Getting Over Garrett Delaney by Abby McDonald

Getting Over Garrett Delaney

Can a twelve-step program help Sadie kick her unrequited crush for good? Abby McDonald serves up her trademark wit and wisdom in a hilarious new novel.




Seventeen-year-old Sadie is in love: epic, heartfelt, and utterly one-sided. The object of her obsession — ahem, affection — is her best friend, Garrett Delaney, who has been oblivious to Sadie’s feelings ever since he sauntered into her life and wowed her with his passion for Proust (not to mention his deep-blue eyes). For two long, painful years, Sadie has been Garrett’s constant companion, sharing his taste in everything from tragic Russian literature to art films to '80s indie rock — all to no avail. But when Garrett leaves for a summer literary retreat, Sadie is sure that the absence will make his heart grow fonder — until he calls to say he’s fallen in love. With some other girl! A heartbroken Sadie realizes that she’s finally had enough. It’s time for a total Garrett detox! Aided by a barista job, an eclectic crew of new friends (including the hunky chef, Josh), and a customized self-help guide, Sadie embarks on a summer of personal reinvention full of laughter, mortifying meltdowns, and a double shot of love.

My thoughts

There is something I do when I finish reading a good book. No, after I cry for days that I don't know what to do with my life after such wonderful experience.

I go to my TBR list, and try to choose a book. Sometimes, that takes me hours, sometimes, I just randomly pick one, see if I have it, buy and ebook if I don't. (most books I read are ebooks, we don't get most book I like to read here, just mjor best sellers :S)

Sometimes I end up with great books! Sometimes I end up with Getting Over Garrett Delaney.

  I love Contemporary YA, there's so many author that take my breath away and make me cry ugly tears like John Green, or Gayle Forman, there are some who make me laugh.

But, Getting Over Garrett Delaney, only made me frown, I just think I couldn't connect with Sadie, or Garrett, or any character at all. Maybe if I found any connection, I would’ve enjoyed it more. Maybe this is one of the YA books that "Adults" should stay clear from. It wasn't bad, I didn't hate it, I just didn't enjoy it.

2/5

I'm back

Hello my two and a half views ;) not that anyone missed me, but I've been away due to crappy Internet connection for the past month, making it hard trying to post anything :( I'm some how back, with a new connection, laptop, and phone! No, I didn't rob a bank ;)

I have piles of books reviews, so I'll start working on them ASAP.

Xoxo, poor girl. I did buy a new car too. I'm really poor now lol

A Million Suns By Beth Revis

GODSPEED WAS FUELED BY LIES. NOW IT IS RULED BY CHAOS. 
It's been three months since Amy was unplugged. The life she always knew is over. Everywhere she looks, she sees the walls of the spaceship "Godspeed." 
But there may just be hope: Elder has assumed leadership of the ship. He's finally free to act on his vision--no more Phydus, no more lies. When Elder learns shocking news about the ship, he and Amy must race to discover the truth behind life on "Godspeed." They must work together to unlock a mystery that was set in motion hundreds of years earlier. Their success--or failure--will determine the fate of the 2,298 passengers who remain aboard "Godspeed." But with each step, the journey becomes more perilous, the ship more chaotic, and love between them more impossible to fight.

 


My Thoughts

Sometimes you love a book, and stalk it! No not like that creepy guy from that book you hate and other loved, no... Well maybe a little.
I love across the universe, and I was stalking A Million Sun, until, I didn't, I don't know what happened really. Life, work, World of Warcraft! shit happened and I just didn't pick it up, until I saw that the third book was out and by then, I decided to hold up so I can read them together. Good thing I did. Because I would have killed for that cliff hanger! Seriously.

A Million Sun ( doesn't it have a nice title? so romantic) had a faster pase than Across the Universe, and had it share of deaths and murders. Both Elder and Amy are dealing with their issues, Elder is having trouble with leading the ship, and Amy is trying to accept the fact that she won't see her parents again, her feelings for the Elder, and trying to adjust to life on Godspeed. Although the fist half of the book felt slow,  it picked up on the second half, and redeemed itself. I was not expecting any of the events with which Revis decided to end the book with, (tease much Revis??)

If you enjoyed Across the Universe, you'll definitely love A Million Suns. Revis sure knows how to deliver.

4/5

Storm Front by Jim Butcher

Harry Dresden--Wizard
Lost items found. Paranormal investigations.
Consulting. Advice. Reasonable rates.
No Love Potions, Endless Purses, Parties, or Other Entertainment.

Harry Dresden is the best at what he does. Well, technically, he's the only at what he does. So when the Chicago P.D. has a case that transcends mortal creativity or capability, they come to him for answers. For the "everyday" world is actually full of strange and magical things--and most of them don't play too well with humans. That's where Harry comes in. Takes a wizard to catch a--well, whatever.

There's just one problem. Business, to put it mildly, stinks. So when the police bring him in to consult on a grisly double murder committed with black magic, Harry's seeing dollar signs. But where there's magic, there's a black mage behind it. And now that mage knows Harry's name. And that's when things start to get... interesting.

 Magic. It can get a guy killed.

My thoughts 


Do not listen to this audiobook! It's annoying with all the sighs.

Dresden is an ok guy I guess, a bit weird, a bit freaky, but over all, likable enough, I liked it, but I was told it will get better at book 4 and on, two friends recommended it, NAGGED more like it, so I will keep reading this series.

 3/5

Unspoken By Sarah Rees Brennan

A modern, magical twist on the Gothic Romance and Girl Detective genres, this book will appeal to fans of both Beautiful Creatures and theMortal Instruments series. Reviewers have praised the take-charge heroine and the romantic premise of a partner who can read your mind.

Kami Glass is in love with someone she's never met—a boy she's talked to in her head since she was born. This has made her an outsider in the sleepy English town of Sorry-in-the-Vale, but she has learned ways to turn that to her advantage. Her life seems to be in order, until disturbing events begin to occur. There has been screaming in the woods and the manor overlooking the town has lit up for the first time in 10 years. . . . The Lynburn family, who ruled the town a generation ago and who all left without warning, have returned. Now Kami can see that the town she has known and loved all her life is hiding a multitude of secrets—and a murderer. The key to it all just might be the boy in her head. The boy she thought was imaginary is real, and definitely and deliciously dangerous.

My Thoughts


Another Good YA book! Funny, cleaver and did I say funny!


It's no secret that I like sarcasm! Snarky characters win me over in any book I read! Sometimes I hate them, just because I wish I thought of something they said! I hated Sarah Rees Brennan! She is one snarky lady! But them she has this AWESOME name! Snarky Sarah R.B won me over! (Snarky Sarah, see what I did there?, if you didn't well, it's my blog name! Now you see what I did there!)


I must admit though! I was confused as Kami was by Jared! But I don't share a mind with him, so that still doesn't sense to me! Maybe I should share a mind with him, maybe I should share more! What! I like a bad boy as mush as the next girl!


Unspoken is a must read, only if you enjoy awesome things!

5/5

Just One Day by Gayle Forman

A breathtaking journey toward self-discovery and true love, from the author of If I Stay
When sheltered American good girl Allyson "LuLu" Healey first meets laid-back Dutch actor Willem De Ruiter at an underground performance of Twelfth Night in England, there’s an undeniable spark. After just one day together, that spark bursts into a flame, or so it seems to Allyson, until the following morning, when she wakes up after a whirlwind day in Paris to discover that Willem has left. Over the next year, Allyson embarks on a journey to come to terms with the narrow confines of her life, and through Shakespeare, travel, and a quest for her almost-true-love, to break free of those confines.

Just One Day is the first in a sweepingly romantic duet of novels. Willem’s story—Just One Year—is coming soon!
(Goodreads)

My Thoughts

All of this happened with me too!

Yes! Really! Pinky swear!

Alright, alright! It didn't. But I wish I did.

Back packing through Europe is a dream of mine! While this wasn't exactly back packing through Europe, it's close enough! Paris, who hasn't dreamed of visiting that heavenly City! And "Lulu" had the chance to, Allyson, the ever obeying of rules meets Willem, a dutch handsome boy, who offers her a chance to break free from her comfort zone, break free from her tight hold on obeying what she was thought her whole life, be spontaneous, something she is not used to doing. And oh boy! it only gets better from there on.

This isn't a love story * maybe not in the sense you think a love story should be*, this is a story of growth, finding the courage to change, and finding one's own way. Allyson, although thinks she loves Willem, and dwells on her lose for months, gradually picks up the pieces of her life, figures out what she wants and enjoys, and finds a way to make new friends. It's not Willem who brings her insight, but the experience they shared, enlightens her to find herself, I liked that a lot, I liked Allyson a lot, finding new friends, connecting with new people, is something I have trouble with, so I connected with Allyson more than I would have imagined. I like all the secondary characters, old friends and new, I found it hard to hate her old best friend, they grow apart, it's normal, that doesn't mean she was a bad person, you can see all the secondary characters growth as well as Allysons'. And Willem, he isn't your typical bad boy, or good boy, he's just a boy, although we don't seem much of him, you see his struggle, and you how lost he is, just as you do with Allyson. I'm happy that we'll know him better in the next book. Yay!

Gayle delivers! You know that little voice that nags when you pick up a book by an author you loved her/his books! I'm excited and happy! Chanting ( ooooh this gonna be good) and that cockamamie voice goes like

I have a very rude, pertinacious voice!  I love it! 

But, Gayle, you shut that voice right up, few chapters into the book and I was already wishing Just One Year was out! I knew I would want to read it as soon as I finished Just One Day! Gayle has a gift! She sucks you in and doesn't let go until you are grasping for breath! She doesn't try to be awesome! Because, she is!

What are you waiting for! GO and read every book written by Gayle! GO!

5/5

Point of Retreat by Colleen Hoover

Point of Retreat

Hardships and heartache brought them together…now it will tear them apart.

Layken and Will have proved their love can get them through anything; until someone from Will’s past re-emerges, leaving Layken questioning the very foundation on which their relationship was built. Will is forced to face the ultimate challenge…how to prove his love for a girl who refuses to stop ‘carving pumpkins.’



My Thoughts

I read this one as soon I finished Slammed. I must admit, I was a little disappointed when I finished that book, and not because I was expecting more "habba habba" scenes! Not at all! OK! Fine! It's because I wanted hotty Will kisses and more ;)



But seriously, that wasn't the only reason ,the main reason was, and hard as it will be to believe, it was that, *drum roll* that I… I….



I…HATED WILL!



I did, I'm sorry all you Will fans. But I found him whiny and clingy, and with no balls WHAT SO EVER! *Hmmm maybe that explains the no hotty scenes!!*, the way he handled the situation with Lake, reminded me of how obsessed Bella was with Edward * don't get me wrong, I loved Twilight, still do, but I'm an honest straight up woman! I admit the things that are wrong in things I love* for someone who sound so mature and grounded, Will behaved like a cat in heat! All claws and moans.



The whole book, in my opinion, could've been added like some extra chapters, to the first one, I saw no real ordeal, no need for the fuss little Lake did, seriously! A kiss on the forehead?? That lead into the whole insecurity she had boiled up inside to go in flames?? At least throw some hotty scenes to make things more believable. Yeah, I'm kind of irritated of the whole ( lets wait years for sex) some authors try to in force, I'm not saying that it's not possible to happen in real life, but some authors go into weird manners to accomplish Sexual abstinence. I didn't find it convincing that two young adults, living with no parents, would wait a year to have sex for the first year of their relationship! Call me crazy, but that shit was wack!



I'm sorry Hoover! I really wanted to like this book, as much as loved Slammed, this was not a book I enjoyed at all.



But hey, you win some, you lose some! I still have hope for you Hoover! I really do.

1/5