The Book Junkie

  Title: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer #1) Author: Michelle Hodkin Genre: Mystery/Paranormal Published: September 2011 Medium Read In: Paperback Pages: 452 Rating: 5 Summary:  Mara Dyer doesn't think life can get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there. It can. She believes there must be more to the accident she can’t remember that killed her friends and left her mysteriously unharmed. There is. She doesn't believe that after everything she’s been through, she can fall in love. She’s wrong. Review:  A suspenseful, page-turner of a book. I have never been more intrigued by a book as much as I was with this. The book has you questioning what is real and what is a delusion. Mara's journey to find out the truth about what happened the night her friends died impacts the way you look at reality. The whole plot sucks you in and takes you on a wild ride. This was amazing and I can...

  Title:  Oh. My. Gods. (Oh. My. Gods. # 1) Author: Tera Lynn Childs Genre: Fantasy/ Greek Mythology Published: May 2008 Medium Read In: Hardcover Pages: 272 Rating: 4 Summary:  A modern girl's comedic odyssey in a school filled with the descendants of Greek gods. When Phoebe's mom returns from Greece with a new husband and moves them to an island in the Aegean, Phoebe's plans for her senior year and track season are ancient history. Now she must attend the uber exclusive academy, where admission depends on pedigree, namely, ancestry from Zeus, Hera, and other Greek gods. That's right, they're real, not myth, and their teen descendants are like the classical heroes: supersmart and super beautiful with a few superpowers. And now they're on her track team! Armed only with her Nikes and the will to win, Phoebe races to find her place among the gods. Review: This book was hilarious! I could not stop laughing. Phoebe's plight and...

Hey guys! I'm so sorry for not adhering to the schedule I posted a few weeks ago. I've been busy trying to come up with a video for my Youtube channel. I am now joining other Booktubers to spread the joy of reading around. You can check out my channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCom6PpsWy_bCnPgv52wzBew So far it's only one video because Booktube-a -thon is next week, so I will try to do daily updates for both this blog and my channel. But you will be getting a review tonight, so thank you all for understanding and I'll get to the post.

Title: To All The Boys I've Loved Before Author: Jenny Han Genre: Contemporary Published: April   2014 Medium Read In: Hardcover Pages: 368 Rating: 4.5 Why I Read It:  I was looking for a new contemporary novel to read and I found this one. Summary:   Lara Jean's love life goes from imaginary to out of control in this heartfelt novel from the  New York Times  bestselling author of  The Summer I Turned Pretty  series. What if all the crushes you ever had found out how you felt about them... all at once? Lara Jean Song keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. They aren't love letters that anyone else wrote for her; these are ones she's written. One for every boy she's ever loved—five in all. When she writes, she pours out her heart and soul and says all the things she would never say in real life, because her letters are for her eyes only. Until the day her secret letters are mailed, and suddenly, Lara Jean's love ...

Title:  Teardrop (Teardrop #1) Author:  Lauren Kate Genre: Fantasy Published: October 2013 Medium Read In: Hardcover Pages: 441 Rating: 5 Why I Read It: I heard a lot of good things about it and I wanted to check out what all the hype was. Also, this book was on my to be read list so this seemed like  no problem and I lover Lauren Kate as an author. Summary: Never, ever cry...  Seventeen-year-old Eureka won't let anyone close enough to feel her pain. After her mother was killed in a freak accident, the things she used to love hold no meaning. She wants to escape, but one thing holds her back: Ander, the boy who is everywhere she goes, whose turquoise eyes are like the ocean. And then Eureka uncovers an ancient tale of romance and heartbreak, about a girl who cried an entire continent into the sea. Suddenly her mother's death and Ander's appearance seem connected, and her life takes on dark undercurrents that don't make sense. Can everything...