National Readathon Day!

Let's make some time to read today! It's National Read-a-Thon Day and everyone is encouraged to read from 12 PM- 4 PM, so let the games begin!

S.

Did I Find Something Better Than Fifty Shades of Grey?

I just finished reading Sylvia Day’s Entwined With You. This is the third installment in her Bared to You trilogy, which follows the overly sexual lives of Gideon Cross and Eva Tramell. Although I wasn’t able to write posts about the preceding books in this series, rest assured I ate them both up. Gideon Cross is the powerful multi-millionaire control freak with a dark past, while Eva Tramell is the sexual damaged 20-something trying to start a new life in New York. Upon their meeting, both Cross and Tramell are instantly drawn to each other. Now in we jump to the third book where they are finally getting married.

            A lot of people have compared this series to the ultra famous Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy. I can see the similarities, but there are some unique things about this book and these characters that make this book feel real and relatable.

1.     Cross and Tramell have “vanilla sex”. They just have a lot of it. I’d say a lot more than the average couple. I actually liked the fact that this couple has “regular” sex and it’s not all about bondage and whips and red rooms. It makes their romance a lot more relatable. The only thing I didn’t like about their sex is that they use it as a form of communication, which is clearly an unhealthy way for a couple to communicate.

2.     Both Cross and Tramell have really fucked up pasts. I think Sylvia Day’s decision to tackle child molestation and how it affects both men and women was a brave one and I commend her for doing that. It makes me feel like this book is about more than just sex, which I felt with “Fifty”. Giving both characters a depressing past really adds depth to the story and helps the reader understand why these people are the way they are.

3.     I appreciate the fact that Eva is a strong independent woman. Being a strong independent woman myself I can relate to a woman who knows what she wants and isn’t afraid to ask for it. A woman who doesn’t compromise her independence for a man.

Overall, I’d give this book 5/5 stars and I’d definitely recommend this series to anyone who likes this “mature audience” style of writing. I can’t wait to start the 4^th and 5^th book of this series!

If you like what you read, buy then book here!

S.

Hello 2015!

As you can tell, I am very late on this "Hello 2015" post considering we're already 17 days into January. But hey, better late than never right? So as you can see I changed the name of my blog to Sheri's Library: A Journey Through My Bookshelves. This year I decided to focus on making a dent in the 1000+ books I currently have on my bookshelves. Don't get me wrong, I will definitely be buying new books here and there, because who are we kidding, there's no way I can go a long period of time without wanting a new book. I figure I can turn this into something fun and put all my books in a book jar and have friends and family, and myself of course, pick a certain number of books out each month. You never know what you're going to get and it's like a journey: A Journey Through My Bookshelves. 

Thank you for joining me on this journey, and I look forward to sharing all my bookish discoveries with you!

Happy Reading!

S.

2014 Book Review Catch Up!

Hello Readers,

I'm behind again on my book posts but next year I'm going to do better! I promise! I'll give a couple blurbs about the rest of the books I read at the end of 2014.

Before I Go to Sleep: The movie changed many things

Gang Leader for a Day: Very interesting insight to gang culture

Bared to You: Gideon Cross is waaaayyy too controlling, overbearing, a hypocrite, and quite possibly a little crazy BUT i like this story better than Fifty Shades of Grey! I like that Eva is also an independent strong woman!

Eleanor and Park: Super cute love story!

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince: Pretty good but not my favorite

Reflected in You: The ending of this sequel had my jaw dropping

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: The feels...

The Martian: Science, science, science....

Wicked: Elphaba is amazing! This book is very detailed and you must pay attention. The stage play is great! #blackelphaba

We Were Liars: That ending tho...

Holiday on Ice: This book is best read out loud.

Unbroken: Such a beautiful story. I had no idea that America and Japan were at such a terrible stand off. I learned so much about human perseverance and will power. The movie was also very well done. Good job Angelina!

S.

Happy Thanksreading!

Hello dear reader,

This month I've decided to take the Thanksreading pledge through literally.io. For every 100 pages I read they will donate $1 to promote literacy! This sounds like a great idea to me! Everyone wins!

I have loved reading ever since I can remember. My mom tells me that she used to read to me even before I was morn. Everyday I get to read I thank God that have the ability to read and comprehend what I'm reading. Sometimes I'll be reading and I just have to smile, not because of what I'm reading but because of the act of reading itself. It boggles my mind how authors come up with some of the stories that they do. I'm thankful that great authors have the ability to bring happiness and joy to me just by writing a few magical words. Without reading I don't know what I would do.

If you're a reader like me make sure you go to www.Thanksreading.com and take the thanksreading pledge. Spread the word by using #thanksreading!

Happy Reading!

S.

Book Review Catch Up!

Hello dear reader,

Clearly I'm very behind on my book reviews. I've definitely still been reading, I just haven't been writing nearly as much as I promised I would be. So I'm going to make this short and sweet. I'll give a couple sentences about what I liked/disliked about the books I've read and we'll go from there!

Hope you Enjoy!

Pretty Little Secrets: It felt like something was missing throughout this whole novel. Oh yea...it was A! It felt like a mystery with no mystery!

The Normal Bar: Great advice for couples trying to get their shit together and letting us know that love and relationships can come in all shapes and sizes.

The Wolf of Wall Street: This was one of the two books I read in August. Im not sure what happened this month but I failed big time. This book was long but actually really entertaining. Some of the things this guy gets involved with amazes me! I appreciate the show of sincerity and remorse in the book.

Dorothy Must Die: Read this with Jonathan! We liked it. It's interesting to see Dorothy as this evil superficial, arrogant dictator but also clever. Ended abruptly! Cannot wait for the sequel!

Legacy: Second book in The Awakening series. Not as fun as the first one.

The Giver: Amazing tale about a kind of twisted utopia. I love the imagery of the book and how the absence of color means "sameness". Super ambiguous ending. My thoughts: He dies... Waaayyyy better than the movie!

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Jonathan and I decided to read all the Harry Potter books from start to finish!! We are loving them! This is my 3rd time reading this particular book in the series and I fell in love. Love J.K. Rowling's descriptive writing style.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: 2nd book in the HP series! Also super great! Falling more and more in love with this series as I read it.

The Maze Runner: Best book in the series in my opinion. Loved the intensity and adventure feeling the book gave me! Sadly Thomas was too emotional for me! Thought the movie did a great job of conveying the action of the book even though they changed the story line a bit.

Self Coaching- Anxiety and Depression: Learned a lot of valuable tips to help me with my anxiety but it got boring towards the end.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Nothing interesting happens at the beginning of this book. Last couple chapters are the best and most interesting.

Addicted: Not as interested in this book at first as I thought I would be but as the book went on and she got involved with her 3 affairs it became much more interested. This felt like the first time I read an urban novel like this and I was so intrigued by the dialogue and mannerisms of urban culture. 

The One: Last one in this series. I always feel like I cant remember what happens in this series but i cant wait for the newest book that comes out in this series, "The Heir".

The Scorch Trials: Second book in this series. it takes a long time to get to the action and I felt like this book didn't have that adventure feeling the first book had. This book had way more science fiction than the first book. Weird silver goop that decapitates people and weird pods! This is the book where I really started to not like Teresa!

The Death Cure: The last book in this trilogy! I don't want to give too much away about this book because Mr. J hasn't read it yet and I don't want to ruin anything for him BUT some truly unexpected things happen in this conclusion to the series. 

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: My favorite book in the series! So much going on but so awesome!

Four: Super short! I wanted more!

Men, Women, and Children: Didn't know what I was getting myself into when I picked up this book. The movie trailer tells you nothing! I thought it was interesting to explore sex and the ways middle schoolers communicate about sex and how their parents communicate with them about sex as well as with other adults. 

This is Where I Leave You: Super funny family drama! Still need to watch the movie.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: Too much talking. End scene was the best.

I Am Second: Amazing stories about people's decision to accept God as their Savior. This book made me want to put God first and become second.

The Kill Order: I needed more! To me this has no direct correlation to Thomas and his friends. This is only how the Flare started but I wanted the story of Thomas and Theresa before they went into the maze! Do not skip Teresa's secret chapter!! Heard there is a second prequel coming out and I hope its this contains the story I want! Just read that it is confirmed that I will get this story!!! yes!!!!! 2016 cant come any sooner!!! 


I'm currently on my 45th book for my 50 book challenge and will hopefully surpass by goal by the end of this month! I'll post my November TBR later!

Happy Reading!

S.

June wrap-up

The Elite

What can I say about The Elite. This is the second installment in Kiera Cass' "Selection" Trilogy. At this point in the story America has made it to the top 6 and she's actually beginning to have strong feelings for Prince Maxon even though Aspen is still in the castle and still fighting for her love as well. It took me a while to actually get into this book.  I started this book and found myself not as interested as I was when I started reading the first book but the story started to get more interesting as the book went on. The thing I'm most interested in is the character of Price Maxon. At first he seemed to good to be true. He liked America so much that he was going to let her stay even though she possibly couldn't love him. That seems like a pretty noble thing to do. At the same time, I forget he is a young man and he is not going to hold out too long for a woman who may or may not love him in the end. He is man who also has needs and it wasn't long before he was looking else where for love and attention. Towards the end of the book he has found that love from a "nice" girl named Kriss and that attention from a "fake" girl named Celeste. Sadly, the Prince and America's relationship starts to dwindle as the book comes to an end and after she pulls the outrageous stunt of suggesting they end the caste system on national television, no one likes her anymore. I personally thought this idea was genius. At the same time America needs a little more restraint. She does everything based on impulse and that doesn't seem to get her far. But just when we thought America was out of the game and about to go home, the Prince comes in and saves the day. In spite of his fathers wishes he allows her to stay. She's gotten pretty far for a girl who was only there to help her family. I just want to see how Aspen is going to react to America still being at the castle even though she already said her goodbyes. There are so many places this series could take us and I can't wait to find out where that is.

S.

The Mystery of Gone Girl

I honestly don't understand why it has taken me so long to blog about this book. I had been wanting to read this book for a long time and then I found out the movie was coming out on October 3rd so I knew I had to read it before then. I was trying my very best to not even watch the trailer until I was able to finish the book but I was unaware that this trailer would be on the playlist for a new movie I watched a couple weeks ago, so I was freaking out the whole time thinking, "oh fuck is this Gone Girl? This is Gone Girl!" I was so upset because I didn't want to have the actors they picked for the movie to ruin the way I imagined the characters while I read the book. Unfortunately, while I was reading, that is exactly what happened. I kept picturing Ben Affleck as Nick but for some reason it didn't fit. As I got further and further into the book I couldn't picture Ben Affleck as Nick at all. I kept thinking of other well-known Hollywood stars that could play an on-screen asshole. People like Brad Pitt or Matt Damon come to mind. Even with the actress they picked to play Amy I was unable to view her as this evil mastermind plotter. I guess Ill just have to wait until October 3rd to get my "Gone Girl" fix and see if Ben Affleck can really pull this off.
Anyways, back to the book itself. Out of my whole reading career, I've only read a couple psychological/murder mystery/thriller type books so I really didn't know what to expect when I started reading this book. I must say that I was completely taken with this book from start to finish. The book is split up into three sections, and each section is told from the alternating point of views of Nick Dunne and his wife Amy. The first section includes Nick's POV from the day Amy goes missing and Amy's diaries from the past couple of years. Amy's diaries tell the story of their first meeting to when they get married, to the bitter trap their marriage had become. We also find out that Nick has been having an affair. Yeah, Nick isn't portrayed as the best man or husband. After the first section you're left with so many questions about where Amy could've gone and what could've happened to her. Of course from the way the diary entries are written, we automatically think that Nick is the 1st suspect and so does the rest of the world. At the beginning of the second section a bomb is dropped that I didn't think I would be able to handle, and in this case I don't want to ruin anything for you. This is the kind of bomb that a reader needs to experience while reading. But after the bomb is dropped the story continues in some twisted ways.
I thought this book was simply amazing and pure genius.  The way the author keeps you guessing throughout the whole novel is beyond mind blowing. I wasn't expecting anything that happened in the book. The book was very unpredictable and I liked that. The writing made hate Nick and almost love Amy, which is the goal of a good writer, to make you feel some type of way about the characters and situations you're reading about. I want to read more books by Mr. Flynn. If they are all as good as this I can't wait. I also can't wait to see the movie on October 3rd. I will be the first in line to see the midnight to how all this craziness plays out on screen, and I hope they stay true to every part of the story!

S.

Pretty Little Secrets & The Selection

Pretty Little Secrets
What can I say about Pretty Little Secrets. It took me a very long time to get through this book. I thought it was a cool concept to give each girl their own section and story but I found it hard to become interested in what each girl was going through.  This book made me realize how much I actually like the mystery character of A. The added drama and suspense that A brings to the girls lives is what draws me towards these books. It was like advertising a mystery but with no mystery! A ultimately makes the girls lives interesting.









The Selection

I must say that this book pleasantly surprised me. I had seen a lot of stuff about it on instagram after the last book in the trilogy came out so I decided to give it a chance. This book was a mix between Hunger Games and The Bachelor but more Bachelor then Hunger Games. The crazy thing about this book is that it is set in the future but I guess in the future of the United States we are going to be split into caste systems and have royalty again.
There are 35 girls who get "selected" to participate in what I like to call the Hunger Games of Dating. They get whisked away from their families and taken to a castle to win the heart of the young prince, which is being filmed for the whole world to see. Cue the opening credits of The Bachelor. At least if you get selected your family gets taken care of and if you win you and your family move up in class rank. It seems like a fair deal.
At first I thought this was going to a typical love story but the only problem is that our main character, America (how ironic), is in love with someone else when she gets "selected. Granted her boyfriend is the who pushes her to join. I like the fact that America is only doing this to help her family and decides to strike a deal with the Prince. They can be friends and she can help him find his mate. This poses the question: Can men and women really be "just friends"? As the story continues America and the Prince start to catch feelings for each other and to make matters worse who do you think the new guard is at the castle? That's right, Aspen, America's boyfriend before she left for the selection. Dun Dun Duuuunnn! Just when we thought things would be simple!

I'm currently reading The Elite, the second installment in this trilogy. It's starting off a little slow for me but I've realized that the second book in a trilogy is always my least favorite. Review coming for that soon!

S.

May Wrap-Up

Guest Blogger Jonathan Martinez | Roboapocalypse

I read this book because I wanted to read a book with my girlfriend and share her passion in reading. I looked at her 100 books to read list and the title caught my attention. I am a huge fan when it comes to zombies and end of the world stories. I also like machines and robots! So this book was just perfect! 

Robopocalypse is a series of events told by Cormac Wallace about how robots took over the world and how humanity fought back to claim it. To me, this was a good book because it starts off with its origin and forms a time line of every action that was taken to reach the end.  From the start of the robotic takeover to the the importance of characters actions that changed the outcome of everyone's survival. 

The story begins with a scientist awakening a machine with an intelligence that can not be measured by any human scale. Archos, as they call the machine, grows so intelligent that it believes humans are only capable of destruction thus end humanity and rise of the machines. Archos kills the scientist and starts his evil plot of robotic domination. 

In the book the world is at a futuristic time where robots are everywhere. Domestic robots that look like humans. Worker robots that are designed for specific jobs. Even the vehicles are designed with thoughts of their own.  Different cases around the world start happening where robots start to "malfunction" and start to attack people. Archos commands all type of robots to enslave humanity and kill any threat. It experiments on humans and creates new type of droids to attack in any type of situation. It starts a war that nearly leaves all humans extinct. 

Now I am not about to go over every story and every important character that is in this book but here are some of my favorites. 

Takeo Nomura , an old mechanic that can fix any robot, he builds a human like wife robot that he truly loves, and was willing to die when his robot wife started to attack him.  I believe he has a connection with the machines since he is able to love one. He becomes sort of like a robot whisperer and is able to reprogram some robots to fight for him. During the war he builds a castle and has the best army robot that protects him and the people he shelters. Even though Nomura and his wife aren't really talked about, they are important for the awakening of the domestic robots that help the humans during the war. 

Lurker was another interesting character to me. He is a genius kid just pranking people around the world for kicks and by sheer luck he comes in contact with Archos. When he talks to this super machine, Lurker realizes that the world is going to war and does nothing but run and hide. After some time in hiding he witnesses a car killing a little girl and her family and that causes him to take action and fight back. Lurker and his friend get in these mobile suits and fight off robots and break in their communication station and destroy everything. That scene and Lurkers determination and realization in how he owed the world is such a good chapter. 

The last character that I enjoyed was Mathilda Perez. A ten year old girl that has a first hand experience with an evil toy robot. The robot warns her about a robot defense act which clearly a little girl wouldn't know anything about. As her story progresses Mathilda and her family get captured and sent to a holding facility. The robots experiment on her and remove her eyes and replace them with robotic ones. Because of her mothers love and determination she escapes with her brother from the facility. Mathilda is given a gift to see what the robot's see, that helps out during the war. 

The book goes on with stories from and Osage tribe having a well guarded city, to brothers doing anything they can to help out people. In the end every person and their story is connected and it's amazing how it all connects to change the outcome of the robot war. 

The book ends with a chance that Archos still might be alive somewhere  and maybe that's what the second book will be about. This book is being made into a movie. I am excited because there were a few scenes that I couldn't quite imagine and I want to see how they look on the big screen! When the movie comes out I am for sure taking my girlfriend out to see it! 

-Jonathan I Martinez 

New Update for Kindle Paperwhite

So I wake up this morning and my prayers had been answered! Amazon finally made an update for the 1st generation kindle paperwhite! When I found out there was a 2nd generation paperwhite coming out, I wanted to buy it right away of course, but times are hard so I held off. I had always thought to myself "why doesn't Amazon just make an update for people who had already spent $119 on a kindle that looks the same?" Amazon must've heard me or got enough people complaining but regardless it finally happened! Now I have goodreads on my kindle and page-flip which is too sweet! So thank you Anazon for making your readers happy! Now I just have to figure out how to update my reading percentage status through this goodreads function.

S.

If I Stay...

I saw the trailer for the movie that is based off this book a couple days ago and that made me want to read the book. The movie trailer actually looks really good but sadly I didn't really like the book all that much. This book is a contemplation of death. When your stuck between life and death, but you've lost your whole family, do you stay or go? Do we really have the power to decide whether we stay or go? In this book it would seem that we do possess that power. This book made me really sad and kind of freaked me out. It really got me thinking about death and how to continue on if someone in your life dies. It got me thinking some pretty morbid thoughts, like if my boyfriend were to die how would I find out? And how would I react? This is a super depressing thought and not something I want to spend my life thinking about. Death is always looming around every corner but to live in fear of that is a life un lived. Reading a book always makes me think about things more than seeing a movie so hopefully the movie won't freak me out as much as the book.

S.

April Round Up

April

Allegiant

Unbelievable

Cinder

The Awakening

This month things got busy. I wasn't able to read as much but I still cranked out 4 books. I decided to change my book challenge from 100 books to 50 books. We will see where that lands me by June. The Month of May needs to be an epic reading month. No if, ands, or buts.

S.

A Change of Plans

So it is only April but I have accepted defeat and decided to change my challenge of reading 100 books to 50 books. I was already 15 books behind schedule and with my schedule there is no way I would be able to make that up. If I reach 50 books by a reasonable month then I'll up the anti, but 50 sounds good right now...

Happy Reading!

Cinder | A Futuristic Retelling of Cinderella

I just finished Cinder by Marissa Meyer. I've been wanting to read this book for a while now and Marissa Meyer was also at the LA Times Book Fest but unfortunately I was unable to see her when I was there. Anyways, when I first started reading this book I have to be honest, I wasn't the biggest fan. The story wasn't holding my interest. Basically, Cinder is a futuristic take on Cinderella mixed with I-Robot. Cinder is a young girl who is half human, half cyborg meaning she has some mechanical parts such as her hands and one of her legs but she also has an operating system but also bleeds human blood. She's a mix of everything. We all know the story of Cinderella. Take that story and mix it with a Queen from an opposing plant of Lunars (a bad bunch with the power to control your vision and emotions) trying to marry the Prince from Earth so she can declare war. Add in the fact that Cinder finds out she is a Lunar herself and to top it all off she is the lost Princess they say died many years ago. Oh yea and there is a deathly plague going around. It's a mind bender of a story but it's worth reading. I don't necessarily read a lot of science fiction so reading this felt strange to me which is why I probably had a hard time with it in the beginning, but as the story went on I couldn't put the book down. I wanted to know more about what was going to happen to Cinder and the Prince, and Cinder and everyone else! As the book was coming to an end I still had so many questions! Talk about a cliff hanger! The last scene of Cinder in prison deciding what her next move is! I must find out more!! There's so much going on in this book it's almost like Meyer took the story of Cinderella and made it appeal to our robot obsessed technology driven society. Stay tuned for my next Lunar Chronicle adventure:  Scarlett

S.

Highlights from the Los Angeles Times Book Festival 2014

Allegiant + Pretty Little Liars: Unbelievable | The End of Act #1

I can't even begin to describe this book. It was definitely my favorite book in the series and the most eye opening. All the questions we have are answered and the end of book 2 set up book 3 perfectly. In book 3 we find out why Tris and her gang live the way they live, we find out about Tris' mother, and who is stronger between Tris and Four. I like that we got to find more out about Natalie Prior. I felt like the other books were spent finding out about Tobias' family but this book was all about Tris' family.

Honestly, Natalie was way to smart and cunning in book 1 to be just a regular abnegation

citizen. My favorite thing about this book was seeing the personal progression of Tris and Four. Not their progression as a couple but as their individual selves. In Book 3 Tris becomes herself. During books 1 and 2, Tris is struggling to fit in but in book 3 she has finally come into her own, able to trust herself and has clearly learned from her mistakes. I almost felt like in book 3 I was seeing a completely different person than in book 1 or 2. Four on the other hand seems like he is unraveling. In the beginning we meet Four as this strong man who has made his place in the world despite his violent childhood, but by book 3 it's clear that he never really let any of his past go and he is still haunted by his demons. He is unable to handle any kind of emotion or face any kind of confrontation. He runs away like a scared little boy and trusts the wrong people. I began to really not like Four in this last novel but I can appreciate the mental breakdown that he is experiencing. 

Lastly, the death heard around the world. I had heard rumors that Tris dies in the last book but I tried to push it out of my mind as much as possible while reading. I didn't really believe that she had died until the last couple of pages. When each ending chapter was only narrated by Four, I knew it had to be true. I could barely read on after that. Killing off a main character at the end of a book like that takes balls! Usually it's the strong manly man who dies to save his peers but in this it was a strong female character who dies in order to save the ones she loves and I can respect that. This was by far my favorite book in the series.  

This is the fourth installment in the Pretty Little Liars series and some say it's the end of Act 1. This novel rounds out and ties up all the loose ends from books 1-3. Any questions you might've had get answered in this book....or so you think. I actually really liked this book. Hanna survives the hit and run only to be faced with not remembering anything that happened that night. The two biggest shockers for me include Jenna and Ali being in cahoots about the fireworks incident and Mona being A. I still don't necessarily believe the story about Jenna and Ali setting that whole thing up because as we all know nothing is ever what it seems in this series. I'd also heard rumors that Mona was A and that she dies in this series. The show also makes Mona the first A so I was already pretty keen to that fact. Her dying was a bit sad but it had to happen. To round out the book and tie up loose ends you had to kill Mona off. I can't even image how the show comes up with story lines since most things are different.With Toby gone and now Mona, I can't even fathom who could be the next A. It's weird though because it took the show four years to get to Spencer "remembering" what happened between her and Ali the night she went missing but only about two years to bring in the whole Ian murder stuff. Interesting. And is it just me or is Wilden way too nice in these books? He actually seems like a nice cop instead of a creepy guy looking for a story. I also kind of like the whole Lucas and Hanna thing. TV Lucas always seemed a bit creepy but book Lucas doesn't seem so bad granted I guess that means no book Caleb. hmmm..questions questions. I feel like now that the first act is over the books are going to take a drastic turn from the show or visa versa. I've even heard rumors about twins. This could get very interesting!

S.

Insurgent + Perfect + March Round Up

I feel like I read this book to long ago to even remember anything exciting about it. All I remember was Tris and Four fighting in almost every other chapter. They kept way too many secrets from each other and I really didn't know if they were going to make it. This is the book where Tris and Four are kind of on the same reckless path and they can either learn from their mistakes or keep making them. In book three we find out who actually learned anything and who didn't. I find that the second book in a series doesn't grab my interest or isn't as memorable as I would like it to be. Second books kind of answer the question "okay..now what?" Sadly, this was my least favorite book in the series. 

This is the 3rd book in the Pretty Little Liars series and I have to read a summary of the book to even remember what happened....okay just read a summary and I still know nothing. This one wasn't one of my favorites. Each time I read one of these books I compare it to the TV show to see how much they left in or took out. Obviously with Toby being gone things change drastically but a lot of things are surprisingly the same. The biggest shocker that happened in this book that is the same in the show is at the end when Hanna gets hit by the car. That part made me want to read onto the 4th book (which was by far better than this one). I'll have way more comments on the 4th one.

March

Flawless

Insurgent

Perfect

What I learned in March:

• March was my lazy month. I only read three books which put be way behind. After finishing today's book I am officially 13 books behind