Waiting on Wednesday (39)

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill from Breaking the Spine.

The Lying Game
by Sara Shepard

Release Date:
December 1, 2010

Description:
Sixteen-year-old Hailey Tarbell can’t wait for the day she’ll leave Gypsum, Missouri, far behind, taking only four-year-old Chub, the developmenta ...more Foster kid Emma Paxton has only just discovered Sutton Mercer, the wealthy twin sister she never knew she had, when Sutton drops off the face of the earth, asking Emma to cover for her at home, school, and with her friends—just for a few days. At first Emma enjoys trying on her sister’s fabulous life: her fiercely loyal friends, her adoring boyfriend, her close-knit family. But as Emma is drawn deeper into Sutton’s world she finds the friends are not so fabulous, the boyfriend is not who she wants to be with, and the family is clinging to long-buried secrets and a veneer of functionality. And worst of all, Sutton may not be coming back. In fact, someone may have made sure she never could…and that someone knows Emma is not who she claims to be. Emma will need all her wits to survive The Lying Game.

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I've yet to read (first) and watch (second) Pretty Little Liars. I've heard many things about the show and the book. A lot of people I know like both. So I'm going to give that a try as well as this new series. It sounds pretty similar to Meg Cabot's Airhead series, which I really, really love. I'm psyched to get reading on Sara Shepard's works!

Teaser Tuesday (22)

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Should Be Reading.

The rules are:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• DO NOT INCLUDE SPOILERS.

My teaser:

The chorus started again through the speakers and I sang louder, "Ca-sey Jones you bett-er...watch your speed..." Frankie laughing from the backseat, Matt smiling at me sideways, fingers secretly brushing my knee, the noon sun laid out and happy on the dusty road ahead.

Together. Happy. Whole.
The three of hearts.
The possibilities endless.

~pg. 16 "Twenty Boy Summer"
by Sarah Ockler

Whoa. The writing is incredible, the characters enjoyable, the plot tough and intriguing. Everything is amazing so far. I can see why many people like this book a lot.

Daily Dose (35)

This new meme is hosted by Holly from Good Golly Miss Holly.

In My Mailbox (26)

In My Mailbox is held weekly by Kristi at The Story Siren. Click here for details on how to participate.

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All are from the library:

Fire Study (Study book 3) by Maria V. Snyder
Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler

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I'm feeling somewhat happy this week for these reasons:

a) The first week of school was actually great! Having a spare class is relieving, especially at the end of the day. And my other three classes are alright. I'm only loving one of them right now, however, and that is Leadership.

b) The library has given me great books this week! I was on the waiting list for Twenty Boy Summer for a long time. I'm glad I finally get to read it! And about Fire Study, is it the final book in the series? *widens eyes* My heart just skipped several beats....Buuuut, after looking on Goodreads, I guess there are short stories out there written in Valek's POV. That's totally enough to satisfy me.

c) It's a fantastic weekend! Although I do have (tons of Math) homework, there's an event that takes place today for the whole day. It's all about culture foods, which is always so much fun!

I hope everyone else is also having an awesome week! I'll be visiting your blogs to see what cool books you received this week ;)

Friday's Finest (31)

Friday's Finest is a new meme hosted by Steff & Justine from A Bookful of Thoughts.

Rules:
~Post a quote that really stuck to you after reading it in a book.
~Make sure it isn't a spoiler!
~If you'd like, expand on what you think it means and why you chose it.

It's not enough to believe! Don't you see that, you stupid girl? You could spend your whole life hoping and believing! If a love affair is one-sided, then it's only ever a question, never an answer. You can't live your life waiting for an answer.

Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella

Yay, Sophie Kinsella! While I love her heroines and adore their funny, quirky nature, they can sometimes be too dependent on fate.

Justine's Thoughts: An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

An Abundance of Katherines
By John Green

Source: Library
Pages: 215
Book Description:

When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton’s type is girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washed-up child prodigy has ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a bloodthirsty feral hog on his trail, and an overweight, Judge-Judy-loving best friend riding shotgun- but no Katherine. Colin is on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which he hopes will predict the future of any relationship, avenge Dumpees everywhere, and may finally win him the girl.

A quote:

You can love someone so much, he thought. But you can only never love people as much as you can miss them.

Any thoughts:

Could you believe that I didn’t know what the terms “abundance”, “prodigy” and “pupillary sphincter” meant? I hate to admit it but before reading my first John Green book, I didn’t know what those terms really meant. And in the end, I realized I learned many things just from reading An Abundance of Katherines.

It was an interesting concept, this book. Though it took me quite a while to get into it and get used to the narration (there’s footnotes!), I was glad I didn’t give up. (Side note: Who would give up and stop reading a John Green book? I just couldn’t do that.) Once I was emerged within the story, I couldn’t help but speed through it.

Its sense of adventure was quite a fun journey. Colin and his best friend, Hassan, go on a road trip together and end up at a place in Tennesee called Gutshot. There, they meet people who illuminate the entertaining, clever sides of Colin and Hassan.

The Theorem about the Katherines who Colin dated was very unique and although I didn’t understand most of what was being explained, it was fun nonetheless to go along with it. There was a full explanation (you didn’t have to read it) at the back of the book by a math expert for the curious ones. I started reading it but then I got completely lost and eventually got distracted.

What I found most interesting was the anagramming. I never even knew about anagramming and I didn’t even know what it was! (To answer your question: yes, I’ve been living under a rock for the past hundred years.) ...Though I did hear about it somewhere. Anagramming becomes important later on in the story. Colin, our main guy, is a natural at anagramming and could anagram a word in his head in less than a second. Is there such a person? There probably is. But anyway, Colin is one heck of a smart guy, a prodigy as a child. It’s enjoyable to get a peek inside of his brain, to see the way he thinks, how he makes connections from one thing to another.

There is nothing like An Abundance of Katherines. Its tone of amusement, knowledge and realization (Eureka!) will guarantee a great read.