Incarceron by Catherine Fisher

ABOUT THIS BOOK:

This book is about a prison named Incarceron. This prison is alive. It watches the prisoners. No one has ever escaped from Incarceron. Only one, a legend says has ever escaped. Finn is a prisoner. He believes that he came from Outside Incarceron. He is determined to escape. He finds a crystal key which leads him to Claudia. Claudia is Outside of Incarceron. Her father is the Warden of Incarceron. She also finds a key that leads her to Finn. Claudia and Finn make a deal that if Claudia helps Finn escape than Finn will help Claudia. But they don't realize that there is more to Incarceron than it seems.

THE PLOT:

The plot was very clever. I loved how Catherine Fisher made Incarceron alive. How she described Outside Incarceron and Inside Incarceron. She made the entire story and characters believable even though we know that a place like Incarceron doesn't exist. She still makes it seem like it exists.

CHARACTERS:

CLAUDIA: She was very brave. She did all she could to find out more about Incarceron and to help Finn. She broke all her fathers rules to do that.

FINN: I admired Finn. He did everything he could to try and escape. He never gave up. That is something that I would never be able to do. I would have long given up.

This book was amazing. And just so you know there is no romance in here. This book is a full 5/5 stars. :)

Here's my Youtube review:

Fall For Anything by Courtney Summers

ABOUT  THIS BOOK:

This book is about a girl named Eddie Reeves. Her father had just commited suicide. When he does, Eddie is heartbroken She wants to know why he would commit suicide when he had a loving family and was a legendary photographer. Then she meets Culler Evans, a former student of her father. He seems to know more about her father than Eddie does. Eddie seems to think that Culler knows the answer to why her father killed himself.

                                                                     THE PLOT:

The plot of this book was very depressing I have to say. There was a lot of emotions running high in the air. You could feel the saddness. I couldn't help but get sucked up into this story line. I just wish that Courtney Summers added more to the book. It got kind of boring at times just reading about Eddie beeing depressed about her father.

                                                                CHARACTERS:

EDDIE: I wasn't a big fan of Eddie. She seemed like everyone should be feeling sorry for her because her dad died. She would get upset when people seemed to ignore that fact. She would be ignoring her friend Milo because he was hanging out with his ex-girlfriend Missy. She was also obsessed with the question why would her father kill himself. Every page would have the word Why. I didn't like her very much through out the story but she did have some good parts in the story.

MILO: I also had some problems with Milo. He wouldn't tell Eddie anything about her father's death. He should tell her because he was Eddie's father. And when he did tell Eddie, it was like really? Are you serious? You could have just told her. It wasn't a big deal at all. But just like Eddie he did have his good parts in the story.

CULLER: He at first seemed like a sweet guy but at the end when he tells Eddie about what he did, I was just very frustrated with him. He could have helped himself and Eddie using a different tactic. Though he was a very nice, sweet,caring, and kind guy during the beginning and middle.

As you can see, this book's characters just weren't my favorite.

I still really liked this book and sped through it very quickly. :)



MY RATING: 4/5 stars

Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers

ABOUT THE BOOK:

This book is about a girl named Regina Afton. She was part of the most popular group in school. That is until rumors start going around about her and her best friend's boyfriend. When this happens her best friend Anna kicks her out of the group. From then on Regina gets bullied constantly. She finds company with a boy named Micheal Hayden. He was a boy that Regina used to bully all the time. This book goes through with what happens with Micheal and how Regina deals with all the bullying.

THE PLOT:

The plot of this book was great. Bullying is a huge problem in every school. I loved how this book expressed how horrible it is to be bullied. It's something you will never foreget. It also shows you what not to do when you get bullied. Fight back.

THE CHARACTERS:

REGINA: She really frustrated me sometimes. When Anna and her group bully her, she fights back hard. She should have ignored them or reported them. When she fought back, things got more worse that it already was. I also really liked her at the same time. She tried to make amends for everything that she has done wrong and I thought that was a really strong characteristic.

MICHEAL: He was the sweetest boy ever. At first he doesn't forgive Regina at all for what she's done to him, but you can tell he's warming up to Regina.

ANNA: She was a HUGE bitch. I didn't want to swear but that is what she is. She believed rumors over her best friend. That is not a best friend. You should always belive your best friend over rumors unless your friend's untrustworthy but that's a whole nother topic.

Over all this book was absolutely amazing. You need to read this if you haven't yet.

MY RATING: Full 5/5 stars. :)

Sort of a Review on Zombies Vs. Unicorns

This was a very interesting book. It was really good. I hate to say this but I liked the Unicorn stories better than the Zombie ones. I didn't want to say it since all my favorite authors were on team Zombie. :( The Zombie stories were at some points really weird, gross, and awkward. I only really liked one and that was Cold Hands by Cassandra Clare.

My favorite one out of all of them would have to be The Care And Feeding of Your Baby Killer Unicorn by Diana Peterfruend. I was glad I liked this one since I had never actually heard of Diana Peterfruend. I'm not going to go into specifics, but if you want you can watch the Youtube review at the bottom. :)I really liked this book because you get a taste of what each author's writing style is. Each story is very different from the others. I would definitely recommend this book to you guys. Plus the introduction to the book was very enjoyable to read and so were the intros to each story. They had me laughing through out it! :) This was a really short review... hmm... Oh well.

Library Haul!!!!!

So I went to the library today and got some books! Here they are:

Zombies Vs. Unicorns by A Ton of Awesome Authors!

The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson!

Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers!

Fall For Anything by Courtney Summers!

Darkest Mercy by Melissa Marr!

Heist Society by Ally Carter!

These are the books I got from the library today! They all look very wonderful!!!!!

The Devouring by Simon Holt

"When dark creeps in and eats the light,
Bury your fears on Sorry Night.
For in the winter's blackest hours,
Comes the feasting of the Vours, 
No one can see it, the life they stole,
Your body's here but not your soul..."

THE VOURS: Evil, demonic beings that inhabit human bodies on Sorry Night, the darkest hours of the winter solstice.

When Reggie reads about the Vours in a mysterious old journal, she assumes they are just the musings of an anonymous lunatic. But when her little brother, Henry, begins to act strangely, it's clear that these creatures exist beyond a madwoman's imagination, and Reggie finds out what happens when fears come to life.

To save the people she loves, Reggie must learn to survive in a world of nightmares. Can she devour her own fears before they devour her?

The Devouring is an engrossing tale of terror that will have you wondering: what if your worst fears became your living nightmare?

MY REVIEW:

Oh my god! This book was definitely a really scary one! I really enjoyed it and I hate scary stuff! That definitely tells you that this was a really good one for me. It's about these things called 'Vours' and they come to you and the 'devour' your fears. But then when they 'devour' your fears they go into your body so your soul isn't in your body and the Vours just kind of take over your body. Reggie's brother Henry gets taken by a Vour so Reggie and her friend Aaron have to save him and face their own fears.

PLOT:

 The plot was very nicely written out. I loved the idea of this book and how the author took the idea of 'fear' and made it into a story. It definitely had parts where I just wanted to gag because it was either scary or gross. But don't let that make you not want to read it. I still really enjoyed it.

CHARACTERS:

REGGIE: I felt like she was a great main character. She was very brave since she faced all of her fears to go and save her brother Henry. Though there was one specific part where I thought that she was a little ignorant.

HENRY: He is Reggie's little brother. You really don't get much of him since he is taken over by a Vour the entire book.

AARON: He is Reggie's best friend. I loved Aaron. He was such a great and loyal best friend. He helped Reggie with everything she needed help with and he was always there for her.

MY RATING: 4.5/5 STARS

Here's my review on Youtube.

If I Stay by Gayle Forman

  

Summary from Goodreads:

In a single moment, everything changes. Seventeen-year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall riding along the snow-wet Oregon road with her family. Then, in a blink, she finds herself watching as her own damaged body is taken from the wreck...

A sophisticated, layered, and heartachingly beautiful story about the power of family and friends, the choices we all make—and the ultimate choice Mia commands.

My Review:

I really enjoyed this book. It was kind of confusing at first though. Mia is in a horrible car accident with her parents and brother Teddy. While Mia is  unconscious  some part of her comes out of her so she can see what's going on in real life while she is unconscious (If that made sense). The story kind of goes through what's going on in real life, while Mia is telling you happy parts of her life before the car accident. 

Plot:

The plot was very interesting. It was cool to read about Mia in the present time AND in the past through memories. The only thing that it was lacking was some happiness. I know it's supposed to be a sad book, but I thought it could have some happy stuff.

Characters:

MIA- I enjoyed this book a lot because of Mia. She was a great character. I felt like I could relate to her. She is a big music person. She plays the cello very well. I play piano and violin so I enjoy music as well.

ADAM- He is Mia's boyfriend. He is the complete opposite of Mia but that's what made me love them as a couple. They balanced each other out. He is also into music but he is more into rock and pop.

KIM- She is Mia's friend. You don't really pick up much of her but you can already tell she's a caring friend. :)

MY RATING: 4/5 STARS


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