In My Mailbox

In My Mailbox is a post where I tell you the books that I received this week either by buying them from the bookstore, going to the library or from my mailbox. In My Mailbox was created by Alea and turned into a meme by Kristi.

Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty

When her best friend, Hope Weaver, moves away from Pineville, New Jersey, hyperobservant sixteen-year-old Jessica Darling is devastated. A fish out of water at school and a stranger at home, Jessica feels more lost than ever now that the only person with whom she could really communicate has gone. How is she supposed to deal with the boy- and shopping-crazy girls at school, her dad’s obsession with her track meets, her mother salivating over big sister Bethany’s lavish wedding, and her nonexistent love life?

Captivate by Carrie Jones

Zara and her friends thought they’d solved the pixie problem. And they did — sort of. The pixies are all locked away, deep in the woods. But the king’s needs grow stronger each day that he is in captivity, while his control over his people weakens. And it’s enough to draw a new king into town. Astley claims he is different. He claims there are pixies who can live peacefully with humans, that it doesn’t have to be all violence and nastiness all the time. Zara wants to believe him . . . until Astley also claims that she is fated to be his queen.

There is no way Zara would ever turn pixie. And she’s got good friends who will make sure of that. Besides, she and Nick are so in love they’re practically inseparable. But when the very thing Zara wants to protect most is exactly what’s at risk, she is forced to make choices she never imagined. . . .

-Amanda

Heartless by Sara Shepard

Originality- 19/20
Characters- 18/20
Remembrance- 9/10
Quote-ability- 9/10
Entertainment- 19/20
Ending- 9/10
Recommend to read- 10/10
TOTAL- 93/100
Grade- A

In picturesque Rosewood, Pennsylvania, neighbors gossip over picket fences, and gleaming SUVs sit in every crushed-granite driveway. But recently, friendly smiles have been replaced with suspicious glares and accusatory whispers—and it's all because Hanna, Aria, Emily, and Spencer just can't keep their mouths shut. . . .

First they claimed they found a dead body in the woods behind Spencer's house, only to have it vanish without a trace. Then when the same woods went up in flames, they swore they saw someone who's supposed to be dead rise from the ashes. And even after all that, the pretty little liars are still playing with fire.

Hanna's trading in her Dior trench for a straitjacket. Aria's trying to contact the dead. Emily's dumped her boyfriend and is skipping town . . . again. And Spencer thinks someone in her family has gotten away with murder.

The friends insist they're telling the truth about what they saw, but all of Rosewood thinks they're simply out for attention—and nobody likes a girl who cries wolf. So when the big bad killer comes after the girls, will anyone believe them . . . or will they be the next to disappear?

I can never get enough of this series! It's not just the plot but the sub plots as well. Usually we just get a little romance, but with four main characters we get four different stories and backgrounds.
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Each book brings you deeper and deeper into their lives and minds. It has come to the point where I feel like I know the girls. It's amazing what a book can make you feel. I'm able to move past the parts where they are being mean or stupid and think about the serious problems that they are facing.

The msytery in the book is getting even bigger. As usual "A" is confusing the girls to no end. Right when you think the girls have any sort of idea about what is going on everything is turned upside down. Even you get the feeling that you're puting the pieces of the mystery when everything turns out differently. "A" has a way of making the girls believe different thing.

By the end of the book one part of the mystery is supposedly solved and the other grows even larger. I want to write about all of the freaky, crazy, and sad things that happened but I can't. I really don't want to ruin the book for you.

I definitely recommend everyone to check out this series. It will leave you wanting to shake your best friend into reading it so you can talk about it.

-Amanda

A Look Inside: Keeping the Moon

A Look Inside is a post where I give you a couple of quotes from a book that I've read and enjoyed!

Today's book is Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen.

"You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it."

"It's true. It's like the hidden secret that no one tells you. we can all be beautiful girls, Colie. It's so easy. It's like Dorothy clicking her heels to go home. You could do it all along."

"I've always known who I am. I might not work perfectly, or be like them, but that's okay. I know I work in my own way."

"All the bitchy girls in the world are just a training ground for what men can do to you."

"Self respect, Colie. If you don't have it, the world will walk all over you."

-Amanda

Waiting on Wednesday on Thursday

The book that I'm waiting on this week is....

Fallout by Ellen Hopkins

Release Date: September 14, 2010

I can't find a good synopsis for this book but it is the final book in the Crank/Glass trilogy. It takes place in the future when Kristina's children are teens. It talks about how her choices affected their lives.

-Amanda