Born Wicked

Everybody knows Cate Cahill and her sisters are eccentric. Too pretty, too reclusive, and far too educated for their own good. But the truth is even worse: they’re witches. And if their secret is discovered by the priests of the Brotherhood, it would mean an asylum, a prison ship—or an early grave. Before her mother died, Cate promised to protect her sisters. But with only six months left to choose between marriage and the Sisterhood, she might not be able to keep her word... especially after she finds her mother’s diary, uncovering a secret that could spell her family’s destruction. Desperate to find alternatives to their fate, Cate starts scouring banned books and questioning rebellious new friends, all while juggling tea parties, shocking marriage proposals, and a forbidden romance with the completely unsuitable Finn Belastra. If what her mother wrote is true, the Cahill girls aren’t safe. Not from the Brotherhood, the Sisterhood—not even from each other.

I had no plan to read this at first. It didn't really seem like a book I would enjoy but I changed my mind and what a luck. The beginning wasn't that great though. Slow-paced and not really interesting but when I was thinking about putting the book down and pick up something else - everything turned and the book got great.

I liked Cate from the very beginning and got kind of mad at Maura for not listening to her sister, heh. The book contains a little love-triangle but I'm not really surprised. The book had been just as good without it, though. And when we're on it - Finn is definitely my favorite.

I really liked this book and I highly recommend it to you guys!

Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood 
Hardcover, 330 pages
Putnam Juvenile
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Charlie is a freshman. And while he's not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent beyond his years yet socially awkward, he is a wallflower, caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it. Charlie is attempting to navigate his way through uncharted territory: the world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new friends; the world of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite. But Charlie can't stay on the sideline forever. Standing on the fringes of life offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor.

Everyone seems to love this book and I mean everyone. I think that made my expectations a bit to high. It was a good book, sure, but it wasn't fantastic that I've thought.

The book covers a topic that I think many people recognize. It's also sometimes a little bit sad, and you can really understand the situation Charlie is in. I think it's a great book to read and discuss in school but as I said - I didn't think it was fantastic.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 
Paperback, 231 pages
Pocket Books
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Anna Dressed in Blood

Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead. So did his father before him, until his gruesome murder by a ghost he sought to kill. Now, armed with his father’s mysterious and deadly athame, Cas travels the country with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat. Together they follow legends and local lore, trying to keep up with the murderous dead—keeping pesky things like the future and friends at bay. When they arrive in a new town in search of a ghost the locals call Anna Dressed in Blood, Cas doesn’t expect anything outside of the ordinary: move, hunt, kill. What he finds instead is a girl entangled in curses and rage, a ghost like he’s never faced before. She still wears the dress she wore on the day of her brutal murder in 1958: once white, but now stained red and dripping blood. Since her death, Anna has killed any and every person who has dared to step into the deserted Victorian she used to call home. And she, for whatever reason, spares his life.

I've read so many reviews about this book that I got a little afraid of being disappointed. When I started reading I thought it went to slow so I skimmed a bit but all of a sudden it turned. The book got very interesting and exciting and I had some issues putting it down at nights.

Anna is a very interesting character and I'm hoping to learn more about her in the second book in this duology. I liked Cas too but I had a big problem with the instalove. In two seconds, Cas loved Anna, a ghost. It didn't seem really realistic if you ask me.

Anyway, I'm going to read Girl of nightmares as soon as I can and if you're into ghost and paranormal romance - I recommend this book.

Anna dressed in blood by Kendare Blake 
Paperback, 373 pages
Orchard Books
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Book Blogger Hop: May 17th - 23rd

It's time for the Book Blogger Hop, which is a meme hosted by Coffee Addicted Writer. Every week, you answer a question on your blog and put your link in the linky list at CAW. Then you can scout through all the blogs that has participated.

May 17th - 23rd: What is your guilty pleasure read?

I would say erotica. Most erotic books aren't that well written but I like them anyway. I don't need to analyze the text apart. I'm pleased as long as it's some kind of flow in the text.

One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies

Ruby is a fiftheen year old girl who was raised by her mother but when she dies she has to move to her father. Her father hasn't shown any interest in Ruby before so why now? Her father has a lot of money and his closest neighboor is Cameron Diaz but how is she going to survive without her mom? Or her best friend and her boyfriend?

I'm not completely sure what to think about this book. I like the writing style and it was an easy book to read. I also finished it in no-time since it's written in verse but I had som issues with Ruby. She's naive and immature and a lot of stuff seemed very unrealistic.

Sometimes it felt like the story was more focused on celebrities, good looks and money and not the real problem. It was also a little predictable but it was still OK. I wanted to know what happened to Ruby and her father and if they're ever going to be friends.

One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies by Sonya Sones
Paperback, 272 pages
Simon & Schuster
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Summer Books

The other day I was thinking about summer books and my summer reads this year. Since Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han is two of my favorite authors I will read some of their books. I got Dessens That Summer in the mail yesterday and I've pre-booked her new book The Moon and More. I also want to re-read Jenny Hans Summer-trilogy.

A few days ago I also bought Breathe by Abbi Glines for my Kindle, which I hope is a good summer read. I was actually thinking about re-reading The Summers of the Sisterhood-series by Ann Brashares. I've only read book one and two but I have to finish the series.

A book that I've been curious about for a while is My life next door by Huntley Fitzpatrick. I've read a lot of great reviews and the book is just so pretty. I was also thinking about How I lost you by Janet Gurtler, but I don't know about that one.

Do you have any great summer reads to share?

Book Blogger Hop: May 10th -16th

Ok, it's time for the Book Blogger Hop, which is a meme hosted by Coffee Addicted Writer. Every week, you answer a question on your blog and put your link in the linky list at CAW. Then you can scout through all the blogs that has participated.

May 10th - 16th: What was the last book you re-read? Or name a book you would like to re-read. (submitted by Tanya)

The last book I re-read was actually The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares. Last summer I decided to read the whole series but I didn't get that far so I guess I'll be reading it again this summer and actually finish it.

A book that I really want to re-read at the moment is Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi.

Tomorrow, when the war began

Seventeen-year-old Ellie Linton wants one final adventure with her friends before the school holidays are over. Packed in Ellie’s parents’ land rover they drive to the famously isolated rock pool Eden dubbed ‘Hell’ by the locals. Returning to their home town of Wirrawee, the seven teenagers realize that something is seriously wrong. Power to the houses has been cut, pets and livestock have been left dead or dying, and most alarmingly of all, everyone’s family has vanished. When the hostile armed forces discover that the teenagers are lying low in the vicinity, Ellie and her friends must band together to escape, outwit and strike back against the mysterious enemy that has seized control of their town and imprisoned their friends and loved ones…

Well, everyone seemed to love this book so my expectations were pretty high. I didn't like it, though! I had to force myself to read a few times and the fact that I were in a reading slump didn't make things better.

I thought it was hard to get to know the people and the settings and I felt nothing about it. I really like dystopian novels so I wanted to like this book as well, but no, sorry.

Tomorrow, when the war began av John Marsden
Paperback, 304 pages
Quercus Publishing Plc
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Far from you

Alice lives with her father and his new family but she isn't comfortable with that. She thinks her father moved on too fast after her mother died in cancer and the fact that she now has a little sister called Ivy doesn't make it better. One day, her father and her new stepmother Vic decides they're going to visit Vics parents and Alice is supposed to come with. She can't imagine anything more boring..

I've never read a book written in verse before but I've seen a few reviews of books by Schroeder and Ellen Hopkins that made me really curious.

I read through it very fast and I like Lisa Schroeder as a writer. It's simple but at the same time deep and the story gets you something to think about. Even though I read it a couple of months ago, I still remember it clearly.

If you're thinking about reading books written in verse, I would highly recommend this book and I would absolutely read more books by Schroeder in the future.

Far From You by Lisa Schroeder
Paperback, 368 pages
Simon Pulse
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Every Day

Every day a different body. Every day a different life. Every day in love with the same girl. 

There’s never any warning about where it will be or who it will be. A has made peace with that, even established guidelines by which to live: Never get too attached. Avoid being noticed. Do not interfere. It’s all fine until the morning that A wakes up in the body of Justin and meets Justin’s girlfriend, Rhiannon. From that moment, the rules by which A has been living no longer apply. Because finally A has found someone he wants to be with—day in, day out, day after day.

I've read one book by Levithan before this and I loved it. Before I picked this up I read a few reviews and it was all really good so my expectations were pretty high but he did it. HE DID IT! Some might say this is a wierd book and not believable but I loved it and you should read it open-minded.

A has a interesting life and I'm a bit curious about the background. What happened and why? How is the future going to be? I had some problems putting this down so my sleep got kind of disturbed there for a couple of days but it's OK. If it's disturbed by a great book - it's OK.

Levithan has become one of my favorite authors and I'm so curious about his other books. Yesterday, a book by him and Andrea Cremer was released and that one sounds really interesting. I highly recommend this book and still can't stop thinking about it.

Every Day by David Levithan
Hardcover, 324 pages
Knopf Books
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Twilight

Isabella Swan moves from sunny Phoenix to her father in Forks. She has very low expectations and literally thinks this whole year would suck, until she meets Edward Cullen and his family. There's something about him that Bella just can't get enough of and when he reveals his secret, she's not really surprised but does she know what it means? If she wants to be with Edward, she has to accept the fact that she'll always be in danger.

I've seen the first two movies and I didn't like them at all and because of that, I had very low expectations on this book. But the book were so much better than the movie and I'm so happy to get rid of Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson and focus on the characters instead.

Meyer isn't the best writer but the book was easy to read, just a little repetitive. I had some problems with the instalove too but it's okay, I knew what to expect. The Cullen family is really interesting and I hope to know more about them in the other books. I bought the whole box so when I got some time for it, I will read the next three in the series.

Actually, I thought the book was very good and after like 50 pages - I was hooked! I understand why so many have read these books and I'm sorry I didn't read them a few years ago. I think I've loved the series if I was younger.

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Paperback, 434 pages
Atom Books
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Divergent

Beatrice Prior lives in a dystopian Chicago where the people is divided in five factions, the honest, the brave, the selfless, the intelligent and the peaceful. Once a year, everybody who has turned 16 must choose a faction and it's a difficult choice since they are going to stick with it for the rest of their lives. Beatrice can't really decide if she wants to stay with her family and never feel right about it or if she would take the chance to switch faction but then she'll never see her family again.

Beatrice's life would change no matter what and since her little secret would put her life in danger if it came out, she would have to trust the right people.

It felt like everybody had read this book before I even knew it existed but now it was my turn and I freakin' loved it! I haven't read that many dystopian novels yet but this became my favorite and I'm so excited about "Insurgent", which I'm going to read as soon as I can.

This book is pretty big but I read it in no-time. It was so exciting and I really wanted to know what happened to "Tris" and her family. Except from Tris, I also really liked Four (of course, doh) and hope to know more about him in "Insurgent". The third book in the trilogy is released in the fall and recently got a title, "Alliegent".

If you haven't read this book, put it up right away and start reading!

Divergent by Veronica Roth
Hardcover, 487 pages
Katherine Tegen Books
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Touch of Frost

Gwen Frost is a new student at Mythos Academy. Everyday she's surrounded by amazones, valkyries and spartans and what is she? Some gypsy girl. She's not strong and she has no fighting skills and the only thing she really has is the gypsy gift, which means she can see things when she touches it. Why did her grandmother want her to go to Mythos in the first place?

When one of the students at Mythos dies, Gwen gets curious and want to know more about it but it's not always healthy to be curious. Suddenly, Gwen is the target and she has no idea what she's fighting.

I don't know what made me pick up this book but I guess it was the mythological parts. I have a thing for greek mythology, that's for sure! I've also read som great reviews about the whole series so I got very curious. I got so happy when my fiancé bought it for me as a gift and started reading it right away.

There's a lot of clichés in this book. The helpless girl meets the strong, spartan boy who save's her life but they can't be together. Something like that. The fact is that I have no problem with it and even if it sounds predictable - I really want to know what happens to Gwen and how the book will end. And now, when I know what it really is about, I want to read the next book in the series!

Except from Gwen, I also really liked professor Metis and it will be real fun to follow her in the rest of the series. I hope to see more of Carson as well. The only thing I really know about him now is that he's a band-geek.

Overall, this was a great book and I cannot wait to read the next one, Kiss of Frost.

Touch of Frost by Jennifer Estep
Kindle Edition, 385 pages
Kensington Books
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