OMG NEWS!

I'm so glad this is finally happening. Here are the new casting news for Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters. 

Cameron Monaghan, from Shameless is going to play our beloved Mason. Sami Gayle, from Blue Bloods and Detachment (I love this movie!) is the mean girl Mia. Ashley Charles as Jesse and Claire Foy as Sonya Karp. 

There's still no word about Christian casting. Come on! I need to know who is going to play him. He's one of my favorite characters. They start filming May 27th. 

What do you think about the casting? I'm actually really glad with everyone they chose. Hope the movie does well. It would break my heart to see it fail since I've been a massive fan for years now. 

Stacking the Shelves

I didn't get much this time cause most of the books I bought didn't arrive so I'm freaking out. My mailman is the worst. He often doesn't bring my books and swag. Hope they arrive next week or I'll start to cry. 

I won Beautiful Music for Ugly Children. The book is signed and personalized. I'm going to read it soon. It sound like nothing I've even read before. I got The Eternity Cure from MiraInk. I actually asked for an ARC in February or March (forgot which month it was) but yesterday the finished copy arrived. So strange. I bought Everneath on Better World Books. It's a used hardcover and it was only $8! What a great deal! Now I just need to buy Everbound so I can finally start reading this one. Don't want to start till I know I can read the next part whenever I want. What can I say? I'm weird when it comes to sequels.

I'm a part of the Starglass tour. Can't wait to read it. Sound great. I'm currently reading The Summer I Became a Nerd and I can't say anything bad. It's so fluffy and cute. A Wounded Name sound mysterious and I just had to have it. I'm glad I got approved. I'm not sure when I'll be reading them all since I have this May challenge going on right now so everything else just isn't as important. 

What did you get?

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The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jess Rothenberg

The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jess Rothenberg

Publisher: Penguin   
Publication date: February 21st 2012
My rating: 2.5/3 stars

Dying of a broken heart is just the beginning.... Welcome to forever. 
BRIE'S LIFE ENDS AT SIXTEEN: Her boyfriend tells her he doesn't love her, and the news breaks her heart—literally. 
But now that she's D&G (dead and gone), Brie is about to discover that love is way more complicated than she ever imagined. Back in Half Moon Bay, her family has begun to unravel. Her best friend has been keeping a secret about Jacob, the boy she loved and lost—and the truth behind his shattering betrayal. And then there's Patrick, Brie's mysterious new guide and resident Lost Soul . . . who just might hold the key to her forever after. 
With Patrick's help, Brie will have to pass through the five stages of grief before she's ready to move on. But how do you begin again, when your heart is still in pieces?

The main reason I picked this book up that I was in the mood for something light. Something to distract me from my depression. I've got a lot of work to do at home and not much time for books so, whenever I got the chance I would listen to this audiobook and I finally finished it. It didn't have the desirable effect. It wasn't as uplifting as I hoped it would. Well, it kinda was but it wasn't an easy, breezy book. 

Most of all, it should be shorter. I just checked how many pages does it have and it's 375, in hardcover. That is a lot. It did have some filler chapters, with small hints, a certain male character provided us with. 

I did think it was good, more than good but it seems that nothing can get me out of this funk. A story about dying, watching loved ones go on with their lives certainly didn't help out. Also, the story was predictable, so I would recommend it to younger readers. 

This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen

This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen

Publisher: Speak   
Publication date: June 2012
My rating: 4 stars

When it comes to relationships, Remy doesn't mess around. After all, she's learned all there is to know from her mother, who's currently working on husband number five. But there's something about Dexter that seems to defy all of Remy's rules. He certainly doesn't seem like Mr. Right. For some reason, however, Remy just can't seem to shake him. Could it be that Remy's starting to understand what those love songs are all about?

This is my third Dessen book and it's the most relatable, so far. 

It's a story about Remy, a girl who doesn't believe in love because she witnessed her mother getting divorced way too many times. Mum is planing to marry for the fifth time and Remy's had enough but she's still going to keep her mouth shut cause she's leaving for college in the fall. Dexter literally collides with Remy and he is ready to fight for her even though they just met. Soon they start casually dating but Remy knows there is no future for them. 

Remy is one cool chick. She's 'the mother' of her family. Since she's a neat freak, she cleans the house, organizes her mother's every wedding and she even has a steady job junior year. Even though she doesn't believe in love she still hooks up with a lot of guys. She doesn't want a relationship. This all changes when she meets Remy who's clumsy, irresponsible, jokester and a musician. He has so many faults which would usually make Remy have 'the talk' with a guy but something is different with Dexter. 

I did like Remy but I didn't like Dexter that much and that's the only bad thing I can say about this book. Dexter just wasn't unique enough for my taste. He was just like any other fictional boy. I was really surprised Dessen didn't do something more but with his character then again, maybe she wanted him to be more realistic, without too many embellishments. 

Other than that, I would recommend reading this book to those who're for a perfect summer novel.