July 2014 Wrap-Up

It's the end of the month, aka, wrap-up time! This month was an absolutely unforgettable and very fruitful. That's because this month I read 20 books and one novella! Isn't that just cray-cray?! Yes it is! So, I'm going to leave links to all the books I reviewed on this blog. So be sure to check that out. Also, I've used only whole numbers, so no decimals... Without further do... let's get started!

First book I read was Mad About the Boy by Maggie Alderson. 

1.

Rating: 5/5 stars! 

Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance/Mystery/Family (According to ME)

2. The Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead.

Rating: 5/5 stars

Genre: YA Paranormal Romance

3. Welcome to Sugartown by Carmen Jenner. Click HERE for review.

Rating: 5/5 stars 

Genre: NA Contemporary Romance

4. Enjoy Your Stay by Carmen Jenner.

Rating: 5/5 stars!

Genre: NA Cont. Romance

5. The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski. Click HERE for review.

Rating: 5/5 stars. My first road trip book and I loved it!

Genre: NA Cont. Romance

6. A Rake's Vow by Stephanie Laurens.

Rating: 4/5
Genre: Historical Romance (with a tinge of mystery)

7. The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening by L.J. Smith. Click HERE for review.

Rating: 3/5 stars
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance

8. Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout. Click HERE for review.

Rating: 5/5 stars. No surprise there. ;)
Genre: YA Supernatural/Sci-fi/Romance

9. Eternal by P.C. Cast. Click HERE for review.

Rating: 3/5 Stars. Meh. :/
Genre: Vampire Anthology 

10. Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout. Click HERE for review.
Rating: 5/5 stars! Surprise, surprise!
Genre: YA Supernatural/Sci-fi/Romance

11. Farm Girl by Darkdreamer. This is a self published ebook that I found on a website. But, it's still a book, so it counts. I don't have the cover nor do I wanna talk about it. Sooo, skipping it.

12. Blackmailed for Vengeance by Marie Kelly. Click HERE for review.

Rating: 3/5 Stars
Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance

13. Alienated by Melissa Landers. Click HERE for review.

Rating: 5/5 stars.
Genre: YA Sci-fi/Romance

14: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. Click HERE for review.

Rating: 5/5 Stars
Genre: YA Contemporary

15. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer.

Rating: 2/5 stars
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance

16. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart. Click HERE for review.

Rating: 5/5 Stars.
Genre: YA Contemporary

17. Burned by Cara Lily. (Novella) Click HERE for review.

Rating: 1/5 Stars. :( Not good at all.
Genre: NA Contemporary Romance.

18. Bright Girls by Clare Chambers. Click HERE for review.

Rating: 4/5 stars.
Genre: YA Contemporary.

19. Rule by Jay Crownover. Click HERE for review.

Rating: 5/5 Stars.
Genre: NA Contemporary Romance.

20. Midnight Angel by Lisa Kleypas. Click HERE for review.

Rating: 5/5 stars.
Genre: Historical Romance.

21. See Through Me by Sera Bright. Click HERE for review.

Rating: 3/5 Stars
Genre: NA Cont. Romance.

So there it is! For the world to see. And admire at my capability. Just kidding! Hope you read all the way down here. Comment and let me know how many books you read this July. Hope you had a good reading month cuz I certainly did.

See Through Me by Sera Bright

I think I can post things. Today I'mma review See Through Me by Sera Bright.

Genre: NA Contemporary Romance
Pages: 188
Type: #1 in Lose My Senses 
Rating: 3 stars
Synopsis: There's only one person Katie Flynn wants to see when she returns home. But she knows he won't be waiting for her. It's the reason she feels safe enough to finally come back.

She's wrong.

Ash Townsend isn't the same quiet boy from next door. He's tall, dark and demanding answers. He wants her, but he doesn't trust her. Who can blame him? When his own family tried to break him down, he still sheltered her in a town full of liars. And she repaid it by leaving him behind without a word.

Because she'll do anything to protect him. She has the scars on her wrist to prove it.

Contains strong language, explicit sexual situations, and mature themes. This novel is not intended for readers under the age of 18.

This is a book I got for reviewing. I got an eARC. But anyways, this book took me a much longer time to finish than I was expecting. That's in account of the fact that it's only 200 pages long. Generally, a good 200 pages book would take me 2 days to finish. But since that didn't happen, it can only mean one thing. The book wasn't as good as I was expecting. For me.
Because you're looking at this review, I'm pretty sure that you know what the book is about. So, not gonna waste my time on that. 
First off, I thought the writing style was awesome! I think it was really good. For some reason. Can't explain why. That's my first thought. Then later on I felt like the book was going a bit downhill, because it just started getting so boring! It became such a drag! I finished this book because I had to. 
I didn't get the whole story. I was kinda getting fed up of the fact that Katie kept running away from Ash. I didn't know why. 
Generally, such stories, to an extent, are really interesting for me. But seriously, 160 pages worth of running away!? No thanks. 
While I loved Ash and a bit of Katie, I couldn't stomach the storyline. The Reason. 
The secret is out towards the end and I felt like it was just getting better, when BAM! the story is over. It was such an abrupt ending. Before I could realize what was happening, I was at the Acknowledgements. Sad. But, I don't think I'm going to read the next book. I don't want another book full of drag.

Friday 56: 25th July 2014

It's been a whole week since last Friday! Duh. So, it's time for Friday 56! Again, if you don't know what it is, I'm basically going to pick a random book, turn to page 56 and share a non-spoilery line that I really liked! 

This week's chosen book is Welcome to Sugartown by Carmen Jenner. It took me such a long time to find a book that actually had something good written on it's 56th page. If this keeps up and majority of the books have shitty lines on their 56th page, this is going to turn harder than I thought it would be. 

Anyways, the line I chose was:

 “I stare at the ceiling and wonder what the hell I’ve done, and what I’m going to do now. It doesn’t matter which way I look at it: when it comes to Ana Belle, I’m completely fucking screwed.”

Isn't that just sweet?! No, it's actually not. The way it's put in, it's not, but oh well. My favorite line from that page. Comment and let me know what's your favorite line from any random book! Don't forget to follow for more Friday 56 posts and others. Have a good Friday!