Everything, Everything by Nichola Yoon

 

From Goodreads: 

My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I’m allergic to the world. I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla.

But then one day, a moving truck arrives next door. I look out my window, and I see him. He’s tall, lean and wearing all black—black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking and stares at me. I stare right back. His name is Olly.

Maybe we can’t predict the future, but we can predict some things. For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. It’s almost certainly going to be a disaster.

My Review: 

I love this cover so much! Of course the book was awesome to :)

Things I liked:

1) Maddy: Words cannot express how much I loved her and felt sorry for her. I like that she kind of had a sarcastic personality.

2) Olly- What an absolute sweetheart. I knew I was going to love him from the beginning.  

3) I loved the diary entries, texts,charts, lists and illustrations.

4) The ending was so emotional. I cried. It was so unexpected.

Things I was not fond of:

1) Maddy's Mother-Just read it and find out because I will be surprised if anyone likes her.

My rating: ♥♥♥♥♥  

*I received this book from NetGalley on a read an review basis* 

  

Survive the Night by Danielle Vega

 

From Goodreads:

We're all gonna die down here. . . .

Julie lies dead and disemboweled in a dank, black subway tunnel, red-eyed rats nibbling at her fingers. Her friends think she’s just off with some guy—no one could hear her getting torn apart over the sound of pulsing music.

In a tunnel nearby, Casey regrets coming to Survive the Night, the all-night underground rave in the New York City subway. Her best friend Shana talked her into it, even though Casey just got out of rehab. Alone and lost in the dark, creepy tunnels, Casey doesn’t think Survive the Night could get any worse . . .
              
. . . until she comes across Julie’s body, and the party turns deadly.

Desperate for help, Casey and her friends find themselves running through the putrid subway system, searching for a way out. But every manhole is sealed shut, and every noise echoes eerily in the dark, reminding them they’re not alone.

They’re being hunted.

My Review:

I bought this book because it sounded so amazing! Unfortunately it turned to be rather meh for me.

Things I liked:

1) The concept was a good one. It was not really anything special unfortunately.

2) Casey- Although she made some crazy and not so smart decisions I still really liked her as a character.

Things I was not fond of:

1) I was expecting a creepy book and I felt like it was more focusing on the teenage drama. 

2) This was a rather slow book. The first part was dragging then when things started happening it was rushed and so boring.

3) The ending for me felt like a cop out. 

My rating: ♥♥♥

  

 

Where Have I Been?

So I do not know how many people actually look at this blog and think wow she has not posted anything in awhile. I just wanted to let ya'll know what has been going on. So after doing the Book-tube-a-thon from August 3-9th I have not been feeling like reading. I read 7 books in 7 days which is pretty crazy to me considering I normally read around 3-4 books a week. So as you can imagine I am in kind of a reading slump here lately. I still read but it is taking me longer to get through books as I am not as interested in them. I am currently working on posting reviews for some of the books I read during the Book-tube-a-thon. Hopefully I will get back into the groove of things and actually be able to keep up with this blog a bit more.

Thanks for reading! Hope you all are having a great reading day/week :).

Black- Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin

From Goodreads:

As a sixteen-year-old, Tessa Cartwright was found in a Texas field, barely alive amid a scattering of bones, with only fragments of memory as to how she got there. Ever since, the press has pursued her as the lone surviving “Black-Eyed Susan,” the nickname given to the murder victims because of the yellow carpet of wildflowers that flourished above their shared grave. Tessa’s testimony about those tragic hours put a man on death row.
 
Now, almost two decades later, Tessa is an artist and single mother. In the desolate cold of February, she is shocked to discover a freshly planted patch of black-eyed susans—a summertime bloom—just outside her bedroom window. Terrified at the implications—that she sent the wrong man to prison and the real killer remains at large—Tessa turns to the lawyers working to exonerate the man awaiting execution. But the flowers alone are not proof enough, and the forensic investigation of the still-unidentified bones is progressing too slowly. An innocent life hangs in the balance. The legal team appeals to Tessa to undergo hypnosis to retrieve lost memories—and to share the drawings she produced as part of an experimental therapy shortly after her rescue.
 
What they don’t know is that Tessa and the scared, fragile girl she was have built a  fortress of secrets. As the clock ticks toward the execution, Tessa fears for her sanity, but even more for the safety of her teenaged daughter. Is a serial killer still roaming free, taunting Tessa with a trail of clues? She has no choice but to confront old ghosts and lingering nightmares to finally discover what really happened that night.

My review:
This book was rather surprising for me.

Things I liked:
1) Tessa- I liked her from the get go. She clearly has been through a lot. I found her to be so strong and trying real hard to get passed what happened to her.

2) I loved that this was told in past and present. It was nice to know what happened and to see Tessa in the present as well.

3) This book was compared to Gone Girl which I read last year and loved. I think it lives up to that comparison. It was creepy and twisted.


Things I was not fond of:
1) At times I found this book to be kind of boring. Like not much was happening and I was struggling to finish it.

2) I really didn't find the ending to be satisfying. 

My rating: ♥♥♥♥

*I received this on a read and review basis from NetGalley*

Awake by Natasha Preston

 

From Goodreads:

Scarlett doesn’t remember anything before the age of five. Her parents say it’s from the trauma of seeing her house burn down, and she accepts the life they’ve created for her without question—until a car accident causes Scarlett to start remembering pieces of an unfamiliar past.

When a new guy moves into town, Scarlett feels an instant spark. But Noah knows the truth of Scarlett’s past, and he’s determined to shield her from it...because Scarlett grew up in a cult called Eternal Light, controlled by her biological parents.

My review:

Let me start of by saying that I was really excited to receive and read this book. It definately let me down.

Things I liked:

1) I liked Scarlet as a character. She was kind of odd but for some reason I enjoyed her.

2) Noah- I was thinking I was not going to like him but he kind of grew on me.

3) This book was really fast paced.

Things I was not fond of:

1) The instalove. I hate instalove so much anyway but dang this one was ridiculous. Everything moved so fast!

2) The story went places I was not expecting but not in a good way. I felt like alot of the stuff that happened was for shock factor and really did nothing for the story.

My rating: ♥♥  

  

*I received this from NetGalley on a read and review basis* 

   

What You Left Behind by Jessica Verdi

From Goodreads:

It’s all Ryden’s fault. If he hadn’t gotten Meg pregnant, she would have never stopped her chemo treatments and would still be alive. Instead, he’s failing fatherhood one dirty diaper at a time. And it’s not like he’s had time to grieve while struggling to care for their infant daughter, start his senior year, and earn the soccer scholarship he needs to go to college.

The one person who makes Ryden feel like his old self is Joni. She’s fun and energetic—and doesn’t know he has a baby. But the more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to keep his two worlds separate. Finding one of Meg’s journals only stirs up old emotions, and Ryden’s convinced Meg left other notebooks for him to find, some message to help his new life make sense. But how is he going to have a future if he can’t let go of the past?

My Review:

I have had this review written for awhile. I really had to revise it so many times because I didn't think I could give it the review it needed. I think this was one of those books that you just need to read to experience fully.

Things I liked:

1) Ryden- Seriously words cannot express how much I loved this guy. He was the best male protagonist. He is so young yet so mature for his age. 

2) Ryden's Mom- I get where his personality came from because his mother was great. 

3) The writing of this book was rather amazing. I would definitely check out other books by Ms. Verdi.

Things I was not fond of:

1) Joni I found to be rather annoying. 

I would recommend this book to anyone because it really is a page turner.

My rating: 💜💜💜💜

* I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*

BookTubeAThon TBR

I am so excited to be doing my first ReadAThon ever. My friend and I decided to do it together. So here is my BookTubeAThon TBR. If you are wanting to do the readathon also here is the YouTube Channel for you to check out the details BookTubeAThon Channel.


There are 7 challenges for this read-a-thon. So here we go.

1) Read A Book With Blue On The Cover: 

  I picked this book because I have been obsessed with mermaid books lately. This fit well because it has alot of blue also.
















2) Read A Book By An Author Who Shares The Same First Letter Of Your Last Name: 

My last name starts with an "M". So I decided to read this because I have been wanting to read it.



















3) Read Someone Else's Favorite Book:

My friend loves this book so I decided to give it a go. Hopefully I will like it.



















4) Read The Last Book You Acquired:

I recently bought this book because it looks rather interesting. I seen the book trailer and it seems really creepy. Will see if I like it.

















5) Finish A Book Without Letting Go Of It:

This book is rather short and I feel like I can finish it in one sitting.


















6) Read A Book You Really Want To Read:

I started this but never finished. I really enjoyed the section I read but I really just want to start over and read it all at once.

















7) Read Seven Books:

So this one would be my 7th book if I get that far. I read the second one in this relaunch but not the first one so I figured this would be a good time to start.


















If you guys are going to do this please let me know what you are reading :).