Christmas Books & Book News!

I hope you all had a great holiday! I thought I'd do a post to share with everyone the books that I got for Christmas!

1. Drama: An Actor's Education by John Lithgow
2. Sybil Exposed by Debbie Nathan  
3. Bunheads by Sophie Flack
4. The Fire by James Patterson
5. Lucky Break by Esther Freud
6. Acting For The Camera by Tony Barr
7. The Happiness Project (Journal)
8. 1001 Things Every College Student Needs to Know by Harry H. Harrison Jr.
9. An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin
10. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding
11. Harry Potter Page to Screen: The Complete Filmmaking Journey by Bob McCabe

I'm so excited to read all of these! I already read Bunheads and I'm currently working on Drama, it's great so far. 

I also wanted to share some book news that got me super excited. One of my favorite authors, James Dashner, will be writing a prequel to The Maze Runner series called:

The Kill Order

The Kill Order is to be published in August of 2012. I cannot wait! 

Read James Dashner's announcement of the prequel on his blog: Here! 

Hope you all have a great start to the new year!

Till next time! :)

Books Image © Camra Godwin

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Review: Bunheads

          Happy New Year to everyone! Here is my first post of 2012, and it's my new year's resolution to read more and post more often!

          For Christmas I received the book Bunheads by Sophie Flack (I saw it advertised in a magazine). I finished the book in a day. It was so interesting that I instantly fell in love with it. My mom's even reading it right now and when she's done I'm going to let my friends read it (then I'll probably read it again!).

           Bunheads is about 19-year-old Hannah Ward who is a corps member of the Manhattan Ballet. This book gives a huge insight to the world of ballet. I have always respected dance, but I never fully realized how much these dancers commit themselves to their profession. It's very incredible.
           Filled with the right amount of friendship, dedication, work, and love, Bunheads is a light read with a deeper meaning. Author Sophie Flack has a beautiful writing style. As a performer myself, I often find it hard to put into words the emotions one has during performing. Sophie Flack describes those emotions perfectly. Even though I do theatre, I could really relate to the drive of these dancers. Also, if you don't know anything about ballet, don't worry! The author fully explains almost everything so by the end of the book you'll feel like a mini-expert on the world of ballet.

I highly recommend this book and I'm extremely excited to see what Sophie will write next! 

5-Book Rating System

I give Bunheads:

5 out of 5 books!

          Author Sophie Flack also sells her own artwork available for purchase on her website: Here!
          You can also follow her on twitter: Here!




What books did you get for the holidays?
Comment on this post and maybe I'll read them as well!


Till next time! :)

Book cover from Danza Ballet

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