BOUT OF BOOKS 10!

GUYS. I'm participating in the Bout of Books Read-A-Thon again! I did it last summer and was so happy I did! I read a lot in that week and felt good about reading all that! I decided to do it again because I feel like I just need to force myself to read the books I have on my shelf. I will be in school this time around, but I still plan on reading a lot and at every chance I get. I will have a post up closer to the date as to what I will be reading because at this point, I'm not sure. But here is the official blurb and I hope you participate!

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 12th and runs through Sunday, May 18th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the only reading competition is between you and your usual number of books read in a week. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 10 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Sign up here! http://boutofbooks.blogspot.com/

HAPPY READING! :)

April Wrap Up and May TBR! 2014

I'M GRADUATING IN A MONTH. HECK yes. Totally not the point of this post, but you can tell how utterly excited I am. In the month of April, I read 10 books. Kindle books have really been helping me out reading a lot of books during the month because they don't take long to read but also not helping me because I'm not reading the physical books I need to read on my shelves! I don't know how much reading time I will have in the next couple months(graduating and college preparations), so I'm trying to haul ass and read a lot of books when I have free time during the week or free weekends. I'm not going to have  a big TBR for May either because I have no idea what I'm going to read and don't want to pressure myself. So enough rambling, here are the books!

APRIL READS:

The Catastrophic History of You And Me by Jess Rothenberg--> 3/5 stars
Bruiser by Neal Shusterman--> 3/5 stars
Hamlet by William Shakespeare--> 2/5 stars
Come Away With Me by Kristen Proby--> 3/5 stars
The Cardturner by Louis Sachar--> 3/5 stars
Now And Then by Brenda Rothert--> 4/5 stars
Call Me Cat by Karpov Kinrade--> 4/5 stars
Forever and Always by Jasinda Wilder--> 5/5 stars!
Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker--> 2/5 stars
The Seacrest by Aaron Paul Lazar--> didn't finish enough to score, but didn't like it

I also started The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley which I hope to finish in May. But these other books are possibilities for the month of May:

Its Kind of A Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Those are the only books I want to read, but might not. I can never follow a TBR... I also put up reviews for almost all these books, so go check them out under my reviews tab! I hope you had a good reading month!

Spring Break Book Haul! 2014

Hey guys! I am back with a book haul! I havent had a book haul in a while. I am on spring break and not at home so I went to a huge book store! I got these gems and cant wait to read all of these! I got all these for $27! Fantastic deal if I say so myself. I also have a another book haul I neglected to show in March, so I will get on that when I get home. Here are the books:

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
White Oleander by Janet Finch
Fixing Delilah by Sarah Ockler
How To Save A Life by Sara Zarr
Bright Young Things by Anna Godberson
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor (Yes, I know. Finally!)
Triangles by Ellen Hopkins

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Book Review: Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A.Tucker

SYNOPSIS:
Kacey Cleary’s whole life imploded four years ago in a drunk-driving accident. Now she’s working hard to bury the pieces left behind—all but one. Her little sister, Livie. Kacey can swallow the constant disapproval from her born-again aunt Darla over her self-destructive lifestyle; she can stop herself from going kick-boxer crazy on Uncle Raymond when he loses the girls’ college funds at a blackjack table. She just needs to keep it together until Livie is no longer a minor, and then they can get the hell out of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
But when Uncle Raymond slides into bed next to Livie one night, Kacey decides it’s time to run. Armed with two bus tickets and dreams of living near the coast, Kacey and Livie start their new lives in a Miami apartment complex, complete with a grumpy landlord, a pervert upstairs, and a neighbor with a stage name perfectly matched to her chosen “profession.” But Kacey’s not worried. She can handle all of them. What she can’t handle is Trent Emerson in apartment 1D.
Kacey doesn’t want to feel. She doesn’t. It’s safer that way. For everyone. But sexy Trent finds a way into her numb heart, reigniting her ability to love again. She starts to believe that maybe she can leave the past where it belongs and start over. Maybe she’s not beyond repair.
But Kacey isn’t the only one who’s broken. Seemingly perfect Trent has an unforgivable past of his own; one that, when discovered, will shatter Kacey’s newly constructed life and send her back into suffocating darkness.

MY REVIEW:
If you haven't read this book, I'm going to spoil the shit out of you, so leave if you haven't read it! This book was an insane roller coaster of emotions. I was really hooked to the book in the beginning. I instantly fell in love with Kacey and Livie's characters. They are so likable and funny. They made me crack up and feel the pain that went with their story. I really liked the concept of the story and how a lot of the characters were dealing with death. That's really all I liked about the book. I really didn't enjoy how Kacey all of a sudden liked Trent. Okay, they met like twice and didn't even go out on a date before she was all over him. I just didn't understand that someone with as many problems as her just letting some complete stranger into her life like that. She didn't even know anything about him and she liked him so much...WHAT IS THAT!? And then the huge ass plot twist towards the middle of the book that totally changed my perspective in the book altogether. I cant believe after they told Kacey she'd been stalked by him for TWO years, she still felt sympathy for him. Yeah, I get it. I have lost people in my life and I know how hard it is to cope with things and forgive. But I still cant believe Kacey went back to him and forgave him! He fucking lied to her and stalked her! HELLO! Am I the only one who sees a problem with that!? You can tell how mad I am about this book. At the beginning of the book you would just think Kacey has some major forgiveness issues but then by the end, you think she is a wack job. I don't think the author made it seem there was anything wrong with her at the beginning compared to the end. I don't think I'm going to continue this series even though the second book is about Livie and shes like the only character I liked. I rated this book a 2/5 stars. 

Book Review: Forever & Always by Jasinda Wilder

SYNOPSIS:
Ever,
These letters are often all that get me through week to week. Even if it’s just random stuff, nothing important, they’re important to me. Gramps is great, and I love working on the ranch. But…I’m lonely. I feel disconnected, like I’m no one, like I don’t belong anywhere. Like I’m just here until something else happens. I don’t even know what I want with my future. But your letters, they make me feel connected to something, to someone. I had a crush on you, when we first met. I thought you were beautiful. So beautiful. It was hard to think of anything else. Then camp ended and we never got together, and now all I have of you is these letters. S**t. I just told you I have a crush on you. HAD. Had a crush. Not sure what is anymore. A letter-crush? A literary love? That’s stupid. Sorry. I just have this rule with myself that I never throw away what I write and I always send it, so hopefully this doesn’t weird you out too much. I had a dream about you too. Same kind of thing. Us, in the darkness, together. Just us. And it was like you said, a memory turned into a dream, but a memory of something that’s never happened, but in the dream it felt so real, and it was more, I don’t even know, more RIGHT than anything I’ve ever felt, in life or in dreams. I wonder what it means that we both had the same dream about each other. Maybe nothing, maybe everything. You tell me.
Cade

MY REVIEW:
Wow. This book blew my mind away. I loved it. It is easily one of my favorites for the year! I loved the start to this book. It totally was cute contemporary at the lake and all fun at art camp. But then when they go home, it just goes down hill from there. The story turns dark and gets more into adult. It was so much fun to see Ever and Caden grow up throughout the years and how time flew for them. I was literally heartbroken through all of Caden's story. He honestly had the shittiest hand dealt to him and it was so sad. Ever grew up a lot too. I think she was really mature because she was forced to raise herself because her dad was so closed off. I love how even though they were busy with their own lives, they still wrote to each other. Even if it was just one letter a month. And then when Caden actually goes to get her! AHH! I was like no, this isn't really happening and then he was actually there! AHH! I'm just telling you now, the whole second half of the book is sex. They are constantly together and never split apart. And the ending was okay. It reminded me of Point of Retreat by Colleen Hoover a little bit. Just the car accident part. And then when the doctor said Ever was pregnant! BLOODY HELL. This book is fantastically written. Even though I loved this book, I will NOT be continuing on with the series. I read a spoiler considering I wont get the other books for a while and I don't like whats going to happen. It was a cute first book though and I recommend it! I obviously rated it a 5/5 stars! 

Book Review: Now and Then by Brenda Rothert

SYNOPSIS:
Now Emmaline Carson is a sharp, settled graphic designer who loves painting, cooking and girls’ night out with her older sister Layla. But then – in the years before she went to art school in Paris – she was a shy, awkward teenager with frizzy hair, a flat chest and a massive crush on the boy across the street, Cole Marlowe. Too bad her incredibly hot neighbor only had eyes for Layla.
Cole is now a confident, laid-back attorney who’s even hotter than he used to be. He’s planning to stay single while working his way up the corporate ladder – until he’s knocked off course by a chance run-in with Emma.
Everything is different between Cole and Emma now. He finally sees her in a way she only dreamed of, and their hot chemistry is fueled by a growing friendship. But Emma’s deception of her sister – who wants Cole for herself – and the secret Cole’s been keeping for more than a decade threaten to tear apart what’s only just begun. Because sometimes the only thing standing in the way of now is then.

MY REVIEW:
I really liked this book! I got it for free so I figured it would be crappy, but I got a good one here! Its was written in third person and I don't really enjoy that, but it was portrayed very nicely in this book! I loved the main character Emma. I feel like I was like her and could connect to her easily. I didn't like her sister. I thought she was totally mean and rotten and disrespectful. She kept bringing Emma down and that was part of the reason I didn't give this book a 5/5 stars. I really liked Cole too. I just didn't like him in the 'Then' parts when he didn't even notice Emma. I liked how their relationship didn't move too fast. I didn't like their fights though. It was off and on and it was about the past. I understand why Emma didn't really trust that he would stay considering he was a jerk back then, but after a while it was clear he wanted her not her annoying ass sister. I liked this book, but not sure if I want to continue it considering the next book is about her sister finding love. Bleh. Shes mean. But I rated this book a 4/5 stars!

Book Review: Call Me Cat by Karpov Kinrade

SYNOPSIS:
Catelyn Travis is a good girl who gets good grades in law school, doesn’t date and never gets into trouble. 
But when a run of bad luck threatens to destroy everything she's worked for, she's forced to become Cat, phone sex goddess who fulfills the fantasies of her clients night after night.
When she meets Ashton Davenport the Third, bad boy biker billionaire, she knows to stay away. But when he calls her alter ego, Cat, she has no choice but to fall for the sexy stranger.
Now her life is spiraling out of control as she struggles to keep her two identities separate, but there's one person who knows her secret.
And he'll stop at nothing to destroy her, just like he destroyed her parents.
Threatened at every turn, her life crumbling around her, Catelyn must decide who she can trust, because the wrong choice could end her life.

MY REVIEW:
Well, this book kept me on the edge of my seat throughout the whole thing. I didn't know a lot about this book going into it and I'm glad! It was a really dark story and that's what grabbed my attention to begin with. The actual scene was hard to read because, um, hello. Its a murder. But I got past it and it was a really enjoyable story line! I loved Ash! Oh gosh, he was hot. I really liked how their (Cat and Ash's) relationship developed. I totally didn't expect the person who kidnapped her to be that person! I had a suspicion, but dismissed it. I didn't like the ending very much though. I felt like everything was rushed. And then I was a little confused at what Cat was seeing and wasn't seeing. I would really like to continue on with this series! I want to know who this person is who murdered her parents. I rated this book a 4/5 stars. I would definitely recommend it for lovers of romance and mystery. This book did it for me!