Hello blog readers^•^
I haven't posted any book reviews in a while. Sorry about that. I'm afraid to say that this blog is not going to be a book review, as you might have already realized from the title. I have decided to move my blog over to my tumblr, carolinenewmen.tumblr.com .I will continue where I left off on my tumblr blog. All though I have loved blogging here my tumblr blog has been much more successful- there I have over 200 followers and here only 10. I'm also going to start writing less in my reviews, only because they took so much time it took the fun out of writing them. So please come and join me on tumblr while I try to read 100 books this year.
I normally end my post bye saying "adieu", which is the French word for "farewell". But I'm not leaving you today, only moving with you. So let me say a bientôt. See you soon.
~C
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Excuses and Tests
Hello blog readers^•^
No I have not forgoten about you all. I'm sorry I'm so behind on post but the last two weeks I have been very busy. It was spring break and this week i have 3 A.P. exams. not very fun. So basiclly all of spring break I have been studying. I also have to take the SAT this weekend so I have been studying for that too. once that is all over I'll get cauth up. I'm still reading so i have a ton of books to write about :)
-C
No I have not forgoten about you all. I'm sorry I'm so behind on post but the last two weeks I have been very busy. It was spring break and this week i have 3 A.P. exams. not very fun. So basiclly all of spring break I have been studying. I also have to take the SAT this weekend so I have been studying for that too. once that is all over I'll get cauth up. I'm still reading so i have a ton of books to write about :)
-C
Monday, April 25, 2011
Stars
Hello blog readers^•^
As you guys know I rate all of the books I read from one star to five stars. The last blog I posted for book #13: Will Grayson, Will Grayson I gave it a score of four stars. Right after I posted that I went and looked at my blog for book #6: Looking for Alaska. I gave that book a score of three stars. 'But wait... You just said in your Will Grayson blog that you liked Looking for Alaska better than Will Grayson. Why would you give it a lower score?' you might be asking your self this right noe (you probably aren't, but just in case you are). I just wanted to tell you guys that I don't rate books compared to other books I have read like it's some big book contest. I rate them on what my expectations for the book where and if they meet, didn't meet, or exceeded them, if the book me feel anything/ changed me/ taught me something, and just how much I liked it. And my scale of stars changes everyday depending on my mood really. I just thought I would clear that up.
Thanks for reading - C
As you guys know I rate all of the books I read from one star to five stars. The last blog I posted for book #13: Will Grayson, Will Grayson I gave it a score of four stars. Right after I posted that I went and looked at my blog for book #6: Looking for Alaska. I gave that book a score of three stars. 'But wait... You just said in your Will Grayson blog that you liked Looking for Alaska better than Will Grayson. Why would you give it a lower score?' you might be asking your self this right noe (you probably aren't, but just in case you are). I just wanted to tell you guys that I don't rate books compared to other books I have read like it's some big book contest. I rate them on what my expectations for the book where and if they meet, didn't meet, or exceeded them, if the book me feel anything/ changed me/ taught me something, and just how much I liked it. And my scale of stars changes everyday depending on my mood really. I just thought I would clear that up.
Thanks for reading - C
Book #13
Hello blog readers^•^ It's been a while.
Book #13: Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Finished: April 2, 2011
Sorry I haven't posted in a while! I was just on vacation over my spring break (which ends tomorrow D: ) and didn't have a lot of free time, or access to a computer. But don't worry, I have still been reading a ton and have many books to tell you about! One of the books I recently finished is Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan.
Will Grayson, Will Grayson Summary: This book is about two boys, both named Will Grayson, who live completely different lives but fate finds themselves crossing each others path. This chance meeting extremity changes both of their lives.
My favorite things about the book: I'm a nerdfighter. I love John Green. He's amazing. So I really liked this book. John also wrote book #6: Looking for Alaska, which I thought was great. I really liked Will Grayson too but not as much. If you have read any of John's novels before than you know that he has this style he writes in. It's a witty, sarcastic, humorous but smart kind of style and I really like it. But John didn't write this book alone. You can really tell what parts John must have come up with and what parts David came up with. So I thought that was kinda cool.
I liked how when they switched between Will Graysons from chapter to chapter they changed the format of the writing so you could tell them apart. That was really helpful. And I love how fate brings these to people together and they end up helping each other. Both of the Will's are closed in people who separate them selves from the world. One who believes silence and not caring is golden and the other who the only person he has ever let in was someone who turned out to be fake. But by the end of the novel, because they meet, they end up changing their ways of going about life. I think that's just a great story.
Some things I didn't like about the book: The only thing I don't love about John's writing is that he does us swear words and borderline sexual content that I dint love. I'm basically saying his books are PG-13 if that makes any sence. I don't really mind this stuff but I don't really love it. I still think he's an amazing author. The only other thing I didn't love about this book was one part at the beginning that cut me close to the bone. That's all in going to say about that. My wounds haven't fully held yet. But that doesn't matter. It was still a great book.
Rating: I would give Will Grayson, Will Grayson a 4.0 out of 5 stars
Recommend it?: Yes, I thought it was very smart. Do read!
Disagree or agree with anything I just wrote? Let me know in the comments :). Thanks for reading! Another blog very soon!
13 down, 87 to go
That's all for now
Adieu~ Caroline
Book #13: Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Finished: April 2, 2011
Sorry I haven't posted in a while! I was just on vacation over my spring break (which ends tomorrow D: ) and didn't have a lot of free time, or access to a computer. But don't worry, I have still been reading a ton and have many books to tell you about! One of the books I recently finished is Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan.
Will Grayson, Will Grayson Summary: This book is about two boys, both named Will Grayson, who live completely different lives but fate finds themselves crossing each others path. This chance meeting extremity changes both of their lives.
My favorite things about the book: I'm a nerdfighter. I love John Green. He's amazing. So I really liked this book. John also wrote book #6: Looking for Alaska, which I thought was great. I really liked Will Grayson too but not as much. If you have read any of John's novels before than you know that he has this style he writes in. It's a witty, sarcastic, humorous but smart kind of style and I really like it. But John didn't write this book alone. You can really tell what parts John must have come up with and what parts David came up with. So I thought that was kinda cool.
I liked how when they switched between Will Graysons from chapter to chapter they changed the format of the writing so you could tell them apart. That was really helpful. And I love how fate brings these to people together and they end up helping each other. Both of the Will's are closed in people who separate them selves from the world. One who believes silence and not caring is golden and the other who the only person he has ever let in was someone who turned out to be fake. But by the end of the novel, because they meet, they end up changing their ways of going about life. I think that's just a great story.
Some things I didn't like about the book: The only thing I don't love about John's writing is that he does us swear words and borderline sexual content that I dint love. I'm basically saying his books are PG-13 if that makes any sence. I don't really mind this stuff but I don't really love it. I still think he's an amazing author. The only other thing I didn't love about this book was one part at the beginning that cut me close to the bone. That's all in going to say about that. My wounds haven't fully held yet. But that doesn't matter. It was still a great book.
Rating: I would give Will Grayson, Will Grayson a 4.0 out of 5 stars
Recommend it?: Yes, I thought it was very smart. Do read!
Disagree or agree with anything I just wrote? Let me know in the comments :). Thanks for reading! Another blog very soon!
13 down, 87 to go
That's all for now
Adieu~ Caroline
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Date A Girl Who Reads - A Poem
I had to post this. It's fantastic.
Date A Girl Who Reads
Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes. She has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve.
Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag.She’s the one lovingly looking over the shelves in the bookstore, the one who quietly cries out when she finds the book she wants. You see the weird chick sniffing the pages of an old book in a second hand book shop? That’s the reader. They can never resist smelling the pages, especially when they are yellow.
She’s the girl reading while waiting in that coffee shop down the street. If you take a peek at her mug, the non-dairy creamer is floating on top because she’s kind of engrossed already. Lost in a world of the author’s making. Sit down. She might give you a glare, as most girls who read do not like to be interrupted. Ask her if she likes the book.
Buy her another cup of coffee.
Let her know what you really think of Murakami. See if she got through the first chapter of Fellowship. Understand that if she says she understood James Joyce’s Ulysses she’s just saying that to sound intelligent. Ask her if she loves Alice or she would like to be Alice.
It’s easy to date a girl who reads. Give her books for her birthday, for Christmas and for anniversaries. Give her the gift of words, in poetry, in song. Give her Neruda, Pound, Sexton, Cummings. Let her know that you understand that words are love. Understand that she knows the difference between books and reality but by god, she’s going to try to make her life a little like her favorite book. It will never be your fault if she does.
She has to give it a shot somehow.
Lie to her. If she understands syntax, she will understand your need to lie. Behind words are other things: motivation, value, nuance, dialogue. It will not be the end of the world.
Fail her. Because a girl who reads knows that failure always leads up to the climax. Because girls who understand that all things will come to end. That you can always write a sequel. That you can begin again and again and still be the hero. That life is meant to have a villain or two.
Why be frightened of everything that you are not? Girls who read understand that people, like characters, develop. Except in the Twilight series.
If you find a girl who reads, keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM clutching a book to her chest and weeping, make her a cup of tea and hold her. You may lose her for a couple of hours but she will always come back to you. She’ll talk as if the characters in the book are real, because for a while, they always are.
You will propose on a hot air balloon. Or during a rock concert. Or very casually next time she’s sick. Over Skype.
You will smile so hard you will wonder why your heart hasn’t burst and bled out all over your chest yet. You will write the story of your lives, have kids with strange names and even stranger tastes. She will introduce your children to the Cat in the Hat and Aslan, maybe in the same day. You will walk the winters of your old age together and she will recite Keats under her breath while you shake the snow off your boots.
Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give you the most colorful life imaginable. If you can only give her monotony, and stale hours and half-baked proposals, then you’re better off alone. If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads.
Or better yet, date a girl who writes.
By Rosemarie Urquico
Date A Girl Who Reads
Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes. She has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve.
Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag.She’s the one lovingly looking over the shelves in the bookstore, the one who quietly cries out when she finds the book she wants. You see the weird chick sniffing the pages of an old book in a second hand book shop? That’s the reader. They can never resist smelling the pages, especially when they are yellow.
She’s the girl reading while waiting in that coffee shop down the street. If you take a peek at her mug, the non-dairy creamer is floating on top because she’s kind of engrossed already. Lost in a world of the author’s making. Sit down. She might give you a glare, as most girls who read do not like to be interrupted. Ask her if she likes the book.
Buy her another cup of coffee.
Let her know what you really think of Murakami. See if she got through the first chapter of Fellowship. Understand that if she says she understood James Joyce’s Ulysses she’s just saying that to sound intelligent. Ask her if she loves Alice or she would like to be Alice.
It’s easy to date a girl who reads. Give her books for her birthday, for Christmas and for anniversaries. Give her the gift of words, in poetry, in song. Give her Neruda, Pound, Sexton, Cummings. Let her know that you understand that words are love. Understand that she knows the difference between books and reality but by god, she’s going to try to make her life a little like her favorite book. It will never be your fault if she does.
She has to give it a shot somehow.
Lie to her. If she understands syntax, she will understand your need to lie. Behind words are other things: motivation, value, nuance, dialogue. It will not be the end of the world.
Fail her. Because a girl who reads knows that failure always leads up to the climax. Because girls who understand that all things will come to end. That you can always write a sequel. That you can begin again and again and still be the hero. That life is meant to have a villain or two.
Why be frightened of everything that you are not? Girls who read understand that people, like characters, develop. Except in the Twilight series.
If you find a girl who reads, keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM clutching a book to her chest and weeping, make her a cup of tea and hold her. You may lose her for a couple of hours but she will always come back to you. She’ll talk as if the characters in the book are real, because for a while, they always are.
You will propose on a hot air balloon. Or during a rock concert. Or very casually next time she’s sick. Over Skype.
You will smile so hard you will wonder why your heart hasn’t burst and bled out all over your chest yet. You will write the story of your lives, have kids with strange names and even stranger tastes. She will introduce your children to the Cat in the Hat and Aslan, maybe in the same day. You will walk the winters of your old age together and she will recite Keats under her breath while you shake the snow off your boots.
Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give you the most colorful life imaginable. If you can only give her monotony, and stale hours and half-baked proposals, then you’re better off alone. If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads.
Or better yet, date a girl who writes.
By Rosemarie Urquico
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Book #12
Hello blog readers^•^
Book #12: Jane Eyre
Finished: March 20, 2011
I have this app on my itouch that let's me listen to free autiobooks. Of course there're all old classic books, so you won't find Twilight or Harry Potter on it's list. I don't really know why I started reading/ listening to Jane Eyre. I guess it's because I was going to read it for school but I changed my mind. So when I saw it on the list of books on this app I picked it. I also down loaded the free ebook on to my iPod so I could listen and read it at the same time.
Jane Eyre Summary: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte is about the life of a girl named Jane. She was an orphan her whole life and ended up living with her aunt who hated her and forces her to go to a boarding school. When she arrives at the boarding school every thing changes..
My favorite things about the book: I really loved this book. It was mysterious, full of adventure and love, and all about finding who you are. It was great. I loved Jane, and Mr. Rochester. And I love the time period it was writen. Books aren't written like that anymore, it was beautiful. Listening to it on autiobook was great because at some points they spoke french. It was a fantastic love and life story and I loved it.
Some things I didn't like about the book: the only things I didn't like about this book was that the chapters were sometimes long, and since it was written in the 1800's some of the vocabulary they us is hard to understand. But it's not that bad.
Rating: I would give Jane Eyre a 4.8 out of 5 stars
Recommend it?: Yessss :)
Disagree or agree with anything I just wrote? Let me know in the comments :). Thanks for reading! Another blog very soon! Sorry I'm so behind on my blog. A lot of school work this year! The next few blogs will most likely be short like this one. I have five books I just finished to write about. So more very soon <3
12 down, 88 to go (help! Haha)
That's all for now
Adieu~ Caroline
Book #12: Jane Eyre
Finished: March 20, 2011
I have this app on my itouch that let's me listen to free autiobooks. Of course there're all old classic books, so you won't find Twilight or Harry Potter on it's list. I don't really know why I started reading/ listening to Jane Eyre. I guess it's because I was going to read it for school but I changed my mind. So when I saw it on the list of books on this app I picked it. I also down loaded the free ebook on to my iPod so I could listen and read it at the same time.
Jane Eyre Summary: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte is about the life of a girl named Jane. She was an orphan her whole life and ended up living with her aunt who hated her and forces her to go to a boarding school. When she arrives at the boarding school every thing changes..
My favorite things about the book: I really loved this book. It was mysterious, full of adventure and love, and all about finding who you are. It was great. I loved Jane, and Mr. Rochester. And I love the time period it was writen. Books aren't written like that anymore, it was beautiful. Listening to it on autiobook was great because at some points they spoke french. It was a fantastic love and life story and I loved it.
Some things I didn't like about the book: the only things I didn't like about this book was that the chapters were sometimes long, and since it was written in the 1800's some of the vocabulary they us is hard to understand. But it's not that bad.
Rating: I would give Jane Eyre a 4.8 out of 5 stars
Recommend it?: Yessss :)
Disagree or agree with anything I just wrote? Let me know in the comments :). Thanks for reading! Another blog very soon! Sorry I'm so behind on my blog. A lot of school work this year! The next few blogs will most likely be short like this one. I have five books I just finished to write about. So more very soon <3
12 down, 88 to go (help! Haha)
That's all for now
Adieu~ Caroline
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Catching Up! Woot!
Hello all ^•^
I just finished 3 books today. Woot. I'm catching up!
So 3 blogs out soon! Kbye!
That's all for now
Adieu~ Caroline
I just finished 3 books today. Woot. I'm catching up!
So 3 blogs out soon! Kbye!
That's all for now
Adieu~ Caroline
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