No. 58 for 2012

Title: Divergent
Author: Veronica Roth
Rating: 5/5
Book: 58
Pages: 487 pgs
Total Pages: 22,476 pages
Version: Book
Next up: Insurgent by Veronica Roth

I could not put this book down!! It was awesome and definitely a page turner! The only reason why it took me so long to finish this book is because I came down with the plague from hell that robbed me of all energy. That being said, I’m off to go start <i>Insurgent</i>!

About The Book

In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue–Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is–she can’t have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.

During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are–and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she’s chosen.

But Tris also has a secret, one she’s kept hidden from everyone because she’s been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.

No. 57 for 2012

Title: NYPD Red
Author: James Patterson and Marshall Karp
Rating: 5/5
Book: 57
Pages: 400 pgs
Total Pages: 21,989 pages
Version: Book
Next up: Divergent by Veronica Roth

I really enjoyed this book! It was unique and plot and it kept me turning the pages so much so, that I’ve lost sleep over this book! Definitely worth a read!

About The Book

It’s the start of Hollywood on Hudson, and New York City is swept up in the glamour. Every night, the red carpet rolls out for movie stars arriving at premieres in limos; the most exclusive restaurants close for private parties for wealthy producers and preeminent directors; and thousands of fans gather with the paparazzi, hoping to catch a glimpse of the most famous and beautiful faces in the world. With this many celebrities in town, special task force NYPD Red is on high alert-and they can’t afford to make a single mistake. Then a world-renowned producer fatally collapses at his power breakfast, and top NYPD Red Detective Zach Jordan is the first one on the scene. Zach works with his beautiful new partner, Detective Kylie MacDonald-who also happens to be his ex-girlfriend-to discover who the murderer might be. But this is only the beginning: the most brutal, public, and horrifyingly spectacular crimes they’ve ever encountered are about to send all of New York into chaos, putting NYPD Red on the ropes. Zach and Kylie know there’s no way of telling what a killer this deranged will do next. With the whole world watching, they have to find a way to stop a psychopath who has scripted his finale down to the last explosive detail.

No. 56 for 2012

Title: Last to Die
Author: Tess Gerritsen
Rating: 4/5
Book: 55
Pages: 352 pgs
Total Pages: 21,589 pages
Version: Book
Next up: NYPD Red by James Patterson and Marshall Karp

This was a good book and it was full of suspense and mystery. Some parts seemed to drag on at times but I still enjoyed it. I like seeing Julian and Bear and hope we get to see more of them in future books.

About The Book

For the second time in his short life, Teddy Clock has survived a massacre. Two years ago, he barely escaped when his entire family was slaughtered. Now, at fourteen, in a hideous echo of the past, Teddy is the lone survivor of his foster family’s mass murder. Orphaned once more, the traumatized teenager has nowhere to turn—until the Boston PD puts detective Jane Rizzoli on the case. Determined to protect this young man, Jane discovers that what seemed like a coincidence is instead just one horrifying part of a relentless killer’s merciless mission.

Jane spirits Teddy to the exclusive Evensong boarding school, a sanctuary where young victims of violent crime learn the secrets and skills of survival in a dangerous world. But even behind locked gates, and surrounded by acres of sheltering Maine wilderness, Jane fears that Evensong’s mysterious benefactors aren’t the only ones watching. When strange blood-splattered dolls are found dangling from a tree, Jane knows that her instincts are dead on. And when she meets Will Yablonski and Claire Ward, students whose tragic pasts bear a shocking resemblance to Teddy’s, it becomes chillingly clear that a circling predator has more than one victim in mind.

Joining forces with her trusted partner, medical examiner Maura Isles, Jane is determined to keep these orphans safe from harm. But an unspeakable secret dooms the children’s fate—unless Jane and Maura can finally put an end to an obsessed killer’s twisted quest.

No. 55 for 2012

Title: Beautiful Disaster
Author: Jamie McGuire
Rating: 4/5
Book: 55
Pages: 416 pgs
Total Pages: 21,237 pages
Version: Book
Next up: Last to Die by Tess Gerritsen

I really enjoyed this book. There was nothing really riveting about this book but it was a great chick lit book with lots of angst coming from the male lead. I have to comment that  sometimes Abby got on my nerves. Yes, Travis isn’t perfect. He admits that. Abby’s constant temper tantrums and childish behaviour got a little old at times. That being said, I still found this book hard to put down and I can’t wait for the next one!

About the Book

Abbie Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate number of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance from the darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with her best friend, her path to a new beginning is quickly challenged by Eastern University’s Walking One-Night Stand.

Travis Maddox, lean, cut, and covered in tattoos, is exactly what Abby needs—and wants—to avoid. He spends his nights winning money in a floating fight ring, and his days as the ultimate college campus charmer. Intrigued by Abby’s resistance to his appeal, Travis tricks her into his daily life with a simple bet. If he loses, he must remain abstinent for a month. If Abby loses, she must live in Travis’s apartment for the same amount of time. Either way, Travis has no idea that he has met his match.

No. 54 for 2012

Title:  The Red Pyramid
Author: Rick Riordan
Rating: 4/5
Book: 54
Pages: 516 pgs
Total Pages: 20,821 pages
Version: Book
Next up: Zoo by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge

This is an interesting book and a great start to another series by Riordan. The idea of writing a book as though it is a voice recording and very intriguing. I love the dynamics between Carter and Sadie and I can’t wait to continue in their journey. That being said, Riordan’s Percy Jackson series is still my favourite series from this author.

About The Book

Since their mother’s death, Carter and Sadie have become near strangers. While Sadie has lived with her grandparents in London, her brother has traveled the world with their father, the brilliant Egyptologist, Dr. Julius Kane.

One night, Dr. Kane brings the siblings together for a “research experiment” at the British Museum, where he hopes to set things right for his family. Instead, he unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes him to oblivion and forces the children to flee for their lives.

Soon, Sadie and Carter discover that the gods of Egypt are waking, and the worst of them — Set — has his sights on the Kanes. To stop him, the siblings embark on a dangerous journey across the globe – a quest that brings them ever closer to the truth about their family and their links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.