A To Z Book Survey

Today, instead of reading The Human Stain as I should have been, I was on Tumblr just goofing around and decided to go to the BookTube News blog. While I was on there, I saw a video titled the A to Z Book Survey by bookishandnerdy and I loved it so I decided to do it also. Of course, I do not have a camera available to me, so I will just be typing this and just secretly hoping that someone will read it and comment on it. This survey was originally created by Jamie from PerpetualPageTurner.com. Go check out Jamie's site and Jillian's YouTube channel. They're both awesome.

Author you’ve read the most books from:

This was actually pretty hard to figure out, so I went over to my Goodreads and it turns out that the author is Cecily von Ziegesar. I’ve read every single Gossip Girl book, The It Girl, and also Gossip Girl: The Carlyles. All of that is a total of 27 books.

 

Best Sequel Ever:

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

 

Currently Reading:

The Human Stain by Philip Roth and The Archived by Victoria Schwab

Drink of Choice While Reading:

Just water. I don’t really want to make a huge fuss about it.

 

E-reader or Physical Book?

Physical book. It’s so much better to actually have a book in your hand. Sure

 

Fictional Character You Probably Would Have Actually Dated In High School:

I’m currently still in high school, but I would totally date Connor Drake from The Drake Chronicles. He’s nerdy and adorable. I love it!!!

 

Glad You Gave This Book A Chance:

Ciy of bones By Cassandra Clare. I Remember picking this up book 3 years ago and got a little grossed out by Jace and Clary, so I put it down for a week then went back to. Glad I read it, because now, I‘m obsessed with everything Cassandra Clare writes.

 

Hidden Gem Book:

Switched by Amanda Hocking

 

Important Moment in your Reading Life:

Finding out about BookTubers. I’m really glad to find out about BookTubers, because it’s nice to know that there are actually a lot of people who love books just as much as I do.

 

Just Finished:

The Elite by Kiera Cass

 

Kinds of Books You Won’t Read:

I’m actually not sure actually. I try to read a little bit of everything. I guess historical fiction. I wasn’t really a big fan of history. It bores me so don’t put it in fiction books.

 

Longest Book You’ve Read:

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K Rowling (870 pages)

 

Major book hangover because of:

The Elite by Kiera Cass

 

Number of Bookcases You Own:

3. One tall, two short.

 

One Book You Have Read Multiple Times:

Boy Toy by Barry Lyga

 

Preferred Place To Read:

Anywhere in my room!!!

 

Quote that inspires you/gives you all the feels from a book you’ve read:

"To love is to destroy, and that to be loved is to be the one destroyed." City of Bones

 

Reading Regret:

None

  Series You Started And Need To Finish(all books are out in series):

The Luxe Series By Anna Godbersen and the Morganville Vampires Series by Rachel Caine. I have 4 more books to go.

Three of your All-Time Favorite Books:

Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare, The Hobbit By J.R.R Tolkien and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K Rowling.

 

Unapologetic Fangirl For:

The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare. I am a Shadowhunter.

 

Very Excited For This Release More Than All The Others:

City of Heavenly Fire and Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare

 

Worst Bookish Habit:

I tend to have book commitment issues. An example is when I come home from the library, I’ll go on Goodreads and say that I’m “Currently Reading” a few books, but won’t read a single book on the list. I get distracted and read others that aren’t on the list.

X Marks The Spot: Start at the top left of your shelf and pick the 27th book:

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

 

Your latest book purchase:

The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken, Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini, and Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead

 

ZZZ-snatcher book (last book that kept you up WAY late):

The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tiger's Curse By Colleen Houck

Tiger's Curse
The Tiger Saga #1
Colleen Houck
Hardback
403 Pages
Published January 11, 2011
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

       Goodreads Description: Passion. Fate. Loyalty. Would you risk it all to change your destiny?
        The last thing Kelsey Hayes thought she’d be doing this summer was trying to break a 300-year-old Indian curse. With a mysterious white tiger named Ren. Halfway around the world. But that’s exactly what happened. Face-to-face with dark forces, spellbinding magic, and mystical worlds where nothing is what it seems, Kelsey risks everything to piece together an ancient prophecy that could break the curse forever.
     I have a lot of mixed feelings about this book. I don't hate it, but I don't necessarily love it. But apparently I like it enough to read the rest of the saga. When I first saw this book in Books-A-Million, I walked right past it and bought City of Ashes and Clockwork Angel instead. A month later, I went to a new library, saw this, and picked it up thinking that it was a sign. I ignored it for two weeks and decided to read it during the BookTube-A-Thon.
     I literally spent all day reading it. But before I read it, I had watched a video of someone listing their favorite book characters and the person had said, "I love Ren from Tiger's Curse." I was all like whatever and read it a week later. About 20 pages in Kelsey had nicknamed the tiger Ren and I realized that the story had been ruined for me and I predicted what would happen. I admit, I was tempted to put the book down right then and there, but I kept reading because I was curious about Ren.

  Kelsey

      As soon as I started reading I immediately hated Kelsey. I was like, "Who's POV am I reading from? An 8 year old child or an 18 year old teenage girl?" Kelsey's voice is just so childish and so irritating, I just wanted to punch her. And not only did she sound like a child, she asked all kinds of dumbass questions. There were so many awkward sentences, I was thinking why was this book published with so many mistakes. It obviously could have been improved. I just can't stand Kelsey. She's just so annoying and juvenile. I've never hated a main character before, but Kelsey takes the gold. She pushes away not one hot guy, but two: Kishan and Ren. What is her problem??? I have no idea. I just know that she needs to get her mind right and she needs to actually act SMART and stop acting like a child. And what is up with her hair??? It seemed like on every other page, she was playing with her hair. News, flash honey, doing your hair is the least of your problems

 

   Ren
      I have to admit, I do love Ren. He is such a gentleman and I am amazed that he has the patience to put up with Kelsey. There is nothing wrong with Ren at all. He's just perfect. if it wasn't for him, I would have just thrown the damn book at the wall and picked up something else without hesitation. What I don't understand is why Ren loves Kelsey. There is absolutely nothing special about this girl. She acts like a fucking child. I know that I have said this multiple times, but its true.
So all in all, this book was mediocre. It wasn't special at all and the writing was as boring as watching paint dry. I give this book 3 out of 5 stars. I was going to give it 2 stars but decided to be a little generous. I do not like this book, but the story interests me, so I am going to read the second book. I just hope that the second one is a hell of a lot better than this one.

 

Major Bookgasm

Picture from
Angelic Nephilim's Tumblr

     So, I was on Tumblr just ten minutes ago when I saw the most beautiful thing ever.  A cover for City of Heavenly Fire. I'm not really sure if this is THE actual cover, but it's still very beautiful and I can't stop looking at it. I actually screamed when I saw it. Guys, I'm so excited for this book. So, out of curiosity I went onto Goodreads to find out when the book would be released. The release date is May 27, 2014...... That's too far away!!!!!  And to think that things couldn't get any worse, I looked up the release dates for the Dark Artifices.....It's in 2015. What am I going to do with my life. My whole book world revolves around Cassandra Clare's world and her writing.

     Here's the Goodreads Description:  
     Los Angeles, 2012. It’s been five years since the events of the Mortal Instruments when Nephilim stood poised on the brink of oblivion and Shadowhunter Emma Carstairs lost her parents. After the blood and violence she witnessed as a child, Emma has dedicated her life to the eradication of demons and being the best, fastest and deadliest Shadowhunter since Jace Lightwood. Raised in the Los Angeles Institute, Emma is paired as a parabatai with her best friend, Julian. As Emma hunts those who caused the death of her parents, the trail they’re following leads back to those they’ve always been taught to trust. At the same time, Emma is falling in love with Julian — her closest friend and, because he is her parabatai, the one person in the world she’s absolutely forbidden by Shadowhunter Law to love. Set against the glittering backdrop of present-day Los Angeles, Emma must learn to trust her head and her heart as she investigates a demonic plot that stretches from the warlock-run nightclubs of the Sunset Strip to the enchanted sea that pounds the beaches of Santa Monica.

     Emma???? Emma Freaking Carstairs???? Did I read that right??? Yes, I did. I just about lost it when I read that name. I kind of regret looking this trilogy up because now I've put myself through the extreme torture of waiting for it, but I'm also glad to have looked it up, because now I have something to look forward to because at least Clary isn't a main character. Obviously, she's going to appear in the series, but at least it won't revolve around her and we won't have to hear her annoying voice. But, while I was reading the description, I was thinking, "You know what, sometimes the Shadowhunter's laws suck." And they do. I don't know about you, but it seems to me that their laws are placed just to make some Shadowhunter's miserable on purpose. Am I right or am I right??? Just kidding. My theory is probably wayyyyy off. But that's okay. We all have our own crackpot theories now don't we?

Friday Reads 8/16/2013

      Alright Guys!!!! So today I'm going to be doing my first Friday Reads on this blog. For those of you who might not know what Friday Reads is, all you're basically doing is telling what you're going to be reading for the weekend. So this weekend, I will be reading The Human Stain by Philip Roth. I do not like this book at all. It's terrible and absolutely boring, but I have to read it for school.  Yay. *That was sarcasm.*

       The next book that I hope to actually read is The Archived by Victoria Schwab. This book has had so much hype in the BookTube community that when I saw it in the library, I ran to pick it up when I saw it on display.  I have read a few pages of this, but I don’t think that I’m going to continue it until I finish The Human Stain. I only have about a week to finish it. Yeah, so those are my books for my Friday Reads. One boring ass book and one book that I’m super excited to read. Yeah, okay, so…..bye!!!

City of Lost Souls By Cassandra Clare

City of Lost Souls
The Mortal Instruments #5
Cassandra Clare
Hardback
535 Pages
Published May 8, 2012
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

      Goodreads Description:  What price is too high to pay, even for love? When Jace and Clary meet again, Clary is horrified to discover that the demon Lilith’s magic has bound her beloved Jace together with her evil brother Sebastian, and that Jace has become a servant of evil. The Clave is out to destroy Sebastian, but there is no way to harm one boy without destroying the other. As Alec, Magnus, Simon, and Isabelle wheedle and bargain with Seelies, demons, and the merciless Iron Sisters to try to save Jace, Clary plays a dangerous game of her own. The price of losing is not just her own life, but Jace’s soul. She’s willing to do anything for Jace, but can she still trust him? Or is he truly lost?
     *CAUTION. MAJOR SPOILERS!!* I finished this book 2 or 3 days ago (I read this sometime in July) and I will admit that it took me a while to actually get into it. I actually tried to avoid reading it, by reading 6 other books on my road trip. But I'll talk about those books later. Don't get me wrong, I love, love, love the Mortal Instruments, its just that the beginning of these books are always just a little slow.  All in all,when I started to get towards the middle,  there were parts of the story that had me yelling.
     One part that had me yelling was when Magnus, Alec, Isabelle, Simon, and Chairman Meow were in Magnus's apartment and Chairman Meow jumped into to pentagram with Azazel and Simon jumped in also. I screamed so loud until I remembered that Simon had the Mark of Cain. And then Cassandra Clare had to go and be a jerk and take away Simons mark because the angel Raziel was greedy and PMSy. THAT got me upset. I was all like "What? What? No. She can't do that. Its Simon." But she did and I don't like it. You know who's going to go and kill him as soon as they find out that he doesn't have the mark??? Raphael. That vampire that wanted to hire Simon as a bodyguard. He said that he'd be first in line when the Mark came off. And I'm pretty sure that he's the kind of guy who always keeps his word. I love Simon. If something terrible happens to him..... I don't know how I'm going to deal with that.
     Two other moments that had me screaming was when Clary's Mom was saying that she and Jace weren't meant to be together. I mean seriously... I know that you don't like the guy, but damn. There's no need to be such a bitch about it. She seriously needs to stop comparing him to Valentine. He's not even his son. Then there was the part where Magnus broke up with Alec. I understand why he broke up with Alec, I would too if I was him, but I just wasn't expecting it to happen so soon. I wasn't mentally prepared for it.  
     *CAUTION. MAJOR SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN'T READ CLOCKWORK PRINCESS. I'M SERIOUS.*  Okay. So.... Everytime that Brother Zachariah was mentioned I squealed because I was all like "I know who that is!!! It's Jem. One person that majorly pissed me off was Maryse Lightwood. Brother Zachariah was mentioning how Jace was related to Will Herondale and she yells that Jace isn't a Herondale. He's a Lightwood. Bitch....Dude, he's related to him no matter what. You can't just yell and have it not be true. Grow up Maryse.
     Don’t even get me started on Sebastian. I mean, you have to admit that you must have felt a little sympathy for him and you might have believed that he was becoming a little bit of a nice person. I know I did. But then he just had to go and be a dick...asshole... jerk and open his mouth. I really wished that he would have been captured or killed, but obviously that can't happen because there needs to be an evil villain now that Valentine is actually and officially dead now.
     While watching CassJayTuck a BookTuber's review of City of Lost Souls, she pointed out that the whole book was centered around Jace and I didn't realize that until she said that. She also said that we learn from this book in particular that we all realize how serious Jace and Clary's love is. They literally can't live without each other. It isn't that teenage puppy love in those contemporary books. They truly love each other and I guess that now we all know how serious that love is and that they'll go to extreme lengths to find each other. It's actually kind of cute. 
     All in all, I think that book is just absolutely amazing and it gives us  more insight on Clary and Jace's relationship, plus Clary and her mom.  give this book 4 out of 5 stars. I originally gave it 5 out of 5,  but I just hate Sebastian so much, I changed it. Weird reason, I know.
     
     CassJayTuck Review:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qX1uoZZRKU

Introduction of Me

     Hello to anyone who I reading this blog post. (I really hope someone is.) So, as it turns out, Blogger doesn’t really like me that much because for about a month or two, I wasn’t able to access my blog at all. I was freaking out so much. But all is right in the world because as you can see now, I can finally blog. *Happy Dance*. If you don't know or can't tell, my blog will be mainly about books. I will be doing reviews, tags, Top Ten Tuesdays, Friday Reads, and more. I do have a YouTube Channel, but I haven't exactly posted anymore videos in about a month. It's not because I couldn't figure out what to talk about, it's just because I won't be making any until I get an actual camera. So far, I've been using the camera on my phone. It's alright, but it's not great and I want to make great videos so that people will actually watch them. If I can, I will also do movie reviews and TV show recaps such as Pretty Little Liars, The Vampire Diaries, and more. I will apologize in advance right now, this year just happens to be my senior year in high school. So if I don't post a whole lot, you know why now. So I'm going to go now and post my review on Cassandra Clare's City of Lost Souls. Bye!!!!! (P.S. If you couldn't figure it out, I'm a shadowhunter. Shhhh. Let's keep this between you and me alright???  ;D)