In My Mailbox: 25

In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi over on her blog, the Story Siren. In My Mailbox not only allows people to see what books YOU got this week, but also other people's books. It also allows people to drool over new books that have been coming out.

Sadly, my mailbox was empty this week. Maybe next week!

Review: I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore

Information:

Released: August 3rd, 2010
Published by: HarperCollins
Series: Lorien Legacies, 1
Overall Rating: 3 out of 5
Source: Kindle Store
Page Amount: 440
Age Group Recommend: Young Adult

Synopsis:

In the beginning they were a group of nine. Nine aliens who left their home planet of Lorien when it fell under attack by the evil Mogadorian. Nine aliens who scattered on Earth. Nine aliens who look like ordinary teenagers living ordinary lives, but who have extraordinary, paranormal skills. Nine aliens who might be sitting next to you now.

The Nine had to separate and go into hiding. The Mogadorian caught Number One in Malaysia, Number Two in England, and Number Three in Kenya. All of them were killed. John Smith, of Paradise, Ohio, is Number Four. He knows that he is next.

I AM NUMBER FOUR is the thrilling launch of a series about an exceptional group of teens as they struggle to outrun their past, discover their future—and live a normal life on Earth.

I AM NUMBER FOUR.
I AM NEXT.

Review:

Lets set the record straight… I usually do not read science fiction alien stories. I mainly picked this up because of the movie coming out with Alex and Dianna from Glee. I am hoping the book is a whole lot better than the book, because then I am not going to waste my five bucks.

This book was… interesting. It really never held my attention and I was very confused for a majority of it. The one thing that kept me held on to the story was John and Sarah’s love story.

I am not a big fan of the original cover, but I am in love with the movie cover. I usually don’t like movie covers, but I think they did a good job with this one.

The writing style was NOT good… at all. I felt like an eight year old could have done better than what the author did. (Yes, I know full well that there really isn’t a “Pittacus Lore”).

This book really wasn’t for me. Maybe if I read more alien stories, I might have liked it better.

Parental Corner:

This book had mild cussing, no sexual content, or drug use. Its nothing that any Young Adult reader should read.

Love,

Sierra

In My Mailbox: 24

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme that is hosted by Kristi over on her blog, The Story Siren. It allows bloggers (and fellow readers) to see what book people are getting this week.

The books I got this week:

Flash Burnout by L.K. Madigan
Flawless by Sara Shepard
The Juliet Club by Suzanne Harper

What did you get in your mailbox?

In My Mailbox: 22

I am SO sorry guys! I can't believe I went this long without blogging! Anyways, lets get into this.

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Even though I didn't get these books this week, I thought I would share.

Glee: The Beginning
Vampire Academy

What did you get in your mailbox?

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Yes, I did write favourite the Canadian way. Well, my favourite school subject is writing and reading. The why is obvious.

Review: The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott

Released: March 16th, 2010
Published by: Simon Pulse
Series: Stand Alone Title
Overall Rating: 4 out of 5
Source: Christmas Present
Page Amount: 224
Age Group Recommend: Young Adult

He's looking at me like—well, like he wants to look at me.

Like he likes what he sees, and he's smiling and his eyes are so blue, even in the faint flow of the porch light they shine, and I nod dumbly, blindly, and then grope for the door handle, telling myself to look away and yet not able to do it.

"Sarah," he says, softly, almost hesitantly, and my heart slam-bangs, beating hard, and this is what it's like to want someone you can't have. To want someone you shouldn't even be looking at.

THE UNWRITTEN RULE is a fresh change to the fantasy-esc books that I have been reading lately.

The plot wasn’t crazy original, but original enough that I haven’t read a book on the same subject. BUT, I have heard of books with the same plot-line.

The protagonist, Sarah, was a VERY likable character, since I could relate to her in more ways than one. I knew Brianna wasn’t a good friend from the start, so I never really liked her. She was also very one-dimensional to me, like how she didn’t have much of a personality. Ryan is the type of guy that you can’t help but fall for. So, this book was filled with mostly really good characters, but there is always that one bad character that throws it off.

I am going to skip over the problem and solution, because that would include spoilers.

I really enjoyed Elizabeth’s writing style. It reminded me a lot of my all-time favourite author’s writing styles, like Sarah Dessen and Deb Caletti. Since I haven’t read one of their books in a long time, to was nice to read an author whose writing style is very similar.

Sarah didn’t change that much during the duration of the novel, but she did learn some lessons throughout the novel.

The cover, the cover. This is were a lot of books get picked on, it seems with me, but I actually like this cover. Its not one of my favourites, but it is very nice. It is also a refreshment to all of the covers with the model’s face in it.

I LOVED the ending of this novel, it ended up just the way I wanted it. I am not going to say anymore because I would be spoiling it.

The beginning was very slow in this novel, which was the main reason it took me so long to get through. Once you get past the first three quarters, though, it is very fast-paced and you could get through it.

This novel was very good overall, and it is definitely one you should pick up!

Plot 8/10
Like able Characters 9/10
Problem Development 10/10
Solution Effectiveness 10/10
Writing Style 10/10
Character Development 6/10
Cover 9/10
Setting 10/10
Ending 10/10
Beginning 6/10
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88%

Love,

Sierra

Review: Winter's Passage by Julie Kagawa

*Warning: This is a short story in between the first and second book. This review may spoil the first book in the series, so do not read this review unless you have read The Iron King by Julie Kagawa.*

Released: May 20th, 2010
Published by: Harlequin Teen
Series: The Iron Fey, 1.5
Overall Rating: 3 out of 5
Source: Kindle Store
Page Amount: 59
Age Group Recommend: Young Adult

Meghan Chase used to be an ordinary girl...until she discovered that she is really a faery princess. After escaping from the clutches of the deadly Iron fey, Meghan must follow through on her promise to return to the equally dangerous Winter Court with her forbidden love, Prince Ash. But first, Meghan has one request: that they visit Puck--Meghan's best friend and servant of her father, King Oberon--who was gravely injured defending Meghan from the Iron Fey.

Yet Meghan and Ash's detour does not go unnoticed. They have caught the attention of an ancient, powerful hunter--a foe that even Ash may not be able to defeat...

An eBook exclusive story from Julie Kagawa's Iron Fey series.

I was not happy with this short story. It seemed kind of pointless to me, for a matter of fact. This review is going to be short, since this really was only a short story. You have been warned.

I don’t know for sure how important this short story is to the Iron Fey series, as I have only read The Iron King, and impatiently waiting to get my hands on The Iron Daughter.

Of course I liked Julie’s writing style, since it is just as beautiful as always. I don’t know… short story just wasn’t for me. I also have never been a fan of reading short stories.

At least it was nice to come back to the world of Nevernever, but it was just me, myself, and I that didn’t like it.

Plot 7/10
Like able Characters 8/10
Problem Development 3/10
Solution Effectiveness 2/10
Writing Style 10/10
Character Development 4/10
Cover 10/10
Setting 10/10
Ending 5/10
Beginning 6/10
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65%

Love,
Sierra