Top Ten Tuesday-10 inspiring quotes from books

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This weeks theme is Top Ten Inspiring quotes from books. 

I think there is something extra special about quotes from books and here are some of my faves {in no particular order}.

1."I used to dream about escaping my ordinary life, but my life was never ordinary. I had simply failed to notice how extraordinary it was." --Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs  

~ I just finished this book and this quote really stood out to me. This was kind of an eye opener for me because we all usually think that our lives are boring and ordinary, but when I read this I came to realize that we are all extraordinary because there's something different about everyone. 

2. "There are infinite numbers between 0 and 1. There's .1 and .12 and .112 and an infinite collection of others. Of course, there is a bigger infinite set of numbers between 0 and 2, or between 0 and a million. Some infinities are bigger than other infinities...I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity...You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I'm grateful." -- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

~ I feel like a cliche quoting a book by John Green, but this was my favorite when I read the book. It just made me think. Like really think.

3."Ready or not, here I come. Here I come, ready or not." --Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

~ This one is personal because I thought about it right before I started college. And I was terrified to start college.

4."Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." --To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 

~ I remember reading this my freshman year of high school and I just liking this quote. I don't know how to explain it, but just know it's inspiring :)

5."I've always found that the most beautiful people, truly beautiful inside and out, are the ones who are quietly unaware of their effect." --Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout

~ I always try to remember this one for some reason.

6."We live and breathe words...It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I with them." --Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare

~ Anyone who has ever read The Infernal Devices series will probably say that this is their favorite quote. Haha, but for real I LOVE this quote! I read it over and over and over again.

7."...take a risk." -- Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins

~ I actually remember this on a regular basis and put it into practice for the most part. It explains why I do some crazy things, haha.

8."Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, everyone. We can't escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other." --Allegiant by Veronica Roth

~ I think everyone is a little broken inside, but then that one person comes along and helps you. That's AWESOME!

9."She was the heir of ash and fire, and she would bow to no one." Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

~ How AWESOME is this statement, really? This whole book and series in general makes me want to be more brave!

10."I claim you, Rowan Whitethorn. I don't care what you say and how much you protest. I claim you as my friend." -- Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

~ Yes, that's 2 quotes from the same book. But if you've read the book then you'll understand just how amazing it is. I don't even know if this quote is inspiring, but I really like it and it just makes me want to cry.

What are your favorite quotes? 

BOOKISH NEWS

Here's my take in the latest of bookish news:

1) The final book in The 5th Wave series by Rick Yancey just got a title!!!




It's called...DRUM ROLL......

THE LAST STAR 

This is the perfect title and I love it! It was actually my guess for the title and what do ya know, I guessed correctly.

Now, let's just take a moment to appreciate how AWESOME Rick Yancey is for uploading a video for us. I love this man!




2) The cover reveal for the fourth book in the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas {here's my spoiler free review for Throne of Glass}

*angels singing*

This cover is just pure cover perfection! Celaena looks super kick-butt!!! Can it be September 1st already?

3) Stephanie Perkins will be editing and also contributing a short story to Summer Days & Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories. The amazing Cassandra Clare, Veronica Roth, and a bunch of other cool authors will also be contributing stories to this book!

By now, I will read anything by Stephanie Perkins because she writes the best romance contemporaries of life.
2016 needs to come sooner.

4) It was announced that the covers for The Mortal Instruments series  and The Infernal Devices series will be changing. Here's the new cover for City of Bones, which will release in September 2015.

Hmmm, not sure how I feel about this because I love the covers how they are right now, but I do like how it says A SHADOWHUNTERS NOVEL on the side. I'm not really digging the font or color of the title and I'm not digging how Jace looks. And what is that stuff coming out of his hands? Is Jace now some kind of warlock? Maybe I'll like the covers for the rest of the series, but we'll see.
Anyways, I wonder how the covers for The Dark Artifices series will look now...



What bookish news are you excited for?  

Review: Throne of Glass {spoiler free}

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

Rating: 4.5

Goodreads summary: After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. Her opponents are men-thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the king's council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she'll serve the kingdom for three years and then be granted her freedom. 

Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilarating. But she's bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her... but it's the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best. 
Then one of the other contestants turns up dead... quickly followed by another. 
Can Celaena figure out who the killer is before she becomes a victim? As the young assassin investigates, her search leads her to discover a greater destiny than she could possibly have imagined.

My thoughts: I've been dying to start this series because I've heard it's freaking amazing! I wasn't completely blown away by this book, but it was still good. I think the reason for that is, it's the first book in a fantasy series which means things are going to start off a bit slow because of the world building and set up, but it got me excited to keep reading the series.

From reading the summary, it kind of has a Hunger Games vibe because Celaena will have to defeat others in a competition in order to receive her freedom. But it's not like The Hunger Games at all. It kind of has that Triwizard Tournament vibe from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I would say it's better to think of it that way rather than The Hunger Games.  

Celaena isn't the usual female heroine that I have ever read. She can be a bit selfish, she likes to get dolled up, and she has a taste for expensive and fine things, which isn't a bad thing, but I couldn't see why other readers seemed to love her. It did take me a while to like her, but not love her. One thing that is true is that she is such a kick-butt character! She's also funny and she loves to eat, which is something I really like about her.

Now for the love triangle {that's not a spoiler because the summary hints at it}. I couldn't decide if I liked Dorian more or Chaol. Sometimes I found myself liking Dorian more, but then Chaol would do something and I leaned more towards him. Sometimes there's love triangles where right off the bat you know who is going to be endgame, but for this series I don't know who Celaena is going to choose and it kind of scares me. But, just so you know I am Team Chaol.
Also, that doesn't mean I hate Dorian. I actually really like him and not just because he's super good looking and has gorgeous eyes, but because he's funny, loves to read, and I feel like he's going to play a huge role in the series.

I can't wait to jump into the next book because everyone says it's way better than the first. Also, I'm hoping to find out more about Celaena's past and who she really is. And I want more Chaol in the next book! 

Just read it, you won't regret it. Even Dean Winchester approves.

Favorite Quote: “What’s the point in having a heart if you don’t use it to spare others from the harsh judgments of your mind?”

Review: All Our Yesterdays

All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill

Rating: 4.5 stars

Goodreads summary {You're really going to want to click the goodreads summary because I can't explain this book without spoiling it.}

My thoughts: This book was recommended to me by my friend Sarah who is in love with this book and I start reading it and I'm just thinking: Holy cow, why have I not heard of this book before and why have I not read it?!?!

This book blew my mind! It was AMAZING! So much confusion, suspense, realizations, sadness, and mixed emotions. 

Throughout this book, all I did was:

1. gasp
2. whisper scream
3. hyperventilate
4. whimper
5. had watery eyes

This book does deal with time travel which for me is a first so I have nothing to compare it to, but oh man, I think it was done really well. I like how the information about time travel wasn't piled up on you, but rather you start to find things out at the story progresses. Since this book does deal with time travel, it mentions the fourth dimension and right after I finished this book we started talking about time and the fourth dimension in my science class and my eyes just widened and I gasped internally! Haha, I was freaking out!

The characters go through amazing character development which makes me love them even more because they are fantastic. You see them how they were in the past and how they have changed because of drastic events in their lives. 

And of course my favorite character has to be Finn! He was just so funny and he knew how to make a sad situation into a somewhat better and pleasant one. And the sweet things he would say...oh man! I freakin' love him!

"Will you be able to catch me if I fall?"

"Doubt it," he says, "but I’ll let you land on top of me. I’ll make a nice squooshy landing.

I smile. "My hero."

I kind of predicted the ending, but not in the way it happened. It was a little tragic and before I knew it I had tears in my eyes.

I know there was supposed to be a sequel to this book, but it didn't get published and I am okay with that because I think this story is well done as a one book story. Although, I did not like the ending because there was just not enough closure for me and that is why I couldn't give this book 5 stars. I think it needed like and epilogue that gives us some insight on what happened to the characters.
But, I'm glad I got to read this book!

Happy Readings! :)

Review: To All the Boys I've Loved Before

To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

Rating: 4.7 stars 

Goodreads summary

I'm not very good at summaries, but I'll give it a go at this one :)
So Lara Jean writes letters to boys she's crushed on before, addresses them, but she never mails them out. She writes the things that made her fall in love with the boy. These letters are a way for her to release all her emotions and when she's done she places them in a hat. Until one day her letters get sent out to the boys she has written them to and things get a little crazy. 

My thoughts: Have you ever found yourself in a book? Like, you realize something about yourself that you didn't know before or while reading you find an explanation for something that you believe or do? I'm not sure how much that makes sense, but it totally happened to me with this book. Other than the cuteness of this book, I really enjoyed this book because I related to the Lara Jean so well. In a way, I was practically her.

I've never read anything by Jenny Han, but I have heard good things about The Summer I Turned Pretty books. I was a little skeptical about reading this book because I bought it without really knowing what it was about and when I started reading it, I didn't know what direction the story was going to go in, but it was a fun story and it was exactly what I needed after finishing City of Heavenly Fire.

I thought that the plot line was a bit predictable and I knew what was going to end up happening, but that did not stop me from totally enjoying the story and getting all excited about cute little moments that were going on.

I loved how her family was incorporated into this book and I loved hearing from her sisters. It made made me think of me and my sisters and it was just so relatable. I also liked how Lara Jean was half Korean because it made for a more interesting story.

This book did have a few flaws and for me they were mostly character wise. Honestly, I was constantly kind of mad at Lara Jean for some things that she did and she was a bit irratating for a while and so was the main love interest, but they turned out better at the end.

This book had so many LOL's like Harry Potter references which made this book 10 times better and funnier because lets be honest, who doesn't like Harry Potter? Props to Jenny Han!

No! And how could you stop after Chamber of Secrets? The third one's the best out of the whole series...Do you not have a soul?

I love this book oh so much. It caused me to smile, giggle, and made me all giddy inside. It's definitely one of my favorite contemporaries {way up there with Anna and the French Kiss}. I can't wait for the sequel to come out in May because that ending was just ahhhhhhh! 

Most Anticipated Books of 2015

These are a few books that I can't wait to come out in 2015! I know I'm a month late on this post, but here it is now...

*I'm really bad at writing summaries so just click the titles and they should take you to the goodreads so you can view the summary :)
Things We Know by Heart by Jessi Kirby: set to release April 21, 2015

 I've never read anything by Jessi Kirby, but I heard her other books are good and this one is her best work yet. I know this book will be a tear jerker, but will bring joy at the same time and I can't wait.

Here's the review that got me super excited about this book: Reading after midnight 

P.S. I Still Love You  by Jenny Han: set to release May 26, 2015

This is the sequel to the first book, To All the Boys I've Loved Before, which I will be reviewing soon so I won't say too much on it right now, but I want this book so bad!!!   

Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee: set to release July 14, 2015

This was my reaction when I found out about this: 

You guys don't even know how excited I am about this! To Kill a Mockingbird is my favorite classic and I freaking adore Scout! I can't wait to see how she is as a woman and to see the different trials she will be facing.
  

*in Scout's voice* Atticus, Atticus!

^^I can't even.

The Fifth Wave #3 by Rick Yancey: set to release August 2015
This book still has no title, but it's the third and final book in The 5th Wave trilogy and I want this book now! Actually I wanted it back in September. I love this series and I think Rick Yancey is an amazing writer! He's really good at making you feel like you actually know the characters and also making you second guess yourself. That man has been blessed with metaphor skills. I just want to know how everything is going to play out in the end, but I'm also scared because Rick Yancey sure knows how to tear my heart out and he is one of those author's who can kill off every character. 

Note: The following is just a rant. 

Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices): This is the first book in Cassandra Clare's new series called The Dark Artifices. If you don't know, Cassandra Clare is one of my favorite authors and I wanted this book really bad because I loved Emma and Jules in CoHF and I just want to go back into the Shadowhunter world. This was originally set to release in Fall 2015, but they pushed it to March 2016 and I was soooo mad about it. I am still not over it.

What books are you most anticipating for 2015?

Review: Isla and the Happily Ever After

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Realistic fiction

Rating: 4.3

Goodreads summary: click here

My thoughts:
I really liked and related to Isla on so many different levels. The first, well she's had a crush on a boy for like three years and even Googled his address. I'm a little embarrassed to admit, but totally me right there. She also likes to read and she really has no idea what she's going to do with her life and she constantly struggled with that throughout the book. I think that's the real reason I liked her.
Also, something weird that I liked about Isla was she cried. A lot of the times, characters "blink away their tears" because they don't want to look weak, but I noticed that Isla didn't really do that.
Some people say that they were frustrated with Isla because she kind of sabotaged  her own relationship with Josh. I wasn't though, because I most likely would have done the same thing.

I glance around the room, but the other girls appear to be at ease. Why doesn't he have the same effect on them that he has on me? Don’t they [see] him?

It was cool to read about Josh from a different perspective. In Anna, we're swooning and crushing on Etienne because we're seeing him the way Anna sees him and we don't really notice or care about Josh, but when reading Isla, we saw Josh through her eyes and were suddenly swooning over Josh. We also read about how Josh felt in Anna and it made me feel really bad for Josh because I had no idea what he was going through.

I think that Isla and Josh dived into their relationship pretty early in the book. I wish they would have started off as friends and then gotten into a relationship. I feel like whenever they were together all they were doing were having some hot make-out sessions. There were some weird scenes and now I'll never look at rabbits the same. That's the one thing that really bothered me about this book. I just wanted more funny and awkward conversations from them-more dialogue! Also, I wish we could have seen more of Josh and Kurt become friends.

I  did love all the setting in this book and I liked how this story brought us back to Paris because I know I sure missed it.

I LOVED when  Anna, Etienne, Lola, and Cricket appear at the end and have a little reunion along with Josh and Meredith. It was one of my favorite scenes and it made me cry. Actually, whenever I think about it I start to tear up. Like literally right now as I'm typing.

My other favorite scene happened after the little reunion, but I don't want to spoil anything, but if you read it you'll know what I'm talking about :)

When I finished, I was happy because the ending was beautiful, but sad because I didn't want it to be over. I saw a video by a booktuber that said that reading Stephanie Perkins books is like being on this high that you never want to come off of. Book heroine I think is what she called it. And oh boy is that true! I wasn't prepared for the feeling to go away yet so after I finished Isla, I re-read Anna and the French Kiss. :) 

I think the ending was done perfectly and it was so cute. Out of all three of the books, Anna and the French Kiss is still my favorite {I still can't stop myself from gushing over Anna and Etienne}!

Stephanie Perkins has easily become one of my favorite authors and I can always count on her books to help me when I'm feeling sad or to get me out of a reading slump. :)

Favorite Quote:

     

   …take a risk.