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Vacation/Summer List!

India

This post is kind of behind, but it still stands for work!

I have been noticing a lot of Summer Reading lists go across the internet lately, and I’m going to do my own! Next week I will be going on my first European adventure, or a cruise really, and I have some books that are definitely on my list! Here they are in no particular order
1. City of Heavenly Fire, Cassandra Clare
2. The Charlemagne Pursuit, Steve Berry
3. To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Jenny Han
4. An Abundance of Katherine, John Green
5. Shiver, Maggie Stiefvater
6. The Tiger’s Wife, Tea Obreht ( I know I still haven’t finished it!!)
These are just some of the books that I have planned, and the ones that are currently on my kindle! I have a 9 hour plane ride both ways and so I’m definitely going to need some reading material for when I’m not sleeping, which is my main goal. Also what better thing to do when out on the pool deck then read a book, and a 10 day cruise gives you plenty of time to do that. I know I’m going to blow through City of Heavenly Fire and The Venetian Betrayal, which is the only reason I have not started them yet. There are a couple more that I want to get on my kindle just to make sure that I have plenty of reading material and will not have to buy more once I’m on the boat or in Rome.
Some of those choices include
1. Another Steve Berry book
2. The Goldfinch, Donna Tart
3. The Husband’s Secret, Lane Moriarty
4. And the Mountains Echoed
5. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns), Mindy Kaling
So as you can see I have a lot options right now, and in a lot of different categories. I definitely know how to keep myself busy. Hopefully as I finish them I will keep my blog busy as well. Until next time,
Keep Turning the Pages
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The Maze Runner, James Dashner

India

     the maze runnerThe Maze Runner was a great read. It did not take me long to get through and I cannot wait to see the movie and read where Dashner takes this next. The Maze Runner is about a society that is ran completely by young boys who have found themselves placed inside of a Maze by who they call ‘The Creators’ and they have one goal of trying to survive. The catch is that they do not remember anything that has happened to them, they only remember their names and some vague memories of what things are. They spend each day sending out “Runners” into the Maze to try and see if there is a way out of the Maze and each day they return with no report of a way out. Out in the maze there are dangerous creators called “Grievers” who will kill them if they get the chance. Because of that the number one rule of ‘do not go into the maze after dark’. When Thomas is brought into the Maze via the box, he begins to change everything. People who have been through the ‘Changing’ are claiming that he is going ruin them all, and soon after days that should be normal end up changing and life as they know it is altered.
      This was a really fun read! It was fun trying to figure out why they are in the Maze, how they’re going to get out, and the changes that Thomas and the boys have to face. I cannot wait for this movie to come out, the cast looks phenomenal, and I love Dylan O’Brian who is playing Thomas. If you’re looking for Hunger Games or Divergent type of book this is the one for you. I cannot wait to see how the rest of the series plays out, and I hope you have fun reading it as well. Until next time,
Keep Turning the Pages
90s Born Reader
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Looking for Alaska, John Green

India

   looking for alaska     Looking for Alaska was beautifully written by John Green. It speaks of love and loss, and finding oneself while keeping it lighthearted enough. Looking for Alaska is about a boy, “Purge” Halter, who does not necessarily fit in at his normal school, and does not have any friends. His parents decide it is time for him to transfer to boarding school, Culver Creek, and try his luck out there. Upon arrival he meets his roommate who is soon to become his best friend, The Colonel, and a girl, Alaska, who he will come to love and hate all at the same time, like young love so often makes you feel. Their time spent at Culver Creek is one making lasting impressions on each other, testing boundaries, and trying to figure out “If they will ever get out of the labyrinth”.

I did not like this one as much as I liked The Fault in Our Stars, but I still really enjoyed this one. I loved how it was written as a count down, and with each passing day I was wondering what we were counting down to, and what we got to was shocking. I liked what this novel made you think about, and whether you cherish the people around you, and how you react to the circumstances you are given. If you read The Fault in Our Stars and loved it, continue reading the rest of John Green’s collection and you will enjoy the way you feel while reading, and how much it opens your mind to everything else. Until next time,

Keep Turning the Pages

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Becoming More!

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Photo Cred: Maddy
     As I spend countless time on the internet clicking from on blog to the next, from one youtube video to the next, I constantly ask myself why don’t I do more. Yes I love books, and I can’t get enough of them, but there’s so much more that I love. Like my obsession with bags, purses, and wallets, and other things that are girly. I love when people talk about what it’s like to be in college, but everyone has a different perspective.
    I watch people’s youtube videos and wonder how they make their videos so smooth, and insert pictures here, and speed up other parts there. I ask myself I can learn how to do that, and incorporate that some more. I started doing video blogging, but I let it fall off, as I became self conscious, and also never had a clean enough room to actually record myself in haha.
    I’m going on vacation and want to tell people what that’s like and make my own videos on the things I use and how I pack because I have yet to find the exact situation that I’m going to be in.
     I know there’s so much more I can do with this blog that I plan on trying to do. No more full time school, now just full time to work (Paramedic life woot!). That’s an experience all on its own, and I can’t wait to share more. Look out for some changes to my blog! Until next time,
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The Venetian Betrayal, Steve Berry

India

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Alexander the Great, Venice, power, science, and dominance. All these things are incorporated in the next part of Cotton Malone’s adventures. In The Venetian Betrayal by Steve Berry Malone finds himself once again in a world changing adventure with the usual suspects, Cassiopea Vitt and Henrik Thorvaldsen.  Once again Malone finds himself in a mystery that it seems only he can solve. Unlike the last novel by Berry, it is not Malone who is actually in jeopardy or with a task set out before him. This time it is Ms. Vitt who needs the help, but is reluctant to ask for it. Through many twists and turns this novel came to some crazy conclusions, and of fuse once again changed the world forever! If only some of these outcomes were true.

I still love Steve Berry, and will continue to plow through his novels, but some of the ridiculousness is crazy! I love the twists and turns and the anticipation and everything that is involved with the Cotton Malone series, but sometimes the fact that they get everything with just a phone call is a little off setting. It’s almost like they’re not really working for anything, and just buying it. I mean Malone is the only one who really does any of the brain work. Of course I still managed to get stuck reading through all the pages so fast because I couldn’t put it down! If you like Dan Brown you will like Steve Berry. Until next time,
Keep turing the pages,
90s Born Reader