Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King

Finally read it. Again this was supposed to be read during "booktubeathon"

Vera’s spent her whole life secretly in love with her best friend, Charlie Kahn. And over the years she’s kept a lot of his secrets. Even after he betrayed her. Even after he ruined everything.

So when Charlie dies in dark circumstances, Vera knows a lot more than anyone—the kids at school, his family, even the police. But will she emerge to clear his name? Does she even want to?Edgy and gripping, Please Ignore Vera Dietz is an unforgettable novel: smart, funny, dramatic, and always surprising.

“I miss him so much, but it's confusing, because I missed him long before he was dead, and that's the bitch of it all. I missed him long before he was dead.” 

I've already said it but average ratings on goodreads can be seriously misleading. Like, "Under The Never Sky" gets 4.04 while THIS gets 3.94. Really? REALLY?

Please Ignore Vera Dietz made me feel so sad without ever making me cry (okay, maybe I did tear up). There's so much more going on in the book than what that summary tells. The relationship between Vera and her father was one of the highlights of the book for me. A.S King writes beautifully, one minute I'm cracking up, the next I'm thinking that I shouldn't be laughing in such a situation. Vera's POV is amazing, but what's even more amazing is the notes between the parts of the story. There are notes from Charlie, Vera's dad, the Pagoda (YES.) 

Every character was so real and I wanted Vera to end up well so badly and every time she was drinking, I felt like slapping her to her senses and when she did the right thing I was just so happy. A.S. King made me root for the main character, and that's what I loved.

This kind of reminded me of "Hate List" which is one of my favorites.

My favorite character was probably Vera's dad. (or maybe the Pagoda) 

Despite how much I wanted to, I couldn't, just couldn't hate Charlie. I pitied him. I hated the way things had to turn out.

**POTENTIAL SPOILER**

“I wish we could go back in time and climb trees together again. I love you, Vera. I always will.” 

5 STARS

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Love, Rosie by Cecelia Ahern

It took me 4(ish) hours to finish this 500 page compilation of the strongest feels. It seems like I was misguided by the trailer of the movie adaptation to think this was a typical chick lit/fluffy read. GODS NO.

 (Lily Collins and Sam Claflin just looked so good and cute in the trailer, I knew I had to read the book)
Rosie and Alex are destined for one another, and everyone seems to know it but them. Best friends since childhood, their relationship gets closer by the day, until Alex gets the news that his family is leaving Dublin and moving to Boston. At 17, Rosie and Alex have just started to see each other in a more romantic light. Devastated, the two make plans for Rosie to apply to colleges in the U.S. 

She gets into Boston University, Alex gets into Harvard, and everything is falling into place, when on the eve of her departure, Rosie gets news that will change their lives forever: She's pregnant by a boy she'd gone out with while on the rebound from Alex. 

Her dreams for college, Alex, and a glamorous career dashed, Rosie stays in Dublin to become a single mother, while Alex pursues a medical career and a new love in Boston. But destiny is a funny thing, and in this novel, structured as a series of clever e-mails, letters, notes, and a trail of missed opportunities, Alex and Rosie find out that fate isn't done with them yet.
There were a few more lines in the summary about how this book keeps you laughing and guessing till the very last page.(It doesn't) (not really complaining) and LAUGHING TILL THE END! pfft more like This book is not a LIGHT HAPPY READ. It could be frustrating to many readers, not to me, I LOOOVEEEEDD this book. I've tried to read Cecelia Ahern's "P.S I Love You" but couldn't really get into it. Love, Rosie though...
The book is written in epistolary form, It's a compilation of e-mails, letters, notes, messages and stuff. Read it, pleeease read it, because it's sad and happy and tragic and joyous. But skip it if you hate books that cover a reaaaally long period, because the only thing I truly HATED about this novel was that *SPOILER ALERT*
It took 50 FREAKING years for the main characters to get together. YEP.*END OF SPOILER*
So yeah, this book just missed my favorites shelf because of that.
Calling all those die hard romantics, this is the book for you.
I give it (guess guess)

5 STARS

for leaving me like this

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Shadow and Bone (The Grisha #1) by Leigh Bardugo

It's time I read this..... you see, booktubeathon didn't work out so well...

Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee.

Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life—a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling.

Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. With darkness looming and an entire kingdom depending on her untamed power, Alina will have to confront the secrets of the Grisha . . . and the secrets of her heart.

*reads it out in that lame voice that you find in trailers*"...and the secrets of her heart." REALLY?
Anyway, this book was great! And for the second time (First:TMR), I found myself completely surprised with how my ships ended.
Yep, this book has a love triangle. But don't go all like this....
Because the ending leaves you like this, 
This book had AWESOME world building, which I have learned to appreciate after reading a certain book series *cough cough* The Selection*cough cough*.
Plus, obviously, great writing:
“I missed you every hour. And you know what the worst part was? It caught me completely by surprise. I'd catch myself just walking around to find you, not for any reason, just out of habit, because I'd seen something that I wanted to tell you about or because I wanted to hear your voice. And then I'd realize that you weren't there anymore, and every time, every single time, it was like having the wind knocked out of me. I've risked my life for you. I've walked half the length of Ravka for you, and I'd do it again and again and again just to be with you, just to starve with you and freeze with you and hear you complain about hard cheese every day. So don't tell me why we don't belong together," he said fiercely.”
 See, this book does things to my heart.
I'll give it

4 STARS

I'm coming to you! Book 2!!!!

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Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith

There's "weird", then there's "WEIRD", then there's "WEIRD Weird". Well, Grasshopper Jungle goes even beyond THAT.
“Good books are about everything.” true that. The scale of grasshopper jungle varies from "Sexually confused protag in a love triangle" to "end of the world by praying mantises"
Sixteen-year-old Austin Szerba interweaves the story of his Polish legacy with the story of how he and his best friend , Robby, brought about the end of humanity and the rise of an army of unstoppable, six-foot tall praying mantises in small-town Iowa.

To make matters worse, Austin's hormones are totally oblivious; they don't care that the world is in utter chaos: Austin is in love with his girlfriend, Shann, but remains confused about his sexual orientation. He's stewing in a self-professed constant state of maximum horniness, directed at both Robby and Shann. Ultimately, it's up to Austin to save the world and propagate the species in this sci-fright journey of survival, sex, and the complex realities of the human condition.

Yep. Just as the summary says, this book is full of sexually active human-eating praying mantises, raging hormones and Polish Ancestors. Like I said, a whole new level of weird, and I like it. The book was soooooo funny! Andrew Smith's writing style is WEIRD UNIQUE and he repeats words or sentences a lot (can you guess the words?) and that adds to the humor.
Austin's ancestral history that makes up for about half of the book is really refreshing and It fits together with the present perfectly.
Maybe it was the style of the book but I could never take the "end-of-the-world" thing seriously. Oh, but it happens, It definitely does. So yeah a few things in the book were unbelievable to me, but I'm not complaining!
To sum it up, this book is weird and hilarious and I have never read anything like it, so if you're tired of the stereotypical YA Post-apocalyptic fiction, check this out!
(Don't check it out if you find lots of swearing, um.. procreating praying mantises and horny protagonists disturbing.)
I'd give it

3.7 STARS

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Mockingjay Teaser Trailer

IT IS FINALLY OUT. Do you know how hard it is to sit back and NOT go to comic con?! 
And finally I get this (though the first two teasers were really good too)

Oh and how very good it is, we get to see the part where Katniss visits District 8 for shooting propaganda and stuff. We also get to see Plutarch and Coin discuss about Katniss and her role in the rebellion. And of course, President Snow.

It's awesome, basically. (or as awesome as a teaser can be). Though, I WANT TO SEE PEETA.

Now, we just have to wait for 3 MORE MONTHS for the actual movie.

While watching the trailer I came across this

uhhhhh............

This is just one of those questions where the only answer I can give is, the book wouldn't have happened.THE BOOK WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED!

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The epic book slump.(and AHS)

There's the book roll and then there's the book slump.

Until now, I had been on a perpetual book roll, but this month I've hardly read a book, either I'm unable to even pick one up or I can't go through with it. I HATE THIS. It's depressing. So many good books out there, waiting to be read, and I'm like....                                                                  I HAVE TO GET OUT OF THIS SLUMP!!!

I think a lot of the blame is to be put on American Horror Story, because that show had me addicted for 2 whole weeks, not that I'm over it now, I've just run out of episodes. I'M IN LOVE with this show. What can I say about it? It's creepy, gory, funny, heart wrenching, filled with awesome actors (I mean JESICCA LANGE holy shit). But you know who really got me into this series? TATE LANGDON. I mean he's got to be the most interesting anti-hero/villian EVER. All those things he's done, and you still can't hate him. Seriously, I could write a whole tate-langdon-appreciation-post cause he's THAT awesome. .

  And Tate & Violet/ Kyle & Zoe are one of my OTP's now. Basically, this post is about why you should be watching AHS.
And my book slump. I shouldn't worry now, I've watched all AHS ep's and I'll soon be normal (at least what normal is for me) again.

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Booktubeathon 2014!

The battle has begun...   

   Not really.

What is Booktubathon? It's like a week long competition (14th - 21st July) which has really interesting reading challenges and you have to complete all of them to win. There'll be some Internet-y stuff too. It's being hosted by our dear booktubers and check out this video for more info and the challenges.

The reading challenges are:

• A book with pictures.
• Start and finish a series.
• A book with red on the cover.
• A book someone else picks out for you.
• A book from the genre you've read the least this year.
• A book to movie adaptation
• Read seven books.

I'm starting this a bit late, but I'll try.

Here are the books I decided to read:

1. A book with with pictures

Just to complete 7 books I'll read the second one too

2. Start and finish a series & A book from the genre you've read the least this year.

3. A book with red on the cover & A book to movie adaptation

4. A book someone else picks out for you.

That's It, It'd be a miracle if I even read one. Why? One word: SCHOOL. Then there's also "American Horror Story" which I'm living through right now.

Let's see how this goes!