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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!

I didn't post last week, I know. :( I had just gotten back from a super fun and busy trip from NYC! It was amazing!
But I'm sorry for not posting!
I've also been very busy with Dracula rehearsals lately (fitting for Halloween, hm?)...
Here is the Halloween post! I sort of did a little self-made Halloween survey! Feel free to fill it out yourself and comment below!


My favorite scary books!:

• Any Goosebumps book by R.L. Stine
• Also any books in the Point Horror Series by R.L. Stine
• Or Fear Street Series books by R.L. Stine, especially Double Date and Bad Dreams.

I really don't like scary things... so to sum it up, R.L. Stine is your man for scary stories! Not saying there aren't other really scary books out there... Oh! The Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket were always a little haunting for me. If you have a favorite scary book, share it in the comments below! (:

My favorite Halloween candy:

Candy corn, hands down. No questions, comments, or suggestions. 

Best costume I ever had:

When I was 2...(?), I was an apple. Yes I had a green little spherical body suit, a green hat with a leaf on it, and I carried around a big long worm (a.k.a my mom carried it around).

It's probably the scariest costume you'll ever see.

Scariest movie?:

Tremors, or Scream. I didn't finish either of them. 

Best Halloween experience?:

A Halloween party with all my friends before I moved.

Favorite Supernatural/Scary person?:

Witches, they rock! 

As for books that I've been reading...
I haven't been reading ANYTHING! I've been so busy with rehearsals, school, and life. I have no free time. However, I was working today, and no one came in, so I started reading I am Legend by Richard Matheson. Yes it was a movie with Will Smith (love him), but it was originally a 1954 novel. In this book I was reading, it was one of the many stories included all by Richard Matheson.

No you can't look inside, that's Amazon. haha. So I only read the first story from this book, I am Legend. It is really different from the movie, so I really recommend reading it! I really enjoyed it. It really fits for Halloween doesn't it?
Anyways, if you loved the movie, you'll really like this; just don't be surprised at how many differences there are.

Anyways, I have homework and errands and this and that.
I hope everyone has a happy and safe Halloween!

If you need me,
I'll be in a pumpkin patch somewhere waiting for the Great Pumpkin!

Till next week!

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New post! :D

Okay so as I said last week I wouldn't have enough time to read unless I cut out eating, breathing, and sleeping which would be okay if I was vampire. However, I'm not, so I didn't read.

But! I want to talk about something special that I want to do when it gets closer to the Holidays.
That includes Halloween too.

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*cutest icon ever~

Probably next week, I'll do a Halloween-themed post and list my favorite scary novels so you can be prepared to incredibly spook yourself out! *Important Note* I really hate scary movies and being scared, but for some odd reason I love scary and thrilling books. Weird.

So look forward to the next week's Halloween post! (:

And when we get closer to Dec. Holidays I want to make a list of books that should be on your wish list or list of gifts to buy for others and maybe I throw in some of my favorite wintry reads. (:

So yes this is a short post.

And yes I did it on a Tuesday, because Blogger was having some troubles and I couldn't sign in.

Next week's post will be on Mon. or Tues. 

I'm going away for the weekend again and I have really intense Dracula rehearsals coming up. Very fitting for my Halloween post! (:

Anyways, till next time!

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Review: The Hunger Games, Hurt List

I really have so much I want to say this week that I really am not sure how to fit it all in so this post isn't 5 billion pages long. (That might be an exaggeration).

SO! I joined every other reader on the Earth and finally read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Best. Book. Ever. In order to make this post shorter, I will only do five top points, so a ftp?

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FTP: The Hunger Games

1. This book (series) also takes place in a futuristic society that I am guessing is our society in a few hundred or thousand years or maybe our modern society never really existed and it just jumped to "Panem". 
2. This book is not for the weak-stomached, I mean it's not extremely gory with awful descriptions that make you want to turn away, but it makes sure you get the point.
3. This book has action, romance, and comedy. An "all-in-one" in a non-cheesy way.
4. I won earrings in a contest by iHeart Daily and they say "District 12" on them, you'll know what that means if you read the book! I feel special because I have them. And no I didn't wear them while reading. :)
5. I really felt like I was right there with Katniss (the main character) while she was experiencing all of these horrible events and it was thrilling and scary at the same time! 

This book is available in hardcover & paperback. If you haven't read it yet, READ IT.

It's a perfect book for pretty much anyone who likes action, adventure, and a teensy-weensy bit of science fiction. It's a very thrilling book and much to my happiness the second book Catching Fire came in the mail today! WOO!

So the second book I read this week (cause apparently all I do is read) is The Hate List by Jennifer Brown. This is Jennifer Brown's debut novel that I mentioned last week. I gave in and went to the library right before we left to go to Maine for the weekend and I finished the book that night. It was so good and so addicting. I literally could not put it down.

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FTP: The Hate List

1. This book deals with very emotional topics and brought me to tears at least once while reading.
2. While reading and after I felt like I had a better understanding of how people feel who are bullied everyday. I think everyone has been bullied at least once in their life, but not many know what it feels like to go through it everyday and this book really opens up that view into their life.
3. The characters are mostly juniors and the book chronicles their junior and senior year of high school, so if you like to read more toward your age there you go.
4. One of the things I really liked about this book was how the chapters switched between the present time and the day of the shooting, the transitions were done very nicely and it wasn't too confusing.
5. One of the things I didn't like as much, and this could just be because I'm weird, was how the main character kept flashing back and retelling stories as she thought of them as the book progressed. I just, I don't know, I guess I was impatient, because I really wanted to keep reading the book. But these flashbacks are crucial to the character development of the story and the back story so I'm not really sure why they sort of bothered me, because they need to be there...

This book was very powerful. 

It delivered strong messages about bullying. A subject that I feel strongly on.

We've all seen in the news recently that their have been many suicides because of people being bullied.

I think everyone was been a bully at least once and been bullied at least once in their lives. 

Bullying doesn't need to happen.

Just think about this: Everyone has feelings. Everyone's feelings can be hurt. Everyone's feelings can be uplifted. 

So coming up, I am having a very busy week so I can't promise that I will be reading a book, hopefully I'll choose something, but right now my book is:

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Oh! But I do want to add a book to my reading list.

Hilary Duff (one of my life role models) came out with her debut novel, Elixir. It actually officially comes out tomorrow, but you can read the first 5 chapters on Simon & Schuster. I'm liking it so far!

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Even if I don't end up reading a book this week, I'll definitely be excited next week to talk about some upcoming plans for my blog and hopefully upcoming books that I will read!

Till next time! (:

Review: Matched

SO! I sort of started a mini-review on Matched by Ally Condie in the last post, but now I have it finished!
I'm going to write a new type of review for this, called Top Ten Points. TTP. I'm going to write down the 10 Ten points I think you should know about this book. I'm testing this style, so comment if you like this condensed version more than paragraphs! So! Here we go! (:

TTP: Matched by Ally Condie 

1. Matched takes place in a futuristic society that is very different from ours today, but maybe a suggestion as of what our society could someday turn in to?
2. The main character/narrator is a teenage girl named Cassia.
3. Even though it's in the future Cassia still has the same emotions and thought processes as modern day teenagers have; the characters are very relateable! 
4. I'm still puzzled that no one in the Society as gone against the society, most likely because they are afraid of the consequences... but still. I kept thinking while reading, how did they switch from modern times to this? Food for thought.
5. Ally Condie has a beautiful writing style that is very poetic, once the book comes out I'll post my favorite part of the whole book on here. 
6. You will be really confused when you start this book, don't let it discourage you. Or maybe it's just me who was confused. I'm not sure.... but keep reading, it will start to make more sense the more you read!
7. Reading this book and reading about the restrictions of their Society really made me appreciate our society even though I feel sometimes people go too far with their opinions... (rant). I'm really glad for our freedoms in America. I'm really grateful.
8. I just realized since my cat was sitting on my lap, there was not one animal or pet in the new Society. Oh my goodness, what a realization. Don't let this affect whether you read it or not if you love animals. It's still really good.
9. Put this book on your Christmas wish list right now, or just go out and buy it when it comes out.
10. This book better have a sequel!!!!!!! (:

So there you have it! 

Matched comes out Nov. 30, 2010. 

I really like this book and I hope all of you will too! (:

So since I finished Matched I was really uncertain what to read next! So I haven't read anything for the past two or three days! Crazy, right? Sometimes you just need a little book break in between reading tons of books diligently. Although I really love getting lost in another world! 

So today at work (I work in a bookstore, of course) I started to read Hate List by Jennifer Brown. It's definitely a change of pace for me. It's about a girl who once made a "hate list" with her boyfriend and one day at school her boyfriend decides to try and shoot everyone on the list. It's a very twisted story but is nevertheless very interesting. The main character is very confused because she loved her boyfriend and some blame her because she helped with the list, but she never meant harm to anyone. It's very interesting. I might have to go check it out at the library.

              

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ALSO!!!!!!!!!

I discovered Tatiana DeRosnay has a NEW BOOK OUT. Who knew?! Not me!

In case you didn't know she wrote Sarah's Key which is one of my FAVORITE books.

I'm going to have to read this too.

So right now I can't exactly tell you what I'll be reading this week... you'll just have to find out next Sunday.

WAIT

Oh my goodness!

I didn't think of this before.

I'll be on vacation next Sunday... so I will either post this Friday night, next Monday night, or sometime later next week.

Oh wow.

So I'll see you sometime next week-ish.

Have a happy Columbus Day weekend! (:

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