Infinity Dreams Award

Hey guys! 

(Sorry for the late post)

Yay I love awards, they're really cool haha

I've been nominated by the beautiful Giselle @ Perks of Being A Reader, thank you Giselle for the nomination. Go check out her blog! She's amazing <3 
I'm soooo late on this, but hey! Better Late then never right?

The Rules

1. Thank and Follow the blog that has nominated you. 
2. Tell us 11 facts about you. 
3. Answer the questions that were set up for you. 
4. Nominate 11 and make your questions for them.

11 Facts About Me

1. I get super anxious about almost everything
2. I have a phobia of mice/rats
3. I hate going out, in fact, most of my friends get frustrated with me for it. I get too excited for plans then whenever they're close to happening, I freak out and feel the urge to bail.
4. I haven't read anything by Cassandra Clare.. I know, shocker.
5. I barely watch TV anymore, I'm an avid YouTube watcher
6. Black is my absolute favorite color (it's a color to me, not a shade so yeah)
7. It's been a habit of mine to eat healthy, I barely eat any junk food anymore. It was a lengthy process, but I now seem to enjoy healthy food over junk food. Which is good! 
8. I'd rather be sick than swallow pills and take injections, especially injections. I have a minor phobia of injections.
9. I've recently chopped off my hair
10. Texting is not really my thing.. (I'm basically a grandma)
11. I get anxious thinking about going to uni and planning my future, I suck at planning and I hate it. I like going with the flow.

The Questions I received from Giselle

1. Strange reading habit?

I keep a copybook and a pen nearby whenever I'm reading so I can write in notes and character names (I tend to forget). Also, I hate writing in books so.. 

2. Who would be your book best friend and why? 

Rudy Steiner from The Book Thief, he's the most adorable little kid and he was so supportive and sweet to Liesel.

3. The perfect day would consist of...

Receiving an unexpected book package.

4. What's one embarrassing moment from school? 

I peed myself once, yup, I was 8. We don't need to remember that.. 

5. What's something that always makes you happy?

Indulging in a well-written book with amazing world-building.

6. If your life was a musical what would be a theme song?

Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved. It has been my favorite song ever since I was in 7th grade.

7. What did you want want  when you were a kid.

I wanted to be a journalist, a doctor and a teacher. When I grew up, I realized that being a doctor would be a fail, also being a teacher and I'll hopefully take the right path to being a journalist.

8. 2015 goals?

Be more happy, be more open to experiences, say yes more.

9. What would be your patronus.

I'd love mine to be a Stag, I would be as cool and as awesome as James and Harry Potter.
10. What does your life look like in 20 years

Married with kids, successful, happy :)  

11. Who is your idol and why?

My father, he has always been a true inspiration of mine. He is very successful and loves his career besides, he is very talented; he can draw, sing, play the guitar/piano/drums. I'd love to be more like him! 

I Nominate


I cheated and nominated 12 instead of 11. Oops.

1. Izzy @ The Reading Izzy
2. Melissa @ In a Bookish World
3. Yvonne @ A World Between Folded Pages
4. Sara @ The Page Sage
5. Evie @ Prescription Fiction
6. Holly @ Lost in a Library
7. Morrighan @ Elysian Fields
8. Noelia @ A Day in Bookland
9. Agata @ Vanilla Reads
10. Filippa @ Countless Books
11. Sabrina M @ Sabrina's Stories
12. Fari @ My Little Corner for Books

My Questions for you

1. What is 5 books that are shameful to be on your TBR?
2. What is your reading goal for 2015?
3. Who is one book character that you love, but everybody else seems to hate?
4. What is your biggest fear?
5. Hardcovers or paperbacks? 
6. What is your favorite animal?
7. Do you have any hidden talents? 
8. Do you play any sports? (besides reading, duh)
9. Who is your ultimate celebrity crush? 
10. What kind of music is your favorite? 
11. What are 5 books that affected you deeply/ made you cry? (I'd love to know) 

Alright guys, this is what I have for you today. 

Have an amazing day or night! 

PREVIEW Review: A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

Goodreads: 

From V.E. Schwab, the critically acclaimed author of Vicious, comes a new universe of daring adventure, thrilling power, and parallel Londons, beginning with A Darker Shade of Magic.

Kell is one of the last Travelers—magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel universes—as such, he can choose where he lands.

There’s Grey London, dirty and boring, without any magic, ruled by a mad King George. Then there’s Red London, where life and magic are revered, and the Maresh Dynasty presides over a flourishing empire. White London, ruled by whoever has murdered their way to the throne—a place where people fight to control magic, and the magic fights back, draining the city to its very bones. And once upon a time, there was Black London...but no one speaks of that now.

Officially, Kell is the Red Traveler, personal ambassador and adopted Prince of Red London, carrying the monthly correspondences between the royals of each London. Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they’ll never see—a dangerous hobby, and one that has set him up for accidental treason. Fleeing into Grey London, Kell runs afoul of Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations, who first robs him, then saves him from a dangerous enemy, and then forces him to spirit her to another world for a proper adventure.


But perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. To save all of the worlds, Kell and Lila will first need to stay alive—and that is proving trickier than they hoped.

I received this eARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. 

Reading this book, I felt super confused and overwhelmed with emotions, I blamed myself for not focusing and kept rereading the sentences but to no avail. The information of the 3 Londons was thrown at me like daggers from everywhere and I couldn't quite keep up.. 

About 20 pages in, I got the hang of the action and I was immersed into the world. I was hooked from the very first page though, and it was my first time ever reading anything by the eloquent Victoria Schwab and she fascinated me in every way possible. Her writing is addictive, beautiful and you just cannot not admire it. 

This whole preview is mostly from Kell's point of view; Kell is a great protagonist, he is kick-ass and witty with a smart sense of humor. We also get to see a sneak peek of Lila's life. A thief who dresses up like a man and is an aspiring pirate. I also loved the idea of different Londons (Black, Gray, White and Red.) The idea that the inhabitants of Grey London don't even admit to the presence of magic contrasting with Red London's lively use of magic just blew me away. 

I loved the details of which the author added of Kell and his many sided coat (also added to the synopsis). The aspect of parallel Londons intertwined with magic and awesomeness is unique and completely new to me! 

About Prince Rhy, I can't wait to see more of him, I also want to know more about Lila and her life. I need to get my hands on the whole book so I can conquer it. It's definitely high on my TBR list in 2015. 

Let's just admire the cover for a bit now, it blends in with the story and I love covers that do that!! It's not just random, it actually makes you guess what the story is about. 

Overall, I gave this 150 page preview a 4/5 stars solely because I was a bit confused..  I'm super pumped for this one. 

Are you excited to read this book? Tell me in the comments below! 

-Jay

Book Haul: November and December 2014

 Hello readers! 

It's the first time I'm doing my a book haul, I went a little bit crazy ..
I may or may not be getting more books by the end of this month, so this may not be the last book haul of the year. 


Books that I got:

In December:

1. The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken (The Darkest Minds #1)
2. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (Throne of Glass #1)
3. Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas (Throne of Glass #2)
4. Scarlet by Marissa Meyer (Lunar Chronicles #2)
5. Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling (Special edition box set)
6. The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling

 


In November:

1. An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
2. Looking for Alaska by John Green
3. It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
4. Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan (1-3 box set)

So this is it for my book haul, if you've read any of these books let me know in the comments down below! :)

Have a great day everyone!

-Jay

Book Review: Opposition by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Lux #5)

If you haven't read the first book of this series, please go here to check my review. This review will spoil the rest of the books for you. If you have read up til Origin, you can go ahead and continue reading this review. 

Goodreads:


Katy knows the world changed the night the Luxen came.

She can't believe Daemon welcomed his race or stood by as his kind threatened to obliterate every last human and hybrid on Earth. But the lines between good and bad have blurred, and love has become an emotion that could destroy her—could destroy them all.

Daemon will do anything to save those he loves, even if it means betrayal.

They must team with an unlikely enemy if there is any chance of surviving the invasion. But when it quickly becomes impossible to tell friend from foe, and the world is crumbling around them, they may lose everything— even what they cherish most—to ensure the survival of their friends…and mankind.

War has come to Earth. And no matter the outcome, the future will never be the same for those left standing.

Besides Origin, this book was my second favorite. Obsidian is still my favorite as well, there are too many good books in this series and it is extremely compelling.

I cannot go into details with this since this is the last book in a series, but if you're looking for a truly compelling young adult paranormal romance, this is definitely your pick! Katy and Daemon are my favorite couple ranking first next to Edward and Bella so.. if that's not an indication of how good this series is, then I don't know what is. 

This was a fast-paces book that I have read in two sittings, yes I was that desperate to know what's coming next. Don't judge. The thing that kept me on edge is that you don't see things coming, I was dumbfounded the whole time I was reading this book and JLA made me think that the logical thing was something and she surprised me with a totally different thing at the end. It killed your expectations and I loved that! It kept the surprise element going. 

One thing I disliked was that by the end of Opposition, it was hard to make a distinction between Kat and Daemon's POVs maybe because I was delusional because it was 9 am.. maybe, just maybe. Did anyone else think that? 

My rating order for these books: 

1. Origin
2. Opposition
3. Obsidian
4. Opal
5. Onyx

Of course, I gave them all five out of five stars, but some were just better for me than the others.. 

I'll dive into the spoilers right away, just do yourself a favor and read this book!

SPOILERS START HERE, HIGHLIGHT TO VIEW.

This book starts off incredibly creepy, I was so confused and worried when the Blacks went missing. When Archer and Katy were getting Beth her medicine, I was speechless. The bad Luxen were lashing out on humans and everything in me urged Archer and Katy to leave! Kat was dumb saving the kid; there were thousands of kids being killed at this point, but I would've done the same thing if I was in her place (thank God I'm not). Jennifer L. Armentrout has this way of making you firmly believe in things and then tell you casually that it's not the truth; like with the Luxen. I truly thought they were the good aliens and the Arum were the bad ones, but no, they both have the good and the bad. Another one of JLA's revelations was Katy and Daemon being "not connected", I put down my book for a second with a gaping mouth. The realization hit me that she will pull an "Allegiant" on us (if you know what I mean). 

Every word that came out of Daemon in the beginning shattered my heart into a million pieces, their relationship was taking an amazing turn and it hurt because I thought it came to an end. When Daemon kicked Quincy's ass, I was ecstatic! A part of me believed that Daemon would never turn against Katy, but the other part thought that he was as brainwashed as Dee was. I was thankful for the dual POV, or I would never have known what Daemon's intentions really were and to be honest, I loved reading from Daemon's perspective more than Kat's.

One of my favorite scenes was when Katy flipped over the limo when Sadi turned out to be a freaking Origin! No one saw this coming, I was thinking the whole time reading this part that the doors to hell flew open and something terrible was going to happen. Daemon and Dawson were dumb to think that they were safe discussing escaping in a house full of mind-reading Luxen and maybe some Origins. The encounter with Daedalus again was strangely a relief, I would have done anything for them to be safe from other bad Luxen for now, I knew they would beat Daedalus' asses and get out anyways. 

Nancy's presence didn't annoy me as much as it did with everyone else, she is a human, why couldn't they simply snap her neck into two?! Why did it take them so long to kill her?!! I did not get this. 

The whole time I was reading this book I was thinking, WHERE ARE THE ARUM? They would end this whole bad Luxen going crazy in a matter of days. When Daemon said it, I was like "Thank you!!". How did this not cross anyone's mind? 

The juxtaposition of a Luxen - Daemon and a (former) human - Katy vs. an Arum - Hunter and a human - Serena was amazing. I loved how JLA made us see the different POVs of two alien species that despised each other. I also loved seeing Daemon and Katy being surprised that an Arum can end up with a human and actually fall in love with one. They believed for so long that an Arum is a cold, senseless creature and they were wrong. 

My Lotho

Meeting Lotho gave me the chills, I immediately pictured him as this villain from The Powerpuff Girls and please don't ask why. I thought he had the same intimidating face but with a muscular body and the Opal sewed in with his skin. When he asked to feed off Katy I was like "Uh-oh" and I was eager to see Daemon's reaction which was exactly the way I expected it to be. Have you seen this villain on the right laugh? That is how I imagined Lotho's laugh to be. I can't believe that they almost fought over a stupid person playing with their emotions and seeing how far they'd go. Honestly, I was surprised that he asked because I expected him to do it anyways if he really wanted to, which should've been an indication that he was playing them, it wasn't really the right time for games.

Hunter was my favorite new character in this book, along with General Jonathan Eaton. The aspect that the General's daughter's fiance was a Luxen made me so happy, I had a tiny flick of hope inside of me that the world can accept other species as well and life would be normal again. 

When Katy was eager to see her mother, I knew that she was dead in an instant. Katy's mistake was having such high expectations that everything would go back to square one, but I guess that she didn't let reality sink in. She was holding on to a fragment of hope that she wouldn't lose the only family she had and that is what made her mother's death hurt us readers, how she hoped with everything in her that her mother would make it out alive. My mouth dropped open when she saw her mom washing the dishes, I thought it was Katy's imagination running wild, but it turned out to be a Luxen! This was extremely low of Ethan. I despised the man so much that I almost cried in joy when Katy killed him off! I didn't think that an Origin master-mind would die from a stupid weapon, but apparently, it wasn't so stupid.. 

The horror that is Daemon being shot had me in tears, I was incredibly speechless that I couldn't shout at them for not killing Nancy earlier and Daemon not fulfilling the promise he made in the previous books that he would end up her life and ironically, Nancy ending his. If Daemon was dead, I would have sunk in my tears and hated this series, it wasn't the perfect ending I wanted, but JLA didn't disappoint. The conclusion of the series was more perfect than I have ever imagined, I liked the Archer/Dee relationship going on and I loved baby Ashley. I can totally see Dawson and Beth as parents and it made me so warm inside. When I picked up this series, I've heard rumors about Daemon and Katy having a baby and I was anticipating the news till the end of the book. I also kept track of their condom usage like an obsessive creep throughout the whole series. 

I liked the transition of nice Dee to bitch Dee, even though I hated how she treated Katy, but at least it was a confirmation that every good person had a bad inside them, just like the Yin and Yang and it's my view on life and people in general. 

JLA's writing was fluid and easy, she had a twisted way of not meeting your expectations and I loved it! Can we just give her a round of applause for her witty Daemon comments and Archer's humor? The books made me laugh out loud a lot and I appreciated that when I was having bad days. Can we also appreciate the pop culture references? Great job JLA! It's what every reading is looking for in a book, relatable characters, references to the real world that we live in and a compelling world building. 

Check out what I've thought of the other books:

Obsidian
Onyx 
Opal

Origin

BOOK TAG: Reader Problems Tag

Hello everyone! I haven't been tagged by anyone to do this tag, but I'll do it anyways! I saw it on booktube and decided I'm going to do it :) 

1. You have 20,000 books on your TBR. How in the world do you decide what to read next?

According to my mood pretty much, I stare at my TBR shelves and the first book I lay my hands on, I read next! 

2. You’re halfway through a book and you’re just not loving it. Do you quit or are you committed?

Depends on the book, if I've heard good things about it, I will surely finish it. If it's just not for me and it hasn't intrigued me in any way, I put it down. I have done this to only 4 or 5 books though that are the worst I've ever read.

3. The end of the year is coming and you’re so close, but so far away on your Goodreads reading challenge. Do you try to catch up and how?

I try to catch up! I'm so competitive and I love me a challenge. I was 20 books behind this summer (due to excessive school work) so I started reading like crazy. Two tips I'd recommend are (1) Reading short books, maybe novellas. (2) Listening to audio-books. 

4. The covers of a series you love do. not. match. How do you cope?

Unlike everyone, I'm not really annoyed by that matter. Besides, where I live, they sell paperbacks and I buy the whole series at once. It's not an issue really..

5. Every one and their mother loves a book you really don’t like. Who do you bond with over shared feelings?

Goodreads is my place to go.. I don't have any avid reader friends, sadly. Usually, I'll find someone somewhere on goodreads that dislikes the same book as I do. Although I rarely dislike a book, everyone else I know in real life loved Fifty Shades of Grey, most booktubers didn't and I was extremely thankful for that, since I was so lost and confused. I wanted to discuss this, okay? haha

6. You’re reading a book and you are about to start crying in public. How do you deal?

I let it out! haha, I really don't care about what others think. When I was reading The Maze Runner, I cried and people haven't really noticed. It's not like I'm going to read TFIOS or The Book Thief in public though, I know better. These books will make you live in your bed for a couple of days.

7. A sequel of a book you loved just came out, but you’ve forgotten a lot from the prior novel. Will you re-read the book? Skip the sequel? Try to find a synopsis on Goodreads? Cry in frustration?!?!?!?

I'm NEVER a re-reader. I would never re-read a book, unless it's crucial. The logical thing that I do is go on a beautiful place called the internet and find myself a detailed summary/ recaption of the first book. They usually refresh my brain and then I continue on with the rest of the books. If it has been like 2 years or 3, I will re-read the book. (I guess I'll re-read unwind because I've read it in 2012.) Marathoning series it totally my thing, I like reading them back to back to back! :)

8. You do not want anyone. ANYONE. borrowing your books. How do you politely tell people nope when they ask?

Hahaha! I don't get why would someone ask you to borrow your books anyways, they should at least wait until you offer or something. One thing I do, is that I tell them someone else is borrowing that book.  If I trust that person with my book, I will let them borrow it. (Not a lot of people ask to borrow my books, thank God.)

9. Reading ADD. You’ve picked up and put down 5 books in the last month. How do you get over your reading slump?

Ohh, that would be depressing. I usually will read a book I REALLY want to read, I never put down an overly hyped book; I would read that. Overly hyped books arouse my curiosity, I keep wondering what about them is that interesting that everyone else loves them? Although that would never happen with me. If I'm in a reading slump though, I don't read. I will catch up on some TV shows or listen to an audio book. Reading slumps usually fix themselves, I get interested afterwards so I ease myself back into reading with an intriguing dystopian or a light contemporary. 

10. There are so many new books coming out that you’re dying to read! How many do you actually buy?

Only the ones I've been anticipating, I'm trying to stop myself from buying books. If my TBR shelf goes down, I will allow myself to buy all the books I need. Does anyone else fail at keeping their TBR shelf minimal? I surely am not the only one.. 

11. After you’ve bought the new books you can’t wait to get to, how long do they sit on your shelf before you get to them?

This is the embarrassing part, books sit on my shelves for several months and years. If this book I've bought and I've been wanting for a long time, I will get to it right away. There are just too many books and too little time, if only they'd do something about that.. maybe stop time? Increase our reading speed? I would fly through my TBR shelves.. Okay I'm daydreaming, I need to stop.. 


This was the end of the tag everyone! :) I hope you have an amazing day x


I tag: 

Izzy @ The Reading Izzy
Evie @ Prescription Fiction
Jules @ The Book of Jules
Gloria @ Gloria The Violinist
Melissa @ In a Bookish World

Original tag

Book Review: Origin by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Lux #4)

If you haven't read the first book of this series, please go here to check my review. This review will spoil the rest of the books for you. If you have read up til Opal, you can go ahead and continue reading this review. 

Goodreads:

Daemon will do anything to get Katy back.

After the successful but disastrous raid on Mount Weather, he’s facing the impossible. Katy is gone. Taken. Everything becomes about finding her. Taking out anyone who stands in his way? Done. Burning down the whole world to save her? Gladly. Exposing his alien race to the world? With pleasure.

All Katy can do is survive.

Surrounded by enemies, the only way she can come out of this is to adapt. After all, there are sides of Daedalus that don’t seem entirely crazy, but the group’s goals are frightening and the truths they speak even more disturbing. Who are the real bad guys? Daedalus? Mankind? Or the Luxen?

Together, they can face anything. 

But the most dangerous foe has been there all along, and when the truths are exposed and the lies come crumbling down, which side will Daemon and Katy be standing on?

And will they even be together?

Origin is extremely action packed and fun to read. It's by far my favorite book in the series, it didn't have a boring second, I was on the edge of my seat the whole time I was reading this. 

Daemon and Katy are my favorite fictional couple and I'm in love with Daemon. The romance is on point and I felt jealous the whole time! 

SPOILERS. If you have read Origin, highlight the following to continue reading the review. 

So, Archer, I was completely convinced that Archer was Daemon the whole time and that he took the form of a trusted man inside of Mount Weather to protect Katy. I came to the realization that that was not the case when Daemon was in the elevator with Archer, but Daemon was seriously so smart. He knew that this place is Area 51 because he came here before and that made my heart jump with excitement. 

Kat was holding up well, but she was seriously dumb to kill Blake; she knew that he was goading her. She shouldn't have lost her cool, but can we blame her? No. She has went through some crappy time and she has reached her maximum tolerant level, they pushed her way too far. 

One thing that got on my nerves was Daemon not admitting to loving Katy at first, but he got over that towards the end of the book and I loved every second of the Daemon/Katy time they had together. It gave my heart the fuzzies. Their love is purely beautiful and I would like to thank Jennifer L. Armentrout for setting extremely high expectations that non-fictional guys won't ever live up to! Daemon is all what I want in a guy and he isn't real -- at least to some people, to me, he totally is real..

Archer was a bad-ass, he had this eerie demeanor. He was friendly and intended to help them, I was so blessed that Luc was truthful. Unleashing the Origins wasn't a smart idea, they still don't fully know what Origins are capable of and how they would react to their surroundings on their own and not in a confined area. I still don't quite get why didn't the Origins destroy Mount Weather along with Dasher and Nancy? Daedalus would be over so that Daemon and Katy would have one less thing to worry about. 

Did anyone else expect Beth being pregnant? I knew right the second Katy said:

  "She didn't look just tired; she looked absolutely exhausted."

and when Dawson said: 

 "Eat," he said quietly to her. "You need to ear at least two of these."

  She laughed softly. "I don't know about two." 

It was so obvious that I smirked when Dawson dropped the bomb on Daemon. I just can't wrap my head around one thing though, why would Daedalus let go of Dawson and Bethany when the mutation was perfect? Didn't they want some more Origins? 

Luc still haven't asked Daemon for a favor, remember when they first saw Luc and he asked Katy and Daemon for a favor in exchange for bringing down the security system for them? Was the LH-11 his huge favor? What is Luc going to do with it anyways? I thought it will really go downhill from there. And it did..

Matthew was the last person I would expect to betray them, I was hurt beyond repair. His reasons were stupid, that explains how he freaked out and was angry when both Kat and Daemon were getting married, he thought they escaped. 

The best part of this whole entire book was the part where they exposed themselves, I still can't believe they did that. Why did Jennifer kill off the rest of the Thompsons and Paris? Their loss actually hurt, even if I didn't like them all that much. I grew a bond to these characters, of course I get that she couldn't kill off Beth nor Luc and Ash was better off dead anyway, since her brother was. The moment Paris was dead, I thought Luc was too. I believed that Paris was his father or something, I don't understand their relationship.. I forgot that Luc was an Origin -- not a hybrid for a second. 

Overall, this was such a great book, I loved every second of it. My depression level rose to the roof, yes; because Daemon is my kind of guy and I'm extremely jealous of Katy, but I love the two together. 

Those were my thoughts on Origin, if you have read the Lux series tell me down below which book was your favorite :) (Please don't spoil me on Opposition.)

Check out what I've thought of the other books:

Obsidian
Onyx 
Opal

Have a great day everyone x
- Jay

Book Review: Opal by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Lux #3)

If you haven't read the first book of this series, please go here to check my review. This review will spoil the rest of the books for you. If you have read all the books up til Onyx, you can go ahead and continue reading this review.


Goodreads:

After everything, I’m no longer the same Katy. I’m different... And I’m not sure what that will mean in the end. When each step we take in discovering the truth puts us in the path of the secret organization responsible for torturing and testing hybrids, the more I realize there is no end to what I’m capable of. The death of someone close still lingers, help comes from the most unlikely source, and friends will become the deadliest of enemies, but we won’t turn back. Even if the outcome will shatter our worlds forever.

Together we’re stronger... and they know it. 



I put off writing this review and I jumped right into Origin, and I have finished it. So, I'm quite forgetful of some parts, it isn't as fresh in my mind. I will try my best nonetheless.

Let's jump tight into the SPOILERS. If you haven't read this book, do not view the following:

Katy was so annoying at the beginning of this, she decided in a whim that she'll dish to both Carissa and Lesa about Dawson and it got on my nerves. The thing about these books it that they are incredibly hilarious, I love it when Daemon kept calling Blake "Biff" and what's with him getting into bed with Katy!? That was super creepy!!

The ending was kind of predictable for me, I knew deep inside that Daedalus let Dawson escape so he'd come back for Beth with more Luxen, I didn't expect that Katy was the one they'd wanted to lure Daemon in with. It's either they capture them all or none, this is so upsetting! I didn't even think that this was worth getting Beth back for, Beth escaped a lot and it shouldn't be Katy's turn, they could've waited for Beth to escape instead of going in to get her. Blake wasn't the trustworthy kind, I knew that he was drawing them in so they can help him take Chris and leave. 

The whole Carissa thing still is a mystery to me, who on Earth mutated her? As soon as I knew she was sick, I knew that she was being mutated. Even if, why would she go after Kat? It was a Daedalus move, but why did Carissa attack her best friend? Why would Kat put the Opal on her chest?! She was going into Mount Weather, It's filled with Daedalus people who are the owners of the Opal she's wearing. Of course something wrong was bound to happen, she basically was giving them the Opal on a silver platter.

The covers are seriously annoying, not only that they're ugly, but the whole time I was reading Opal, I had this thing inside of me that suspected that Katy was going to die. My reasons are, 1- She kept talking about her future with Daemon and that is a always a sign of dying. 2- Origin's cover is only Daemon. Katy isn't with him and I should've thought this through, because if Katy died, Daemon would've died too. 

Now on the good side of things, prom was amazing! It was my favorite part of the whole entire book. I'm glad Daemon and Katy got to be intimate before she was taken away from him!! I was happy with where their relationship was going and it was growing everyday.. I teared up at the ending, when Daemon finally admitted that he loved Katy! This is extremely unfair. Blake is an asshole, though. He literally deserves to die. 

Those were my thoughts on Opal, if you have read the Lux series tell me down below which book was your favorite! 

Check out what I've thought of the other books:

Obsidian
Onyx

Have a great day everyone x
- Jay

TBR: November 2014

Hello everyone, 

I'm bringing you my November 2014 TBR list, I'm doing NaNoWriMo this year and I'm extremely slow on reading. 

 

Opal I've already read. Origin is the book I'm currently reading.
The Whispers of The Fallen and The Walls Around Us are review books.

I still don't know what I'll pick up, maybe I'll decide to read something completely different, but I will read the rest of the Lux series FOR SURE.

If you've read these books, please leave your SPOILER FREE thoughts on them down below, I'd love to see them! 

I hope you have an amazing day or night x

-Jay 

THOUGHTS: The Maze Runner by James Dashner - The MOVIE

Hello guys!

I'm sorry I haven't blogged in a while, I'm doing NaNoWriMo 2014 :)

I recently seen the Maze Runner movie and I LOVED IT, so I thought I'd fill you in on my thoughts.

 

This book is a great adaptation, they made us feel the characters and understand the plot; you can easily fall in love with the movie even if you haven't read the book. 

Teresa and Thomas were greatly portrayed, Alby, Chuck and even Minho look just like how I envisioned them. They picked out great actors to play the characters, and they did well.

One thing I disliked was that they didn't show the Tomas and Teresa connection more, like the mind telepathy thing. That would've been interesting, they only gave a hint when Thomas was reminiscing on the past when he got stung; therefore only the ones who read the book would understand. 

I agree that some scenes were different from the book, but I loved it. I'm ashamed to say that I loved it even more than the book; it got me more excited to read The Scorch Trials and The Death Cure :) 

I would totally recommend reading the book first though, and giving it a chance and to be patient with it, it's boring at first but then it's a good book! 

Have YOU seen the Maze Runner? Comment down below what you thought!

Have an amazing day! :)

-Jay