Oulu-Helsinki-London-Stratford Upon Avon- Oxford-London-Helsinki-Oulu

I will be away for a week since I am going to England.
Can't wait! We will leave tomorrow morning!!!
I will see Romeo and Juliet performed by Royal Shakespeare Company and Macbeth at Globe!
And which I am extremely excited about is the fact that Elliot Cowan is going to play Macbeth!

The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May,& June by Robin Benway

Published August 3rd, 2010 by Razorbill

Description (from Goodreads):
Three sisters, three extraordinary, life-changing powers! I hugged my sisters and they fit against my sides like two jigsaw pieces that would never fit anywhere else. I couldn’t imagine ever letting them go again, like releasing them would be to surrender the best parts of myself. Three sisters share a magical, unshakeable bond in this witty high-concept novel from the critically acclaimed author of Audrey, Wait! Around the time of their parents’ divorce, sisters April, May, and June recover special powers from childhood—powers that come in handy navigating the hell that is high school. Powers that help them cope with the hardest year of their lives. But could they have a greater purpose? April, the oldest and a bit of a worrier, can see the future. Middle-child May can literally disappear. And baby June reads minds—everyone’s but her own. When April gets a vision of disaster, the girls come together to save the day and reconcile their strained family. They realize that no matter what happens, powers or no powers, they’ll always have each other.
Because there’s one thing stronger than magic: sisterhood.

My thoughts: Since April, May and June were little, they have possessed unique and special talents. April, May and June have forgotten these skills until they re-emerge after their parents' divorce and problems at a new high school. April, the eldest, can see the future. May, the middle child, can disappear, literally. June, the youngest, can read thoughts. At first these talents seem cool since what is better than disappear during a boring lesson or listen to what someone thinks about your outfit? But after a while these talents start to become a burden which almost brakes the sisterhood of these three girls. When April sees a future disaster which would change everything, these three girls have to unite so the disaster won't occur and change their lives for good.

I loved Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway so I had a lot of expectations towards this book. The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May,& June was a lot different than Audrey, Wait!. But I must say that my expectations were filled since I really enjoyed this book. This book is about sisterhood and the magical powers are just thrown in there to add some twist. The story is told through the three sisters, so every of them tells their own view of situations etc.

April, May and June were really funny as characters. They all were really different but still the same. I was able to identify some way with all of them, but mostly with April. Like Audrey, Wait! this book also includes romance and high school drama, which made it througly enjoyable.

The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May, & June will charm the fans of Audrey, Wait! with its wit, funny characters and magic. The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May, & June hits the bookstores at August 2010!

In my Mailbox (#13)

In my mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at the Story Siren.

This week I only got one book worth of sharing (others were books related to by history IA topic so no one probably cares about those).

Jane Austen-Emma
Description (from Goodreads): Quick-witted, beautiful, headstrong and rich, Emma Woodhouse is inordinately fond of matchmaking. Yet the irony is that she is oblivious to the question of who she herself might marry. Through this comedy of sentimental education, she discovers a capacity for love and marriage.

I already have a copy of this book but since the cover is so beautiful. The copy is from Headline Publishing.

I bought this book myself. I know I have some books coming up but I don't know how long it is going to take to get them because of the volcano eruption at Iceland. Airplanes are not flying in Europe and it can remain like that for days. I hope the ash cloud gets smaller/away since I have trip planned for next weekend, at Sunday 25th I am supposed to fly to London. I am going to get so depressed if I don't get there as planned.

But yeah, what did you get this week?

Happy Birthday to MEE!

I am turning 19 today. YAY. Sorry I have not been posting this week, I've been busy with this history internal assessment and other stuff.

Hopefully I get some good books as a birthday present... ;)

Repost: Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I POST THIS! THE ONE I POSTED AT SATURDAY GOT ALL THE WAY DOWN ON THE PAGE BECAUSE OF THE READ A THON POSTS!

Description (from Goodreads): Climbing to the top of the social ladder is hard--falling from it is even harder. Regina Afton used to be a member of the Fearsome Fivesome, an all-girl clique both feared and revered by the students at Hallowell High... until vicious rumors about her and her best friend's boyfriend start going around.
Now Regina's been "frozen out" and her ex-best friends are out for revenge. If Regina was guilty, it would be one thing, but the rumors are far from the terrifying truth and the bullying is getting more intense by the day. She takes solace in the company of Michael Hayden, a misfit with a tragic past who she herself used to bully. Friendship doesn't come easily for these onetime enemies, and as Regina works hard to make amends for her past, she realizes Michael could be more than just a friend... if threats from the Fearsome Foursome don't break them both first.
Tensions grow and the abuse worsens as the final days of senior year march toward an explosive conclusion in this dark new tale from the author of Cracked Up To Be.

My thoughts: First of all, I want to thank Lenore from Presenting Lenore for sending me a copy of this amazing book. Check out her blog to read some awesome reviews. She also writes about blogging and I at least have found those posts very useful for a new blogger like me.

I was so happy when this book arrived to my mailbox. I'd read so many reviews of it, all of them praising this book. At goodreads its average is something like 4.4 out of 5 and the description just sounds amazing. Now after reading it I can say that it was all I expected and even more. I feel I want to read it again right now! I haven't felt like this about a book since I read Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Andersen.

Regina has been a member of Fearsome Fivesome for years. Being best friend of Anna Morrison has provided her status. She is someone at her school, she is someone others are afraid of. But one night at a party and a scheming jealous girl can chance everything.

After a one night at party Regina becomes the most hated person at Hallowell High. Even people she do not know, people she has never talked to, hate her. Anna, her ex-best friend and Kara, a girl who has always been on Regina's shadow, want to make Regina's life a living hell. Rumors about Regina and Anna's boyfriend Donnie move around the school . Regina and Kara are the only ones who really know what happened. But like someone is going to believe Regina. And why would Kara tell the truth now when she has taken the place next to Anna, the place that before belonged to Regina?

Michael. Regina made his life a living hell by spreading rumors about him. Psycho, killer, wants to kill everyone at Hallowell High. Now as member of outcast, Regina has to find someone to lean on to. But is Michael ready to be that person? Everything starts from the lunch room where Regina has to sit with Michael at the garbage table. After a couple of days they actually start to talk to each other and they find out that they have something they share together. But is Michael ready to forgive Regina after everything she did to him? And is Regina ready to apologize?

This book was so amazing, as I already said before. I love the writing style of Courtney Summers and I seriously need to get 'Cracked up to Be' to my hands ASAP. Someway Summers' writing style reminded me of Laurie Halse Andersen. Maybe it is the mix of short and long sentences and the vivid language. I loved the honesty and I could say even violence of this book. It describes the characters honestly and at the end of the book you really love some characters and really feel hatred towards others. This also put me to think about the social hierarchy of high school. I could say that I am a member of the "popular" people at my high school. I am a member of group of six girls and I started to think that maybe for someone we are "fearsome sixsome" or something like that. I can say that we would not be ready for such an extremities like the girls in this book. And I can honestly say that I think that we are not mean, but there can be people who think that we are, I know there are. It is just something I am so used to, being part of the group and gossiping about others. It is always great to live in the belief that they won't never know. But that hardly never happens. This book in that sense opened my eyes that I got to know how it feels to be the outsider, how it feels to be kicked out of a group you have belonged for a long time and one day your old friends just ignore you. But I don't want everyone to think that I am a same kind of "bitch" that the girls in this book, because I am not.

I really was able to identify with Michael. He had lost his mother a couple of years ago and that caused Regina and others to spread rumors about him. I lost my father when I was at 5th grade and even then there were some "mean girls" who spread all these rumors about me and my father even though they did not know the reality of the situation. I was able to identify with Michael also because I was able to feel what he must be going on.

I really suggest this book to everyone! There are so many things I could say about this book but I want to leave something to you to figure out!

In My Mailbox (#12)

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi@the Story Siren.

There are the books I received this week from mail. I want to thank Lenore for sending these books to me!

Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers
Description (from Goodreads): Climbing to the top of the social ladder is hard--falling from it is even harder. Regina Afton used to be a member of the Fearsome Fivesome, an all-girl clique both feared and revered by the students at Hallowell High... until vicious rumors about her and her best friend's boyfriend start going around.

Now Regina's been "frozen out" and her ex-best friends are out for revenge. If Regina was guilty, it would be one thing, but the rumors are far from the terrifying truth and the bullying is getting more intense by the day. She takes solace in the company of Michael Hayden, a misfit with a tragic past who she herself used to bully. Friendship doesn't come easily for these onetime enemies, and as Regina works hard to make amends for her past, she realizes Michael could be more than just a friend... if threats from the Fearsome Foursome don't break them both first.

Tensions grow and the abuse worsens as the final days of senior year march toward an explosive conclusion in this dark new tale from the author of Cracked Up To Be.
(I already wrote a review of this book and posted it, but it got all the way down at the posts because of the read a thon updates. I will repost the review tomorrow. )

The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May & June by Robin Benway
Published August 3rd, 2010
Description (from Goodreads): Three sisters, three extraordinary, life-changing powers!

I hugged my sisters and they fit against my sides like two jigsaw pieces that would never fit anywhere else. I couldn’t imagine ever letting them go again, like releasing them would be to surrender the best parts of myself.

Three sisters share a magical, unshakeable bond in this witty high-concept novel from the critically acclaimed author of Audrey, Wait! Around the time of their parents’ divorce, sisters April, May, and June recover special powers from childhood—powers that come in handy navigating the hell that is high school. Powers that help them cope with the hardest year of their lives. But could they have a greater purpose?

April, the oldest and a bit of a worrier, can see the future. Middle-child May can literally disappear. And baby June reads minds—everyone’s but her own. When April gets a vision of disaster, the girls come together to save the day and reconcile their strained family. They realize that no matter what happens, powers or no powers, they’ll always have each other.

Because there’s one thing stronger than magic: sisterhood.

(I read this yesterday and really loved it! Review is coming up next week.)


My Invented Life by Lauren Bjorkman
Description (from Goodreads): With Roz and Eva everything becomes a contest—who can snag the best role in the school play, have the cutest boyfriend, pull off the craziest prank. Still, they’re as close as sisters can be. Until Eva deletes Roz from her life like so much junk e-mail for no reason that Roz understands. Now Eva hangs out with the annoyingly petite cheerleaders, and Roz fantasizes about slipping bovine growth hormone into their Gatorade.

Roz has a suspicion about Eva. In turn, Eva taunts Roz with a dare, which leads to an act of total insanity. Drama geeks clamor for attention, Shakespearean insults fly, and Roz steals the show in Lauren Bjorkman’s hilarious debut novel.

Read A Thon- 3rd update

Mid-Event Survey:

1. What are you reading right now?
-I just finished with 'The extraordinary Secrets of April, May & June by Robin Benway

2. How many books have you read so far?
- 3

3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon?
-I am going to sleep next since I have things to do tomorrow, but I think that the ending time of the read a thon is 3pm Finnish time so I won't sleep that late so I can start 4th book tomorrow morning.

4. Did you have to make any special arrangements to free up your whole day?
-Well I knew that I won't be able to read as much as I would like to because of my Finnish WL, so I was not able to make any special arrangements.

5. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?
-Well I ate, started my Finnish WL, took a shower and did other stuff.

6. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?
-Nothing really...

7. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?
-This works well like this!

8. What would you do differently, as a Reader or a Cheerleader, if you were to do this again next year?
-I hope that next time I don't have a school paper to do at the same time!

9. Are you getting tired yet?
-Not really but I have to go to sleep since I have things to do tomorrow... :/

10. Do you have any tips for other Readers or Cheerleaders, something you think is working well for you that others may not have discovered?
-Not really at this point!

Read A Thon- 2nd Update

Time Started: 12.00 (finnish time) (+the couple of hours I read last night)
Time Now: 0.22 (finnish time)

Currently reading: The extraordinary Secrets by April, May & June by Robin Benway
Pages Read Since Last Update: 543
Total pages read: 543
Books finished: 2
What’s up next: sleep in couple of hours, need to wake up energetic tomorrow to continue with my Finnish WL

Total Time Spent Reading: 10+ 3 hours last night
Time Spent Blogging: a lot
Total power naps (20 mins): 0

Mini-challenges completed: probably 4
Food/drink consumed: salmon, mashed potatoes, salad, bread, candy, soda, juice
Other Activities: Doing my Finnish WL, watching 2 episodes of Gossip Girl
Mentality: sleepy

Read A Thon- challenge number 3

Check out this challenge from Alita's blog.
This is pretty much the same as challenge number 2, but I decided to participate into this with a different book.

I am currently reading The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May& June by Robin Benway and the song I got into my mind when I started to think about it was 'that's just the way we roll' by Jonas Brothers. I am not big fan of the band but I really like their Jonas Brothers album and even went to their concert while I lived in USA (I won the tickets to the show).



Why did I choose this song: There are three sisters in the book like there are three Jonas Brothers. Also the fact that these sisters get these magical powers make them 'roll' differently. And I just love the humor between these sisters and I really think that this song fits to their relationship.

Contest Craze

Check out the contest craze from Cindy's blog. She has a lot of amazing contests you should check out (there are something also for the international bloggers, which is great).


Click the button to get yourself to Cindy's blog!

Read A Thon- challenge number 2

This is a challenge from Kate's blog.

Here is what to do for this challenge:
1. Choose a song (sung or instrumental) that represents a chapter that you are currently reading or have read during the read-a-thon thus far. If the book was turned into a movie, and this chapter was shown, what music would you want in the background to convey the emotion or environment.

2. List the book/author/chapter that you choose along with the song(s) you choose.

3. Give a quick synopsis about the chapter (No SPOILERS please!) or the circumstances that take place and why you chose the song to represent it.

Okey so I read 'Some Girls Are' and when I started to think about this challenge I right away knew which would be perfect song to one parts of the book. There are no numbered chapters in the book but if you have the book, I would put this song to the happenings of pg. 205-206.

Here is the song:

So basicly what happens is that Regina, the main character of the book has had to do something she did not want to so she can protect Michael, a guy she really likes. Michael has been previously bullied by Regina and her friends and finally when he has opened his heart to Regina, she seems not to notice him anymore. I wanted to choose this song because it is pretty sad and also the lyrics fit to the situation. Michael does not want to love Regina because she has made his life a living hell for a long time, but Regina is already deep down in Michael's heart and since Michael has "broken wings" (he is still broken about things that happened in his past), he is just there and cannot do anything about the situation.

Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers

Description (from Goodreads): Climbing to the top of the social ladder is hard--falling from it is even harder. Regina Afton used to be a member of the Fearsome Fivesome, an all-girl clique both feared and revered by the students at Hallowell High... until vicious rumors about her and her best friend's boyfriend start going around.
Now Regina's been "frozen out" and her ex-best friends are out for revenge. If Regina was guilty, it would be one thing, but the rumors are far from the terrifying truth and the bullying is getting more intense by the day. She takes solace in the company of Michael Hayden, a misfit with a tragic past who she herself used to bully. Friendship doesn't come easily for these onetime enemies, and as Regina works hard to make amends for her past, she realizes Michael could be more than just a friend... if threats from the Fearsome Foursome don't break them both first.
Tensions grow and the abuse worsens as the final days of senior year march toward an explosive conclusion in this dark new tale from the author of Cracked Up To Be.

My thoughts: First of all, I want to thank Lenore from Presenting Lenore for sending me a copy of this amazing book. Check out her blog to read some awesome reviews. She also writes about blogging and I at least have found those posts very useful for a new blogger like me.

I was so happy when this book arrived to my mailbox. I'd read so many reviews of it, all of them praising this book. At goodreads its average is something like 4.4 out of 5 and the description just sounds amazing. Now after reading it I can say that it was all I expected and even more. I feel I want to read it again right now! I haven't felt like this about a book since I read Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Andersen.

Regina has been a member of Fearsome Fivesome for years. Being best friend of Anna Morrison has provided her status. She is someone at her school, she is someone others are afraid of. But one night at a party and a scheming jealous girl can chance everything.

After a one night at party Regina becomes the most hated person at Hallowell High. Even people she do not know, people she has never talked to, hate her. Anna, her ex-best friend and Kara, a girl who has always been on Regina's shadow, want to make Regina's life a living hell. Rumors about Regina and Anna's boyfriend Donnie move around the school . Regina and Kara are the only ones who really know what happened. But like someone is going to believe Regina. And why would Kara tell the truth now when she has taken the place next to Anna, the place that before belonged to Regina?

Michael. Regina made his life a living hell by spreading rumors about him. Psycho, killer, wants to kill everyone at Hallowell High. Now as member of outcast, Regina has to find someone to lean on to. But is Michael ready to be that person? Everything starts from the lunch room where Regina has to sit with Michael at the garbage table. After a couple of days they actually start to talk to each other and they find out that they have something they share together. But is Michael ready to forgive Regina after everything she did to him? And is Regina ready to apologize?

This book was so amazing, as I already said before. I love the writing style of Courtney Summers and I seriously need to get 'Cracked up to Be' to my hands ASAP. Someway Summers' writing style reminded me of Laurie Halse Andersen. Maybe it is the mix of short and long sentences and the vivid language. I loved the honesty and I could say even violence of this book. It describes the characters honestly and at the end of the book you really love some characters and really feel hatred towards others. This also put me to think about the social hierarchy of high school. I could say that I am a member of the "popular" people at my high school. I am a member of group of six girls and I started to think that maybe for someone we are "fearsome sixsome" or something like that. I can say that we would not be ready for such an extremities like the girls in this book. And I can honestly say that I think that we are not mean, but there can be people who think that we are, I know there are. It is just something I am so used to, being part of the group and gossiping about others. It is always great to live in the belief that they won't never know. But that hardly never happens. This book in that sense opened my eyes that I got to know how it feels to be the outsider, how it feels to be kicked out of a group you have belonged for a long time and one day your old friends just ignore you. But I don't want everyone to think that I am a same kind of "bitch" that the girls in this book, because I am not.

I really was able to identify with Michael. He had lost his mother a couple of years ago and that caused Regina and others to spread rumors about him. I lost my father when I was at 5th grade and even then there were some "mean girls" who spread all these rumors about me and my father even though they did not know the reality of the situation. I was able to identify with Michael also because I was able to feel what he must be going on.

I really suggest this book to everyone! There are so many things I could say about this book but I want to leave something to you to figure out!

Read A Thon- challenge number 1

Where are you reading from today? -I am reading from my home at Oulu, Finland.

3 facts about me … 1. I am totally addicted to Gossip Girl series

2. I should be doing my Finnish WL, not blogging.

3. I love reading

How many books do you have in your TBR pile for the next 24 hours? -I don't really have a TBR pile for this read a thon since I cannot read that much because of my Finnish WL. But I already finished one book and I will probably pick up some unread YA titles from my shelf to continue with.

Do you have any goals for the read-a-thon (i.e. number of books, number of pages, number of hours, or number of comments on blogs)? - I really do not have that much goals this time, or well my goal was to finish with Some Girls Are and I already did it so at least starting up with a new book could be one of my goals.

If you’re a veteran read-a-thoner, Any advice for people doing this for the first time? -If you are tired, SLEEP! and remember to eat well.

Read A Thon- 1st update

I decided to start reading already last night when the day changed from Friday to Saturday since I will have to do my school paper today during the day and because I want to read as much as possible this weekend. I spent 2 hours reading 'Some Girls Are' by Courtney Summers which btw is AMAZING!
I can't wait to read updates by others and to participate at all the minichallenges.
GOOD LUCK WITH READ A THON!

Read A Thon

Read A Thon will be TOMORROW! I signed in about a week ago and I am super excited. I participated last time and I think I read something like 14 hours, can't remember the exact number of hours right now. Unfortunately this time I cannot read that much since I have this Finnish essay to write but at least I will try to read a little.

I am currently reading "some girls are" by Courtney Summers so I can try to finish it at least. I am really looking for to cheer up for the ones who are going to read the whole 24 hours. Blogs (for example www.princessbookie.com) will be full of minicontests because of the Read a Thon so remember to check them out and you will have a change to win some awesome books!

Book Blogger Hop (#2)

I decided to take part again since last week I found some great blogs to follow!

Check out the Book Blogger Hop and participate by clicking here!

An Honest Love by Kathleen Fuller

Description (from BookSneeze): Anna must find the courage to tell Lukas the truth. Will he find the courage to forgive her? Anna was one betrayed by someone she loved deeply. In an attempt to never be hurt again, she and her mother relocated to Middlefield, Ohio. It was the ideal place for Anna's broken heart to mend. In Middlefield, Anna withdrew from risk, placing all her attention on managing the new gift shop she and her mom bought. When Lukas introuces himself, Anna can't resist her attraction to him. Though she finds herself falling in love, she's hiding a piece of her past in fear that their future will be destroyed if she tells him the truth. But love can't be built on lies and the past comes rushing back to Anna in an irreversible way. Now Lukas must decide how he will react to Anna's betrayal. As they cling to their belief in an honest love, they realize it's a path they must walk together even as it leads to unexpected places.

My thoughts: This book was something really different I've read before. I got the book through BookSneeze which mostly offers religious books for review. As I have mentioned before, I myself am not religious but since I am new for open experiences, I wanted to give this book a change.

This is a second book for Fuller's series called Hearts of Middlefield. I haven't read the first book so it is hard to compare this one to it. An Honest Love tells a story of two couples and how their friendships grow into something more. Elizabeth is at the age where she should get more serious and think about family and finding a husband. She spends a lot of time with Aaron who feels like he is not good enough for a amish woman. Anna is new to the area and trying to survive from her heart ache which was left from the last relationship. She is not open to new men until she meets Lukas. Slowly Anna starts to warm up for Lukas but is not ready to tell him all her secrets. Will Anna's secrets destroy their relationship or will it survive and come back to what it was at the beginning?

The Blue Castle by L.M.Montgomery

Description (from Goodreads): 'It was Barney Snaith's car and Barney himself was just scrambling up from under it, in overalls plastered with mud. Valancy gave him a swift, furtive look as she hurried by. This was only the second time she had ever seen the notorious Barney Snaith, though she had heard enough about him in the five years that he had been living 'up back' in Muskoka...every one knew that he was an escaped convict and a defaulting bank clerk and a murderer in hiding and an infidel and an illegitimate son of old Roaring Abel Gay and the father of Roaring Abel's illegitimate grandchild and a counterfeiter and a forger and a few other awful things. But still Valancy didn't believe he was bad. Nobody with a smile like that could be bad, no matter what he'd done.'

My thoughts: Valancy is 29 years old. She is unhappy to her life as unmarried woman living with her mother and cousin. Valancy has spend her life living in fear of her family and relatives. When Valancy starts to suffer from heart pains she decides to visit a doctor and hears something she never though she would hear; she has only a couple of months to live. With the new time limit, Valancy decides she wants to live her life before she dies. She leaves her family and moves away and eventually meets Barney Snaith, a man who is despised by everyone she knows, and asks him to marry her. Valancy believes Barney is with her only because he pities her but Barney has a secret he hasn't revealed. As well as Valancy does.

My mom bought me this book from the library because it was one of her favorite books when she was at my age. I had really high expectations towards this book because my mother was the one who introduced me to Pride and Prejudice years ago and it became my favorite book. So in that light this book was a little disapointment. This book has very vivid and beautiful descriptions of places, especially nature and I must say that was my favorite thing about it.

Somehow I feel that I just did not get into this book. The characters, especially Valancy,annoyed me and Barney was not the "hero" I expected to get. I am happy I read this book but I must say that it will not become one of my favorites.

Windows 7 TuneUp

(I normally don't do this kind of posts but since I found this very useful, I decided to post about it.)

Windows 7 TuneUp is a your all-purpose tool for better PC maintenance and security. It protects your computer from system crashes, repairs and maintains your PC health, removes unneeded Internet clutter, regains valuable disk space, cleans your registry and tweak windows to perform better.

This program is probably very useful and that is why I did a separate post about it. Not really a book related post but I could stay that this is a blogging related post since it is hard to blog without a working computer. :D

Check you Windows 7 TuneUp from here!
(http://www.windsty.com/products/windows_7_tuneupsuite/windows-7-tuneup.html)

In my Mailbox (#11)

Finally I have time to post In my Mailbox. This week I have only library books to present. These books are from the last couple of weeks.

Evermore (the immortals #1) by Alyson Noël
Description (from Goodreads): Since a horrible accident claimed the lives of her family, sixteen-year-old Ever can see auras, hear people’s thoughts, and know a person’s life story by touch. Going out of her way to shield herself from human contact to suppress her abilities has branded her as a freak at her new high school—but everything changes when she meets Damen Auguste… Ever sees Damen and feels an instant recognition. He is gorgeous, exotic and wealthy, and he holds many secrets. Damen is able to make things appear and disappear, he always seems to know what she’s thinking—and he’s the only one who can silence the noise and the random energy in her head. She doesn’t know who he really is—or what he is. Damen equal parts light and darkness, and he belongs to an enchanted new world where no one ever dies.
Is this one any good? I haven't really read reviews of these series so I don't know are they any good.

Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar
Description (from Goodreads): Welcome to New York City's Upper East Side, where my friends and I live, go to school, play, and sleep--sometimes with each other.
S is back from boarding school, and if we aren't careful, she's going to win over our teachers, wear that dress we couldn't fit into, steal our boyfriends' hearts, and basically ruin our lives in a major way. I'll be watching closely...
You know you love me,
gossip girl
I read couple of these Gossip Girl books a long time ago in Finnish. Last week I started to watch the TV series from Internet and I am totally hooked now. I have 1 episode left from the first season and then I can chance to the second season which I have as DVD. So I was just interested to see how these books look in English. The book is pretty short so I will probably read it at some point.


City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments: Book One) by Cassandra Clare
Description (from Goodreads): When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder -- much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing -- not even a smear of blood -- to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?
This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know. . . .
Exotic and gritty, exhilarating and utterly gripping, Cassandra Clare's ferociously entertaining fantasy takes readers on a wild ride that they will never want to end.
These are other series I pretty much know nothing about. Is this book any good?

The possibilities of Sainthood by Donna Freitas
Description (from Goodreads): Antonia Lucia Labella has two secrets: at fifteen she's still waiting for her first kiss, and she wants to be a saint. An official one. To Antonia, saints are royalty and she wants her chance at being a princess.
All her life she's kept company with these kings and queens of small favors, knowing exactly whom to pray to on every occasion. Afraid of tripping in gym class? Try St. Sebastian, athletic and golden. Working in the family store? Light a candle for St. Leonard, Patron Saint of Grocers. And a good all-purpose one: St. Jude, Patron Saint of Desperate Situations and Hopeless Causes.
Unfortunately, the two events Antonia has waited for her whole life seem equally unlikely to happen. It's not for lack of trying. Every month for the last eight years, Antonia has sent a petition to the Vatican proposing a new patron saint and bravely offering herself for the post. (So what if she's not dead?) And how long has she been praying for the attention of the tall, dark, and so good-looking Andy Rotellini? Too long to mention.
But as Antonia learns, in matters of sainthood, things are about as straightforward as wound-up linguini, and in matters of the heart, she's on her own.
This sounds like a funny, light story so I decided to pick it up.

All the Lovely Bad Ones by Mary Downing Hahn
Description (from Goodreads): Travis and his sister, Corey, can't resist a good trick. When they learn that their grandmother's quiet Vermont inn, where they're spending the summer, has a history of ghost sightings, they decide to do a little "haunting" of their own. Before long, their supernatural pranks have tourists flocking to the inn, and business booms. But Travis and Corey soon find out that they aren't the only ghosts at Fox Hill Inn. Their thoughtless games have awakened something dangerous, something that should have stayed asleep. Can these siblings lay to rest the ghosts they’ve stirred?
I just picked this up because of the cover which is really spooky.

Forever... by Judy Blume
Description (from Goodreads): There's a first for everything.
When you build up something in your mind — really imagine it, wish for it — sometimes, when it actually happens, it doesn't live up to your expectations.
True love is nothing like that.
Especially not for Katherine and Michael, who can't get enough of each other. Their relationship is unique: sincere, intense, and fun all at the same time. Although they haven't been together all that long, they know it's serious. A whole world opens up as young passion and sexuality bloom. But it's senior year of high school, and there are big changes ahead. Michael and Katherine are destined for another big "first": a decision. Is this the love of a lifetime, or the very beginning of a lifetime of love?
I am interested of this one because I think it is published in 1970's. So it will probably tell a lot different story about the situation that a 2010 book would.

Book Blogger Hop

I was so excited when I found this since I love to explore new blogs and tomorrow I have time to explore them all because I have Easter break.

Go and sign up for Book Blogger Hop for the upcoming week!

Note: Tomorrow I will post In my Mailbox with all the new library titles I've got in the past few weeks!

Btw, this is my 200th post! So YAY! :)