Favorite Fanart of the Week

As a booknerd, looking at fanart is just amazing. It allows your  favorite quotes and scenes from books come to fully come to life. Here are a few of my favorites from this week. This week's pictures are all Sarah Dessen related, because it is almost time for summer!

Someone Like You shows the true importance of friendship

Along for the Ride shows the importance of seeing life as a journey

The Truth About Forever shows the importance of living your life

Fixing Delilah by Sarah Ockler

Things in Delilah Hannaford's life have a tendency to fall apart.

She used to be a good student, but she can't seem to keep it together anymore. Her "boyfriend" isn't much of a boyfriend. And her mother refuses to discuss the fight that divided their family eight years ago. Falling apart, it seems, is a Hannaford tradition.

Over a summer of new friendships, unexpected romance, and moments that test the complex bonds between mothers and daughters, Delilah must face her family's painful past. Can even her most shattered relationships be pieced together again? (Summary by Goodreads)

Books like this are the reason I read.
I was not expecting to love this book as much as I did. When I first picked it up, I was expecting a cute contemporary that would take my mind off of school. This book did so much more than that. It felt like the author went inside my head and wrote what I was feeling. This book hit very close to home, because I have felt like Delilah did many times in my life. This book poses, and answers, so many life questions. 

Another reason that I loved this book was the emotion. It made me feel every emotion under the sun, from anger to love, and from sadness to joy.

This is a book I would recommend to almost everyone.It is one of my new favorites, and possibly the best book I have read so far this year.

Rating
5 out of 5 stars

Favorite Fanart of the Week

As a booknerd, looking at fanart is just amazing. It allows your  favorite quotes and scenes from books come to fully come to life. Here are a few of my favorites from this week. This week all pictures are Delirium related, because the fate of the pilot is being decided soon. Remember to #SpreadtheDeliria!

The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen

Luke is the perfect boyfriend: handsome, kind, fun. He and Emaline have been together all through high school in Colby, the beach town where they both grew up. But now, in the summer before college, Emaline wonders if perfect is good enough.

Enter Theo, a super-ambitious outsider, a New Yorker assisting on a documentary film about a reclusive local artist. Theo's sophisticated, exciting, and, best of all, he thinks Emaline is much too smart for Colby.

Emaline's mostly-absentee father, too, thinks Emaline should have a bigger life, and he's convinced that an Ivy League education is the only route to realizing her potential. Emaline is attracted to the bright future that Theo and her father promise. But she also clings to the deep roots of her loving mother, stepfather, and sisters. Can she ignore the pull of the happily familiar world of Colby? (summary by Goodreads)

Sarah Dessen always writes the perfect summer contemporaries and this book did not disappoint. 

PROS:
1. This book was not romance driven. While the main character was in two relationships, the story did not take a backs seat to the romance. The romance actually added to the important lessons that are learned over the course of the book.

2. Emaline's family played an important role in her life. Unlike most popular YA novels today, Emaline's family actually played an important role in the story. Her mother was always her number one supporter and was there for her no matter what. 

3. The ending of this book was a breath of fresh air. Unlike many popular contemporaries, the ending of this book was not just about who Emaline ended up with. the ending showed how Emaline grew throughout the course of the novel and what she will be like in the future.

4. This book was exactly what I needed right now. Sarah Dessen always manages to write books that are very relatable to teens.

CONS:
1. The story got a bit confusing in the middle, but it was cleared up by the end of the story.

2. Neither of the love interests were particularly interesting.

Overall, this was another great Sarah Dessen novel. 

RELEASE DATE:

June 4th, 2013

RATING:

I give this book 4 out of 5 stars.

Favorite Fanart of the Week

As a booknerd, looking at fanart is just amazing. It lets favorite quotes and scenes from books come to life. Here are a few of my favorites from this week. This week's photos are all inspired by The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken. I finished it yesterday and I'm still suffering from a major case of the feels....

This quote proves that sometimes, even the most minor characters can be important

These two little words end up saving Ruby's life for the longest time

This quote shows that even the most minor characters can be significant

Me at the end of  The Darkest Minds

  

The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken

When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that gets her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government “rehabilitation camp.” She might have survived the mysterious disease that’s killed most of America’s children, but she and the others have emerged with something far worse: frightening abilities they cannot control. Now sixteen, Ruby is one of the dangerous ones.

When the truth comes out, Ruby barely escapes Thurmond with her life. Now she’s on the run, desperate to find the one safe haven left for kids like her—East River. She joins a group of kids who escaped their own camp. Liam, their brave leader, is falling hard for Ruby. But no matter how much she aches for him, Ruby can’t risk getting close. Not after what happened to her parents. (summary by Goodreads)

So many feels! This book was everything I like tied up in a neat little bow. Here are my thoughts: This concept sounded eerily familiar, and if not done right, it would have seemed very boring and repetitive. The author brought so many twists and turns to the story to make it unique. It had a dystopian/post-apocalyptic feel to it that I absolutely loved. This book had many unique characters. Even the minor ones had a lot of depth and were essential to the story. My favorite characters were definitely Chubs, Zu, and Liam. They were all so crucial to Ruby's development as well. There were only a few things that I didn't love about this book. The first being that it took me awhile to get into it. I wasn't hooked until about halfway through, but it was a rollercoaster until the end. In addition, I found myself being very annoyed with Ruby at times. The ending was emotional and had enough of a cliffhanger to keep my clamoring for book 2, which comes out in November. It's safe to say that I'm currently suffering from an intense case of the feels. Overall, I rate this book 5 out of 5 stars

Favorite Fanart of the Week

As a booknerd, looking at fanart is just amazing. It lets favorite quotes and scenes from books come to life. Here are a few of my favorites from this week. This week's pictures are Legend related due to its paperback release today.

My Favorite Quote from Day

Me during the entirety of Legend and most of Prodigy

Is it obvious who my favorite character is yet? ;)