August 2011
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-21) →
Death Cab for Cutie (13)
Belle and Sebastian (13)
Fiona Apple (10)
Hanson (9)
Tegan and Sara (9)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-14) →
Katy Perry (9)
Eminem (3)
Young Money (3)
Eminem vs. R. Kelly (2)
The Used (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Book Review: We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han
We’ll Always Have Summer (Summer #3) by Jenny Han
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Summary
It’s been two years since Conrad told Belly to go with Jeremiah. She and Jeremiah have been inseparable ever since, even attending the same college— only, their relationship hasn’t exactly been the happily ever after Belly had hoped it would be. And when Jeremiah makes the worst mistake a...
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Book Review: It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny...
It’s Not Summer Without You (Summer #2) by Jenny Han
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Summary
Can summer be truly summer without Cousins Beach?
It used to be that Belly counted the days until summer, until she was back at Cousins Beach with Conrad and Jeremiah. But not this year. Not after Susannah got sick again and Conrad stopped caring. Everything that was right and good has fallen apart,...
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Book Review: The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny...
The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer #1) by Jenny Han
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Summary
Belly measures her life in summers. Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August. Winters are simply a time to count the weeks until the next summer, a place away from the beach house, away from Susannah, and most importantly, away from Jeremiah and Conrad. They are the...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-7) →
Trapt (21)
Showtime (11)
Kings Of Leon (7)
John Mayer (6)
Rascal Flatts (5)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Book Review: Two-Way Street by Lauren Barnholdt
Two-Way Street by Lauren Barnholdt
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Summary
There are two sides to every breakup.
This is Jordan and Courtney, totally in love. Sure, they were an unlikely high school couple. But they clicked; it worked. They’re even going to the same college, and driving cross-country together for orientation.
Then Jordan dumps Courtney — for a girl he met on the...
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Book Review: Collide by Megan Hart
Collide by Megan Hart
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Summary
A childhood accident left Emmaline vulnerable to disturbing fugue states that last only minutes, but feel like an eternity. The blackouts are unsettling but manageable…until she meets Johnny Dellasandro.
The reclusive painter gained notoriety in the ’70s for his debauched lifestyle and raunchy art films. His naked body has achieved...
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Book Review: Sisters In Sanity by Gayle Forman
Sisters in Sanity by Gayle Forman
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Summary
For sixteen-year-old Brit Hemphill, it’s hard to know who she can trust. Convinved she’s out of control, her father has sentenced her to Red Rock: a center for supposedly rebellious teens, where the therapy consists of name-calling and the girls who get privileges are the ones who rat out their peers.
But then Brit...
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Book Review: Eighth Grade Bites by Heather Brewer
Eighth Grade Bites (The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod #1) by Heather Brewer
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Summary
Vlad has to keep his vampire urges under control while dealing with the pressures of middle school.
Thirteen-year-old Vladimir Tod really hates junior high. Bullies harass him, the principal is dogging him, and the girl he likes prefers his best friend. Oh, and Vlad has a secret: His...
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Book Review: Forever by Maggie Stiefvater
Forever (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #3) by Maggie Stiefvater
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Summary
In Maggie Stiefvater’s Shiver, Grace and Sam found each other.
In Linger, they fought to be together.
Now, in Forever, the stakes are even higher than before. Wolves are being hunted. Lives are being threatened. And love is harder and harder to hold on to as death comes closing in.
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Book Review: I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa...
I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Summary Girl meets boy.
Girl loses boy.
Girl gets boy back…
…sort of.
Ava can’t see him or touch him, unless she’s dreaming. She can’t hear his voice, except for the faint whispers in her mind. Most would think she’s crazy, but she knows he’s here.
Jackson. The boy Ava...
How to unlock a car with a shoelace.
iamcoolsoshutyourface:
heroineoftime:
Tie a noose-like knot with your lace.
Slide it through the small opening of the car door.
Tighten the lace loop and pull the lock up. Then receive free car.
TUMBLR: TEACHING EVERYDAY PEOPLE HOW TO BREAK INTO CARS SINCE 2007
reblogging for future references
Reblogging for Paige right now.
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Book Review: All Unquiet Things by Anna Jarzab
All Unquiet Things by Anna Jarzab
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Summary
Carly: She was sweet. Smart. Self-destructive. She knew the secrets of Brighton Day School’s most privileged students. Secrets that got her killed.
Neily: Dumped by Carly for a notorious bad boy, Neily didn’t answer the phone call she made before she died. If he had, maybe he could have helped her. Now he can’t get the image...
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Book Review: Black Box by Julie Schumacher
Black Box by Julie Schumacher
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Summary
When her sixteen-year-old sister is hospitalized for depression and her parents want to keep it a secret, fourteen-year-old Elena tries to cope with her own anxiety and feelings of guilt that she is determined to conceal from outsiders.
Review
I devoured this book in a matter of a few short hours, but despite being a fairly...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-31) →
Hypable.com (2)
The MuggleCasters (2)
Dinah Washington (1)
Spice Girls (1)
Hawthorne Heights (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
For every Reblog 1$ will be donated to my autistic...
99% of people won’t reblog this because they think it’ll make their blog look as shitty as their heart.
Everybody in my house is asleep... and then...
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Then everyone in the morning is awake…and then there’s me.
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Book Review: The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney
The Mockingbirds (The Mockingbirds #1) by Daisy Whitney
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Summary
Some schools have honor codes.
Others have handbooks.
Themis Academy has the Mockingbirds.
Themis Academy is a quiet boarding school with an exceptional student body that the administration trusts to always behave the honorable way—the Themis Way. So when Alex is date raped during her junior year,...
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To Read In August
I’m attempting to finish reading some of the books I’ve abandoned in the past few months as well as several new ones that I’ve recently bought. This list feels pretty wimpy compared to all of the books I read last month, but we’ll see how things go.
Collide by Megan Hart
Rode Hard, Put Up Wet by Lorelei James
The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide by...
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Monthly Mix: July 2011
Thriving Ivory - Cobwebs
Lillix - Stay
Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man
P!nk - Sober
Rob Thomas - My, My, My
Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
Frou Frou - Close Up
Meg & Dia - The Last Great Star In Hollywood
Boys Like Girls - Me, You and My Medication
Matt Nathanson - Modern Love
All Time Low - Just the Way I’m Not
Robyn - Blow My Mind
Patty Griffin - Blue Sky
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