Human Relations (textbook)

Book #227 (Unique books)
Book #4 in 2014

Human Relations: A Game Plan For Improving Personal Adjustment

by Loren Ford

Winter Term, January to March 2014

Notes:

One time I went to school and then I read this. It's a textbook but it's still a book I'm counting it okay.

Fangirl

Book #226 (Unique books)
Book #3 in 2014

 Fangirl

by Rainbow Rowell

 "Cath is a Simon Snow fan.

Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan . . .

But for Cath, being a fan is her life — and she’s really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it’s what got them through their mother leaving.

Reading. Rereading. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fan fiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere.

Cath’s sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can’t let go. She doesn’t want to.

Now that they’re going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn’t want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She’s got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words . . . And she can’t stop worrying about her dad, who’s loving and fragile and has never really been alone.

For Cath, the question is: Can she do this?

Can she make it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life? Writing her own stories?

And does she even want to move on if it means leaving Simon Snow behind?"

February 6th to 21st -  2 weeks - 434 pages

Notes:

RAINBOW ROWELL UNDERSTANDS MY LIFE

this book is perfect and everything is wonderful and I may have cried

also the aRT IS GINGERHAZE

Water For Elephants

Book #225 (Unique books)
Book #2 in 2014

 Water For Elephants

by Sara Gruen

 "Orphaned, penniless, Jacob Jankowski jumps a freight train in the dark, and in that instant, transforms his future.

By morning, he's landed a job with the Flying Squadron of the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. By nightfall, he's in love.

In an America made colourless by prohibition and the Depression, the circus is a refuge of sequins and sensuality. But behind the glamour lies a darker world, where both animals and men are dispensable. Where falling in love is the most dangerous act of all..."


January 19th (late) to January 22nd - 3ish days - 335 pages

Notes:
Finished this literally 10 minutes before book club, like a champ.
A+ procrastinator.

I enjoyed this much, though.

Warm Bodies

Book #224 (Unique books)
Book #1 in 2014

 Warm Bodies

by Isaac Marion

 "R is having a no-life crisis—he is a zombie. He has no memories, no identity, and no pulse, but he is a little different from his fellow Dead. He may occasionally eat people, but he’d rather be riding abandoned airport escalators, listening to Sinatra in the cozy 747 he calls home, or collecting souvenirs from the ruins of civilization.

And then he meets a girl.

First as his captive, then his reluctant guest, Julie is a blast of living color in R’s gray landscape, and something inside him begins to bloom. He doesn’t want to eat this girl—although she looks delicious—he wants to protect her. But their unlikely bond will cause ripples they can’t imagine, and their hopeless world won’t change without a fight."

January 5th to 18th - 2 weeks - 241 pages

Notes:

I literally did not have time to read in the last couple weeks it was awful. Only about 2 actual days spent reading.

Hardcore crushing on Isaac Marion right now ngl

Eleanor & Park

Book #223 (Unique books)
Book #40! in 2013

 Eleanor & Park

by Rainbow Rowell

 "Set over the course of one school year in 1986, ELEANOR AND PARK is the story of two star-crossed misfits – smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. When Eleanor meets Park, you’ll remember your own first love – and just how hard it pulled you under."

October 15th to December 27th - 2 1/2ish months - kindle version

Notes:

Started in Europe !

Got sidetracked by other books.

Beautiful Creatures

Book #222 (Unique books)
Book #39 in 2013

Beautiful Creatures

by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

"There were no surprises in Gatlin County.
We were pretty much the epicenter of the middle of nowhere.
At least, that's what I thought.
Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong.
There was a curse.
There was a girl.
And in the end, there was a grave.

Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.

Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.

In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything."

December 13th to 25th - 13 days - 563 pages 

Let It Snow (Re-read)

Book #38 in 2013

Let It Snow

by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle

"Sparkling white snowdrifts, beautiful presents wrapped in ribbons, and multicolored lights glittering in the night through the falling snow. A Christmas Eve snowstorm transforms one small town into a romantic haven, the kind you see only in movies. Well, kinda. After all, a cold and wet hike from a stranded train through the middle of nowhere would not normally end with a delicious kiss from a charming stranger. And no one would think that a trip to the Waffle House through four feet of snow would lead to love with an old friend. Or that the way back to true love begins with a painfully early morning shift at Starbucks. Thanks to three of today’s bestselling teen authors—John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle—the magic of the holidays shines on these hilarious and charming interconnected tales of love, romance, and breathtaking kisses."

December 11th to 12th - 1 1/2 days - 352 pages  

Insurgent

Book #221 (Unique books)
Book #37 in 2013

Insurgent

by Veronica Roth

"One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves—and herself—while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love.

Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable—and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so.

New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth's much-anticipated second book of the dystopian Divergent series is another intoxicating thrill ride of a story, rich with hallmark twists, heartbreaks, romance, and powerful insights about human nature."

November 27th to December 9th -  13 days - kindle version

Notes:

Oops I accidentally read for 5 hours straight again today

The Fault in Our Stars (Re-read)

Book #36 in 2013

 The Fault in Our Stars

by John Green

 "Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten."

October 28th - 1 day - kindle version

Notes:

Read again in one day, half sitting in a coffee shop cafe in Amsterdam, half while sobbing in my hostel bunk and listening to Mumford & Sons and freaking out all our roommates.

I don't know why I decided I wanted to read this book again, it makes me want to punch John Green in the face and then have him wrap me in a blanket and bring me tea until the tears stop (which is never).

But there was something cool about reading it in Amsterdam. And remember how the first time I walked into the Vondelpark, Video Game Books started playing on my shuffle? And remember that time I found Peter van Houten's house?

 

Amsterdam was a pretty magical place.

Even though also remember that time I got to Amsterdam literally a weEK AFTER THEY FINISHED FILMING THE MOVIE jfc

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Re-read)

Book #35 in 2013

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

by J. K. Rowling

"Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches."

October 1st to 5th - 5 days - kindle version

Notes:

Started on the train from King's Cross up to Edinburgh! ♥

Finished in Edinburgh (which we all know is actual Hogsmeade).