Once upon a time and Happily ever Afters

Library and purchases

2010-07-25T12:59:00.001-07:00

I ordered House Rules by Jodi Picoult from half.com on th 7th and I still haven't received that in the mail when it was said to be shipped on the 8th from PA :( so I don't believe I'll be buying books from that site ever again.

And besides that I don't get books in the mail, so from the library I got:

and I purchased:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and

But I still need to read the second one but it wasn't in stock, when I bought the first book of the trilogy, they had all three. Now when I went back for the second they only had the first and the theird :)

2010-07-12T21:38:00.000-07:00

Today I was on a blog and it asked for everyone to post a song that reminds them of a book, I Can't for the life of me remember the blog so I just posted it here. I felt like just posting it isn't enough, for it to be fully appreciated the lyrics must be read, and the song heard, so here goes:

Like a Knife by secondhand serenade and Eclipse by Well you know who

"Like A Knife"

I dream a lot, I know you say
I've got to get away.
"The world is not yours for the taking"
Is all you ever say.
I know I'm not the best for you,
But promise that you'll stay.
Cause if I watch you go,
You'll see me wasting, you'll see me wasting away

Cause today, you walked out of my life
Cause today, your words felt like a knife
I'm not living this life.

Goodbyes are meant for lonely people standing in the rain
And no matter where I go it's always pouring all the same.
These streets are filled with memories
Both perfect and in pain
And all I wanna do is love you
But I'm the only one to blame.

Cause today, you walked out of my life
Cause today, your words felt like a knife
I'm not living this life.

But what do I know, if you're leaving
All you did was stop the bleeding.
But these scars will stay forever,
These scars will stay forever
And these words they have no meaning
If we cannot find the feeling
That we held on to together
Try your hardest to remember

Stay with me,
Or watch me bleed,
I need you just to breathe.

Cause today, you walked out of my life
(Stay with me, or watch me bleed)
Cause today, your words felt like a knife
(I need you just to breathe.)
I'm not living this life

and

Stranger by Secondhand Serenade and Twilight

Turn Around
Turn Around and fix your eye in my direction
So there is a connection
I can't speak
I can't make a sound to somehow capture your attention
I'm staring at perfection
Take a look at me so you can see
How beautiful you are

You call me a stranger
You say I'm a danger
But all these thoughts are leaving you tonight
I'm broke and abandoned
You are an angel
Making all my dreams come true tonight

I'm confident
But I can't pretend I wasn't terrified to meet you
I knew you could see right through me
I saw my life flash right before my very eyes
And I knew just what we'd turn into
I was hopeing that you could see
Take a look at me so you can see

You call me a stranger
You say I'm a danger
But all these thoughts are leaving you tonight
I'm broke and abandoned
You are an angel
Making all my dreams come true tonight

You are an angel
Making all my dreams come true tonight

Take a look at me so you can see
How beautiful you are
[x4]

Your beauty seems so far away
I'd have to write a thousand songs to make you comprehend how beautiful you are

I know that I can't make you stay
But I would give my final breathe to make you understand how beautiful you are
Understand how beautiful you are

You call me a stranger
You say I'm a danger
But all these thoughts are leaving you tonight
I'm broke and abandoned
You are an angel
Making all my dreams come true tonight

You call me a stranger
You say I'm a danger
You call me a stranger

What I bought today!!

2010-07-09T19:09:00.000-07:00

Today was payday so I grabbed two books:

Ghostgirl by Tonya Hurley

I know you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover, but this one leaped off the shelf at me because of it's distinct shape and artwork. And I loved how the pages inside were even beautiful and every chapter starts with a quote.

and

I like the cover art on this one as well but I also thought I'll enjoy the story. The whole good vs. evil gets me every time.

Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink

LA Candy by Lauren Conrad

2010-07-09T17:28:00.000-07:00

Los Angeles is all about the sweet life: hot clubs, cute guys, designer . . . everything. Nineteen-year-old Jane Roberts can't wait to start living it up. She may be in L.A. for an internship, but Jane plans to play as hard as she works, and has enlisted her BFF Scarlett to join in the fun.
When Jane and Scarlett are approached by a producer who wants them to be on his new series, a "reality version of Sex and the City," they can hardly believe their luck. Their own show? Yes, please!
Soon Jane is TV's hottest star. Fame brings more than she ever imagined possible for a girl from Santa Barbara—free designer clothes, the choicest tables at the most exclusive clubs, invites to Hollywood premieres—and she's lapping up the VIP treatment with her eclectic entourage of new pals. But those same friends who are always up for a wild night are also out for a piece of Jane's spotlight.
In a city filled with people chasing after their dreams, it's not long before Jane wakes up to the reality that everyone wants something from her, and nothing is what it seems to be.
L.A. Candy is a deliciously entertaining novel about what it's like to come of age in Hollywood while starring in a reality TV show, written by a girl who has experienced it all firsthand: Lauren Conrad.

Rating:

When I first heard of Lauren Conrad's debut novel, I was not impressed. I assumed it would just be a book retelling what happened to her and I've already watched the shows, I don't need to read it too. But it is so much more than that.

The story is about two best friends moving to LA to shake it up, expand their horizons, and expose themself to change. In the midst of accomplishing all that, they end up becoming the center of a reality tv show, which gives them more than what they were bargaining for.

What I liked about the novel is that it wasn't based off the show, it had fictional characters that go through different experience, it even throws in deceit, manipulation, cheating, and a love triangle. Now I can't wait to get my hands on the second one of the series, Sweet Little Lies.

L.A. Candy

2010-07-07T22:12:00.001-07:00

I didn't know if I'd like LA Candy...I thought it might be a bit cheesy. But I loved it!!! I stayed up til 1:00am, man I was a zombie at work today. Review to follow.

If I Stay by Gayle Forman

2010-07-03T13:25:00.000-07:00

Mia had everything: a loving family, a gorgeous, adoring boyfriend, and a bright future full of music and full of choices. then, in an instant, almost all of that is taken from her. Caught between life and death, between a happy past and an unknowable future, Mia spends one critical day contemplating the only decision she has left-the most important decision she'll ever make.
Simultaneously tragic and hopeful, this is a romantic, riveting, and ultimately uplifting story about memory, music, living, dying, loving.

This story is breath-taking, beautiful, harsh, and has you on the edge of your seat all rolled in one. I loved how the author took every effort into elaborating on Mia's passion for music and went into extensive detail on her passion for the cello and classical music.

The book slightly reminded me of the movie AWAKE with Hayden Christiansen and Jessica Alba. The similarities with the main character being out of body but not dead, and the repetitive flash backs to show us how the character arrived to this day and what events made them who they are today.Which brings me to the only thing I didn't care for much in the book. The flashbacks. I know that they were necessary to have the reader get to know Mia, and her family and her connection to them, Adam, Kim, and music. It's just that the present day was so intense and the story would pull you right along til you can't get enough than BAM go into a flashback.

This book was a tear jerker for me because of losing a best friend in a car accident and wishing she had the choice. Also because you know whatever choice she makes she loses what matters most so either decision she makes she has to fight like hell to get through it.

What I loved most about the story is everyone's passion for music. Not necessarily that it was music but everyone is so passionate about something and that something happens to be the same thing..which in turn happens to connect them. When I was reading the little commentaries on the book, I kept reading how it was a touching love story. I assumed it was a love story between two teenage love birds. Then when I started reading the book I felt it was probably a love story also between the family that gets broken up. But as I really got into the book and even up until the ending realized it's more than just the formerly mention. but a love story about music. Music was this girl's passion, what she lived for, and in the end what ultimately pushed her to stay. Thank you Gayle Forman, very well written.

2010-07-03T10:59:00.000-07:00

So this is the book for this month's bookclub, whenever I compile a list of picks to put in for vote, the vote is always bittersweet. I'm happy this book was picked so I can read but a part of me was routing for Emily Giffin's Heart of the Matter. But, I ordered my book and can't wait for it to come in!! I can't wait to add it to my shelf by shelfari! :)

Stop! Don't Plan a Wedding without this book by Laura Weatherly

2010-06-30T08:18:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted in awhile because...I'm helping my friend plan her wedding!!!!
I'm very excited about being Maid of Honor, and my bestie wants me to read some books with her so that I can be informative and help her out with all the planning and this is the book she chose. Any reason to read, right? But I really like the book, I like the author's tone in the book. She is refreshing and funny instead of dry like a lot of informative books are.

On another note my book club meeting is tomorrow and we need to pick our new book. My choices this month are:

I have never read any Jodi Picoult...but I'm ready to start.

I LOVE Emily Giffin,she's my favorite and this is the only one of her's I haven't read.

So these are my picks, Can't wait to see what everyone else picked and then of course there's the vote!

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

2010-06-22T17:28:00.000-07:00

I picked this book for my book club and I am really happy with my pick.

This story pulled at my heartstrings. Stockett did a wonderful job at bringing these characters to life for me. I was amazed Stockett's debut novel was so genuine, well written, and amazing with it being her first. I felt her dialogue felt very natural considering she is a white woman writing as a southern balck woman during the 60s. Her story was believeable, genuine-so much so I bawled like a baby more than once.

I loved the relationships she built up in the story. Even though there were boundaries between the help and the famiiles, there was also this unspoken bond. The bosses had this attitude as if I can speak ill of my help but God help anyone else that dare say anything because that will be there ass. The love between the children and the black women that rasied them was so intense you can feel it for yourself as you read the words off the page.