Teaser Tuesday (2)

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

"And then there was another sound. Something couldn't quite identify. Yet"-page 1

"Three for three was pretty impressive, especially for a girl who professed to hate shopping." -page 105

Will Work For Prom Dress by Aimee Ferris

Pages: 267

Publisher: Egmont

Rating: 3/5

Quigley Johnson has, reluctantly, given up the rest of her last year of high school to take part in her best friend Ann's Betterment Plan, which will turn them into the best-dressed, most sought-after, most admired girls at their senior formal. Because - hey - who doesn't want the perfect prom, complete with a dream dress and a devastatingly handsome date?

But the prom costs money - lots of money - and even though the girls could easily have Ann's mom design their dresses (she's only Victoria Parisi, one of the most famous designers in the world), Ann insists that they pay their own way. And that's how Quigley gets stuck making artistic topping masterpieces on frozen pizzas canvases, before becoming a live model for Ms. Parisi's fashion design class, where she meets Zander.

He's cute, and cool, and funny, with a killer design sensibility (even if he can't sketch). But is he too good to be true? And what about David, the hot, talented artist at school, who's also kind of a jerk, but won't leave Quigley alone? And Ann - she started the Betterment Plan to improve Quigley and herself, but it seems like it's ripping their friendship to shreds.

This road to the prom dream may just end in disaster.

Like I have said before I like to read chick-let books in between fantasy books. Usually I end up liking the book a lot more then I think I would. I didn't really like this one that much. It defiantly had the girly, stupid girl feel to it. I'm not saying it was horrible. I'm just didn't really like it and I felt like they were making a big deal about little things but not getting to upset about things that mattered.

I also really don't like this cover. I hardly ever like a cover that is animated or has a drawing type of person even though I see how it applies to the story.

I didn't like Anne. She was so annoying. She was whining and I just wanted to yell get over it. Face your problems and move on. Quigley also annoyed me. She took everything so serious and she hadn't made up her mind on anything.

I don't feel like the story flowed well either. It was hard to follow. I didn't realize that they were at a different job until the next chapter. And that didn't help anyways because they got another job. It was so confusing. Also she would mention something in the very beginning but then it wouldn't come up until the very end, and you forgot what happen. I also think Ferris was way too concern about making every ending of a chapter a cliffhanger so that you want to move on. But it made me want to stop reading because I could hear the dramatic music but it wasn't that dramatic. Not every chapter has to have a cliffhanger to make you want to continue. I thought that this was mainly about earning money for a dress, but it didn't seem that way. She kept reminding us how many weeks until prom but they never did anything about it. Two weeks until prom=no dress, no shoes...nothing. I just thought that since it is called "Will Work For Prom Dress" it would have more to do about prom.

I didn't hate this book, I just didn't love it. I think it could of been a lot better. But it was cute.

First Line: "Pepperoni, pepperoni. Cheese, cheese, cheese. Pepperoni, pepperoni. Cheese, cheese, chee--" I yelled."

In My Mailbox (3)

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren.

1) Chime by Franny Billingsley

2) Falling Under by Gwen Hayes

3) 13 to Life by Shannon Delany

4) Will Work for Prom Dress by Aimee Ferris

To Be Read (1)

To Be Read is to show what books I need to read and that are on my shelf. I won't include any that I have just gotten recently and posted as a IMM. These will usually be books that have been on my shelf for a while.

Heist Society by Ally Carter

Silver Is for Secrets by Laurie Faria Stolaz

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon

The Dust of 100 Dogs by A.S. King

The Final Warning by James Patterson

This Has Nothing to Do With Books But...

This post has nothing to do with books but this will explain why I didn't have my first To Be Read meme. Thursday and Friday was the SCACS Fine Arts. This is a competition of Christian Schools in SC. Schools compete in music, art, academic, and preaching. By the time I got home on Thursday I was exhausted. Friday they announced the art awards and I won first place in Crafts! My best friend placed first in Monochromatic drawing and a junior friend of mine placed first in Sculpture. They also give out scholarships. Its not very much but everything helps. You have to be a senior and placed first. They have a rotation of the categories to decide who the scholarship will go to. The first one was speech and it went to Oral Interpretation of Poetry, and a girl in our school won that. The second area was for art and the rotation went to Crafts so I won!!! The next area was academic and it went to Spanish which was another girl in my class. There has never been a time win there has been more then one scholarship that went to people in the same school. So yes we are so happy. I'll put a picture of my necklace if you want to see. :)

To Be Read???

I'm thinking about creating a meme to show what I have on my to be read pile. I know a lot of people show what they have to read on youtube, but I don't feel comfortable video taping myself. I also have a lot of books I have to read....A LOT! So I was thinking I would take a picture of a few books each week to show them. I trying to think what day but I don't know. Maybe Thursday. If you want to participate, leave a comment or if you have any suggestions please tell me. Thanks! :)

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

Pages: 441

Publisher: Harper Collins

Rating: 5/5

Ninety-five days, and then I'll be safe. I wonder whether the procedure will hurt. I want to get it over with. It's hard to be patient. It's hard not to be afraid while I'm still uncured, though so far the deliria hasn't touched me yet. Still, I worry. They say that in the old days, love drove people to madness. The deadliest of all deadly things: It kills you both when you have it and when you don't.

I was actually really surprised that I loved this. I have not read Before I Fall, but this book has has made me want to. It was so good.

It started a little slow for me, but I am glad I kept going. The first maybe 50 to a 100 pages were the slow part for me. But it is where the characters were weak and the government system was still being explained.

I liked the character growth in this book. Lena was very weak and afraid. She was afraid to do anything against the government. Her friend was the brave and bold one. But I loved how she grew to change her mind and became strong because of what she loved.

I really recommend this book and if you have trouble getting passed the first part...KEEP GOING!!! :)

Sunday Confessions (2)

This is a weekly meme started by To Read or Not to Read as a way to get to share a bit about myself and also learning more about you. Sometimes its about books and book related topics and sometimes it's not. This is all in good fun and I would love it if you would participate.

What do you do when you're not reading?

Right now, I've been doing a lot of things for school. I am really busy because I'm a senior and I'm getting ready for college next year. So school has taken over a lot of my life right now even though none of us feel like doing any thing. 82 days! :)

I also love music. I want to major in music performance. That is what I want to do for as long as I can. I would love to get people back into the classical types of music or even Broadway. That is what I love and I want to share the voice that God has given me.

I also make jewelry. I don't really like to do it because beading does not relax me. But I have done it every year since 6th grade for competition so this year I hope I win and place in nationals. Below a picture of the necklace so far.

In My Mailbox (2)

IMM is hosted by The Story Siren

Matched by Ally Condie

Vixen by Jillian Larkin

Red Riding Hood by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright

Witch and Wizard by James Patterson

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Love, Inc. by Yvonne Collins and Sandy Rideout

Pages: 416

Publisher: Hyperion

Rating: 4/5

Zahra, Kali, and Syd would never have met if their parents' marriages hadn't fallen apart. But when the three girls collide in group counseling, they discover they have something else in common: they've each been triple-timed by the same nefarious charmer, Eric, aka Rico, aka Rick. Talk about eye-opening therapy.

Cheerful, diplomatic Zahra is devastated. Rico had been her rock and sole confidant. How could she have missed the signs? Folksy, flirtatious Kali feels almost as bad. She and Rick had only been on a few dates, but they'd felt sopromising. Hardened vintage-vixen Syd is beyond tears. She and Eric had real history... Or so she'd thought. Now all three girls have one mission: to show that cheater the folly of his ways.

Project Payback is such a success, the girls soon have clients lining up for their consulting services. Is your boyfriend acting shady? Dying to know if your crush is into you? Need match-making expertise? Look no further than Love, Inc.

First, I want to say that I love this cover. I think it is so cute. Second, I want to say that I liked this book a lot more then I thought I would. It was cute and funny and actually pretty good. Seriously the only reason I bought this book was because of the cover.

I liked all of the characters except for the ones you aren't suppose to like of course. I think Syd was my favorite character she was just so funny. I also love how the girls meet. Even though I know that they are in a room in a church, I always pictured them in a basement. I don't know why. Anyways, I love how they become friends and how quickly they became friends and were willing to stand up for each other. I love Zahra's grandmother also. She is hilarious. She is also annoying but you know she is only trying to be helpful to Zahra.

The plot was really good as well. I like how they didn't believe in love, but helped people become happy. I liked how they helped them as well even though it was a little extreme. It was funny.

If you are hesitate to read this book because of the cutesy synopsis and cover, think about again. It is a lot better then what it seems. I read it in 6 hours.