Book Review: Before I Fall by: Lauren Oliver

Before I Fall

By: Lauren Oliver

Genre: Young Adult

Goodreads Description:  What if you only had one day to live? What would you do? Who would you kiss? And how far would you go to save your own life?

Samantha Kingston has it all: looks, popularity, the perfect boyfriend. Friday, February 12, should be just another day in her charmed life. Instead, it turns out to be her last.

The catch: Samantha still wakes up the next morning. Living the last day of her life seven times during one miraculous week, she will untangle the mystery surrounding her death—and discover the true value of everything she is in danger of losing. 

     What an inspiring novel! Talk about a book I could not put down! This was the type of book that I ended up placing little sticky notes all over to mark quotes that I loved. Lauren Oliver is such an amazing and talented writer! She definitely knows how to suck the readers in. 

     Let's start off with the main character, Samantha. Popular, a follower, and mean if it means she will look cool. But if you had to keep reliving the day you died, don't you think you would change too? That is one of my favorite things about this book. Getting to see Sam open her eyes and realize how wrong she has been and then try and change it. She makes plenty of mistakes throughout this book, but when she wakes up she always has a chance at a redo. She grows so much in this book! 

     Sam's best friends: First you have Lindsey, The Leader. She is the one who decides who they are mean to. But, she is also the friend that has your back no matter what, and if someone messes with you they are sure going to regret it. Then you have Ally. She is a friend that will speak her mind when necessary but likes to keep things light and happy. Lastly, you have Elody. She is the quiet friend who never really sticks up for herself and doesn't do good with any type of confrontation, but she is still a great friend who loves to have fun. 

     Rob is the typical popular boyfriend. The kind that you see with a girl and think, he is super cute, and then you talk to him and think, "why is she with him?" I love as you read this book, you see what a jerk he is and also that Sam sees what a jerk and loser he is. 

     Kent is kind of described as a loser at the beginning of this book. But once you see more of him as it goes on, you realize he is the sweet, caring kind of guy you would totally want to date! Talk about an amazing guy! I was totally rooting for him in the beginning because I always like an underdog and also he sounded like the type I would go for, and can I just say that in the end the nice guy does sometimes win? 

     Now to Juliette, she is a girl that your heart literally breaks for! You want to be able to help her and you just keep turning the pages and hoping that things will change! The more she is picked on and talked about, the more pissed off you get. I wanted to jump into this book sometimes and just shake Sam and her friends for being so mean to her. But, Sam learns eventually that making fun of someone isn't always just fun, and there are sometimes consequences. 

     Over all, this book was absolutely amazing and inspiring and breath taking, and impossible to put down... well I could go on forever saying good things about it. Lets just say it is definitely one of my favorite books now! 

My Rating:

Waiting On Wednesday!

Waiting On Wednesday is a meme hosted by Breaking The Spine

The Burning Sky (The Elemental Trilogy #1)

Genre: Young Adult fantasy

To be out on September 17, 2013

Goodreads Description:             It all began with a ruined elixir and an accidental bolt of lightning…

Iolanthe Seabourne is the greatest elemental mage of her generation—or so she's being told. The one prophesied for years to be the savior of The Realm. It is her duty and destiny to face and defeat the Bane, the greatest mage tyrant the world has ever known. A suicide task for anyone let alone a sixteen-year-old girl with no training, facing a prophecy that foretells a fiery clash to the death.

Prince Titus of Elberon has sworn to protect Iolanthe at all costs but he's also a powerful mage committed to obliterating the Bane to revenge the death of his family—even if he must sacrifice both Iolanthe and himself to achieve his goal.

But Titus makes the terrifying mistake of falling in love with the girl who should have been only a means to an end. Now, with the servants of the Bane closing in, he must choose between his mission and her life.

      Now, no one can tell me that they read that description of the book and did not think "OMG I must read this!!!" This book sounds so amazing! I am so pumped for it to come out! and just looking at the cover makes me want to read it!! MAGIC, LOVE, and TOTAL KICK BUTT AWESOMENESS!! 

This book sounds 100% fantastic! Can't wait to get my hands on it! 

Supernatural and Grimm

So I have been trying to catch up on a few shows online and thought I would share my 2 favorites right now with you!
First off, this one is a show I have been a fan of since season 1!

Supernatural

This show currently has 7 finished seasons and is premiering the 8th on October 31,2012.

This show is about 2 brothers that hunt down supernatural creatures and try to save humans. Plus, the two brothers are totally hot! what makes the characters really fun is that the further into the show you get, the more tight the brother bond gets and then the characters are really fun because they make fun of each other and make sarcastic comments that totally work with how brother bonds usually are. 

The show does have a bit of gore to it but the story line is usually pretty awesome! 

If you like the Supernatural type books or other shows then this one I totally recommend!

It is played on the CW on Wednesday nights now at 8pm central time. 

Then there is a new show that I just started watching but have wanted to for a while. 

Grimm

This show is a lot like Supernatural but with less gore and quite a few other differences. I have to say though that it is pretty dang good. I love the character of Monroe. He is a, what we would call a werewolf  but are called Blutbad. His character is very funny but without trying to be. What I mean is, he isn't telling jokes or anything, his character is just natural comedic. 

I would definitely recommend this show for people who like fantasy type stuff but would prefer a little less gore than in Supernatural, or for people that like Supernatural and need something else to watch now too. 

Tiger Lily

What I thought and a little about the book:

This book was so fascinating! Coming from someone who has heard nothing more than the kids movie version of the story of Peter Pan, this was a whole new side of things. This is the story of before Peter met Wendy, and was in love with a girl named, you guessed it, Tiger Lily. The story is told by the perspective of Tinker Bell, which was interesting because in this book fairies can feel others emotions too, so you get to know a little of everyones thoughts through out this book. This book had its happy parts and sad parts, its ups and downs and its in betweens. Over all, however, it was a great story. It is a book you really can not predict and thats what I enjoyed most. I also love Tiger Lily's character. She seems like a very cold, wild, reserved person on the outside. But coming from Tink you get to see what she is really like on the inside even when she is hiding it so well. This novel brings you love, suspense, fantasy, and adventure all in one!

Where you can find it:

Amazon

Goodreads

My Rating: 3.8

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