Frustrating Books Are Frustrating

Howdy! I've read three more books since my last post, which is a pretty awesome feat in my opinion. I am not a fan of 9am classes. Plus we had almost a whole week of snow days, which was amazing! But let's get to the books.

I was right about the Cassandra Clare rant.I have no idea how she comes up with these heartbreaking situations where there seems to be absolutely NO right answer. I finished Clockwork Prince. Needless to say, I once again have a love/hate (mostly love, soooooo much love) relationship with her books. There's Will, and he's so well-meaning and messed up. I just want to bake him cookies and make him feel better. Then there's Jem. He's perfect. I can't find any flaws in him. How am I supposed to choose between them? In The Mortal Instruments, it was an easy decision. I was always team Jace, and I am like that with nearly every book I read. It doesn't take long before I have a clear team. The Infernal Devices is a different story. I have never been so confused before. I can't see how this series is going to end happily, but I can't wait to find out what happens! Also, her CLIFFHANGERS. They're pure torture.

After I finished Clockwork Prince, I decided to finish reading Across the Universe by Beth Revis. I started it last year, and then I most likely got distracted by another book. It had nothing to do with the Across the Universe being boring, it's definitely not, I just get distracted easily. Anyways. I loved this book! The story was very intriguing to me, especially everything about what Eldest was enforcing in order to keep the ship alive (in his opinion, at least). I love twists, and after the halfway point, this book was full of them. I also really like the relationship between Amy and Elder. I'm hoping I can read A Million Suns soon! I need to know what happens.

The last book I read was The Battle of The Labyrinth by Rick Riordan. Side-note, I will forever have to look up how to spell labyrinth. I can never remember. I read the first three books in the Percy Jackson and The Olympians series in 2010, and LOVED them. Then I got distracted again. So, after finishing Across the Universe, I decided to finish this series. I got ten pages into this book and was reminded of just how hard I ship Percy/Annabeth. YOU'RE PERFECT FOR EACH OTHER. JUST GET TOGETHER ALREADY. Gah. I think Greek mythology is super interesting, so I love all of the stories in these books. And as much as the movie was so messed up (which made me sad, it could have been awesome), I love who they picked to play Poseidon. Me and my sister watched Grey's Anatomy on Netflix last year and when he showed up we yelled "IT'S POSEIDON!" at the same time. He's gorgeous. So, every time Poseidon shows up in the books, I enjoy picturing that actor. Okay, my dad is watching Wheel of Fortune right now, and they just had a puzzle that was "Greek God Poseidon". Creepy. But anyway, I'm reading The Last Olympian right now, and I'm freaking out. I really don't want Percy to die.

I picked up Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake at the library today. I've read a lot of great things about this book so I'm really excited to start reading! I also picked up Airhead by Meg Cabot. I adore her Mediator series, and I've read a few of the Princess Diaries books, so I'm excited to start that as well. Anywho, I hope that wasn't too boring for y'all. I probably committed some heinous grammar crimes. Oh well. I'll write again soon!

First Books of the Year!

I'm going to try not to make this boring, so bear with me. I've read three books so far this year. The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson, Anna and the French Kiss, and Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins. I loved all of them so much! I couldn't put any of them down. Although I technically started The Name of the Star in 2011, I read most of it on the first so I'm including it in the list.

I love Maureen Johnson. If you're not following her on twitter, you should be. I've read 13 Little Blue Envelopes and The Last Little Blue Envelope, and I'm working on Suite Scarlett. I love her books, and The Name of the Star was no different. The main character's inner monologue was hilarious, and the way she created a different type of ghost was really interesting. I also loved learning more about Jack the Ripper (even though I ended up having a really creepy dream about him). Plus, I have a soft spot for any story based in London. Or anywhere in Europe really. It's been my dream to go for pretty much my whole life, and since I can't go now, I read stories based there. Anyway, I'm definitely looking forward to the sequel!

Now, time for Anna and Lola. THEY WERE SO PERFECT AND MAGNIFICENT AND BEAUTIFUL AND GAH. There aren't enough words to describe how much I loved these books. Stephanie Perkins, you are amazing! I seriously couldn't put these books down. I enjoyed Anna a little bit more than Lola, probably because Anna has an English boy. Okay, it's definitely because Anna has an English boy. Oh, Étienne. He's just so cute and funny and historical and ENGLISH. I love him. However, Lola has an adorable, sweet, nerdy guy, and that's one of my favorite things too! I just love how she had some hilarious quotes that had me laughing the whole time (Jo-Ja!) and yet she put so much emotion into her characters. They had me crying. I just finished reading these and I'm tempted to read them again. I've already made my sister read them. We were going to clean our room today, but she started reading Anna and those plans went out the window. She can't stop reading either. So if you haven't read Stephanie's books, DO IT.

I just started Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare, so hopefully there will be a post about it soon. School starts Monday though, so I might be a little slow. However, knowing how quick I usually get through her books, I'll most likely be done by the end of the week. I'll rant about her usual frustrating cliffhangers then.