Beautiful Creatures-- Book Review

I've heard online about this book and it was all good. The last time I heard so much hype about a book was Twilight saga.

I didn't get an ARC( Advanced Reading Copy) but I bought my book. This is one book to add to the collection.

This Story takes places in the Gatlin County in the South. Its told by Ethan and what happens when he meets Lena.

Everyone has a secret it seems.

Lena is a Castor. Ethan has been dreaming about Lena for sometime before she arrived to town.

I loved Ridley , and Amma , and the librarian -family friend.

This book is detailed in family history and I had more questions after reading it. It did start out slow but I think that its normal in these books that are going to be a series.

Lena is counting down til she is 16 because thats when she is chosen as witch for either white witch or black witch. Lena is a natural and very powerful. It was nice to see family , no matter how weird, they are there for each other. Loved Lena's house.

Loved the romance between Ethan and Lena , and a locket that they found together gets them started on the journey to find out more about both their families.

I can't put into words how moved and felt the characters struggles ..but this book was awesome. I've telling my friends about this book since I've read it.

Book Review=5

Questions: All the lies and deceit that was occurring to the teenagers seemed a bit much. Do we lies to protect them or brutal honesty ? It seems to be a recurring them in Hollywood lit , but it recurring in real life ??

I think a part of being a parent is to have some secrets from our kids. I know I'm going to tell my kids the brutal honesty all the time. I do think its a Hollywood theme.

Do you think Lena and Ethan were to too chaste with only random kissing? With rampant teenage pregnancies and condoms being distributed in schools, do you feel these YA novels that stick to just kissing and no curing aren't reality , or do you agree with their good show of morals ??

I think it shows another reality, and my growing up could have been like Lena and Ethan's life. I didn't swear or date much in high school. So I could relate to Lena in a way. Reading books is a good way to travel to a different world and authors choose their worlds. I as a consumer have a right to read or buy their product or not. I like authors that are responsible and also have kids because many authors want their kids to read their books or see their movies like Stephenie Meyer as example. Granted when I was growing up there weren't too many kids having kids when I was in High school.

Obviously the authors lean toward a very strong liberal viewpoint...in that sense how feel about censorship and do you feel it fair to label all conservatives this way ??

It didn't bother me on their viewpoints..its fiction. But I don't like being label for certain things whether you are white,black, city , folk or gay or straight. A person is person. No life isn't fair but you what life gives you whether they are lemons or tomatoes..Its your life and your choices.

Southern , small town close mindedness is a big feature of Beautiful Creatures, did you find the towns reaction to Lena something that could happen or a gross southern small town stereo-type ??

I can relate to living in small town. I moved to this town in Ca in my Senior Year and it was change from living in the city. I could count the gas stations and stop lights and I had to go different town if I needed to help my mom with the grocery shopping. In small towns-- Many more people go to town meetings. I knew what was happening in my local paper. I think that this stereo type does ring true in many ways whether you are in the south or Northern CA. But stereotypes are all around on TV, books, schools, and Movies. Think of your favorite show..I'm sure that there are many stereotypes in there. Movies a classic example of stereotypes is and what comes to mind is THE BREAKFAST CLUB or SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL. There is a Jock, Beauty, Nerd, or outcast.

BWB Review=4

This is going to 5 book series and a movie too.

Happy New Year

I'm going keep doing what I'm doing with my kids and making sure that they doing their best in all aspects of their life.

Going to keep reading and planning more MNO with girl friends from church / MLM/ MOPS.

I get to register K for kindergarten -- that's 4 in elementary school

We plan on working on the front yard and improving the house.

Tonight we will be ringing in the new year with sparkling apple cider and playing the wii.

These aren't really Goals per say...but stuff I will be doing through out next year.

Best Books --2009

Catching Fire
Shiver
Beautiful Creatures
The Maze Runner
As you Wish
In the Forest of Hands and Teeth
Change in Altitude

Lu Shae Jewelry-- Product Review

I got an offer to pick some new jewelry out. I don't get myself much fun things to wear on a daily basis.

I was contacted by LuShae Jewelry to pick something out and do my Honest review of it. I went to the site and had a tough time picking something for myself. They are based in Australia. There are necklaces, rings, bracelets, earrings. All the items I did like in the earrings were all sold out. Which got me thinking that others like the same items I do.

I picked a 4 channel ring and these are made with cubic zirconium. Its very sparkly and the delivery of it was fast. I happened to do the wrong ring size , and the returning the ring has been very easy to do.

I'm been impressed by the service and attention to detail as a customer and looking for jewelry, but the only thing missing from the picking the jewelry are customer reviews of the item. I would have liked to have known whether to purchase a bigger size or other customers comments on the items, they have purchased.

The company is based in Australia and there many beautiful pieces to choose from and I had a tough time deciding myself. I'm been impressed by their service and attention to detail to me as a customer. Thanks

Truly Madly-- Book Review

Lucy Valentine is from a family of matchmakers. Her dad has incident and decides to leave town and put Lucy in charge of the office. Lucy has a unique talent of finding lost things. Lucy meets Sean a retired fireman who send her sparks.



Lucy is trying to solve the mystery of a client and find his lost love. Lucy is smart, funny , and doesn't want to follow in the curse bad love of her family.



Its definitely chick lit and very fast read. I think I will read the next book in the series.



Book Review=4



This book comes out Feb 2010.



Thanks to Scribner for my copy and this is my honest review.

Wordless Wednesday

Kids eating Ice cream sundae's and watching Monsters Vs. Aliens.

Sorta Like a Rock star-- Book Review

Sorta like a Rock star comes out in May 2010.

Loved the cover.

Amber Appleton lives in a bus. Ever since her moms boyfriend kicked them out, her mom and her totally loyal dog. Bobby big boy ( aka Thrice B) have been camped out in the back of Hello Yellow ( the school bus her moms drives). But Amber the self proclaimed princess of hope, refuses to sweat the bad stuff.( Back of the book)

Its beautiful story and loved how this was written. Amber always shortens everything..Amber is friends with 4 awesome boys who all seem to have some disablities of sort. She is part of the Fab 5. She is a Hugger and wants to help those in need. She is a very strong and independent young woman.

This book is in 4 parts

1. Feel the pain
2. Freak Scene
3. Puke & Cry
4. We are not alone

Amber does good deeds at Korean church, visits old folks , and talks to a veteran. I was surprised how much she did to help people considering her situation.

Amber story is a hard life but through it all she is happy. This book does get some what religious for a young adult novel and very deep, but I thought the addition of haiku's were a great add to the story and made the story flow.


Beautiful story of Hope and I cried while reading this book.

Book Review=4

Thanks to Little Brown for this book and this is my Honest Review.

Sisters Red-- Book Review

This book comes out June 2010



This is tale of two sisters. Rosie March and Scarlett March. The story is told in 2 alternating point of views of Rose and Scarlett.

Rosie is the younger of the sisters. Scarlett is the oldest and most driven. They have an unbreakable bond.


Scarlett hunts fenris( werewolves) and can tell when they are around. She wears a read cloak and acts innocent. She will do what ever it takes to take care of her sister. Scarlett has been doing it for some time and lost an eye from an earlier battle, but Rosie is just starting to join the fight.


I loved the Apple Tree Festival ...and could picture that whole scene. The girls live in a small town and during the story they decide to move to a bigger town to help kill more of the fenris ,and try and find who is the biggest threat to all the people safety. They need to find the person that will be turning into a fenris.

Loved the Dragonfly analogy ..its was well put for the story.

Sisters =my heart and so true.


Loved the romance , fighting of Fenris , and overall story of sisters. I wanted to call my sisters and just talk with them.


I wanted to get a Red cloak and be just as driven as Scarlett..she reminded me of Buffy Summers( Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and a little like Selene from Underworld Series.


This is the 2nd book by Jackson Pearce.


Book Review= 5


Thanks to Little Brown for the book and this is my Honest review.