Monday, April 28, 2014

Ask Again Later by Liz Czukas

   Hello dear people, I will be reviewing the book on the title, Ask Again Later by Ms. Czukas. If you ask me if it was mind blowing, I would say no. I you will ask me if it was ground breaking, its for-sure no. But was it the best fun reading it, hell yes! The story was about a girl named Heart and her prom night. Nothing crazy just your typical who-should-I-go-with issue, will it be the jock who was ditch by his girlfriend before prom or the theater geek who just entrusted her a deep secret. 
   What's actually cool about this book it that it doesn't need brilliant twist or crazy awesome plot, it was just plain humor and exceptional writing. I mean it's prom, its the the cliche` of all cliche, but the author made it possible for me to love it and savor it to the last pages. I can't count the times when I looked like an idiot laughing. 
   Anyway, the MC hates her name with a passion. I can relate to that when I was younger for the total opposite reason. My real name is a very old name (It was even mention in the book) and I kind of hated that my parents didn't have the creativity to come up with a cool one. Not anymore now, but our MC hated hers so much she would change it the minute she turns 18. Ok, I get that she hate Heart but what I don't get is why would she replace it with Audrey? or Bridgette or something? I mean if you could be any fruit you want, would you  be an apple? NO! I would be something exotic and totally badass! Tsk tsk... but I have to tell you, she is awesomely funny. She gives you the most amazing laughs ever, if your into these things.
   And our guy, Chase! (or Shroeder for our MC) He is so brilliant he calls our girl Heart pancreas, spleen, lungs and any other internal organs. Brilliant, right? he is also a very caring person who is just right for our Heart. And he plays the piano, what more could I say?
   You might be saying right now "You are all over the place" or "You don't make sense" that is fine. I am thinking the same thing and I am fine with that since that is a good sign. A good sign to what? A good sign that I actually genuinely like this book. It's like I cant get to the point fast enough and I just want to get the words out before they are lost. And if I review a book where I am almost on the right order of things then it a "meeh..." book. A meeh book is when I like a book okay and the words doesn't come out fast which give me more time to think of what I'm actually doing. When I am writing a review where I am really on the right format when reviewing something that is when I don't like that book, that would be me trying to explain and convince you not to waste your precious little time on that book. I will give you every little crappy detail, blow by blow, on why that book needs to be unpublished.

   So, Ask Again Later is fantastic. I would rate it an awesome little 8, I would give it a bit more if there was a bit more but I think it is perfect as it is but my rate will be the samea. Awesome read, go read it.

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Introduction - and a quick review on Lauren Oliver's Panic

   Hi everyone, my name is Loaldi (not my real name but it's internet and I can be who ever I want) and this is my little book escapade blog. I have a GoodReads account but I feel judge whenever I write a review or something so instead, I have this. And also, I read trashy novels. Yeah... I can't let my friends know I'm reading really trashy books on regular basis, that would be my downfall since they know me as a very sensible and proper person. Yeah... if you actually know me in person you would  not think I read trashy romance novels. So yeah, this blog is just for fun anyway and no one in my family knows that I keep a blog about sexy books. So, lets go back to introductions...

   I live in New Zealand but I'm from Philippines. I moved here with my entire family when I was 17, I am now 23 (turning 24 in October). I have a pet dog named Spencer. He is a cross breed between a Rottweiler, Huntaway  and a black Lab. He have the same birthday as my cousin and he is gonna be fixed soon. Although I'm already turning 24 it will be my first time moving out from my parents house in a few weeks. 
   I've read a lot of books and you can't ask me to make a review out of all of them so I'm thinking I will start on the next book that I will be reading. For me, I don't really care if the books is a few weeks old or a few years old, as long as its good or even just a slight tear jerker, I would read it. I'm a sucker for tear jerkers. 
   My favorites so far are "The fault in our stars" by John Green "The Sky is everywhere" by Jandy Nelson and (my most) "Before I fall" by Lauren Oliver. I have cried a lot of tears in these books and it made me appreciate of what I have now. You should give it a good try.

   If you haven't heard of any of those books, which mountain have you been hiding? check them out! they are like the best of the YA category. If you are not a fun of YA then this blog is not for you. So bye-bye~~

   So today I am gonna be starting with "Panic" by Lauren Oliver. I love Ms. Oliver simply because she wrote my most but this book fell short. If I have to scale it from 1 to 10, this might be a 7 to 7.5 probable because I expected too much. I order my books from thebookdepository.com okay. Anyone that uses this site that lives in New Zealand knows how long it takes for you books to arrive. I'm talking about 15 days my friend. 15 days of waiting can mess up your mind. I mean in those 15 days my mind goes into an overdrive as to what is gonna happen in the book. I pictured this super amazing plot in my head that when I finally read the book I kind of disappointed, but not totally.The twist when the two main characters are not really gonna come together in totally refreshing. Ooops! Spoilers! but yeah... the plot altogether is not bad and the idea of a totally illegal with 64k grand price is amazing. If I lived in that town I will totally join the game. It is also well written, I have no problem picturing it in my head, and the characters are well developed. I did enjoy it and so will you.