Book Blogger Hop (9)

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The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket

Title: The Bad Beginning
Author: Lemony Snicket
Published: 1999
Pages: 197
Rating: 3/5
Summary: Just as they are enjoying a day at Briny Beach, the three Baudelaire children--- 14-year-old Violet, 12-year-old Klaus and baby Sunny--- receive some bad news. Mr. Poe, a friend of the family, comes trekking across the foggy beach to tell the Baudelaires that their parents have died in a fire that also burned down the family mansion. Now orphaned, the Baudelaires face an uncertain future. They are soon packed off to their new guardian--- the icky Count Olaf, who is a distant cousin. But when they move in with the Count, the Baudelaire children are certain that he does not care about them--- he only wants to get his hands on the fortune Mr. and Mrs. Baudelaire left behind. See if they are right, as you read this exciting and humorous tale of mystery.

Review: The reason that I started reading this book was because I had seen it around a long time.

The Baudelaires were a happy family until a terrible thing happened. Their parents died in the fire that took them and their house. Now they don't have anyplace to go to. They are forced to go with Count Olaf who only wants their money. There the children go through many hard things that they had never faced before.

Violet was the oldest, making her want to take of her siblings, which I thought was a good thing. Klaus was the sibling that liked to read books and apparently had read more books than most people had. Sunny was a baby but knew what was happening around her and even took part in the conversations her siblings had. I thought that they all had something that distinguished them.

Count Olaf made me really annoyed me. I couldn't understand why someone would go to the extremes that he did just to get money. He only ordered the Baudelaires around and didn't think about them. His friends were very different and they all said bad things about them and also made their lives impossible.

I don't know what I was expecting but it sure wasn't what I got. They were very unique and something that I hadn't read before. It sometimes gives the reader definitions of words that are used and at times the narrator talks to the reader. I will keep reading the rest of the books to see where the story goes.

*Summary was from Goodreads

In My Mailbox (14)

In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren. Since I had testing all of last week I couldn't get books from my school library but I did get some from the public library!

Library:

Mary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn Meyer

Like I've said before, anything that has to do with these kind of times I like. So this being about Mary obviously grabbed my attention! Can't wait to see if it's good!

Milagros: Girl from Away by Meg Medina

The first thing that grabbed my attention of this one was the title. Then I opened the book and saw some words in Spanish. After that, I saw the word pirate and I just had to get it. Just like the Victorian times and all those kind of times, I love pirates!

So what did you get this week?

Nourishing the Need (1)

Nourishing the Need is a new blog feature that will be posted here every week. This will be a way for me to talk anything about books. It will be broken up into sections so that it's a bit more organized (at least I hope so!) Please tell me what you think of this feature!

Book Recommendations:

Are there any books that you would recommend to me that you have read and think that are good? They don't have to be new, just have to be good.

Book Covers:

Queen in Exile by Donna Hatch

I love how everything blends together in the background! The colors, the design on her eye, and the text! If I was walking by it, it would definitely catch my eye!

Halo by Alexandra Adornetto

Don't you just love everything about this cover? Just look at where the sun is positioned! And the wings! I think I'm in love! =)

Books Finds:

Book of Love by Abra Ebner

This one sounds like an interesting story. I read the excerpt on the author's website and it looked very interesting.

Folly by Marthe Jocelyn

It seems like it takes time in Victorian London and I love the Victorian times and everything that has to do with those times. This just makes me to really, really want to read it!

So what do you think? Like the covers?

Book Blogger Hop (8)

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The Dark Divine by Bree Despain

Title: The Dark Divine
Author: Bree Despain
Published: December 22, 2009
Pages: 372
Rating: 5/5
Summary: A Prodigal Son
                A Dangerous Love
                A Deadly Secret
Grace Divine--daughter of the local pastor--always knew something terrible happened the night Daniel Kalbi disappeared and her brother Jude came home covered in his own blood.
Now that Daniel's returned, Grace must choose between her growing attraction to him and her loyalty to her brother.
As Grave gets closer to Daniel, she learns the truth about that mysterious night and how to save the ones she loves, but it might cost her the one thing she cherished the most: her soul.

Review: I had high hopes in this book and I'm glad that I wasn't let down!

The story revolves around the mystery have what happened the day Daniel disappeared and Jude came home covered in blood. Grace has always wanted to know what really happened that day but everyone refuses to tell her. As she tries to help Daniel, she starts to notice that things really are bad and she starts to find out what happened.

I found that I didn't mind hearing the story from Grace's point of view. She didn't really annoy me or made me want to stop reading. I liked how she wanted to find out what happened but when no one would tell her she went out herself and tried to find the answers. I don't know if I would have been brave enough to do what she did but I'm glad she followed what she wanted to do.

I liked learning of who Daniel really was. The flashbacks that were given in the book helped the reader know more of the life that he had gone through. Even though everyone disliked him and no one wanted to even mention his name, I still wanted to know more of him. He was the boy who had a bad past but who was trying to become someone better.

I'm glad that I decided to get this book. It was something that was already out there but the mythology was totally different and that's something that I really enjoyed! I would totally recommend this book to others who wanted to enjoy a good story!

In My Mailbox (13)

In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren. This week I couldn't get books from the library because we had the book fair. =( I did get some books though. =)

Borrowed:

The Battle for Skandia by John Flanagan

I've been looking to see if my library had this book and they do but it's checked out. So I borrowed it from someone because I refused to skip a book and read it.

Bought:

Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles

I had read Perfect Chemistry before and I fell in love with it. I'm glad to say that I also fell in love with Rules of Attraction!