Some days I feel like an earth worm

you can only prove your manliness by eating a worm. ONLY. If you do not eat a worm, I'm afraid you are no man, or you are a Cyclops. I need a scooter. Who wants to lend me one? Please?
I thank you forever.
and ever
Braylin

YEAH

How is everyone? I'm in Verizon totally messing around on the laptop :j

SIREN'S top twelve books/series

11.The Immortal Instruments Series by Cassandra Clare
10.The Luxe Series by Anna Godbersen
9. The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
8. The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
7. The Looking Glass Wars Trilogy by Frank Beddor
6. Enthusiasm by Polly Shullman
5. Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
4. The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
3. Perfect You by Elizabeth Scott
2. The Secret Life of Prince Charming by Deb Caletti

1. The Nature of Jade by Deb Caletti AND Bloom by Elizabeth Scott
I just couldn't decide which I loved more, so I chose both. Elizabeth Scott and Deb Caletti are my favorite writers up-to-date. Even though these books are my Top Eleven, these are my top WRITERS. They are consistently writing books that I love. Many writers claim to really know teenagers, but really it's like they have never even met one. Caletti and Scott really do get how teenagers act. We cuss, talk/think about sex, and most of all we have growing pains. Growing pains as in we want to try new things like; dying our hair purple, getting a lot of piercings and tattoos (both of which we will regret, but never at the cost of saying that's what I wanted when I was 17). But we have to restrain ourselves for fear of what our parents may think of these choices. These are the reasons why I always come back to Caletti and Scott.And when it becomes to much to bare, these Twelve books are there to read in my time of need.

Vibes

Kristi is quite... unique. She dumpster dives for materials she uses to make her interesting outfits, has a cat named Minnie secretly living in her room, goes to a school that teaches life skills instead of history called Journeys, and, oh yeah, she can read minds. She loves her ability, although it can sometimes get annoying, like when her best friend Jacob is picturing her in ways she wished he wouldn't. However, it comes in handy when she gets assigned a project where her partner just happens to be the oh-so-popular, oh-so-desireable, yet not-so-smart Gusty, whom she has been crushing on not-so-secretly for years. Gusty's thoughts confuse her though, and between that and his gorgeous presence, the project is almost impossible to work on. As her life caves in, Kristi's loud-mouth, funny personality comes out. I couldn't put this novel down. Just like any other teen, she has issues at home and at school, and when the two come together, it creates quite a mess. The way she handles these things are amusing. This book would have been one of my favorites even if she couldn't read minds, although the mind-reading takes this novel to a whole new level. Gusty is kind of a dumb, typical heart-throb guy, which makes it funny that a witty unusual girl like Kristi likes him. I absolutely loved this book. The end of this book left me wanting more, but it wasn't so open-ended that it felt unfinished. Still, it makes me really sad that there hasn't been a sequel to this novel, at least, not that i've heard of. Anyway, this is an awesome book and I would recommend it to everyone!

Grade: 50/50 Reviewed by: HERO

The Last Universe by William Sleator

EEEEEK!! I just finished this book about 30 minutes ago, and man! if you are a science fiction freak like me you will absolutely love this book. This just boosted past my all time favorite book of Alice in Wonderland :) and became #1! This book is about quantum science. The one thing I found incredible was that this is all true too. Not the story, of course, but the facts about quantum science in it. This book is about a girl, Susan, and a boy, Gary who live in an enormous house passed down from ancestor to ancestor. In the beginning, we discover that Gary is sick; although the story never tells us what of, it goes on later in the book to state it's the quantum magic that starts all this. Gary is paralyzed from the waist down, and needs help getting around. His parents are extremely protective of him, and therefore they have his sister, Susan, take him everywhere, mostly his favorite place, the garden. However, Susan hates the garden and she has a weird feeling about it. She doesn't want to get in trouble though, and reluctantly takes her brother out every day. Little by little, they learn of their house's past. At first, they discover how their aunt drowned in the pond, and later they find out about the maze. They desperately want to know more, but there father is a closed book and won't tell them anything, saying it's too dangerous. Pretty soon, mysterious things seem to be happening. Giant lotus flowers pop up in the pond, taking up so much room, you can't tell it's a pond. Giant poppy flowers start to grow, very poisonous mushrooms start growing, larger, and larger. And to top it all off, the path to the pond seems to be changing course. On one of these days, Gary and Susan are off to the pond but find themselves staring at the maze instead. Intrigued, they begin to start forward, but when they see themselves start to dematerialize, they head back, scared. They must go back however, because the maze seemed to be strengthening Gary. So they do, and as you travel on in the book, you start to catch on how every time they enter the maze, the universe as they know it alters. When they come out each time, people change, landscapes change, sometimes, Gary and Susan see themselves in a universe and are forced to go back in the maze. This is a stunning book that's a little creepy, and you will find yourself captivated and unable to put the book down. You will love this book, as I did. It even has an ending that literally made me gasp and start to cry. 2 thumbs up :)
Graded: 50/50
Reviewed by: Braylin

Impossible

Okay, I don't know what it was with this book but . . . I LOVED IT! It's concept was really weird, and usually with a book like this I put it down without a second glance. But it was Impossible to put down (yes I realize just how cheesy that was). Lucy, who was "raped", finds out that she is pregnant, and decides to keep the baby-even though she is 17. she also finds out, that she is part of an evil elfin-king-things, evil plan. This plan includes getting every descendant of his true love pregnant at 17, then he makes those descendants crazy. And the only way to prevent this is to do three impossible tasks before the baby is born. To help Lucy with these tasks are her foster parents and an old family friend, Zach. Well, we find out close to the beginning of the book that Zach is starting to feel a little tingly below the border for Lucy. But the question is does Lucy feel the same way for Zach, AND is Zach willing to be there for Lucy and her baby? I know it sounds really weird, but I assure you that it is a fantastic book.

grade: 50/50 REVIEWED BY SIREN

Waiting on Wednesday (1)

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine

Here's what Arabella's waiting for:

I absolutely loved Going too Far by Jennifer Echols, and I can't wait to get my hands on this!

title: Forget You

author: Jennifer Echols

release date: July 20, 2010

description:

When swim team captain Zoey wakes up from a car accident with partial amnesia, she is torn etweeen the oy she rememers... and the one she doesn't.

posted by Arabella

Funny How Things Change

I absolutely adored this book. It's about a boy, Remy, a funny 17 year old mechanic is faced with life. He feels like his life is being tore apart when his girlfriend, Lisa, chooses to go to college in Pennsylvania. Well, until she tells him to come with her. Sure Remy has thought that thought, but he never really applied it. And to travel with his girlfriend, his one true love, well that would be a dream come true right? He sure thought so until he met Dana, a fun painter who showed him how maybe he wasn't in love with Lisa after all. This is a book about how when Remy thinks he has it all planned out, life proves him wrong and shows him something different. The setting was wonderful and something I could relate too, even though it takes place in the mountains of West Virginia and I live in Colorado. I loved how this wasn't your typical love story and that in fact it was a love story. The one thing I didn't like was that it was a relatively short book, and it only took me an hour and a half to read. I also don't like how it ends. It leaves you wanting more, and it doesn't explain whether Remy gets the "girl" or not. Clearly, this will not be made into a sequel, and that dissapoints me. I would recomend this book to people though. It's funny and warming; a perfect book when you need an hour to kill.

Rating- 38/50
Reviewed by Braylin

Lovesick

Lovesick by Jake Coburn

Ever since I saw this book the first time, I couldn't wait to read it. It looked so intruiging and something that definately fell into something that I would read. Unfortunatly, it wasn't as good as I thought it would be. Lovesick is about Ted, who had a bright future ahead of him but blew because of a drunk driving accident. Now that it all seems over, someone comes into his life and offers him a full ride to college. There's just one catch. He has to look after and keep tabs on the guy's bullimic daughter, Erica. Once Ted got there, though, the two quickly became friends and the unexpected happened: the fell in love.

I don't know what I didn't like exactly, but I just couldn't get into it. I think it was the characters. They just weren't relatable and didn't seem very real. Now, some people did seem to like, so don't let my review stop you from trying it. Maybe you will be on of the ones who enjoy it.

grade: 35/50

reviewed by Arabella

Elsewhere

I love Elsewhere's complicated but easily followed plot. Liz Hall, the protagonist of the novel, discovers the afterlife in a way that most people don't think of when they picture 'Heaven'. She boards a cruise ship and meets another young girl named Thandi. They become friends as they navigate their way through their new, unfamiliar lives... err... deaths... in which they age backwards until they become babies once again. Although Elsewhere is enjoyable, Liz isn't quite satisfied with leaving her old life behind just yet. She does everything she can in order to hold onto her old life back on Earth. While in the midst of a dangerous - not to mention illegal - stunt, Liz meets her love interest, Owen. They eventually end up together and live happily until Liz is once again an infant. This book left me craving more. It had me hook-line-and-sinker right from the beginning. I felt that although I myself have obviously never been in Liz's position, I could relate to her feelings of being lonely and depressed. I NEVER cry at any sad movies or books... and I must admit that the ending of this book was a tear-jerker for me. I absolutely loved this book and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys a love story with a new twist.

Grade: 50/50 Reviewed by HERO

Catching Fire

This book offered many surprises and twists. Katniss, poor Katniss, has to go back into the arena for a second time along with Peeta. This book offers much more lovers angst than the first one did. It seemed as though in every chapter Katniss had to make a choice between Peeta and Gale. This choice is also accompanied the inevitable choice between saving her family and just giving up. But Katniss isn't a coward, she always does what she thinks will be best for her family. She goes into the arena making sure that Peeta is the one that makes it out alive. In the end of this book Katniss finally succumbs to the feeling of nothingness. And it doesn't help that world falls a little bit more by the piece of news that Gale gives her...

grade 48.5/50 REVIEWED BY SIREN

Graceling

Although I really like this book I felt like it was left uncompleted. This book seems as though it has numerous endings and many beginnings. The author is good because she kept my interest throughout the whole book. Bad because you want so much more out of this story. Wish the author would make numerous other books out of this story and characters. Po and Katsa make the perfect couple. Po is so committed to Katsa that he was willing to give up any chance of having children with Katsa. And Katsa is kinda of a selfish character. She is only willing to be with Po as long as she doesn't have to get married and have children. But despite this she would do anything for Po and does. Po thinks his life is potentially in ruin when he finds out he is blind, but Katsa show him that there is more to life than what you can initially see. When this book is over you want so much more. You think that the author would try and end a book of this stature in a much better way than she did, but you would be wrong.

grade: 42/50 REVIEWED BY SIREN

Perfect Chemistry

OMG, I love this book. The characters have to go through so much emotions throughout the book. Brittany starts the book as a person who has to have things around her perfect because of the imperfection at home. Alex starts out by having no choice but to be a badass because he has to keep his family safe. When they are seated by each other in chemistry, they learn that they have some chemistry of their own. But their romance is hard to fully commit to because of the people that surround. Mostly Brittany's over bearing mother who demands perfection . And since Alex is in a gang, he can't fully commit to Brittany because he doesn't want to lose her. Throughout the book you can see Alex and Brittany realizing that they don't have to always do what is expected for them by other people, they can choose for themselves what it is that they want to do. And what they want is simply each other. Written in alternateing points of view, this book is just so heart inspiring. You learn throughout the book that sacrifices will only get you so far before you say screw it and do your own thing when it comes to love.

grade: 50/50 REVIEWED BY SIREN