Top Ten Books On My Fall 2013 TBR List

It's tuesday and it's time for Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. This time we're supposed to write down our top ten books on our fall 2013 TBR list and that shouldn't be any problem at all.

1. Allegiant by Veronica Roth, give it to me! Now!

2. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, a re-read before the movie comes out.

3. Scarlet by Marissa Meyer. I'm so excited about this book and I've had it for too long!

4. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare because I have to know what happens.

5. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. It's time!

6. Hate List by Jennifer Brown. I'm so curious about this.

7. Burn for Burn by Jenny Han och Siobhan Vivian.

8. Kiss of Frost by Jennifer Estep. I have to continue the series!

9. Wake by Amanda Hocking.

10. Under the never sky by Veronica Rossi. I should have read it long ago but now it's time.

Top Ten Books I Would Love To See As A Movie/TV Show

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This week it's about books we love to see as movies or TV-shows. In a perfect world, of course, where they don't butcher our favorite books.

1. The Starcrossed trilogy by Josephine Angelini. I really like this trilogy and would definitely watch it as a movie or a TV-show.

2. The Shatter Me trilogy by Tahereh Mafi. I think this would be best as a TV-show actually.

3. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins as a movie. Even I would see it and I normally don't watch romantic movies.

4. Far from you by Lisa Schroeder had been an interesting movie, don't you think?

And these were all that I could come up with! The problem is that all of the series and books I'm reading already is in the process of becoming a movie or TV-show. The Mortal Instruments, Vampire Academy, Divergent...

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Carmen got the jeans at a thrift shop. They didn’t look all that great: they were worn, dirty, and speckled with bleach. On the night before she and her friends part for the summer, Carmen decides to toss them. But Tibby says they’re great. She'd love to have them. Lena and Bridget also think they’re fabulous. Lena decides that they should all try them on. Whoever they fit best will get them. Nobody knows why, but the pants fit everyone perfectly. Even Carmen (who never thinks she looks good in anything) thinks she looks good in the pants. Over a few bags of cheese puffs, they decide to form a sisterhood and take the vow of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.....the next morning, they say good-bye. And then the journey of the pants - and the most memorable summer of their lives - begins. 

This was a re-read and I'm very satisfied with it. I knew what to expect and it was very special to read it during our vacation in Santorini since a part of it actually takes place there. The reading experience wasn't very different from the last time I read it and I still liked it.

Each of the characters has something and that's one thing I like about this series. Even though Carmen acts a little bit like a baby I can understand her. Her dad, Al, doesn't really care about her and nobody seems to listen to her either. She is just gonna swallow the fact that her father has a whole new family and that he is getting married. Lena is the shy girl with not interest in boys, til she meets Kostas. The opposite of Lena has to be Bridget, or Bee, who is crazy about boys and specially one of them. But when she finally has it all, she just feels empty. And Tibby who stays at home and became friends with Bailey who has leukemia. Their summers is so different but the jeans keep them together!

If you haven't read the series yet, I highly recommend it. It's easy reads and perfect books to pick up during the summer. Now, the summer is mostly gone (at least in Sweden) but read it anyway or save it for the next summer. It will be here before you know it!

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Kindle Edition, 303 pages
Delacorte Press
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I'm home!

Hi guys! So I got home from Santorini yesterday and I spent the evening going through all of our pictures and movies from the trip. There isn't much book related but I read at least two young adult books that I will be reviewing shortly. I will also show you a book shop in Oia called Atlantis Books, which was the most beautiful book store I've ever been to.

Now you know what to expect so see ya!

We'll Always Have Summer

Belly has only ever been in love with two boys, both with the last name Fisher. And after being with Jeremiah for the last two years, she's almost positive he is her soul mate. Almost. Conrad has not gotten over the mistake he made when he let Belly go even as Jeremiah has always known that Belly is the girl for him. So when Belly and Jeremiah decide to make things forever, Conrad realizes that it's now or never--tell Belly he loves her, or lose her for good. Belly will have to confront her feelings for Jeremiah and Conrad and face a truth she has possibly always known: she will have to break one of their hearts.

It was a really good choice re-reading the series this summer. I loved them when I read in swedish too but it's something special reading in the original language. Anyway, this was as good as the others!

There's a few things I just wanna gaaah a little about. What happened to Jeremiah? The nice and careful boy who would always love and take care of Belly? And, yeah, now we get to understand Conrad but he can't seriously mean that Belly is just going to forget about he being an ass? Anyway, I think Belly choose the right guy in the end and I almost started crying there. That does not happen very often at all.

I'm a little bit sad there isn't more of Belly, Jere and Con but if I've got the time - I'll be re-reading this again next summer and the summer after that and yeah, you know.

We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han
Kindle Edition, 304 pages
Simon & Schuster
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Top Ten Books That You Wish Were Taught In Schools

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This week it was actually two different themes but I chose "Top Ten Books That You Wish Were Taught in Schools". I think it will be rather difficult but I'll try!

1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins - yeah, why not? It's about a possible future and it's really good so why not?

2. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 'cause it's a classic. I think it is!

3. I am Legend by Richard Matheson for no special reason.

4. Speechless by Hannah Harrington or any other book with that theme. I think it's important!

And that's all I've got but better than nothing, right?

It's not summer without you

Can summer be truly summer without Cousins Beach? 

It used to be that Belly counted the days until summer, until she was back at Cousins Beach with Conrad and Jeremiah. But not this year. Not after Susannah got sick again and Conrad stopped caring. Everything that was right and good has fallen apart, leaving Belly wishing summer would never come. But when Jeremiah calls saying Conrad has disappeared, Belly knows what she must do to make things right again. And it can only happen back at the beach house, the three of them together, the way things used to be. If this summer really and truly is the last summer, it should end the way it started--at Cousins Beach.

I loved this book just as much as the first time I read it - last summer. This really is a perfect series for the summer and especially when it rains. You just jump into the bed, listen to the rain, pick these books up and dream away.

The only thing that might get me on my nervs in this book is Bellys insecurity. She loves Conrad and all of a sudden Jeremiah is interesting and everything is just very confusing for her. I can understand her a little bit, it's not easy to be a teenager and the feelings are just flowing. Mostly, I really like Conrad but sometimes in this book he's so immature.

Anyway, a review of the third and last book will come up soon!

It's not summer without you by Jenny Han
Kindle Edition, 292 pages
Simon & Schuster
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