The Juliet Club

The Juliet Club by Suzanne Harper

Kate Sanderson inherited her good sense from her mother, a disciplined law professer, and her admiration for Bard from her father, a passionate Shakespeare scholar.

But when she got dumped, for "practically perfect" Ashley Lawson, and she promised herself to never fall in love again.

Then she was accepted to a summer Shakespeare symposium in Verona, Italy, Kate sees that this is the perfect way to get over her heartbreak finally. She'll lose herself in the sights, literature, and all the pasta and gelato.

But can even logical Kate resit the urge for romance in the beautiful villa in the city where star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet met and died for each other? Especially when one of the Shakespeare scholars----particularly Giacomo, with his tousled brown hair, expressive brown eyes, and charming ways, break her protective shell?

I liked this book, but I didn't like the ending that much, it just kind of left you off, instead of telling you what happens, it's intresting how Silvia and Benno played the prank on Kate and Giacomo, and it actually worked. I always wanted to go to Italy, especially to see all the sights and eat pasta and gelato, they both sound really good :).

Peak by Roland Smith

Peak by Roland Smith

When Peak was arrested for scaling a skyscraper, he has two choices:

1. Go to Juvie (Juvenile Detention)

2. Live with his long-lost father, who runs a climbing company

But Peak quickly realizes that his father's only reason of letting him live with him is that he wants Peak to be the youngest person to reach the Everest summit.

Being a climber, Everest is too good of a deal to turn down and is a challenge of a lifetime, but it's also a deal that could cost him his life.

I actually read this a LOOOONGGG time ago, like last May, but never got the time to finish this post, so here it is. Honestly, I found this book somewhat boring/dull, even though it was an action-adventure.

How To Be Popular

How To Be Popular by Meg Cabot

Who wants to be popular?
Everyone does. Well atleast Steph Laundry does. But after a certain, Super Big Cherry Big Gulp (a type of cherry soda apparently) catastrophe in the 6th grade, after 5 years of embarrassment and shunning, her chances of being popular is close to zero, zip, none. Not only that, her only friends are a scrapbooking country girl, Becca (not that scrapbooking is bad), and her best friend Jason, who had a passion for astromony, who had turned hot before her eyes, but still. But with her secret weapon, an old book called "How To Be Popular" she is determined to make all her classmates realize that she is not the idiot who they joke about(apparently they have a joke that goes like this "oh don't pull a Steph Laundry" or "Stop being such a Steph") and is a girl who is meant to be the queen of the school.

I honestly thought that this book was pretty boring, and not that intresting, I mean the plot is okay, but it doesn't pull you foward, but it was intresting. I liked how they had "pages" from the book, and a little "side story" to it about her grandpa and his new bride Kitty. Hmm, for some reason I've been reading alot of Meg Cabot books recently...I dunno. Maybe I should read some other book now...

Into The Forest Of The Night

Into The Forest Of The Night...

Tiger Tiger! Burning Bright!
In the forest of the night!

Risika is a vampire. She was once Rachel, who was changed by Ather, a another vampire, 300 years ago. She died 300 years ago.

She is now at the top of the food chain, even above humans, nothing can stop her...except Aubrey, a vampire who is not only stronger, but is feared by many humans(who know of vampires existence, and vampires) he once hurt her with his blade, and now she is out for revenge over all the pain he caused, from the death of her brother Alexander, to the death of 'her' tiger.

I liked this book, it was a quick read and i admit is pretty much a great book for people around 13 or so, hmm i think it's amazing how Amelia Atwater-Rhodes wrote this book at age 13! It is really detailed and fills in on the reader about vampires and her history, i liked how there were "flashbacks" in the book, instead of just stating what happened in Risika's past.

The Clique

The Clique by Lisa Harrison



Meet The Clique of OCDS:



Massie: the leader of the clique, with her glossy brunette bob and laser whitened smile, she is the no doubt leader of The Clique and the rest of the social scene at OCDS, an exclusive private girls' school in Westchester, New York.

Dylan: The 2nd in command, who divides her time sucking up to Massie and sucking on Atkins Diet Shakes.

Alicia: Sneaky and beautiful. She floats easily under adult radar and she seems to be "sweet" but really not one bit. She would like to take Massie's place one day. Maybe.

Kristen: She's smart, hardworking, and gorgerous, except she can reduce you to tears with insults faster then you can say "my haircut isn't ugly!"

Then meet Claire: the new girl from Floridain her Keds and 2-year old Gap overalls, who is definately not clique matierial. But bad for her, Claire's family is staying in the guesthouse on Massie's huge estate while they search for a new home. Claire's clique dreams don't look like they will come true anytime soon, but with a little luck and plenty of scheming, Claim might, just might, be able to join the prejudice clique.

I honestly didn't really like this book, I mean, technically, not all rich girls are snobby, stuck-up, think "their all that". I thought the characters were a little un-believeable, by the way they acted, and honestly the way they "IM"ed was not how kids usually IM. I did not like any of the characters except Claire, because, obviouly she is the "nice" one of the book, so yeah, I didn't like this book, so deal with it...:p

Airhead

Airhead by Meg Cabot

Meet Emerson (Em for short) and tomboy who loves video games, hates girly things, and hates stars and idols. Her best friend is named Chrisopher, who is not only her best friend, but also her secret crush.

Meet Nikki Howard. The New "it" girl, the teen supermodel, every girl's idol. on the front page
magzines, is every entertainment show and is papparazzied (papparazzi? is that how you spell it?). She has an on/off boyfriend, along with many crushes.

But what if Em's brain was transplanted into Nikki's body? Will Em survive the life of a model?
Will she convince Chris that not all models are airheads? Will she be Nikki Howard or be herself?
TO FIND OUT READ AIR HEAD BY MEG CABOT!


I honestly thought this book was a little creepy, not gory or bloody or horror creepy, but the brain transfer thing, kinda eerie....This book was intresting how it showed that modeling is not what it looks like and it's not all fun and games, along with being a celeb. It's also intresting how it's in a tomboy's view as a model, not a girly girl. hehehehe I tried doing the kind of review that is a "to find out read this book" review, i haven't did this kind of review in a long time :D

Maggie Bean Stays Afloat

Maggie Bean Stays Afloat by Tricia Rayburn

Maggie Bean is now no longer the girl who hides in her room and chows down on chocolate at night.

But, after 6 long months of being on Pound Patrollers (Weight Watchers? is it like that?) the scale now is at 146, and now she's new and improved and is trying hard to convince Peter that she is the girl for him. But not only that, she has a busy summer ahead of her, teaching at a summer camp.

This was a good book, despite how it was about weight-loss and a girl fitting in. Hehe, I kinda found out this was the 2nd book after I finished it so.......

Ready Or Not?

Ready Or Not by Meg Cabot


~~~DO NOT READ UNLESS ALREADY READ ALL AMERICAN GIRL~~~~~~



~~~~~~~~~SPOILERS!!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is the sequel to my previous post All American Girl.
Sam still thinks her lifes sucks, even though she has been in a steady relationship with the president's son, David. But here are the top ten reasons her life sucks:
10. She's spending her Thanksgiving at Camp David

9.With her boyfriend, the president's son

8. Who wants to take things to the Next Level

7. Which Sam accidently announced on MTV

6.While discueeing the president's dubious policies on families, and morals, and yes, sex

5.While juggling her new afterschool job at Potomac Video

4.Even thoug she's already the (obviouly unpaid) teen ambassador to the UN

3. Getting accosted beacuse she's "the redheaded girl who saved the president's life" despite her new hair color

2. Dealing with her popular sister, Lucy, for once can not get the guy she wants

and #1?
Finding out the hard way that in art class "life drawing" means "naked people"


I admit this was pretty mature compared to the first book All American Girl, and I honestly liked the first book better....this one was actually really boring compared to the other book, and other Meg Cabot books, such as All American Girl, Princess Diaries, Teen Idol, etc. Even though I already mentioned this, but this is a MATURE book, not meant for people who can't handle mature stuff, but not as bad as Breaking Dawn...you know the Bella part....at Esme Island....(?is it called Esme Island? I don't remeber....)

All-American Girl

All American Girl by Meg Cabot



Sam Madison is the gothy artist at her school. Popular? eeh not so much. Dating? In her dreams.

Why Sam thinks her life sucks:

1. She is selling celeberty pictures (she had drawn)

2.She got caught selling the pictures

3.She has to go to Susan Boone's art school for art lessons

4. She has a crush on her sister's boyfriend, Jack

5. Her older sister, Lucy is the queen of the school

6. Her younger sister is a certified genius

7. She just saved the president from being assasinated

8. the whole world thinks she's a hero (even though she doesn't think so)

9.She has been appointed teen ambassador to the UN

And 10. the president's son, David might just be in love with her


I liked this book alot, i finished it in 2 days :D! Its intresting how this story is told, because after every few chapters there is a list that Sam has made like:
Why I Can't Stand My Sister Lucy
Why I Want To Be Gwen Stefani
What Not To Do At A Press Conference
etc.
and instead of a perfect girly girl, the main character is different, not in the "in" crowd, gothic, artist, and into ska music girl.

Palace Of Mirrors

Palace Of Mirrors by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Cecilia knows that she is the true princess, and somewhere in a tiny box is her sparkling tiara.

She knows that Desmia, a regular peasant is in her place as princess until the evil ones who killed her parents are vanquished.

Even though Cecilia knows that she is the true princess but she's tire of studying and not fulfilling her rightful place, as princess, so eventually she and her best friend Harper runs away from their village and head to the famed "Palace Of Mirrors"

When Cecilia finally meets Desmia she thinks that she will be able to be princess right away, but there's a catch; Desmia was told and believes a whole different story!

I liked this book because it was very descriptive and detailed. Also Margaret P. Haddix is an awesome author, she also wrote Among The Hidden, and Running Out Of Time.

And this is not like any fairytale you ever heard of.

Favorite Authors (for now...)

List Of Favorite Authors (for now...)

* Erin Hunter

*Meg Cabot

*Kate Brian

*Margaret Peterson Haddix

*Alex Flinn

*Natsuki Takaya

*Peach-Pit

*Arisa Tanemura

*Yukiru Sugisaki

*Matsuri Hino

*Koge-Donbo

*Kyoko Arai

*Michiyo Kikuta

*Natsumi Aido

*Jean Ferris

*CLAMP

*Vivian Vander Velde

*David Lubar

*Rachel Roberts

*Ally Carter

*Eliot Schrefer

*Suzanne Collins

* Jeff Kinney

*Megumi Tachikawa

*Ellen Schreiber

wow thats alot.....but i have alot more

The Princess and the Pauper

The Princess and the Pauper by Kate Brian

Princess Carina is the princess of Vineland, a forgein European county had been emailing a punky rock star in the US and wants to meet him, but her parents doesn't want (and let) her go to the US unless she accepts one condition, she has to go with her own personal body guard Killroy.

Julia, is just any regular girl, not so popular, ordinairy girl, but her mom and her is about to lose their apartment because of all their unpaid debts. But when Princess Carina comes to her school, Carina hatches a plan, and she and Carina trades place, not only do they look alike this will help both of them, for Carina, a night with her rockstar prince, and for Julia, a day to be princess and money to save her home (Carina is paying her to do this).

But a twist happens, while Carina is with her rockstar prince, she acidently fell asleep in the band's car and got shipped off to Texas,

and Julia is flown away to a forgien county!

I really liked this book, it's a modern fairytale, but i liked Beastly better, (scroll down or go to the next page for summary) its interesting how the girls tell the story, and how they both admit that, yes, being princess is not really all that great. Kate Brian is an awesome writer with her neat descriptions.

Teen Idol

Teen Idol by Meg Cabot

Ordinary nice to everyone Jenny Greenley is good at keeping secrets, she's the school's secret advice colummist. She's so good at keeping secrets, that when Luke Striker, the hottest Hollywood star come to her small town to research a role of his upcoming movie, and Jenny, is in charge of keeping his identity secret (his "undercover" name is Lucas Smith). But of course, when Luke arrives he doesn't make Jenny's job easy and soon everyone, the school, the town, the paparazzi, etc knows that "Lucas Smith" is actually Luke Striker, and Jenny is caught in the middle of all of the chaos.

I loved this book, i finished it in 2 days :). this is approx. 293 pages long. I liked this book because its easy to relate to (besides the Luke Striker part) and its entertaining. I like romance books that are not too gushy, and this is a good one, Meg Cabot is a great writer, her books are very good and entertaining, (ps she wrote the "Princess Diaries".

"Brisk and bubbly. Snappy and fun."
-Publisher Weekly(starred review)

"Even better that Cabot's Princess Diaries series."
-KLIATT(starred review)

"Instantly engaging."
-Kirkus Reviews

"Thoroughly enjoyable."
-VOYA

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid #3 The Last Straw

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid #3 The Last Straw By Jeff Kinney



Greg Heffley is a wimpy kid, and always will be one, face it, but someone just needs to tell Greg's dad that.

Greg's dad, thinks that he can toughen Greg up, and makes Greg join organized sports like soccer, or do other "manly" things.



But of course, Greg is easily able to avoid his dad's effort to change him, but when Greg's dad threatens to send Greg off to military camp, Greg realized that he has to shape up...or get shipped out.



This was a funny and entertaining book, this is the last book in the 3 book series (i think)

so yeah, i like the Diary Of A Wimpy Kid series because Greg acts like any regular not so popular kid, so it's easy to relate to, and of course it's funny, and it's very realistic.



Praise for Diary of a Wimpy Kid:



"Move over Harry Potter... There's a new set of titles dominating the bestseller list for kids' chapter books, and there's nothing 'fantasy' about these."

-Andres Yeats on NPR's All Things Considered



"A big hit with reluctant readers and anyone looking for a funny book."

-School Library Journal



"Perfectly pitched wit and believably self-centered hero..."

-The New York Times

Yankee Girl

Yankee Girl by Mary Ann Rodman

Alice just moved from Chicago to Mississippi, and she's the new girl that is called "Yankee girl".
The accent and southern customs are the least of her problems, the year is 1964, when the Ku Klux Klan is going strong and just to make it worse, Alice's dad is an FBI agent, who was assigned to protect black people who are registering to vote, and FBI agents are one of the main target of the KKK (Ku Klux Klan).
Later, Valerie Taylor, a black girl, joins Alice's class, the 1st 2 black students of Parnell, as a result to the new integration law. She is shunned and bullied by the popular "cheerleaders".
Alice yearns to be popular, and a part of the clique called The "Cheerleaders", who is lead by the tart tongued Saranne, but soon Alice realizes how hard it is to the this clique, and figures out that Valerie, the other outsider, is a likely easy friend, but as it seems Valerie is not looking for friends, and if Alice was to join the clique, she would be rivals and be part of the way that the "Cheerleaders" are making Valerie's life miserable.
Later a tragedy-filled event happens that turns a characters life around.
Will Alice and Valerie be friends? Will Alice be a part of the "Cheerleaders"? What is the tragedy-filled event? Read Yankee Girl to find out!

I liked this book, it's one of the best Historical Fiction book i ever read, (i haven't read much, but this is still a very good book) it is realistic, and you can relate to the characters, and how they feel when Valerie comes. This book I read for a Historical Fiction project I'm doing, and surprisingly this is a better book than it sounds.