TGIF at GReads {8}

Friday, Dec. 30th - First & Last: What was the first book you read in 2011 and the last you finished in 2011? How do you feel about these books? Would you recommend them to other readers? 

So, I am very new to this blogging thing....lol....and when I first started this blog was not to do book reviews, but to write about everything I love in life.  But after sometime I decided that this is what I wanted to do with my blog.  So my first review on the blog was in April and it was for teach me By: R.A. Nelson. 

I remember reading the book and thinking to myself, "what did I get myself into?"  LOL.  I really liked the book, but my reviews sucked at this time.  So I am sorry if you read it.  I promised I got better!  This book was a nice in between book.  I would defiantly recommend this book to anyone that wants a good book to get back into the swing of reading.

The last book that I read and reviewed this year is probably the best I could have read.  I am so glad that I ended this year with a bang!  I read Fever by: Lauren DeStefano.  I love these books!  Wither was my all time favorite book until Fever came into my life.  I love Lauren's writing style.  I could read these books over and over again.  I would defiantly recommend these books to anyone that wants to read a really great dystopian.

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Review: Fever

Fever

By: Lauren DeStefano

Release Date: February 21, 2012

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Pages: 368

Source: Received from publisher for review 

Goodreads Synopsis:

Running away brings Rhine and Gabriel right into a trap, in the form of a twisted carnival whose ringmistress keeps watch over a menagerie of girls. Just as Rhine uncovers what plans await her, her fortune turns again. With Gabriel at her side, Rhine travels through an environment as grim as the one she left a year ago - surroundings that mirror her own feelings of fear and hopelessness. 

The two are determined to get to Manhattan, to relative safety with Rhine’s twin brother, Rowan. But the road there is long and perilous - and in a world where young women only live to age twenty and young men die at twenty-five, time is precious. Worse still, they can’t seem to elude Rhine’s father-in-law, Vaughn, who is determined to bring Rhine back to the mansion...by any means necessary. 

-Goodreads-

My Thoughts:

Where do I even begin to tell you how much I love The Chemical Garden series.  When I first read Wither, I was in love.  I could not put the book down.  It was defiantly one of the best books I read this past year.  I had to know what happens to Rhine and Gabriel.   I had to know if they made it all right.  So when I saw that the second book Fever was coming out, I knew I had to get my hands on it.  I tried entering contests and giveaways. But I was not winning.  :(  Then in November of 2011 I was able to attend NCTE in Chicago.  There I meant the wonderful people at Simon and Schuster.  I was talking to one of the girls at the booth and I asked her if they had arcs of  Fever there and if they did when are they going to give them out.  And then this wonderful person went under the table and received the one book that I was there to get.  I was on cloud nine.  My life was complete.  You can ask Lynn from Bringing the Epic.....the book did not leave the my side until we left to drive home. Well to make a long story short, I was about to embark on a great journey with Rhine and Gabriel and I could not wait!

This book starts off exactly where the first book ended.  You are with Rhine and Gabriel and they are on the boat sailing up the coast. Rhine and Gabriel are going to Manhattan to find Rhine's brother.  They come across many bumps in their journey and forks in the road.  And each challenge in my eyes makes them stronger.  They are first kidnapped to become part of a show, then they sneak on a truck and take it to West Virginia, then they make it all the way to Manhattan and that is where all the fun begins.  That is where you start to understand the title of the book and where this whole story is going.  

You really feel for Rhine and everything that she is going through.  You want everything to work out.  The whole book is a page turner.  You just can not stop once you begin.  You want to know what happens next and you need to know now.  I personally love books like this so I really enjoyed every minute of the book, and I hope you do too. 

Lauren DeStefano is a genius!  I thought Wither was good then I read Fever.  I am so happy that I was able to read this remarkable book.  Fever is everything that you want it to be.  Fever is amazing, and breathe taking.  It has suspense, sorrow, love, and hate all tied into one.  It is everything that you would want in a story and more.  I would say this might be book of the year for 2012!

My Rating:

I am giving this book 5 out 5 stars! You have to read this book!  It is that good!

Waiting on Wednesday {12}

Waiting on Wednesday is a meme that allows you to show all your followers what you are waiting for this week.

This week I am waiting very patiently for a book that I really can not wait to get my hands on.  

 

Pure 

By: Julianna Baggott

February 8, 2012

I have heard many good things about this book.  I think once I get a hold of it I will do nothing but read it....I think I need a vacation!

:)

Glee song of the Week {27}

So I am very sad.....do you want to know why.....because Glee is not on until January.  

Yes it is going to be a good one, but it is a long ways away.  And this makes me very sad....:( <---- sad face.

Any who so today I am going to talk about my all time favorite performance of the year.  This is really hard because there are some really good songs and performances they have done this year.  But I think that I have narrowed it down to the right one.

Ladies and Gleeks....

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I want to personally wish each and every one of you a Happy New Year!!!

:) 

See you in 2012!

Tune in Tuesday {27}

It is time for another great Tune in Tuesday.  Tune is Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the great Ginger at GReads.  It allows you to show that music you love and the music that is your inspiration.  This past month was concert edition and I am saving the best for last.

In the past 3 years I was able to see 2 of the best concerts of my life.  I was able to go and see the lovely....

Taylor Swift!

The first concert I was able to go with some of bridesmaids.  It was awesome!

I totally understand why she is entertainer of the year!

But then this year happened and I was able to go to the Speak Now Tour with one of my best friends in the world!!!

It was one of the best concerts I have ever seen in my life.  I am so glad that I was able to see it!

:)

HANDS DOWN BEST CONCERT EVER!!!!!

Review: Delirium

Delirium

By: Lauren Oliver

Publisher: Harper Collins

Pages: 448

Release Date: February 1, 2011

Source: borrowed the book from the library

Goodreads Synopsis:

Ninety-five days, and then I'll be safe. I wonder whether the procedure will hurt. I want to get it over with. It's hard to be patient. It's hard not to be afraid while I'm still uncured, though so far the deliria hasn't touched me yet. Still, I worry. They say that in the old days, love drove people to madness. The deadliest of all deadly things: It kills you both when you have it and when you don't. -Goodreads-

My Thoughts:

So about 6 months ago a good friend of mine, Lynn at Bringing the Epic, told me about this "great book that I had to read!"  Well I would always tell her that if I had the time I would read it. I would tell her I just had so much to read at this time so I don't know.  Every time I would be at the library or at the store I would look at it and pick it up and walk around.  Then at one point in time, I would put it back and leave.  Well for Christmas this year, my wonderful husband bought me a Kindle!  It was the best gift ever!  So now I decided to give Delirium a chance and borrowed from my library through my Kindle. I think this is one of the best things ever invented.  But with this I was able to read one of the best books ever!

When I first started this book, it took me awhile to really get into it.  After about 60 pages I could not put it down.  This was defiantly one of the best books of the year!  I could not get enough of it.  And I am so happy that Harper Collins gave me Pandemonium to read!  I can not wait to dig into that! 

You meet Lena. Lena lives in a world that doesn't believe in love.  They believe that love is a disease.  That love causes many problems.  So they come up with a cure to help prevent love from happening.  My favorite part about the whole book is that they use the feelings you get when you first fall in love with someone as the symptoms of the disease.  I literally thought that that was ingenious.  I mean come on, how great is that.  

  Lena is your typical high school girl.  She has a best friend that she does everything with.  She is nervous about her procedure that is going to cure her from ever feeling love.  But in the mist of all of this, she meets Alex.  Alex is trying to be a friend.  He is just looking for someone to talk to.  He meets Lena and they become friends.  But Lena thinks that there is something about Alex that doesn't meet the eye.  But Alex is cured.  So he can't have feelings for Lena can he?  

This book is written beautifully.  It really has this flow to it.  It is defiantly a page turner.  The whole story just keeps you going and wanting more.  I need my Alex!!!  I have to find my Alex!  Lauren Oliver, you are one great writer.   I love everything about your story!  Thank you for one great experience!!! You are the best! This was truly one fantastically brilliant story!

My Rating:

I am giving this book 5 out 5 stars!  It takes a lot for me to give 5 out 5 stars so this means that this book is truly amazing!!!

Tune in Tuesday {26}

Hello fellow music lovers!  It is time for another awesome Tune in Tuesday hosted by the awesome Ginger at GReads!

This week I want to talk about a concert that was pretty awesome and I would not normally go to.  About 2 years ago I got married to one of the best guys in the world.  

He is my rock.  My knight in shining armor. He is my everything.  Well after the wedding I thought that I needed to do something special for my husband.  So I bought him tickets to.....

STAR WARS IN CONCERT.  

Now I know what you are thinking....oh my you are one awesome wife.  Well yes, yes I am.  It actually was really cool.  They had some of the props there and costumes.  

I thought that it was really cool.  And I am really happy that I was able to do this for my husband.  I would defiantly go and see this again!!!!!

MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU!!!!

:)