Slam by Nick Hornby

Here's a very worthy cautionary tale that teenagers will relate to. Sam Jones, skateboarder, knows that you can do the right thing 99.9% of the time--staying in control, playing by the rules and making all the right moves---but then with a momentary loss of concentration or a single wrong turn you can end up eating concrete. Sam's a good kid who generally does the right thing. When a momentary lapse results in an unplanned pregnancy, he experiences a life-jarring, mind-shattering slam far worse than any of the skateboarding accidents he's been through. As he shares his perceptions and reactions, Sam's voice rings true. He shares what he learns without any twinge of preachiness. His lessons are difficult ones--about a condom malfunction, childbirth and diaper changing, as well as evolving relationships with his girlfriend, his parents and his baby boy. Most importantly, Sam shows that good people sometimes get slammed but, when they do, they can recover, reclaim their lives and still be good people. Most people have to learn these hard lessons by making their own mistakes. However, sometimes we're lucky enough to learn things from a well-told story that can help us avoid a catastrophic slam. This one's definitely worth a read. 5 stars!

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

I love this trilogy!
One of my favorites, I honestly didn't expect to like these books as much as I did. I thought they would be about whiny teenagers obsessed with their looks. It's so much more, and really adventurous, whole new world type of books.


“What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.”
—
Scott Westerfeld

BDB box set

Black Dagger Brotherhood by J.r. Ward.
I'd choose buying box sets over single books anyday.

Advantages
- They're cheaper when you buy as a whole.
- Can start on next book, once you finish reading previous.
- Quick purchase.

Disadvantages
-If you dislike the series, your screwed outta money.

I just wish more series had box sets. Some that I would by if they did have box sets are the Kate Daniels series, Rachel Morgan, Mercy Thompson, Anita Blake. But unfortunately they are all single books.

Would you rather buy the box set or purchase single books?

Haruki Murakami Quote

“If you only read the books everyone else is reading, you only think the thoughts everyone else is thinking.”
—
Haruki Murakami


It's hard for me to buy a book I've heard nothing about. Most of the books I buy, I do an extensive search on them, reading lots of reviews, judging by the stars. This is also why most of the books I put up and read I love. But next time I go to a bookstore, I will buy a book I've never heard of, and discover a new author.

Chuck Palahniuk

“What I want is to be needed. What I need is to be indispensable to somebody. Who I need is somebody that will eat up all my free time, my ego, my attention. Somebody addicted to me. A mutual addiction.”
—
Chuck Palahniuk


Who else LOVES his books?

What should I read next?

I finished The Warrior Heir today!

So now I must move onto something else. Preferable something in this house. Options include:

• Before I Die by Jenny Downham
• As You Wish by Jackson Pearce
• Perfect Chemisty by Simone Elkeles

I could also move onto The Wizard Heir, or finish Cracked Up To Be, except that I can’t actually find my copy. A Great and Terrible Beauty also exists here, and I should probably read that eventually.
So Bloggers, what should I pick?

To The Lighthouse. Quote

If only, he could be alone in his room working, he thought, among his books. That was where he felt at his ease.
— Virginia Woolf in To The Lighthouse