Teaser Tuesdays #1

TEASER TUESDAYS is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm.

My Teaser (spoiler free):

"And anyway, I suppose when one was confronted with the choice to believe in the existence of an Armenian drag-queen horse trainer or not to believe, one would will believe."

-page 161, "Night Film" by Marisha Pessl

Musing Mondays #11

MUSING MONDAYS is a weekly meme created and hosted by Jess from A Daily Rhythm.

Thank you so much Jess!

My Musing:

I've just finished "Losing Hope" by Colleen Hoover and as I'm participating in A Tree of Reveri's Read-a-thon I have to choose and start my next book as soon as possible (not that I don't do this on a regular basis but let's just say today I have a little extra motivation ;)).

I trying to decide between "Night Film" by Marisha Pessl and "I Am the Messeger" by Markus Zusak. Let me know what you think I should read next in the comment's section below!

                   


                      OR

The Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award

We have been nominated for The Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award by The Reading Habits of a Recovering Daydreamer and we are very glad she chose us. Thank you Alie!

The Rules:

• Thank the blogger who nominated you, linking back to their site
• Put the award logo on your blog
• Answer the 10 questions they sent you

Questions from "The Reading Habits of a Recovering Daydreamer":

1. What is the first book that made you cry?
Rebeca: Harry Potter and the Hald Blood Prince.
Isabel: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2. Do you read non-fiction? If so, what genre(s)?
R: Dramas mostly.
I: No, not really.

3. Which author makes you wish you'd written his/her book?
R: In a good way? J. K. Rowling. In a this-book-has-so-much-wasted-potential-it-should-totally-be-rewritten? Melissa Marr.
I: Non. If the author thought that was the best way to write her story, then she has that right! I don't have the write to say that somebody's ideas are bad or her opinions wrong. I have the right to dislike the book, but not to change it.

4. What's your favorite quote?
R: "It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live." - Albus Dumbledore
I:  "But what if Shakespeare - and Hamlet - were asking the wrong question? What if the real question is not whether to be, but how to be?"- Gayle Forman, Just One Day

5. What's your favorite holiday? Least favorite?
R: Visiting a new city. Going to the countryside.
I: The same as Rebeca, I just don't mind the countryside, I mean, I live in the countryside xD Is not that bad people!

6. What's your favorite campy film (or TV show, book, etc.)?
R: Right now... I guess The Kill Order by James Dashner. (I really hope campy means what I think it means though hahaha)
I: 

7. Which is worse: love triangles or instalove?
R: INSTALOVE! Definitely the worst for me.
I: I'm sucker for love triangles. But I'm not totally against instalove. In some books it's a bit exagerated. I find that sometimes people mistake instalove with insta atraction. But I do believe in insta atraction. People just have a tendecy to mistake both of them. You can not possible love a person you know nothing about, but you can feel atractted to a certain person the moment you see him/her. Your opinion might change when you actually meet her of course. 

8. If your life (or maybe a fantasized version of your life) were made into a movie, who would play you? Who would play your significant other?
R: I'd love it if Zooey Deschanel played me and Alex Pettyfer played my significant other!
I: Miley Cyrus would be me and Zac Efron my significant other. Seriously people, I couldn't care less about celebrities. I stopped having celebrity crushes when I was 12.

9. Which composers/artists/songs would be on the soundtrack of your biopic?
R: Cold Coffee by Ed Sheeran.
I: Something by Ed Sheeran or The Head And The Heart

10. What's your favorite kind of event/performance to attend (musical, opera, ballet, football game, concert, etc.)?
R: Ballet performance! Or a concert of a band/singer I really enjoy.
I: None?! I mean I never found interest in those type of social events. I like to go just because of the ambient that surrounds people. I know it's weird, but I like to observe people in these type of things

Review: The Girl on the Train

The Girl on the Train
by Paula Hawkins


Book Rate: ★★★☆☆


Brief Introduction (from goodreads):

Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. She’s even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. ‘Jess and Jason’, she calls them. Their life – as she sees it – is perfect. If only Rachel could be that happy.

And then she sees something shocking. It’s only a minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough. Now everything’s changed. Now Rachel has a chance to become a part of the lives she’s only watched from afar. Now they’ll see; she’s much more than just the girl on the train…


Review:

I aquired this book with very high expectations (Gone Girl high) and I started reading this book with very low expectations ("this is so not like Gone Girl, total waste of time" my fellow reviewers said). I finished this book not blown away but also not disappointed, I mildly enjoyed it to be honest.

I found it immensely interesting to realise how we sound different in the minds of each person whose life crosses ours, I believe this was the main advantage of reading this 3-prespective narrative about three very (and maybe not so very) different from each other. I found some characters to be more intriguing than I initially had thought they would be but I also felt very frustrated as we got to know better the remaining charcaters.

I can't say the storyline was predictable, it wasn't. But I wasl thought it could be improved regarding certain excerpts. It's far from being a 5-stars story but it's also far from being a 1-star story. A very solid 3-stars book.

If you're feeling like reading a mistery book that will not necessary blow you away but will definitely keep you a good company, then this is it.

Please let me know what you thought if you've read it!

P.S.: Do not go into it thinking it's like Gone Girl, IT'S NOT.

Review: Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare (non-spoiler)

Clokwork Princess

by Cassandra Clare

This is a non-spoiler review. I will not go into detail about the story, I just want to tell you my feelings about it.

The Infernal Devices is about a girl named Tessa. After her aunt death , she decides to move to London and start over alongside her older brother, who recently moved there. As soon as she arrives her life takes an unexpected turn and, before she knows it, she is evolved in a society where Shadowhunters, werewolves, vampires and warlocks are not only real but she may be one of them. What is she? Nobody knows but she's different.

Where shall I start? How about how good this series is?!?!?!? I loved every single aspect of it! I had already read The Mortal Instruments and I love it as well. I can't say which series I loved the most because they cannot be separated. They are connected in a way that will make you beg for more. Lady Midnight was already one of my most anticipated releases but after reading clockwork princess I can't wait any longer. Please Cassandra Clare, hurry up!

This book made me feel so many things that I'm having trouble writing it down, I can't form a coherent though! It made me laugh, and it made me cry. I actually knew what was going to happen because I spoiled myself by reading City of Heavenly Fire. Even after all the warnings I still read it. I loved it anyway. It was a brilliant conclusion for this trilogy and it connected perfectly with The Mortal Instruments.

I recommend this books to everybody. Cassandra Clare's writing is beautiful and so are her stories. I'd read anything by her.

Book Rate:

Have you read this book? What did you think?! Tell me all about your thoughts on the comment section down below!

Review: Hopeless

Hopeless
by Colleen Hoover


book rate: ★★★★☆


Brief Introduction (from goodreads):

Sky Davis is starting sixth form having always been home-schooled, and wants to keep a low profile. But then she runs into Dean Holder - messy brown hair, smouldering blue eyes, and a temper straight out of Fight Club, someone who Sky is determined to avoid.

There is something about Holder that sparks memories of Sky's troubled past, those which she would rather stay buried. Little does she know that the mysterious Dean Holder is harbouring secrets of his own . . . 

When the truth unravels, Sky must piece her life back together and learn to trust again. Only by facing the revelations together can the two of them begin to heal their emotional scars and find a way to live without boundaries.

Review:

I bought "Hopeless" because I had heard a lot about Colleen Hoover's "Slammed" (a book I'm really looking forward to read!) and when I saw this on a shelf at my local bookshop I didn't even think twice. Only when I got home did I even remember to read the sinopsis and check if this book was a stand alone or a first in a series! At the time I thought I had made my first impulse buy and that it had been a really bad one but guess what? I had never been so wrong.

"Hopeless" exceeded my expectations not only plot-wise but also in the deepness of the characters. Initially I thought Sky and Holder would be the typical borken kids that find each other and somehow mend all the broken pieces of their pasts in order to be happily in love for the rest of their lives. So not true. Sooo not true!

Sky is such a complex character, she feels so much and so little at the same time. And she is not broken by her past because she has no idea what her past is. And Holder can be quite a jerk sometimes, but aren't real life teenage boys like that too? These characters are so realistic it hurts! Their reactions are very relatable and as this is a story during which Sky and Holder learn their real stories too we come across a lot of different and strong reactions.

It's not a life changing book (at least not for me), but it will stick to your thoughts for a pretty long while. I can't tell you much about the story or else I would ruin it for you, but trust me when I say it's a pretty intense book! Do recommend and am definetily looking forward to reading Losing Hope.

Review: Rosemary Beach series

Fallen Too Far (#1)
by Abbi Glines
book rate: ★★★☆☆

Never Too Far (#2)
by Abbi Glines
book rate: ★★☆☆☆

Forever Too Far (#3)
by Abbi Glines
book rate: ★☆☆☆☆

Rush Too Far (#4)
by Abbi Glines
book rate: ★★☆☆☆


Brief Introduction To The Series (from goodreads):

She is only nineteen. She is his new stepfather’s daughter. She is still naïve and innocent due to spending the last three years taking care of her sick mother. But for 24 year old Rush Finlay, she is the only thing that has ever been off limits. His famous father’s guilt money, his mother’s desperation to win his love, and his charm are the three reasons he has never been told no.

Blaire Wynn left her small farmhouse in Alabama, after her mother passed away, to move in with her father and his new wife in their sprawling beach house along the Florida gulf coast. She isn’t prepared for the lifestyle change and she knows she’ll never fit into this world. Then there is her sexy stepbrother who her father leaves her with for the summer while he runs off to Paris with his wife. Rush is as spoiled as he is gorgeous. He is also getting under her skin. She knows he is anything but good for her and that he’ll never be faithful to anyone. He is jaded and has secrets Blaire knows she may never uncover but even knowing all of that…


Blaire just may have fallen too far.


Review:

This series has a pretty good start. "Fallen Too Far" presents us with a young and innocent-looking Blair who is actually, or so I thought, a very strong, determined and hard-working girl. Actually, Blair's character was the main reason why I even finished this series.

To be honest the more I read after the first book, the more I thought "this is terrible, I should just put it down". And I should have. From the second book on Blair's realtionship with Rush becomes an obsession for both of them and they stop being independent beings even! Which honestly is something that really makes me uncomfortable about romantic relationships... The other characters have almost no importance for the story whatsoever and everything starts being related to Blair+Rush love and sex. I thought this books became more erotic than that cutsy romantic thing I was expecting.

Long story short (as really I don't have much to say other than this about this series), this story was 100% not for me. The first book is worth reading, from then on I do not recommend.