So it's been a while I've done a wrap up
mainly because I haven't been reading as much
January: I didn't finish any books
and I've slowly been trying to get back
into reading and finishing books but
the slump is real guys, the slump is real
but it is the end of March and I'm
finally doing a wrap up because I feel like
I've finished enough books to justify a wrap up.
I've finished 10 books which I am proud of
took me- what? About three months to finish 10 books
which, I mean, mean not too bad considering I didn't
finish any in the first month, but
It's been real ... real tough
*sigh* I need to get back into reading
but I'm glad I have these finished
so let's talk about some books I've actually finished reading.
The first book i finished this year was
"Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" by Jesse Andrews
and I read it on ebook
but I do remember I really enjoyed it
If you don't know, "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl"
is about this kid in high school
who finds out his friend, Rachel
-err, ex-friend, I guess.
he hasn't talked to her in a while
has cancer and so he's kind of made to
befriend her again and like spend time with her.
the relationships between the main character
and Rachel and Earl
it was all so wonderful. I love the talk
about his and Earl's movies, about how
they're no good and that's kind of
their goal and why they won't be making
movies anymore and all that
it was really interesting reading about that
I loved the character dynamics between
the main character and Earl
I don't remember what the main character's name was
That's why I just keep saying "the main character"
there was this one scene where they got high which was
hilarious because they got high and then
went over to Rachel's house
so it was hilarious seeing them interact with
Rachel's mother while trying to pretend
like they were completely fine
Like, "There's no problem, ma'am. Let us see your daughter."
it was a great scene but then
it got awkward with Rachel. It got
awkward a few times but it was still really funny
and I really enjoyed how it played out
and how the end came about
you can kind of guess like certain things that
are going to happen but I enjoy how it came about
because like some similar things
occurred in a book I read later on and I didn't like it.
we'll talk about that later but I did really enjoy how
"Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" ended.
Next is "You Know Me Well" by David Levithan and Nina LaCour
and I love David Levithan
I've read a few of his solo books and I've also
read a lot of his co-authored books
David Levithan's books are - especially the
co-authored ones - are ones that are instant favorites for me
and this one- this wasn't an exception exactly
I don't remember what it's about at the moment
one of the main characters is gay and the other is lesbian
but that's about all I remember besides like
the general idea for the title
I remember I really enjoyed the characters
and all that but I don't remember any more about it
it was a good book though
I think that's all I have to say about that one.
The next book I finished was
"Naomi and Eli's No-Kiss List" by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
and this was the only Rachel Cohn/David Levithan
collaboration I hadn't read
mostly because I wanted to listen to the audiobook
because that's what I'd done for the other books
that they've co-authored together and I just really liked it
but yeah. I listened to the audiobook of that
and I loved it! Not, like, as much as
"Nick and Nora" but a lot more than "Dash and Lily" at least
I loved, like, the older characters. There was a slightly
different dynamic between them because
of their age than other characters that are younger
that was cool and I really
enjoyed the characters, every single one
I enjoyed in some way or I may not have
liked them entirely but I enjoyed them
and Bruce the Second and Eli are just the cutest thing ever!
it seemed very real. I don't know if it's realistic or anything
but it seemed real and the characters seemed
so vivid and I could really see where
they were coming from and I think that's
important especially with untrustworthy
people like Naomi and Eli
probably one of my biggest things that I did get to
see in it that I wish i had would be more
about Eli's drinking because it was
kind of like brought up in the start of
it that he might be slightly alcoholic or
headed down that path
but then it's never mentioned again and I kind of
wish there had been more to it because that's
not an area delved into much in YA
I also watched the movie for this
which has Victoria Justice
normally she annoys me but, like, she did
good enough for the character
and the guy who played Eli is on one of my
grandma's soap operas and I hate him on the
soap opera as an actor, but in "Naomi and Eli"
he's a much better actor. Maybe he just
plays gay better. I don't know.
but it was a good movie
the weird thing about, like, the movie adaptation was
the book focused mainly on Eli and Bruce the Second
but the movie focused mainly on Naomi and Gabriel
I think that's his name. The doorman dude that she likes
Which was a bit weird
They probably thought that a straight couple
would sell more movies than the gay couple
I don't know
it's nice to get a little bit of the other
relationship that you don't see in the book
but, at the same time, I kind of wanted to see
the Eli and Bruce the Second cuteness
There are so many scenes that I
just keep remembering and
I'm like, "Oh my gosh! It's so good!"
It's not as good as "Nick and Norah",
in my opinion, but it is definitely
pretty good. I like it and it was a pretty good adaptation.
My big thing about it is
it's kind of just a lot of fun
and that's great. It wasn't like heavily
depressing or anything which was good
It was just a fun read.
Next I read, "The Guardians of Being" by Eckhart Tolle
this is, like, a little short story type thing
it's nonfiction. Eckhart Tolle is someone that
my therapist recommended to me.
He does a lot with, like, mindfulness and that sort of thing
and that's kind of what this is
it's, like, looking to animals and seeing
"Oh, look how good they are being mindful I
should try to be more like them."
It was a cute little thing. It had little illustrations in it.
It was good.
I have tried to listen to actual Eckhart Tolle books
but I just can't get to it
maybe i'll try again another time, I don't know
but this was a good little thing.
And then the next three things.
Oh my gosh! I'm super excited!
Finally, I got to them. I felt like I missed the hype but, like,
it's good. It's good.
Back to back, I read
"Mind Games", "Perfect Lies", and then the
prequel novella "Annie and Fia" all by Kiersten White.
and oh my gosh! I love it so much!
I missed it for so long! I don't- how did I-
I just don't know
I read all of them in ebook format
and it was so good! I want to go through and
reread it but, like, in the correct order
because it's told in alternating perspectives
but also alternating timelines
so it can make it a bit difficult to follow
it's not too hard, like, once you get into it
but, at the same time, I feel like I want to see
what the progression is in the order it's supposed to be in.
I love these books so much.
they have kick-ass female main characters. It's great.
and I love the sisterly relationship that's shown
in this book between Annie and Fia
They're so cute! Oh my gosh! I love them.
and I love, like, their relationship dynamic
it reminds me a lot of my sister and me
because I'm the older one and
she's the younger one but she's one who's
always taking care of me it seems like
and that's how Annie and Fia are.
Annie's the older one and Fia's the younger one
but Fia 's always taking care of Annie
I love, like, reading great sister relationships
because my sister is my best friend
so it's nice seeing other representations of sisterhood
especially good ones and close ones and strong ones
like this where they would do anything
for their sister, in order to keep their
sister happy or keep her safe
whatever needs to be done
and I just- I love it so much
and all the characters were great
oh my gosh! Fia was kick ass
and Annie is so great! I love the character development
she goes through throughout the duology
because she starts out being, like, not much and just seeing stuff
She has visions, but she's not all that good
she can see Fia better than anyone but, like, she's not all that good.
but then she, like, starts to do stuff for herself
and become like an independent person.
Ah, I loved it. I just love the characters all so much.
I don't think I'm supposed to like Fia's relationship
I don't think I'm supposed to like Fia's
relationship with James, but like I love it!
that was end goal for me and I was like,
"I want this couple together."
and I just was like rooting for them the whole time
and I won't say either way what happens.
I just really liked them and then, in the second book,
Annie gets a love interest and I love it! Oh, gosh!
and her vision about being in love and,
like, knowing it's the person because she
holds their hand and she knows it's their hand!
Oh my gosh! I love it.
The way it was put together with so good
I know a lot of people have problems with the format
and think it should have been one book
but I absolutely think it should have been two.
I think it's two different stories
and it has a clear end point for each one
and I love having the like before this thing
so you know you're getting close to something
and then, all of a sudden, it's like,
hours before, minutes before and, "Oh gosh! what's going to happen?"
and it's great
and the prequel was great
i loved getting to see them as children.
but I want to say so much more.
I also want to say lots of spoilers so
I should just stop talking about this now
but, I love them so much!
Next I read
"Symptoms of Being Human" by Jeff Garvin on ebook again
and I love this. Oh, it's so good!
This book is about a gender-fluid character named Riley
and something I love about this
is you never figure out the sex Riley was born with
because it doesn't matter
that's not something you have to know about a person
I love that it's stuck true to that
and you never got to know
and there were so many parts where there'd be this bit
about clothes or what was expected from
Riley as they were growing up and it
just would have been so easy to be like
"I was never the perfect daughter" or
"All these things were expected from me as a son, but I just didn't-"
it would have been so easy to slip stuff in
like that but Jeff Garvin didn't and I
love that because it kind of
the children are screaming
but it like just pushed the
point that you don't- you're not
entitled to know what's between someone's
legs and that was a big part of the book
the bullying aspect of it
and it was just so good. I love their friends
I loved it. I loved it so much
Next I read, "Extraordinary Means" by Robyn Schneider
and I listened to this on audiobook actually
and it was so good! I took a
break from it part way through and at
one point recently I was just like,
"Wait! Did I ever finish that?" and so I downloaded it
again and I was like, "No, I didn't!"
so I downloaded the last few parts. And I remembered
why I had stopped. Because stuff started
happening that I didn't want to happen
and I was like, "No, no, no!" and I put it down
for a little while. Finally I got
back to it and finished it and it was really
good! Like, the ending still upsets me
as a reader, but I see why it was done
Like, it makes sense but still it upsets me
because I'm a fan and I don't like things to go wrong
If you don't know, "Extraordinary Means" is set in the
near future and a new strain of
tuberculosis is discovered and it's drug-resistant
so the book is about these teenagers
at this sanatorium sort of
that's supposed to try to keep them healthy
it's told in alternating perspectives
between Lane's point-of-view
and Sadie's point-of-view and it has
different narrators for both which I
love and I loved each narrator for each
character. It just worked so well
I love audiobooks that are done well
and just their little romance was so adorable
not stressful really
I love all the little things that they did to be rebellious
it was so cute
their friend group was adorable!
That's my thoughts on that without spoiling stuff
I may not have given a good description, but I tried
And now the last book I wanna talk about is
"The Vile Village" by Lemony Snickett
it's the seventh book I believe in the
"Series of Unfortunate Events" series
I've been reading this for so long, it feels like
it's been a few years and I'm still not very far
I read this one in physical format actually, I just
don't have it. I sent it off home to be
packed up because we're moving so it
can't be out if I don't need it
I finished it this morning and I just was like,
"Take it with you, I don't want it anymore!"
because it took me so long to finish that book
It was insane. I don't know why it took me so long
I think I got overwhelmed by the size of
the series and then I freaked out and
I, like, get bored because it's middle grade
maybe it's a few different things
I do really enjoy it though and I want to know what
happens to the Baudelairs, I want to
figure out the mystery of VFD and all that
it was good. I liked it
So those were all the books I read so far in 2017
I may just keep doing, like, periodic updates so far
like, this is gonna be "Wrap Up Number One of 2017" or whatever
so I may just continue, like every
few months doing this
Or I may do more depending on how much I read. We'll see
So, thanks for being part of the internet with me. Bye
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