Review: In Lucia's Eyes (Een schitterend gebrek) by Arthur Japin.

This is a book I had to read for dutch so I read the dutch version of it. The only thing I knew about it was that it was like about true love and sacrifice.

This story in the beginning did work for me the plot kept going back and forth in time I think it was 2 or 3 different times in Lucia's life. Till the first 2 meet each other and keep on to catch on to the third. At first this was very confusing to me. I can read dutch but it doesnt go as easy as english. So I had a bit of difficulty. 

Some points in the book it gets so deep like questioning reasons of our existence and stuff. I really liked that.

The book is very descriptive about the characters. Its written in Lucia's point of view and her way of thinking just blows your mind. Sometimes the writing is very 'quotable' and beautiful.

The relationship between Young Lucia and Giacomo (If you dont know who im talking about its okay) was de cutest one ever. Like the summer they spent together and then all of the promises they made. It was a strong love but yet so innocent. It's a love that is so sweet and innocent. Ah♥

My favorite part of the book is the training Lucia got and when she meets Zelide (not sure I pronounced it correctly)

Lucia is a very strong woman and all the things she does for the innocent love she keeps in her memory is just unbelievable.

JAMIESON IS THE BOSS I LOVE THAT MAN HE DESERVES A MEDAL.

I realized who Giacomo was after I read the aggreements and stuff. I feel stupid.

What I would change about it is that some parts just drift off andher thought about a subject become too much. Those I would cut off. For the rest. Awesome story.

I would recommend this to anyone that loves love.

★★★★ on Goodreads

Update

Guys im so sorry i havent been posting anything right now school just started for me and im busy with that and meanwhile im on a reading slump and like i dont want to read any book i have right now. So ill try to get to the books on my currently reading list and post some more reviews.

Keep reading! :)

Liebster Award!!!

Thanks to Sarah from http://yabookaholic123.blogspot.com/ and Sandee from http://awhimsicalreader.blogspot.com/ for nominating me for this award :)
This is my first blog award thingy yaaay :)

SO HERE ARE THE THINGS I/YOU HAVE TO DO:

1. Write 11 random facts about yourself.
2. Nominate 11 bloggers (or less) who you feel deserve this award and who have less than 200 followers.
3. Answer 10 questions posted by the presenter and ask your nominees 10 questions.

Random facts about myself:
1. I am addicted to tea (I drink it twice every day)

2. Sometimes I listen to music while I read.

3. I have 4 dogs and 6 cats. (I know its a lot)

4. I'm afraid of heights.

5. I like Hedley.

6. I'm badly obsessed with bands.

7. I am barely 16.

8. I want to live in Italy.

9. I'm a guy (if you didn't notice yet)

10. I am a slow reader.

11. I like guys and girls (if you havent noticed yet either.

QUESTIONS FROM SANDEE:
1. If you were a character in a book, who would you be?
This is the MOST difficult question I've had so I dont think I can answer it. I'd like to be uhm... Uriah. Yes Uriah.

2. What's your favorite book of all time?
Probably I should say the hunger games because thanks to the hunger games I started reading, but eventho I have so much appreciation for THG. My favorite of all time is Looking For Alaska by John Green.  THAT BOOK AH.

3. What book did you want to throw out the window when you were reading it?
I dont know if this is suppised to be good or bad, but if its in the bad way.. Sonny boy by Annejet van der Zijl ( I think that's the name.) It was that time of the year when you have to rush and finish a book and CMON THE BOOK WAS BORING MOST OF THE TIME.

4. Do you have any book pet peeve?
WHEN THE STORY DOES NOT HAVE A HAPPY ENDING or a closure ending or an exciting ending or just something like that. Like it was okay in allegiant (spoiler alert maybe..?) But if the book was like when Tris dies and then bam it finished. THAT would annoy me for the rest of my life.

5. How many books are you currently eating?
I was planning on starting The Geography of me and you by Jennifer E. Smith.  But currently none, school is about to start and I dont want to have a huge book to finish. :)

6. Aside from reading, what are you interested in?
I surprisingly jog! And swim. And listen to music, tweet, tumblr, and that's it. A pretty boring life tbh but it's okay. OH IM OBSESSED WITH MOVIES.

7. Favorite song?
Right now it would be Everything I didn't say by 5SOS :)

8. Which fictional location would you like to stay in forever?
I would love to be in Dystopian Chicago (from Divergent) before the divergent hunt that Jeanine had. BECAUSE ITS SO COOL AHHH.

9.What's your favorite movie?
This is a list okay lets start:
-Waiting for forever.
-Something Borrowed.
-Leap year.
-LOL
-Letters to Juliet
-The tourist
-Salt
-The Heat
-Identity Thief
-Crazy stupid love.
-Date night
-The notebook.
-The Vow
-Easy A.
-She's the man
- 13 going on 30 (♥)
And much more I think ill make a post of this.

10. If you'd be married to a fictional character, who would it be?
FOUR. TOBIAS EATON. ALL THE WAY. YES.

Questions from Sarah:
1. If you could choose one book world to live in, which one would it be?
As said above, Dystopian Chicago from Veronica Roth but before the divergent hunt (I'm badly obsessed with Divergent,  it's not healthy.)

2. What's next on your to read list?
Probably The Geography of you and me by Jennifer E. Smith but im not sure. I may pick anything from my TBR-Jar.

3. If you were stranded on a desert island and you could wish for one character to appear to give you company, who would it be?
FOUR!!! Tobias Eaton or that. Seriously I'm in love with him.

4. What is your favourite supernatural/fantasy creature, vampire, werewolf, dragons etc?
If shadowhunters count as supernatural then yes, shadow hunters. (I dont really like vampires that much tbh)

5. What is your most favourite item that you have?
My books. Absolutely,  nobody can touch them and I treat them as if they are a baby. I dont even let my friends touch them.

6. What is the last book to movie you have watched? Was it good?
Divergent! And yes! I didnt like it at first but ah Theo James is so distracting and the zip lining *-* perfect.

7. Have you ever met any authors?
Nopes not yet but I HAVE TO MEET  Veronica Roth and tell her to write some more of divergent for me.

8. Best book you've read so far in 2014?
I remember there was one, but I cant remember the name, probably city of ashes by Cassandra Clare though. Great book, great book.

9. What is the book you can't wait to read the most?
I can't wait to read City of Glass by Cassandra Clare!! I have been wanting to read it but I'm broke sadly :'(

10. What is your favourite quote?
THIS IS THE MOST DIFFICULT QUESTION EVER.
Uhm it is probably something from Looking For Alaska by John Green.

11. What is the first book that comes to your mind?
Divergent.  Im sorry I say it too much. I'm too obsessed.

My 10 Questions

1. Where do you read?
2. What's your favorite genre?
3. What do you like most in a book?
4. Favorite book to movie adaptation?
5. Tea or Coffee?
6. Favorite standalone?
7. If you could live anywhere in the world where would you live?
8. Favorite Author?
9. Which book cover do you hate the most ? (Books that you own)
10. What's your most comfortable reading position?

I nominate:

Anne from http://anne-books.blogspot.com/

Robin from http://wherebooksleadus.blogspot.com/

Review: Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

A lyrical novel about family and friendship from critically acclaimed author Benjamin Alire Sáenz.

Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the loners start spending time together, they discover that they share a special friendship—the kind that changes lives and lasts a lifetime. And it is through this friendship that Ari and Dante will learn the most important truths about themselves and the kind of people they want to be.

Beautiful story! I really liked it. I was highlighting my favorite parts all the time (which were a lot tbh) and I really really liked it.
Sometimes I thought Aristotle was whining a lot. But thats just me :)
This book you can read it in one sitting because the story just goes by fast and quick.

Aristotle tells the story. And he has such a relatable voice I really liked how he saw things and interpreted them.

Aristotle... angry angry angry.

Dante is so adorable in my opinion omg. Danteee <3

Dante and Aristotles friendship,  there was a moment I was so scared it would just break apart but this story ah its just amazing how they both grow with each other and there's so much growth in both of them and it's mostly about finding out themselves and their place in this universe.

I really like this book. So you should absolutely read it too.

★★★★★ on Goodreads.

Review: Cinder by Marissa Meyer.

Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move.

No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl.

Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.

GUYS I FINALLY READ IT YES YES YES YES YES YES OMG.  THIS BOOK WAS AMAZING OKAY

Okay so lets start. The plot WAS AMAZING WHAT A STORY LIKE WOAH. My mind is blown. Such a great book. I didnt even feel it was a retelling. IT WAS AMAZING

Cinder Ah She was so badass and cool and HER SARCASM THO I LOVE HER.

Prince Kai, GOSH Prince Kai can i get one? Please? <3

This story is overall amazing and awesome and cool and funny and everyone should read it.

I hate myself for procrastinating this for so long. So stupid of me.

★★★★★ on Goodreads.

Review: An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

Katherine V thought boys were gross
Katherine X just wanted to be friends
Katherine XVIII dumped him in an e-mail
K-19 broke his heart
When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type happens to be girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact.

On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washed-up child prodigy has ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a bloodthirsty feral hog on his trail, and an overweight, Judge Judy-loving best friend riding shotgun--but no Katherines. Colin is on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which he hopes will predict the future of any relationship, avenge Dumpees everywhere, and finally win him the girl. Love, friendship, and a dead Austro-Hungarian archduke add up to surprising and heart-changing conclusions in this ingeniously layered comic novel about reinventing oneself.

Another John Green book! I would say hooray because I love John Green books. But this one. I'll just say woo. Because I expected a lot more of course.

The plot... well with John Green I always get so caught up and addicted just from the first pages and then I cant stop flipping the pages. But this one, it felt like it was just someone else's book. It may be because I have really high expectations about John Green. But I got interested in the plot about 60% in the book. It is a good story and all but I didnt get so caught into it.
All of the huge information parts that Colin said most of the times, it really annoyed me. And besides that all of the Anagrams and I found the idea of the Theorem kind of stupid.

The writing style was okay. But I really like the John Green where you can quote beautiful sentences from better.

I loved Hassan, and Lindsey, she was one of the main reasons I was into this book after all, I always thought she was waaaaay more interesting than Colin.

I wouldn't recommend this book. Just if you want to read it, then do :)

★★★ on Goodreads.

On My Shelf #3

These are books on my shelves (E-books as well) that I haven't started reading yet.



Two misfits.
One extraordinary love.

Eleanor... Red hair, wrong clothes. Standing behind him until he turns his head. Lying beside him until he wakes up. Making everyone else seem drabber and flatter and never good enough...Eleanor.

Park... He knows she'll love a song before he plays it for her. He laughs at her jokes before she ever gets to the punch line. There's a place on his chest, just below his throat, that makes her want to keep promises...Park.

Set over the course of one school year, this is the story of two star-crossed sixteen-year-olds—smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try.

Yes another rainbow rowell book I have but havent started yet! Reason is (looking up for excuses, I know I know) But I am really looking forward for this book, it's young adult ive heard AMAZING things about it and I honestly like reading a book without knowing the synopsis at all, and I only know its about "extraordinary love" which sounds amazing to me

I just trust the reviews and go for it. So I will dive in soon into this book :)