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The Secret Life of a Teenage Siren by Wendy Toliver

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So summer is officially over, and both work and school has started once again.  I know that these next few months are going to crazy busy, so I really wanted to read a no-brainer easy read.  And that's why I picked up one of Simon and Schuster's Romantic Comedies! From Goodreads : Geeky to gorgeous in sixty seconds... Roxy's about to turn sixteen, but life isn't so sweet. As a band geek, Roxy can barely get the cute guys to notice her, much less go out with her. Then, on her birthday, Roxy is transformed into a siren: seductively beautiful with the power to control all men. She thought sirens were an ancient myth, but suddenly Roxy can get any guy she wants with just a few notes on her flute. There are only two rules: don't tell anyone about being a siren, and don't fall in love. When she starts dating Zach, the guy everybody's crushing on, Roxy realizes she could get used to this siren thing...but how can she keep herself from falling in love? M...

Meg-A Readers Week!! Day 7: Forever Princess (#10 in The Princess Diaries Series) by Meg Cabot

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Hey Everyone! It's the last day of Meg-A Readers 2014 already! ;( This is going to be my last review for Meg-A Readers this year, and it's of the last book in The Princess Diaries Series , Forever Princess ! From Goodreads: What's a Princess to do? It's Mia's senior year, and things seem great. She aced her senior project, got accepted to her dream college(s), and has her birthday gala coming up . . . not to mention prom, graduation, and Genovia's first-ever elections. What's not to love about her life? Well . . .Her senior project? It's a romance novel she secretly wrote, and no one wants to publish it.Prince Phillipe's campaign in the Genovian elections isn't going well, thanks to her totally loathsome cousin Rene, who decided to run against him.Her boyfriend, J.P., is so sweet and seemingly perfect. But is he the one? And her first love, Michael, is back from Japan . . . and back in her life. With Genovia's and her own futur...

Wings by Aprilynne Pike Review

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So I've been trying to read Wings for probably about the last two years!  I started reading it two summers ago off of a friend's Nook, and got about a 1/4 way through.  I ended up buying about a year ago at Barnes and Noble, so I could eventually finish it! Well I've FINALLY finished it!! From Goodreads : Laurel was mesmerized, staring at the pale things with wide eyes. They were terrifyingly beautiful--too beautiful for words. Laurel turned to the mirror again, her eyes on the hovering petals that floated beside her head. They looked almost like wings. In this extraordinary tale of magic and intrigue, romance and danger, everything you thought you knew about faeries will be changed forever. My Thoughts: While that description may be short, it is also the perfect way to describe this book! Aprilynne Pike has an Imagination! An absolute beautiful one!  The description of the wings was gorgeous!  My mom, who actually read this one before me, ...

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

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So I know everyone is scrambling to get Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl read before the movie hits theaters on the 13th of February! And I am no exception haha :) I love reading the books before I see the movie!  From Goodreads :   "There were no surprises in Gatlin County. We were pretty much the epicenter of the middle of nowhere. At least, that's what I thought. Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong. There was a curse. There was a girl. And in the end, there was a grave. Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever. Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has ...

Shiver by Maggie Steifvater Review

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Wow, WOw, WOW!!!! I can NOT believe that it has taken me this long to read Maggie Stiefvater's Shiver ! Honestly, can't believe I have waited THIS LONG!!! From Goodreads :   For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf--her wolf--is a chilling presence she can't seem to live without. Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In winter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the silent company of a fearless girl. In summer, a few precious months of being human . . . until the cold makes him shift back again. Now, Grace meets a yellow-eyed boy whose familiarity takes her breath away. It's her wolf. It has to be. But as winter nears, Sam must fight to stay human--or risk losing himself, and Grace, forever. My Thoughts: Wow, just Wow!  I can't even tell you how much I loved this book!  Everything about this book!  I loved the characters, the story, the writing (oh the writing! So go...

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han (Review)

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Hey Everyone! Man, it feels like it's been forever!  Okay, so it's been a week since my last review, however, since for the past three to four weeks I've been rereading The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer, for the release of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (which, btw, I've seen twice now! :)), it's also sort of nice to be back to reading NEW stuff! The book I read this time around, is one I've wanted to read for quite a while now.  I would actually say probably since its release in 2009, which was around the time I saw it for the first time at Borders (RIP ;( Borders!). Well, I finally got the opportunity a few weeks ago, when Amazon had it on sale for I believe $3.99!  So I grabbed at the chance, and finally read it over Thanksgiving Day! :) BTW, I hope everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving, and had the opportunity to think about everything they are grateful for in their life!  I know I sure have a heft list, and let me just say it did not inc...

One Day...

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"One Day...". A phrase all of us has used at least once in our life, most likely.  Whether thinking, "One day... that car is going to be mine," or "One day...I'm going to travel the world..."; these are just examples of what many of us might think about, when we see or hear about something we want. One Day by David Nicholls, is exactly about "one day".  A truly touching story containing love, humor, friendship, the phases of life, and the mistakes that are made along the way.  Emma and Dexter met in 1988, and became the best of friends.  What was supposed to start off as a one night stand, turned into a 20 year friendship.  Each chapter takes place on July 15th, a year later from the last year.  Over those 20 years of Dexter's and Emma's sometimes troubled friendship, the story goes through Dexter's troubled phase of trying "to have fun", and Emma's phase of trying to find herself.  While Dexter likes partying, Emm...