So here's the updated list of books that I'm reading for the 2011 Debut Author Challenge. I changed it just a tad.
1)Unearthly by Cynthia Hand (already read)
2)Timeless by Alexandria Moir
3)Those That Wake by Jesse Karp
4)Ten Miles Past Normal by Frances O'Roark Dowell
5)Awaken by Katie Kacvinsky
6)Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari
7)Forgotten by Cat Patrick
8)Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard
9)Vicious Little Darlings by Katherine Easer
10)Lost Voices by Sarah Porter
11)Falling for Hamlet by Michelle Ray
12)Bestest. Ramadan. Ever. by Medeia Sharif
If you haven't already checked out my review for Unearthly, its the blog post right before this. It's my first book review so if I totally sucked at it please feel free to leave me suggestions. :)
January 7, 2011
January 6, 2011
Unearthly by Cynthia Hand (Review for 2011 DAC)
Unearthly tells the story of Clara Gardner, an angel-blood, who has been put on Earth to fulfill her purpose…her destiny. She struggles with trying to figure out her purpose while trying to live a normal teenage life, or at least as normal as she can.
I have to admit I loved this book from the moment I saw the word Nephilim from the quote right before the beginning of the book. I’ve recently become obsessed with Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments and even though this story has a totally different take on angels, it still made me excited.
There are two things I really loved about this book. I liked the idea of Clara having to find her purpose in life because I think about that a lot. It makes you wonder about your own life and questions whether or not we truly have a destiny or if we decide our own fates. But this question isn’t too heavy to the point where it’s overwhelming.
Secondly, I loved Tucker, one of Clara’s love interests. This is probably because he is exactly the kind of guy I would go for. I love their silly banter and their constant need to “hate on each other” but not really hating at all. The verbal teasing is hilarious.
As soon as I finished the book, I literally ran to my laptop to check Cynthia Hand’s website. I said to my friend Ben, who was waiting for me to go apartment hunting with him… “If there is no sequel to this book, I’m going to die.” A few minutes later… “Oh thank goodness. There’s a sequel. Phew!”
You know it’s a good book if it keeps you wanting more at the end. ☺
I have to admit I loved this book from the moment I saw the word Nephilim from the quote right before the beginning of the book. I’ve recently become obsessed with Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments and even though this story has a totally different take on angels, it still made me excited.
There are two things I really loved about this book. I liked the idea of Clara having to find her purpose in life because I think about that a lot. It makes you wonder about your own life and questions whether or not we truly have a destiny or if we decide our own fates. But this question isn’t too heavy to the point where it’s overwhelming.
Secondly, I loved Tucker, one of Clara’s love interests. This is probably because he is exactly the kind of guy I would go for. I love their silly banter and their constant need to “hate on each other” but not really hating at all. The verbal teasing is hilarious.
As soon as I finished the book, I literally ran to my laptop to check Cynthia Hand’s website. I said to my friend Ben, who was waiting for me to go apartment hunting with him… “If there is no sequel to this book, I’m going to die.” A few minutes later… “Oh thank goodness. There’s a sequel. Phew!”
You know it’s a good book if it keeps you wanting more at the end. ☺
January 2, 2011
FAIL.
I realized this morning that I had started a blog about Project 4 Awesome TWO WEEKS AGO and never finished it. Oops.
I've been home about two weeks now and I've sort of fallen off the face of the earth. This is partially do to the fact that I've been sick since Wednesday and partially due to the fact that I'm just lazy and have done ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. However after watching television for 13 hours straight yesterday because my brain was dead, I'm now ready to get back to life and start doing stuff. Mainly HPA stuff of course since our chapter is hoping to do amazing things this semester!
I quickly want to talk about Project 4 Awesome though. Because never in my life have I felt so much awesome in the span of 48 hours. I loved the spamming and watching videos. It was just amazing. I ended up making a list of charities that I ABSOLUTELY LOVED and want to become more involved in.
Here they are:
*Beat Bullying*
*Not For Sale*
*Cancer Research Institute*
*Open University*
Not a very long list, but definitely a great one.
Moving on to other things. Since I finished my finals I have:
*watched Degrassi*
*watched Buffy (currently on Season 3)*
*read*
*slept*
*worked*
*been sick*
*not slept*
*seen only 1 friend*
*drank really yummy organic coffee that I gave to Alex*
*watched the YouTubes*
*attended the Livestream for the Januaray Horcrux!!*
That last one is probably my favorite. Today they announced the next horcrux for the Deathly Hallows Campaign. It's called the Body-Bind Horcrux and it's all about keeping our bodies healthy and loving ourselves. Personally, I'm looking forward to the discussions about healthy nutrition, organic food, and how to stay active. This issue isn't just about losing weight...it's about feeling good about yourself and keeping yourself safe and healthy.
Well that's pretty much all for now. Here's a new thing I'm going to try.
Current To-Do List
*write a book review for Clockwork Angel (sorry Nicole!)*
*get healthy*
*finish my study abroad application*
I think that's it. Have a wonderful day full of awesome! :)
I've been home about two weeks now and I've sort of fallen off the face of the earth. This is partially do to the fact that I've been sick since Wednesday and partially due to the fact that I'm just lazy and have done ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. However after watching television for 13 hours straight yesterday because my brain was dead, I'm now ready to get back to life and start doing stuff. Mainly HPA stuff of course since our chapter is hoping to do amazing things this semester!
I quickly want to talk about Project 4 Awesome though. Because never in my life have I felt so much awesome in the span of 48 hours. I loved the spamming and watching videos. It was just amazing. I ended up making a list of charities that I ABSOLUTELY LOVED and want to become more involved in.
Here they are:
*Beat Bullying*
*Not For Sale*
*Cancer Research Institute*
*Open University*
Not a very long list, but definitely a great one.
Moving on to other things. Since I finished my finals I have:
*watched Degrassi*
*watched Buffy (currently on Season 3)*
*read*
*slept*
*worked*
*been sick*
*not slept*
*seen only 1 friend*
*drank really yummy organic coffee that I gave to Alex*
*watched the YouTubes*
*attended the Livestream for the Januaray Horcrux!!*
That last one is probably my favorite. Today they announced the next horcrux for the Deathly Hallows Campaign. It's called the Body-Bind Horcrux and it's all about keeping our bodies healthy and loving ourselves. Personally, I'm looking forward to the discussions about healthy nutrition, organic food, and how to stay active. This issue isn't just about losing weight...it's about feeling good about yourself and keeping yourself safe and healthy.
Well that's pretty much all for now. Here's a new thing I'm going to try.
Current To-Do List
*write a book review for Clockwork Angel (sorry Nicole!)*
*get healthy*
*finish my study abroad application*
I think that's it. Have a wonderful day full of awesome! :)
December 16, 2010
A Quick Word
About 18 minutes ago, the world just got so much better. Would you like to know why? I'll tell you. Leaky announced that Arthur Levine (he's kind of my idol and dream employer) is going to be speaking at LitDay for LeakyCon2011.
OMGWTF SDA;FHJAS;HG;DSFHAS;GJHJSDFGHAS;HKSJFASD
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
:)
When I was a sophomore in high school, I met Cheryl Klein (she works for Arthur Levine) right before Lumos. They were doing a podcast in the Barnes and Noble by my house and I had the amazing opportunity to talk with her for a few minutes about writing, editing, and the likes. That conversation has been my sole motivation for the last four years. I knew as soon as I got home that night that I wanted to be a book editor. It was suddenly so clear to me. And I decided I wanted to work for Arthur A. Levine Books.
Now of course this is very unlikely to happen. Like having a dream school you know you'll never get to go to, that job will probably never be mine. But still. It's a good goal to work toward. And in the meantime, I'm working my butt off to hopefully get a job in the publishing world after I graduate college.
But back to the point. I might actually get to meet Arthur Levine. And while I know that working for him is probably never going to happen, the chance to have a conversation with him and talk about books and editing would probably make my life. YES I SAID LIFE. Meeting someone you look up to so much has that effect on you. I really hope that I have the chance to talk to him. It would be such an amazing experience and something that I will probably treasure for the rest of my life.
Anyway, enough of that. I have to go take a Principles of Management final. Yay? Not really, no. To those of you in the middle of finals right now, good luck. And to those of you that are already done, I'm jealous. I still have 5 days left. You stink.
OMGWTF SDA;FHJAS;HG;DSFHAS;GJHJSDFGHAS;HKSJFASD
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
:)
When I was a sophomore in high school, I met Cheryl Klein (she works for Arthur Levine) right before Lumos. They were doing a podcast in the Barnes and Noble by my house and I had the amazing opportunity to talk with her for a few minutes about writing, editing, and the likes. That conversation has been my sole motivation for the last four years. I knew as soon as I got home that night that I wanted to be a book editor. It was suddenly so clear to me. And I decided I wanted to work for Arthur A. Levine Books.
Now of course this is very unlikely to happen. Like having a dream school you know you'll never get to go to, that job will probably never be mine. But still. It's a good goal to work toward. And in the meantime, I'm working my butt off to hopefully get a job in the publishing world after I graduate college.
But back to the point. I might actually get to meet Arthur Levine. And while I know that working for him is probably never going to happen, the chance to have a conversation with him and talk about books and editing would probably make my life. YES I SAID LIFE. Meeting someone you look up to so much has that effect on you. I really hope that I have the chance to talk to him. It would be such an amazing experience and something that I will probably treasure for the rest of my life.
Anyway, enough of that. I have to go take a Principles of Management final. Yay? Not really, no. To those of you in the middle of finals right now, good luck. And to those of you that are already done, I'm jealous. I still have 5 days left. You stink.
December 11, 2010
The 2011 Debut Author Challenge!
I've been sucked into a hole of reading that I don't think I can come out of.
You see, my friend Nicole over at Word for Teens participates in these awesome challenges for reading books. Like really awesome challenges. So I thought to myself, "Hey, I should try that!"
I mean I love reading and I like motivation and a challenge is certainly motivation to read a lot. So I'm participating in the 2011 Debut Author Challenge! Below is the list of books that I plan to read. It probably will change, but it's a start at least.
Oh yeah, if you want to find out more check out The Story Siren. It has all the information about entering the challenge. :)
Book List:
1)Timeless by Alexandra Moir
2)Unearthy by Cynthia Hand
3)XVI by Julia Karr
4)Those That Wake by Jesse Karp
5)Ten Miles Past Normal by Frances O'Roark Dowell
6)Awaken by Katie Kacvinsky
7)Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari
8)Forgotten by Cat Patrick
9)Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard
10)Vicious Little Darlings by Katherine Easer
11)Lost Voice by Sarah Porter
12)Falling for Hamlet by Michelle Ray
As a side note, I finished Clockwork Angel about 3 hours ago. It was amazing and I'm probably going to be writing a review about it for WordforTeens!
That's about it. Until next time!
You see, my friend Nicole over at Word for Teens participates in these awesome challenges for reading books. Like really awesome challenges. So I thought to myself, "Hey, I should try that!"
I mean I love reading and I like motivation and a challenge is certainly motivation to read a lot. So I'm participating in the 2011 Debut Author Challenge! Below is the list of books that I plan to read. It probably will change, but it's a start at least.
Oh yeah, if you want to find out more check out The Story Siren. It has all the information about entering the challenge. :)
Book List:
1)Timeless by Alexandra Moir
2)Unearthy by Cynthia Hand
3)XVI by Julia Karr
4)Those That Wake by Jesse Karp
5)Ten Miles Past Normal by Frances O'Roark Dowell
6)Awaken by Katie Kacvinsky
7)Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari
8)Forgotten by Cat Patrick
9)Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard
10)Vicious Little Darlings by Katherine Easer
11)Lost Voice by Sarah Porter
12)Falling for Hamlet by Michelle Ray
As a side note, I finished Clockwork Angel about 3 hours ago. It was amazing and I'm probably going to be writing a review about it for WordforTeens!
That's about it. Until next time!
Some Exciting News and the Last Day of Classes!
That's right! Classes are OVER. YES! Today was supposed to go extremely smooth. I mean, I finished all my schoolwork and all I had to do was sit through classes right? Well then my English Lit professor decides to tell us that part of our final exam is a take home essay.
SKIFHAS;FJHASFJKHAERG;AEJRHGEAHGABSRIGHWILFHWSAFGEAHGLKGAGHAER
frustration.
Of course it turns out that the one class where I actually have a real final is the class where I still have schoolwork. SO UNFAIR.
Not happy. But that's why I started off with the bad news. Now onto the good...
Today it snowed. :)
Saturday
Oops. I forgot to finish this last night. Oh well.
Anyway, I have super exciting news! One of my E-board members in my HPA chapter is a book blogger. If you LOVE books and reading, then you should check it out. It's over at wordforteens.com. Anyway, she does a lot of book reviews (obviously, as a book blogger) and I guess someone is sending her some books. So on Wednesday she asked me if I wanted to be a guest reviewer on her blog! It's pretty awesome. Of course, I've never written like a real book review but it's going to be pretty cool. So I told her that once finals were over, I would love to. So that's my plan for Winter Break. I'm going to do lots of reading, lots of book reviewing, and LOTS OF SLEEPING.
Just kidding. I probably won't sleep. Who needs to sleep anyway?
Speaking of those lovely things called finals, I must head off to the library and study. Curse college. I found out most of my friends are already done with finals and are heading home (at other schools I mean) yet I have TWO MORE WEEKS. How the world is so unfair.
Well, until next time! :)
SKIFHAS;FJHASFJKHAERG;AEJRHGEAHGABSRIGHWILFHWSAFGEAHGLKGAGHAER
frustration.
Of course it turns out that the one class where I actually have a real final is the class where I still have schoolwork. SO UNFAIR.
Not happy. But that's why I started off with the bad news. Now onto the good...
Today it snowed. :)
Saturday
Oops. I forgot to finish this last night. Oh well.
Anyway, I have super exciting news! One of my E-board members in my HPA chapter is a book blogger. If you LOVE books and reading, then you should check it out. It's over at wordforteens.com. Anyway, she does a lot of book reviews (obviously, as a book blogger) and I guess someone is sending her some books. So on Wednesday she asked me if I wanted to be a guest reviewer on her blog! It's pretty awesome. Of course, I've never written like a real book review but it's going to be pretty cool. So I told her that once finals were over, I would love to. So that's my plan for Winter Break. I'm going to do lots of reading, lots of book reviewing, and LOTS OF SLEEPING.
Just kidding. I probably won't sleep. Who needs to sleep anyway?
Speaking of those lovely things called finals, I must head off to the library and study. Curse college. I found out most of my friends are already done with finals and are heading home (at other schools I mean) yet I have TWO MORE WEEKS. How the world is so unfair.
Well, until next time! :)
December 3, 2010
Lumos Party (Yes I know I'm 3 week late on this post)
So the lovely people of the HPA asked us to blog about our Lumos Parties if we were hosting one. Well I know it's been three weeks since Deathly Hallows came out (omg!) but I never have time to do anything, which is why I'm writing this now. But hey, better late than never right?
Our Lumos Party turned out to be pretty interesting. Most of our chapter members forgot to bring flashlights and wands, but that didn't stop us from walking down the line of people waiting in the freezing cold and asking them to sign the Starvation Wages Petition. A few of ran over to the grocery store (which happened to be in the same shopping center as the movie theater) and we handed out chocolate to everyone who signed the petition (Andrew Slack actually suggested this during one of the livestreams). It worked out really well. Now not a lot of people saw the movie in New Paltz because, well, it's a small rinky dink theater, but we did get 6 pages full of signatures and that's pretty good in my opinion.
I still really wanted to do the whole Lumos light up thing, so once we were all seated inside, Katherine and I decided that we should go up to the front of the theater and tell everyone about the Deathly Hallows Campaign. We then asked people to take out their cell phones when the lights went off right before the movie was supposed to start and we video-taped it.
The video turned out AMAZING. Seeeeee:
Our Lumos Party turned out to be pretty interesting. Most of our chapter members forgot to bring flashlights and wands, but that didn't stop us from walking down the line of people waiting in the freezing cold and asking them to sign the Starvation Wages Petition. A few of ran over to the grocery store (which happened to be in the same shopping center as the movie theater) and we handed out chocolate to everyone who signed the petition (Andrew Slack actually suggested this during one of the livestreams). It worked out really well. Now not a lot of people saw the movie in New Paltz because, well, it's a small rinky dink theater, but we did get 6 pages full of signatures and that's pretty good in my opinion.
I still really wanted to do the whole Lumos light up thing, so once we were all seated inside, Katherine and I decided that we should go up to the front of the theater and tell everyone about the Deathly Hallows Campaign. We then asked people to take out their cell phones when the lights went off right before the movie was supposed to start and we video-taped it.
The video turned out AMAZING. Seeeeee:
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