Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Waiting on Wednesday: The Geography of You and Me

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine


This week I'm Waiting on: The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. Smith


Lucy and Owen meet somewhere between the tenth and eleventh floors of a New York City apartment building, on an elevator rendered useless by a citywide blackout. After they're rescued, they spend a single night together, wandering the darkened streets and marveling at the rare appearance of stars above Manhattan. But once the power is restored, so is reality. Lucy soon moves to Edinburgh with her parents, while Owen heads out west with his father.

Lucy and Owen's relationship plays out across the globe as they stay in touch through postcards, occasional e-mails, and -- finally -- a reunion in the city where they first met.

A carefully charted map of a long-distance relationship, Jennifer E. Smith's new novel shows that the center of the world isn't necessarily a place. It can be a person, too.

-summary and cover via goodreads

I want this book now! I love This is What Happy Looks Like (My review here.) and The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by this author! I'm just very excited about this book!

This book will be released April 14th 2014!

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Tea Time with Epic Reads!

If you are not watching Tea Time on Wednesdays, you are seriously missing out! It is a lot of fun and one of the highlights of my week! It's full of book nerd fun! If you watch it you know what I mean. And if you do not watch it, tomorrow is a great time to start! Because not only will there be ONE Tea Time tomorrow there will be TWO Tea Times! That's double the dose of book nerd fun! The first one tomorrow will be at 3:45 and will be the regular Tea Time. The second one will be at 7:00 and be an interview with authors Rae Carson and C. J. Redwine. You definitely need to watch! For more information about where to watch click here! And here is a graphic I made about Tea Time!


Hope you watch it!

YA subway art

This is something I made on Pixlr. I thought it was fun! My mom helped me think up a few of the words. I hope you like it!

Tell me what you think!

Monday, August 26, 2013

Review: Prom and Prejudice

Prom and Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single girl of high standing at Longbourn Academy must be in want of a prom date.
After winter break, the girls at the very prestigious Longbourn Academy become obsessed with the prom. Lizzie Bennet, who attends Longbourn on a scholarship, isn't interested in designer dresses and expensive shoes, but her best friend, Jane, might be - especially now that Charles Bingley is back from a semester in London.
Lizzie is happy about her friend's burgeoning romance but less than impressed by Charles's friend, Will Darcy, who's snobby and pretentious. Darcy doesn't seem to like Lizzie either, but she assumes it's because her family doesn't have money. Clearly, Will Darcy is a pompous jerk - so why does Lizzie find herself drawn to him anyway?

-Summary and cover from Goodreads


Plot: I've never read Pride and Prejudice. Which I know is horrible and I need to read it and I will one day. I have a basic understanding of the plot though from having seen the 2005 movie. But I can't really say if this book matches the plot that well to the original book.From someone who has not read the original I liked it a lot. It is fairly short though which was what I was looking for when I was trying to pick my next book to read. It was a lot of fun!

Characters: I liked Lizzie and Darcy! Darcy's sister Georgie was sweet. Jane was really nice. Lydia I just wanted to slap pretty much the whole book. I liked the characters for the most part.

The Cover: It is not a bad cover. Not my favorite, though if I saw it in a bookstore I would pick it up and read about it.

Overall: A fun and quick modern day retelling of Pride and Prejudice! I recommend it most definitely!

I checked this book out from my local library.