wild ways. As they get to know one another, Carlos assumes Kiara thinks she’s too good for him, and refuses to admit that she might be getting to him. But he soon realizes that being himself is exactly what Kiara needs right now.


My Review: When I first heard about Rules of Attraction I was a bit hesitate to read it, because I absolutely loved Perfect Chemistry and I didn't want a sequel or companion novel to come along and ruin Chemistry for me. That being said, I actually really like it a lot. I read Chemistry about a year and a half ago so it's a bit blurry for me to remember everything, but I think Rules did a great job and the writing was good and the romance was cute and cheesey and I really enjoyed reading it. I think the progression of the romance was good. It wasn't rushed, and it flowed very well. Even though the ending, wasn't such a big climax, I think it fit a lot better and wasn't as rushed as the ending in Chemistry.

Now, I am a bit hesitate to read Chain Reaction because the first two books were really good so lets just hope this last one is too!

My Rating: 5/5 -Loved it! ♥

Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma -Review

Title: Forbidden
Author: Tabitha Suzuma
Page Number: 432
Genre: YA
Synopsis:

Seventeen-year-old Lochan and sixteen-year-old Maya have always felt more like friends than siblings. Together they have stepped in for their alcoholic, wayward mother to take care of their three younger siblings. As defacto parents to the little ones, Lochan and Maya have had to grow up fast. And the stress of their lives—and the way they understand each other so completely—has also also brought them closer than two siblings would ordinarily be. So close, in fact, that they have fallen in love. Their clandestine romance quickly blooms into deep, desperate love. They know their relationship is wrong and cannot possibly continue. And yet, they cannot stop what feels so incredibly right. As the novel careens toward an explosive and shocking finale, only one thing is certain: a love this devastating has no happy ending.

My Review: **CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS
From the moment I heard about this book, I just had to have my hands on it! I mean the topic its self is in a way forbidden and it's a very unique story. I mean, Lochan and Maya had to grow up at an early age and put on the parent role for their younger sibilings, although Maya seemed more affable (english vocab. word!) and less reserved as where Lochan kept to himself and was having an inner conflict with himself. He didn't have any friends and didn't speak to anyone at school unless he had to. He only spoke to his family and then we had Maya who did have a friend and boys liked her, etc. So, it was interesting to see and read Lochan because I've seen people like him at my school (excluding incest part!) and it just gives me a bit of a different perspective on them.

SO, by the time Lochan and Maya start to be more vocal and show their feelings for each other it was a bit startling but I didn't feel like I was reading about incest, I felt like here we had two people inlove in a society where it was a tabboo. And because they acted as the parents it also changed a couple things, for one Lochan never had a girlfriend or anyone he was ever interested in because he always had his sister there, and I think that's were the attraction grew, because he was a social outcast and his sister was the only girl close to his age he had around. Maya had some guys around, I guess, but I wouldn't say she was unsure about how she felt, because she was pretty vocal about it. And I truely felt like they were soulmates. Their love worked.

In the end, I did really like it. The ending really shocked me, I didn't think it'd end that way. And it was sad, and it's the only reason I didn't favorite it. Because I just think it was all going so so well and then BAM! it just fell apart. It was a good little twist of a sort, and the writing was absolutely beautiful but I was just shocked and depressed about the ending.

NOW GO READ IT AND TELL ME IF YOU LIKED IT.

My Rating: 4/5 -Loved it, but the ending just hurt me.