The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon

So many reviews to catch up on! Wintergirls, Bloom, and I still have to read at least 7 more!!

RAWR.

Summary:
Brent Runyon is your normal 8th grader. Sort of. After accidentally setting a matchbook on fire and then burning a gym shirt and locking the matches inside a locker, he knows he's doomed. So he decides to commit suicide. The Burn Journals detail his recovery in the hospitals, the people he meet, and the friendship he kindles with practically everyone.

Review:
I really only finished it bcause I would die if I didn't. I'm kind of glad I did, and I'm kind of disappointed that I did at the same time. This book was so perverted. In the beginning, he was talking about literally MOLESTING another girl. Like, are you serious? I literally put the book down and hit it with another book. I was so disgusted. And this is a true story too! Ughh I just had a taste into the mind of a normal teenage boy. -___-

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The King's Rose by Alisa M. Libby

My friend's sleeping over tonight, but I decided that I absolutely had to do this review today because it was gnawing at my conscience all day today. Oh, what I do for this blog. o__O

Anyways, let me begin by informing you that there WILL be spoilers! BEWARE!

Summary:
Catherine Howard is your average 15 year old .. living in Tudor England. Her family is one of the highest ranking families in England at the time and will do anything to assume their spot on the throne. Over a course of a year, she marries King Henry VIII, tries to get pregnant with an heir, has an affair with her cousin, Thomas Culpeper, gets accused of treason, and eventually gets her head chopped off after being stripped of her royal status.

Review:
The novel was sort of a creepy read .. I had to go grab Infamous in order to get the chills out of my spine. I found it sort of scary because she starts seeing the ghost of her cousin and second wife of King Henry, Anne Boleyn. Everyone betrays her in the end to "protect their own necks" and she's left with only a crazy lunatic, Jane Boleyn, the former sister-in-law of Anne.

And I sort of had a question at the end of the book. HOW ON EARTH DOES SHE NARRATE AFTER HER DEATH? Like it says something along the lines of: "After some time of pain, I feel myself fall ... I am finally home." What does this say about her? She was Catholic! And I guess someone can't be kept from going to Heaven, but she lied and committed adultery, for Pete's sake! Like ... I don't know how to explain it, so I guess I'll just stop here. I'm just confusing myself.

Rating: 3/5

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2009 Young Adult Book Challenge

I just found this challenge over at J. Kaye's Book Blog! So here are the rules:

1. Anyone can join. You don't need a blog to participate.

2. Read 12 Young Adult novels. No need to list your books in advance. You may select books as you go. Even if you list them now, you can change the list if needed.

3. Challenge begins January thru December, 2009.

4. You can join anytime between now and December 31, 2009.

So, here is my list of books! I'll cross them out/link them to my reviews when I'm done with them.

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Yeah I'm too lazy right now. I'll just put them up later. lol.

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