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Don't Breathe A Word

One summer night in Vermont, 12-year-old Lisa went into the woods behind her house and never came out again. Before she disappeared, she told her little brother Sam about a door that led to a magical place where she would meet the King of the Fairies and become his queen.

Fifteen years later, Phoebe is in love with Sam , a practical, sensible man who doesn’t fear the dark and doesn’t have bad dreams—who, in fact, helps Phoebe ignore her own. But suddenly they are faced with a series of eerie, unexplained occurrences that challenge Sam’s hard-headed, realistic view of the world. As they question their reality, a terrible promise Sam made years ago is revealed and could destroy them all.

*I've been dying to read this! I won it on goodreads awhile back and it just sounds so juicy and entertaining. And so far it is. It's also a bit creepy and I can't help but only want to read it during the day, hah. It's not disapointing though!

The History of Love -Review

Title: The History of Love
Author: Nicole Krauss
Page Number: 252
Genre: Fiction
Synopsis:
     Fourteen-year-old Alma Singer is trying to find a cure for her mother's loneliness. Believing that she might discover it in an old book her mother is lovingly translating, she sets out in search of its author.

Across New York an old man named Leo Gursky is trying to survive a little bit longer. He spends his days dreaming of the lost love who, sixty years ago in Poland, inspired him to write a book. And although he doesn't know it yet, that book also survived: crossing oceans and generations, and changing lives....

                                                             (~from back of book cover)

My Review: The beginning was a bit slow for me, and I was kind of confused because Krauss just dives right into the story. And I liked that but I was still somewhat confused.

I really liked the alternating chapters, I liked reading from the point of views of other characters.

I thought the book was really beautiful and filled with soul and love. It was very charasmatic and rich with great characters. The characters really grew on you and the story of "The History of Love" itself was very interesting and poetic. I really liked Alma & Leo so much. I couldn't help but love them.

The ending really surprised me and I couldn't help but tear up and say "WHAT?"

I will be re-reading it and I recommend it!

My Rating: 5/5 -Absolutely loved it. If I ever have a daughter I want to name her Alma :3 ♥

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The Death Cure by James Dashner

Hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine

Release Date: October 2011

Thomas knows that Wicked can't be trusted, but they say the time for lies is over, that they've collected all they can from the Trials and now must rely on the Gladers, with full memories restored, to help them with their ultimate mission. It's up to the Gladers to complete the blueprint for the cure to the Flare with a final voluntary test.
What Wicked doesn't know is that something's happened that no Trial or Variable could have foreseen. Thomas has remembered far more than they think. And he knows that he can't believe a word of what Wicked says.
The time for lies is over. But the truth is more dangerous than Thomas could ever imagine.
Will anyone survive the Death Cure?

 *I absolutely love The Maze Runner series. So, I can't wait for The Death Cure. A little sad too, since it's the last in the series.

What I'm Reading

The History of Love by Nicole Krauss

Fourteen-year-old Alma Singer is trying to find a cure for her mother's loneliness. Believing that she might discover it in an old book her mother is lovingly translating, she sets out in search of its author.

Across New York an old man named Leo Gursky is trying to survive a little bit longer. He spends his days dreaming of the lost love who, sixty years ago in Poland, inspired him to write a book. And although he doesn't know it yet, that book also survived: crossing oceans and generations, and changing lives....

(~from back of book cover)

*So far I'm really enjoying it. I've been wanting to read this for a long time now. We'll see how it goes.

Divergent by Veronica Roth -Review

Title: Divergent
Author: Veronica Roth
Page Number: 487
Genre: YA
Synopsis: In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.

During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles to determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes infuriating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.

My Review:When I first heard of this book it sounded like Hunger Games meets Matched and a little of Delirium. I loved all three so I was very excited and I heard a lot of good things about it. But, I also had high expectations because I loved all three of those books so much. Luckly, my expectations were met.
So, right off the bat, it was very fast pace and steady. The world Roth created was interesting and intriguing. I think the whole factions idea was really unique.

Tris is a reliable narrator and I enjoyed reading her perspective on the world in which she lives in.
It reminded me of Matched’s, in the sense that she’s living in a world wher society has control over her life choices. Delirium in the sense that, although not much was said about it, there is a fence around all four factions and in a way the people are trapped inside, either scared of the outside, or keeping everyone on the inside.

I loved the romance. I loved Four. I loved everything about it. It’s been awhile since I’ve read a book and was just so captured by it. I love it so so much.

Will Insurgent come out already?!


And I definitly recommend this to fans of The Hunger Games, Matched, and Delirium!


My Rating: 5/5 -I loved it very much.  Especially Four ♥