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Worth Remembering? Or To Forget?!?!?!? (Water For Elephants)

Sara Gruen spins a sensuous, gripping, pulse of life, story behind the Big Tent in the 1930's. Through an old man's reminiscing heart and mind, her story plays out like a piece of orchestra music. So many sounds coming together to form a beautiful trifling piece. From the nursing home to the younger years where Jacob was working for the circus you're taken for a magical ride. 
You're caught up in the whirlwind itself reaching out your arms to hug your feelings tighter hoping they won't up and fly away. If you want to read a story of compelling love, hopeless lust, and in the end getting exactly what you deserve I undoubtedly recommend it! Sara has a way of pulling at your heart strings like a mere puppet. 
Jacob looks back into his life where prohibition reigned and a dollar was worth it's weight in gold. The characters in this book are absolutely ones you will miss when you're done and you don't want to leave your imagination. It simply sucks you in like a torrential whirlwind of emotion.
I will say it's not exactly appropriate for the younger crowd. There is adult language and adult situations. I myself could barely stand the animal abuse that takes place but it made the story that much more vivid, touching, and storming with bubbling emotion. I hate August with a passion and love Marlena and Rosie dearly as if they were my best friends. But all in all the characters throughout the entirety of the book were put together very well and stayed true, I feel, to what Sara created them to be from the very beginning. 
And in the back of my book there's an extra, an interview with Sara. Although I skimmed through it (I wasn't too big on reading it at the moment) one question caught my eye where she explained why she likes writing characters that are flawed.... 
I think it's what brings them to life and really draws you in... aren't we all looking for people we can level with, that in some sense or another there is a small glitter of an event(s) within your lives that connect you. Stories are just that, they connect you with characters, fictional or real. Now I just want to go back and live in my imagination for awhile longer with Rosie, Marlena, and Jacob! I hope you guys will give it a go. 
xoxo kiss approved! :**** 4/5
-D-

Worth A Snogging? OR A FLOGGING?!?!? (Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging)

Louise Rennison takes you back to the awkward age of 14, in the life of cute quirky and funny Georgia Nicholson, where you second guess everything you do... overanalyze.... feel like a pimple must be the end of the world! You makeout with the back of your hand to feel what it must be like to kiss. You realize that looks are everything and you must have a uni-brow and the hugest nose ever. Your parents are weird, they definitely shouldn't kiss, and they sure as heck don't know how you feel. 

I will say being that Georgia is born and raised in England she does speak some English slang/ or maybe they're just words this American girl is like "huh? what does that mean?" but fear not!, it only adds to the raw hilarious feeling you get in your gut while you connect with Georgia and her thoughts. And if you're really unsure, there's a dictionary in the back!! 

I read some of the series back in high-school and loved them. Picking this book back up now, I was curious and a bit skeptical as to how I'd feel comparatively. But I'll tell you right now.... although I may connect with it differently than I did back then it still makes me laugh and is such a fun read. And if I had a daughter I would absolutely set up a book club for all mothers and daughters and have this on the list. Growing up is tough but if you can find some humor and laugh about the ups and downs do it! A must read for all ages! Kiss approved! :*** 3/5

-D-

Up next..... heres a hint

Me and my curly hair say look closely for the next hint.... angus..... ...... and lipstick all have to do with the next book!!!

The Looking Glass Wars- A Wonderland? Or A Nightmare?!?!?

Beddor draws you into Wonderland  during an unsettling time where kingdoms are on the brink of war, power is what matters most, and those that have it must fight to keep it.
Alyss just a young princess, a mere child, is oblivious to the ominous clouds of trouble brewing on the horizon as she lets her imagination run wild. Little does she know she'll need all of it to save her kingdom.
Beddor paints the story with his words as smooth, and his imagination as 'Wonderlandish', as Salvador Dali. His writing and imagination is close to brilliance as he gives a twist to the classic Alice in Wonderland as we ride on the backs of spirit danes across Outerwilderbestia.... search for answers from the Caterpillar Oracles and follow Alyss Heart on her journey to defeat her Aunt Redd.
As always read it for yourself!
-D- :*** 3/5

Tarty tarts and war?

Here's a hint at what I'm reading... just one small hint. More hints to come on my twitter account!!!! @toreaditornot