Review: If I stay

    

Title: If I Stay (If I Stay #1)

 Author: by Gayle Forman

Paperback, 234 pages
Published April 6th 2010 by Speak

Summary GR:

A critically acclaimed novel that will change the way you look at life, love, and family. 

In the blink of an eye everything changes. Seventeen ­year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall what happened afterwards, watching her own damaged body being taken from the wreck. Little by little she struggles to put together the pieces- to figure out what she has lost, what she has left, and the very difficult choice she must make. Heartwrenchingly beautiful, Mia's story will stay with you for a long, long time.

SO HIT OR MISS

To start off I just have to say this is the most influential and powerful book I have read all year. As many of you know I am a emotional reader/person. I was so completely over come while reading this book. I never went more than 20 pages without shedding tears.

This book was so skillfully written. It follows the spirit of a girl named Mia who tragedy has struck. Mia slowly discovers where she is what happens and is faced with a choice.

While reading this book  I cried alot. I fell in love. I was wracked with unfathomable sadness and grief.

This story really is the most touching stories I have ever come across.

One of my favorite aspects of this story was the sheer complexity in all of the characters featured in this book. Everyone had a story to tell and each story was told well without over shadowing one over the other. I loved Mia's grandparents and the role they played through out the book. From Mia's bestfriend to Mia's Cello instructer, Everything written built more upon this classic story.

And even with all this tragedy and sadness the major theme I found was Life. Everyone's life. The art of living. Oh My GOSH! I can't even put into words how much this story means to me now. 

I am so thankful to have picked up this book and read it. The tears were worth it. 

HIT!

Update:

Hi Everyone!

I'd first like to welcome my new followers! I hope your enjoying my blog.

I also want to apologize for the lack of updates. I've been sick for a few weeks and am just getting better. Having a very sucky summer so far. No one wants to be sick in this type of heat.

Anyway I'm better now and will be back to blogging regularly!

Also, great news for you all! I am going to be having a few giveaways coming soon! So Look out for that.

Marnise

Caterpillar Blog Tour: The Writing Nook

The Writing Nook

I was just reading Maggie Stiefvater's blog the other day and had a major pang of jealousy.  No, no, not of her bestseller status.  Of her office.  It's fabulous.  There are bookcases that go all the way to the ceiling, with those nifty wooden ladders you used to see in Borders before it went belly-up.  And there's no photo of it, but I bet there's even a door.  With a lock.

Someday, I hope to have an office of my very own, with a door.  For now, My writing nook is on a corner of my kitchen counter (honestly, I spend so much time in my kitchen, either writing or cooking, that when my kids can't find me there they freak out.) 

  

  

Normally there's a chair, but someone seems to have run off with it here. Probably using it to get the cookies off the top shelf of the pantry. Possibly it was me.



Fortunately, it does have a nice view of the woods.

Occasionally I see Bambi out there, or a fox, or a hawk.  Once there was also something I swear was an R.O.U.S., but still.  It's nice.

Also, there's artwork. 

And if I get hungry,the fridge is behind me.

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About the author: Kate Oliver is a writer of Young Adult and Middle Grade novels of every variety. Having worked as everything from a professional statistical programmer to a professional student to a professional parent, she now splits her time between writing and wrangling her children just outside of Washington, D.C.

Her first novel, Caterpillar, a sci-fi romance, will be released by MAB Books on April 10, 2012.

Author website | Facebook | Goodreads

In My Mailbox #4 and update

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren to spotlight what books we've received for the week.

This is a few weeks in one because as you know I have just finished participating in  Armchair BEA, which was wonderful. I have a small haul this week, just three books!

Trial by Fire (Raised by Wolves #2)

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

SO I ABSOLUTELY LOVED Raised By Wolves. I just had to get the sequel!

Here's the Goodreads Summary:

Bryn is finally settling into her position as alpha of the Cedar Ridge Pack—or at least, her own version of what it means to be alpha when you’re a human leading a band of werewolves. Then she finds a teenage boy bleeding on her front porch. Before collapsing, he tells her his name is Lucas, he’s a Were, and Bryn’s protection is his only hope.
 
But Lucas isn’t part of Bryn’s pack, and she has no right to claim another alpha’s Were.  With threats—old and new—looming, and danger closing in from all sides, Bryn will have to accept what her guardian Callum knew all along. To be alpha, she will have to give in to her own animal instincts and become less human. And, she’s going to have to do it alone.
 
Bryn faces both the costs, and the rewards, of love and loyalty, in this thrilling sequel to Raised by Wolves

Following my need for sequels I also picked up Vanish (Firelight #2)

Vanish (Firelight #2)

by Sophie Jordan 

Goodreads says:

An impossible romance.
Bitter rivalries.
Deadly choices.

To save the life of the boy she loves, Jacinda did the unthinkable: She betrayed the most closely-guarded secret of her kind. Now she must return to the protection of her pride knowing she might never see Will again—and worse, that because his mind has been shaded, Will’s memories of that fateful night and why she had to flee are gone.

Back home, Jacinda is greeted with hostility and must work to prove her loyalty for both her sake and her family’s. Among the few who will even talk to her are Cassian, the pride’s heir apparent who has always wanted her, and her sister, Tamra, who has been forever changed by a twist of fate. Jacinda knows that she should forget Will and move on—that if he managed to remember and keep his promise to find her, it would only endanger them both. Yet she clings to the hope that someday they will be together again. When the chance arrives to follow her heart, will she risk everything for love?

This last book I picked up on a whim, I just liked the title but it sounds interesting so we'll see! Besides I met Daniel Handler and loved him!!!!!!!!!!!! Although I never really got into the whole unfortunate events series, I still loved the ones I read.

Why We Broke Up

by Daniel Handler, Maira Kalman (Illustrator)

Goodreads:  

I'm telling you why we broke up, Ed. I'm writing it in this letter, the whole truth of why it happened.

Min Green and Ed Slaterton are breaking up, so Min is writing Ed a letter and giving him a box. Inside the box is why they broke up. Two bottle caps, a movie ticket, a folded note, a box of matches, a protractor, books, a toy truck, a pair of ugly earrings, a comb from a motel room, and every other item collected over the course of a giddy, intimate, heartbreaking relationship. Item after item is illustrated and accounted for, and then the box, like a girlfriend, will be dumped.

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So i'm officially off of my blogging funk! ^_^

I decided that obsessively worrying about blogging and reviewing and meme's were making the whole experience un-fun. So I've cut back my meme's and just gonna have fun reading and reviewing!!!! Armchair BEA really helped me see that! Last week was so fun.

Anyway so look out for reviews!

ARMCHAIR BEA: ask the experts Day #5

Design credit: Nina of Nina Reads

So today, Were asking everyone questions on what we always wanted to know!!!

so here I go.......................

1. Who is your favorite publisher to work with
2. What are some cool book events you've been too.
3. Do you review self published books.
4. How do you keep your reviews schedule
5. how often do you comment on other blogs
6. Know any good YA blogs?

I'd love to know all about this...