Paper Valentine by Brenna Yovanoff/ Happy Valentines Day!!

 

Title:  Paper Valentine

Author:  Brenna Yovanoff

Publisher:  Penguin Publishing

Genre:  YA

Pages:  321, 510 kb

Version:  Kindle

Source:  Purchased

 

I decided to read this book for Valentines day based on the title and the book cover.  It did have some romance in the plot, however it was more about a young girl's relationship with her dead best friend, which is still going on after the friends death.  It is also centered around the murders of several young girls in the neighborhood.  Each murdered girl has a homemade Valentine placed somewhere on their corpse.  Hannah is hell bent on finding the murderer, and at the same time attracted to a bad boy that could possibly even be the murder!  Her dead friend Lillian is by her side the entire story.  I enjoyed the story very much!  However, I suggest that you read it for the adventure, not for the romance!

Excerpts:
There's a dark flutter in my chest, like a bird smashing itself against a window, and I know what's coming next. Page 5

I'm breathing and my heart is beating and as much as it hurts-as much searing, monumental pain as it causes me-I have to exist.  Page 37

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Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Title: Catching fire

Author: Suzanne Collins

Publisher:  Scholastic Press

Version:  Kindle

Size:  479KB

ASIN:  B003086FMW

Source:  Borrowed from amazon Prime

This book was every bit as good as the first one. Like the first one, you will not be able to put it down until you are finished. I read this one in a day too, just like the first one! And, thank goodness, there is one more book after this one. If you read the first one, The Hunger Games, then you absolutley have to read this one too! It takes you even deeper into this world of turmoil, survival, and love. This book is just as spellbinding as the first! And, If they do a movie of this book as well, I think Adele's song, "Set Fire to the Rain" should be used in the sound track!

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The Hunger Games by Syzanne Collins

Title:  The Hunger Games

Author:  Suzanne Collins

Publisher:  Scholastic Paperback

Publication date:  9-1-2009

Version: Kindle

Size:  482kb

ASIN: B002M9YFW

Source:  Purchased from Amazon

Well with 469,300 ratings, I doubt there is anything new that I can say about this wonderful book.  I will say that it was absolutely awesome!  This book has action on every single page, and it took me only one day to finish it, because every page leads into the next action packed page, and I just could not stop until it was finished.  Then, of course I immediately started on the next one.  I am looking forward to the movie on March 23 because from the trailors that I have seen, it is going to be a huge hit!  It is so well written that it takes you off the page and into this post apocalyptic world, where you feel that you are part of the story!  Read it, you won't be sorry!  In fact, if you don't read it, you will wish you had!

 **Amazon Prime has all thre of the HungerGames books for borrowing for 0.00 right now!

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The Keeper by Natalie Star

Title:  The Keeper

Author:  Natalie Star

Publisher:  Decadent Publishing Company

Publication Date:  2011

Pages:  230

ISBN:  9781613330005

Source:  Author

The Keeper was a most enjoyable read!  From the first page to the last, I was held captive by this story.  The characters are very believable and you cannot help but get caught up in their lives.  Especially the life of Billie, the girl that hope for the entire world rests upon. It is also an emotional story that will have you sitting on the edge of your seat.  And, you might even shed a few tears. I did! The story is full of fantasy, mystery, intrigue, and even romance, so it offers something for everyone, not just YA readers.  The fact is that I rarely read this genre, but I am so glad that I did this time, because this was one of those books that I did not want to put down . If you are looking for a new book to read that is different from anything else on the market right now, then you should read this book.  There are no vampires or witches in this story which seems to be what everyone else is writing about these days. 

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Ashfall by Mike mullin

From AmazonMany visitors to Yellowstone National Park don't realize that the boiling hot springs and spraying geysers are caused by an underlying supervolcano. It has erupted three times in the last 2.1 million years, and it will erupt again, changing the Earth forever.

Fifteen-year-old Alex is home alone when the supervolcano erupts. His town collapses into a nightmare of darkness, ash, and violence, forcing him to flee. He begins a harrowing trek in search of his parents and sister, who were visiting relatives 140 miles away.

Along the way, Alex struggles through a landscape transformed by more than a foot of ash. The disaster brings out the best and worst in people desperate for food, clean water, and shelter. When an escaped convict injures Alex, he searches for a sheltered place where he can wait--to heal or to die. Instead, he finds Darla. Together, they fight to achieve a nearly impossible goal: surviving the supervolcano.

With nonstop action, a little romance, and realistic science, debut author Mike Mullin tells a mesmerizing story. Readers will turn Ashfall's pages breathlessly, and continue to ponder Alex and Darla's fate long after they close the book.
Title: Ashfall
Author: Mike Mullin
Publisher: Tanglewood Press
Date: 27 September 2011
Isbn: 1933718552
Pages: 476
Source:  Goodreads



My Review

I loved this book!  It was hard to stop turning pages just for a bathroom break!  Alex and Darla are two teenagers trying to survive in a world that has been turned upside down by a super volcanoe eruption.  The world has completley changed overnight.  Everything is covered in Ash, there are massive food shortages, people are acting crazy and violent and these two teenagers are trying to survive in this mess. Both Alex and Darla find out just how tough they really are.  They are trying to walk over a hundred miles to get to Alex's parents, or to find out if his parents even survived the disaster.  Along the way, they constantly have obstacles to overcome.  Their journey is a fascinating one!  You will love Alex and Darla.  They start out as innocent kids and will surprise you over and over again with what a couple of kids can accomplish.  Although they have to grow up fast, they still manage to hold on to some of their innocent qualities. Alex and Darla show us that in the wake of horror, you can survive and no matter how horrible your existence may be, love can get you through.

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