Fates Will Find Their Way....in bed.

So...let's see here...
I'm sick. Last night I started getting a bit of a scratchy sore throat...this morning I woke up hardly able to swallow and feverish. Damn.

I did some extra homework today and finished another book.

And let me tell you - that book was a WASTE of good paper. I've never hated a book before, now I do. This could have been a great book, but it was poorly written by someone who obviously has SOME writing talent. UGHHH. There were too many characters and too much crap going on.

Fates Will Find Their Way by Hannah Pittard - 1 Star

Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Nora Lindell is missing. And the neighborhood boys she's left behind are caught forever in the heady current of her absence. 
As the days and years pile up, the mystery of her disappearance grows kaleidoscopically. A collection of rumors, divergent suspicions, and tantalizing what-ifs, Nora Lindell's story is a shadowy projection of teenage lust, friendship, reverence, and regret, captured magically in the disembodied plural voice of the boys who still long for her.

Told in haunting, percussive prose, Hannah Pittard's beautifully crafted novel tracks the emotional progress of the sister Nora left behind, the other families in their leafy suburban enclave, and the individual fates of the boys in her thrall. Far more eager to imagine Nora's fate than to scrutinize their own, the boys sleepwalk into an adulthood of jobs, marriages, families, homes, and daughters of their own, all the while pining for a girl–and a life–that no longer exists, except in the imagination.

A masterful literary debut that shines a light into the dream-filled space between childhood and all that follows, The Fates Will Find Their Way is a story about the stories we tell ourselves–of who we once were and may someday become.

My Thoughts: I, in all honesty, wish I could give this book 0 stars or maybe negative stars. I'm sure the author is a talented writer, but this book was poorly written. Probably one of the worst books I have ever read. I don't think I've ever been annoyed while I read a book, but this one accomplished that.

:/ 

Dark Lover [Review] & A Birthday

You know what I realized? It's hard to come up with titles for blog posts. Thank God for book titles. :)

It's been a crazy week. I'm currently reading 2 books, which I never do. Both are for book clubs. I'm really not enjoying the one, Fates Will Find Their Way or something or another. It's written very poorly and it's annoying. The other, A Discovery of Witches, I've only gotten through a chapter so far, so no real opinion yet.

I finished up my Health class and only have my final left in Chemistry. I discovered on the Health class forum that apparently Coastline has a little window for grades that if you are within 5 points of a grade they will bump you up. I missed an A by 1 point in Health so that means it'll be bumped up to an A :) w00t. I still have around 5 chapters of Physiology & Anatomy, a quiz, and a final exam.

Matthew turned 4 on Friday. FOUR. My baby man :(( FOUR YEARS OLD.

And DLS happened and I lost a precious hour of sleep last night. I hate that. I love falling back an hour so I can gain an hour, but dang I hate losing an hour when we spring forward...guess it's for the best. Spring is only getting closer. Unfortunately it's been snowing all damn morning.

So...in the wee hours before Matthew's birthday I finished a book:
Dark Lover by J.R. Ward - it's book 1 of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series - I give it 5 stars.

Here's a quick synopsis: In the shadows of the night in Caldwell, New York, there's a deadly turf war going war going on between vampires and their slayers. There exists a secret band of brothers like no other-six vampire warriors, defenders of their race. Yet none of them relishes killing their enemies more than Wrath, the leader of the Black Dagger Brotherhood...

The only purebred vampire left on the planet, Wrath has a score to settle with the slayers who murdered his parents centuries ago. But when one of his most trusted fighters is killed - orphaning a half-breed daughter unaware of her heritage or her fate - Wrath must usher the beautiful female into the world of the undead...

Racked by a restlessness in her body that wasn't there, Beth Randall is helpless against the dangerously sexy man who comes at night with shadows in his eyes. His tales of brotherhood and blood frighten her. But his touch ignites a dawning hunger that threatens to consume them both...

And my thoughts: I thoroughly enjoy new takes on the traditional vampire. I was a little confused in the beginning because there were so many things going on, but once it really got going, it was amazing. I like books that keep me curious - and I cannot wait to start the next in the series :)



Oh and one more thing too! I've been starting some cool things on my foodie blog and one of those is Sunday Social - it's a round-up of my favorite recipes that I've posted and ones floating around on the web :)

Mockingjay [Review]

Hmm. I think that I was kind of disappointed with this book (Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins - the 3rd and last book of the Hunger Games trilogy). I hate when you get cliffhangers in the LAST book of a series and you have an asston of unanswered questions.

So...
Mockingjay (Hunger Games #3) by Suzanne Collins - 4 stars
I docked a star because I think that the ending was lacking. It left a lot of unanswered questions and that frustrates me.

I think I'm going to use a random number generator to pick which book I read next. I think I'm probably going to read Discovery of Witches too and whatever is picked for the Clamhouse Book Club read. Right now I'm 7 books into my 150 book challenge and 2729 pages into my 20,000 page challenge.

Last night I let Jillian Michaels kick my ass at 9pm. I got the motivation to exercise and decided to run with it. I did her "No More Trouble Zones" dvd. It has 7 circuits...I made it through 4. Tonight I'm doing the last 3...probably dying my hair red too.

This morning...it was raining and 39...now it's snowing and 36. BOOO.

I am obviously not very coherent today. LOL. So now to kill some more brain cells with homework..yay! 

Catching Fire [Review]

I'm so thrilled that I finished my homework on Saturday because I have been reading nonstop. I miss reading like this. I used to do it so frequently when I was younger. And as for my 2011 book challenges, I've got 144 more books to go and 17669 more pages to go! I'm about to start the last installment in the Hunger Games trilogy and I'm so excited.

So that means...I just finished the 2nd :]

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins - 5 stars
This book was unbelievable. Leaps and bounds more awesome than the first. I am absorbed in the story, it's all I can think about. Making guesses on what happens next in the plot.

Book Reviews and more :]

I do believe that I'm going to start doing book reviews in my blog. Just because I'm bored and hardly ever get on here enough. I need a motivator to keep me coming back and posting often. :)

So let me update which books I've read so far in 2011. I am doing 2 personal challenges, one is to read 150 books; the other is 20,000 pages. I've gotten 5 books down, 1940 pages down!

1. Skin Trade (Anita Blake #17) by Laurell K. Hamilton - 5 stars

2. Flirt (Anita Blake #18) by Laurell K. Hamilton - 5 stars

3. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen - 3 stars
I was confused for over half of the book, too many names and the switch from present to past. The last half of the book was pretty good, but definitely not my favorite that I have read. I'm actually more excited for the movie because I think the story will translate better in film.

4. Bullet (Anita Blake #19) by Laurell K. Hamilton - 5 stars
I read some awful reviews on Amazon and I don't understand it at all. I think this was one of the best in the series. I cannot wait for the next book. This one, to me, was utterly amazing. I didn't want to put the book down at all....shit would hit the fan, then there was a bunch of sex, then more shit hit the fan, then more sex. AMAZING!

5. Hunger Games (Hunger Games #1) by Suzanne Collins - 5 stars
I believe this is classified as a young adult book, but I honestly think that it is a good read for adults too. The plot is so well-thought out and it keeps you wanting to find out and wanting to keep reading. I'm very eager to find out what happens next!




And now I'm on Hunger Games #2: Catching Fire. I'm so excited to read it. I've had it since Black Friday 2009 and I still have not read it (shame on me, right??).

So normal blogging...yesterday was crazy... 
I went to Walmart for my follow up. My eye dr gave the kids glow-in-the-dark bouncy ball eyeballs. Matthew was so excited, it's all he could talk about for the whole day. My year supply of contacts are CHEAPER by like $70 than they were last year. I found some cute sunglasses (Amber, you would be proud, they are HUGE..I'm sure that you would steal at least one pair because they are pretty similar to ones you have, if I remember correctly.) and they are bug-eyed, which means prepare yourself for the apocalypse. I don't do big sunglasses. LOL. While I looked at sunglasses, the kids found stickers...and then I found OWL stickers. OMFG. I put them on everything when I got home. Then...as I was pulling into my garage (we got like 5 or 6 inches of snow yesterday :/), my nonworking headlight suddenly decided to work again??!!

My computer.

My DS

Cell and external harddrive :)