The Romance Bookie

Okay, all I have to say is THANK YOU for libraries!! They are seriously amazing! Even if librarians sometimes can be a little intimidating (but then again, everybody is different, because I happened to get along perfectly fine with my high school librarian), they are just the best places to be able to escape when necessary, from your family, friends, whatever really.  Anyway, I am on Spring Break officially this week (!!!!!) and spending this week to relax, read, relax, write the two papers for my English class, relax, read some more, and mayyybbbeeee spend some time with friends.  But I may not do that last part, because I really want to relax :) (or did I mention that already?? ;)) So, I have been reading (or rather rereading) obsessively  The   Princess Diaries series, like I mentioned in my last entry.  And over the past four days I have read the second, third, fourth, and fourth and a half novel from the series again.  I just can't sto...

So I finished the Sci-fi-ish book, and it got pretty good at the end.  Scott Westerfeld is the author of the Uglies Trilogy, and he must have a very huge imagination, because some of the things he thought of would be really cool if they actually were to exist in the future. The trilogy is about our future...well, actually about a different race, because apparently we won't exist anymore, we will known as the Rusties...haha I thought that was kind of funny.  The World as we know it no longer exists, and it's now made up of Stepford people...you know the kind, the kind of people who don't think for themselves anymore, but instead have been changed into someone who is exactly how someone wants you to be.  In the novels (I have only read the first two so far, so I don't know yet what is going to happen in the finale, Specials , yet) the "people" go through phases in their life...first they start born, of course, and known as Littlies, and then they turn into Ugl...

I have read this series probably about five times, because I love these books so much! I think one of my weaknesses in life is probably a Meg Cabot book.  I love her!! She is amazing!! I have probably mentioned that before, but I just never get tired of her books! I love her characters because they always have this great sense of humor.  The Princess Diaries  is definitely not an exception to this.  The series consists of probably about 15 books (including the mini novels in between), and has is the amazing story of Mia Thermopolis, a freshman in high school, learning she is the princess of a small nation called Genovia. Now I know, almost every girl/woman has seen the Disney movie, based on the series.  Well, let me just tell you Disney RUINED it!!! BIG TIME!! I mean don't get me wrong, I love the movies, especially Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews, but I just wish they could have named it something else, and not made it based on the books.  The movies ha...

So for the past week I've been reading two books, and am almost done with both of them, but it might still be take me a few days, because I may have gotten hooked on a TV show that I have wanted to see for ages on Hulu :), if you're wondering what show, well, it's Huge , which originally aired last summer and has Nikki Blonsky from Hairspray in it, who happens to be one of my favorite actresses :). Well, anyway, since I haven't finished one of the books yet (even though I already have read one of them about 5 times ;)) I want to talk about a book that I read last year.  I hate going so long in between posts. So the book is.... Elixir by yes...none other than Hilary Duff, the actress/singer best known for her role in my personal favorite childhood Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire .  I was a huge fan of Mrs. Duff (wow, I can't believe she got married! How time flies!) growing up, and still love to see what new things she comes out with.  One of those new thi...

So I finished Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen yesterday afternoon...and I LOVED IT!!! This book was so powerful! I finished it in less then three days, which is pretty good for me; I just couldn't put it down a lot of the times, because the story is so captivating from the beginning until the end.  I first heard about the story when I saw the trailer for the movie, adapted from the novel, which is coming out next month.  The movie has Robert Pattinson playing the lead character, Jacob.  And I find him to be so gorgeous!! :).  He wasn't the only reason though that the story interested me ;), Reese Witherspoon is in it too...haha just kidding, the actors aren't the only thing interesting to me, even though love Reese :)...but no, in all seriousness, the overall story really interested me.  The story takes place during the depression, in a time when everyone was struggling (a lot like today's time, but I think still worse, because they didn't have the same ...

Okay so read Beastly as soon as I got it in the mail on Wednesday evening :).  I had finished it by Friday morning. Beastly is by author Alex Flinn.  When reading the book, think: modern day Disney version of Beauty and the Beast .  The only difference is you get to see the point of view from the beast, so he does think about things and say things (not descriptive or anything) that may not be suitable for a girl under the age 12, maybe 13.  I enjoyed reading it, but I have to admit it wasn't one of my favorite books I have ever read.  The love story was my favorite part :), and the author did do a great job making Kyle (the Beast) sound really mean, which I thought was a crucial part to the novel. So, after I finished the book on Friday morning, I went with my mom that same morning to go see it in theaters, for a mother-daughter morning :).  The movie has Alex Pettyfer playing Kyle (he was in the recent I am Number Four ) and then the beauty, Lindy, was...

So I finished the novel I was reading last night :). It was yet another cute romance novel! Even though I tried reading Pride and Prejudice a few years back, I just couldn't get myself into it.  I know, most women would probably be shocked...but I tried! I swear! I read like half way through, but I just couldn't get myself to finish, because quite frankly I found it to be boring...a lot of women will probably hate me for saying that. But anyway, the book I finished last night is called Me and Mr. Darcy , and as you can probably imagine, it's about, none other than...Mr. Darcy!  However, even though Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is a big part of the story, it isn't the only thing the novel concentrates on. The story is about a 29-year-old woman named Emily, who turns down a trip to go to Mexico with her best friend, to party and drink on the beach for a week straight, for a Jane Austen book tour in England.  Like Emily, I personally would have chosen the bo...

So I am still reading my current book right now, sorry... ;(.  Trying to finish it soon, need only about a 100 more pages, but I have just been having to work on other stuff along the way, like school :), and writing :).  But anyway, I did order a few new books last week, so I am very excited to read those.  The three books, that I got are : Beastly by Alex Flinn A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn too :) and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. Two of the books have been made into a movie.  I didn't find out that Beas tly was actually an adaptation from the book, so when I found out I knew I had to read it before I go and see the movie, which I am very excited (!!!!) to see.  I saw the trailer for the first time, when I saw Harry Potter 7 Part 1 in theaters in November, and instantly fell in love with the story idea. Water for Elephants has also been made into a movie, and is coming into theaters either at the end of this month, or beginning of next month....