The new Shatter Me cover. There is a bird in her eye! I haven't read Shatter Me but i am now!
The Finale! Literally! So romantic! I have read Hush, Hush but haven't read the rest of the series so i'm looking forward to reading the whole of this series!
Haven't done this in a loooong time. Anyway this time my teaser is from Amy and Roger's Epic Detour. There was this quote that i loved so much that i had to share!
Amy and Roger's Epic Detour
by Morgan Matson
Pages: 343
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Pub Date: May 4th 2010
Synopsis:
When you're on a road trip, life is all about detours...
Amy Curry's year sucks. And it's not getting any better, her mother has decided to move, so somehow Amy has to get their car from California to the East Coast. There's just one problem: since her father's death Amy hasn't been able to get behind the wheel of a car. Enter Roger, the son of a family friend, who turns out to be funny, nice ... And unexpectedly cute.
But Roger's plans involve a more "scenic" route than just driving from A to B, so suddenly Amy finds herself on the road trip of alive time. And, as she grows closer to Roger, Amy starts to realise that sometimes you have to get lost to find your way home...
{See my review of Amy and Roger's Epic Detour HERE.}
Teaser:
“Tomorrow will be better.”
“But what if it’s not?” I asked.
“Then you say it again tomorrow. Because it might be. You never know, right? At some point, tomorrow will be better.”
Amy and Roger's Epic Detour
by Morgan Matson
Pages: 343
Publsher: Simon and Schuster
Pub Date: May 4th 2010
Synopsis:
When you're on a road trip, life is all about detours...
Amy Curry's year sucks. And it's not getting any better, her mother has decided to move, so somehow Amy has to get their car from California to the East Coast. There's just one problem: scince her father's death Amy hasn't been able to get behind the wheel of a car. Enter Roger, the son of a family friend, who turns out to be funny, nice ... And unexpectedly cute.
But Roger's plans involve a more "scenic" route than just drving from A to B, so suddenly Amy finds herself on the road trip of alife time. And, as she grows closer to Roger, Amy starts to realise that sometimes you have to get lost to find your way home...
I started reading this book because the summer weather that UK had, which is very, very rare. And i've got to say Amy and Roger's Epic detour was an epic summer read. You know i think i know what i want to do in summer and when i go to America. Go on a road trip like this one.
For some reason i found out to be more closer to Amy than any character i have ever read. Amy's character started as a depressed girl but then started to change, gradually, to a strong character. Roger, on the other hand, is a different mater. Why didn't he just give up his ex-girlfriend (Hadley) and go out with Amy? I mean she's perfect for you! The relationship between Amy and Roger was really great, even though, it went really, really slow. In the end i think i wanted to cry like a baby. This, THIS is what you call a youg adult contemporary read!
One of my favourite person i really liked was Leonard. He lives his life for games but what i found really cute and nice was that he changed this: Quickly! You must save Princess Jenna! (Jenna is a girl he likes) to: Quickly! You must save Princess Amy! from a game he sticks to every minute of his life. I know right? It just got stuck in my head. Another thing i loved was the bits and bobs of the Detour in pictures.
Amy and Roger's Epic Detour has a lot of emotional moments but it still had some humorous moments.
“Roger, he has a chain saw," I hissed. "I am not going to die in Kentucky!”
My God! I think i fell off my but by reading this part. It was that funny! Then we later find out that the guy with the chain saw was Hadley's brother.
The final judgement is that everyone should give this a go even if it's not your type of book.
Morgan is a great author. I'm looking forward to read Second Chance Summer and more of Morgan Matson works!
My rating:
Get your hands on this ASAP!
(Finally got a 5 star rating! Wahooo!!!)
About the author:
Morgan Matson received her MFA in Writing for Children from the New School. A road-trip veteran, she has driven cross-country three times...so far. She currently lives in Los Angeles, Californa.
*From Goodreads.
Yep, as the title of the post suggests i wanted to move to another meme like Stacking The shelves because i want to support the meme, which is Letter Box love. The reason why i wanted to join Letter Box Love was because i'm a proud UK blogger! There's nothing special going on so you don't have to worry.
This week I had no books! One, because i have a lot of books to read and then there's the problem that i'm not reading on time. Right now i finished reading Amy and Roger's Epic Detour and let me say it was epic. However, i still want to see what you guys got! So, anything interesting you got this week? Comment below!
by Maggie Stiefvater
Pages: 416
Publisher: Scholastic
Pub date: July 20th 2010
Synopsis:
Grace and Sam must fight to be together. For Grace, this means defying her parents and keeping dangerous secrets. For Sam, it means grappling with his werewolf past ...and figuring out a way to survive the future.
But just when they manage to find happiness, Grace finds herself changing in ways she could never have expected...
I've read this a while ago but don't really know how to write this review now. Anyway, here it goes.
Sam and Grace are finally together. But when new problems arise they don't know what to do. Beck's gone and never will turn back to a human again and he has left new wolves for Sam to look after. One of the new wolves, Cole, is weird. He picked to be a wolf. He likes to be not human but when he meets Isabelle he doesn't know if he wants to be a wolf anymore. Grace is sick with a high fever and she knows what's coming. Sam is finally free but there are still bits and bobs to sort out. With everything is going bad like this Sam and Grace are caught together in her room. Sam doesn't know what to do. Grace doesn't know what to do. Cole doesn't know what to do. Isabelle doesn't know what to do. But it's there somewhere in the back of their heads that they do know what they need to do.
You know when the book is so slow paced that you're flicking through it every 5 second? Yep. That's what you do when you read Linger. Maggie doesn't leave you disappointment after Shiver. With everything going good there always has to be problems.
The new characters in this book are interesting and i also love the new POVs of Cole and Isabelle. Right now, for some reason, i am favouring Cole and Isabelle over Grace and Sam. I can't wait to see what happens between Cole and Isabelle in Forever.
And the million dollar (I can't say pounds. Dollars sound cooler.) Question is: When will she turn into a wolf? Linger kept on teasing you with every page on Grace becoming a wolf. I couldn't stop thinking about it.
I highly recommend Linger. I can't wait to read Forever. I hope it doesn't disappoint me.
Side not: I found the website for this series and it's pretty col. Click HERE to check it out.
About the author:
All of Maggie Stiefvater's life decisions have been based around her inability to be gainfully employed. Talking to yourself, staring into space, and coming to work in your pajamas are frowned upon when you're a waitress, calligraphy instructor, or technical editor (all of which she's tried), but are highly prized traits in novelists and artists. She's made her living as one or the other since she was 22. She now lives an eccentric life in the middle of nowhere, Virginia with her charmingly straight-laced husband, two kids, two neurotic dogs, and a 1973 Camaro named Loki.
