Teaser Tuesdays! (4)

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

1. Grab your current read
2. Open to a random page
3. Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
4. BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
5. Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev

Here's this week's teaser, although I know that most of you have already read this:

"What sort of foul spell was that?" he demanded.
"It wasn't me!" Bertie stood with a wince, though she had more to worry about than a few bruises on her elbows and bum.

Okay, I was nervous to do this because I haven't read up to this part yet, but it's ok; I didn't read anything important.

New Moon Picture: Bella and Jacob.

Okay, so I found this picture on B.A.M. Book Reviews, thanks Briana! I must say, Taylor looks extraordinary scrumptious here, even with flat hair. And Kristen... well, she looks like she always does. I kind of agree with you Briana, she does resemble a rather depressed zombie (but also a very lucky one! Look how close she is to Taylor!!) But yeah, I really mostly posted about this because Taylor is in it, and he is worthy of posting about anytime. ;] The other reason for posting is because I CANNOT WAIT UNTIL THE MOVIE COMES OUT!!

Hope you can't either!

-Kaitlyn.
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Touch by Francine Prose

Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: June 2009
Pages: 272

Synopsis:

What really happened at the back of the bus?

Did they, or didn't they?

Did she, or didn't she?

Something happened to fourteen-year-old Maisie Willard—something involving her three friends, all boys. But their stories don't match, and the rumors spin out of control. Then other people get involved . . . the school, the parents, the lawyers. The incident at the back of the bus becomes the center of Maisie's life and the talk of the school, and, horribly, it becomes news. With just a few words and a touch, the kids and their community are changed forever.

Review:

First off, let me say that I was uber excited when I got this book last week and read it in one sitting. It was really that good. Here's a little about it: Maisie, Shakes, Chris, and Kevin have been friends since birth. While most people think that a young girl having three boys as best friends is weird, to them it's the most natural thing in the world. Until, that is, the year she moves to live with her divorced mom and comes back a little...different. While Maisie's away, she blossoms. She grows boobs. And her old friends are also different; they aren't kids anymore, they're boys. Maisie hopes that things will still be the same, but soon realizes that they will never be again. But things being different is not always bad. While Maisie and Shakes have always had a special bond, feelings go farther and they end up having a secret, and brutally intense, relationship. But one day, when Maisie is betrayed, things take a horrible turn. Maisie tries to ignore it, but the secret's out and soon Maisie cannot tell the difference between the truth and what she makes herself believe happened in the back of the bus.

Touch was a fantastic novel. The writing was easy-flowing and really let me connect with Maisie. She was an extraordinary character that I felt I had a few things in common with. Not only was this book well written, but it also had an (as you can tell) incredible plot and moral behind it. It is the story of a girl who must deal with the manipulation of trauma. Now, I'm going to stop there because I know that I'll get carried away and end up telling you all about how the book ended. All in all, it was a fantastic novel that read easily and really made me connect with the main character.

Cover:

I like the feeling of this cover and how it tells the story. It definitely did draw me to the book, but I realized after I read it that it didn't completely go with the story. It made it quite obvious that Maisie would never be the type of girl to wear a skirt, especially since she "enhanced". Am I being picky? I don't know. That was my first thought when I closed the book and glanced at the cover. No matter, it still doesn't change my opinion.

Characters-9/10
Plot-9/10
Writing-8/10
Originality- 7/10
Cover- 10/10
Overall-43/50

-Kaitlyn
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Super Cool Contest!

Hosted by The Story Siren!
She's giving away some of the books that were on display and some bookish goodies that she picked up at ALA. Some titles are Ballads of Suburbia, The Everafter, Stealing Death, and Intertwined! Here is the link! Go enter NOW!!
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-Kaitlyn.

Confused much?!

Is it just me, or have you guys realized that I say that I'm reading one book but when I finish that book and change the picture in my sidebar, I always post about different book?

Yeah, me too...

Weird, huh? Well, there is an explanation for that.
I always, ALWAYS, read two or more books at once and then only have time to post about one of those books. I never put more than one book as my "Currently Reading". Should I?
Maybe...

I bet you guys wouldn't be so confused I did!

-Kaitlyn

PS: Does anyone else ever have this problem?

In My Mailbox 7/17

Okay, this week I was really excited to get my books from Amazon.com.
I loved the ones form this week, although there are still many I want!
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From the library:
Alyzon Whitestarr by Isobelle Carmody
Academy 7 by Anne Osterlund
Moonlight by Rachel Hawthorne (review here)

Mailed to me:
Breathe My Name by R.A. Nelson
Along For the Ride by Sarah Dessen
The Book of Luke by Jenny O'Connell (review here)
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Yan
Touch by Francine Prose


Okay, so I received quite a lot of books this week, don't ya think? REALLY excited to read them.
Expect reviews for most of them. :]

The Book of Luke by Jenny O'Connel

Synopsis-

Emily Abbott has always been considered the Girl Most Likely to Be Nice — but lately being nice hasn't done her any good. Her parents have decided to move the family from Chicago back to their hometown of Boston in the middle of Emily's senior year. Only Emily's first real boyfriend, Sean, is in Chicago, and so is her shot at class valedictorian and early admission to the Ivy League. What's a nice girl to do?

Then Sean dumps Emily on moving day and her father announces he's staying behind in Chicago "to tie up loose ends," and Emily decides that what a nice girl needs to do is to stop being nice.

She reconnects with her best friends in Boston, Josie and Lucy, only to discover that they too have been on the receiving end of some glaring Guy Don'ts. So when the girls have to come up with something to put in the senior class time capsule, they know exactly what to do. They'll create a not-so-nice reference guide for future generations of guys — an instruction book that teaches them the right way to treat girls.

But when her friends draft Emily to test out their tips on Luke Preston — the hottest, most popular guy in school, who just broke up with Josie by email — Emily soon finds that Luke is the trickiest of test subjects . . . and that even a nice girl like Emily has a few things to learn about love.

Review-

Where was I when this book came out? I surely would have devoured it (kind of like I just did.) Okay, nevertheless, I loved it. The Book of Luke was definitely a romantic-comedy. Once again, I was shocked at how thick it was. (Not that it was thick, just thinker than what I expected.) What I liked the most about this book was definitely the plot. How awesome would making a guide for guys be?! I mean, come on!! That would save us all a lot of trouble. But tips to the next people to try this: Don't try it on your best friend's ex. :] But good thing this story had such an interesting plot because, once again, I felt suffocated in details. The Book of Luke had some very interesting part where I thought there was no way I would ever close the book, but then there would be parts that I felt Emily was just babbling away in her head and I had a hard time concentrating on the book. Other than that, I really found this entertaining and fun.

Cover-

Once again, the cover is what first attracted me to The Book of Luke. It just looks so relaxing and fun. It really goes well with the story (although it is winter in the book, I believe.) I really like it.

Characters-9/10
Plot-9/10
Writing-8/10
Originality- 7/10
Cover- 10/10
Overall-43/50


-Kaitlyn :]