Top 13 Books of 2013

            So today, I’m going to be telling my top books of 2013. Now, most of them I think won’t actually have been published in 2013, but you get the idea. 

Best Contemporary 

Anna and the French Kiss By Stephanie Perkins

 I will forever love this book. I admit, I read this last year, but I reread it during the Christmas BookTubeAThon to get out a reading slump and it totally worked. As cheesy as the synopsis may be, it’s a great book that everyone should read.

 Best Assassin Book

Grave Mercy By Robin LaFevers

I had been eying this book ever since I saw an ad for in Seventeen. When it finally became available at my library, I couldn’t put it down. Sure it’s a bit long, but this is definitely worth reading.

Best Standalone

Fangirl By Rainbow Rowell

Do I need to say more?

Best Aliens

Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout

So glad that I picked this up. 

This will always be my favorite alien series of all time.

Best Non Werewolf

Nightshade by Andrea Cremer

This series is not about werewolves, just to be clear. 

They are shifters. Totally different.

Best Simone Elkeles

Wild Cards By Simone Elkeles

As always, Simone never disappoints.

 

Best Vampire

Vampire Academy By Richelle Mead

If it wasn't for my best friend pushing me to read this, I would have never discovered one of my new favorite author. 

 

Best Spin-Off

 Bloodlines By Richelle Mead

It took me a while to get used to Sydney, because I kept expecting her to be like Rose because I was used to Rose being a badass. But Sydney isn't Rose and I'm okay with that. Every book gets better and better. I haven't read the newest book yet, so no spoilers! 

Best Underrated Series

Poison Study By Maria V. Snyder

Do not hesitate!!! Check this series out now! Or buy it. Whatever floats your boat. You will not be disappointed. 

Best End to Series

Clockwork Princess By Cassandra Clare 

This book is number one on my favorites list. It answered all questions and left me satisfied. 

Best Hybrid

What's Left of Me By Kat Zhang 

I've never read anything like this before. It was just so interesting. I couldn't put it down. I haven't read the second one yet. No spoilers!!! 

 

Best Sequel 

The Evolution of Mara Dyer By Michelle Hodkin

Love. Love. Love It!!! Absolutely loved it. The only problem was that it needed to be longer in my opinion so it wouldn't have ended so quickly.

Best Summer Romance
My Life Next Door By Huntley Fitzpatrick 
This book.......This is the perfect summer read. It was perfect. When Sam and Jace fell in love, it wasn't immediate, which is great.  5 out of 5 stars!! Great job Huntley!!! 

Allegiant By Veronica Roth

Allegiant
Divergent #3
Veronica Roth
Hardback
526 Pages
Published October 22, 2013
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

     Goodreads Description: The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered—fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she’s known, Tris is ready. Perhaps beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find a simple new life together, free from complicated lies, tangled loyalties, and painful memories.

     But Tris’s new reality is even more alarming than the one she left behind. Old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless. Explosive new truths change the hearts of those she loves. And once again, Tris must battle to comprehend the complexities of human nature—and of herself—while facing impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice, and love. 

     Okay….So…This is my review/discussion on Allegiant By Veronica Roth. Obviously, if you haven’t read the whole trilogy, go and read it because I’m about to spoil a whole lot and go on a long rant. Just a warning.

     While reading this, I found out that it was a terrible idea to go on Tumblr, Twitter, and YouTube. People were expressing their opinions and posting their reviews and no one was happy. I kept hearing things about the ending and that people were crying. Curious, I started speed reading. I finally reached the end excited to see what all of the hype was about. I was expecting something truly epic, but that didn't happen. Instead, Tris died and I felt nothing. Totally numb. For about a day until it all started to hit me. It got to the point that every time I thought about it, I wanted to bawl my eyes out. There were too many feels. I felt confused, angry, frustrated, and speechless. 

     To be honest, I thought that the book was boring. Just 526 pages of nonsense just so that the book ended in Tris's death. I'm going to start at the beginning: Tris and Four's POV. I didn't like Four's POV because it was boring and half the time I wouldn't  even know that it was Four until he started complaining about Marcus and Evelyn. 

 And all of that crap about the GP and GD was just so annoying and felt like it had been done in every other cheesy sci-fi movie. When Four fund out that he wasn't Divergent, he started acting like a baby. Okay Four, so you're not Divergent, big deal. You still have Divergent like qualities, that's still pretty cool. (I'm talking to a character, who can't talk back to me. Yeah, I'm sane.) 

     I'm going to end this review right here because if I go on, there will be no stopping me from going on a full rant. I give this book 3 out of 5 stars. I was and still am, disappointed in it. There are good ways and bad ways to end series/trilogy's and this was a bad way. Another example is Requiem by Lauren Oliver. Let me know what you thought and I'll talk to y'all later. 

Friday Reads 11/15/13

Paperback
80 Pages

Paperback
330 Pages

Not really reading a lot this weekend. Just three books. First is Deity by Jennifer L. Armentrout, the third book in her Covenant Series. Next is Elixir, also by Jennifer, but this a novella which is different for me because I don't really read novellas of anything. And last but not least is Tithe by Holly Black. One of my best friends is forcing me to read this because she wants me to have a better understanding of faeries since we're both writing a book that has faeries in it. So, that's it for my Friday Reads. Hopefully my Allegiant will be up on either Monday or Tuesday. Hope all of y'all have a great and safe weekend!!! I'll talk to y'all later. 

Hardback
331 Pages

NaNoWriMo Update #2

      Sorry for the lack of videos. My camera is acting up. I  recorded 4 or 5 videos yesterday, but none of them actually saved. It's official: technology hates me!!!

     So, for NaNoWriMo, instead of worrying about word count, me and my best friend was focusing on how both of our stories connect. The way we do things is that we both write a chapter and after we talk about it and combine in the best way possible. Right now, I'm just now starting to write. She's been writing A LOT. Before we started writing together, she had written about 10 pages of her book (which she now decided is going to be a novella) and I had written an introduction, Chapter 1(James Patterson style) and had just started my Chapter 2. What I was writing didn't fit what WE were going to write, so I immediately scraped it. And that's fine because sometimes, you have to make sacrifices.  

     The thing is, we both have COMPLETELY different writing styles. She is a lot more detailed than I am. I used to be detailed, like the kind of detailed that people hate, so I kind of became a minimalist. Kind of. But we're both working on that. So I guess my #1 tip would to be try not to worry about the word count. Quality is way more important if you ask me. You can worry about word count another day.

NaNoWriMo Update #1 (Late)

     So, a lot of things have changed  with my novel. I've scraped the idea of writing two novels and am now doing only one. I'm writing it with one of my best friends. Even though it means changing my story, I really don't mind it because I'm having a lot of fun doing it. We consider ourselves to be the next Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. 

     

Coming Soon: A Review on Allegiant By Veronica Roth

  I don't know how I'm going to write this.

Too Many Feels

Absence

     So sorry that I've been absent guys. School has gotten hectic and I'm just now getting the hang of having a job and the job takes up like 99.9% of my time. During my absence, I've read quite a lot so look forward to many reviews coming soon. Thanks for being patient. See y'all later. Bye!!!