The Different Faces You Will Make When Reading Clockwork Prince

This book will send you through more mood swings than those weird sleeping medications you get from people you probably shouldn't know. These are most of the faces you'll probably end upi making at different parts of the book! Just imagine, "And then I was like!" in between each of the pictures!

My Top Ten Books of All Time

Everyone has their favorites, and I'm no different. Take a look; you might find something that sounds interesting!

1. Fire, by Kristin Cashore: It was super cool! It's really about a monster-girl who is beautiful enough to have the power of mind control. It sounds a little cheesy, but I promise it's actually really good!
2. Graceling, by Kristin Cashore: A companion to Fire, about a girl with an incredible gift of fighting skill. She goes through a lot in this book!
3. Bitterblue, by Kristin Cashore: A sequel to Graceling, ten years later, about the young queen who faces the damage her evil father left behind as king.
4. Rot and Ruin (Series), by Jonathan Maberry: I'm not going to list out the whole series for this one, but it's about a boy and his bounty hunter brother, who live in a small town surrounded by wilderness and zombies. That's right, I said ZOMBIES.
5. Clockwork Angel, by Cassandra Clare: Amazing story of a seemingly regular girl, who stumbles upon a secret world of Shadowhunters, and discovers her own otherworldly power.
6. The Mortal Instruments (Series), by Cassandra Clare: A secret world of Shadowhunters has been right under Clary's nose her whole life, but she'll only see it when her mother is taken by a demon.
7. Divergent, by Veronica Roth: Five different factions, five ways of life. Beatrice has to choose between the safety and simplicity of her home faction, or the daring adventure of a new one.
8. Days of Whine and Ruses, by Robert Farrell: This outstanding description of male superiority and political downfalls, while I may disagree with the belief, gets you thinking in whole new ways. If you don't mind some swearing, it's definitely worth the read.
9. Anna Dressed in Blood, by Kendare Blake: A ghost hunter gets a horrifying greeting from one of the most powerful ghosts he's ever seen. Anna kills everyone who enters her house, but for some reason she lets Cas live.
10. Before I Fall, by Lauren Oliver: This one probably should have been higher on the list, but it's about a girl who has to relive the day of her death over and over again. She goes through several emotions and events as the days go on. (This one's really good!)

Family Rings

I'm in the process of reading Clockwork Prince, and I keep seeing references to different family rings. I thought it was really cool so I did some research to find the character's rings as well as my own. Hope you enjoy the pictures!

Carstairs Family Ring:

Herondale Family Ring: 

Morgenstern Family Ring:

Prevost Family Ring:

Top Ten Best Reading Moments

1. You know when you put the book down on your lap, and when you pick it up again, it just doesn't look quite right? That's because it's upside down genius.
2. That one time you experience #1 and try to read that way for about two minutes before you realize you're kind of acting like an idiot.
3. When someone walks in on you trying out #1 or #2 and it's one of the most gauche moments of your entire life.
4. Trying to read when someone is playing really loud, really obnoxious music, and getting more frustrated than you thought possible.
5. When your eyes start to cross you've been reading for so long, and someone points it out to you.
6. Pretending you have no idea what this blog post is about while knowing you've done at least one of these things.
7. Trying to read upside down simply because you felt like it and giving up after about ten seconds.
8. Being constantly interrupted by life and barely getting to read one sentence in a whole ten minutes.
9. Skipping over a word in a sentence then having to read that whole phrase over again because it doesn't make any sense now.
10. Losing your page... Enough said.

City of Bones vs. Clockwork Angel

Okay, I only need to read City of Lost Souls, and then I'll have read the entire series, but I also read Clockwork Angel, and I've been hearing a lot of debate about which series is better.

Let me start by giving short reviews of the Mortal Instrument Series:

Ctiy of Bones: Totally awesome! I'd definitely recommend this book if you like fantasy even a little bit. Every page made me want to keep reading to the next one; I was a little sad when it actually ended.

City of Ashes: If you didn't like the first one, I beg you to still give this one a chance. It gets better, and if you liked the first one, you'll absolutely LOVE this. More mental torture! (But in a good way that makes you want... no NEED to keep reading!)

City of Glass: Okay... so this one gets a little slow, but I promise if you push through the first half, it gets A LOT better.

City of Fallen Angels: Wow... This book hits you like a train. Total plot-twisting, maniacal, hilarious, heart wrenching awesomeness!!! I fail to see any other way to word this.

Okay... now that we got THAT out of the way, I get to talk about the Infernal Devices Series! I've only read the first one, but Clockwork Angel left me dying to read the next one! If I had to compare it to City of Bones, I think it'd be a hard one to call, but Clockwork Angel was a little better. Read them all if you don't believe me!

WOW

If you're wondering why it took me so long to update my blog, I'll tell you. If you're not... you don't need to be on this page anyway. I ended up forgetting the e-mail address and had to basically hack my way back into it, but now we should be all good as far as posting goes!

Cover???

Thinking about using a necklace like this for the cover of my book... Of course, there would be other things included and changed, but it fits well with the story. There's an excerpt from my story on this blog too.  I'm open to suggestion though!

Matched vs. Crossed

I haven't read Reached yet, but I've read Matched and I just finished Crossed yesterday. In general, I'd say that Ally Condie was reasonably successful in creating a good piece of literature. However, this series kind of goes between two different types of stories so far. It seemed like Matched was all about structure and control, but Crossed (my favorite so far) was more of what I was looking for. I just felt like there was a lot more going on. If you haven't read Matched, it's a lot of talking and daily routines, but Crossed seemed to have what most dystopian novels do... There was more action and adventure, although these books are pretty predictable. I definitely preferred Crossed, but both of them are pretty good. (Plus, they're quick reads, so if you want something to read in less than a week, depending on your reading level, this book can help with that too.)

Uglies, Pretties, Specials, Extras

I loved all of these books, I'm not quite done with Extras, but they've all been amazing and I don't want the series to end! These books are excellent and I'd definitely recommend them. For the most part, though, I've noticed that girls would probably enjoy this series more than boys. (Since I happen to be a girl, I don't read many books aimed toward guys, but the Rot and Ruin series could be neutral)

The new covers are also way better than the old ones!

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Writing A Book

I've been working on writing my own YA novel and I figured I'd share an exerpt from the first draft.

  Aila had never been happier or more confused in her whole life. As Allan turned away, she thought about what a difference today had made in the future. Her future. There was a strange tingling in her stomach that she wasn't used to.
  That's when she heard the screaming.
  It was distant at first, almost like a high pitched buzzing. She whipped around to find the source of the noise. There was something light pink running towards her. Then as Aila squinted against the afternoon sun, she could make out a mess of light blond curls... Oh, no. It was Nyra. She'd never liked Aila to begin with, but she'd also been in love with Allan since they were toddlers.
  Nyra was screaming, and running way too fast. Aila was frozen from shock and confusion until Nyra was less than three feet away. By then it was too late. Aila was stronger, but Nyra outweighed her small frame by at least thirty pounds.
  Nyra slammed into Aila, causing the both of them to tumble down the hill. Aila could feel Nyra pulling her hair and digging her fingernails into her skin deep enough to draw blood. When they reached the bottom of the hill, Nyra had landed on top. Aila was pinned.
  She struggled as much as she could, but Nyra pressed her knees on to Aila's arms. She could barely breathe under the crushing weight of this girl. Aila could do nothing. Not even when she saw the gleaming silver dagger.

To Be Continued...

Just So You Know

I haven't stopped posting on either my blog or my twitter, it's just hard when your home computer has a really bad bug... I promise there'll be more posts soon enough!

It's Been A While...

It's definitely been a while since I last posted on here, so I've decided to give some reviews on the books I've read since then.

Tilt, by Ellen Hopkins: This book was so real... I loved it. It was really easy to imagine these kids actually going through these kinds of things. I could even connect with the characters; they seemed so three dimensional. Most of the realistic fiction books that I've read have characters that seem just thrown together, and they usually have exaggerated  issues. But Tilt was way better than that. I'd probably give this book five stars.

The Burn Journals, by Brent Runyon: This was a decent book. I'm not going to lie, it did drag in a few places, but most books do. It was nice to see someone actually recover from being suicidal, instead of the typical idea of the battle inside a teen's head. This story had an ending that could be open to any possiblities, just like Brent. It definitely wasn't my favorite book, but I'm really glad that I read it.

Uglies, by Scott Westerfeld: Wow... just wow. I think I found my new favorite book... Well, maybe second favorite. (The Graceling series was AMAZING!) It was one of the best sci-fi books I have ever read. Granted, I don't think this book would be for everyone, but I thought it was incredible. I won't spoil anything, but I can promise you will be blown away by the ending. The only minor issue with this book is that when "the bad thing happens" you're not completely surprised. It's almost like the writer gave you multiple warnings... although he probably did. Read the book and this post will make more sense!

His Dark Materials

Firstly, I'd like to say that all of these books were completely amazing. I'd suggest that if you are at a higher reading level and can handle the literature, you should read this series. Usually this book wouldn't catch my attention, but I took a chance and I'm really glad that I did.

The Golden Compass: It had me hooked right from the start. What could be better than a girl sneaking around where she's not allowed, and having to hide in a closet about to get caught? It sounds kind of dumb when I say it, but if you give this book a chance, it'll snare you just like it did to me. It also doesn't hurt that this book is totally action-packed.

The Subtle Knife: This one is probably my favorite, but I can't quite decide. At first I thought the book was in the wrong place, and the bookstore messed up. The story doesn't start with Lyra, and that made me want to read it even more to see where she was and what this boy had to do with her story. Of the three books in this series, I'd say this one had the most going on.

The Amber Spyglass: This book was completely AMAZING. Everything's been working up to this, and now that it's finally here, I didn't want it to end anymore. Although The Subtle Knife probably had the most action, the things going on in The Amber Spyglass were way more intense. This book was also able to get me thinking, so occasionally I had to put it down and consider everything that was happening.