The Bookie Bunch

Hey guys! Sorry for being MIA, work has been super busy!


Movies
Alex and Emma (one of my favorites!)
Enough
Disturbia
The Nanny Diaries
On the Line (ee! fangirl moments as a tween)

Books - links to Goodreads
The Catcher in the Rye - J.D Salinger (RIP! <3)
A Certain Slant of Light - Laura Whitcomb
How I Live Now - Meg Rosoff
Strange Angels - Lili St. Crow
The Sky Always Hears Me and the Hills Don't Mind - Kirstin Cronn-Mills
Dreaming Anastasia - Joy Preble
Sundays at Tiffany's - James Patterson
Betwixt - Tara Bray Smith
Night Runner - Max Turner
The Morganville Vampires - Rachel Caine
The Last Song - Nicholas Sparks

Frances Robinson has the perfect life: loving adoptive parents, a great best friend, and a cute new boyfriend. But Frances has a secret.
Once upon a time she wasn't Frances Robinson. She was Shine, and she lived with her three sisters and her birth mother, Afton Jelks, far out in the country. But the loneliness overtook Afton's fragile mind, and one day she smothered her daughters, one after another. Only Frances escaped.
Now Afton is out of prison. And she wants to finish what she started. . . .

I have to start off by saying that this novel took my breath away! ;) Now that the pun is out of the way, this book was completely unforgettable! I found myself not wanting to put it down because I had to know what happened next. My heart went out to Francine and I felt everything she felt as I read. It was such a roller coaster ride and this novel made me fall in love with R.A Nelson's type of writing. The ending was something I was NOT expecting, and I felt the book was worth it just for that. Amazing book that I highly, highly recommend it!

Well I made it to 100 followers! Thank you SO much for all of the support and love! I will have a contest very soon for it so make sure you keep an eye out! IMM is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi from The Story Siren! Lots of good books this week!


Bought:
Pretty Little Liars Set - Sara Shepard
Dreams of the Dead - Thomas Randall
Some Girls Are - Courtney Summers
Impossible - Nancy Werlin
Posessions - Nancy Holder
Bleeding Violet - Dia Reeves
Prophecy of the Sisters - Michelle Zink
The Year I Turned Sixteen - Diane Schwemm

What'd you guys get this week?

Read for free for a limited time!! Woot!

http://browseinside.harperteen.com/index.aspx?isbn13=9780061575372&WT.mc_id=PBAN_GOODREADS_DARKLIGHT_012010

Tenth book already?! What!

Sixteen-year-old Cassie's stepfather Rick is about to strike it rich with Socom, a new behavioral drug in which Rick is a big investor. But then Cassie discovers that Rick, a teen psychiatrist, has already been prescribing Socom illegally to his patients—and three teens have died.
Before she can report him, Rick has Cassie committed to Peaceful Cove, a sadistic boot camp for troubled teens in Mexico where the only way out is to graduate at age eighteen. Cassie knows she has to get out now, before more teens die from Socom. But no one has ever escaped from Peaceful Cove alive—and even if Cassie gets over the walls and survives the Mexican desert, will anyone believe her story?

Wow...what an interesting concept for a YA novel! It was an amazing read and was executed pretty well in my opinion. The book starts off with her kidnapping right away and it doesn't stop. The novel goes back and forth between Cassie figuring out what's going on with her stepfather and after she's been taken to the center. I found myself completely engrossed with Cassie's struggles that my mind couldn't think of anything else!

While reading I couldn't fathom what Cassie had to go through in the home, it was a gripping read and I found myself having a hard time putting it down. Definitely read this one if you're feeling down about your home life - you'll thank your lucky stars after you're done!