Fault in our Stars

Talk about a beautiful, yet heart-wrenching book!  This is worth the read!

 

From Amazon:

"Hazel is sixteen, with terminal cancer, when she meets Augustus at her kids-with-cancer support group. The two are kindred spirits, sharing an irreverent sense of humor and immense charm, and watching them fall in love even as they face universal questions of the human condition--How will I be remembered? Does my life, and will my death, have meaning?"

Stolen by Lucy Christopher

 

This book so very interesting and riveting and I don’t quite know what to think now that I am finished. I couldn’t put it down, but couldn’t tell you exactly why.  I ended up pulling for both at the end.  It is about a girl who is kidnapped and held captive in a remote area of Australia.  It is told from her point of view as a letter to her captor.  It is a Iowa High School award book this year and I really liked it.  

 

From Amazon: "A stunning debut novel with an intriguing literary hook: written in part as a letter from a victim to her abductor. Sensitive, sharp, captivating!  Gemma, 16, is on layover at Bangkok Airport, en route with her parents to a vacation in Vietnam. She steps away for just a second, to get a cup of coffee. Ty--rugged, tan, too old, oddly familiar--pays for Gemma's drink. And drugs it. They talk. Their hands touch. And before Gemma knows what's happening, Ty takes her. Steals her away. The unknowing object of a long obsession, Gemma has been kidnapped by her stalker and brought to the desolate Australian Outback. STOLEN is her gripping story of survival, of how she has to come to terms with her living nightmare--or die trying to fight it."

City of Bones (Mortal Instruments Series)

Oh how I loved this book!  It is like a cross between Harry Potter and Twilight and so very awesome!  I can't wait to finish the series and can't wait to see the movie!

 

"Don’t miss The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, soon to be a major motion picture in theaters August 2013.When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder -- much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing -- not even a smear of blood -- to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy? (From Amazon)

Award Book of the Day #2

How about a cool twist on the old story of Cinderella?

"Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . .

Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future" (From Amazon)

Lunar Chronicle Series:

#2 Scarlet
#3 Cress
#4 Winter

Award Book of the Day #1- Legend

 

 This is a fantastic book on the ITA list this year!  I absolutely loved it!  It reminds me a bit of the show Revolution as well. 

"From the Publisher: A New York Times bestseller! What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic's wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic's highest military circles. Born into the slums, fifteen-year-old Day is the country's most wanted criminal. But his motives may not be as malicious as they seem. From very different worlds, June and Day have no reason to cross paths - until the day June's brother, Metias, is murdered and Day becomes the prime suspect. Caught in the ultimate game of cat and mouse, Day is in a race for his family's survival, while June seeks to avenge Metias's death. But in a shocking turn of events, the two uncover the truth of what has really brought them together, and the sinister lengths their country will go to keep its secrets. Full of nonstop action, suspense, and romance, this novel is sure to move readers as much as it thrills."

Rest of the series: Prodigy (also awesome), and Champion 

Fun Note:  Marie Lu autpgraphed an advanced copy of Champion for me!  How cool is that??




 

My Favorite Book of the Summer

My Favorite Book of the Summer is...



LOVED.THIS.BOOK!!!! Absolutely loved it. Rick Yancey is officially my new favorite writer! Normally aliens aren’t my thing, but this was very different from the old aliens I grew up with. This book is a kind of a mix of War of the Worlds (with Tom Cruise), Falling Skies, I am Number Four, and Ashfall. How can you lose? The writer is brilliant- I was cracking up at his imagery throughout the whole book. Brilliant. Now I am DYING for book 2!!! I hope he writes fast!
Mrs. H