More Book/Nerd Stuff

I just love nerdy book stuff.  Books will never die. You might as well get used to that fact.  Here are some more great things for nerds!

  Book Stairs!

 I have always been a fan of when                                                                                                   books have maps to go with their stories!

  cover a wall with a story?! YES PLEASE!

  Old card catalogs!

Aww! Cute little framed bookshelves!  

  These might become a teen craft...

Hermione says it all:

Book Review: The Infinite Sea

I blogged a book review for The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey last month, and I have now read the second book...which leaves me with a similar aftertaste and opinion as the first.

The Infinite Sea

Rick Yancey

When we left the teens in the first book, the training camp where the aliens train children to kill humans (and the kids don't know this is what is happening), has been destroyed and Cassie and her group are on the run to stay hidden from General Vosch and the other aliens posing as humans.

Evan Walker, and alien-human hybrid is left behind and found by his old partner and friend, but he must decide if he is an alien or if he can push the alien being out of his body in the name of love.

The teens struggle to find a way to take out the aliens before the aliens completely destroy the human race.

This series has such great potential...and I feel like it's about 70% there.  I love the idea of an alien invasion, but like I griped about in the first book, we never SEE the aliens or really their ship.  How do we know there actually ARE aliens and it's not some government conspiracy?  Also, the love stories...I'm tired of them.  There is a NEW one in this book, and it drives me up the wall.

Also, the first part of the book follows Cassie's group, solely.  The second half jumps to Ringer and her struggle to escape the clutches of General Vosch.  I feel like the author just left me hanging on both counts.  I guess I prefer a back and forth narrative rather than a half and half book.  

HowEVER, I do enjoy the writing of Yancey.  He is great at describing the struggles and emotions of the teens.  He has the characters reminisce before the invasion and before the teens found each other.  THIS part I absolutely LOVE.  You don't quite understand all the characters from the get-go.  They have flaws, mannerisms, and language that is difficult to understand under the current circumstances, but Yancey gives us glimpses at their past lives so we can understand why they are how they are now.

All in all, I would give this book 3 out of 5 stars...You make your own decision!!

Book Review: Clean

I need to read more realistic fiction.  I took a chance with a seemingly interesting book...I wasn't disappointed.

Clean

Amy Reed

Olivia, Christopher, Jason, Kelly, and Eva are all addicts.  Each teenager has their own vice, and they are all now in rehab to try to face their addictions.  From alcohol to drugs to diet pills, the teens meet with their therapy group leader, form relationships, relapse, and struggle to find the answers to life and what they need to get better--and how to feel important.

Told from multiple perspectives and through personal essays by the teens, this heart-wrenching tale tells of teens going through real issues, and they must now face themselves.

When beginning books told in this manner, I start out confused...there are multiple perspectives and different styles of writing.  But I grew to love this approach to this story.  It makes sense.  All the teens are different--from different cultures, mannerisms, and mindsets.  Eva, the goth poet has a more musical narrative than Jason who is angry and swears a lot.  

I don't know how many teens go through these sorts of things in small town Indiana, but I DO know teens get into drugs and alcohol and anorexia.  It's not a joke. And this book, while maybe to the extreme, tells teens and adults that these are real things and we need to be conscious of these situations.  How can we help people going through this? How did they get to this point? Basically, no matter color or money or popularity makes a person immune to this sort of trouble.

Reed paints a beautiful, disturbing story that I think all teens will get SOMEthing out of.  Come get the book!!

Trekkies/Best Pick Up Line Ever

It was only a few years ago that I got into Star Trek.  I grew up a Star Wars girl, so I always chose that first.  But there are some great lines in Star Trek! Check this scene out!

 

Guys, try this out next time :D

Book Review: Rebel Spring

Did any of you read my book review of Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes? It was a good one! Did you actually check out the book beCAUSE of the review? Probably not, but that's okay.  I read the second book of the series, and like the first one, it BLEW MY MIND! I literally read this book in one sitting. I'm not kidding.  I read it all in one day, on my couch, with my kitty curled up by my feet.

Rebel Spring

Morgan Rhodes

The second book of this series picks up right where Falling Kingdoms left off.  King Gaius is now ruler of all 3 lands, now called Mytica.  We still follow Lucia, a strong sorceress that is now in a coma. Magnus, Lucia's brother and the son of King Gaius who wins his power through blood.  Cleo, the daughter of the fallen King who is now engaged to Magnus.  And Jonas, a rebel leader from Paelsia who must fight to take down King Gaius. 

King Gaius is now meeting, in his dreams, with Melenia, an Olding.  She is a sorceress that has convinced Gaius to build a road across the land, using slaves and the blood of his people.  When it is complete, Gaius believes he will be emperor of all the land, but Melenia may have something different in store.

Betrayals, love, danger, and death run amuck, and it is up to the four teenagers to find out the truth of magic and the Oldlings and Watchers before the world burns.

I love high fantasy, and this is perfect high fantasy for teens...well, and for adults, too.  In the fantasy I've read thus far, I can't remember any plots that similar to the one of this series, which is incredibly important to me.  Yes, there is a formula for fantasy, and Rhodes uses that, but she weaves a tale so strong and deep that you cannot stop reading it.  You HAVE to find out what is going on, who is lying, who is in trouble, who is working for who.  It's like Game of Thrones for teens, and I cannot WAIT for the next book!

 

This one is at our library too...I have it on hold.

The FOURTH book is:

Expected out this December!

More Doctor Who!

Thank you Pinterest for "ruining" my life!

Dr. Who is SO great! Have you watched it yet?! You totes need to. I found this online and most applied to me :D  If you don't know any of these references, get a move on Netflix to watch Dr. Who.

Ryan Gosling Part 2

I can't help but be in love with Ryan Gosling as much as all you teens...so I found this picture and I LOL'd.  What a great light-hearted response!