| The Book Dessert

Monday, June 25, 2012

In My Mailbox: Books for Review

Abandon by Meg Cabot

Where We Belong Emily Giffin

The Deadly Sister by Eliot Schrefer

Underworld by Meg Cabot

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Random Read & Comment:

My favorite deserts are:

My number 1 is flan

My Second one is: Tres Leches (Dominican plate)

My third one is Chocolate cake

As you could see I am hungry (LOL) which is why I am posting about this. Something so random that has nothing to do with Young Adult books. Just because I stopped my list does not mean I don't have more desserts I like this are just a few one I LOVE with my heart. (:

Please comment with your favorite dessert or desserts because there are so many.

Links to Giveaways :

Links to awesome giveaways:

1.	Birthday Giveaway! US only, Ends 7/4	28.	2 Month / 50 Follower Giveaway
2.	2 Year Blogoversary, 2 winners. Ends 7/21; US only	29.	Win a copy of The Night Circus (Can only) ends July 3rd
3.	100 Follower Giveaway, Ends July 2	30.	Win a copy of Cicada by Belle Whittington (INTL) Ends June 27th
4.	2 Signed Copies of Lies Beneath by Anne Greenwood Brown ( Int'l)	31.	Summer Lovin: Win a summer release or an ARC of Lucid (INTL)
5.	The Vicious Deep by Zoraida Cordova SWAG ( Int'l) Ends 6/24	32.	Summer Releases Giveaway (Int.) (ends July 21st)
6.	5 kindle copies of Hear by Jacqueline Abelson - INT	33.	Audiobook Giveaway - title of your choice! (ends June 24)
7.	SIGNED Obsidian giveaway from Jennifer L. Armentrout & co. (INT'L)	34.	Win a Kindle copy of Future Savior 1: Conception (INTL)
8.	6-Month Blogiversary Giveaway!! (INTL)	35.	5 Signed Fierce Reads Books INT ends 7/5
9.	eBooks: The White Lilac by Christina J. Adams. Int. 6/28.	36.	beach theme giveaway 6/26
10.	Papeback: The Summer Essentials Books. US Only. Ends 6/30.	37.	Book Series Giveaway: Win your choice of a book from the Lucky Harbor Series by Jill Shalvis
11.	Paperback: The Vicious Deep by Zoraida Córdova. US Only. 6/30.	38.	One year blogoversary giveaway!!
12.	350 Follower International Giveaway! (Ends July 4th)	39.	Compulsion (signed) by Heidi Ayarbe + swag
13.	ARC of Paris in Love (US) 6/26	40.	Signed hardcover of Tracing Stars by Erin E. Moulton
14.	The Last Romanov (US/CA, ends 6/23)	41.	Pilgrims Don't Wear Pink + t-shirt - ends 6/27 @12:01a.m. EST
15.	MG E-Book Set - The Magic Warble & The Black Shard	42.	Hitting the 6 Month Mark Giveaway (INT.) Ends 6/25
16.	Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness finished copy US/Canada ends 6/25	43.	Golden Lily Giveaway (US) Ends 6/27
17.	100 Followers ebook giveaway @ Concise Book Reviews	44.	The Queen's Pleasure by Brandy Purdy - ends 6/30
18.	Pay it Forward-Choose 1 of 4 books (INT) 6/30	45.	Pay it Forward Giveaway Hop (INT) - 6/29
19.	Tin Swift by Devon Monk and Swag (US) Ends 7/10	46.	Win 2 signed and personalized books from Veronica Roth and more!
20.	1 ARC of Between You and Me (Authors of The Nanny Diaries) to 6-26 YA/Adult	47.	Leanne@ The Reclusive Reader
21.	2 EBooks by Dave Folsom (INT)	48.	Choice of Summer 2012 Release (INT) - ends 6/30
22.	(INT) Signed Paperback: The Weeping Empress by Sadie S. Forsythe	49.	Choice of Book from TBD to Celebrate New Blog Design - ends 7/11
23.	(INT) Paperbacks & Ebooks : 250 Followers Giveaway	50.	1 Year Blogoversary Giveaway(Any Book Up to a $15 dollar value)
24.	Book, Bookmark & T-shirt of The King Series (INT)	51.	Dancing Naked in Dixie by Lauren Clark (US) ends 6/28
25.	Book & Swag (INT) :: Red Dirt Rocker	52.	Book of choice worth $10 (INT) Onyx,Storm,Sweet Evil,Shine
26.	Signed poster & signed The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead (INT)	53.	Refracted Light Blogoversary Giveaway \| Darker Still & Twisted Tragedy PO
27.	One Year Blogoversary Giveaway! (Int, ends 6/30)

Comment if you know more giveaways which are not included here :D and I always love feedback ^_^

ARC's I Need to Read this week:

1. Mirage by Kristi Cook Where We Belong by Emily Giffin

P.S. I would be making a review of this book as soon as I finish it.

Comment with feedback I take each opinion into consideration :D

Movies I have seen But Have Not Read The Book:

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory
Something Borrowed
Harry Potter Movies
Twilight Movies
The Devil Wears Prada
The Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants

"Don't Judge a book by its movie" something I truly believe in because most of the time the book has more details included into it which makes the book better than the movie.

Saturday, June 23, 2012

One Lonely Degree by C. K. Kelly Martin Book Review:

One Lonely Degree is a perfect book for summer ,this book put me in a summer mood. The main character Finn is shy which is why I connected mostly with her because I am just like her. Finn had only one true friend, her best friend which was Audrey. Finn has always been nervous around guys probably because she has never been so close to guys, but she got more scared to be around guys after what happened at one of the parties she went to. After her friend Jersy (a guy which was her friend years ago) moves back into town she develops a little crush for him. But Audrey her best friend start dating Jersy and Finn tells herself that she does not have any feelings for him. But something happened and Audrey had to move for the summer so Finn was all by herself this summer as well as Jersy. The attraction between Finn and Jersy might be to strong to ignore. Well that is something you should read because I am not telling you the answer. This book was an awesome read which created mixed feelings.

This book was something I was looking for this summer, one that would put me in the summer mood, an easy read, and most importantly entertaining with some romance in it. I loved how this book made me keep reading because sometimes things happen and I wanted to keep going and know what was going to happen next. Something that dissapointed me was the ending because I felt like there should be things included I just hope there is a continuation to this book because I felt like it ended unexpectedly. But even though that got me a little dissapointed I still liked the book because I connected with some characters, it was kind of sad at times, and it included romance in it (which is something I am always looking in books). I loved the writing of this book, Kelly Martin knows how to write in a way that would captivate people and keep them flipping pages. The cover is absolutely amazing and would look really cute in my shelf (lol) because it looks just like summer.

I give this book a 4.0/5.0 and I truly recommend this book to anyone that would want to get in the summer mood and read something easy and fast which would keep them entertained from the beggining to the end. Hope you go grab a copy of this book and tell me what you think.

Comment and tell me if you have read the book and liked it or if you would love to read this book.

Have a nice day :D & Summer ^_^

Friday, June 22, 2012

Guess Who's Happy?

I am ! I just went over 100 followers

Thank you, thank you, thank you all of you guys for following my blog and remember that this is a community were you would have fun and could comment and interact with other people and find anything you want about YA books. But I am really glad all of you guys took your time to click the follow button Lol. Thanks I appreciate it.

P.S. How many times did I say thank you? I don't know probably a lot.

This is my face when I got to my blog which is now called http://book-dessert.blogspot.com
and saw I got over 100 followers :D

Thursday, June 21, 2012

The White Glove War by Katie Crouch & Grady Hendrix ARC Book Review:

Name: Hidalgelis Villar
Age: 16 years old

I am so glad I received this arcs by Hip Scouts, so thank you so much.

I have to say that as I was reading this book I was extremely confused at the beginning because I did not read the first book from the series. I have to say that I am a little upset because I did not like this book so much, I sometimes had to stop and read another book because of how lost or slow paced the book was but when it got to the middle it kind of got more exciting. Alex, Hayes, and Madison are the newest Magnolias. They were beautiful and were teach to behave like upper class human beings. But the book also included magic which is what made the book a little more interesting it made the Magnolias more powerful, beautiful, rich, and would give them anything that they possibly wanted. This is a book which would be perfect for summer something simple which would captivate you a little. I would give this book a 3/5 because it was exciting to read at times, and at times I just made any excuse to stop reading the book. But I am proud I did finish the book and enjoy it a little bit more as I kept reading. I would only recommend this book if you like books which include some type of fantasy, and magic in it.

P.S. I probably did not like this book a lot because I like books that I could relate to something that sounds more believable.

In My Mailbox :D

Received a book from Random House to Review:
One Lonely Degree by C. K. Martin

I started reading the first 4 chapters I hope I enjoyed this book. A lot of people say that this book is kind of like Sarah Dessen's books and John Green as well so I would probably enjoy it. I would post a review soon after I finish reading this summer read.

Comment if you have read this book and tell me if you liked it or comment if you would also like to read it. :D

Have a nice summer you guys! Lmao

The Hunger Games Trilogy Book Review:

The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins (TRILOGY)

This book was awesome I was a little mad of how the series it ended but i am cool now because I know not all books are going to have the Cinderella ending (the one were everyone is happy). This book started with the most amazing plot and in each different book there was a different one which i loved. The first book was my favorite because I guess i never heard a book that had the same events as this book. I always end up liking more the first book from every trilogy i read (I dont know why but that is a fact). Well my favorite character was Peeta (BTW i am Team Peeta, Gale Go away LOL) he was such a romantic guy and Gale I like him but he should just stay what he is (Katniss Everdeen Best Friend). I would have liked for Katniss and Peeta to get married in the games that way it would have that awkward and different ending that nobody would have expected. I loved how I read this book and I never even imagined what was going to happen, it was kind of like a suspense which made me read for hours with no stop. I really enjoyed this book and rating the three books together (the whole trilogy) i would give it a 5.0/5.0 because it was a awesome book at the beginning but as i kept reading some events sometimes made me explode.

Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles Book Review:

Perfect Chemistry By Simone Elkeles

Okay Let me tell you about this book. This book was extraordinary like i felt in love with this book when i read it I was like literally talking to myself. I couldn't even put the book down, this is how awesome the book was. I will give it 1 5.5/5 (yea i know is because i am a big fan of ROMANTIC books). AMAZING.AMAZING Everyone should read this book i read it in 2 days. My favorite character was Alejandro (I LOVE you Alex), Lmao okay let me stop. Anyways. He was in a gang, he was a latino. Brittany was a rich girl which was kind of like the good girl. So a Bad guy+Good girl= extraordinary unimaginative story which i felt in love with. Yea I know you might think I am weird now but really this book is a must read for young adults book is so amazing. I recommend this book for people who love romance because it is defenetily a touching romantic story.

*Yea I know I am not such a good reviewer, this is my first review I have made, so bare with me LOL. <3 Have a nice Day.

Forgotten by Cat Patrick Book Review:

Forgotten by Cat Patrick I decided to read this book because the synopsis was awesome but when I read the book I though I was going to read a book but that wasn't the case it was a PERFECT book. Seriously I don't know how an author can write something so crazy but make it seem real. I love the Teen romance that the book includes as well. This captivated my mind since I read the book it made me keep turning the pages for hours with no stop. This is a book I would recommend to readers to teens and older teens as well. I am hooked on this author she has a great way of writing without making her readers bored at the second they read it. Seriously what are you waiting for go read this book. This book was amazing and this was about a girl who forgets the thing she did before she forgets the homework, the clothes she wore, everything. Luke is the new character of the book which I love. This book was different from everything I have read. I kind of did not connect really with the characters probably because my favorite books are dystopians. London remembers the future but not the past which is extremely weird.

I give it a 4.89/5 LOL

The synopsis is great:Each night at precisely 4:33 am, while sixteen-year-old London Lane is asleep, her memory of that day is erased. In the morning, all she can "remember" are events from her future. London is used to relying on reminder notes and a trusted friend to get through the day, but things get complicated when a new boy at school enters the picture. Luke Henry is not someone you'd easily forget, yet try as she might, London can't find him in her memories of things to come.

When London starts experiencing disturbing flashbacks, or flash-forwards, as the case may be, she realizes it's time to learn about the past she keeps forgetting—before it destroys her future.

The Fault in Our Stars Book Review:

This is a most read, yea I know is weird how I am giving 5/5 in every review well is just that the books I been reading lately have been described in one word which is awesomeee :D

I loved how John Green knew how to make the characters funny and really perfect. Yea, I have to say something weird I started crying in this book at least one which is something I barely do when reading books because I mainly read happy books. When I got this book I though I was not going to like it because books that are sad are not really my thing but I have to say that John Green made this book perfect and is weird how it was a guy writing this book which made it more exciting. There are more girl authors than guys and John Green knew how to persuade my mind while reading this.

This book was about Hazel who was diagnosed with stage IV thyroid cancer at the age of 13. I have to say this book created all sorts of emotions in a way I have not experienced before. I knew this book was going to be tough to read because it was related to cancer and death which is not something that would make anyone laugh. Even though it was sad it also included humor and I guess he did that so his audience did not start crying from the beginning to the end of the book which I though was really clever. Hazel and Augustus were my favorite characters because they went through hard times something I don't imagine myself going through. This two characters were strong characters including their parents as well.

Okay lets get to the ending that is when I started crying because it included one of the most touching endings I have read in my entire life. This book was extremely sad if it was not because of the humor of some characters including Hazel and Augustus this book would get you into depression mode. This book was really powerful and I would forever hold on to the meaning of this book. It is very rarely when a book makes me remember it for life and I believe this book would be a book I would always look back and never forget because of the powerful message it included and how sad and depressing it was.

I believe everyone should read this book. To me this book does not have a genre and should not be label because it should be a must read for everyone, I believe everyone that reads this book would forever remember it. I only have a few books who I strongly believe everyone would enjoy it. I can't explain how my emotions were while reading this book and even if I do you won't really understand me unless you go and read the book yourself. After you read this book pass it up to another person because this book should be a book that many people know about because of the amazing extremely powerful message.

I rate this book a 5/5 , Go Read It :D
Comment if you read it and like it, or if your going to get the book and read it.

Thank you John Green for writing this powerful book I appreciate it :')