Tigerheart

I have never ever read Peter Pan, nor have I seen any movies. I've seen "Hook", yes. And I have seen "Neverland" but this book made it quite clear, I need to read the book.
This story is about a boy named Paul whose Father tells Paul all the stories of adventures that The Boy takes place in...in a land called anyplace.
One day, Paul stumbles across a dead pixie and succeeds in bringing her back to life by believing. And the pixie then informs Paul of why she died in the first place. Because The Boy ceased believing in her...and she is eager to seek revenge on PP.
Together, Paul and the pixie travel to anyplace and find that The Boy is now a pirate! The story pretty much continues to be amazing and adventurous! It actually reminded me a little of the Matrix. Apparently, anything The Boy believes is possible is possible. And if he believes he is in danger, he is in danger. So the similarities are def. there.
This book is a story of dreamers, the imagination, pirates and the wonderful world of youthful hope. I loved it...and to be honest, I loved that this book isn't a childrens book, but one for adults. Heehee, there were some subtle adult like things mentioned..or left to the imagination. I liked it a lot.

The Book Thief

It took me a while to really get into this book. It took me a really long time to get used to the Narrator-Death, and his way of explaining things.
In the end, I warmed up to him and I love love love the way he gave you a glimpse of what was going to happen without giving you any details until he got to that part of the story. And for me, knowing the outcome and finding out how it happens is actually pretty exciting!
I liked this book a lot and I liked all the characters. I even liked Liesels foster mother!!! I was actually quite fond of her and her determination.
But, yes, mostly I loved Rich and Max. Max for his compassion and Rich for his personality. Both of them were really great characters. I am extraordinarily glad I read this book it gave me a few new insights to life. :)

I Love You, Beth Cooper

So, I needed a book like this today. And let me just tell you, aside from helping me cope with the last 24 hours, this book was pretty great. It made me laugh and I loved all the references to motion pictures and I really loved the character "Rich". :) He was a cutie pie and I love the friendship he shares with Denis. Def a mix between Superbad and Weird Science. Plus the opening chapter had a quote from a James Dean movie. That pretty much seals the deal for me in literature. :)
It really is a great read and I totally pictured the whole thing in my head as a movie.

New Moon

Ok, so I don't want to give too much away, but listen...minor characters from Twilight had a major role in New Moon and Stephenie Meyer did a really good job at keeping me interested. She pulled a J.J. Abrams (you remember when all your favourite Lost characters fell to the background and "the others" became the main story line...yeah I hated it!) but Stephenie Meyer really did a good job. Though I missed my favourite characters like crazy, she really did have me caring for the new ones.

You know what's weird though, in my Twilight post, I wrote that she knew love as Shakespeare did. And it's funny because New Moon completely revolves around Romeo and Juliet. Not only does New Moon reference it a whole bunch, but the story seems to mirror the tragic play a little bit. It's kind of interesting. And it happens to be my favourite play, so I am not complaining. At first, I got a little sad when Edward (vampire) said that he had no respect for Romeo because he made really bad decisions, but he takes it back in the end for good reason! :) <3 See, I love love love Romeo. Yeah, he made some bad decisions, and even he knew he did..but he really did love Juliet. <3 And Edward really loves Bella.

Love Walked In

This one was really cute. I love that Cornelia was a cafe manager, and I loved her enthusiasm for old Katherine Hepburn movies. Hell, I am not much of a Katherine Hepburn fan, but even I got excited as Cornelia would reference a scene from one of her movies.
I liked it enough to read the sequel, but I didn't fall in love with the characters as much as I felt I should...Several characters had some realistic flaws, but the kind of flaws that make me lose faith in humanity. Even some of the background characters! But overall, it was good. And I smiled a whole lot with Cornelia's character.

Twilight

So, I admit, I fell under Edwards spell as much as Bella did. :) Vampires just make me a little weak. It must be all that blood that they suck! Ha. Ok, seriously..the book was cute. The story was good and Stephanie Meyer sure knows love as much as Shakespeare did...(they just wrote about it differently). I do think it was a great great story, and I plan to read the sequels! One question though, how are we supposed to have a midnight party for this book??? Harry Potter? Easy! Vampires, not so much!