Books Read in 2012

December
65. Insurgent- Veronica Roth
66. One Second After- William R. Forstchen
67. The Calling- Kelley Armstrong
68. House Rules- Jodi Picoult
69. Dark Inside- Jeyn Roberts
70. Hourglass- Claudia Gray
71. Fourth Comings- Megan McCafferty

August
64. Beautiful Lies- Jessica Warman

July
56. The Last Princess- Galaxy Craze
57. Vertigo- Kristina Dunker
58. The Sundered- Ruthanne Reid
59. Pushing the Limits- Katie McGarry
60. The Goddess Legacy- Aimee Carter
61. A Midsummer's Nightmare- Kody Keplinger
62. Anteater-Boy- Dean Ammerman

63. The Angel Experiment- James Patterson

 
June
48. Serpent's Kiss- Melissa de la Cruz
49. What I Didn't Say- Keary Taylor
50. My Life Next Door- Huntley Fitzpatrick
51. One Breath Away- Heather Gudenkauf
52. Temptation- Karen Ann Hopkins
53. What Happened to My Sister- Elizabeth Flock
54. Revived- Cat Patrick 
55. The Drowned Cities- Paolo Bacigalupi

May
38. Robinson Crusoe- Daniel Defoe
39. Ashen Winter- Mike Mullin
40. Keep Holding On- Susane Colasanti
41. Henry Franks- Peter Adam Salomon
42. Purity- Jackson Pearce
43. It's Our Prom- Julie Anne Peters 
44. Cold Kiss- Amy Garvey
45. The Line- Teri Hall 
46. The Scorpio Races- Maggie Stiefvater 
47. Keys to the Repository- Melissa de la Cruz 

April
26. Save the Pearls Part One: Revealing Eden- Victoria Foyt
27. What Do You Want to Do Before You Die?- The Buried Life  
28. Girl Unmoored- Jennifer Gooch Hummer
29. The Stone Girl- Alyssa B. Sheinmel 
30. Tomorrow Land- Mari Mancusi 
31. Belles- Jen Calonita
32. I Hunt Killers- Barry Lyga 
33. 172 Hours on the Moon- Johan Harstad
34. Yesterday- C.K. Kelly Martin
35. Fear- Michael Grant 
36. The Van Alen Legacy- Melissa de la Cruz 
37. Lord of the Flies- William Golding 

March
18. The Weepers- Susanne Winnacker
19. A Tale of Two Cities- Charles Dickens
20. DJ Rising- Love Maia
21. The Rivals- Daisy Whitney
22. The Water Wars- Cameron Stracher
23. Ship of Souls- Zetta Elliot
24. Gossip- Beth Gutcheon
25. Rock on- Denise Vega

February
10. Twisted- Sara Shepard
11. Revelations- Melissa de la Cruz
12. I Hate You, Kelly Donahue- Mark Svartz
13. Let It Snow- John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle
14. The Importance of Being Earnest- Oscar Wilde  
15. Goddess Interrupted- Aimee Carter
16. The Mockingbirds- Daisy Whitney
17. Forever- Maggie Stiefvater 

January
1. Pieces of Us- Margie Gelbwasser
2. Hamlet- William Shakespeare  
3. Immortal Beloved- Cate Tiernan 
4. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight- Jennifer E. Smith  
5. Why We Broke Up- Daniel Handler 
6. Masquerade- Melissa de la Cruz
7. The Fault in Our Stars- John Green 
8. Darkness Falls- Cate Tiernan
9. At Season's End- Eric Hendershot

College and the Future

I am almost done with my first semester of college, which I decided to not blog during. I'm pretty bad at time management and I didn't want to take on too much at once. Especially since this was a totally new experience for me. But I am coming back full swing in 2013!!!!

For the rest of the month I will be working on posts and features and giveaways. I hate when I abandon you guys, but it was necessary and I'll make it up to you! My roommate is in graphic design, so maybe we'll even get a fantastic new site redesign?!

I'll see all of you guys again in the new year. Thank you so much for sticking with me!

4 Year Blogoverary Giveaway!

Yesterday marked 4 years blogging for me. It's hard to believe that I started this blog before my freshmen year of high school and now I am going into my freshmen year of college. The blog has come a long way and expanded in a lot of ways. I can't wait to see where the blog goes next.


I want to thank all of my amazing followers for sticking with me through the rough patches and leaving comments, or just for reading what I think.

I'd like to thank you and celebrate the blog turning 4 with a giveaway!!

There will be two winners and each winner will get a book of their choice from my giveaway pile!

***If I get passed 700 followers, each winner will get another book!!

To Enter::

--Being a follower is MANDATORY for this giveaway, since I am thanking my followers!

--US mailing addressed only! I can't afford to ship internationally, sorry!
--Fill out the form HERE. It also where you will choose the book you would like to receive if you win.

--Ends 9/1

For extra entries--
+1 tweet about the giveaway
+3 blog about the giveaway
+2 post about the giveaway in your sidebar

Dark Shadows

Title: Dark Shadows

Director: Tim Burton

Writer:  Seth Grahame-Smith, John August, Seth Grahame-Smith, and Dan Curtis

Starring: Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer and Eva Green

Grade: 73% or C-

 

 

My Thoughts::
I went to see this movie with a couple of my friends near the beginning of summer vacation. I only had a slight idea of what the movie was about, but since I knew it was supposed to be a comedy that featured Johnny Depp, I didn't hesitate to see it.

Since I wasn't completely sure what the whole movie was about my expectations were a bit weird. I thought they were all vampires in the family, not just Depp's character. I was disappointed but not completely let down. Even though this wasn't a strong "vampire" movie, it did do well with adding other supernatural elements. This mixed with its comedy, though not parody, made it really refreshing to watch.

The characters were pretty diverse which made it really hilarious to watch them interact. I liked getting the background information about Johnny Depp's character as well as Victoria. A lot of the humor came from Depp's character adjusting to life so far beyond his years and misunderstanding it greatly. The sex scene was also..interesting. And of course the action scenes were full of awesome paranormal abilities.

Unfortunately the good parts of this movie weren't so good when mixed with pretty much the only style of movie making Burton knows. Everything just feels too overdone and wacky and dark. The cast is his usuals which I just wasn't entirely feeling this time around. I wish Burton didn't feel like this is how he has to make movies.