2012 Favorites!

2012 reads that I've loved:

Not all books will be 2012 releases, mostly will be.

1.       Best Paranormal read goes too… Spark by Brigid Kemmerer! This was close with Storm also by Brigid Kemmerer, but I loved Spark more. The Merrick Brothers have taken out the title & runner-up!

2.       Book in which I cried one too many times… SECOND CHANCE SUMMER BY MORGAN MATSON! The tears I shed for this book when I first read it was cray! Runner-up goes to Everything Left Unsaid by Jessica Davidson another one where I was crying all night.

3.       Best Mystery/Spying read goes too… OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF TIME BY ALLY CARTER! It is no mistake that Ally Carter is one of my favorite authors this just closely beat The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting another favorite author & series.

4.       Best historical mystery read goes too… THE TRAITOR IN THE TUNNEL BY Y.S. LEE! I love this series & the budding romance that goes on, so that means The Body at The Tower by Y.S. Lee is the runner up!

5.       Best Contemporary read goes too… ANNA & THE FRENCH KISS/LOLA & THE BOY NEXT DOOR BY STEPHANIE PERKINS! It is too hard to decide between the two both Anna & Lola’s boys have stolen my heart. The runner up goes to The Story of Us by Deb Caletti.

6.       Best Sport Themed read goes too… CATCHING JORDAN BY MIRANDA KENNEALLY! I loved this book & well I love sports… Runner up goes to Stealing Parker by Miranda Kenneally!  

7.       Best Paranormal series that I started this year goes too… THE VIOLET EDEN CHAPTERS BY JESSICA SHIRVINGTON! I won this series from  Saz101’s comp in  August & I flew through the series! Runner up goes to Blood of Eden series by Julie Kagawa!

8.       Most creepy/interesting/mystery read goes too… THE UNBECOMING OF MARA DYER BY MICHELLE HODKIN! This book had a creepy factor to it & I loved it! Runner up would have to go to Hunting Lila by Sarah Alderson!

9.       New favorite author goes too… ABBI GLINES! After reading The Vincent Boys, Breathe, Because of Low & While It Lasts it just dragged me into her books!

10.   Best New Adult book goes too… BEAUTIFUL DISASTER BY JAMIE McGUIRE! I am in love with this new category! Runners up go to Slammed & Point of Retreat by Colleen Hoover, Perfect Chemistry Series by Simone Elkeles, Taking Chances by Molly McAdams & Easy by Tammara Webber!

11.   The Classic book that I never finished goes too… FRANKENSTEIN BY MARY SHELLEY! Yea... a HSC read which I never finished…

12.   Best 2012 debut goes too… THRONE OF GLASS BY SARAH J. MASS! Love any book about Assassins & this was a great read! Runner up goes to The Selection by Kiera Cass!

13.   Best 2012 series ending goes too… BEAUTIFUL REDEMPTION BY KAMI GARCIA & MARGARET STOHL! Love this series! So sad that it has ended. Runners up go to Finale by Becca Fitzpatrick & Destined by Aprilynne Pike!

14.   Best Adult book goes too… THE BEST OF ME BY NICHOLAS SPARKS! I am in love Nicholas Sparks books right now! Runner up goes to The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks.

15.   Best Dystopic read goes too… DIVERGENT BY VERONICA ROTH! I am just starting to get into this genre. Runners up go to Delirium & Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver as well as Insurgent by Veronica Roth.

And last but not least

16.   Best 2012 read goes too… TOUCH OF POWER BY MARIA V. SNYDER! I loved this book & well I love all of Snyder’s work! Other books that I loved include Out of Sight, Out of Time by Ally Carter, Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson, The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting, The Goddess Test & Goddess Interrupted by Aimee Carter, Until I Die by Amy Plum, City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare & New Girl by Paige Harbison!

This year has been a great for reading & I have so far almost read 100 books! I have many favourites so it was hard to pick just a few!

Keely x

Review Time #21

The Boy Who Sneaks Into my Bedroom Window by Kirsty Moseley

Amber Walker and her older brother, Jake, have an abusive father. One night her brother's best friend, Liam, sees her crying and climbs through her bedroom window to comfort her. That one action sparks a love/hate relationship that spans over the next eight years.

Liam is now a confident, flirty player who has never had a girlfriend before. Amber is still emotionally scarred from the abuse she suffered at the hands of her father. Together they make an unlikely pair.

Their relationship has always been a rocky one, but what happens when Amber starts to view her brother's best friend a little differently? And how will her brother, who has always been a little overprotective, react when he finds out that the pair are growing closer?

(from goodreads)

The boy who sneaks into my bedroom window has you so emotionally attached to the three main characters and then onto minor characters who you can’t help but feel for. The first chapter is eights before when the story is set, this chapter helps you understand what is happening at the start of the story & also attaches you emotionally to the characters. Amber & her brother Jake along with their mother where physically abused by their father, after finding out that Amber was being sexually abused by their father Jake & his best friend Liam threatened their father to leave after beating him.

The relationships in the novel are quite complex so when you read one thing, then another it change or add the complexity of the relationships. Ever since Amber was 8 and Liam was 10, every night Liam sleeps in Ambers bed after seeing her crying one night from his bedroom window. What Amber doesn’t know is how Jake feels about her. Their budding relationship is affected by what happened to Amber when she was younger with her father sexually abusing her. It takes time for her to trust Liam, but from being so close to him before all this she is able to let him in. This relationship is cute, the way they act towards each other is sweet, Liam is protective of her which may seem possessive to most but the reasoning’s why makes you understand it.

Liam is Jake’s best friend & both are constantly known as man whores to Amber, Jake is also protective of Amber & tries to keep Liam away from Amber not trusting his intentions. When the school finds out Liam has a girlfriend all the girls put in money to see who can sleep with him first, Jake struggles with seeing his best friend & sister together & family problems come into the picture with their dad back in town.

This sets off an emotional rollercoaster of feelings towards the siblings & Johnny their step brother. The situation that they are all put in is heartbreaking & will make you an emotional wreck. The characterisation & plot just draw you in, wanting to know more about each character. The boy who sneaks into my bedroom window is an emotional rollercoaster which delivers a great contemporary read!

Rate: 5/5

Stay tunned, Keely x

IMM #6

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi @ The Story Siren. I'm only going to do this when I get a chance, so at least once or twice a month.

Hi everyone! I'm back! I have this IMM post and a review going up today too! So everyone starting looking out for new reviews coming up on the blog!

•  Breathe by Abbi Glines
• Because of Low by Abbi Glines
• While It Lasts by Abbi Glines
• Easy by Tammara Webber
• Taking Chances by Molly McAdams
• The boy who sneaks in my bedroom window by Kirsty Moseley
• Beautiful Redemption by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
• The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
• Hunting Lila by Sarah Alderson
• Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
• Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
• Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles
• Chain Reaction by Simone Elkeles
• Stealing Parker by Simone Elkeles
• Saving Grace by Ciara Geraghty
• Abandon by Meg Cabot
• The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith

So thats my IMM for the last few weeks! Many are eBooks because Australia really needs a good bookstore with lots of YA not just new realese!

Keely x 

Why blogging hasn't been happening

Hey guys! High School maybe over, but life still goes on. You'd think that I'd have time to things I enjoy like reading & blogging? That I'd be on schoolies enjoying the beach & sun... Unfortantly I don't & I'm not. I'm work 36-38hour weeks, starting at 5.30am until after 2pm, trying to save money for Uni.

Another problem Uni. Since I enjoy sport so much & I like science alot, I found a course that covers both these things: a Bachelor of Exercise Physiology & also the Bachelor of Sport & Exercise Science. However the Uni close to me doesn't offer these courses, so I have to save up to move away. I guess sometimes that you have to sacrifice the things you enjoy to get what you really want...

Also I in TWO weeks I find out if I get in the course I applied early entry for! It has both these courses in one & would be great if I didn't have to worry about my marks.

Also I had my Year 12 Formal last week! It was amazing & one of the best nights I've had!

What I have managed to read:

• The Violet Eden Chapters
• Why I let my hair grow out
• Revived
• The Best of Me
• The Immortal Rules
• Stealing Parker
• Perfect Chemistry
• Rules of Attraction

Also I am Currently Reading, Amy & Rodgers Epic Detour!

My TBR consists of:

• Breath
• Stormdancer
• The Iron Knight
• Alice in Zombieland
• Safe Haven
• The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
• Hunting Lila
• Saving Grace

I really hope to start blogging again soon! I have two off work coming up so hopefully I can get some planning in & post some reviews! I hope everyone is having a great time right now! Whether it is almost Summer or Winter depending where you are! I <3 Summer, Life Saver = best job ever!

So thats it for now, hope to get something up this weekend for you all to enjoy!

Keely x

IMM #5 The Epic Edition

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi @ The Story Siren. I'm only going to do this when I get a chance, so at least once or twice a month.

Well I'm back! High School is over, I've graduated, completed my HSC exams & now the wait is on from my results & ATAR to see what Uni I get into as well as my dream course! I'm now working full time until I move for Uni so I will post as much as I can, I have read a lot of books since I last posted & revieved. I hope to get more reviews up as soon as I have free time! Busy week coming up, formal & sign out day, the end is almost here!

Now time for the epic haul I have! Some I own, others I've borrowed, won or recieved of NetGalley! 37 books in total!

- Slammed by Colleen Hoover
- Point of Retreat by Colleen Hoover
- Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
- Revived by Cat Patrick

- I'll tell you mine by Pip Harry

- Inside Out by Maria V. Snder
- Losing It by Julia Lawrinson
- Revamped by Ada Adams

- Confessions of an Angry Girl by Lousie Rozett

- Why I let my hair grow out by Maryrose Wood
- Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter
- Breath by Tim Winton
- The best of me by Nicholas Sparks
- The Vincent Boys by Abbi Gilnes
- The Lucky One b Nicholas Sparks
- Dante's Girl by Courtney Cole

- Cicle of Silence by Carol M. Tanzman

- Beneath the Darkening Sky by Majok Tulba

- My Name is Memory by Ann Bashares

- A Straight Line to my Heart by Bill Condon

- Speechless by Hannah Harrington

- Stormdance by Jay Kristoff

- The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

-Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire

- Rumour Has It by Ali Cronin

- The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa

- Spark by Brigid Kemmerer

- The Violet Eden Chapters by Jessica Shirvington

- Finale by Becca Fitzpatrick

- I Made Lattes for a Love God by Wendy Harmer

- Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry

- Endless Sumemr by Jennifer Echols

And that is the Epic Book Haul! I hope to be posting some new posts every soon, so stay tunned!

Keely x

Update and Stuff

Hey guys!

I know that I haven't been blogging much lately and that is because of school. I have two days left until I graduate from High School! I may get a few posts in here or there in the next three weeks, but I have my final exams coming up! Which end on October 31. So until then I will be very MIA on the blog, also since I'm having a book ban (which is in place now) all I am doing in re-reading favourite books and english texts which should be re-read (mind you it may take me three hours to a read ana average YA, it took me three months to read The Fifteth Gate by Mark Barker and I am yet to completely finish Frankenstein by Marry Shelley terrible I know).

However, I shall update you on what I am reading/have gotten recently!

• Revamped by Ada Adams! (apart of something not to sure! But was good read)
• Dante's girl by Courtney Cole (got off netgalley)
• Endless Summer by Jennifer Echols (bought, loved it)
• The Summer I turned pretty by Jenny Han (Want the next two but book ban)
• Circle of Silence by Carol M. Tanzman (won off facebook from Harlequin Teen!!)
• A signed copy of Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder!!! (one of my fave authors and I also won it off facebook from Harlequin Teen!!)
• The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa (like the other two I won it off facebook from Harlequin Teen! Best suprise pack ever!)
• Confessions of an angry girl by Louise Rozett (bought, loved it!)
• And finally, Speechless by Hannah Harringtomn! (bought, loved, train trip read!)

I've spent alot of time recently in Sydney for Uni Open days to confrim my career path that I've choosn. I must say I cannot wait for Uni, or really just doing the course I want! It sounds amazing and I can't wait to do it!

So guys that is it from my world at the moment, hopefully more reviews soon! Hope everyone is having a great time and GOOD LUCK TO MY FELLOW HSC READERS IN YOUR EXAMS! Trust me the 42 days until my last exam can't come quick enough!

Ciao Readers!
Keely xx

Guilty Pleasures #2

I don't actcually know if this is already a meme... but I thought I would share each fortnight my guilty pleasures when it comes to reading! This week I thought I'd start with a genre that I have been loving and that is Sports themed novels!
Sports Themed Novels:
Just like how my love for the beach came through for surfing themed novels, my love for sports (mainly soccer) have once again clouded my judgement and has become one of my favourite sort of theme.

Gracie Faltrain Series: This series is one my favourites as it doesn't just deal with soccer but also takes the focus away from sport to other major family values, friendship and life in general. It is just such as series that I think that I will always enjoy.

Lucy Zeezou Series: I did start this series when I was younger but I've always just enjoyed it, once again like the Gracie series it brings back to important values not just sport.

Catching Jordan: I loved this one, while it wasn't soccer it was still a great read. I think that once Stealing Parker is out, that it will be added to the list. Catching Jordan is one of the best sport themed novels i've read.

Also the surfing novels come under this as well.

So what is your guilty pleasures this week? Link yours below.

Keely x