It's Monday, What Am I Reading?

Welcome to Turning Pages!

Surprisingly, with all the school things I've been having to worry about and take care of, I've been doing a lot or reading, finishing at least two books a week, if not three. Keeping up with reviews, on the other hand, are a whole different story!

This week, am I not only reading Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter, but I'm also listening to Crash by Lisa McMann on audio!

Title: Alice in Zombieland.
Author: Gena Showalter.
Summary:

"She won’t rest until she’s sent every walking corpse back to its grave. Forever. Had anyone told Alice Bell that her entire life would change course between one heartbeat and the next, she would have laughed. From blissful to tragic, innocent to ruined? Please. But that’s all it took. One heartbeat. A blink, a breath, a second, and everything she knew and loved was gone. Her father was right. The monsters are real…. To avenge her family, Ali must learn to fight the undead. To survive, she must learn to trust the baddest of the bad boys, Cole Holland. But Cole has secrets of his own, and if Ali isn’t careful, those secrets might just prove to be more dangerous than the zombies…."

My Thoughts So Far:

Being about halfway through the story, I'm really enjoying it so far; not only am I getting my need for romance satisfied, but also my interest for gruesome zombies. I'm also really starting to like the main character Ali, and Cole the bad boy she's crushing on. I can't wait to see what's really going on, and how things are going to end!

Title: Crash.
Author: Lisa McMann.
Summary:

"Jules lives with her family above their restaurant, which means she smells like pizza most of the time and drives their double-meatball-shaped food truck to school. It’s not a recipe for popularity, but she can handle that. What she can’t handle is the recurring vision that haunts her. Over and over, Jules sees a careening truck hit a building and explode...and nine body bags in the snow. The vision is everywhere—on billboards, television screens, windows—and she’s the only one who sees it. And the more she sees it, the more she sees. The vision is giving her clues, and soon Jules knows what she has to do. Because now she can see the face in one of the body bags, and it’s someone she knows. Someone she has been in love with for as long as she can remember."

My Thoughts So Far:

I'm pretty far into this one as well, and currently in a really intense scene, where Jules's is experiencing what shes been seeing and envisioning in her head for the past few days. Crash follows the story of girl named Jules who works for her family's pizza business, and has been crushing on a boy...who is not only the son of a opposing pizza business, but also a part of their family rivalry. I'm excited to find out if the vision came true, or if Jules had enough to change and save the boy she loves!

Thank you for stopping by, and please be sure to leave a comment with the books you're currently enjoying! I would love some new reading suggestions!

What's Coming This Week?

Paperback:

The Queen of Kentucky, by Alecia Whitaker.

Once, by Morris Gleitzman.

Born For Adventure, by Kathleen Karr.

Clockwork Prince, by Cassandra Clare.

The Story of Us, by Deb Caletti.

 Hardback:

Inferno : Chronicles of Nick, by Sherrilyn Kenyon.

The Art of Wishing, by Lindsay Ribar.

Fox Forever, by Mary E. Pearson.

17 & Gone, by Nova Ren Suma.

OCD, The Dude, and Me, by Lauren Roedy Vaughn.

Clockwork Princess, by Cassandra Clare.

Everafter, by Elizabeth Chandler.

Thanks for stopping by!

Book Review: Ten Things We Did (And Probably Shouldn't Have)

Title: Ten Things We Did (And Probably Shouldn't Have)
Author: Sarah Mlynowski.
Format: Hardback.
Pages: 368
Series: No.
Source: Purchased.
Publisher: Harperteen.

Summary:

"2 girls + 3 guys + 1 house - parents = 10 things April and her friends did that they (definitely, maybe, probably) shouldn't have. If given the opportunity, what sixteen-year-old wouldn't jump at the chance to move in with a friend and live parent-free? Although maybe "opportunity" isn't the right word, since April had to tell her dad a tiny little untruth to make it happen (see #1: "Lied to Our Parents"). But she and her housemate Vi are totally responsible and able to take care of themselves. How they ended up "Skipping School" (#3), "Throwing a Crazy Party" (#8), "Buying a Hot Tub" (#4), and, um, "Harboring a Fugitive" (#7) at all is kind of a mystery to them."


Cover:

I'm actually a little confused about this cover. Before reading the story, it seemed to fit fine for the title and the synopsis, but after reading it, the cover doesn't really match at all. The girl is obviously the main character April, but who is the guy? Is it her boyfriend, is it "boyfriend" or Hudson?

My Thoughts:

Ten Things We Did (And Probably Shouldn't Have) follows the story of April who's life does a 360 turn in just one semester. Finding out one morning that her dad and step mother were planning to move, due to the new job her dad was offered, April doesn't want to move with them, and knows she needs to find a way to stay.

Not wanting to leave behind her life (boyfriend, friends, and school) April is in a desperate search for a way to stay, which seems almost impossible, because her mom doesn't even live in the same country and her dad is selling their house. With no other ideas, April asks her friend, Vi, if she can crash with her for the semester. But what Aprils dad doesn't know is that Vi's mom is on tour and the girls will have the entire house to themselves, with absolutely no supervision.

Ten Things We Did And Probably Shouldn't Have is exactly that; the ten things April and Vi do throughout the semester, that they really shouldn't have. From buying a hot tub, to getting themselves birth control.

I had a lot of fun reading of April and the ten crazy things she did, which I would never have the guts to even think of doing. I think I would have freaked out and bailed the plan as soon as her dad was asked to speak to Vi's mom, so the two girls created fake emails, so both parents would've emailing the two of them, instead of each other.

While the story did have its fun side, where April and Vi bought a hot tub and skipped school together, there is also a whole different side, where Aprils boyfriend isn't faithful, and the cat April was gifted, is run over by a car.

Ten Things We Did is good for anyone who is looking for something a little lighter, maybe something for the summer, to read outside or at the beach. I promise it's going to make you laugh, and wish you were there with them!

WWW Wednesday

Welcome to Turning Pages!

What am I reading?

Currently I'm indulging in Over You by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus. I picked up this book at the library, never having heard of it before, but decided to give it a chance. As of right now, I'm liking it! 

What did I just finish reading?

After months and months of having people suggest me The Maze Runner, by James Dashner, I finally got myself a copy, read it, and loved it! It's kind of like the Hunger Games, but still very different!

What do I plan on reading next?

Alice in Zombieland, by Gena Showalter is another book from my local library, that I picked up for the Burn Bright Book Club reading list. I haven't gotten the chance to take a peek inside, but the cover and the synopsis look and sound interesting!

Waiting on Wednesday

Title: Dare You To.
Author: Katie McGarry.
Summary:

"Ryan lowers his lips to my ear. "Dance with me, Beth." "No." I whisper the reply. I hate him and I hate myself for wanting him to touch me again.... "I dare you..." If anyone knew the truth about Beth Risk's home life, they'd send her mother to jail and seventeen-year-old Beth who knows where. So she protects her mom at all costs. Until the day her uncle swoops in and forces Beth to choose between her mom's freedom and her own happiness. That's how Beth finds herself living with an aunt who doesn't want her and going to a school that doesn't understand her. At all. Except for the one guy who shouldn't get her, but does.... Ryan Stone is the town golden boy, a popular baseball star jock-with secrets he can't tell anyone. Not even the friends he shares everything with, including the constant dares to do crazy things. The craziest? Asking out the Skater girl who couldn't be less interested in him. But what begins as a dare becomes an intense attraction neither Ryan nor Beth expected. Suddenly, the boy with the flawless image risks his dreams-and his life-for the girl he loves, and the girl who won't let anyone get too close is daring herself to want it all...."

Release Date: 5/28/2013.

Book Haul

Welcome to Turning Pages,

After a few trips to my local library, these are the amazing finds..that I found..?

Alice in Zombieland, by Gena Showalter.

"She won't rest until she's sent every walking corpse back to its grave. Forever. Had anyone told Alice Bell that her entire life would change course between one heartbeat and the next, she would have laughed. But that's all it took. One heartbeat. A blink, a breath, a second, and everything she knew and loved was gone. Her father was right. The monsters are real. To avenge her family, Ali must learn to fight the undead. To survive, she must learn to trust the baddest of the bad boys, Cole Holland. But Cole has secrets of his own, and if Ali isn't careful, those secrets might just prove to be more dangerous than the zombies."

Over You, by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus.

"When seventeen-year-old Max Scott got her heart broken she didn't just sit at home sobbing into her ice cream and obsessing over her ex, Hugo's, latest Facebook postings. Well, actually she did. But she also decided that no girl should have to be tortured like that, so she read through all the psych books, Oprah transcripts, and historical precedents she could get her hands on and came up with a foolproof program to get over being dumped. These days, Max is the go-to guru for heartbroken high-school girls all over NYC. But when Hugo shows up in her neighborhood, suddenly Max is so busy trying to avoid her own ex that she isn't able to help anyone else with theirs. As Hugo invades her life all over again, Max's carefully controlled world starts to unravel. With her clients' hearts hanging in the balance, Max will have to do the seemingly impossible: get over her ex once and for all."

Flight, by Sherman Alexie.

"The best-selling author of multiple award-winning books returns with his first novel in ten years, a powerful, fast and timely story of a troubled foster teenager — a boy who is not a “legal” Indian because he was never claimed by his father — who learns the true meaning of terror. About to commit a devastating act, the young man finds himself shot back through time on a shocking sojourn through moments of violence in American history. He resurfaces in the form of an FBI agent during the civil rights era, inhabits the body of an Indian child during the battle at Little Big Horn, and then rides with an Indian tracker in the 19th Century before materializing as an airline pilot jetting through the skies today. When finally, blessedly, our young warrior comes to rest again in his own contemporary body, he is mightily transformed by all he’s seen. This is Sherman Alexie at his most brilliant — making us laugh while breaking our hearts. "

Under The Never Sky, by Veronica Rossi.

"In a world of danger an unlikely alliance breathtaking adventure and unforgettable romance"

It's Monday, What Am I Reading?

Title: Over You.
Author: Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus.
Summary:

"When seventeen-year-old Max Scott got her heart broken she didn't just sit at home sobbing into her ice cream and obsessing over her ex, Hugo's, latest Facebook postings. Well, actually she did. But she also decided that no girl should have to be tortured like that, so she read through all the psych books, Oprah transcripts, and historical precedents she could get her hands on and came up with a foolproof program to get over being dumped. These days, Max is the go-to guru for heartbroken high-school girls all over NYC. But when Hugo shows up in her neighborhood, suddenly Max is so busy trying to avoid her own ex that she isn't able to help anyone else with theirs. As Hugo invades her life all over again, Max's carefully controlled world starts to unravel. With her clients' hearts hanging in the balance, Max will have to do the seemingly impossible: get over her ex once and for all."

My Thoughts So Far:

Having read through to the sixth chapter, I'm really enjoying the story and the main character Max so far. Just like any other Max has gone through a rough break up, and has had to deal with the emotional aftermath. But from that rough break up, she's not only create a new and stronger version of herself, but also her very own (small) business; Ex, Inc.

Ex, Inc run by Max and two of her friends, helps other girls get through a break up, and completely over the guy. I can't wait to know what happens and how Max deals with seeing her ex after ten months of not seeing or talking to him.