Book Review: Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk

Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk




Favorite Quote: "The craving inside of me is to be clutched at by some dead girl. To put my ear to her chest and be hearing nothing. Even getting munched on by zombies beats the idea that I'm only flesh and blood, skin and bone. Demon or angel or evil spirit, I just need something to show itself. Ghoulie or ghosty or long-legged beastie, I just want my hand held."

This book starts on a plane that's going down. . .













That's definetly not a bad way to start.
However when I ended this book I was like. . .huh?










And truthfully throughout the book it was just unusally odd and entertaining. It's just like looking at this:















Like watching this banana booger guy, you can't look away. You want to know what happens, but has your life improved from checking it out? I don't quite know. I mean. . . I do love bananas.


The rating for this book is difficult cause sometimes I was like OH MY GOD HE IS A GENIUS!


Other times I was like.........Say What?













Therefore I will give it a strong 3 stars and reccommend this to readers who like a dark gritty edge to their literary fiction BUT are able to forgive things that you don't understand.

Book Review: Undeniable by Madeline Sheehan

Undeniable
by Madeline Sheehan

Warning: This is not a typical love story. This is an all-consuming, soul-crushing, tear-your-heart-into-pieces story. It’s intense, gritty and raw, dark and disturbing, and it doesn’t happen overnight. This is an epic love story that knows no boundaries and has no time limits. It grows and develops—with hurt, sacrifice, and heartache—over the span of a lifetime.

Eva Fox is the princess of the Silver Demons Motorcycle Club. Growing up with bikers in the club lifestyle is all that she knows. When she’s a young girl, Eva meets the reason for her existence. Deuce West is the sexy, biker bad-ass of the Hell’s Horsemen Motorcycle Club. Like Eva, he was born and raised in the club—but that’s where the similarities end. Their first meeting is innocent, but as Eva matures into a woman, their chance reunions evolve into a fit of lust and love. Fate continues to bring them together time and time again, but their twisted journey is filled with pain, betrayal, and bloodshed that could tear them apart. Eva sees in Deuce what he cannot see in himself—a man worthy of love—and Eva spends her lifetime proving to him that her undeniable love is the one thing he can’t live without.

This is Eva and Deuce’s story.

It wasn’t easy.
Nothing worth doing ever is.
And love is worth everything!

This is how I feel when my friends say they love this book:



I do seriously want to say Bravo to Madeline for pushing the limits and making it unpredictable. I have to give you your props. You didn't mess around girl! Love it! Seriously!



The author has some mega balls! Huge! I like that in writers. Yet sadly this one wasn't for me. I may definitely try some of her other books being that she isn't scared to take some risks!



In the end, the point of a good book is to make the reader turn the page!

Oh and I did...until I didn't want to know anymore.

Why?

Because this was General Hospital on Heroin which may not be a bad thing for most people (it does sound entertaining...Sonny shooting up).



I just couldn't continue reading it.

HERE ARE SOME SPOILERS NEXT:

I didn't like the heroine at all. I couldn't connect. I didn't see any humanity in her.



There were rapish sex scenes AND rape sex scenes. Now I give it to the author that they weren't scenes meant to make it romantic. They were shown to say hey, this guy is fucked up and this life is rough. But...all and all I didn't like the scenes.

One time the Hero (ick) is getting a blow job by another girl and forces the Heroine (ick) to remain there as he tells her how much it's killing him not to be with her. I don't know what that scene was meant to tell me besides both of them need therapists.

I just found the Hero unattractive and disgusting. He even gets another BJ in several earlier scene just from a hero-heroine argument. Not even a major one.



NASTY!

The heroine's husband (which is not the hero) has a murder contract out on her so if he is killed then she dies right after. She doesn't think that is bad. She gets him, you see. She really gets him.

When I was in high school, females called me a hoe. Yes. I'm shocked too. But anyway, I try not to call women hoes, BUT the heroine's friend is a hoe and the friend's husband is a sicko who ends up having sex with the heroine so that he can be her lawyer to get her husband off (the guy that raped her and has a murder contract out on her).

The hero is twenty years older than the heroine which was uncomfortable during the scenes when she was a pre-teen. :-/

There were other technical things like grammer, errors, plot holes, etc... but I tend to ignore that stuff if I love the story....

But I didn't.

So all and all I have to try the next Madeline Sheehan book, although not in this series. I'd love to see her do a paranormal romance. You can actually do most of this stuff and blame it on the magic! lol. :-)


In fact I'm thinking of checking out her paranormal romance book next month. Anybody interested in a buddy read on this one? Message me.

Book Review: Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay

 The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay

Former piano prodigy Nastya Kashnikov wants two things: to get through high school without anyone learning about her past and to make the boy who took everything from her—her identity, her spirit, her will to live—pay.

Josh Bennett’s story is no secret: every person he loves has been taken from his life until, at seventeen years old, there is no one left. Now all he wants is be left alone and people allow it because when your name is synonymous with death, everyone tends to give you your space.

Everyone except Nastya, the mysterious new girl at school who starts showing up and won’t go away until she’s insinuated herself into every aspect of his life. But the more he gets to know her, the more of an enigma she becomes. As their relationship intensifies and the unanswered questions begin to pile up, he starts to wonder if he will ever learn the secrets she’s been hiding—or if he even wants to.

The Sea of Tranquility is a rich, intense, and brilliantly imagined story about a lonely boy, an emotionally fragile girl, and the miracle of second chances.

My Favorite Quote:  "I live in a world without magic or miracles. A place where there ae no claivoyants or shapeshifters, no angels or superhuman boys to save you. A place where people die and music disintegrates and things suck. I am pressed so hard against the earth by the weight of reality that some days I wonder how I am still able to lift my feet to walk."





Meet Natasha. She dresses. . .different than the average heroine--black provacative clothes, thick black eyeliner, red lipstick, black nail polish, and stilettos. Why does she dress like this? You'll find out later.

Oh yeah. She also doesn't talk.



Meet Josh. He's not the regular hero--introveted, but the school is afraid of him. Why? you'll find out later. He's awesome at building furniture, which I found to be the most awesome part of the book.

So...

This book is more than a romance.

This book deals with youth issues, tragedy, healing in the most raw, yet poetic way.


But the romance is truly there and it's real. It takes time to develop.

First they are silent friends.

Then confidants.

And then so much more.


There were times when I was so scared that their happy moment wouldn't come. That the healing wouldn't begin, but. . .I believe the book ended in a way that made me comfortable and believe in humanity .

AWESOME BOOk!



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As you can see if you're reading this on our blog, we've been redesigned!

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We're so pleased with the new blog design, created by Xpresso Design—who rocks a lot. She's easy to work with, reasonably priced, and talented. The avatars of me and Kenya that are incorporated into the design were created by Laetitia Bachellez.

It's going to take us a little while to reformat some of our old posts to match the new blog design. This isn't Xpresso's fault; it's a result of the fact that some of our posts don't use the default text formatting. Until we get everything reformatted, please forgive that some of old posts have oddly colored text.

In other news, we're moving! Since we have this fancy new blog, I couldn't resist moving us to a new domain. The move will happen in about a week, and then you can find us at www.fantasyfloozies.com. (The link's no good at the time of this posting.)

Assuming you want to keep in touch, we want to make that as easy as possible for you. So here's what you need to know:

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Book Review: Hopeless by Colleen Hoover

Hopeless
by Colleen Hoover
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Sometimes discovering the truth can leave you more hopeless than believing the lies…

That’s what seventeen-year-old Sky realizes after she meets Dean Holder. A guy with a reputation that rivals her own and an uncanny ability to invoke feelings in her she’s never had before. He terrifies her and captivates her all in the span of just one encounter, and something about the way he makes her feel sparks buried memories from a past that she wishes could just stay buried.

Sky struggles to keep him at a distance knowing he’s nothing but trouble, but Holder insists on learning everything about her. After finally caving to his unwavering pursuit, Sky soon finds that Holder isn’t at all who he’s been claiming to be. When the secrets he’s been keeping are finally revealed, every single facet of Sky’s life will change forever.

Disclaimer: You may vomit from this post because I'm going to get all fan girl gif sappy on you.

THERE ARE NO SPOILERS, but I did put a few lines from the book that won't spoil your read. You may even read the lines and be like, "What's the big deal? I'm not impressed." I felt that way too when I read these same lines in other places, but trust me. . .you will cry when you read them in the book.

SKY and HOLDEN Wow!

This book is what books are suppose to be. This book is more than romance or coming of age or the typical hyped up amazon bestseller that does well because there are a lot of crazy people who are buying a bad book. PLEASE BELIEVE THE HYPE ON THIS ONE, BABY! I would never guide you on the wrong path.

This book is THE book to start your 2013!

It's about the impact others can make in your life. Even a child to another child.



"The sky is always beautiful. Even when it's dark or rainy or cloudy, it's still beautiful to look at....it'll be there no matter what...and I know it'll always be beautiful."



Finally a book with a lot of hype that DESERVES all of the HYPE. I mean there have been some books that people have raved about that were pure crap. So I walked into Hopeless feeling. . .well. . .Hopeless.

And you all know me well. I mean I bitch and bitch and bitch about Bestsellers that are crap and here comes this book that tears my damn chest a part, grips my beating organ in its fingers, and won't freaking let go...and if that's not sick enough...it makes me laugh and at times arouses me...as its killing me from the inside!

So I'm reading the book. First three chapters are cool, nothing mind-blowing. The main character is fine. I found the prologue to be unnecessary. I'm thinking to myself that I'll give it two more chapters and then I'll DNF it for something better.

OH MY GOD! I'm so glad I stuck to five chapters because then Holder walked into my life. . .I mean Sky's life. So I'm reading and loving it. I'm thinking okay.



This is a great New Adult Contemporary Romance. But stupid me had no idea that this is a goddamn Mystery and Psychological Thriller!

Yeah.

I mean. I'm a writer. I love my books. I got fans. I'm secure within myself. And then this heiffer Colleen Hoover comes along and makes me want to be a BETTER WRITER! Damn you! She makes me want to revise more, add more, feel more, cry more! I hate you!

Okay back to the book.

“F#%k all the firsts, Sky. The only thing that matters to me with you are the forevers,” Holder said.

Holder said that, but dear god this is the BEST FIRST KISS I've ever read! I may go to my hometown and smack the crap out of the guy who gave me my first kiss. Sure his wife and kids may be taken aback, but if I read them all the passages of the first kiss, then they'll get it.



“Not everyone gets a happily every after. Life is real and sometimes it's ugly and you just have to learn how to cope.”



I do wish that someone had told me that this book would stay in my mind for a long time, that I would fall in love with these characters and then cry when they cry, and hurt when they've been inflicted with pain, and rejoice when they've figured out a way to heal, because in the end there is some healing. It's not a Disney ending, but it made me feel better about saying goodbye to Holden and Sky.