Sorry.

I feel it right to inform you of the reason of my absence.
I have OCD and anxiety, and I have been busy trying to get myself under control, struggle with schoolwork, see my school counsellor and also keep my life functioning. I will do my best to keep posting but I honestly can't promise anything except for a few reviews today. Thank you.

Midnight Ramblings

Hey
I just randomly felt like doing this... Its original.. I just randomly felt like posting my feelings on books im reading at midnight. I made this bookish meme up myself.
Forgotten by Cat Patrick
Its good, but i dont like London, the main character.. She just irks me a little. The book isnt incredibly suspenseful, i dont really have the need to know what happens. I think its a bit annoying how random things keep coming up, like how can London always remember who Jamie is??

In other news, the Me and Earl and the Dying Girl trailer is out and i died.

It's monday! what are you reAding?

Hey! :)
Everytime I do a new one of these it blows my mind how many I've done, how long I've had this blog :D Thanks to anyone whos ever read it. This Monday (For once it is actually Monday)
I am reading:
Forgotten by Cat Patrick
It's pretty good, but not quite as good as The Originals. But Cat Patrick is awesomeness.
The realm of possibility by David Levithian Levithan However-you-spell-it
I'm really enjoying it but I feel there are too many characters :\
My true love gave to me edited by Stephanie Perkins
I have just finished story 3, by Matt De La Pena. They are pretty good so far!

I am literally reading 81 books, which is obviously confusing and nearly impossible, so those are the ones I'm actually making progress with.
In other news, I am on school holiday, which is great, and I am halfway through season 4 of Glee, which is not great at the moment. ALL my OTPS are over at the moment :((
Happy Easter!!

Gifs that express your feelings towards an OTP

So, most people who know me know I love Glee. And Klaine. And Brittana. Finding a new OTP can be scary, exciting and depressing. These gifs express what I've experienced.

Thinking "i don't want to get depressed and devote my life to another couple."

Then finding a new couple and thinking, screw it. Theyre just too cute!

THEN they have their first kiss.

And then you keep downloading pictures of them, and rewatching clips, and whenever they have a scene together you FLIP.

Then they have their first fight

THEN ONE OF THEM DATES SOMEONE ELSE AND EVERYTHING HURTS AND WHENEVER THE NEW PERSON IS ONSCREEN YOU WANT TO RIP THEIR EYES OUT! (not even an exaggeration, this is how fangirls feel 60% of the time)



Then (hopefully) they get back together or just kiss a few times THEN finally marry (like Klaine) and you are the happiest person ever


Then three weeks or so later, you watch the new episode- and they have a new couple.. and the cycle starts all over again.




Hope you enjoyed my random Gif explanation- I'm thinking of doing one a week. And I have like 30 reviews to upload, so i'll have those up sometime soonish.
Until the next time
xxx
Emmi\Aria

Its Monday! What are you reading?

This is like my fourth post for this :0
So, its Thursday and im going to tell you what im reading. :'P
The originals by Cat Patrick
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
I am loving the originals, not so much wintergirls:|
I got to go now.. I have science class in 10 minutes. >.<
Bye for now,
XEmmiariaX
:)

The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell

The Carrie Diaries
Candace Bushnell
4.5\5
Age rec- 13 up


After about a year of putting it off, I finally read The Carrie Diaries. When I finished it, I thought.... wow. I LOVED this book while I was reading it. It's fun, spunky, and enjoyable. Carrie is the sort of girl you'd expect to run into at school- she's real, as are The Mouse, Walt, Maggie, Sebastian, Lali and even Donna LaDonna. (LOVE that name xD)
A definite favourite character (besides Carrie) was Walt. He was caring, and nice, and he, like Carrie and everyone, wasn't perfect. He made fun of people and he could be nasty at times, but we  all can be. Dorrit's character is also a necessary one to discuss. Dorrit stole, hung out with "dodgy" people and even attempted to run away. She was a little messed up, and obviously upset, and it showed that the Bradshaw family as wasn't perfect- not even close- as Donna thought. There were cracks in the family, partly due to Carrie's mothers death.
The betrayal of Lali was expected, and obvious, but it still hurt. For a bit, I was mad at only her, but then I realised it wasn't just her  fault. The Donna-Carrie conflict was realistic too- catty, and at times funny. Donna could be nasty, but I found her slightly endearing by the end, and I did pity her a bit. I read 70% of this book in one sitting, and put it down and promptly fell asleep (It was 1 am).
All the relationships, the fights, and everything felt so realistic, and I loved that. I also loved that Carrie didn't change too much- she grew from her challenges, sure, but she didn't turn into someone she's not. On top of that, it was readable, and I enjoyed it a LOT. I liked Sebastian at first- even knowing the ending- but the realised some people... are just jerks. Before The Big Twist, he tried to pressure Carrie into having sex, nearly THREATENING her! He was sweet at first, but he could turn it on and off, and that became obvious.

I was also pleased to see a book in which a couple break up, and even though the girl isn't necessarily over him, she knows she's better without him. It  made the story so, so so real.
Maybe Sebastian was the Big Love, maybe he wasn't. But I do know that NYC Carrie will find herself - with tears, laughter and surprises along the way.

 

the spoiler sessions

Again,  I wasn't surprised about Lali and Sebastian being together, ultimately meaning Sebastian cheated on Carrie. But I WAS annoyed that neither felt bad, and Lali even told Carrie, "I love him." As Carrie said, though, if Lali wanted Sebastian so much she'd ruin a lifelong friendship, I pitied her. What she did was wrong. I was also glad that she and Carrie didn't become friends again. And to further prove what an idiot Sebastian was by having him make out with Lali's little sister was PERFECT. My favourite part was possibly when Carrie threw books at Sebastian. XD. The dysfunctional-ness of Lali and Carrie's friendship shows how things change. They started from being closer than anyone, and went to hating each other. It was realistic.
One more thing I NEED to mention? The irony that Mary Gordon Howard, Carrie's mothers favourite author and supposed feminist, who turned out to be a monster lady, was George's (Carrie's friend at a college) aunt. I found that funny.


On the note of George, he was a nice guy, and it was a shame his feelings for Carrie were one-sided, but Carrie felt no spark, no connection. And that's life. And that's okay.

Candace Bushnell did an amazing job of bringing this (prequel) story to life, and I will read the sequel, and try and catch the TV series.

four and a half stars!!!

Until the next time!
XemmiariaX

 

Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult

Perfect Match
Jodi Picoult
4\5
age rec- 14 up

Jodi Picoult has officially done it again. She has spun a plot, characters, and a crazy twist into an incredible story. Not just incredible- also disturbing, controversial and heartbreaking.
I admit that at 40 pages I was ready to give up, but I pushed forward, and by page 50 I was hooked.
It was a hard book to  put down-it kept me guessing, wondering and worrying for the 1 and 1\2 days it took me read. And again- THAT ENDING. Ridiculously clever yet terrifying.
I don't know if Nina should have killed the molester- I don't even know if I'd be able to.. I don't have kids. But I'd like to think that I could control myself without violence. Reading about Nina's transformation, almost going maniacal, and living with the horror of what she did was portrayed beautifully... And though it was sometimes sad to read, I LOVED it.
The characters, and consequently, their actions, made me think a lot. I loved Patrick as a character best- and I felt horrible for Nathaniel. Nina felt so real to me, but I was conflicted by Caleb sometimes. But things he did made the story very realistic. This book is NOT for the young or faint hearted, as it does deal with some mature themes. I was, as always in Picoult's books, spoiled, but this time by myself, when I accidentally flipped through the book.
I feel so sad that  Nathaniel  will have to live with these awful memories for the rest of his life, and his childhood was kind of ruined. He will never be the same again, and neither will his parents.
Again, I'm likely not rereading this book-the spoiler content WILL be high. WARNING YOU.

 

 

 

 

 

the spoiler sessions

read at your own risk

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Okay, I have SO many thoughts now!!!
I was kind  of annoyed that Nina got off with manslaughter- and was freed without time for THAT anyway. The main character always wins the case in Jodi Picoult's novels, and I don't believe that everyone is that kind. I guess it had to happen though.
I really thought that Father Glen, the priest, was the molester, and was so confused by the blood donor thing.
In short, Father Glen had Leukaemia, and his stepbrother, Father Gwynne was the blood donor. So they had the same DNA, and the semen in Nathaniels underpants was actually from Father Gwynne, not Father Glen.

And when I found out that Caleb killed Father Gwynne... .

 

Sorry, these gifs are all I can use to describe it. BUT THE CAT!!!! BECAUSE THE REPORTERS SAID HE DIED OF HEART ATTACK AND THE CAT DIED OF A BROKEN HEART :0
I should have KNOWN it wasn't a coincidence when Father Gwynne died straight after Caleb left!!!!
And the part with Nathaniel playing with the poison (the stuff Caleb used!) and Caleb yelled at him because the dog was trying to drink it...................... SO MANY CLUES I WAS OBLIVIOUS TO!


Like all of Picoult's books, this is NOT a fun comedy. Don't read it unless you're prepared for days of hunching, frowning, rereading passages, flipping back and forth through the book, and screaming. Like I said- it's a controversial story... But a good one.
It's probably the most adult Jodi Picoult book I've read so far.

OH. Also. I was disappointed that Nina and Patrick didn't end up together- ESPECIALLY AFTER THEY DID IT! But I guess the Caleb-Nina end was essential to the story.... it just means my ship has blown up.
I really DO ship Ninatrick. ;_;
(and call me crazy, but I imagined Patrick as Neil Patrick Harris the whole time. xD)

Because of the start and end, I give Perfect Match FOUR stars.

Until the next time!
XemmiariaX