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hey, my name is Aliyah but y'all can call me Leah. i'm 15 and in the 10th grade, and obviously i love books!!!! i love books so much that i made myself a challenge: i bet myself that i couldn't read 50(+) books in one school year. This blog is basically gonna be my home page for my challenge i'll have countdown clocks for books and movies based on books, maybe a poll about what book i should read next, and a place other than youtube that you can tell me what books i HAVE TO read ......so yea thats basically it, peace love and books

Friday, August 27, 2010

ok so.....Mockingjay anyone?

so i lied i'm unfortunitly Unraveled isnt out yet and i'm hunger games hungery so i'm basicly going to read the whole series in a week this is a new thing for me. i'm so excited because of the cliff hanger. so i guess  i'll talk to you guys later


                                            Love Leah,                  
                                                     Peace Love and Books

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

I'M FINISHED!

I'm finished with My Soul To Take it was amazing! I'm about to start reading Catching Fire now and by the time I'm all done with the book Unraveled will be out and my life will be complete lolz

                                            Love Leah,                  
                                                     Peace Love and Books

Saturday, August 21, 2010

My Review for The Hunger Games by Suzzan Collins

Book & Author: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
Pages: 374
Rating: <3<3<3<3< (4 1/2 out of 5 hearts)

Spoilers: I say that Katniss and Peeta like each other. I’m sorry but it’s not really much of a surprise

ok to be honest i heard about this when it first came out. it was on Stephenie Meyer's website and i looked at it but i just brushed it off (just like i did twilight- i should have learned) but i somehow ending up looking it up and I heard nothing but good reviews  this about this book. but when i saw the shirts at Hot Topic and that the book was on my school reading list, i was convinced it was a sign! As soon as i could i bought it (and used my weekly allowance the same day).
My Summery:
      Basically this Book is set in post-apocalyptic North American and now the continent is called Panem, there are 12 (it used to be 13) districts (basically big fenced in states) and one capital city in the middle of it. Think of the capitol city as “the man” or “the government” but worse. The back story is the capitol was and is so bad that all 13 districts rebelled and….that didn't turn out to well. District 13 was completely demolished and now to ‘make up for their rebellion’ every year they host The Hunger Games. They take 2 kids, a boy and a girl ages 12-18, chosen at random from every district and make all 24 of them fight to the death in an arena, while the whole continent is mandated to watch, until there is one winner. Enter the protagonist: a girl named Katniss Everdeen. Her 12 year old sister Prim was chosen and she volunteers to take her sisters place in the games. The boy chosen for the games wasn’t Gale Hawthorne her male best friend who she doesn’t really know her feelings for yet, but Peeta Mellark, the boy that gave her bread to feed her and her starving family when she was 11. She’s never talked to him but he’s still the boy that saved her life. As she goes through the games Katniss experiences hurt, excitement, plenty near death experiences, fear, friendship, loss, loneliness, triumph, and love as she also falls into the ploy of her and Peeta being star-crossed lovers to get sponsors. But by the end of the games she can’t tell what was for the camera and what was real. And what about her ‘best friend’ Gale?
Who I fell in love with:
I fell in love with 2 different people 2 different ways:
•    First was Peeta: i was more in love with him then Katniss was he was just my type (strong, resourceful, cute, funny, sensitive) {he kind of reminded me of Ian from The Host by Stephenie Meyer} he was and is so in love with Katniss that I admired her, I wanted her to be a little smarter about what his motives behind simple things where like why he would say or do things. Her first thought would almost always  be ‘he’s just acting or he’s going to double cross me’ and finally she’ll think ‘maybe he really likes me or maybe he really is nice and maybe he’s serious’ for a half a millisecond and then that thought will fly out the window.
•    Second was Rue i know she was kind of a minor character but i loved her like she was my little sister. I can’t say too much without going into a spoiler but she was my favorite person other than the characters of course. But I feel horrible and sad because I thought Rue was going to be a complete back stabber; I thought she was going to like kill Katniss in her sleep or something but when she ended up being good and cool I felt really bad for thinking that.
My Thoughts:
The ending was perfect for a first book. It leaves you wanting more and I’m lucky I don't have to wait seeing as I have Catching Fire, book #2, in my book shelf now, and in a few days I’ll have the third, Mockingjay, too.
I'm team Peeta but there wasn't a lot of Gale in book 1 so that's like saying your team Edward after only reading the first book of Twilight. There were (a lot of) times where i just wanted to yell at Katniss for being so oblivious to Peeta and I still don't think she gets it completely but at the end I think she said some of her reasons why she wouldn’t get if Peeta really loved her so I kind of understand why she just doesn’t get it that Peeta likes her. I think Gale likes her too because what’s a love triangle without another person. What does Gale think about her and Peeta? I don't think he liked seeing Peeta and Katniss acting all in love and such. But we’ll find out next book, I think it’s going to be mostly about who Katniss will chose and what the capitol is going to do about her. I think I know what they do but I’ll pretend I don't.


so that was my review tell me what you think, next I'll be doing My Soul To Take by Rachel Vincent so look out for that

                                            Love Leah,                  
                                                     Peace Love and Books

My Rating System

hey people, i just wanted to tell you what my rating system was before my hunger games review


For my ratings it's going to be out of 5 and they are going to be hearts. 
1 heart - don't even wast your money; seriously, i hated it
2 hearts- it was ok but, i wouldn't buy it again
3 hearts- pretty average nothing really special; I'm not rushing out to buy the next in the series
4 hearts- it was really good! if you have the time and money buy it
5 hearts- i loved it!!earth shattering; absolutely amazing go out and get it now!!

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

I'M FINISHED!

I'M FINALLY FINISHED WITH CATCHER IN THE RYE!!!!!!!! SO MY 60(+) BOOK CHALLENGE HAS UNOFFICIALLY BEGAN SO I'M READING THE HUNGER GAMES NOW!!!!!!
    sorry about the caps lock overload but i'm so happy!!!! i dont know what to read after the hunger games, i dont really have an organized  list so i'm just gonna do it randomly but also selective as well, i know that makes no sense but you know what i mean it's not going to be completely random. but yea just wanted to tell ya'll
  also *GASP* just now in the hunger games Katniss' little sister Pim was chosen for the Hunger Games, not good! wish me happy reading!

                                            Love Leah,                  
                                                     Peace Love and Books

Sunday, August 15, 2010

My Book Haul


so here's my book haul from Barnes and Noble i'm half way done with Catcher in the Rye so i'm this much |......| closer to reading the hunger games
so here's my haul and all the synopsis' (or summaries) to the books
if you click on the books it takes you to the Barnes & Noble page

Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used be the United States. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called, "The Hunger Games." The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed. When Kat's sister is chosen by lottery, Kat steps up to go in her place.
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge.
She doesn't see dead people, but
She senses when someone near her is about to die. And when that happens, a force beyond her control compels her to scream bloody murder. Literally.
Kaylee just wants to enjoy having caught the attention of the hottest guy in school. But a normal date is hard to come by when Nash seems to know more about her need to scream than she does. And when classmates start dropping dead for no apparent reason, only Kaylee knows who'll be next
Jeremy Heere is your average high school dork. Day after day, he stares at beautiful Christine, the girl he can never have, and dryly notes the small humiliations that come his way. . . until the day he finds out about the "squip." This pill-sized supercomputer, when swallowed, is guaranteed to bring you whatever you most desire in life. By instructing him on everything from what to wear to how to talk and walk, the squip transforms Jeremy from Supergeek into one of the most popular guys in class. Soon he is friends with his former tormentors and has the attention of the hottest girls in school. But Jeremy eventually discovers that there is also a dark side to having a computer inside your brain-and it can have disastrous consequences.
                                            Love Leah,                  
                                                     Peace Love and Books

My First Post

    Hey, so like i said in the about me section, my name is Aliyah or Leah whatever you want.  but yea this blog is going to be my homepage for my challenge. I'll post everyday, and i really hope you guys will tell me what other books you want me to read.
    I'm going to Barnes & Noble now to get The Hunger Games #1 by Suzanne Collins  and hopefully Unraveled by Gena Showalter *even though i know it comes out the 31st; but i have high hopes : D* so hopefully i'll come back with a small book haul and my challenge officially starts the 3rd of September but it unofficially starts when i finish The Hunger Games #1
                                                       WISH ME LUCK!!!!

                                            Love Leah,                  
                                                     Peace Love and Books