Review: Ghostworld

Enid and Becky are done with high school. This should be the time of their lives when they party and travel to the beach. But instead, they continue to hang out at the coffee shop and music stores, or just relax by the television having normal pointless talks. You can tell from the very start that these two are best friends.

The problem: Enid doesn't listen to anything Becky says, constantly monopolizing the conversations. Treating Becky as if she were dumb and keeping mum on her plans after high school. Why would she do that? The answer is in the book.

Ghostwolrd

And that is a good enough reason to read this book. It's honest. Not all friendships are good for you, and it doesn't mean that because a person is extroverted that they are able to show their true emotions.

Daniel Clowes also worked on the screenplay for the 2001 Ghostworld movie, and was nominated for an Award for best adapted screenplay.

Top Ten Tuesday: Series on my Mind

Hosted by The Broke and the Bookish

Wanting is part of being human, and frankly I want books. Here are the series I haven't read and invade my dreams. 

1. The Host:  I placed it on top because I want to read it before the movie comes out and I'm running out of time.

2. Obsidian: It comes widely recommended and it has to do with aliens. 

3. Under the Never Sky: Why are they hugging under the sky -- I don't know but I want to find out.

4. The Forest of Hands & Teeth: I bought it when it first came out and keep in my bookcase, unopened.

5. Daughter of Smoke & Bone: The cover drew me in.

6. Anna Dressed in Blood: I've heard it's scary.

7. Legend: Who hasn't read it -- me! I feel like I'm the only one.

8. Darkest Powers series: As a fan of The Gathering, I think this one will do it for me as well.

9. Mara Dyer series: I read so many good reviews from you guys. I need to read it.

10. The Grisha series: The plot, the cover -- everything intrigues me about this one.

Caught my Arrow # 8

Caught my Arrow is a meme similar to In my mailbox and  Stalking the Shelves featuring books that were purchased, borrowed or received that week.

Whenever I go to the library I tell myself, just get one book, just get one book, but I always end up getting more.

Yup, I went in for Wicked Lovely but had to arrow The Friday Society and Level 2 because if I didn't someone else would have and I couldn't live with that. Muahaha....

I also got The Immortal Rules from Netgalley

What are you reading this week?

Review: Starters

Look at this cover. The poor blue eyed girl looks extremely sad and who can blame her. Callie's parents died during the Spore Wars -- a terrible epidemic that wiped out everyone between the age of twenty and sixty. Sadly, those who didn't have any grandparents were left to struggle on their own. And so Callie who doesn't want to be separated from her little brother must do a crazy thing: she must rent her body.

Please no dirty thoughts. I said rent not sell. What they do is insert a microchip into her head and then the elder who rents her body can operate it while the real Callie sleeps. 

I admit I loved to see the experiment go wrong as Callie woke up and took control of her body. I expected her to do what I would have done: go shopping. But instead she tries to figure out who this  renter is and moves the story from Dystopia to Mystery to Horror, and then sprinkles it with a dash of Romance. 

Needless to say, I devoured this book. Callie is a strong character, never forgetting the huge responsibility   that rests on her shoulders. Helena kept surprising me at every turn. The only character I couldn't warm up to was Michael. Yes, he took care of Tyler but he was so secretive it annoyed me. Can't wait for book two to come out.  

Feature & Follow Friday: Did I do that?

Parajunkee / Alison Can Read

FEATURE & FOLLOW FRIDAY

Once you answer be sure to leave me your link so I can follow you back

 Q: Confess your blogger sins! Is there anything as a newbie blogger that you've done, that as you gained more experience you were like -- oops?

Dear Alice  readers,

Life is filled with oops moments. If I had to go back in time and start this blog all over again I would:

A- Write a review policy early on.  My email wasn't written anywhere else on the site and authors who wanted me to review their books had to go through my Goodreads in order to contact me -- sorry --

B- Stay away from Oreos. Let's face it, late night blogging and sugar filled cookies to keep you up is a bad combo. You are still tired afterwards, only you can't sleep because of all the chocolate intake.

C- I would keep away from Coca-Cola as well, and tea, and Gatorade and fruit filled gummies and ...

No, I don't have a writing/eating problem at all. How dare you :p