Make Up Reading

  4.5 out of 5 stars I really love audio books and a great narrator makes the novel come alive. At first I wasn't sure how much I liked the narration but after getting to know the character of Gretchen I thought the narrator was actually perfect. This is definitely the kind of book I can see myself listening to again right after Christmas which is when the book begins. I think besides the narration my favorite aspect of this story was the fact that Gretchen was in love with romantic comedies and basically thought that was what love was really like until she finds it in real life.  This is a sweet, fun YA novel to just sit back and enjoy, I think there a little bit of something for everyone here.

5 out of 5 stars Megan McCafferty is definitely a fun read! It's the early 90's and Cassie Worthy is super excited to spend the Summer working with her boyfriend in the Mall with her boyfriend. She is finally over the Mono that kept her locked in her house for months on end so she is determined to have a blast. Well, this read like a teen comedy from that era so we know that things do not go as planned!! As Cassie deals with her teen world falling apart she begins to realize that sometimes things end for a reason and there is often something or someone better out there for you.  If you love the 90's you will love this. This is a fun, Summer must read! 

5 out of 5 stars Thank you to Netgalley and Delacorte Press for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This is a heart breaking, moving story about the aftermath of a tragedy that has become all too common in America.  May and Zach are dealing with the aftermath of a school shooting from two different angles. May survived a school shooting at Carter High School. She was in the closet of her band room when the shooter came in and killed nine people that were in the room including her twin brother Jordan. She is suffering from Survivor's Guilt. How come she survived? She is confused, scared and depressed. It also doesn't help that her family is falling apart. For so long everything was built around her talented brother and with him gone no one knows what to do. For Zach it is different. He didn't go to Carter so he wasn't there when the shooting happened. Instead  he is trying to deal with the hate he is getting every d...

Thank you to NetGalley and  St Martin's Press for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review 5 out of 5 stars When Elle and her friends crash a party thrown by the wealthy kids from St. Andrews Prep on her sixteenth Birthday something terrible happens. While most of us would only dream of getting revenge on the "golden boys"  that attacked us Elle and her besties whom she calls her coven decide to actually get the revenge we all would want. After telling her parents about her rape Elle tells them she needs revenge and she asks them to help her.  First she needs to become Jade, second she needs to get into St. Andrews Prep by Monday. It doesn't hurt that her Father is a big deal deal in L.A. and gets her in right away. You will need trigger warnings if sexual assault and violence bother you. This is a hard core revenge story that really holds nothing back.  I won't really go too much into this novel because it is hard t...

Thanks to NetGalley and SOURCEBOOKS Fire  I thought that the first part of this novel took a really interesting and unique approach. It is told through different POVs with no names so you may be following The Girlfriend, The Popular Girl, The Burn Out and so on. That really pulled me into the story.  "What Kind of Girl" tackles some very hard topics and does a pretty good job with most of them.  This is kind of a hard book to review without giving too much away so I will try my best to just discuss the main story which is really the lynch pin of the book anyway. One Spring morning a teen girl goes to the principal to report that her boyfriend has been abusing her. She is embarrassed and confused. She doesn't know what to do but she remembered as a kid that you were supposed to tell someone if you were being hurt.  Eventually we do actually find out who is is and I think it actually came at the proper time in the book for me. The only reason I didn't give this a h...

4 out of five stars I would like to thank Netgalley and Wattpad Books for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. For as long as Clara cab remember she has had a crush on the boy next door Griffin Tomlin. When he finally notices her she can't believe her luck.  Then one Winter night during a party things change completely.  Clara begins to withdraw into herself, doing her best to stay away from Griffin. One early September, the day after the neighborhood Labor Day party Griffin is found dead and Clara's sister Emily is accused of his murder. Clara knows why she did it but she can't tell anyone the reason. When Clara meets Aniston who is determined to find out why Emily killed Griffin truly dark  secrets begin to come out and Clara begins to wonder if life will ever feel normal again. This is a dark story that covers some hard hitting topics. I read this very fast because I wanted to find out what happened to Clara and he...

5 out of 5 stars This is one of the most beautiful, heartbreaking and tragic books I have ever read. It is definitely one of the best audio books I have ever listened to. The cast was amazing. Sadie has been alone much of her life. Just her and her sister and occasionally her Mother when she was not high or spending her time with one of her many live in boyfriends. Shortly after the girl's Mother Claire takes of Sadie's younger sister Mattie turns up murdered. Sadie knows who did it even though there has been no proof. Sadie wants revenge. She will do whatever it takes to bring her sister's murderer to justice so she sets out on a journey to track him down and then she goes missing, her car found abandoned by the side of the road.  West McCray a radio personality creates a podcast for the sole purpose of finding out what happened to Mattie and Sadie.  Half of the story is told in podcast form and half is told from Sadie's POV. The narrator's were fantastic a...

Can I give this more than 5 stars?  First I want to thank Netgalley and Blink Publishing for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this novel for an honest review. This is the best book I have read so far this year! I like YA contemporary novels but my favorite style of books has been thriller so this is saying a lot considering I have read some good thrillers already this year. I am not sure if I loved this so much because it is a mash up of my favorite John Hughes Film "Pretty in Pink" and my favorite time loop movie "Groundhog Day" (okay and Happy Death Day but whatever!)or if I loved this so much because the main character agrees with me on whom Andie should end up with in "PIP" but I just adored this book. I just know that this book really got to me in the best of ways. If there was a feeling this book made me feel it. I loved the main character of Andie and I loved all of the other characters in this sweet and funny novel that is perfect for a ...

2.75 Stars The very first novel by Lauren Oliver that I read was "Before I Fall". I fell madly in love with that book,the writing was lyrical and the story was beautiful. Yes, it was a concept that had been done before but the way that Lauren Oliver wrote this book was just perfect in every way. I have since rad "Panic" as well as "Liesel & Po" and "The Spindlers" and I really liked them. However this book had a hard time holding my interest. I started it a while ago and I was having such a hard time getting into it I actually ended up reading two other books before picking this one back up. I really love Lauren Oliver's writing style so really that had nothing to do with it. Nick was a very likable character though Dara was not even in her journal issues she was not likable. I really hated her parts of the story. I also am like many other that found the twist to be a bit obvious. You knew what it was from almost the very start. I really ...

First of all I would like to thank Netgalley as well as the publisher  St. Martin's Press for the chance to read the ARC in exchange for an honest review. Anna Roux a 26 year old dancer has been dealing with the eating disorder anorexia for years but after years of struggling things have finally come to a head.. Her husband Mathias convinces her to go to treatment facility at 17 Swann Street. There  she meets a group of girls suffering from  anorexia or bulimia. Ash she becomes friends with the girls there she also begins to discover herself. When she first arrives and through much of the book Anna is at a loss as to why she is even at Swann Street. Sure, she watches her diet but she is a dancer and dancers need to diet to stay in shape don't they? Yes, she restricts most foods but as a vegan once again that is something that vegans do.....right? The answer is no, to both things. When she first arrives Anna is in complete denial. She remember things differently than h...