AbielleRose

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Season 3 of Friends

Glad you liked Clockwork Angel, Chrissy! Think I'll have to add The Small Hand to my TBR pile.

I bought this book last night and was unable to put it down until finishing it early this morning. Blurb from Barnes and Noble: A love out of time. A spaceship built of secrets and murder. Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet, three hundred years in the future. Never could she have known that her frozen slumber would come to an end fifty years too soon and that she would be thrust into the brave new world of a spaceship that lives by its own rules. Amy quickly realizes that her awakening was no mere computer malfunction. Someone-one of the few thousand inhabitants of the spaceship-tried to kill her. And if Amy doesn't do something soon, her parents will be next. Now Amy must race to unlock Godspeed's hidden secrets. But out of her list of murder suspects, there's only one who matters: Elder, the future leader of the ship and the love she could never have seen coming. I reviewed the book earlier on my book thread. If you're a fan of Sci Fi and books geared towards the YA genre, I would highly recommend this one.

Book Review of Across the Universe by Beth Revis Have you ever taken a look at the cover of a book and wondered if the inside would be just as alluring? Have you ever gotten a recommmendation off of some random stranger and teetered back and forth between whether or not to buy the book because they don’t know you or your reading fetishes well enough to really ‘know’ what you would enjoy? Sometimes its best if we allow ourselves the luxury of taking a little leap of faith and impulsively saying ‘yes’ to a new, shiny addition to our bookshelves, regardless of logic or our bank accounts. Last night at the little bookstore I work, a customer (who is a librarian at one of the public schools in town) came up to me, her and her daughter’s arms full of books from navel to chin, ready to check out and take their booty home to fawn over before placing them in the custody of the students. Among that pile was Beth Revis’ YA Sci Fi debut novel Across the Universe. Having been curious about the book after several glimpses of the beautiful cover I asked if any of the kids had requested it because, let’s face it, if kids are reading it the book must be good. She informed me that the copies they already had in the small school library were impossible to keep on the shelf and the reserved list streched out more than a month! She then spent the next 15 minutes telling me all about how the first chapter is by far the most powerful chapter in not only the whole YA genre, but the general fiction world. Who can refuse a recommendation with a promise like that? I took home my brand new adoptive baby last night and opened to chapter one with a lot of anticipation and skepticism. Skepticism solely because so many people have been trying to cash in on the “vampires and werewolves are so sexy” trend in the world of YA lately that it’s been hard to find many books with not only a quality story, but quality writing as well. Okay, first let’s back up a bit to a quote printed on the page before the journey begins: “Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes, that call me on and on across the universe… Nothing’s gonna change my world.” ~ John Lennon and Paul McCartney Anything with a quote from my favorite four British boys has already gained favor in my heart (I had been wondering upon first meeting if the title was some form of an homage to the fab four. *hands awesome points to Beth Revis*) My librarian customer was not imbellishing in the least. The first line of the book is not intensely thought provoking or laden with fancy words to grasp the reader’s attention, thankfully, it is simply, “Daddy said. ‘LET MOM GO FIRST.” Go first where? Must find out… the attention span of Captain Mojo-Lost has been attracted… Several good hours, tears, and thought ponderings later, I realize that I have actually managed to devour an entire book in one sitting. The time is now 5:30 am and my body has long forgotten about sleep, sucking in the energy from this incredible book to replace the precious hours needed to secury my beauty for the next day. Beth. Revis. Is. A. Literary. Titan. Because I’m the bad sort of reviewer who refuses to spill any secrets of the story (I’m that annoying person who watches their friend’s faces during movies because I’m more interested in their reactions than the movie itself). You are just going to make sure to put Across the Universe on your TBR lists because it is definitely a 'must read' novel. The way Revis pulls you into Amy’s head and world(s) is something that cannot be described by my words or the words of any other reviewer out there. It is something you need to experience and feel for yourself. The last book that captured my heart and flighty mojo the way this one has was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows… yeah, it’s been that long, people. Usually I give a rating to the books I review, but this one cannot be rated simply because a full five stars feels like a dishonor. My copy is now a treasured friend who’s cover I’ll run my fingers over fondly for years to come as I re-read it time and time again. There is no judging the worth of something like that.

That's not true, vf! I think it's a really great thing when men find that somewhat 'forbidden' connection with Austen. She's such an amazing writer regardless of whether the reader is male or female. So, which of her works do you like the best?

I Will Follow You Into the Dark- Death Cab for a Cutie

Oops, I accidentially bought more books to add to the TBR pile. Last night I began writing a short story that is for a Jane Austen contest. I went home and searched but couldn't find my copy of her complete works so today I bought Northanger Abbey, Pride and Prejudice and Emma. I also bought a YA fantasy that looks really Harry Potteresque (and very good!) called Fablehaven by Brandon Mull and Goodnight Tweetheart by Teresa Medeiros (recommended by Lexiepiper ). Haven't been reading as much as I should be this week, but tonight I've read about 20 pages of Northanger Abbey to try and get my brain into Austen mode for the story. It's been so long since I've read this one that I'd forgotten just how dark it is in comparison to the rest of her work. Looking at it among the other stories she penned it sort of seems a bit out of character for her.

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A white chocolate mocha from Starbucks.

For me it was Night by Elie Wiesel. I read it for the first time when I was 15 and it opened my eyes to the horrors of the world. I decided, after reading that, to set certain goals in my life such as sponsoring a little boy in India and eventually going on several mission trips to try and do my best to love and help others. His story made me want to become a human rights attorney throughout high school. Even though that has changed, my ultimate goal is still to work with charities that focus on situations like Darfur and people living in opression.

Glitter in the Air - P!nk

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Gilmore Girls

Beauty and the Beast

Attempting to read is more like it. The old mojo has been off on vacation for the last few days now. The book is going really well, actuallym I've made a lot of progress these last few weeks and am loving the journey its been taking me on. How about yourself? How is everything?