Bout of Books 9.0

Hello! Hello! Hello! Sorry, not a book review. Just a quick post here!
It's time for *Drums, please* THE BOUT OF BOOKS READ-A-THON! WOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOO! OK! Who is excited? I am! I'm super exited. I love the Bout of books read-a-thon. I read 13 books for the last one. What do you mean you don's know what this is? Well, let me give you some info!

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 6th and runs through Sunday, January 12th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the only reading competition is between you and your usual number of books read in a week. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 9.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

 So the picture was supposed to be a button, but I'm not good with plasing buttons so this image will have to do. I'm sorry! (Shame on me! Not being able to post a stupid button!) Instead I'm going to post a link with the sighn up post! I hope you participate! LINK HERE! JUST CLICK ON IT! CLICK!

Bye! See ya next time! I'll make another post where I shall place my goals!

Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson

First of all, I'm so so sorry for not posting anything for a week. I've been so busy with school and reading that I actually had no time for reviewing. And the week is not over yet. But let me start with the review.

Before Peter Pan belonged to Wendy, he belonged to the girl with the crow feather in her hair. . . .

Fifteen-year-old Tiger Lily doesn't believe in love stories or happy endings. Then she meets the alluring teenage Peter Pan in the forbidden woods of Neverland and immediately falls under his spell.

Peter is unlike anyone she's ever known. Impetuous and brave, he both scares and enthralls her. As the leader of the Lost Boys, the most fearsome of Neverland's inhabitants, Peter is an unthinkable match for Tiger Lily. Soon, she is risking everything—her family, her future—to be with him. When she is faced with marriage to a terrible man in her own tribe, she must choose between the life she's always known and running away to an uncertain future with Peter.

With enemies threatening to tear them apart, the lovers seem doomed. But it's the arrival of Wendy Darling, an English girl who's everything Tiger Lily is not, that leads Tiger Lily to discover that the most dangerous enemies can live inside even the most loyal and loving heart.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Peaches comes a magical and bewitching story of the romance between a fearless heroine and the boy who wouldn't grow up.

Tiger Lily

I always loved Peter Pan. The book, I mean, but I never really had a favourite character. Now I know that Tiget Lily is my favourite. Some of you might say: What about Wendy? Nah! Wendy was always the damsel that needed saving. Tiger Lily on the other hand is her exact oposite. She is brave and badass and all kinds of cool. I loved her story. How Tick-tock found her under a flower and brought her to the village. And that thing with the crow feathers in her hair. So good. I hated how they made her marry this awful guy. I don't even remember his name. But his mother was way worse than him. If she didn't like Tiger Lily whu did she insist on her son marrying her? I'm happy she died.

Tik-tok, Philip and some other stuff

I hated how Philip just went to the village and started talking about God and thing like that. Typical English. Trying to make the tribe Christian. He just goes there and...and...I'm just so mad at him! Not that he was  saying anything wrong, but he was behaving like some kind of God or at least that's how I see it. Tik-tok was a unique character. The way he wore dresses and he wasn't afraid that anyone would judge him. He was a great father to Tiger Lily. And then we go back to Philip. UGH! How could he make Tick-tok cut his hair and start wearing pants. That's discrimination! I was so sad when Tik-tok died. I wish Philip had died instead. I think he got what he deserved. I was so happy when this thing with the crows happend. You know when there were crows everywhere and the tribe though it was the gods. Another interesting detail was that the story about the crocodile was explained.

Hook, Smee, Peter Pan

We don't get a lot of Hook in this book, but there were a few things added to his story. There was a reason why he wanted to kill Peter. A strange reason, but still it wasn't just because Peter was there. Smee was maybe one of my most un-favourite character. He liked to kill people. Or he like to mourn the people he killed. At least that's what I got. And Smee was stalking Tiger Lily. Creepy! So, moving on! I know Peter is a main character, but I still left him for the end. He wasn't very different from his original version. Wild and fun and someone you can easyly fall in love with. I mean, who wouldn't. I can totally understand Wendy and Tinker bell and Tiger Lily and all the mermaids. And there was this little change from the original book. You know, the tribes and the lost boys were friend in the original story, but here the tribes thought Peter is some kind of monster which was a great twist to the story.

The Ending

I read a lot of review before I started the book, so I knew the ending would be sad. It wasn't that sad for me. I didn't cry or something. Sad books are a good read now and then. Of course, Peter couldn't stay in Neverland, because that would mean being with Tiger lily and we all now that just couldn't happen. So he went to London and married Wendy. And the lost boys stood up at their wedding. I can imagine Peter walking the streets of London already grown up and thinking about the past. About the pirates and the meramids and Tiger lily and the horses. If I was a painter I could have drawn it, but I'm not a good artist so I can't, but I know they will invent a mind reading machine some day and I'll be able to see it. OK I'm kidding! Back to the book. The letter was just too sad. And I was on the verge of crying. Now about Tiger lily's end. I loved it. It was happy. Well, almost happy. She got to marry and had children and I guess she was happy. She didn't love  Pine Sap the same way she loved Peter, but as Peter said himself: There are diffrent kinds of love. And she stayed fifteen forever. I don't know if that's a burden. Probably! Staying fifteen while your daughter and your husband grow old.

Tinker Bell

I saved Tink for the last. I never expected the story to be from her point of view, but it was very interesting this way. That way I saw more of te story not only Tiger Lily and her adventures. Also that way we don't get to know what the characters think and feel and that makes it even more cool and mysterious. I liked that we get to learn about fairies too.

I guess that's it! Ths book was so magical and beautiful and sad. I want to go to Neverland and hunt and run and just be free and a child again. Well, I'm not a grown up yet, but I'm not a child either.
I'll see ya next time!

Magic Bites (Kate Daniels #1) by Ilona Andrews

I want to thank my Goodreads friend, Natalia, for recommending this book to me. I just loved it. It's surely one of the best books I have read this year. Oh and one more thing! SPOILERS!

New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews invites you to experience the first novel in the “intriguing world” (Locus) of Kate Daniels with this special edition of Magic Bites...

Kate Daniels is a down-on-her-luck mercenary who makes her living cleaning up magical problems. But when Kate’s guardian is murdered, her quest for justice draws her into a power struggle between two strong factions within Atlanta’s magic circles. Pressured by both sides to find the killer, Kate realizes she’s way out of her league—but she wouldn’t want it any other way…

Kate Daniels

Kate was a great characters. She is everything you can expect from an urban fantasy heroine. She is strong, kick-ass and witty. And when I say witty I mean sarcastic, occasionally rude and always hilarious. I mean, she greeted the Beast Lord with "Here, kitty, kitty...". A thing I love about Kate is that she admits when she makes mistakes. I have met tons of heroes and heroines who just blame someone else for their problems, but not Kate. That's one of the reasons she usually works alone. She knows she will make mistakes and she doesn't want other people involved. Next comes her sword "Slayer"! I would love to have a sword like that. I mean, I would look totally badass. And I'll probably gonna end up chopping my own head off plus a few fingers. And last Kate wasn't self-obsessed and selfish. She didn't consider herself beautiful, but she admitted she was stunning. Then there are those hillarious moments when she smiles and that guy just looks at her and she is thinking: "Ok, he didn't kiss my shoes and promise me the world. I'm getting rusty." I fell off the chair laughing, because I can totally imagine this guy falling on his knees and kissing her shoes.

The world of Kate Daniels

The world this seres is set in is quite special too! It's like the normal world, but there is magic. Real dangerous kick-ass magic. And once or twice a day there is this magic wave when all technology just stops working and people have to use horses to move around, for example. But on the other hand after the magic wave, people can't use any magic no matter how much talent they have. And then there are shape-shifters, upirs, vampires and zombies, I believe. Shape-shifters are sort of like werewolfs, but much coller. They don't morf only into wolfs. Each of them can turn into a different animal. Like Curran can turn into a lion. Vampires are a complete mystery to me in this book. I got it that people use then as transport and that each vampie has a psychik link with his rider or something like that. And I know even less about zombies. I'm not sure they even exist in Kate's world. I just remember someone mentioning them. Maybe it was just a joke.

Love interests

Before you try to run away looking at this sub-heading, listen to me. There isn't a lot of romance in this book. We are talking about two kisses. That's all. So there is Crest at first. I never really liked him. As Derek said he is too soft for Kate. I know Kate is strong and can protect herself, but that doesn't mean that she has to go out with guys that can't even throw a punch. I though he was the bad guy in this book and when Kate thought he was I was like: "I knew it! I knew it! HA!" But as it turned out Crest is not even interesting in a bad way. He isn't cool enough to be the villian. THat's all for plain old boring Dr. Crest.
Now lets go to the good stuff. I mean the hot and dangerous Curran. You can't not love him. He isn't the best character in the beginning, but believe me he is a hell of a great one by the middle of the book. I really don't have that much to say about Curran. He is...well, yeah....he is...Curran. That's all. I love him! Do you know where I can buy one? Curran, I mean!
Oh and that moment when he kissed Kate. I will sound like a total fangirl, but it was sooooooo HAWT! Even Kate thought so. I think I was just going to laugh like a psycho when I read it. I was in public so I tried to contain myself. And let's not forget the moment when they wre fighting those vampires and Curran walked through fire TWICE to save her.

The Big Bad Wolf (or Upir! Whatever you like to call it!!)

So this book was all about the murder of Kate's guardian. It's the spark that started it all. And we all want to know who killed him. This book got me foolled. I never guessed that Bono was Roland or however you like to call him. I just though it was Crest. Because, as I said earlier, he is so boring. So when it turned out it's not Crest I was just thinking it's some minor character we have already met, because no author introduces a character in the end of a book. Well, it does happen, but that's called a cliffhanger. Whatever! Back on Bono. So the first time I found out he was the upir I just...I think I screamed a little bit. And what was with him going to Kate half naked. Did he expect to "breed" with her then and there? Probably! Can I be the first one to say: "Ewww!" Yeah, I'm happy he died!

Derek, other characters and The Ending

So, Derek! I liked him as a character. The first time Kate meets him I just wanted her to cut his head off. He behaved like such a teenager. I'm happy he changed and protected her later. I know it was mostly because of the blood oath, but he wanted t help even after Curran released him from it. So I thinkof him as a good guy. Now this Nick guy. I really don't know what to think of him. He wasn't a main character at all and he wasn't that important, but I'll say he is in the miidle. Like 5/10 on the coolness scale.  Now moving on to the end. I loved the end of this book. Curran and Derek were fixing her roof! Come on! That scene just deserves a big grin! And the last words Kate says. This guy on the phone is like: When can you start working? She: Tomorrow! She almost died but she want to go back to business as soon as possible!

I loved this book! I just don't know what to say about it. I know I missed some thing I wanted to talk about in this review, but I'm leaving it like that for now! Go read this book and even if yu don't like it as much as I did, go read the next one and the next one. Because I bet this series gets even better!

Crewel(Crewel world #1) by Gennifer Albin

Incapable. Awkward. Artless.
That’s what the other girls whisper behind her back. But sixteen-year-old Adelice Lewys has a secret: She wants to fail.
Gifted with the ability to weave time with matter, she’s exactly what the Guild is looking for, and in the world of Arras, being chosen to work the looms is everything a girl could want. It means privilege, eternal beauty, and being something other than a secretary. It also means the power to manipulate the very fabric of reality. But if controlling what people eat, where they live, and how many children they have is the price of having it all, Adelice isn’t interested.
Not that her feelings matter, because she slipped and used her hidden talent for a moment. Now she has one hour to eat her mom’s overcooked pot roast. One hour to listen to her sister’s academy gossip and laugh at her dad’s jokes. One hour to pretend everything’s okay. And one hour to escape.

Because tonight, they’ll come for her.

Cover:

This cover is so much better than the Bulgarian one. In this one you can see the threads and Adelis's face. The Bulgarian cover is just black with photo a of a red-haired girl that looks like photoshopped!

The plot:

The idea of the book is very interesting and original. I like the main character Adelice. She wasn't annoying or stupid, but the first 75% of the book were slow for me. I'm saying it like there are another 75%! :) But the last part of the book was very very good. And the end was just great. That's how most dystopian books should end. I'm not planning on reading the second book soon, because I have other plans before the year is over.

Jost and Erik:

OK! The one most annoying thing in the book was the potential love triangle. I'm not of big fan of love triangles anyway.
SPOILER!!!
 I'm so happy that Adelice chose Jost. I liked him better the whole time. At least I hope she chose Jost! She did, right? I figured out the two of them were brothers pretty fast. Which made me even more annoyed. A love triangle with two brothers and a girl? So Vampire Diaries style! But I'm happy with the way things closed.
SPOILER STOP!!!
 And my only concern is that Adelice will switch the brothers in the second book. Or worse, that I'll switch teams! I mean, it has happend a lot before.

Emily and Adelice's mother: SPOILERS!!

I have thi little theory that Jost's daughter and Emily are actually the same person. I just have this feeling. I'm probably wrong, but still...Maybe they just remaped Adelice's and her parents' brains to make them thing she is their daughter when actually she is not. That would be cool and strange. And where do you think Adelice's mother is? She is alive for sure, but where can she be hiding.

Hourglass:

Now this mark Adelice's father left on her hand. And hourglass. What do you think it means? I think it's like the symbol of revolution agains Aras. And her father was secretly involved in the planning of the revolution. On the other hand it may mean the Adelice has to save Aras. Sort of, like her time is running out. That's why an hourglass.

 I guess that's all. The book is not bad and in the end it's simply amazing. What do you think? Comment, please!
I'll see ya next time!!

I Heart Hollywood (I Heart #2) by Lindsey Kelk

Christmas is coming so I decided to read some chick-lit so that's what my next two or three review will be about. I read I Heart New York in April and liked it. The second book is even better!

Celebs, sunshine and beautiful boys...enough to lead a girl astray? Angela Clark can't believe her luck! she's an English girl living in New York with a dream job at hip magazine The Look and a sexy boyfriend. Her latest assignment takes her to Hollywood to interview hot actor and fellow Brit James Jacobs.Thrown in at the deep end she heads west with best friend Jenny dreaming of Rodeo Drive and Malibu beach. Soon Angela discovers that celebrity life in Hollywood is not all glamour, gloss and sunshine. Despite his lady-killer reputation, the only person who seems genuine is James. Then a paparazzi snaps them in an uncompromising position and suddenly Angela is thrust into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons! Can she convince all those close to her -- especially her boss and her boyfriend -- not to believe everything they read? And will Hollywood ever win Angela's heart?

Cover

I just love the covers of almost all chick-lit books. They are always some cute drawing with pastel colors. And I especialy like Lindsey Kelk's book covers.

LA vs. New York

I have never been to LA or New York. LA has the sun and the beaches and the shops and New York is...well, New York is New York! There are bussy streets, the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building and Starbucks. I know, I know! There is Starbucks everywhere these days, you say. Well, not it Bulgaria. I don't really drink coffee, bit I still want to go to Starbucks!  But if I were Angela I would never want to go to LA again. Like ever! So I guess both New York and LA win!

Romance

O.K. Let's talk about romance. There wasn't a lot of romance in this book, but those rare scenes were so cute and...hot. My love for Alex only grew more in this sequel. He was kinda "jerk" here though, but I don't mind. Angela has been wrong sometimes. I mean, you can't have a crush on every single hot guy if you say you love your boyfriend. It bothered me a little the time when she kissed James, but we all know that boat sank. I wonder why? Hmm... He's gay. I kind of saw it comeing. And you could really guess by looking at Blake who was the jealous girlfriend/boyfriend. I laughed so hard when Angela found them hanging on top of each other in the toilet.

Joe, Jenny, James and other characters

Probably one of the worst characters in the series after Tyler so far is Joe! I really hated this guy by the end of this book. I would have hated him much more if he had really slept with Angela while she was drunk. I'm happy he lost his job. Angela should have let Jenny kick his ass. And talking about Jenny. I really like her. She is crazy and aparty girl, but in this book she wasn't a very good friend. I didn't like that she was pushing Angela to go for James when she knew that Angela loved Alex. Plus she made Angela drink most of the time and then she tells her not to drink so much. And still I'm sad that she decided to stay in LA. I miss her already. Now I want to talk a bit more about James. He was selfish. I mean, he wanted Angela to leave her job and her friends and go live in LA just becuae he didn't want to tell the world he was gay. And the other character I want to talk about is Angela's mom. I don't know what to think about her. I think maybe becuase she is old that's why the author wants to make her look a bit stupid. Because in this book she was like: It's obvious that you have abandoned me and your father. And then: Is this actor your boyfriend or something?
I can't say I hate her, but I don't exactly love her either.

This was a very nice, light read. I will probably read some more chick-lit before the year is over. Can you believe it's already the end of the year? It passed so fast for me! So tell me what you think about this book. Do you prefer LA or New York? Comment!!
I'll see ya next time!

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

This book was recently translated in Bulgarian and one of my friends asked me if it's good. So I read it.

Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers thirteen cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker, his classmate and crush who committed suicide two weeks earlier.
On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out how he made the list.
Through Hannah and Clay's dual narratives, debut author Jay Asher weaves an intricate and heartrending story of confusion and desperation that will deeply affect teen readers.

This is going to be a short review, not because I didn't like this book, but because I liked it too much. I loved it! It was so sad and so great. I'm going to re-read it someday and I rarely re-read books.

Suicide

I know what it feels like people spreading rumors for you and creating a reputation for you that's not true. No, I never wanted to kill myself. As I have said earlier there are just too many books to read to consider missing any of them. Plus there are so many places to see, people to talk to. That's just high school. Name one person who doesn't have at least one bad memory from high school and college. You can't, right? That's why I think suicide is harsh. How can you want to end your life just because some jerk said something about you? They don't deserve you to die, because of them. And don't you have something good in your life? What about your family, your friends? Your dog? There must be someone who will miss you. But there are those litte things building up. Those little unmemorable, petty thing. And in the end it's too much. Talking about suicide depresses me! Now I want to move on to the book.

Characters

I think it will be good if authors said if their main character is a boy or a girl. Thousands of time when starting a book I have wondered if this character, the one who is talking, is male of female. Like in Maximum ride! I'm reading and the main character is called Max. I think: OK! So the main character is a guy. Then the author mentions long hair. Lot's of guys have long blond hair. And then a nightgown. I was just stared at the book for five minutes, because can you imagine it. A boy with long hair in a nightgown. Soon enough I found out Max was actually a girl. But I got carried away! Again!
So I had a problem figuring out if Clay was a guy or a girl. He was a nice character. Not too popular, not a total nerd. Just a guy! The ones we call normal.
Hannah was an interesting character. I can't really describe her. Every time I tell some of my friends I read a book they always ask how the main hero/heroine looks. I don't pay much attention to the appearance. When I read I always pay attention to the personality and the actions of a character. I think the only heroines I ever paid attention was Clary from the Mortal instruments series.

You know what? I don't have anything else to say about this book! It was amaizing! That's all. I can discuss it in details and I can't tell you the worst of the best moment. It's one of those book I simply love.
I'll see ya next time with another book review!

NaNoWriMo 2013- The End

Hello again!
It's over! How can it be over? I don't want it to be over. I can write more. I stopped at some point, because I was having a hard week, but that doesn't mean I gave up. I even opened my novel today and I made a few corrections. I will finish it!
I'm happy with what I wrote. I don't care that I didn't win. I had fun! Lots of fun! I miss it already. I miss staying up until 5 AM and drinking lots of coke. (I don't drink coffee!)
So did you have fun? How many words did you write? How much coffee did you drink?
Comment down below! And I'll see ya next time!