Book Review: The Lying Game: Seven Minutes in Heaven

                                                   Seven Minutes in Heaven Review

Seven Minutes in Heaven is the final book in The Lying Game series and this book starts off with Emma being sure that Sutton's ex-boyfriend Garrett is responsible for Sutton's murder. At the start of the book everything seems to point to Garrett being the one that killed Sutton but as time goes on it becomes clear that it was someone else that was behinds Sutton's demise. Things become much more complicated for Emma when Sutton's body is discovered and everyone now knows that Sutton had an identical twin and since Emma was tricked into giving a DNA sample everyone finds out that Emma isn't Sutton but that she has been pretending to be her for months which makes everyone believe that she is the one that killed Sutton.

In the second half of the book Emma feels more pressure than ever before to solve Sutton's murder because if she doesn't she'll be the one that goes down for it and with no one but Ethan believing that she's innocent it makes it even harder for her to investigate. Emma ends up finding out that the killer is someone close to her that she thought she could trust and finds herself in dangerous position with the killer.

Overall I liked the book, the plot was interesting and I was still invested in the characters even though it had been years since I read the last book. I feel like this book and the first book did a fairly good job at setting up who the killer was but I feel like the four middle books in the series didn't really leave any hints of the killer's true identity which makes me not entirely happy with the reveal. Please tell me your thoughts on this book or series as a whole in the comment section below.

Book Review: The Lying Game: Cross My Heart, Hope to Die

                                            Cross My Heart, Hope to Die Review

In the fifth book of The Lying Game series Emma spends the book suspecting that her birth mother Becky is the one who is responsible for murdering her twin sister Sutton. Emma learning about how Becky is mentally unstable and seems to know that she's Emma and not Sutton who she's pretending to be helps Emma to become more and more convinced that  Becky is the one that killed Sutton.

This book also had subplots that dealt with a new girl named Celeste who claimed that Emma's aura was different than the one Sutton's photograph had and since Emma's is put a bit on edge by these statements Emma and Sutton's friends decide to pull a lying game prank on her. Another subplot is that Thayer and Ethan are having a sort of rivalry over Emma, I call it only sort of a rivalry because Thayer is in love with Sutton and Ethan is in love with Emma.

Overall while I liked this book I wasn't as sucked in by the plot as I was with the past books and I'm not sure if that's because this book had less focused than the first four or if it's because I took a break from this series for such a long time. Please tell me your thoughts on this book in the comment section below.

Top 10 Books of 2013

1. Looking for Alaska: This book I loved because it was a great coming of age story with the main character Pudge going to boarding school and for the first time being part of a close friend group which he had quite a few good times with but it's also a story that becomes much darker and deeper in it's second half. There's also the character Alaska who is pretty complicated, interesting and frustrating she has a lot of problems but she doesn't think anyone else is allowed to be upset because their problems are trivial compared to hers according to her but she can also be quite fun and she seems pretty smart. Then there's the second half of the book that deals with loss and how in the end you can't fully know a person or what happened in their last moments and that sometimes in life not all your questions can be answered and you just have to on with your life. This book was both funny and sad, was well written and had great characters.
2. The Fault in Our Stars: This book was much better than I thought it would be because I thought it was going to just be depressing all the way through but it wasn't. This book had a dark sense of humor which is my favorite kind and it really did suit the characters teenagers with cancer would totally make those kind of jokes. I also loved the relationship between Hazel and Augustus they were just such wonderful characters and they fit together just perfectly in the end. The story did take a depressing turn in the end which I was okay with even though I sobbed for quite a while.
3. Tilt: This is an Ellen Hopkins book which means I loved the way it was written in beautiful but easy to understand poetry. I wasn't a huge fan of Hardly or Mikayla because they both seemed to make obvious horrible life choices repeatedly but I did feel for them and their stories were interesting. Shane story on the other hand was one that I just loved, I loved his relationship with Alex which I never expected to be a sweet romantic one, I loved his relationship with his mother who he both feels like he needs her but also that he can't go to her because she already has too much to deal with, and I love that his storyline came to be about how he couldn't get past how pointless death is and he actually has a crisis of faith. I really love this book mainly for Shane's storyline that I'm probably not explaining it's brilliance very well since I haven't read it in months.
4. It's Kind of a Funny Story: This book is one about a high school boy who got himself into when of the best schools around and just feels like he isn't smart enough to be there and he is just ends being overwhelmed by all the work which leads him to becoming depressed. One night he decides to kill himself but instead checks himself into the psych ward in the hospital and starts his recovery process. I just really loved the book I really cared for and understood the main character and I always enjoy anything dealing with mental health.
5. Cinder: This is wonderful retelling of Cinderella in a futuristic China which has terrific world building and a great plot that makes you want to know more about everything that happens in this world. The characters are also great especially Cinder and Prince Kai who also develop a friendship hopeful romance later on in the series, through out the book that is a lot more realistic than I would expect out of a book based on Cinderella. This is a terrific book and there's not a single reason I can think of to not read this book.
6. Forever: I loved the last book of The Wolves of Mercy Falls series although not as much as I loved Linger but I'm oddly obsessed with that book so that's not really a surprise. I felt like it was a good conclusion to Sam and Grace's story with Grace making peace with her parents and Sam learning and accepting a lot about Beck, also there together at last which is what they have been trying to have since the beginning. I think that Cole and Isabel's storylines were less resolved but they both seem to be going in a positive direction with Cole wanting to actually survive and caring for other people and Isabel accepting her brother's death and confronting her feelings about most things a bit better. The relationship between Cole and Isabel is still complicated and undefined but there definitely closer now. I loved this book and the series as a whole especially Linger, but what I love most is the characters.
7. Only the Good Spy Young: This was the most exciting book in the series so far with lots of logical twist and turns I never saw coming. I also continue to love the characters and their relationships with each other.
8. Perfect Scoundrels: I loved this book because there was a lot of background information on Hale that was given that I had always been interested in. I also really loved Kat and Hale's relationship with them being from different worlds being the conflict in their relationship which was much more interesting to read about than some random love triangle that I half expected to see in this book but luckily that never happened.
9. Hide and Seek: This book was one that was exciting and full of plot twists that I've come to expect and enjoy through out this series.
10. The Magician's Nephew: This story about the beginning of Narnia was sweet and very fun and interesting read for me.

Top 10 Books I want for Christmas 2013

1. Scarlet: I loved the first book in The Lunar Chronicles series and I can't wait to read the next book because I would love to continue the story and I hear this book his a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood and since they did such a great job with the first book I can't wait to see what they did with this fairytale.
2. Out of Sight, Out of Mind: I've loved the first four books in the Gallagher Girls series and I'm sure I'll love this one as well and I hear that this book is one of the best in the series so I'm looking forward to reading it as soon as I can.
3. The Raven Boys: This book sounds pretty interesting and since I loved Maggie Stiefvater's Wolves of Mercy Falls series I would love to start another series by her.
4. Demonglass: I loved the first book of the Hex Hall series and with all the twists that were revealed towards the end of the first book the second book is bound to be even better.
5. Triangles: I love Ellen Hopkins books and I believe that this book is also a companion to Tilt which was one of my favorite Ellen Hopkins books.
6. Crank: As I mentioned above I love Ellen Hopkins books and this is the one that she's most famous for but it is also one of the few books of hers I haven't read yet.
7. Cross My Heart, Hope to Die: I've loved the first four books of The Lying Games series and I would really love to read more of it since I always go through these books pretty quickly.
8. Splintered: This book sounds like an interesting retelling of Alice in Wonderland which is one of my favorite books and I always seem to like retellings of it.
9. An Abundance of Katherines: I've read two John Green books this year which I loved so I think it would be good for me to read a third.
10. Also Known As: I've read good reviews about this book and it sounds like it might be kind of similar to the Gallagher Girls series.

Top 10 Books set in Schools

1. Gallagher Girls: I love this fun action series that is set in a boarding school for teenage girl who are training to be spies. I feel that the school makes the books what they are with there assignments being used to further their own off the books investigations and the spy training is something that is very much ingrained in all of the main characters. I love all the books of this series I have read so far it's a series that can be a lot of fun but there are also shocking plot twists and real danger in the series as well.
2. Rosario+ Vampire: This is a series that I love a lot about an extremely average human boy who accidently finds himself going to a school for monsters. This series is one that starts off pretty humorous but as the series goes on it's clear that the series has a lot of heart and it also takes several dark turns at times as well.
3. Looking for Alaska: This is a lovely coming of age story about a boy named Pudge coming out of his shell a bit and making some friends that change his perspective on life. This book also deals with loss quite brilliantly and I really love the way that it is written and I really love the messages that come from this book in the end.
4. Secret Circle: This is a story about witches and high school basically and I really love that this series mixes the mean girls of high school with the fantastical element of magic. I love that magic in this series is used for petty things because that's the type of stuff real teenagers would do if they had magic. There's also some intriguing darker plots that develop as the series goes on that I enjoyed as well.
5. Gakuen Alice: This series is about a boarding school for people who have special abilities called Alices. This series actually has a good plot that can get surprisingly dark considering how old the main characters are. I really love the characters and the relationships in this series as well.
6. Shugo Chara: This series is a magical girl series that is set in high school and is about finding your true self. I love the magical girl genre in general and I especially love the characters in this one.
7. Hex Hall: This is a series about a boarding school for faries, shape shifters and witches, the series is great fun but it's also has a really intriguing plot as well and has more twists to the story then I was expecting. I also really love the friendship between Sophie and Jenna a whole lot.
8. The Lying Game: This is a series that is about an incredible cruel clique and a girl who is impersonating her dead twin while she tries to figure out who murdered her because her twin has a lot of enemies this makes the task very difficult.
9. Fruits Basket: This is my favorite series of all time and there's quite a bit of time spent in school in the series but a lot of time is spent in other places as well which is why the series is so low.
10. Cardcaptor Sakura: This is my favorite magical girl series lots of time spent in school but also other places but it's a great series either way.

Top 10 Authors that Deserve more Recognition

1. Natsuki Takaya: She wrote my favorite series of all time which is Fruits Basket, I think that the writing in that series is perfect. The characters are developed so well and they grow up so much over the course of the series and even though the character change a lot of the course of the series it never feels sudden and it always feels earned. I loved that even though there was so many characters they all had backstories and they all had depth to them. I loved the way that the relationships develop over the course of the series in fact something I really love about the series is that while people who haven't read it assumes that it's a love triangle series a little over half way through the series it's revealed that one of the boys couldn't never see the main character in a romantic way and trying to force those feelings would just feel empty. I also really loved that she never rushed any of the romantic relationships in the series and instead made sure that the characters were emotionally prepared to be in a relationship rather than having them assume that being with someone would fix them, I overall really like that characters had to fix themselves in the series. I always really love the foreshadowing through out the series which something you can't really appreciate until at least your second reading of the series and I really love the intention to detail that she has since she once talked about how she worried about getting something as insignificant as finger nail length right.
2. Sara Shepard: I think that she's really good at creating suspense and mystery in her series The Lying Game because there are so many twist and turns in that series and she always does a good job of making me suspect someone as Sutton's killer but then is able to prove that it couldn't have been them and there's quite a few other mysteries in the series that I wasn't expecting as well. I feel like Sara Shepard probably doesn't get the credit she deserves for this series because she's writing about teenage girls and teenage girls and murder mysteries rarely mix but I think she does a really good job of combining the two.
3. Ellen Hopkins: I think Ellen Hopkins is fairly well known do to her unique style of writing her novels in verse and while I think that her writing style does make her writing beautiful I don't think that's the only thing that she should be recognized for. Her characters are always so well developed and even when you don't like the characters you understand who the characters are and I feel like all of her characters always have depth which isn't true for most novels unfortunately. I also think she handles the controversial issues in a very emotional honest way which is something that I appreciate a lot.
4. Frank Beddor: I really love his series The Looking Glass Wars because it's an extremely creative retelling of Alice in Wonderland not to mention my favorite. I really love how he changed the original Alice in Wonderland characters to fit his version of wonderland and loved the new characters he created as well and I also loved the world of Wonderland because it's just such a magical place but also a dangerous place as well. I never really hear about Frank Beddor and since I think he did such a great job with The Looking Glass Wars I wish more people recognized his talent.
5. Ally Carter: I think that Ally Carter does get a pretty good amount of recognition but I think she still does deserve more because she writes really entertaining series about teen girls being spies and con artists, she also has written great female friendships which are rarer than they should be and she also writes sweet romances that never over take the plot. I love both her series Gallagher Girls and Heist Society and look forward to any other books she may write.
6. Clamp: Clamp is extremely well known in the manga/anime community because they have created so many series but sadly it seems like the majority of the community doesn't actually respect their writing. Clamp has written 150 volumes of manga and are still creating new volumes now while I haven't read all of their series and I'll admit that there are some series I love a lot more than others I still think it's impress that they have written so many volumes. Their series that I think are completely brilliant are Tokyo Babylon and Cardcaptor Sakura they are two very different series. In that Tokyo Babylon is a series that is mostly about the issues facing the people of Tokyo in the 1990s being told through a supernatural perspective and the main theme of the series is that no can judge someone else's pain because they haven't felt it which I think is a brilliant theme, also the ending of Tokyo Babylon is downright depressing. Cardcaptor Sakura on the other hand is a far happier series about a magical girl who must collect Clow cards and it's also a series about how love comes in all different forms and explores all different kinds of love not just the romantic kinds although that is included in several different ways as well, the end of this series is also one of my favorite but it's a very happy ending.
7. Tachibana Higuchi: I really loved both Gakuen Alice and M&N and I don't hear the name mentioned too often even though both of those series are great. I think the characters are well written and the world of Gakuen Alice is pretty creative as well.

3 Writers who don't write books:
1. Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen: These two have written some of the best episodes of Dollhouse which is a series that absolutely love but it's over all a pretty underrated series therefore their writing is over all pretty underrated as well. These two wrote my favorite episode Belonging(2.04) which is one of my favorite episodes of all time and is something that I think everyone should watch even if you don't usually watch tv. Belonging is an episode that does so much is such a short amount of time, it gives the backstory of one character well also developing another and it also does quite a bit for the show's main romance and it also advances the overall plot of the series a bit in a subplot. The episode also as main ethical dilemmas present in it as well and the episode is actually quite disturbing too. Other episodes they wrote that I love are Epitaph One and The Attic.
2. Marina and the Diamonds: I think that Marina is a brilliant songwriter because she has so much meaning behind all of her songs and the lyrics are so memorable as well. I especially loved her concept behind her second album Electra Heart in which she takes on the personas of primadonna, Su-Barbie-A, the teen idle and the homewrecker, I also like how the album was the dark side of the whole American dream concept and I really loved how she had such a well thought out concept for her album because it's not something that see often.
Buy the Stars- I really love this song because to me at least it seems to be about the whole concept that I see in fiction a lot about how some guy with a dark past is saved when falls in love with a good girl but the relationship can't actually work because he just sees her as the light in his life the solution to his problems rather than her own person and someone who can't be owned. Therefore the relationship between the two can never work since he doesn't even really know her.You bought a star in the sky tonight/Because your life is dark and it needs some light/You named it after me, but I’m not yours to keep/Because you’ll never see, that the stars are free.
Teen Idle- This song is actually my favorite song of hers I've heard that it's both about how someone is looking back on her teen years and regretting not being more apart of the whole teenage experience because they were too busy being cynical and I've also heard that it's about how teen idols are kind of trapped in this phase were they are expected to be innocent but at the same time they are growing up and becoming teenagers and are likely to rebel. Either way the song is really brilliant in my opinion and the lyrics paints a story. I also really like that at points the song can be pretty contradicting with this part I wanna be a virgin pure/A 21st century whore and I also really love how self the destructive the lyrics can sound at points I wanna drink until I ache/I wanna make a big mistake/I want blood, guts and angel cake/I’m gonna puke it anyway. I also really enjoyed the part in this song in which the girl is a bit narcissistic but hates herself for it with I wish I wasn’t such a narcissist/I wish I didn’t really kiss the mirror when I’m on my own. Another part of the song that I see a lot on tumblr is The wasted years, the wasted youth/The pretty lies, the ugly truth.Starring Role- This song is about a girl who's in a relationship with a guy that really isn't putting her first and she resents that but stays with the guy because she cares for him too much to let him go and is a bit obsessed with him I believe at least that's what I heard it took me quite a while to pick up on that part. You're hard to hug, tough to talk to/And I never fall asleep, when you're in my bed/All you give me is a heartbeat/I've turned into a statue/And it makes me feel depressed/Cause the only time you open up is when we get undressed. The next part I really love of the song makes me think that she really does desire to the relationship at times You know I'd rather walk alone, than play a supporting role/If I can't get the starring role.How To Be A Heartbreaker- This song is probably her best known song and it's in the persona of the homewrecker and I do really love the song as well although I think I may love Homewrecker a bit more that song also deals with the whole girls who don't let themselves get attach don't get themselves hurt theme of the homewrecker persona.
Oh No!- Is a song from her first episode that I love because it just really speaks to me for some reason. Some of my favorite lyrics from the song are: Don't do love, don't do friends/I'm only after success/Don't need a relationship. Also this part: One track mind, one track heart/If I fail, I'll fall apart/Maybe it is all a test/Cause I feel like I'm the worst/So I always act like I'm the best
/If you are not very careful/Your possessions will possess you/TV taught me how to feel/Now real life has no appeal/It has no appeal.
 I love pretty much all of her song but since this section is already really long I'm just going to list them rather than explain why I love them, Are You Satisfied?, I'm Not a Robot, Hermit the Frog, Seventeen, Bubblegum Bitch, Power and Control, Fear and Loathing, and Scab and Plaster.
3. Hideaki Anno: He created the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion which is one of the most well known animes around. The reason why I think he should get more recognition is because he created a series in which the characters were all deep and well developed but that didn't necessarily mean that the characters where all strong or brave because realistically they usually wouldn't be. I really loved the way he wrote the main character Shinji as someone who didn't jump right into the hero but rather as a boy who had been abandon by his father for years and when his father finally acknowledges his existence again it's for him to fight against a creature that very well may kill him and I liked that Shinji always had to tell himself he mustn't run away. I over all just really enjoyed how deep this series could get.

Top 8 Books I read so far this year

1. Looking for Alaska: It was close call between this one and The Fault in Our Stars because both of the books were written with so many memorable lines and also both made me experience a lot of emotions. But I choose Looking for Alaska as my favorite book of the year so far because I just connected to it more. I really loved reading the story and I felt a pretty good connection to Pudge especially with how before the story started he never done much of anything but stay at home and read but he's also in search of more of something more exciting in live in what he refers to as the great perhaps. I also really loved how this book had it's characters value intelligence and I like the thing about the school sports team being so awful it's funny. I liked all of Pudge's new friends and how they were all different and how they all had their own stories to tell. I love how in the end it seems to me that we were suppose to be somewhat conflicted about our feelings for Alaska and I loved that she was a mystery that couldn't quite be solved in the end and that it doesn't really matter all that much that she can't be solved as long as she will be remembered. I also loved how the book was divided into a Before and After section and how the tone and theme of the story is different in the section but both sections are equally enjoyable.
2. The Fault in Our Stars: The Fault in Our Stars was a book that I heard a lot about before I read it and therefore I was a bit nervous it wouldn't live up to the hype so I was extremely happy when I discovered how much I loved this book. This surprised me with it's great dark sense of humor where Hazel, Augustus and Issac would frequently joke about their cancer or really just death in general. I love that kind of dark sense of humor and it seemed to fit the characters because they are teenagers even though they have cancer which was nice to see in my opinion. I really loved the relationship between Hazel and Augustus, I loved seeing it developed from friendship to love and I really just thought the two of them were extremely cute together and I loved that they both gave each other books in order to get more insight into what the other likes. I loved that this book broke my heart and made me cry as much as it did because for some reason I love it when a book can really make me cry as much The Fault in Our Stars did.
3. Tilt: This is a book that I thought about putting higher on the list until I realized that even the whole thing is written in the beautiful poetry of all Ellen Hopkins books I read I only actually loved Shane's storyline and was just interested and sympathetic to Mikayla and Harley. I loved this book because of Shane's storyline I loved that though his character was gay that his whole storyline didn't revolve around that although I did really love his relationship with Alex because they were really sweet and I loved how they both went into the relationship looking for something causal but ended up falling in love. I really loved how Shane did love his sister Shelby but didn't think that she really had much of a life but despite that her death still hit him really hard. I loved Shane trying to come to terms with death and I loved seeing him have a crises of faith partially because I loved that he still believed in god at the beginning of the book. I loved how Shane desperately needed his mom but at the same time didn't want her to worry about him at all because he knew that she was going through a hard time as well. I was all that invested in Mikayla and Harley's storylines but there were still moments I enjoyed them a whole lot but I didn't love them like I loved Shane.
4. Only the Good Spy Young: The fourth book of Gallagher Girls series is my favorite in the series so far. I loved that there was a big plot twist right at the start of this book and I loved the way the characters reacted to the plot twist because my thoughts were pretty similar to theirs and I just loved the way all the twists played out in this book. I really loved all the action in this book and I loved how the stakes were so much higher in this book the early ones. I also continue to love all the characters and their relationships.
5. Perfect Scoundrels: The third book of the Heist Society series may just be my favorite. I loved how this book dealt with Kat and Hale's relationship with having the whole thing about how Hale is part of Kat's world but Kat doesn't have a place in Hale's world and she isn't sure that she can ever have a place in his world. I also loved that Kat saw that Hale coming to her world was somewhat similar to how at the beginning of the first book Kat ran away to boarding school and how she wonders if Hale is doing the same thing with her and it's just a matter of time until Hale goes back to his own world. I just loved that Kat and Hale's relationship dealt with all kind of really problems instead of some contrived love triangle like most YA books seem to have because it made more sense for their characters and in the end it said a lot about both characters. I loved learning more about Hale and the world which he came from in this book as well. I also loved the con artist parts of the story as well and I loved seeing all the characters that I fell in love with from the first two books again.
6. Magic Knight Rayearth II: I really love how the second half of this series is dealing with how the end of the first half of the series is effecting the girls. I loved that when the girls returned to Cefiro and see that the world is falling apart they decided they need to do everything in their power to save it.  I love that almost all the characters from the first half of the series are back and I love that there are many new characters from other worlds entering the series. I also love that it seems that this series is pointing out Cefiro's flaw of having one person support an entire world and not value anyone over anyone else. I continue to love the girls and their lovely friendship with each other and I continue to love artwork that is some of the most beautiful that I have ever seen.
7. Hide and Seek: The fourth book of The Lying Games series is very exciting in my opinion and I continue to love the mystery and I love all the twists and turns the series makes. I also adore the relationship between Emma and Ethan as well.
8. Gate-7: I've just start this series by Clamp and so far I'm really liking it. The artwork is beautiful and the characters seem interesting and it seems like there's going to be a lot of interesting mythology so right now I'm at a bit of a loss when it comes to explaining the series but I do know I really like it so far.

Book Review: The Lying Game: Hide and Seek

                                                       Hide and Seek Review

The fourth book of The lying Game series starts off with Emma suspecting that Laurel is the one that killed Sutton due to the fact that Laurel's alibi of being at Nisha's sleepover all night no longer holds up and because it's pretty clear that Laurel is extremely jealous of Sutton's secret relationship with Thayer. For the first half of the book everything leads Emma to believe that Laurel is Sutton's killer but halfway through the book after over hearing a conversation Emma begins to suspect that Mr.Mercer may have killed Sutton.

I really enjoyed the second half of the book where Emma believed that Mr.Mercer was the killer because he is by far the scariest of all the suspects that Emma has have so far in the books because of his position in her's/Sutton's life and because he is a lot stronger than her. I also really loved the plot twists that came at the end of this book involving Mr. Mercer because I didn't even suspect that could happen.

Also the subplot with the Lying Game group throwing a dance and get a bit of revenge on a group of girls who caused the dance to get canceled and blamed it on the group was a fun subplot. I continue to love the romance between Emma and Ethan with him helping her out with her investigations and being the one person she can be herself around, I especially loved their date at the planetarium where they discussed their love for Star Trek it was a very cute scene. On the other hand I disliked how Thayer kept trying to come on to Emma  but I'm glad nothing happened between them.

I overall loved this book and I can't wait to read the nest book in the series and see what other twists and turns the series may take. Please tell me your thoughts on the book.

Top 10 Books I had tobuy but are still on my bookshelf

1. Perfect Scoundrels: I've only got this book two weeks ago so it really hasn't even been on my shelf for too long but I really want to put it at the top of my to read list.
2. Tilt: It's a book by Ellen Hopkins who I love, and it has more than one narrator another thing I love in books and I got it for Christmas so I really need to read this book soon since I'm sure I'll love it.
3. The Mark of Athena: I got this for Christmas as well and I so far love the Heroes of Olympus series so I need to read this soon although I think I've already read like the first like 5 chapters.
4. Forever:I love the Wolves of Mercy Falls series and I got this book for Christmas so I really should get to reading this relatively soon as well.
5. Hide and Seek: I really love the Lying Games series and I'm sad that I got so far behind in these books so I want to read this book soon in order to work my way get caught with the series.
6. Entwined: I bought this book this summer but I just keep putting off reading this book for some reason.
7. A Touch of Power: I've had this book since summer and I've actually tried to start reading this book right before Christmas but then I read A Fault in Our Stars instead and now I need to get back to this book.
8. If I Stay: I got this book for Christmas and I hear great things about this book so I feel that I should try to read this book soon.
9. It's Kind of a Funny Story: I bought this book this fall and I read the first chapter and even though I loved it I just haven't read it since and I also love the movie of this book as well so I'm sure I'll enjoy the book once I read it.
10. A Storm of Swords:I'm still reading A Clash of Kings and I just bought A Storm of Swords in order to have the next book available when I finish the second book of the series.

Top 10 Books on my to be read list Spring 2013

1. Perfect Scoundrels: I just bought this book over the weekend and I'm super excited to read this book. I've loved the first two books of the Heist Society series and I see no reason why I wouldn't love this book especially since it sounds like this book will have more Hale in it than the last two did which is a great thing in my opinion since I love his character.
2. Tilt: I own this book, it's by Ellen Hopkins who's books I always love not to mention that it has multiple narrators which is also a plus in my book, so I just really want to read this book.
3. Hide and Seek: I've been meaning to read this book for awhile now and I believe that I will enjoy this book because I loved the first three books in The Lying Games series.
4. The Mark of Athena: I love every book I ever read by Rick Riordan and I love The Heroes of Olympus series so far not to mention the last book ended on a bit of a cliffhanger so I really want to read this book because I'm sure that it's going to be great just like all the other books.
5. Forever: I own this book and I really want to finish the Wolves of Mercy Falls series because I loved the first two books and I just want to see what happens to my favorite characters.
6. If I Stay: I own this book now and I've heard great things about this book therefore I feel the need to read this book so why not read it this spring.
7. Cinder: I've been wanting to read this book since I've first heard about but I just haven't bought it yet for some reason but I hear great things about this book and I hope to be able to read this book this spring.
8. The Reckoning: I loved the first two books of The Darkest Powers series and I see no reason why I wouldn't love the last book of the series plus I just really want to finish up this exciting series to see how it ends.
9. Demonglass: I loved the first book of the Hex Hall series and I can't wait to read the next book of the series.
10. Entwined: I own this book, I've heard good things about this book and it has a beautiful cover so I really think it's time I've read this book.

Top 10 Books I Resolve to Read in 2013

1. The Fault in Our Stars: I've heard only great things about this book and I've read some lovely quotes from this book and since I got this book for Christmas I plan to start on it as soon as possible.
2. A Clash of Kings/ A Storm of Swords: I loved the first book of the series and I'm already over a hundred pages into A Clash of Kings which I'm sure I'll finish this year and I already own A Storm of Swords so both are high on my to read list for this year.
3. Forever: I'm excited to read the last book of the Wolves of Mercy Falls series since I loved the first two books of the series so I'm eager to see how it ends but I'm a little sad that I'll have to say goodbye to the characters I love.
4. The Reckoning: I loved the first two books of The Darkest Powers series and I'm sure that the final book will be exciting so I'm looking forward to reading it.
5. The Mark of Athena: I love the Heroes of Olympus series so far and I see no reason why I wouldn't love the third book of the series and since I got it for Christmas I will probably read it soon.
6. Only the Good Spy Young: I loved the first three books of Gallagher Girls series and I've heard great things about this book and I already own it so I'll hopefully be reading this book soon.
7. Cinder: I've heard great things about this book and it sounds really interesting so I plan to read this book as soon as I can get my hands on it.
8. Hide and Seek: I love the first three books of The Lying Game series so I plan to buy and read this book this year because these are just books I can get through really quickly because of their mystery aspect.
9. Lola and the Boy Next Door: I've heard all great things about this book and I did enjoy Stephanie Perkins writing style in Anna and the French but it wasn't until Aimee at penmanship Smitten, described Cricket as awkwardly endearing that I really decided that I need to read this book.
10. Catching Fire: I want to read this book before the movie comes out because I feel I should read the books and the movies coming out gives me an excuse to make myself read them.

Top 10 Books I did like to get for Christmas 2012

1. The Mark of Athena: I've loved the first two books of the Heroes of Olympus series and I can't wait to read the third book of the series.
2. Forever:I loved the first two books of the Wolves of Mercy Falls series and therefore I'm excited to read the last book of the series but I'm a bit worried I'm not going to be happy with the ending of the series.
3. The Reckoning: I loved the first two books of the Darkest Powers series and I'm sure I'll love the last book of the series as well.
4. Tilt: I love Ellen Hopkins novels as well as multiply narration novels and since this is both I'm sure that I'll love this book as well.
5. Hide and Seek: I loved the first three books of The Lying Game series and since I find this books so exciting and addictive I'm really looking forward to reading Hide and Seek.
6. Born Wicked: I read the description of this book and it sounds interesting plus I love magic and witches and I hear that the main character is a bit shy which is always a plus for me.
7. Secret Circle: The Divide: I loved the original Secret Circle series and I've been wanting to read this book since I heard about it's existence. Also I love witches especially this witches.
8. The Raven Boys: The idea of this story sounds really interesting and I love Maggie Stiefvater's writing as well plus I heard good things about the book.
9. Cinder: This sounds like a good story combining scifi and fairytales and I also heard great things about it from almost everyone who has read the book so far.
10. The Fault in Our Stars: This book sounds good and almost everyone seems to love it so I'm looking forward to reading it.

Top 10 Book series I haven't finished yet

1. Wolves of Mercy: I'm working on finishing this series I'm almost finished with Linger and I love that book so far and I especially love that two new narrators were added in this book. I loved the first book as well so I'm planning on getting Forever as soon as I can after I finish Linger but I'm thinking it's going to take awhile for me to complete this series.
2. The Darkest Powers: I love this series and the only reason I haven't finished it yet is because I don't own the last book of the series yet but I'm definitely planning on finishing this series.
3. The Looking Glass Wars:I loved the first book of the series but it's been so long since I've read them that I feel like I'd have to reread those books before I could read the last book. I'm still planning on finishing the series once I reread the first two books and buy the third book.
4. Gallagher Girls: I loved the first three books and I'm planning on finishing the series someday. I have the fourth book and it's one of the books on top of my to be read lists. I think the only reason I haven't read very book that is out so far is because I've just been distracted by other books.
5. The Lying Game: I've loved the first three books of the series(although the third one not as much) and I find the series to be completely addicting so I'm planning on reading the fourth book as soon as I buy it.
6. The Kane Chronicles: I've loved the first book of the series and the only reason I haven't read the other books in the series is because I got distracted by the Heroes of Olympus books. I'm still planning on finishing the series it just may take awhile.
7. A Song of Ice and Fire: I've only recently started this series but I love it already so I plan to read the whole series. I haven't finished this series because I only started it recently and the books are quite long so it's going to take a long time to finish it.
8. The Hunger Games: I liked the first book but I didn't love it so I decided that I wouldn't read Catching Fire until I could find it in paperback in a store so far I haven't been able find one so I have yet to finish even the second book. I plan to buy and read Catching Fire before it's movie comes out even if I have to buy it in hardcover.
9. Wicked Lovely: I liked the first two books and I liked them quite a lot but even though I own the third book I haven't read it yet. The reason I haven't read beyond the second book is because I adore Keenan/Donia as a couple and I loved how things ended on a somewhat happy note for them in Wicked Lovely. Also I heard things about the series being more about a love triangle between Keenan/Aslin/Seth which doesn't make sense to me since Keenan's in love with Donia and Aslin's in love with Seth so a love triangle just seems like a waste of time. I also find both Aslin and Seth to be boring so I'd rather not read about them again but I love Keenan and Donia and the inter workings of fairy politics so I may read the next book of the series.
10. Wings: I didn't really like this book all that much it seemed kind of boring even though it was dealing with fairies which is something I find interesting so I feel no need to continue with this series.

Top 8 tv shows based on some kind of book and 2 I didn't like

1. Game of Thrones: I love the Game of Thrones series which is based on the book series A Song of Ice and Fire and I think based on reading the first book that the tv series is a pretty good adaption of the series. I love this series for having great characters, intriguing plots and amazing visuals.
2. Vampire Diaries: I love the Vampire Diaries tv series but I've never read the books and from the plot synopsises I read on wikiapedia I don't want to ever read the books because it seems the books are completely different from the tv series. I love most of the characters especially Caroline and there are quite a few relationships I love whether they be friendships(Stefan/Caroline), sibling relationship(Damon/Stefan) or romantic(Damon/Katherine). I also love how fast the plot moves, I love that Mystic Falls is one of the craziest places to live with it's extremely high murder rate that never stops the town from throwing parties.
3. Merlin: I love the BBC Merlin series that is based extremely loosely on Arthurian legend, I just love this show. I love most of the characters and friendships, I also love seeing magic and sword fighting.
4. Cardcaptor Sakura: I just love Cardcaptor Sakura and while I love the manga more I still think that the anime is great. I think the animation is good and has held up pretty well over time. I also love that it keeps close to the plot of the manga and I like the voice acting and music of the Japanese version the English dub is awful.I love this series for always being able to make me happy.
5. Pretty Little Liars: I love this show although I haven't read the books, I enjoy the show for it's characters and the mysteries they encounter.
6. Secret Circle: I love both the tv series and the books even though they are very different. I wish that this show would be coming back for a second season because I would love to see more of the characters and their magic.
7. Dexter:  Dexter is a great show with an unusual main character but I haven't read the books on which the series is based.
8. Gossip Girl:  I don't watch this show on more but I used to love it and I find the tv series to be a lot better than the books.

The shows I didn't like:
1. The Lying Game: I read the book first and I didn't like the changes that were made because it just felt wrong to me especially the changes regarding Ethan's character.
2. Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle: This show had an amazing soundtrack but other than that it was a huge disappointment. The animation wasn't good and neither was the writing it was just a bad adaption but at least the OVAs were good.

Top 10 Books I'd like to read Summer 2012

1. A Clash of Kings: I recently finished the first book in the A Song of Ice and Fire series so I'm excited to read the second book and I'm especially excited because season 2 of the tv show was fantastic which was based off this book.
2. Entwined:I've wanted to read this book for the longest time because of it's pretty cover and interesting sounding plot since I now own this book I plan to read it as soon as I finish A Clash of Kings.
3. The Secret Circle:The Divide: I loved the first three books in the series and I would love to see the characters again plus I'm still mourning the lose of the tv show.
4.Ender's Game: I've wanted to read this book for awhile now since it's plot sounds interesting and since it's set to be made into a movie I think it would be best that I read it as soon as possible.
5. The Reckoning:This is the last book of The Darkest Powers series which I have loved the first two books and I would love to see how everything ends.
6. Born Wicked: I really like the cover and the plot sounds really interesting. I also recently read a review that made me really want to read this book.
7.Wither: The last time I read the summary of this book I just really wanted to read this book because I wanted it interesting. I also really like how distress the girls on the covers look.
8.Hex Hall: I like the covers of this book and I love stories about teenage witches. I also have seen some quotes from this book that made me laugh.
9.Grave Mercy: I love the cover and the plot sounds super interesting.
10. Hide and Seek: I enjoyed the first three books of The Lying Game series so I'm looking forward to reading the fourth book.

Top 10 Beach books

1. Fruits Basket volumes 10 and 11: These are my two favorite books in my favorite series and these volumes are set at the summer house so I thought it was a fitting beach read.
2. Percy Jackson and the Olympians series: I love this series and it's an easy read and every book but the third book is set during the summer.
3. Heist Society series: This series is fun and I love all the con artist stuff.
4. Secret Circle series: This is another fun series that can be a bit ridicules but in the best way possible, also there's quite a few parts set on a beach.
5. The Lying Game series: A fun and addictive of read.
6. Pants on Fire: The first book I read by Meg Cabot who always makes her series fun reads that are fun to read on the beach.
7. How to be Popular: Another Meg Cabot book that's a quick and fun read.
8. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series: A nice series about friendship and growing up that all takes place during the summer.
9. The Gallagher Girls series: A fun story about girls in spy school who are still just like every other teenage girl expect they're smarter and better at fighting.
10. Higurashi No naku Koro Ni: A horror series that takes place during the summer not exactly a light read but it is a good read.

Top 10 things in Entertainment I'm looking forward to Summer 2012

                 Top 10 things in Entertainment I'm looking forward to Summer 2012

1. White Collar Season 4: I love this show a whole lot so I'm really excited to see more of it especially since it ended on a pretty big cliffhanger and it's clear that this season is going to be a lot different than the first 3 seasons. I'm also excited because I read an article that says we'll get to learn more about Neal's past this season which I've always been curious about. Returns July 10th.
2. Teen Wolf Season 2: I loved the first season and the trailer for season 2 makes it look like this season is going to be even better so my super excited to see what's going to happen this season. This show kind of fills the void Vampire Diaries leaves in the summer although it's a pretty different show and I'd love to see Stiles again because of missed him all school year. Returns June 3rd.
3. The Amazing Spider-Man: I've seen the trailer for this movie and it looks like it's going to be pretty good and it stars Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone to actors which I love so I'm really excited to see this movie. Comes out July 3rd.
4. The Dark Knight Rises: I loved The Dark Knight like most people and I've seen the trailer for this movie and I thought it looked really good so I'm really excited to see this movie. Comes out July 20th.
5. Snow White and the Huntsman: I've seen the trailer for this movie a while ago and I've been wanting to see it very since. Comes out June 1st.
6. Weeds Season 8: I watched the first seven seasons of this show last fall and I really liked the show and so I'm really excited to see season 8 even if it is most likely to be it's last season. Returns July 1st.
7. Code Geass Gaiden: This is a series that's basically a side story of the Code Geass world set in Europe and since I loved Code Geass I'm excited to see this series although I really don't know much about it. Due out sometime in July.
8. Brave:A movie by Pixer that has a lead female character who seems to be a feisty princess who's good at archery and has red hair, the trailer looked good so I want to see. Comes out June 22nd.
9. The Lying Game: Hide and Seek: Is the fourth book of The Lying Game series and since I've loved the first three I'm excited to read the fourth book. Comes out July 31st.
10. Sword Art Online: The description of this series sounds interesting and I liked what I've seen of the artwork so for. I want to check this series out. Comes out sometime in July.

Book Review: The Lying Game: Two Truths and a Lie

                                       The Lying Game: Two Truths and a Lie Review

In the third book of The Lying Game series Emma suspects the mysterious Thayer of Sutton's murder. Through out the book Emma finds clues that suggest that Thayer is indeed the murder but by the end of the book we learn that Thayer wasn't Sutton's killer but was one of the last people to see her alive. We also learn that Sutton and Thayer had a secret relationship while Sutton was seeing Garrett and that Thayer was going through rehab while he was missing.

There was also the subplot of Emma and Ethan being a couple that I really enjoyed. But I disliked the subplot were Laurel decides that the group should prank Ethan for no other reason than she was mad at Sutton who Emma is pretending to be at the moment, I'm glad that they didn't really do anything with that.

I overall liked this book but sadly I didn't think it was as good or addictive as the first two books in the series. Please tell me your thoughts on the book.

Fangirl Friday 6

Fangirl five Friday is a weekly meme host Nancy Drew is my Homegirl and what it's meme that has you list the top five things you've been fangirling about this week.

1. Angel:This week I watched episode 3.03-3.11 of my favorite vampire series Angel, this was the first time I watched those episodes. There's probably going to be spoilers for season 3 but I'm sure most people have already watched the series since it's been off the air quite a while. During this section of episodes I've realized that I've came to completely love Fred I find her aborable and I love that she's super smart as well. I also realized that I find Wolfram and Hart to be some of the best villains of all time since they are so evil but I just completely love watching them. I was really surprised that I loved the whole storyline about Darla having a baby, I loved those episodes and I loved seeing Darla again but I'm really sad that she died. I loved how protective Angel was Connor after he was born. I loved the episode Birthday because it foucosed on Cordelia who is my favorite and it showed how much she had change since the beginning of the series and involved an altenative universe. On a sort of random note I'm really worried that Lorne's club may never reopen since it's been destroyed twice in this section of episodes. My favorite episodes were Fredless, Offspring, Quickening, Lullaby, Dad and Birthday.

2. Vampire Diaries: I love this week's episode so much happened and I felt that the episode was tensioned filled(probably because Caroline was in danger that's one sure fire way to make me nervous, angry and sad all at once, also why do people keep torturing Caroline?). It also gave us a new big bad in the forum of Alaric who is a big threat too much everyone especially with him now leading the council. Also Klaus was finally defeated in this episode which weirdly enough came as a surprise since it wasn't really planned. This episode leaves a lot of unanswered questions which makes me really excited for the finale next week.

3. Revenge: This week was a another exciting episode and while the murder trial is over there's already another huge scnadal that will hopefully destroy the Grayson family. I also love that Emily got closer to finding out who her father's killer was and became more detrimined than ever to seek her revenge.

4. The Guild: I watched the entire first season of The Guild this week, so far I love this series about a group of  online gamers who ended up meeting in real life and I love that the group is made up of all different types of people. I also liked that this series has made me understood why so many people seem to love Felcia Day before this I had only seen her in Dollhouse were I liked her but didn't love her but I loved her in this series.

5. The Lying Game: I've started reading the third book in the Lying Game series and so far I'm enjoying it although I don't seem to love it quite as much as I did the first two books in the series. But I'm still intrigued by the mystery and can't wait to find the answer to who killed Sutton sometime soon.

Top 10 books that have distracted me from school work

1. The Lying Game series: Since I first started reading the first book and it hasn't stopped entertaining me yet and I'm always dying to figure out each of the mysterious. Also I read each of the books in a week or less.
2. Heist Society series: I just love all the characters, the heists and cons that go on in this series. I love the world that has been created for this series and so I have trouble pulling myself away from these books.
3. Perks of Being a Wallflower: I love the way that Charlie thinks and I could read his thoughts forever.
4. The Secret Circle series: I'm not exactly sure why I'm so addicted to these books but I enjoyed the characters, plot and I found myself unable to put the book down until I finished The Power.
5. Percy Jackson and the Olympians series: I love Percy as a narrator and I found the plot to be always interesting, so I've always had trouble putting these books down.
6. Perfect: I love the way Ellen Hopkins write and I love three out of the four narrators and I always felt the need to know what happens next.
7. Tricks: Once again I love Ellen Hopkins writing style. I was invested in all of the characters story lines and I felt sympathy for all of the main characters.
8.Thirteen Reasons Why: This book has an extremely interesting concept and by the end of the book you're just far too emotionally invested to even think of stopping for even a second.
9. The Book Thief: This book tells a good story but it's the way it's told that really makes it impossible for me to put down.
10. The Summoning: Unlike the other books on my list this one started out rather slow, so slow in fact I considered quitting this book but I'm glad I didn't. The last hundred pages or so make it impossible to put this book down or to wait patiently to read the next book, let's just say there's plenty of plot twist towards the end of this book.