Iman's bookshelf: for-my-library en-US Sat, 01 Mar 2025 18:53:54 -0800 60 Iman's bookshelf: for-my-library 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Confess 22609310
For once, Auburn takes a chance and puts her heart in control, only to discover that Owen is hiding a huge secret. The magnitude of his past threatens to destroy everything Auburn loves most, and the only way to get her life back on track is to cut Owen out of it—but can she do it?]]> 306 Colleen Hoover 1476791457 Iman 5 4.14 2015 Confess
author: Colleen Hoover
name: Iman
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2015
rating: 5
read at: 2015/03/13
date added: 2025/03/01
shelves: for-my-library, realistic-fiction, romance
review:

]]> Persuasion 2156 249 Jane Austen 0192802631 Iman 5 4.15 1817 Persuasion
author: Jane Austen
name: Iman
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1817
rating: 5
read at: 2022/08/24
date added: 2022/08/24
shelves: romance, austen-in-august, for-my-library, european-literature, classics
review:

]]> Ugly Love 17788401
Never ask about the past.
Don’t expect a future.

They think they can handle it, but realize almost immediately they can’t handle it at all.

Hearts get infiltrated.
Promises get broken.
Rules get shattered.
Love gets ugly.]]> 330 Colleen Hoover Iman 1 Just wow !!!!

You have to give it to Colleen Hoover. She really knows how to write a good story. However, this book did feel a bit different from the others she has written before. As much as I love her and her books I was expecting a little more from the book. She wrote in an early post of hers that this was one of the most emotional books she has written. I'm not quite sure this is true .... I kept expecting all these surprising plot twists that never came. I expected it to end on a sad note. I expected everything but the obvious, but she went with obvious.

Don't get me wrong. She can turn a simple breakfast menu into the most phenomenal piece written language, her wording amazes me sometimes. The simplest action turned into something so much more beautiful than how we see it in our daily life. This is why I will forever read anything she writes. But I give this book 4 stars for all the rushed parts, all the things that went too fast and then too slow, for the things that deserved more time on these pages than she gave them, and for not giving us mmm ... about 100 pages more of Tate & Miles.

]]> 4.01 2014 Ugly Love
author: Colleen Hoover
name: Iman
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2014
rating: 1
read at: 2014/08/10
date added: 2022/08/23
shelves: for-my-library, realistic-fiction, romance, winter-reading
review:
Whoa ... O.O
Just wow !!!!

You have to give it to Colleen Hoover. She really knows how to write a good story. However, this book did feel a bit different from the others she has written before. As much as I love her and her books I was expecting a little more from the book. She wrote in an early post of hers that this was one of the most emotional books she has written. I'm not quite sure this is true .... I kept expecting all these surprising plot twists that never came. I expected it to end on a sad note. I expected everything but the obvious, but she went with obvious.

Don't get me wrong. She can turn a simple breakfast menu into the most phenomenal piece written language, her wording amazes me sometimes. The simplest action turned into something so much more beautiful than how we see it in our daily life. This is why I will forever read anything she writes. But I give this book 4 stars for all the rushed parts, all the things that went too fast and then too slow, for the things that deserved more time on these pages than she gave them, and for not giving us mmm ... about 100 pages more of Tate & Miles.


]]> Pride and Prejudice 1885 Pride and Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novels in the English language. Jane Austen called this brilliant work "her own darling child" and its vivacious heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print." The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and her proud beau, Mr. Darcy, is a splendid performance of civilized sparring. And Jane Austen's radiant wit sparkles as her characters dance a delicate quadrille of flirtation and intrigue, making this book the most superb comedy of manners of Regency England.

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780679783268]]> 279 Jane Austen 1441341706 Iman 5 4.28 1813 Pride and Prejudice
author: Jane Austen
name: Iman
average rating: 4.28
book published: 1813
rating: 5
read at: 2022/08/21
date added: 2022/08/21
shelves: romance, austen-in-august, classics, european-literature, for-my-library
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)]]> 50892338
A flying demon feeding on human energies.

A secret society of so called “Legendborn� students that hunt the creatures down.

And a mysterious teenage mage who calls himself a “Merlin� and who attempts—and fails—to wipe Bree’s memory of everything she saw.

The mage’s failure unlocks Bree’s own unique magic and a buried memory with a hidden connection: the night her mother died, another Merlin was at the hospital. Now that Bree knows there’s more to her mother’s death than what’s on the police report, she’ll do whatever it takes to find out the truth, even if that means infiltrating the Legendborn as one of their initiates.

She recruits Nick, a self-exiled Legendborn with his own grudge against the group, and their reluctant partnership pulls them deeper into the society’s secrets—and closer to each other. But when the Legendborn reveal themselves as the descendants of King Arthur’s knights and explain that a magical war is coming, Bree has to decide how far she’ll go for the truth and whether she should use her magic to take the society down—or join the fight.]]> 502 Tracy Deonn 1534441603 Iman 3 fantasy, for-my-library Good writing works for all ages .... plus, I really dislike the instant meet and fall in love trope. Like, come on, can we have at least a month pass before they fall deeply in love.]]> 4.32 2020 Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)
author: Tracy Deonn
name: Iman
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2020
rating: 3
read at: 2021/08/23
date added: 2021/08/23
shelves: fantasy, for-my-library
review:
I know it is supposed to be for a younger audience, but the dialogue was seriously immature at times; that it made me question whether I should be reading it.
Good writing works for all ages .... plus, I really dislike the instant meet and fall in love trope. Like, come on, can we have at least a month pass before they fall deeply in love.
]]> <![CDATA[Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done]]> 43973562 � Publishers Weekly Fall 2019 Top 10 Business and Economics Books
� Book Authority Best New Book in (the categories of) Time Management, Success, Productivity, and Goal Setting
� Kirkus Reviews Top Indie Book
� Montaigne Medal Finalist
� Independent Publisher Book Award 2020: Silver Award for Business/Careers/Sales
� Eric Hoffer Book Award 2020: Grand Prize

Productivity Meets Purpose―Discover a Powerful Nine-Step Method to Start Finishing the Work That Matters Most

How much of your time and attention lately has been focused on things that truly matter to you?

Most people's honest answer not enough.

Everyone is buried by busywork, responsibility, distraction, and fatigue.

The joy-producing, difference-making ideas are waiting for when the time is right, when the current project is over, when they have a little more money, when the kids are grown, or when they get a more understanding boss. They are waiting for someday .

The trouble is someday never comes on its own.

Start Finishing presents a nine-step method for converting an idea into a project by addressing the challenges you'll face and getting the project on a reality-based schedule.

This critically acclaimed book will teach you how

� Practice the five keys that lead to self-mastery
� Build your success pack of supporters, guides, peers, and beneficiaries
� Keep working through the thrashing that comes with any project that matters to you
� Chunk, link, and sequence your ideas down to doable parts
� Use the Five Project Rule to prioritize your daily schedule and be at peace with the work you choose not to do
� Fly through drag points―how to deal with head trash, no-win scenarios, and other people’s priorities
� Heatmap your schedule so you do the right work at the right time
� Overcome cascades, logjams, and tarpits―the three ways projects routinely get stuck
� Finish strong―celebrate, review, and ride the momentum to your next goal

You are not incapable, wired to struggle, or fated to be unable to get your act together. With a few key steps, you can change the way you show up, how you plan, and how you respond when things get tough.

You can Start Finishing the work that matters most to you.

Includes original contributions from Seth Godin, Susan Piver, Jonathan Fields, James Clear, and many other teachers.]]> 272 Charlie Gilkey 1683642635 Iman 0 3.95 Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done
author: Charlie Gilkey
name: Iman
average rating: 3.95
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/06/24
shelves: to-read, for-my-library, nonfiction
review:

]]> Spell Bound (Hex Hall, #3) 11454587
Just as Sophie Mercer has come to accept her extraordinary magical powers as a demon, the Prodigium Council strips them away. Now Sophie is defenseless, alone, and at the mercy of her sworn enemies—the Brannicks, a family of warrior women who hunt down the Prodigium. Or at least that’s what Sophie thinks, until she makes a surprising discovery. The Brannicks know an epic war is coming, and they believe Sophie is the only one powerful enough to stop the world from ending. But without her magic, Sophie isn’t as confident.

Sophie’s bound for one hell of a ride—can she get her powers back before it’s too late?]]> 327 Rachel Hawkins 1423121325 Iman 4 4.06 2012 Spell Bound (Hex Hall, #3)
author: Rachel Hawkins
name: Iman
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2013/12/21
date added: 2019/03/13
shelves: for-my-library, fantasy, series, the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge
review:
Best out of the trilogy. Loved it, but heartbreaking ending !!!
]]> Far From You 20517739 Nine months. Two weeks. Six days.

That's how long recovering addict Sophie's been drug-free. Four months ago her best friend, Mina, died in what everyone believes was a drug deal gone wrong - a deal they think Sophie set up. Only Sophie knows the truth. She and Mina shared a secret, but there was no drug deal. Mina was deliberately murdered.

Forced into rehab for an addiction she'd already beaten, Sophie's finally out and on the trail of the killer—but can she track them down before they come for her?]]> 341 Tess Sharpe 1780621655 Iman 5 Amazing

Exhilarating

Heart wrenching

Five hundred million trillion stars !!!!!
_________________________________________

A recovering addict finds herself to blame after waking in a dark forest beside her best friend’s dead body. Sophie’s accused of using again and putting her friend in danger by going to meet her dealer. She is shipped off to rehab and upon her release no one wants to talk to her and none would believe her story; she was clean and It was Mina (her friend) who drove them out to where they were attacked. Sophie’s determined to find Mina’s killer and refuses to let him go free.

The story is raw and emotional, filled with mystery and complicated romances. It is told by Sophie’s POV, alternating between before and after the attack. We get to read about a life that has been filled with accidents and tragedies. We get to understand the factors that made her into the person she is. And we get to see the pure love that connects Sophie and Mina and that has always been more than just friendly love. What I appreciated about their relationship is that it was real, understanding and unconditional. The sexuality wasn’t the main focus in their relationship, love was. And it all added to the complexity of the love triangle (or love square) in this book. I have never read anything as messy and as touching as this love triangle.

At the beginning Sophie’s determination to solve the mystery gave it a little Veronica Mars vibe that I LOVED. And through the whole read I was too emotionally engrossed to start thinking up theories. I couldn’t guess who the killer was. But by the end I was just so shocked I literally gasped so loud I was afraid I had woken somebody up. No one did. But I was still shaking from it all.

It took me a day to rip through these pages and most likely will be on my top reads of 2014.]]> 4.05 2014 Far From You
author: Tess Sharpe
name: Iman
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2014/04/17
date added: 2019/03/13
shelves: for-my-library, mystery, romance, realistic-fiction
review:
Amazing

Exhilarating

Heart wrenching

Five hundred million trillion stars !!!!!
_________________________________________

A recovering addict finds herself to blame after waking in a dark forest beside her best friend’s dead body. Sophie’s accused of using again and putting her friend in danger by going to meet her dealer. She is shipped off to rehab and upon her release no one wants to talk to her and none would believe her story; she was clean and It was Mina (her friend) who drove them out to where they were attacked. Sophie’s determined to find Mina’s killer and refuses to let him go free.

The story is raw and emotional, filled with mystery and complicated romances. It is told by Sophie’s POV, alternating between before and after the attack. We get to read about a life that has been filled with accidents and tragedies. We get to understand the factors that made her into the person she is. And we get to see the pure love that connects Sophie and Mina and that has always been more than just friendly love. What I appreciated about their relationship is that it was real, understanding and unconditional. The sexuality wasn’t the main focus in their relationship, love was. And it all added to the complexity of the love triangle (or love square) in this book. I have never read anything as messy and as touching as this love triangle.

At the beginning Sophie’s determination to solve the mystery gave it a little Veronica Mars vibe that I LOVED. And through the whole read I was too emotionally engrossed to start thinking up theories. I couldn’t guess who the killer was. But by the end I was just so shocked I literally gasped so loud I was afraid I had woken somebody up. No one did. But I was still shaking from it all.

It took me a day to rip through these pages and most likely will be on my top reads of 2014.
]]> Hopeless (Hopeless, #1) 15717943
That’s what seventeen-year-old Sky realizes after she meets Dean Holder. A guy with a reputation that rivals her own and an uncanny ability to invoke feelings in her she’s never had before. He terrifies her and captivates her all in the span of just one encounter, and something about the way he makes her feel sparks buried memories from a past that she wishes could just stay buried.

Sky struggles to keep him at a distance knowing he’s nothing but trouble, but Holder insists on learning everything about her. After finally caving to his unwavering pursuit, Sky soon finds that Holder isn’t at all who he’s been claiming to be. When the secrets he’s been keeping are finally revealed, every single facet of Sky’s life will change forever.]]> 410 Colleen Hoover 1301949825 Iman 4 Beyond description. 4.26 2012 Hopeless (Hopeless, #1)
author: Colleen Hoover
name: Iman
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2013/12/11
date added: 2019/03/13
shelves: romance, realistic-fiction, the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge, series, winter-reading, mother-daughter, for-my-library
review:
Beyond description.
]]> Twenty Boy Summer 5231173 "Don’t worry, Anna. I’ll tell her, okay? Just let me think about the best way to do it."
"Okay."
"Promise me? Promise you won’t say anything?"
"Don’t worry.� I laughed. “It’s our secret, right?"

According to Anna’s best friend, Frankie, twenty days in Zanzibar Bay is the perfect opportunity to have a summer fling, and if they meet one boy every day, there’s a pretty good chance Anna will find her first summer romance. Anna lightheartedly agrees to the game, but there’s something she hasn’t told Frankie–she’s already had her romance, and it was with Frankie’s older brother, Matt, just before his tragic death one year ago.

TWENTY BOY SUMMER explores what it truly means to love someone, what it means to grieve, and ultimately, how to make the most of every beautiful moment life has to offer.]]> 290 Sarah Ockler 0316051594 Iman 4
]]> 3.89 2009 Twenty Boy Summer
author: Sarah Ockler
name: Iman
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2009
rating: 4
read at: 2013/11/14
date added: 2019/03/13
shelves: realistic-fiction, romance, summer-readings, the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge, for-my-library
review:
I have to say I am in love with this book and Sarah Ockler’s writing. From the get go I was hooked. No matter what the story is, no matter the journey the characters take you when the writing is this beautiful you just buckle up and settle in for the ride. And oh dear, what a lovely ride it was.


]]> The Truth About Forever 51737
But sometimes, unexpected things can happen—things such as the catering job at Wish, with its fun-loving, chaotic crew. Or her sister's project of renovating the neglected beach house, awakening long-buried memories. Things such as meeting Wes, a boy with a past, a taste for Truth-telling, and an amazing artistic talent, the kind of boy who could turn any girl's world upside down. As Macy ventures out of her shell, she begins to question her sheltered life.]]> 374 Sarah Dessen 0142406252 Iman 4 This is why people write.
This is why I read.
Enjoyed every bit of it.

Thank you Sarah Dessen ...]]> 4.12 2004 The Truth About Forever
author: Sarah Dessen
name: Iman
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at: 2013/09/25
date added: 2019/03/13
shelves: romance, summer-readings, the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge, realistic-fiction, mother-daughter, for-my-library
review:
Heartbreaking. Tragic. Magical.
This is why people write.
This is why I read.
Enjoyed every bit of it.

Thank you Sarah Dessen ...
]]> Stargirl (Stargirl, #1) 22232
Leo Borlock follows the unspoken rule at Mica Area High School: don't stand out--under any circumstances! Then Stargirl arrives at Mica High and everything changes--for Leo and for the entire school. After 15 years of home schooling, Stargirl bursts into tenth grade in an explosion of color and a clatter of ukulele music, enchanting the Mica student body.

But the delicate scales of popularity suddenly shift, and Stargirl is shunned for everything that makes her different. Somewhere in the midst of Stargirl's arrival and rise and fall, normal Leo Borlock has tumbled into love with her.

In a celebration of nonconformity, Jerry Spinelli weaves a tense, emotional tale about the fleeting, cruel nature of popularity--and the thrill and inspiration of first love.]]> 186 Jerry Spinelli 0439488400 Iman 4 Amazing book. it makes you want to smile all the time :)]]> 3.76 2000 Stargirl (Stargirl, #1)
author: Jerry Spinelli
name: Iman
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2000
rating: 4
read at: 2013/06/04
date added: 2019/03/13
shelves: the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge, for-my-library, romance, summer-readings, series
review:
This is one the most lighthearted books I have ever read. It might not be for adults and mainly targets teenagers. The book approaches the topic of identity and individuality in the most magical way. It doesn't matter how old you are, you can definitely identify with both stargirl and Leo.
Amazing book. it makes you want to smile all the time :)
]]> My Life Next Door 12294652 A gorgeous debut about family, friendship, first romance, and how to be true to one person you love without betraying another

“One thing my mother never knew, and would disapprove of most of all, was that I watched the Garretts. All the time.�

The Garretts are everything the Reeds are not. Loud, numerous, messy, affectionate. And every day from her balcony perch, seventeen-year-old Samantha Reed wishes she was one of them . . . until one summer evening, Jase Garrett climbs her terrace and changes everything. As the two fall fiercely in love, Jase's family makes Samantha one of their own. Then in an instant, the bottom drops out of her world and she is suddenly faced with an impossible decision. Which perfect family will save her? Or is it time she saved herself?

A dreamy summer read, full of characters who stay with you long after the story is over.]]> 394 Huntley Fitzpatrick 0803736991 Iman 4 ]]> 3.97 2012 My Life Next Door
author: Huntley Fitzpatrick
name: Iman
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2013/09/04
date added: 2019/03/13
shelves: summer-readings, romance, the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge, mother-daughter, realistic-fiction, for-my-library
review:
What an amazing book. So sad it finished !! :(

]]> Monday or Tuesday 97864 Readers can discover these and other aspects of her influential style in the eight stories collected here, among them a delightful, feminist put-down of the male intellect in "A Society" and a brilliant and sensitive portrayal of nature in "Kew Gardens." Also included are "An Unwritten Novel," "The String Quartet," "A Haunted House," "Blue & Green," "The Mark on the Wall," and the title story.
In recent years, Woolf's fiction, feminism, and high-minded sensibilities have earned her an ever-growing audience of readers. This splendid collection offers those readers not only the inestimable pleasures of the stories themselves, but an excellent entrée into the larger body of Woolf's work.]]> 155 Virginia Woolf 0486294536 Iman 3 3.64 1921 Monday or Tuesday
author: Virginia Woolf
name: Iman
average rating: 3.64
book published: 1921
rating: 3
read at: 2014/04/27
date added: 2018/09/21
shelves: classics, for-my-library, short-reads, european-literature
review:

]]> Allegiant (Divergent, #3) 17383918
But Tris's new reality is even more alarming than the one she left behind. Old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless. Explosive new truths change the hearts of those she loves. And once again, Tris must battle to comprehend to complexities of human nature - and of herself - while facing impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice, and love.

Told from a riveting dual perspective, ALLEGIANT, by #1 New York Times best-selling author Veronica Roth, brings the DIVERGENT series to a powerful conclusion while revealing the secrets of the dystopian world that has captivated millions of readers in DIVERGENT and INSURGENT.]]> 526 Veronica Roth 006202406X Iman 3 I'd give it a one star rating just out of spite and anger. The book took too long to get interesting but than snap ! All your nerves split and you are in agony reading ... crying (like in my case) and yelling out loud while people rush to you wondering what the hell is happening to you.

It takes 40 pages to destroy everything we loved about this series. I want take some memory serum and forget what I have read.

I spent days avoiding all kind of social networks in fear of a spoiler. UGH !!! I want to go live under a rock and stay there until I feel normal again.

I just want to feel normal again ... The book has no closure at all. I don't think I can read a book again for a while. ]]> 3.51 2013 Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
author: Veronica Roth
name: Iman
average rating: 3.51
book published: 2013
rating: 3
read at: 2013/10/25
date added: 2016/05/27
shelves: dystopian, romance, series, the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge, for-my-library
review:
WHY !!!! why would you do this to your devoted readers ?!
I'd give it a one star rating just out of spite and anger. The book took too long to get interesting but than snap ! All your nerves split and you are in agony reading ... crying (like in my case) and yelling out loud while people rush to you wondering what the hell is happening to you.

It takes 40 pages to destroy everything we loved about this series. I want take some memory serum and forget what I have read.

I spent days avoiding all kind of social networks in fear of a spoiler. UGH !!! I want to go live under a rock and stay there until I feel normal again.

I just want to feel normal again ... The book has no closure at all. I don't think I can read a book again for a while.
]]> Maybe Someday (Maybe, #1) 18143950
Sydney becomes captivated by Ridge, her mysterious neighbor. She can't take her eyes off him or stop listening to the passionate way he plays his guitar every evening out on his balcony. And there's something about Sydney that Ridge can't ignore, either. When their inevitable encounter happens, they soon find themselves needing each other in more ways than one...

Original music created for Maybe Someday by musician Griffin Peterson can be accessed through the website listed in the ebook and paperback.

From the author of the New York Times bestsellers Slammed, Point of Retreat, Hopeless, This Girl, and Losing Hope, Maybe Someday is destined to be another bestseller and long-lasting fan favorite.]]> 367 Colleen Hoover Iman 5
Colleen Hoover's books just keep getting better and better. The description alone brought the whole story to life, the characters were so real you can easily distinguish between both Sydneys's and Ridge's inner voices. At one point I actually forgot it was written word, not a movie I was watching.

I loved the writing style, I loved the lyrics, and I loved, loved, loved the fact that they actually recorded the music and we can listen to it !]]> 4.36 2014 Maybe Someday (Maybe, #1)
author: Colleen Hoover
name: Iman
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2014/03/31
date added: 2016/04/09
shelves: realistic-fiction, for-my-library, romance
review:
Sometimes we pick up a book we like, we really like and maybe even love. As you read it you catch yourself making mental notes, character growth (check), funny dialogue (check), plot twist (check) ... , we go through the list and realize it hits all the marks. And when we are done we are left with the pleasure of reading that book. But then on a rare occasion you pick up that one book that no matter what list you have made up in your head that determines what makes a book great or not, it just exceeds all prior expectations. This was that kind of book. From the get go I was hooked, I couldn't put it down. No sleep, no rest, I had to get to the end.

Colleen Hoover's books just keep getting better and better. The description alone brought the whole story to life, the characters were so real you can easily distinguish between both Sydneys's and Ridge's inner voices. At one point I actually forgot it was written word, not a movie I was watching.

I loved the writing style, I loved the lyrics, and I loved, loved, loved the fact that they actually recorded the music and we can listen to it !
]]> <![CDATA[Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)]]> 20613470 565 Sarah J. Maas 1619630656 Iman 5 4.47 2014 Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Iman
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2014/09/26
date added: 2014/09/26
shelves: series, romance, for-my-library, fantasy
review:
OMG !!!!! This exceeded all expectations. I don't really know what to say. The first third of the book was boring and a little too slow. But the rest just was amazing. The amount of emotion .... even from Dorian and Chaol. I just can't believe .... Just praise the lord some executions were delayed I almost died right there and then !
]]> <![CDATA[On the Fence (Old Town Shops, #2)]]> 18298225
To cope with the stress of faking her way through this new reality, Charlie seeks late-night refuge in her backyard, talking out her problems with Braden by the fence that separates them. But their Fence Chats can't solve Charlie's biggest problem: she's falling for Braden. Hard. She knows what it means to go for the win, but if spilling her secret means losing him for good, the stakes just got too high.]]> 295 Kasie West 0062235672 Iman 4 4.02 2014 On the Fence (Old Town Shops, #2)
author: Kasie West
name: Iman
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2014/08/22
date added: 2014/08/23
shelves: for-my-library, realistic-fiction, romance, short-reads
review:

]]> What I Thought Was True 15832932 422 Huntley Fitzpatrick 0803739095 Iman 4 3.71 2014 What I Thought Was True
author: Huntley Fitzpatrick
name: Iman
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2014/08/08
date added: 2014/08/08
shelves: for-my-library, realistic-fiction, romance, summer-readings
review:

]]> Landline 18081809
Maybe that was always beside the point.

Two days before they’re supposed to visit Neal’s family in Omaha for Christmas, Georgie tells Neal that she can’t go. She’s a TV writer, and something’s come up on her show; she has to stay in Los Angeles. She knows that Neal will be upset with her � Neal is always a little upset with Georgie � but she doesn't expect him to pack up the kids and go home without her.

When her husband and the kids leave for the airport, Georgie wonders if she’s finally done it. If she’s ruined everything.

That night, Georgie discovers a way to communicate with Neal in the past. It’s not time travel, not exactly, but she feels like she’s been given an opportunity to fix her marriage before it starts...

Is that what she’s supposed to do?

Or would Georgie and Neal be better off if their marriage never happened?]]> 320 Rainbow Rowell 1250049377 Iman 5 3.54 2014 Landline
author: Rainbow Rowell
name: Iman
average rating: 3.54
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2014/07/11
date added: 2014/08/07
shelves: for-my-library, realistic-fiction, romance
review:

]]> Divergent (Divergent, #1) 13335037
During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.]]> 487 Veronica Roth 0062024035 Iman 5 ]]> 4.13 2011 Divergent (Divergent, #1)
author: Veronica Roth
name: Iman
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2014/06/01
date added: 2014/06/01
shelves: dystopian, series, the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge, for-my-library
review:
One of the best books PERIOD! At one point I was wondering when all the action was going to happen and then BAM! The amazing events just build and suddenly explode into a big mess of mindless Dauntless soldiers roaming the streets. Just awesome ....

]]> حب في أغسطس 6279483 154 أحمد خالد توفيق 9772669595 Iman 4
فمن الجميل أن نرى كاتب عربي يكتب عن احدى الكوارث البشرية، و التي لا تنحص عند العرب و مآسيهم غير المتناهية، بعيدا عن الكتابة المقالية و السرد الفلسفي. بالأضافة لمزجه بين سرد الأحداث و مقاطع من قصائد أو أغاني أو اقتباسات اعجبه بما يتناسب مع القصة..

حب في أغسطس ... يكفي عنوانه ليجذبك.
فيه تجد حياة أخرى ينكبها بشاعة الحرب.]]> 4.16 2006 حب في أغسطس
author: أحمد خالد توفيق
name: Iman
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at: 2014/05/19
date added: 2014/05/19
shelves: arabic, romance, for-my-library, fantasy, short-reads, series
review:
من الرائع أن نمسك كتاب يخرجنا من حياتنا اليومية و يأخذنا في رحلة خيالية إلى زمان غير زماننا. و من الأروع أن يكون الكاتب عربي !!! اعترف بأن قراءتي للأدب العربي قليل، لكنني وجدت في كتابات د.أحمد خليل توفيق ما يشدني، من طبيعة سرده للقصة إلى السحر الذي يخلقه بلغته الشاعرية، و أهم من ذلك قدرته على ادخالنا إلى حياة غيرنا لنعيش حياتهم و مشاكلهم و نتعاطف معهم.

فمن الجميل أن نرى كاتب عربي يكتب عن احدى الكوارث البشرية، و التي لا تنحص عند العرب و مآسيهم غير المتناهية، بعيدا عن الكتابة المقالية و السرد الفلسفي. بالأضافة لمزجه بين سرد الأحداث و مقاطع من قصائد أو أغاني أو اقتباسات اعجبه بما يتناسب مع القصة..

حب في أغسطس ... يكفي عنوانه ليجذبك.
فيه تجد حياة أخرى ينكبها بشاعة الحرب.
]]> قصاصات قابلة للحرق 5978729 أتلو رسائلنا فتضحكني... أمثل هذا السخف قد كنا؟
عندما تقلب في أوراقك القديمة تجد الكثير من الهراء...
لكنك كذلك تجد بقايا أفكار ولمحات من خواطر فيها بعض اللحم.
عندها يخطر لك أن هذه القصاصات تصلح لشيء ما.]]> 128 أحمد خالد توفيق Iman 4 3.67 2007 قصاصات قابلة للحرق
author: أحمد خالد توفيق
name: Iman
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 2014/05/19
date added: 2014/05/19
shelves: arabic, for-my-library, short-reads
review:

]]> <![CDATA[To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)]]> 15749186
But one day Lara Jean discovers that somehow her secret box of letters has been mailed, causing all her crushes from her past to confront her about the letters: her first kiss, the boy from summer camp, even her sister's ex-boyfriend, Josh.

As she learns to deal with her past loves face to face, Lara Jean discovers that something good may come out of these letters after all.]]> 355 Jenny Han 1442426713 Iman 4 *flips page ..... Acknowledgments*

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO]]> 4.04 2014 To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)
author: Jenny Han
name: Iman
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2014/05/04
date added: 2014/05/04
shelves: romance, realistic-fiction, series, for-my-library, summer-readings
review:
Hell no, that's not where it ends !!!!!!
*flips page ..... Acknowledgments*

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
]]> Animal Farm 7613
The book tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. Ultimately, however, the rebellion is betrayed, and the farm ends up in a state as bad as it was before, under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon.

One night, all the animals at Mr. Jones' Manor Farm assemble in a barn to hear old Major, a pig, describe a dream he had about a world where all animals live free from the tyranny of their human masters. Old Major dies soon after the meeting, but the animals � inspired by his philosophy of Animalism � plot a rebellion against Jones.

Two pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, prove themselves important figures and planners of this dangerous enterprise. When Jones forgets to feed the animals, the revolution occurs, and Jones and his men are chased off the farm. Manor Farm is renamed Animal Farm, and the Seven Commandments of Animalism are painted on the barn wall...]]> 129 George Orwell Iman 4 3.90 1945 Animal Farm
author: George Orwell
name: Iman
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1945
rating: 4
read at: 2014/04/29
date added: 2014/04/29
shelves: classics, dystopian, fantasy, short-reads, for-my-library
review:

]]> Ariel 395090 Sylvia Plath's celebrated collection.

When Sylvia Plath died, she not only left behind a prolific life but also her unpublished literary masterpiece, Ariel. Her husband, Ted Hughes, brought the collection to life in 1966, and its publication garnered worldwide acclaim. This collection showcases the beloved poet’s brilliant, provoking, and always moving poems, including "Ariel" and once again shows why readers have fallen in love with her work throughout the generations.]]> 128 Sylvia Plath 0060931728 Iman 5 4.22 1965 Ariel
author: Sylvia Plath
name: Iman
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1965
rating: 5
read at: 2014/04/27
date added: 2014/04/27
shelves: classics, for-my-library, short-reads
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Just One Day (Just One Day, #1)]]> 17623975
When sheltered American good girl Allyson "LuLu" Healey first meets laid-back Dutch actor Willem De Ruiter at an underground performance of Twelfth Night in England, there's an undeniable spark. After just one day together, that spark bursts into a flame, or so it seems to Allyson, until the following morning, when she wakes up after a whirlwind day in Paris to discover that Willem has left. Over the next year, Allyson embarks on a journey to come to terms with the narrow confines of her life, and through Shakespeare, travel, and a quest for her almost-true-love, to break free of those confines.]]> 369 Gayle Forman 0142422959 Iman 5 easily one of the best contemporary books I've read in a long while. I wanted it to go on longer. IDK what the second book holds, but I hope there is a little more at the end than "doors opening". ]]> 3.97 2013 Just One Day (Just One Day, #1)
author: Gayle Forman
name: Iman
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2013
rating: 5
read at: 2014/04/09
date added: 2014/04/12
shelves: series, romance, realistic-fiction, summer-readings, for-my-library
review:
WOW, that ending ... !!!
easily one of the best contemporary books I've read in a long while. I wanted it to go on longer. IDK what the second book holds, but I hope there is a little more at the end than "doors opening".
]]> The Bell Jar 6514 294 Sylvia Plath 0571268862 Iman 4 classics, for-my-library 4.05 1963 The Bell Jar
author: Sylvia Plath
name: Iman
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1963
rating: 4
read at: 2014/03/30
date added: 2014/03/30
shelves: classics, for-my-library
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)]]> 13206828
Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl imprisoned on a satellite since childhood who's only ever had her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker. Unfortunately, she's just received orders from Levana to track down Cinder and her handsome accomplice.

When a daring rescue of Cress goes awry, the group is separated. Cress finally has her freedom, but it comes at a higher price. Meanwhile, Queen Levana will let nothing prevent her marriage to Emperor Kai. Cress, Scarlet, and Cinder may not have signed up to save the world, but they may be the only hope the world has.]]> 552 Marissa Meyer 0312642970 Iman 5 I totally forgot there was a fourth book.

(multiple shouts of frustration)

GIVE ME FOURTH BOOK NOW !]]> 4.40 2014 Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)
author: Marissa Meyer
name: Iman
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2014/03/05
date added: 2014/03/05
shelves: series, romance, fantasy, for-my-library
review:
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat ?! the book finished ........ I totally forgot there was a fourth book.

(multiple shouts of frustration)

GIVE ME FOURTH BOOK NOW !
]]> <![CDATA[Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)]]> 15507958 Discover the love story that captured over 20 million hearts in Me Before You, After You, and Still Me.

They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose . . .

Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life—steady boyfriend, close family—who has barely been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex–Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after an accident. Will has always lived a huge life—big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel—and now he’s pretty sure he cannot live the way he is.

Will is acerbic, moody, bossy—but Lou refuses to treat him with kid gloves, and soon his happiness means more to her than she expected. When she learns that Will has shocking plans of his own, she sets out to show him that life is still worth living.

A Love Story for this generation and perfect for fans of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, Me Before You brings to life two people who couldn’t have less in common—a heartbreakingly romantic novel that asks, What do you do when making the person you love happy also means breaking your own heart?]]> 369 Jojo Moyes Iman 4
Heartbreaking story and provoking. ]]> 4.24 2012 Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
author: Jojo Moyes
name: Iman
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2014/02/20
date added: 2014/02/20
shelves: romance, realistic-fiction, european-literature, for-my-library
review:
I have no words. I really didn't think or want it to end like that.

Heartbreaking story and provoking.
]]> Memoirs of a Geisha 930
In "Memoirs of a Geisha," we enter a world where appearances are paramount; where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder; where women are trained to beguile the most powerful men; and where love is scorned as illusion. It is a unique and triumphant work of fiction - at once romantic, erotic, suspenseful - and completely unforgettable.]]> 434 Arthur Golden 0739326228 Iman 5
It kind of bugs me when they change some of the little details and events for the sake of a more interesting movie. I kept expecting one thing and then finding something totally different. But on the bright side, if you watched the movie you'll still be quite surprised while reading the book.

I adored all the detailed explanation about everything Geisha and Japanese. I have always been interested in Japanese culture. It is interesting the fact that the writer is actually an American. It feels so real, you can't imagine this was all fiction.

Greatly pleased with this read. Definitely deserves 5 stars. ]]> 4.07 1997 Memoirs of a Geisha
author: Arthur Golden
name: Iman
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1997
rating: 5
read at: 2014/02/17
date added: 2014/02/17
shelves: romance, realistic-fiction, asian-literature, for-my-library
review:
WOW ! I loved the movie but little did I know that the ending was cut short in it. The book ending is amazing. I am really happy I have finally read this book !!! It's been on my TBR list for way too long. And I strongly recommend it to anyone who has enjoyed the movie.

It kind of bugs me when they change some of the little details and events for the sake of a more interesting movie. I kept expecting one thing and then finding something totally different. But on the bright side, if you watched the movie you'll still be quite surprised while reading the book.

I adored all the detailed explanation about everything Geisha and Japanese. I have always been interested in Japanese culture. It is interesting the fact that the writer is actually an American. It feels so real, you can't imagine this was all fiction.

Greatly pleased with this read. Definitely deserves 5 stars.
]]> The Ghost Bride 16248223 A startlingly original voice makes her literary debut with this wondrous coming-of-age story infused with Chinese folklore, romantic intrigue, adventure, and fascinating, dreamlike twists.

'One evening, my father asked me whether I would like to become a ghost bride...'

Though ruled by British overlords, the Chinese of colonial Malaya still cling to ancient customs. And in the sleepy port town of Malacca, ghosts and superstitions abound.

Li Lan, the daughter of a genteel but bankrupt family, has few prospects. But fate intervenes when she receives an unusual proposal from the wealthy and powerful Lim family. They want her to become a ghost bride for the family's only son, who recently died under mysterious circumstances. Rarely practiced, traditional ghost marriages are used to placate restless spirits. Such a union would guarantee Li Lan a home for the rest of her days, but at a terrible price.

After an ominous visit to the opulent Lim mansion, Li Lan finds herself haunted not only by her ghostly would-be suitor, but also by her desire for the Lims' handsome new heir, Tian Bai. Night after night, she is drawn into the shadowy parallel world of the Chinese afterlife, with its ghost cities, paper funeral offerings, vengeful spirits, and monstrous bureaucracy—including the mysterious Er Lang, a charming but unpredictable guardian spirit. Li Lan must uncover the Lim family's darkest secrets—and the truth about her own family—before she is trapped in this ghostly world forever.]]> 368 Yangsze Choo 0062227327 Iman 3 I kept wanting for the story to pick up, but I felt like the writer kept dwelling on the same ideas. All the plot twists were amazing, however; poorly written.
It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great, unfortunately.
I really enjoyed all the Chinese folklore.

Really disappointed ... ugh!]]> 3.79 2013 The Ghost Bride
author: Yangsze Choo
name: Iman
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2013
rating: 3
read at: 2014/02/11
date added: 2014/02/11
shelves: asian-literature, romance, fantasy, for-my-library
review:
This book has one of the most beautiful covers I've ever seen. I was so excited to read it, the idea of a ghost wedding and the world of the dead was extremely intriguing. But I am disappointed to say it didn't live up to my expectations. It was dry; it lacked emotion and read a bit matter of fact rather than an enchanting story.
I kept wanting for the story to pick up, but I felt like the writer kept dwelling on the same ideas. All the plot twists were amazing, however; poorly written.
It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great, unfortunately.
I really enjoyed all the Chinese folklore.

Really disappointed ... ugh!
]]> <![CDATA[How to Train Your Dragon (How to Train Your Dragon, #1)]]> 352262
Join his adventures and misadventures as he finds a new way to train dragons--and becomes a hero. This action-packed, hilarious, and perfectly illustrated novel is a modern classic beloved by millions across the globe.]]> 214 Cressida Cowell 0316737372 Iman 4 3.91 2003 How to Train Your Dragon (How to Train Your Dragon, #1)
author: Cressida Cowell
name: Iman
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2003
rating: 4
read at: 2014/01/28
date added: 2014/01/28
shelves: for-my-library, humor, fantasy, series
review:

]]> Champion (Legend, #3) 14290364 He is a Legend.
She is a Prodigy.
Who will be Champion?

June and Day have sacrificed so much for the people of the Republic—and each other—and now their country is on the brink of a new existence. June is back in the good graces of the Republic, working within the government’s elite circles as Princeps-Elect, while Day has been assigned a high-level military position.

But neither could have predicted the circumstances that will reunite them: just when a peace treaty is imminent, a plague outbreak causes panic in the Colonies, and war threatens the Republic’s border cities. This new strain of plague is deadlier than ever, and June is the only one who knows the key to her country’s defense. But saving the lives of thousands will mean asking the one she loves to give up everything.

With heart-pounding action and suspense, Marie Lu’s bestselling trilogy draws to a stunning conclusion.]]> 369 Marie Lu 0399256776 Iman 5 The ending alone deserved the Five star rating. I passed the finish line. And it is AMAZING !! in my head fireworks erupt with the final scene. THANK YOU MARIE LU !!!!! This book was the best ending to the trilogy, better than I would have imagined for it. In fear that Marie Lu would pull a Veronica Roth on us or sth I clenched my teeth and dove in the last 70 pages like a mad person. But NO !!! No crazy sad ending. But also, no easy lame ending either. It keeps you all excited worried where would each one of them end up and wondering if they ever meet again. The right ending for two characters who had suffered through the past two books. who had wished for new beginning, a fresh start.


And wow! talk about action filled pages. You get the love triangle. You get the love confession at its fullest. You get the despair and agony of separation. You get the fear of death and loss. You get the blood thrilling action. You get many twists and turns. It just works .....


Happy Reading all you ppl :D]]> 4.32 2013 Champion (Legend, #3)
author: Marie Lu
name: Iman
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2013
rating: 5
read at: 2013/11/06
date added: 2014/01/27
shelves: dystopian, series, for-my-library, the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge, romance
review:

The ending alone deserved the Five star rating. I passed the finish line. And it is AMAZING !! in my head fireworks erupt with the final scene. THANK YOU MARIE LU !!!!! This book was the best ending to the trilogy, better than I would have imagined for it. In fear that Marie Lu would pull a Veronica Roth on us or sth I clenched my teeth and dove in the last 70 pages like a mad person. But NO !!! No crazy sad ending. But also, no easy lame ending either. It keeps you all excited worried where would each one of them end up and wondering if they ever meet again. The right ending for two characters who had suffered through the past two books. who had wished for new beginning, a fresh start.


And wow! talk about action filled pages. You get the love triangle. You get the love confession at its fullest. You get the despair and agony of separation. You get the fear of death and loss. You get the blood thrilling action. You get many twists and turns. It just works .....


Happy Reading all you ppl :D
]]> <![CDATA[Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)]]> 7896527 Meet Celaena Sardothien.

Beautiful. Deadly. Destined for greatness.

In a land without magic, where the king rules with an iron hand, Celaena, an assassin, is summoned to the castle. She comes not to kill the king, but to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three killers, thieves, and warriors in a competition, she is released from prison to serve as the king’s champion.

The Crown Prince will provoke her. The Captain of the Guard will protect her. But something evil dwells in the castle of glass—and it’s there to kill. When her competitors start dying one by one, Celaena’s fight for freedom becomes a fight for survival, and a desperate quest to root out the evil before it destroys her world.]]> 406 Sarah J. Maas Iman 4 4.19 2012 Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Iman
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2014/01/11
date added: 2014/01/12
shelves: for-my-library, romance, fantasy, series, winter-reading
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)]]> 17167166 "A line that should never be crossed is about to be breached.

It puts this entire castle in jeopardy—and the life of your friend."

From the throne of glass rules a king with a fist of iron and a soul as black as pitch. Assassin Celaena Sardothien won a brutal contest to become his Champion. Yet Celaena is far from loyal to the crown. She hides her secret vigilantly; she knows that the man she serves is bent on evil.

Keeping up the deadly charade becomes increasingly difficult when Celaena realizes she is not the only one seeking justice. As she tries to untangle the mysteries buried deep within the glass castle, her closest relationships suffer. It seems no one is above questioning her allegiances—not the Crown Prince Dorian; not Chaol, the Captain of the Guard; not even her best friend, Nehemia, a foreign princess with a rebel heart.

Then one terrible night, the secrets they have all been keeping lead to an unspeakable tragedy. As Celaena's world shatters, she will be forced to give up the very thing most precious to her and decide once and for all where her true loyalties lie... and whom she is ultimately willing to fight for.]]> 420 Sarah J. Maas 1619630621 Iman 5 GOOD GOD THAT WAS AMAZING !!!!!

I am so happy I picked up this series, though it isn't the type of book I find myself gravitating towards. But the plot is incredible. It sucks you in and doesn't let go. I couldn't put this book down until I had finished it.

In this book you finally get down to more of the hidden secrets that were hinted at in the first book. All the magic and powers that lay in these beautiful characters and relationships are taken to another level yay and then some not boo! ...

I'm really not so sure where I stand with the love triangle. Both are amazing characters and both will go to lengths for Celaena.

ugh .... No words for that ending!!!

I need the next book ... NOW !]]> 4.35 2013 Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Iman
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2013
rating: 5
read at: 2014/01/12
date added: 2014/01/12
shelves: series, for-my-library, romance, fantasy, winter-reading
review:
GOOD GOD THAT WAS AMAZING !!!!!

I am so happy I picked up this series, though it isn't the type of book I find myself gravitating towards. But the plot is incredible. It sucks you in and doesn't let go. I couldn't put this book down until I had finished it.

In this book you finally get down to more of the hidden secrets that were hinted at in the first book. All the magic and powers that lay in these beautiful characters and relationships are taken to another level yay and then some not boo! ...

I'm really not so sure where I stand with the love triangle. Both are amazing characters and both will go to lengths for Celaena.

ugh .... No words for that ending!!!

I need the next book ... NOW !
]]> <![CDATA[The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1)]]> 10576365
Now sixteen, Ruby is one of the dangerous ones.

When the truth comes out, Ruby barely escapes Thurmond with her life. Now she’s on the run, desperate to find the one safe haven left for kids like her—East River. She joins a group of kids who escaped their own camp. Liam, their brave leader, is falling hard for Ruby. But no matter how much she aches for him, Ruby can’t risk getting close. Not after what happened to her parents.

When they arrive at East River, nothing is as it seems, least of all its mysterious leader. But there are other forces at work, people who will stop at nothing to use Ruby in their fight against the government. Ruby will be faced with a terrible choice, one that may mean giving up her only chance at a life worth living.]]> 488 Alexandra Bracken 1423157370 Iman 5 LOVE with this book I want to cry ! Probably one of the best books I’ve read in a while. It is so amazing! And I don’t know if I’ll be able to resist reading the sequel right away.

Unbelievable writing
Unbelievable plot !!!

The amazing amazing AMAZING plot is extremely gripping. It keeps building and building, weaving characters and events together and when it reaches its peek with the slightest pull of a string everything unwinds and falls apart. Nothing is as it was. No one is where they were. There isn’t one thing in its right place. Complete shift. Total CHAOS !!!

Heartbreaking !

Ruby is an awesome main character and she is fierce. I loved being in her head.
I love Chubs, too ... I think he, for me, was the most impressive character. He grew so much throughout the book. I loved him for his moody personality and the way he accepted Ruby in the end. And his letter ... I HAVE NO WORDS !
Liam, Lee ..... :'(

“The Darkest Minds tend to hide behind the most unlikely faces.� Ψձ> 4.17 2012 The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1)
author: Alexandra Bracken
name: Iman
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2012
rating: 5
read at: 2014/01/09
date added: 2014/01/09
shelves: dystopian, fantasy, series, romance, for-my-library
review:
I’m so in LOVE with this book I want to cry ! Probably one of the best books I’ve read in a while. It is so amazing! And I don’t know if I’ll be able to resist reading the sequel right away.

Unbelievable writing
Unbelievable plot !!!

The amazing amazing AMAZING plot is extremely gripping. It keeps building and building, weaving characters and events together and when it reaches its peek with the slightest pull of a string everything unwinds and falls apart. Nothing is as it was. No one is where they were. There isn’t one thing in its right place. Complete shift. Total CHAOS !!!

Heartbreaking !

Ruby is an awesome main character and she is fierce. I loved being in her head.
I love Chubs, too ... I think he, for me, was the most impressive character. He grew so much throughout the book. I loved him for his moody personality and the way he accepted Ruby in the end. And his letter ... I HAVE NO WORDS !
Liam, Lee ..... :'(

“The Darkest Minds tend to hide behind the most unlikely faces.� Ψ
]]> Obsidian (Lux, #1) 12578077
When we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I’d pretty much resigned myself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring� until I spotted my hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up.

And then he opened his mouth.

Daemon is infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. We do not get along. At all. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, well, something� unexpected happens.

The hot alien living next door marks me.

You heard me. Alien. Turns out Daemon and his sister have a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal their abilities, and Daemon’s touch has me lit up like the Vegas Strip. The only way I’m getting out of this alive is by sticking close to Daemon until my alien mojo fades.

If I don’t kill him first, that is.]]> 335 Jennifer L. Armentrout Iman 4 4.14 2011 Obsidian (Lux, #1)
author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
name: Iman
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2014/01/01
date added: 2014/01/07
shelves: dystopian, romance, fantasy, series, for-my-library
review:
Reading all four books released, I have to say this one is probably my favorite. The plot is diverse. You get the action filled drama and the great chemistry of Daemon and Katy. I think I liked them better in this book just because they were basically fighting the whole time and at each others throats. Everything flying out of their mouths was witty and humorous. Definitely one of the best book chemistry ever. It was an exciting read and I loved it !
]]> Origin (Lux, #4) 13644052
Daemon will do anything to get Katy back.

After the successful but disastrous raid on Mount Weather, he’s facing the impossible. Katy is gone. Taken. Everything becomes about finding her. Taking out anyone who stands in his way? Done. Burning down the whole world to save her? Gladly. Exposing his alien race to the world? With pleasure.

All Katy can do is survive.

Surrounded by enemies, the only way she can come out of this is to adapt. After all, there are sides of Daedalus that don’t seem entirely crazy, but the group’s goals are frightening and the truths they speak even more disturbing. Who are the real bad guys? Daedalus? Mankind? Or the Luxen?

Together, they can face anything.

But the most dangerous foe has been there all along, and when the truths are exposed and the lies come crumbling down, which side will Daemon and Katy be standing on?

And will they even be together?]]> 374 Jennifer L. Armentrout Iman 4 Ugh that ending ....
Those last 50 pages sure changed a lot !!
With all the action and baby/marriage talk going around it would most positively get your eyes speeding through the pages.

I think so far the whole series' plot was just OK for me, but this ending is making me itch for the next book. The plot finally thickens and we get to see more action play out, we lose some good people in the mix and meet a whole new kind, and most devastatingly a betrayal is revealed (I was waiting for it since book one, but it didn't make it less sad).

I was extremely excited about the two POVs. Both voices different and distinguishable, and definitely true to the character we had gotten to know and love in the past three books. I was so happy being inside of Daemons head, it was very fun. He is never boring with his witty remarks.

[spoilers removed]

]]> 4.32 2013 Origin (Lux, #4)
author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
name: Iman
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2014/01/07
date added: 2014/01/07
shelves: for-my-library, romance, fantasy, series
review:
Ugh that ending ....
Those last 50 pages sure changed a lot !!
With all the action and baby/marriage talk going around it would most positively get your eyes speeding through the pages.

I think so far the whole series' plot was just OK for me, but this ending is making me itch for the next book. The plot finally thickens and we get to see more action play out, we lose some good people in the mix and meet a whole new kind, and most devastatingly a betrayal is revealed (I was waiting for it since book one, but it didn't make it less sad).

I was extremely excited about the two POVs. Both voices different and distinguishable, and definitely true to the character we had gotten to know and love in the past three books. I was so happy being inside of Daemons head, it was very fun. He is never boring with his witty remarks.

[spoilers removed]


]]> Opal (Lux, #3) 13362536 No one is like Daemon Black.

When he set out to prove his feelings for me, he wasn’t fooling around. Doubting him isn’t something I’ll do again, and now that we’ve made it through the rough patches, well� There’s a lot of spontaneous combustion going on.

But even he can’t protect his family from the danger of trying to free those they love.

After everything, I’m no longer the same Katy. I’m different� And I’m not sure what that will mean in the end. When each step we take in discovering the truth puts us in the path of the secret organization responsible for torturing and testing hybrids, the more I realize there is no end to what I’m capable. The death of someone close still lingers, help comes from the most unlikely source, and friends will become the deadliest of enemies, but we won’t turn back. Even if the outcome will shatter our worlds forever.

Together we’re stronger� and they know it.]]> 394 Jennifer L. Armentrout 1620610094 Iman 4 4.24 2012 Opal (Lux, #3)
author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
name: Iman
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2014/01/04
date added: 2014/01/04
shelves: for-my-library, romance, fantasy, series
review:

]]> Onyx (Lux, #2) 13047090 BEING CONNECTED TO DAEMON BLACK SUCKS�

Thanks to his alien mojo, Daemon’s determined to prove what he feels for me is more than a product of our bizarro connection. So I’ve sworn him off, even though he’s running more hot than cold these days. But we’ve got bigger problems.

SOMETHING WORSE THAN ARUM HAS COME TO TOWN

The Department of Defense is here. If they ever find out what Daemon can do and that we’re linked, I’m a goner. So is he. And there’s this new boy in school who’s got a secret of his own. He knows what’s happened to me and he can help, but to do so, I have to lie to Daemon and stay away from him. Like that’s possible. Against all common sense, I’m falling for Daemon. Hard.

BUT THEN, EVERYTHING CHANGES

I’ve seen someone who shouldn’t be alive. And I have to tell Daemon, even though I know he’s never going to stop searching until he gets the truth. What happened to his brother? Who betrayed him? And what does the DOD want from them—from me?

NO ONE IS WHO THEY SEEM. AND NOT EVERYONE WILL SURVIVE THE LIES.]]> 421 Jennifer L. Armentrout Iman 4 4.23 2012 Onyx (Lux, #2)
author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
name: Iman
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2014/01/02
date added: 2014/01/02
shelves: for-my-library, romance, fantasy, series
review:

]]> The First Last Kiss 11521304
Can you let go of the past when you know what is in the future?

And how do you cope when you know that every kiss is a countdown to goodbye?

This is the story of a love affair, of Ryan and Molly and how they fell in love and were torn apart. The first time Molly kissed Ryan, she knew they'd be together forever. Six years and thousands of kisses later she's married to the man she loves. But today, when Ryan kisses her, Molly realises how many of them she wasted because the future holds something which neither of them could have ever predicted…]]> 496 Ali Harris 0857202936 Iman 5
The writing style is amazing. I loved the characters and I hated them all at one point or another. You believe the authenticity of them all and you are able to understand what has driven each one to make those choices. I really truly hated Casey -Molly's BFF- throughout 70% of the book. I was the whole time screaming in my head "You jealous B****. You're gonna be the end of them!". I just felt like Molly didn't believe in herself and the happiness she deserved, so she allowed her friend to mess with her head. It upset me so much. Friendship between girls is always a sensitive matter. The love and understanding but at the same time there is some underlining of hate and jealousy. And those friendships are always dangerous. So it made their friendship relative and real and all the more interesting to follow.

Of course Rayan ... oh my, Rayray; A woman's dream come true. The unconditional love. His strong belief in where his heart lies and his perseverance. The perfect man for molly, the man she needs but definitely not the man she wants. Their relationship spoke to me loud and clear. I felt so connected to it. Molly was a tough woman and she never imagined herself being loved. So, it was delightful to see how she grew and changed over the course of the book. I think her growth is what ppl can relate to the most in this book. Not the friendships she has, or the relationship with Rayan. It is her ability to finally make piece with the world she was brought up in, to allow herself to be loved by everyone in her life and not shut herself out of their lives. I think many of us can share her insecurities and have had loves that made us realize how much love surrounds us and we are always indebted to those loves. She was just lucky that it turned out that love was one of her forevers.

One of my many favorite quotes:
"But I was always burdened by the feeling that this kind of sudden, intense relationship wasn’t meant to happen to a girl like me. I just didn’t believe I deserved it". ]]> 3.98 2004 The First Last Kiss
author: Ali Harris
name: Iman
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2004
rating: 5
read at: 2013/11/27
date added: 2013/12/28
shelves: romance, the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge, european-literature, realistic-fiction, summer-readings, for-my-library
review:
4.5 v.bright stars !!!! I have soooo much to say about this book. But sometimes when something is this wonderful and so splendid you can't put it in words and give it justice. I am afraid of not expressing how much I truly loved it. What was great about reading this book was the character development. I got to read about each and every character in depth. The time span in the book is vast and it allows the story to pile on bit by bit so beautifully. I loved the time frames; jumping from different points in their lives. The before and afters of crucial events, the now, and the kisses. And oh my lord, those kisses' stories were so sweet, and to the end when I understood where they were coming from and why they were written I burst into tears. Shear beauty. They all gave way to this gradual coloring of a masterpiece. It kept me reading and on edge wishing I could read a bazillion words per minute. I just wanted more. I still want more. And I want more of Ali Harris style.

The writing style is amazing. I loved the characters and I hated them all at one point or another. You believe the authenticity of them all and you are able to understand what has driven each one to make those choices. I really truly hated Casey -Molly's BFF- throughout 70% of the book. I was the whole time screaming in my head "You jealous B****. You're gonna be the end of them!". I just felt like Molly didn't believe in herself and the happiness she deserved, so she allowed her friend to mess with her head. It upset me so much. Friendship between girls is always a sensitive matter. The love and understanding but at the same time there is some underlining of hate and jealousy. And those friendships are always dangerous. So it made their friendship relative and real and all the more interesting to follow.

Of course Rayan ... oh my, Rayray; A woman's dream come true. The unconditional love. His strong belief in where his heart lies and his perseverance. The perfect man for molly, the man she needs but definitely not the man she wants. Their relationship spoke to me loud and clear. I felt so connected to it. Molly was a tough woman and she never imagined herself being loved. So, it was delightful to see how she grew and changed over the course of the book. I think her growth is what ppl can relate to the most in this book. Not the friendships she has, or the relationship with Rayan. It is her ability to finally make piece with the world she was brought up in, to allow herself to be loved by everyone in her life and not shut herself out of their lives. I think many of us can share her insecurities and have had loves that made us realize how much love surrounds us and we are always indebted to those loves. She was just lucky that it turned out that love was one of her forevers.

One of my many favorite quotes:
"But I was always burdened by the feeling that this kind of sudden, intense relationship wasn’t meant to happen to a girl like me. I just didn’t believe I deserved it".
]]> <![CDATA[Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2)]]> 13206760
Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit's grandmother is missing. It turns out there are many things Scarlet doesn't know about her grandmother, or the grave danger she has lived in her whole life. When Scarlet encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information as to her grandmother's whereabouts, she is loath to trust this stranger, but is inexplicably drawn to him, and he to her. As Scarlet and Wolf unravel one mystery, they encounter another when they meet Cinder. Now, all of them must stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana.

The adventure continues in this fresh fairytale retelling that combines elements of Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood.]]> 454 Marissa Meyer 0312642962 Iman 5
COME ON. I DON'T WANT TO WAIT 5 MONTHS !!

First of all, if I could give this more than 5 stars I would have. This book was just so much better than the first. The multiple story lines made it more exciting. There was more things going on which just added to the suspense. I was At parts yelling out loud, though Scarlet strangled her yells with gritted teeth and Cinder muffling her screams with her metal arm, I just let them out. OH MY LORD ! And it got a little gruesome at parts didn't it. Those wolves are nasty.

I feel like the first book compared to the second book is a little weak. But it did set it up for an amazing second book. But talk about a great team, I loved Cinders and Captain Thornes chemistry together.

Anyone else fell in love with Captain Thorne ?? He is amazing and he knows it, which makes it so much better.
“I’m Princess Selene.�
Thorne snorted and they all turned to him.
He blinked. “What, really?

]]> 4.24 2013 Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2)
author: Marissa Meyer
name: Iman
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2013
rating: 5
read at: 2013/09/12
date added: 2013/12/26
shelves: series, dystopian, romance, the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge, for-my-library
review:
I should stop reading books part of incomplete series .... cuz this was soooooo amazing I want the next one.

COME ON. I DON'T WANT TO WAIT 5 MONTHS !!

First of all, if I could give this more than 5 stars I would have. This book was just so much better than the first. The multiple story lines made it more exciting. There was more things going on which just added to the suspense. I was At parts yelling out loud, though Scarlet strangled her yells with gritted teeth and Cinder muffling her screams with her metal arm, I just let them out. OH MY LORD ! And it got a little gruesome at parts didn't it. Those wolves are nasty.

I feel like the first book compared to the second book is a little weak. But it did set it up for an amazing second book. But talk about a great team, I loved Cinders and Captain Thornes chemistry together.

Anyone else fell in love with Captain Thorne ?? He is amazing and he knows it, which makes it so much better.
“I’m Princess Selene.�
Thorne snorted and they all turned to him.
He blinked. “What, really?


]]> Demonglass (Hex Hall, #2) 8428064
Turns out, Sophie's a demon, one of only two in the world-the other being her father. What's worse, she has powers that threaten the lives of everyone she loves. Which is precisely why Sophie decides she must go to London for the Removal, a dangerous procedure that will either destroy her powers for good-or kill her.

But once Sophie arrives, she makes a shocking discovery. Her new housemates? They're demons too. Meaning, someone is raising demons in secret, with creepy plans to use their powers, and probably not for good. Meanwhile, The Eye is set on hunting Sophie down, and they're using Archer to do it. But it's not like she has feelings for him anymore. Does she?]]> 359 Rachel Hawkins 1423121317 Iman 4 4.09 2011 Demonglass (Hex Hall, #2)
author: Rachel Hawkins
name: Iman
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2013/12/20
date added: 2013/12/20
shelves: fantasy, series, the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge, for-my-library
review:

]]> Hex Hall (Hex Hall, #1) 5287473 By the end of her first day among fellow freak-teens, Sophie has quite a scorecard: three powerful enemies who look like supermodels, a futile crush on a gorgeous warlock, a creepy tag-along ghost, and a new roommate who happens to be the most hated person and only vampire student on campus. Worse, Sophie soon learns that a mysterious predator has been attacking students, and her only friend is the number-one suspect.

As a series of blood-curdling mysteries starts to converge, Sophie prepares for the biggest threat of all: an ancient secret society determined to destroy all Prodigium, especially her.

]]> 323 Rachel Hawkins 1423121309 Iman 4 3.93 2010 Hex Hall (Hex Hall, #1)
author: Rachel Hawkins
name: Iman
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2010
rating: 4
read at: 2013/12/19
date added: 2013/12/19
shelves: fantasy, romance, series, for-my-library, the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge
review:

]]> The Help 4667024
Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with her beloved maid Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared and no one will tell Skeeter where she has gone.

Aibileen is a black maid, a wise, regal woman raising her seventeenth white child. Something has shifted inside her after the loss of her own son, who died while his bosses looked the other way. She is devoted to the little girl she looks after, though she knows both their hearts may be broken.

Minny, Aibileen's best friend, is short, fat, and perhaps the sassiest woman in Mississippi. She can cook like nobody's business, but she can't mind her tongue, so she's lost yet another job. Minny finally finds a position working for someone too new to town to know her reputation. But her new boss has secrets of her own.

Seemingly as different from one another as can be, these women will nonetheless come together for a clandestine project that will put them all at risk. And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times. And sometimes lines are made to be crossed.

In pitch-perfect voices, Kathryn Stockett creates three extraordinary women whose determination to start a movement of their own forever changes a town, and the way women, mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends, view one another. A deeply moving novel filled with poignancy, humor, and hope, The Help is a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don't.


Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here]]> 464 Kathryn Stockett 0399155341 Iman 5 Coming of Age in Mississippi. Not everyone appreciates what it means to be a woman at that time, what it is like to be brave and work hard for what she believes is right.

]]> 4.46 2009 The Help
author: Kathryn Stockett
name: Iman
average rating: 4.46
book published: 2009
rating: 5
read at: 2013/12/16
date added: 2013/12/16
shelves: classics, for-my-library, history, realistic-fiction, the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge
review:
This book brought sheer joy to my heart. I love every word on every page in this book than the before. This is a book that every human being should read. I for one will reread this book over and over again. I would want my children to read it. And I will always recommend this book along with Coming of Age in Mississippi. Not everyone appreciates what it means to be a woman at that time, what it is like to be brave and work hard for what she believes is right.


]]> <![CDATA[Brooke (Under the Never Sky, #2.5)]]> 17616704
The only fight she can't win is the one for Perry's heart. Following the stunning climax in Through the Ever Night, the Tides have been forced to seek shelter from the Aether storms in a dismal, secluded cave. But Brooke's memories of the cave go back much further, to when she and Perry used to come here together. That was before Perry fell in love with Aria and before Vale's dealings with the Dwellers altered the course of the Tides forever.

Now, with her sister back from a haunting year in captivity and Aria lying unconscious in the sick bay, Brooke struggles to put the pieces of her life back together. Without Perry, who is she? And what is her role in this frightening new world? As these questions swirl about her, an old threat to the Tides resurfaces, and Brooke is forced to put the lives of her people before her own. But in taking this step outside of herself, Brooke may finally discover what she truly wants.]]> 91 Veronica Rossi 0062305441 Iman 4 3.5 stars

The Funny thing is I actually didn't want this to finish! Even thought I really didn't care about Brooke much, but after reading these short 50 pages I wanted to know more. I wanted to read more of her and the brothers. The way it is written is very humorous and funny. No matter how little regard I had for her character throughout the other three books, even at points I was really bored with the little what was there of her, Veronica Rossi is able to turn anything into something.

Ugh I can't believe this is the last I'll read of the Tides. (I've already read the third and final book).]]> 3.84 2013 Brooke (Under the Never Sky, #2.5)
author: Veronica Rossi
name: Iman
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2013/12/10
date added: 2013/12/10
shelves: series, dystopian, for-my-library, fantasy, the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge
review:
3.5 stars

The Funny thing is I actually didn't want this to finish! Even thought I really didn't care about Brooke much, but after reading these short 50 pages I wanted to know more. I wanted to read more of her and the brothers. The way it is written is very humorous and funny. No matter how little regard I had for her character throughout the other three books, even at points I was really bored with the little what was there of her, Veronica Rossi is able to turn anything into something.

Ugh I can't believe this is the last I'll read of the Tides. (I've already read the third and final book).
]]> <![CDATA[Into the Still Blue (Under the Never Sky, #3)]]> 14288998 Aria and Perry are determined to find this last safe haven from the Aether storms before Sable and Hess do�and they are just as determined to stay together.

Within the confines of a cave they're using as a makeshift refuge, they struggle to reconcile their people, Dwellers and Outsiders, who are united only in their hatred of their desperate situation. Meanwhile, time is running out to rescue Cinder, who was abducted by Hess and Sable for his unique abilities. Then Roar arrives in a grief-stricken fury, endangering all with his need for revenge.

Out of options, Perry and Aria assemble an unlikely team for an impossible rescue mission. Cinder isn't just the key to unlocking the Still Blue and their only hope for survival—he's also their friend. And in a dying world, the bonds between people are what matter most.

In this final book in her earth-shattering Under the Never Sky trilogy, Veronica Rossi raises the stakes to their absolute limit and brings her epic love story to an unforgettable close.]]> 389 Veronica Rossi 0062072099 Iman 5
From the start to the end of this book it was full on moving. It never slowed. It never got boring. It was so exciting to see how Veronica Rossi would deal with the final book in her trilogy and it didn't disappoint. All the twists and turns were thrilling and well designed. You would buy into all the complications, it feels authentic and true to the characters.

I loved the ending; The finding of peace among the people. It was one of the most fulfilling ending for a dystopian book.

So happy and so sad. I would want this series to go on forever. ]]> 4.14 2014 Into the Still Blue (Under the Never Sky, #3)
author: Veronica Rossi
name: Iman
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2013/11/11
date added: 2013/12/09
shelves: the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge, series, fantasy, for-my-library, dystopian
review:
AMAZING !!!!!!!! Aria and Perry are finally together and trying to get to the still blue. Their adventure to bring back Cinder and escape Sable might be the most challenging thing they've had to face so far. These challenges are met full on. We all know Aria and Perry aren't ones to cower away from danger; Aria as heroic as a female lead in a dystopian book can get and Perry bloodlord of the tides and protector of the people. We finally get some answers about Aria's father and Perry faces some of his personal demons.

From the start to the end of this book it was full on moving. It never slowed. It never got boring. It was so exciting to see how Veronica Rossi would deal with the final book in her trilogy and it didn't disappoint. All the twists and turns were thrilling and well designed. You would buy into all the complications, it feels authentic and true to the characters.

I loved the ending; The finding of peace among the people. It was one of the most fulfilling ending for a dystopian book.

So happy and so sad. I would want this series to go on forever.
]]> Before I Fall 6482837 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver emerged as one of today's foremost authors of young adult fiction. Like Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why and Gayle Forman's If I Stay, Before I Fall raises thought-provoking questions about love, death, and how one person's life can affect so many others.

For popular high school senior Samantha Kingston, February 12�"Cupid Day"—should be one big party, a day of valentines and roses and the privileges that come with being at the top of the social pyramid. And it is…until she dies in a terrible accident that night.

However, she still wakes up the next morning. In fact, Sam lives the last day of her life seven times, until she realizes that by making even the slightest changes, she may hold more power than she ever imagined.

Named to numerous state reading lists, this novel was also recognized as a Best Book of the Year by Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, The Daily Beast, NPR, and Publishers Weekly. It has been optioned for film by Fox 2000 Pictures.

Supports the Common Core State Standards.]]> 470 Lauren Oliver 0061726818 Iman 4

I really can't get over the way this book ended.

I loved every single character in this book. From the (insert offensive word here) Rob, to the sweet and gentle Kent. I loved loved loved the obnoxious trio and of course the main character. I loved how true their persona's were translated from the written word into believable teenage girls. I loved how crud they were sometimes. They were carefree and it was pleasant to read, instead of the typical self doubting teenagers that fill many of YA books.

So, Sam is trapped in a day on repeat, unsure what to do to escape. She begins to test all the possibilities that could be played out in a one day time period. She uses it to learn more about the people around her. She learns a few secrets and gets to know many of the outcasts she usually bullied along with her friends. She learns a few important life lessons, but would that help her live her life or just send her to her own ending ...
But sometimes no matter how many times we get to do life over, somethings are inevitable.

I loved how daring Sammy was. I thought she was a fun character to read. Sometimes we all need to let out some of our mean side and this read was great for that. ]]> 3.89 2010 Before I Fall
author: Lauren Oliver
name: Iman
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2010
rating: 4
read at: 2013/12/05
date added: 2013/12/07
shelves: realistic-fiction, fantasy, romance, for-my-library, the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge
review:
WHAT !!!!!!!!! that's how it ends ?????? Too much emotions to write a review!


I really can't get over the way this book ended.

I loved every single character in this book. From the (insert offensive word here) Rob, to the sweet and gentle Kent. I loved loved loved the obnoxious trio and of course the main character. I loved how true their persona's were translated from the written word into believable teenage girls. I loved how crud they were sometimes. They were carefree and it was pleasant to read, instead of the typical self doubting teenagers that fill many of YA books.

So, Sam is trapped in a day on repeat, unsure what to do to escape. She begins to test all the possibilities that could be played out in a one day time period. She uses it to learn more about the people around her. She learns a few secrets and gets to know many of the outcasts she usually bullied along with her friends. She learns a few important life lessons, but would that help her live her life or just send her to her own ending ...
But sometimes no matter how many times we get to do life over, somethings are inevitable.

I loved how daring Sammy was. I thought she was a fun character to read. Sometimes we all need to let out some of our mean side and this read was great for that.
]]> <![CDATA[Through the Ever Night (Under the Never Sky, #2)]]> 13253276
Threatened by false friends and powerful temptations, Aria and Perry wonder, can their love survive through the ever night?]]> 341 Veronica Rossi 0062072064 Iman 5 In big huge love with this book. It was tremendously better than the first. Each time we switched from Aria to Perry I was like ugh !! I need more Aria. But the storyline was amazing ! The build throughout the book was great, I never got bored. My eyes just about popped with eagerness while reading.

[spoilers removed]]]> 4.13 2013 Through the Ever Night (Under the Never Sky, #2)
author: Veronica Rossi
name: Iman
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2013
rating: 5
read at: 2013/10/12
date added: 2013/10/12
shelves: dystopian, romance, series, fantasy, for-my-library, the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge
review:
In big huge love with this book. It was tremendously better than the first. Each time we switched from Aria to Perry I was like ugh !! I need more Aria. But the storyline was amazing ! The build throughout the book was great, I never got bored. My eyes just about popped with eagerness while reading.

[spoilers removed]
]]> <![CDATA[Roar and Liv (Under the Never Sky, #0.5)]]> 15754052 Before Perry and Aria, there was Roar and Liv.

After a childhood spent wandering the borderlands, Roar finally feels like he has a home with the Tides. His best friend Perry is like a brother to him, and Perry's sister, Liv, is the love of his life. But Perry and Liv's unpredictable older brother, Vale, is the Blood Lord of the Tides, and he has never looked kindly on Roar and Liv's union. Normally, Roar couldn't care less about Vale's opinion. But with food running low and conditions worsening every day, Vale's leadership is more vital—and more brutal—than ever. Desperate to protect his tribe, Vale makes a decision that will shatter the life Roar knew and change the fate of the Tides forever.

Set in the harsh but often beautiful world of Veronica Rossi's "unforgettable" Under the Never Sky (Examiner.com), this captivating prequel novella stands on its own for new readers and offers series fans a fascinating look into the character of Roar. Poignant and powerful, Roar and Liv is a love story that will "capture your imagination and your heart." (Justine on Under the Never Sky)]]> 68 Veronica Rossi 0062239554 Iman 4 4.04 2012 Roar and Liv (Under the Never Sky, #0.5)
author: Veronica Rossi
name: Iman
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2013/10/11
date added: 2013/10/11
shelves: dystopian, romance, series, the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge, fantasy, for-my-library
review:
Can't like Roar much more than I do after this.
]]> <![CDATA[Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky, #1)]]> 11594257 WORLDS KEPT THEM APART.

DESTINY BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER.

Aria has lived her whole life in the protected dome of Reverie. Her entire world confined to its spaces, she's never thought to dream of what lies beyond its doors. So when her mother goes missing, Aria knows her chances of surviving in the outer wasteland long enough to find her are slim.

Then Aria meets an outsider named Perry. He's searching for someone too. He's also wild—a savage—but might be her best hope at staying alive.

If they can survive, they are each other's best hope for finding answers.]]> 374 Veronica Rossi 1907411054 Iman 4 3.5
It took too long to get into this book it definitely got better as it went on. It feels as if the story had only just really begun. You might have to fight through the first 100 pages. I was lost and wanting more information and about to give up. Then it was too good to put down !

]]> 3.98 2011 Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky, #1)
author: Veronica Rossi
name: Iman
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2013/10/10
date added: 2013/10/10
shelves: dystopian, romance, series, the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge, summer-readings, fantasy, for-my-library
review:
3.5
It took too long to get into this book it definitely got better as it went on. It feels as if the story had only just really begun. You might have to fight through the first 100 pages. I was lost and wanting more information and about to give up. Then it was too good to put down !


]]> <![CDATA[This Is What Happy Looks Like (This is What Happy Looks Like, #1)]]> 15790873
When teenage movie star Graham Larkin accidentally sends small town girl Ellie O'Neill an email about his pet pig, the two seventeen-year-olds strike up a witty and unforgettable correspondence, discussing everything under the sun, except for their names or backgrounds.

Then Graham finds out that Ellie's Maine hometown is the perfect location for his latest film, and he decides to take their relationship from online to in-person. But can a star as famous as Graham really start a relationship with an ordinary girl like Ellie? And why does Ellie want to avoid the media's spotlight at all costs?]]> 404 Jennifer E. Smith 0316212822 Iman 4
Happy it managed to land on my reading list.]]> 3.68 2013 This Is What Happy Looks Like (This is What Happy Looks Like, #1)
author: Jennifer E. Smith
name: Iman
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2013/09/02
date added: 2013/10/05
shelves: romance, summer-readings, the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge, realistic-fiction, mother-daughter, for-my-library
review:
Described as a mixture of Sleepless in Seattle & You've Got Mail. One of the most delightful summer reads out there. The writing style and the whole story is delightful.

Happy it managed to land on my reading list.
]]> The Sea of Tranquility 16151178 I live in a world without magic or miracles. A place where there are no clairvoyants or shapeshifters, no angels or superhuman boys to save you. A place where people die and music disintegrates and things suck. I am pressed so hard against the earth by the weight of reality that some days I wonder how I am still able to lift my feet to walk.

Former piano prodigy Nastya Kashnikov wants two things: to get through high school without anyone learning about her past and to make the boy who took everything from her—her identity, her spirit, her will to live—pay.

Josh Bennett’s story is no secret: every person he loves has been taken from his life until, at seventeen years old, there is no one left. Now all he wants is be left alone and people allow it because when your name is synonymous with death, everyone tends to give you your space.

Everyone except Nastya, the mysterious new girl at school who starts showing up and won’t go away until she’s insinuated herself into every aspect of his life. But the more he gets to know her, the more of an enigma she becomes. As their relationship intensifies and the unanswered questions begin to pile up, he starts to wonder if he will ever learn the secrets she’s been hiding—or if he even wants to.

The Sea of Tranquility is a rich, intense, and brilliantly imagined story about a lonely boy, an emotionally fragile girl, and the miracle of second chances.]]> 449 Katja Millay Iman 5 The story, the mystery, the suspense is amazing. I at some points was utterly bored I felt like the writer would draw out an idea and run with it paragraph after paragraph, page after page and never get to the point. But as the book progresses and some secrets are exposed you realize it isn't the writer who is filling these pages with words to prolong the story but is actually the characters avoiding their realities.
Everything starts as a jumbled mess and finally clicks together it makes you so eager to keep reading, and this keeps true to the main character shattered life and their attempts to paste the pieces together and finally they do click.
So, the writing I found was so raw and so expressive on more than one level. It made the story whole ...
]]> 4.26 2012 The Sea of Tranquility
author: Katja Millay
name: Iman
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2012
rating: 5
read at: 2013/10/03
date added: 2013/10/03
shelves: romance, realistic-fiction, the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge, for-my-library
review:
I don't know if am happy about writing a review for this book. I don't know if I will give it justice. It is so devastating; it is so GOOD.
The story, the mystery, the suspense is amazing. I at some points was utterly bored I felt like the writer would draw out an idea and run with it paragraph after paragraph, page after page and never get to the point. But as the book progresses and some secrets are exposed you realize it isn't the writer who is filling these pages with words to prolong the story but is actually the characters avoiding their realities.
Everything starts as a jumbled mess and finally clicks together it makes you so eager to keep reading, and this keeps true to the main character shattered life and their attempts to paste the pieces together and finally they do click.
So, the writing I found was so raw and so expressive on more than one level. It made the story whole ...

]]> Fangirl 16068905 A coming-of-age tale of fanfiction, family, and first love.

Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan.... But for Cath, being a fan is her life—and she's really good at it. She and her twin, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it's what got them through their mother leaving.

Reading. Rereading. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fanfiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere. Cath's sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can't let go. She doesn't want to.

Now that they're going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn't want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She's got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend; a fiction-writing professor who thinks fanfiction is the end of the civilized world; a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words... and she can't stop worrying about her dad, who's loving and fragile and has never really been alone.

For Cath, the question is: Can she do this? Can she make it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life? And does she even want to move on if it means leaving Simon Snow behind?]]> 483 Rainbow Rowell Iman 4 4.5 rating .... can't get over the ending. AMAZING
In love with Rainbow Rowell's writing.

The tthing about Rainbow Rowell's books are that they are realistic. You easily relate to the characters. There isn't deceit, you can rely on her telling you sth real and truthful. You know that every character you read might be someone you've met, someone you know. It makes it much more readable.

I think parts in the storyline wasn't as great as I was expecting. There were too many loose ends. But that actually added to the magic. I just wandered how Cather ended her fanfiction version of Simon Snow. So many questions .... It just makes you want to reread it again and again, hoping it will help you decide how it should end. If it ever ends ....

“What about Agatha?� Simon asked when the moment had passed, when their hands dropped again to their sides.
Baz grinned and started walking up the steep hill to the castle.
“Don’t be a fool, Snow. I’m never giving up on Agatha.�

Neither will we ....]]> 3.93 2013 Fangirl
author: Rainbow Rowell
name: Iman
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2013/09/20
date added: 2013/09/22
shelves: romance, the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge, for-my-library, realistic-fiction
review:
4.5 rating .... can't get over the ending. AMAZING
In love with Rainbow Rowell's writing.

The tthing about Rainbow Rowell's books are that they are realistic. You easily relate to the characters. There isn't deceit, you can rely on her telling you sth real and truthful. You know that every character you read might be someone you've met, someone you know. It makes it much more readable.

I think parts in the storyline wasn't as great as I was expecting. There were too many loose ends. But that actually added to the magic. I just wandered how Cather ended her fanfiction version of Simon Snow. So many questions .... It just makes you want to reread it again and again, hoping it will help you decide how it should end. If it ever ends ....

“What about Agatha?� Simon asked when the moment had passed, when their hands dropped again to their sides.
Baz grinned and started walking up the steep hill to the castle.
“Don’t be a fool, Snow. I’m never giving up on Agatha.�

Neither will we ....
]]> <![CDATA[The Transfer (Divergent, #0.1)]]> 18080920
Fans of the Divergent series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth will be captivated by "Four: The Transfer," the first of four stories, each between fifty and seventy-five pages long, set in the world of Divergent and told from Tobias's perspective.

In "The Transfer," readers witness Tobias's aptitude test, Choosing Day, and the moment he is given the infamous nickname "Four."]]> 55 Veronica Roth 0062285637 Iman 4 4.17 2013 The Transfer (Divergent, #0.1)
author: Veronica Roth
name: Iman
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2013/09/21
date added: 2013/09/22
shelves: series, dystopian, the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge, for-my-library
review:
Come on we won't a full book about four.
]]> Attachments 8909152 "Hi, I'm the guy who reads your e-mail, and also, I love you..."

Beth Fremont and Jennifer Scribner-Snyder know that somebody is monitoring their work e-mail. (Everybody in the newsroom knows. It's company policy.) But they can't quite bring themselves to take it seriously. They go on sending each other endless and endlessly hilarious e-mails, discussing every aspect of their personal lives.

Meanwhile, Lincoln O'Neill can't believe this is his job now—reading other people's e-mail. When he applied to be "internet security officer," he pictured himself building firewalls and crushing hackers—not writing up a report every time a sports reporter forwards a dirty joke.

When Lincoln comes across Beth's and Jennifer's messages, he knows he should turn them in. But he can't help being entertained—and captivated—by their stories.

By the time Lincoln realizes he's falling for Beth, it's way too late to introduce himself.

What would he say . . . ?]]> 323 Rainbow Rowell Iman 5 5.5 !!!!!!!! Rainbow Rowell has outdone herself. Her writing is the most heart felt and magnificent by far. I have never been moved by a book as much as I have been by this. Dispite it simplicity and slow pace you come to find the style most alluring and breath taking. This book must at one point be adapted into a movie. It is exactly like watching 'You've got mail' or 'Never been kissed' a movie you'd watch over and over agian knowing the beginning, the ending and everything between but are every time being overwhelmed by the sheer beauty of it all.
I have to say Rainbow Rowell is my favorite Contamporary author. Nothing she would write would change how I feel about her writing.

It is always an amazing book that you read that would provide its own background music, "The rocky Mountain High", The Sundays' "Here's Where The Story Ends", and more .... It all fits in with the characters personalities and makes it feel whole.

This book takes it slow, pulling you to a quiet place. It fools you with the calm and delightful daily messages between Beth and Jessica. We read along with Lincoln, waiting ... you get invited into their everyday chatter and into their personal relationships. With Lincoln you slowly fall in love with them all. Dealing with the heartbreak of his first love, Lincoln finally learns how to grow up and move on. And watch him find himself able again to love and care for someone new. But to his misfortune this woman isn't someone in his reach.

love before love at first sight ... ]]> 3.86 2011 Attachments
author: Rainbow Rowell
name: Iman
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2013/09/19
date added: 2013/09/19
shelves: romance, the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge, for-my-library, realistic-fiction, winter-reading
review:
5.5 !!!!!!!! Rainbow Rowell has outdone herself. Her writing is the most heart felt and magnificent by far. I have never been moved by a book as much as I have been by this. Dispite it simplicity and slow pace you come to find the style most alluring and breath taking. This book must at one point be adapted into a movie. It is exactly like watching 'You've got mail' or 'Never been kissed' a movie you'd watch over and over agian knowing the beginning, the ending and everything between but are every time being overwhelmed by the sheer beauty of it all.
I have to say Rainbow Rowell is my favorite Contamporary author. Nothing she would write would change how I feel about her writing.

It is always an amazing book that you read that would provide its own background music, "The rocky Mountain High", The Sundays' "Here's Where The Story Ends", and more .... It all fits in with the characters personalities and makes it feel whole.

This book takes it slow, pulling you to a quiet place. It fools you with the calm and delightful daily messages between Beth and Jessica. We read along with Lincoln, waiting ... you get invited into their everyday chatter and into their personal relationships. With Lincoln you slowly fall in love with them all. Dealing with the heartbreak of his first love, Lincoln finally learns how to grow up and move on. And watch him find himself able again to love and care for someone new. But to his misfortune this woman isn't someone in his reach.

love before love at first sight ...
]]> أرز باللبن لشخصين 3482789 126 رحاب بسام 9770923044 Iman 4 My favorite titles are:

بالأمس حلمت بالبطيخ
أرز باللبن لشخصين
الشباب الدائم للألوان
المرجيحة
جمال الدنيا و حقيقة الأشياء
سقط سهوا

Great writing style. Made Arabic reading more delightful.]]> 3.36 2008 أرز باللبن لشخصين
author: رحاب بسام
name: Iman
average rating: 3.36
book published: 2008
rating: 4
read at: 2013/08/17
date added: 2013/09/16
shelves: the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge, arabic, for-my-library
review:
This book was the most adorable book I've read in Arabic so far. It is easy to read and enjoyable. It is the perfect kind of book to carry in your purse while communing back and forth from work or school, short titles, each different from the previous.
My favorite titles are:

بالأمس حلمت بالبطيخ
أرز باللبن لشخصين
الشباب الدائم للألوان
المرجيحة
جمال الدنيا و حقيقة الأشياء
سقط سهوا

Great writing style. Made Arabic reading more delightful.
]]> <![CDATA[The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend (Hamilton High, #1)]]> 6931356
But things aren't so great at home right now, and Bianca is desperate for a distraction. She ends up kissing Wesley. Worse, she likes it. Eager for escape, Bianca throws herself into a closeted enemies-with-benefits relationship with him.

Until it all goes horribly awry. It turns out Wesley isn't such a bad listener, and his life is pretty screwed up, too. Suddenly Bianca realizes with absolute horror that she’s falling for the guy she thought she hated more than anyone.

]]> 280 Kody Keplinger 0316084239 Iman 4
I really like the characters, the group dynamic of Bianca, Casey & Jessica and how they loved each other unconditionally. The book was a great read I picked it up late at night and didn't want to put it down until I was done. The sun came out and I was still reading it.

As well as, discussing young female problems it also discusses family relationships, and how it is hard something to standup against her family members and pulling out of her own safe bubble. ]]> 3.80 2010 The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend (Hamilton High, #1)
author: Kody Keplinger
name: Iman
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2010
rating: 4
read at: 2013/09/16
date added: 2013/09/16
shelves: romance, humor, the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge, for-my-library, realistic-fiction
review:
So what did I think about this book? It was really good. A story about young girl insecurities, body image and self worth. The book is about what this word 'Duff' means and how it can affect a person. In the end every girl/woman at one point or another does feel as if she is the Duff in her group, and usually deals with the expression by isolating herself and doubting herself. But the book turns that word around and transforms from an insult that it is into sth that bonds the main character and her friends.

I really like the characters, the group dynamic of Bianca, Casey & Jessica and how they loved each other unconditionally. The book was a great read I picked it up late at night and didn't want to put it down until I was done. The sun came out and I was still reading it.

As well as, discussing young female problems it also discusses family relationships, and how it is hard something to standup against her family members and pulling out of her own safe bubble.
]]> <![CDATA[The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales]]> 22917 880 Jacob Grimm Iman 4 ]]> 4.30 1812 The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
author: Jacob Grimm
name: Iman
average rating: 4.30
book published: 1812
rating: 4
read at: 2013/09/11
date added: 2013/09/12
shelves: classics, the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge, for-my-library
review:
Very long but very fun !!! It is a perfect sort of book to read over and over, filled with funny little folk tales. Some are just outrageous and seem to have no purpose but to be told. No need for life lessons or hidden advice. Sometimes it doesn't need to make sense to be fun.

]]> يوميات كهل صغير السن 11205152
وحيداً في غرفتي أتخفف من ثقل التفاصيل، وبعد المسافات، وأوجاع الروح..
متعبٌ .. الزكام يترك طعماً بالياً يستشري في فمي، حلقي ينغرس فيه آلاف الخناجر والسعالُ يكاد يمزق صدري.
أتناول قرصين من المسكنات.. ثم أحتسي كوباً من الينسون الدافئ علّهُ يصل الى دواخلي المتجمدة التي تتوق للدفء.

أتقمصُ اللاشئ، تنهيدةٌ قصيرة..
وتتطلعٌ لراحة العدم.



العنوان: قصيدة للراحل أمل دنقل.]]> 52 عمرو صبحي 1291032452 Iman 4 arabic, for-my-library
I truly enjoyed it. I loved لنا أوجاعنا و لكم أوجاعكم And سقوط ورقة التوت opening line was definitely a fun surprise (more like how I thought the whole book would be like).
خرافة السر ... I hate the book, thank you for hating it too.

تأملات في كينونة الألم Is great ... I will stop now before listing all titles.

Don't be fooled by the 50 pages. If you really truly read it, it will take a while to finish. I recommend reading each piece separately with a break between.]]> 3.39 2011 يوميات كهل صغير السن
author: عمرو صبحي
name: Iman
average rating: 3.39
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2013/09/09
shelves: arabic, for-my-library
review:
Not exactly what I'd expected when reading the title. I thought I was in for a light read, sth fun or funny at the least; given the cynical title. However, this glum piece of art turns the few short pages of the book into a ever growing understanding of truths hidden in your own personal being. Lies you have lived with in peace revealed as the ugliness they really are.

I truly enjoyed it. I loved لنا أوجاعنا و لكم أوجاعكم And سقوط ورقة التوت opening line was definitely a fun surprise (more like how I thought the whole book would be like).
خرافة السر ... I hate the book, thank you for hating it too.

تأملات في كينونة الألم Is great ... I will stop now before listing all titles.

Don't be fooled by the 50 pages. If you really truly read it, it will take a while to finish. I recommend reading each piece separately with a break between.
]]> Prodigy (Legend, #2) 13414446 371 Marie Lu 0399256768 Iman 4 4.24 2013 Prodigy (Legend, #2)
author: Marie Lu
name: Iman
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2013/09/01
date added: 2013/09/01
shelves: dystopian, the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge, for-my-library, romance, series
review:
:O ...... now I wasn't expecting, um, more than half of that !!! This book is a nonstop rollercoaster.
]]> <![CDATA[Life Before Legend (Legend, #0.5)]]> 17235347 44 Marie Lu 1101622113 Iman 4 3.98 2012 Life Before Legend (Legend, #0.5)
author: Marie Lu
name: Iman
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2013/08/29
date added: 2013/08/29
shelves: dystopian, the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge, for-my-library, romance, series
review:

]]> Legend (Legend, #1) 9275658
From very different worlds, June and Day have no reason to cross paths—until the day June's brother, Metias, is murdered and Day becomes the prime suspect. Caught in the ultimate game of cat and mouse, Day is in a race for his family's survival, while June seeks to avenge Metias's death. But in a shocking turn of events, the two uncover the truth of what has really brought them together, and the sinister lengths their country will go to keep its secrets.

Alternate Cover edition for ISBN 9780399256752
]]> 305 Marie Lu Iman 4
The first hundred pages were a little too slow for my taste. It went through the typical daily life of both main characters in the Republic. The narrative switched from June to Day through out the book and I just loved that. It gave you a glimpse in both lifestyles and brought forward more and more questions. It made it much more exciting.

At one point I started to question when would they discover that both of their own stories don't line up and that someone has been lying. I think June was a bit too slow. I thought she would at least ask Day about the details of the accident the minute she could. But on the other hand I think he was way too fast in realizing the truth behind all the numbers he kept seeing, it made it a little unbelievable.

All on all, It is a MUST READ !]]> 4.16 2011 Legend (Legend, #1)
author: Marie Lu
name: Iman
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2013/08/28
date added: 2013/08/28
shelves: dystopian, the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge, for-my-library, romance, series
review:
WOW ... WOW ... WOW !! I can't believe how good this was. I was ready to hate it and expected it flop. I really CAN'T believe how good this book got. It is definitely not as good as The Hunger Games & Divergent. However, it held its own ground. The story was original and nothing like the two books I just mentioned. The first 10 to 20 pages I was just so pissed, WHY START WITH A DEATH ?! I'm hating all the deaths in my books lately. But, wow oh wow, did it get gooooood !

The first hundred pages were a little too slow for my taste. It went through the typical daily life of both main characters in the Republic. The narrative switched from June to Day through out the book and I just loved that. It gave you a glimpse in both lifestyles and brought forward more and more questions. It made it much more exciting.

At one point I started to question when would they discover that both of their own stories don't line up and that someone has been lying. I think June was a bit too slow. I thought she would at least ask Day about the details of the accident the minute she could. But on the other hand I think he was way too fast in realizing the truth behind all the numbers he kept seeing, it made it a little unbelievable.

All on all, It is a MUST READ !
]]> <![CDATA[Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)]]> 11235712
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.]]> 390 Marissa Meyer 0312641893 Iman 4
I think this book would be an amazing movie. The whole way through I just kept visualizing it as a movie. The setting is amazing for a movie and Cinder is just such a kick butt character she would be perfect for a movie. ]]> 4.14 2012 Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
author: Marissa Meyer
name: Iman
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2013/08/26
date added: 2013/08/26
shelves: the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge, romance, dystopian, for-my-library, series
review:
A Cinderella retelling set in the future in New Beijing, in a world filled with cyborgs, androids and a war threat from the queen of Lunar, an advanced human settlement on the moon. Cinder is a teenage cyborg (or maybe more) that finds her simple life turned upside down after one of her stepsisters catches the plague. The book is really amazing, filled with exciting twists and turns, at one point you might forget this is a Cinderella retelling. The story keeps building and the thrill keeps escalating. But then as she finally decides to attend the ball, here I felt it all went south for me. Everything went too fast. The whole thing just felt just a bit too messy. Some of Marissa Meyer's choices as to what happened at the ball just put me off and made me question the whole ending. However, over all the book was really good and a great read.

I think this book would be an amazing movie. The whole way through I just kept visualizing it as a movie. The setting is amazing for a movie and Cinder is just such a kick butt character she would be perfect for a movie.
]]> Insurgent (Divergent, #2) 11735983
Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable—and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so.

New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth's much-anticipated second book of the dystopian DIVERGENT series is another intoxicating thrill ride of a story, rich with hallmark twists, heartbreaks, romance, and powerful insights about human nature.]]> 525 Veronica Roth 0007442912 Iman 5 ]]> 3.97 2012 Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
author: Veronica Roth
name: Iman
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2012
rating: 5
read at: 2013/08/17
date added: 2013/08/24
shelves: dystopian, series, the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge, for-my-library
review:
CRAZY !!!! All I can say about the second book is Veronica Roth went CRAZY !! Just as exciting but very different from the brave selfless girl to a desperate one that is nearly suicidal in every action she takes. The book is full of distrust and betrayal. Most will be shocking ... some a feel coming.

]]> <![CDATA[Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)]]> 7260188 My name is Katniss Everdeen.
Why am I not dead?
I should be dead.

Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss's family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding.

It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been part of the revolution without knowing it. District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plans—except Katniss.

The success of the rebellion hinges on Katniss's willingness to be a pawn, to accept responsibility for countless lives, and to change the course of the future of Panem. To do this, she must put aside her feelings of anger and distrust. She must become the rebels' Mockingjay—no matter what the personal cost.]]> 390 Suzanne Collins 0439023513 Iman 4
As well as, the fact that the storyline at many points build up to these amazing magnificent events and then nothing, the writer falls short on describing them. We go from her magnificent ability to redraw day to day events that is performed by Katniss, to a patched up description of the battlefield. That completely baffles me.

Another thing, that bugs me the most, is the ending. How easily it was put with no great discovery of when Katniss had finally realized who she wanted, who she chose. It is just .... BLAH. I know if the book was the way I imagined it, full of detailed narrative of every single act performed by Katniss, it would be another hundred pages longer at the least. But isn't being consistent with the flow of events and satisfying the readers want of justification a normal thing ? I would have loved to read it as long as it would have been, if only it left me satisfied at the end. Not jump from event to event not really knowing what happened.

I would give this trilogy a hundred stars if I can; but this book was a little too harsh that I must give it a star less then the two before. I must sound so consumed by the book to have this much to rant about ..... but yes I was. It is an amazing book in spite of all the heartbreaking deaths.

I'd never read it ever again ...]]> 4.10 2010 Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
author: Suzanne Collins
name: Iman
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2010
rating: 4
read at: 2013/06/29
date added: 2013/07/02
shelves: the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge, series, romance, dystopian, for-my-library
review:
I would have to say this book is the worst and the best of the trilogy. Somewhere along the way you find yourself too emotionally involved and engrossed that even when many horrible events occurs and you need to take a breath to take it all in, you can't stop and you need to read more. Reading about these characters to eventually let them go is really hard, especially when the writer doesn't give their deaths justice. I won't mention who I mean in case of any spoilers. But after 2 or 3 books getting familiar with them it is too painful to let them go. Some deaths at the end are justified and you come to terms with it but others you just find yourself screaming "WHY?".

As well as, the fact that the storyline at many points build up to these amazing magnificent events and then nothing, the writer falls short on describing them. We go from her magnificent ability to redraw day to day events that is performed by Katniss, to a patched up description of the battlefield. That completely baffles me.

Another thing, that bugs me the most, is the ending. How easily it was put with no great discovery of when Katniss had finally realized who she wanted, who she chose. It is just .... BLAH. I know if the book was the way I imagined it, full of detailed narrative of every single act performed by Katniss, it would be another hundred pages longer at the least. But isn't being consistent with the flow of events and satisfying the readers want of justification a normal thing ? I would have loved to read it as long as it would have been, if only it left me satisfied at the end. Not jump from event to event not really knowing what happened.

I would give this trilogy a hundred stars if I can; but this book was a little too harsh that I must give it a star less then the two before. I must sound so consumed by the book to have this much to rant about ..... but yes I was. It is an amazing book in spite of all the heartbreaking deaths.

I'd never read it ever again ...
]]> <![CDATA[The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)]]> 2767052
Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun. . . .

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.]]> 374 Suzanne Collins Iman 5 4.34 2008 The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
author: Suzanne Collins
name: Iman
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2008
rating: 5
read at: 2013/06/23
date added: 2013/07/02
shelves: the-ii-50-book-in-2013-challenge, romance, series, dystopian, for-my-library
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even more amazing than I expected !!! A great book overall.
]]> Emma 6969 The newest edition is here. Another alternate cover can be found here.

Emma Woodhouse is one of Austen's most captivating and vivid characters. Beautiful, spoilt, vain and irrepressibly witty, Emma organizes the lives of the inhabitants of her sleepy little village and plays matchmaker with devastating effect.]]> 474 Jane Austen 0141439580 Iman 3 4.05 1815 Emma
author: Jane Austen
name: Iman
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1815
rating: 3
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]]> Wuthering Heights 6185 You can find the redesigned cover of this edition HERE.

At the centre of this novel is the passionate love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff - recounted with such emotional intensity that a plain tale of the Yorkshire moors acquires the depth and simplicity of ancient tragedy.

This best-selling Norton Critical Edition is based on the 1847 first edition of the novel. For the Fourth Edition, the editor has collated the 1847 text with several modern editions and has corrected a number of variants, including accidentals. The text is accompanied by entirely new explanatory annotations.

New to the fourth Edition are twelve of Emily Bronte's letters regarding the publication of the 1847 edition of Wuthering Heights as well as the evolution of the 1850 edition, prose and poetry selections by the author, four reviews of the novel, and poetry selections by the author, four reviews of the novel, and Edward Chitham's insightful and informative chronology of the creative process behind the beloved work.

Five major critical interpretations of Wuthering Heights are included, three of them new to the Fourth Edition. A Stuart Daley considers the importance of chronology in the novel. J. Hillis Miller examines Wuthering Heights's problems of genre and critical reputation. Sandra M. Gilbert assesses the role of Victorian Christianity plays in the novel, while Martha Nussbaum traces the novel's romanticism. Finally, Lin Haire-Sargeant scrutinizes the role of Heathcliff in film adaptations of Wuthering Heights.

A Chronology and updated Selected Bibliography are also included.]]> 464 Emily Brontë Iman 4 3.89 1847 Wuthering Heights
author: Emily Brontë
name: Iman
average rating: 3.89
book published: 1847
rating: 4
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]]> Jane Eyre 10210 Alternate editions can be found here and here.

A gothic masterpiece of tempestuous passions and dark secrets, Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre is edited with an introduction and notes by Stevie Davis in Penguin Classics.

Charlotte Brontë tells the story of orphaned Jane Eyre, who grows up in the home of her heartless aunt, enduring loneliness and cruelty. This troubled childhood strengthens Jane's natural independence and spirit - which prove necessary when she finds employment as a governess to the young ward of Byronic, brooding Mr Rochester. As her feelings for Rochester develop, Jane gradually uncovers Thornfield Hall's terrible secret, forcing her to make a choice. Should she stay with Rochester and live with the consequences, or follow her convictions - even if it means leaving the man she loves? A novel of intense power and intrigue, Jane Eyre dazzled readers with its passionate depiction of a woman's search for equality and freedom.]]> 532 Charlotte Brontë 0142437204 Iman 5 4.14 1847 Jane Eyre
author: Charlotte Brontë
name: Iman
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1847
rating: 5
read at: 2013/05/31
date added: 2013/07/01
shelves: romance, classics, for-my-library, european-literature
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]]> The Fault in Our Stars 11870085
Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning author John Green's most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.]]> 313 John Green Iman 4 4.13 2012 The Fault in Our Stars
author: John Green
name: Iman
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2013/06/30
date added: 2013/06/30
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]]> Autobiogrphy Malcolm X 2007885 460 Malcolm X 034528187X Iman 3 history, for-my-library 4.26 1965 Autobiogrphy Malcolm X
author: Malcolm X
name: Iman
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1965
rating: 3
read at: 2013/06/08
date added: 2013/06/08
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]]> مدفن الأحياء 10012298
>>>>كتاب مدفن الأحياء<<<<


هو الفائز بالمرتبة الثانية للمسابقة الإعلامية الثالثة
الإعلام و الصحة - لجان العمل الصحيّ
يحتوي على شهادات من المعتقل
مرضى على وشك الرحيل
أجساد و أرواحٌ تعتصر ألماً في مستشفى الرملة � فلسطين
كتبه الكاتب بتاريخ 27/5/1999م في مستشفى الرملة]]> 134 وليد الهودلي Iman 5 arabic, for-my-library 3.99 1999 مدفن الأحياء
author: وليد الهودلي
name: Iman
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1999
rating: 5
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]]> وقصص أخرى 15716209 198 سميرة عزام Iman 5 3.83 1956 وقصص أخرى
author: سميرة عزام
name: Iman
average rating: 3.83
book published: 1956
rating: 5
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]]> رجال في الشمس 4653511 والروائي والقاص والناقد، فكان مبدعاً في كتاباته كما كان مبدعاً في حياته ونضاله واستشهاده. وقد نال عام 1966 جائزة أصدقاء الكتاب في لبنان "لأفضل رواية عن روايته" ما تبقى لكم كما نال جائزة منظمة الصحافيين العالمية (I.O.J) عام 1974، ونال جائزة "اللوتس" التي يمنحها اتحاد كتاب آسيا وأفريقيا عام 1975. وتعد روايته رجال في الشمس التي صدرت في بيروت عام 1963 من أوائل الأعمال الروائية الفلسطينية التي تكتب عن التشرد والموت والحيرة. وفيها يروي حكاية ثلاثة فلسطينيين من أجيال مختلفة، يلتقون حول ضرورة إيجاد حل فردي لمشكلة الإنسان الفلسطيني المعيشية عبر الهرب إلى الكويت، حيث النفط والثروة. أبو قيس. الرجل العجوز الذي يحلم ببناء غرفة في مكان ما خارج المخيم، أسعد: الشاب الذي يحلم بدنانير الكويت وبحياة جديدة، ومروان: الصغير الذي يحاول أن يتغلب على مأساته المعيشية، فشقيقه في الكويت تركهم دون معيل لأنه تزوج، والده ترك أمه ليتزوج بامرأة تملك بيتاً عليه إذن أن يعيل العائلة فيقرر الوصول إلى الكويت.
يدين غسان كنفاني في روايته كل الأطراف التي تسببت في نكبة فلسطين، القيادات العاجزة،والقيادات الخائنة،والشعب المستسلم،والذين
تخلوا عن الأرض ليبحثوا عن خلاصهم الخاص]]> 93 Ghassan Kanafani Iman 4 arabic, for-my-library 4.21 1963 رجال في الشمس
author: Ghassan Kanafani
name: Iman
average rating: 4.21
book published: 1963
rating: 4
read at: 2012/06/11
date added: 2012/06/11
shelves: arabic, for-my-library
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]]> <![CDATA[Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)]]> 310459 288 Mildred D. Taylor 014034893X Iman 4 classics, for-my-library 3.88 1976 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
author: Mildred D. Taylor
name: Iman
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1976
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South]]> 5736
An all-A student whose dream of going to college is realized when she wins a basketball scholarship, she finally dares to join the NAACP in her junior year. Through the NAACP and later through CORE and SNCC she has first-hand experience of the demonstrations and sit-ins that were the mainstay of the civil rights movement, and the arrests and jailings, the shotguns, fire hoses, police dogs, billy clubs and deadly force that were used to destroy it.

A deeply personal story but also a portrait of a turning point in our nation's destiny, this autobiography lets us see history in the making, through the eyes of one of the footsoldiers in the civil rights movement.]]> 424 Anne Moody 0385337817 Iman 5 history, for-my-library 4.12 1968 Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South
author: Anne Moody
name: Iman
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1968
rating: 5
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date added: 2012/04/03
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]]> The Secret Garden 2998
Mary Lennox, a spoiled, ill-tempered, and unhealthy child, comes to live with her reclusive uncle in Misselthwaite Manor on England’s Yorkshire moors after the death of her parents. There she meets a hearty housekeeper and her spirited brother, a dour gardener, a cheerful robin, and her wilful, hysterical, and sickly cousin, Master Colin, whose wails she hears echoing through the house at night.

With the help of the robin, Mary finds the door to a secret garden, neglected and hidden for years. When she decides to restore the garden in secret, the story becomes a charming journey into the places of the heart, where faith restores health, flowers refresh the spirit, and the magic of the garden, coming to life anew, brings health to Colin and happiness to Mary.]]> 331 Frances Hodgson Burnett 0517189607 Iman 4 classics, for-my-library 4.16 1911 The Secret Garden
author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
name: Iman
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1911
rating: 4
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