Page Turning Tuesday: Allegiant by Veronica Roth

As I write this review, it has been at least around an hour that I finished reading Allegiant by Veronica Roth. If I had two words to describe this book, it would be, heart and breaking. When I got around to the end, I was close to crying during French class, that's how intense this book was.

Oh, you thought I was going to tell you what happened? AHAHA. No. You need to buy the book, read it, and roll on the floor crying like the rest of us!

Allegiant marks the finale of the Divergent series. Allegiant shows whether civilization will make it or break it, and I cannot tell you ANYTHING.

If you've never heard of Divergent, you can click here to see my Divergent review! If you've been a fan of Divergent for a while, feel free to respond in the comments on your opinion on the book. I may not be able to tell any spoilers, but YOU can *hint hint*

Now that I finally can settle down and re-read Catching Fire before the movie, I'll most likely finish the book in five or six days and start reading another book. OR, I will be spamming you with my Percy Jackson fanfiction until you get tired of it and I start obsessing over a new series (not going to happen in a LOOOONG while)

But I shouldn't stray to other book subjects (super ADD, hello!) Like I said, tell me your opinion on Allegiant. Did you cry? Did you immediately go on Tumblr and cry? Did you roll all over on the floor and cry? You CANNOT tell me you DID NOT CRY. If you didn't cry, then I will slap you with a fish O:
Also, if the world of Divergent was real, which faction would you be in? Do you support the faction system or no? In my opinion, I think I can kick butt being a Dauntless member.

Last but not least, I give this book 5 nerdy cats simply because it almost made me cry during class. You KNOW when a book is good when you want to cry in the middle of a inappropriate atmopshere.

 

Since it's National Novel Writing Month, I am open on recieving any fanfictions on Twitter! Just tweet me the link to your fanfiction on Twitter (@BookwormMari) and I'll be more than happy to retweet or make a personal tweet about it! It must not involve adult or sexual content. And if I have enough time, I'll probably read it!

That's all for this post! I'll see you around! :)

In Recent News...

Okay, I know in August I promised to continue working on this blog. Unfortunately, I've been very busy with school and extra activities to remember. But I PROMISE, like I swear on the River Styx, that I will work on this blog and make it become as known as I want it to be.

So, in the month of October, two books released, House of Hades by Rick Riordan and Allegiant by Veronica Roth. I've managed to read House of Hades within three days and obsess my feels over Tumblr. I am currently reading Allegiant and I am mad at myself for that because I should've finished it by the end of October by now. It's November. I should be re-reading Catching Fire, preparing for the movie!

I will eventually post my House of Hades review within the next incoming weeks. Most likely after I finish reading Allegiant and roll around in my feels.

Not only have I been reading, but I've also been writing. Yesiree! I've joined Wattpad and I've been writing a Percy Jackson fanfiction myself. If you want to check out what I've written so far, click here. And speaking of writing, it's National Novel Writing Month! Is anybody going to submit a novel? Originally, I was planning to, but I decided to leave it for next year. That'll give me enough time to think up an idea and write down and proof read the entire thing. If you haven't heard of about NaNoWriMo, then check it out here!

Also, if you're a HUGE Percy Jackson fan and you have a Tumblr, consider following me. My blog's name is Aphrodite's Mark, and it's at a steady pace when it comes to gaining followers. My ask box is open to anybody and I am willing to response as long as it's not hate mail.
And I plan on making a Facebook page for this blog. But that's in the distant future, when I have the storm around me soothed down.

And last but not least, GoodReads is having the annual GoodReads Choice awards. Click here to check it and out and vote! There's many categories, but one book to pick for each one of them. Did your favorite book make it in the nominations?

That's basically it for this post! Keep your eyes peeled for a review (hopefully) next week! I am making it my goal to finish reading Allegiant this week! I've been very lazy with my reading schedules!

Series Saturday: The Percy Jackson Series By Rick Riordan

This series has been well-known for a couple of years, and if you haven't hear or read it, THEN READ IT! This summer, I've finally finished reading the entire series. It's about a demigod named Percy Jackson who's son to the Greek god, Poseidon and has to face dangerous, life-threatening adventures with his friends Annabeth and Grover to stop the Titans who wants to take over Olympus.

What I love about Rick Riordan's work is that you just can't expect anything. If you think one thing, in the story, it'll end up being another thing. His work is just perfect, and that's what makes it very addicting and hard to put down. Now I'm reading the second book of Heroes of Olympus, Son of Neptune, and I've been hooked. He always wrote the Kane Chronicles and a couple of short stories. Along with helping to write the 32 Clues (I think that's what it's called) series.

I'd like to give this series 5 nerdy cats, and I strongly suggest you check out Rick Riordan's work if you haven't. Trust me, he is amazing! I will post my Indigo Spell review on Tuesday. I hope you guys have an amazing Labor Day weekend! :)

I'm Back!

Hey guys! I apologize for my random disappearance. I've been really busy (especially over the summer) and I just didn't have time to blog. But even though I didn't have time to blog, I definitely had time to read! I read Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead (which the review will show up in the next few days) and I've finally read the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Now I'm reading the Heroes of Olympus series.

But I really missed you guys! I'm glad to be blogging again. How was your summer? What did you read? Did you do anything new or different? Let me know on the comments section below or on Twitter. For me, I ended up working as a camp counselor at my old school and I got a boyfriend (and guess what? He READS! :D)

So, recently, I've downloaded a bunch of books which includes The Selection, The Infernal Devices and The Mortal Instruments. I'm excited to read them and review them :) If you want me to read and review a book (must be YA) email me at betterwrittenthansaid@hotmail.com or tweet me at @BookwormMari

I will post my review on the Percy Jackson Series perhaps in a few hours? I was debating whether or not to wait to watch the second movie. But I decided not to wait. I'll tweet my opinion on the movie instead. I'm truly glad to be back :)

Page Turning Tuesday: Insurgent by Veronica Roth

 This book was unexpected. That's basically the key sentence in this review. You get to see tragedies and traitors and people showing the different sides of them that they never shown in the first book.

The ending, WOOAH the ending. Your gonna be having your jaw to the floor at the end. But throughout the book, it's basically a uniquely different version of the Hunger Games. You've got the different factions fighting against the one who wants power and mind-control and you've got the politics. And you've got the people who will trust their guts to stop it and romance OH THE ROMANCE!

I don't know if anybody else got this or not but, I get the feeling from this series that we're all ourselves and we're all Divergent. If you got that same realization as I please comment below and give your opinion.

I honestly can't wait for the third book. I'm obsessed with this series along with any others. Did you know that there's a little online store that sells a charm bracelet with all the faction's signs? No? Here's a link in case if your interested, http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/TheMeadow/5909466/reserved_a_divergent_inspired_charm_bracelet_-_silver_-/handmade/jewelry/charm_bracelets/other_metals

So, I am going to give this book, 5 Nerdy Cats (that's a no brainer). Veronica had me on the edge of my seat (or couch) and flailing my arms, waiting for the 3rd book to be publish (publish it ASAP!) The next book I'm going to be reading is Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead. I've been waiting to read this book for months and now, I shall satisfy my Sydrian feels (I must know O_O)

On Fire by Nancy Holder

I managed to read the entire book in 2 days. Call me, le super bookworm reader! *dundunduuuuuuun* I've seen many reviews on Goodreads saying that the book was meh and you won't understand anything if you don't watch the show and bleh.

 

On Fire is a book based from my favorite TV show, Teen Wolf. This book isn't like your usual YA book. I admit, if you never seen the show, you will be a bit confused on some of the characters' looks. But being a fan since season 1 I felt like the book was some hidden episode.

 

The book gives fans a better understanding of what happened in the past. How the things that happened back then lead to the present. I suggest this book for all of those Teen Wolf fans. If your a Teen Wolf fan and haven't read the book, then READ IT! If your not a Teen Wolf fan but consider reading it, I suggest you at least watch season 1 before reading so you can get a better understanding. 

 

I give this book 5 Nerdy Cats because I loved the book. It's as intense as the show which is why I managed to finish reading it in 2 days. The next book I will read and review will be Insurgent. And hopefully, the many questions I have from Divergent will be answered. 

Asunder by Jodi Meadows

Three words I can say about this book. Fighting, sacrifice, and love. This book is amazing. I was wondering if Asunder is the end, but then I just realized I have the third book in my to-read list on Goodreads (dumb brunette moment)

 

This book took me a while to finish reading. No, I didn't have to force myself through the book. I had a hard to resisting on not coloring the roses on each chapter. Guess who won? I'm pretty your freaking out and being like "OH MY GOSH. YOU CAN'T WRITE IN A BOOK! D:" and I will tell you now, I couldn't help it, so now each chapter has a series of colors. Red, pink, purple, and blue. I think I liked the red roses better since I wasn't running out of ink on that pen. I'm going to post the pictures on Twitter (@BookwormMari) and let me know which colored rose you liked. 

 

I really recommend this book, and if you haven't read the first one, then um, READ IT O: For me it was unpredictable because I had so many questions unanswered from the first book. Like, will Ana become a citizen? Will she be reincarnated? Well, all I can say that she isn't a citizen still (not yet hopefully) and in the book, everybody assumes she won't be reincarnated but there's some little hope in my heart that she will.

 

So, it's obvious that I really loved this book, not because I had the opportunity to actually win a book for the first time, but also to get this awesome yarn pompom bookmark from Jodi Meadows herself (my friends loved playing with that bookmark) and she tweeted me so on that day, I was freaking out, speechless, and had a wide grin on my face. 

 

I give this book 5 Nerdy Cats. Not only because the book is super good but because I had a great experience getting it. This is one of the unforgettable moments in my life and I wanna thank Pitch Dark Books and Jodi Meadows for giving me this experience even though I never even tried to win and being the noob in the YA book blogging community.

 

Next book I will be reviewing is On Fire by Nancy Holder. No, it's not a series. It's a book based from my favorite TV show, Teen Wolf, and when I managed to get it I was like O: OMERGERD! After On Fire I will read Insurgent. Speaking of Insurgent, I think I've gotten Hunger Games and Divergent fever. I have the factions from Divergent on my lock wallpaper and a fan art drawing on Katniss on my normal wallpaper on my ipad. And also, I found a charm bracelet online that has the 5 factions. Hopefully I'll be able to get that for my birthday, (along with a Teen Wolf shirt and so many other thing majingies) 

Movie Monday: Beautiful Creatures Book + Movie Review

I can admit one thing. When it comes to this series, some people say read and some say ehh. It depends on you. For me, the book can get really interesting when you first read it. I remembered when I first got it during 6-7th grade at a book fair and everybody gawked at me because I had the guts to read a block-sized book in two weeks. Then it took until 2012 for me to get the rest of the books.

When it comes to this series, you either read or you don't. My friend Sophia said she had to force herself through the series. For me, I easily read it the first time but it got boring after I read it a couple of more times. The first book is about a mortal boy who meets a caster girl who tries to stop her mother. The second book is like eh. I didn't like how Lena acted in the second book. The end of the third book and the beginning of the fourth really pulled my heart strings, and I think I was about to cry during reading.

The movie was pretty good. The only thing I didn't like was that they cut so much. They cut out important scenes, personalities, and characters. I felt like they were too busy of wanting to finish this and get over with. But that's just the opinion of somebody who read the series. If you haven't read the books or seen the movie and your wondering if it's worth your money, the answer is yes. For both readers and non-readers, you can't expect most things of the book to happen because its unexpected.

So, I give the series four Nerdy Cats and the movie three Nerdy Cats. I'm glad to finally watch this movie and to finally make this post. It's been so many months since I wanted to get to work on this post.

Also, I think I realized something. Yesterday I was thinking deeply and maybe, when a book is turned into a movie, not only do they want to keep it short but maybe, they want to give the audience some unexpected things. So the people who read the books won't be like "Oh here's the part where so and so kills so and so". I don't know, maybe its my mystical, wondering chiz. :3

Starbuck Sunday: Divergent by Veronica Roth

 I admit, the first four chapters were like eh. But at the fifth chapter, my heart was pounding. It was so unexpected to see Caleb choose another faction. But with Beatrice, it was obvious she was picking Dauntless. So each faction is separate. One is selflessness, bravery and risky, honest, smart, and kindness. You get to choose which faction you get to be in at sixteen by an aptitude test. Your results are based on personality. Imagine that happened to you. Which faction would you choose? For me it would be hard to choose. And if you fail the initiation, you end up faction less. The faction less are basically hobos.

So, Beatrice passes the initiation by being the first one to jump seven stories. Isn't that crazy? And when you transfer factions, you start fresh. New faction, new name, new life. So she decides her name to be Tris. (Personally, I like Tris better) So, throughout initiation, she faces some problems but she gets to find the real her and fall in love (can you guess who?) and manage to stop the beginning of a war, but there's sacrifice that showed love.

Even though I read this book in two day (I am super reader girl O:) because I was in a rush to read Asunder, it's a very great book. Especially for those bookworms who love The Hunger Games. If you read it, you'll eventually figure out it has that Hunger Games flair with some individuality. I give this book 5 Nerdy Cats. After Asunder, I might read Insurgent or read On Fire by Nancy Holder (It's a Teen Wolf book AAAAH!) And for the Asunder review, I will show you guys a picture of the book I got through the mail and the cute pompom bookmark that Jodi Meadows, herself, made. It's very cute and colorful and since I got it on Valentine's Day, it's also the best Valentine's Day gift I've gotten :)

Page Turning Tuesday: Incarnate by Jodi Meadows

    The book Incarnate by Jodi Meadows was amazing. Originally, I would've read the book a few months later if I decided to read it on my own time. But Pitch Dark Days were doing a re-read of the book, so I wondered, why not? Sadly I couldn't read the entire book in one week. It took me two or three weeks due to the fact that I barely have free-time.

To be honest, from my roleplay characters (Yes, I'm a nerd), I can totally understand Ana. Incarnate for me, easily put me in her shoes. But the plot was very unpredictable. In the beginning, I thought that Ana had gained citizen rights, stayed with Sam, and was reincarnated. But I had no idea someone came back and stopped reincarnation for a few hours (I won't spoil the entire thing) But at the end of the book, Ana has gained more confidence and her enemies in the first book are gone.

I randomly won the Dark Days Incarnate contest. So they will be sending me Asunder. I love this book allot, hands down to Jodi Meadows. I can't wait to read Asunder. But for now, as I wait, I will be going back to read Divergent (I had to stop in order to read Incarnate) and if I'll write a review for Divergent also.

I give this book 5 Nerdy Cats. You'll be expecting to see 4-5 Nerdy Cats throughout my blog because most of the books I read are 4-5 Nerdy Cat worthy. I have so many books to read its ridiculous! I just got Indigo Spell (super excited) and I still need to read Insurgent, the Unearthly Series, the Shatter Me series and a few Percy Jackson books as well as almost all of Nicholas Sparks' books (Did I mention I'm a sappy romance reader also?) I'm also planning on watching Beautiful Creatures in the next few days (most likely weeks) and give you the entire series review and movie review. So basically, I have allot to read!

Starbucks Sunday: Miss Literati: Bittersweet by Sarah Ockler

Hudson Avery’s dreams of becoming a renowned ice skater are shattered the day her parents split up. Deciding to move on with her life and leave behind the dream that was so closely tied to her father, Hudson begins working in her mom’s diner, baking amazingly decadent cupcakes.

Now, three years later, 16-year-old Hudson has turned her job into a lifestyle, spending countless hours helping her mom keep the diner afloat. When Hudson learns there’s an ice skating competition offering a full scholarship to its winner, she considers taking her skates out of retirement. After all, a scholarship could be her only ticket out of Watonka, NY.

One night while out on the ice, Hudson bumps into (literally) Josh, an uber cute hockey player that is totally swoon-worthy. From there she gets roped into helping out his team, which hasn’t won a game in ten years.

And the drama pursues. Love triangles. Betrayal. Disappointment. Tears. Laughter. It’s all there! But more importantly, there are apologies, self-discovery, and important life lessons.

We fell in love with this book for a multitude of reasons. For one, Hudson is a flawed character. She’s selfish at times, tends to take the people in her life for granted, and some of her decisions left us wide-eyed and baffled. But what made her so admirable was her development over time. Her self-discovery and evolvement was character development at its finest.

Actual Review Link: http://www.missliterati.com/book-reviews/bittersweet-book-review

Series Saturday: Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

I know this is series review is super late but I don't want to wait until Feburary to start blogging. So if there's any bookworms interested in reading the series or you just love it like I do. Honestly, I didn't start out the series with the first book, Vampire Academy, I started out with Last Sacrifice, the last book.

I won't reveal any spoilers for anybody who wants to read the series. The series is basically a dhampir (part human part vampire), Rose Hathaway, on her adventures to become a Guardian to protect her Moroi (good vampire) Princess BFF Valisia Dragonmir. Throughout the series Rose starts falling in love with the sexy dhampir instructor Dimitri Belikov and runs into trouble with a trusted friend that turns into a foe, faces drama and Strigoi (evil vampires), gets caught in a love triangle between Dimitri and Adrian Ivashkov (Moroi prince), and gets accused of murder. But in the end of the series, everything is solved and fans are bawling their eyes out. But have no fear! Bloodlines is here! Bloodlines is the sequel to Vampire Academy.

So why should you read this book? It's sexy, dramatic, and addicting. Richelle Mead never failed us at Vampire Academy and she hasn't with Bloodlines. I recently suggested my friend to read the series and she LOVES it. So I give this series, 5 out 5 Nerdy Cats!