Let's Get Lost by Adi Alsaid

Let's Get Lost by Adi Alsaid
Five strangers. Countless adventures. One epic way to get lost. 

Four teens across the country have only one thing in common: a girl named Leila. She crashes into their lives in her absurdly red car at the moment they need someone the most. 

Hudson, Bree, Elliot and Sonia find a friend in Leila. And when Leila leaves them, their lives are forever changed. But it is during Leila's own 4,268-mile journey that she discovers the most important truth—sometimes, what you need most is right where you started. And maybe the only way to find what you're looking for is to get lost along the way. (via Amazon)

This book is split up into 5 parts, each centered around a different character, but with one constant one. I read a part every day, which I think was a very good way for me to read this book, because I had a harder time getting into it the first time I picked it up. It would be a harder book to make a list of things I thought about it, because of how it's written.

I found each of the stories very interesting and fun, and the character development for each of them is really great. The cover perfectly displays the book in this way. I was kind of unsure about how they all related to each other, but didn't mind, because I felt like I was reading novellas instead of a novel. They are very character driven stories, and sometimes I think they were dragged slightly long, but not enough to make an impact on the story as a whole.

As far as diversity goes, I'm actually not sure about this. Elliot was not white, but I read his section fast enough that I didn't catch what race he was. The others, I have no idea, and am not even sure it was described in the book.

I really enjoyed the road trips aspect of it, because usually books take place in the same city for the entire book, but this one went all the way across the US and into parts of Canada. There was a definite change in the feeling from the settings, which I found fun. It's also not weighed down by boring in between parts, because of the POV the stories are told from.

Overall I thought this was a very good book, and recommend it (especially to people who liked Paper Tows, but even if you didn't (like me) you'll probably enjoy this book). I don't like any rating system, so I'm not going to even try that.

Ten Reasons Why I Loved Extraordinary Means

Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider

1. Dual POVs
2. A Female and Male POV
3. Tuberculosis
4. Sanatorium
5. Escaping
6. Feels
7. Strong Work Ethic on Lane's part (Until...you know...)
8. Starbucks
9. Kettle corn
10. Fake Drugs

Top Ten Reasons Why I LOVE My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga

My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga 


1. Physics Nerd
2. Classical Music Nerd
3. DIVERSE BOOK
4. Understanding of Race Relations
5. Brings light to a concept I was unaware of at the time (suicide partners)
6. Mental Health Matters
7. Beautiful writing
8. You can feel everything
9. The Cover (which has changed many times...)
10. Hope, Pain, Numbness


I've also met Jasmine Warga, and she is the sweetest person ever, and I want her to be my best friend.

(I know, great picture (sarcasm))

The Vanishing Season by Jodi Lynn Anderson

The Vanishing Season by Jodi Lynn Anderson

Okay, I'll be honest. I didn't love this book. it took me over a month and a half to read it and over half of it was read this past week because I've been forcing myself to read it. This is similar to Tiger Lily and I think I may have gone too far to say that I loved it, but I also feel that was influenced by the fact that I didn't read it on my own time.

This book starts off slow, it's sort of interesting but you're thinking just get to the point. In the middle of the book there isn't much going on, and that is also the point in which I decided to take up The Maze Runner instead. By the end, you are just wanting to know who it is, but it just keeps going on and on. Throughout the whole story, too, you can tell that there is romance, but it isn't a key characteristic that makes me think ship them!

It is extremely well written, and there is a very interesting narrator that shocked me at the end, but I can't say that I loved this book. Overall, I would give this book a B, maybe B+.

10 Reasons Why I Loved Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson

Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson

1. It's a retelling of Peter Pan (which I've always loved)
2. It's told from Tink's persective
3. You learn so much more than you thought you ever would've
4. Tik Tok
5. First love
6. I kept reading even though I didn't like it all that much, it paid off
7. Feels
8. Smee, Mareyn, Phillip
9. Oh, that ending
10. Never aging

10 Reasons Why I Loved The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider

The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider

1. Ezra (Yes, Ezra!) plays tennis
2. He's smart
3. A male lead
4. Debate team
5. The strangest few chapters I've read in a long time
6. Ah, the end
7. His dog..
8. Morse code flashlights
9. The Great Gatsby
10. The end felt good

10 Reasons Why I loved Positive by Paige Rawl and Ali Benjamin

Positive by Paige Rawl and Ali Benjamin

1. It's her life (Paige Rawls)

2. She wasn't always positive

3. Her thoughts are very quotable

4. When you are reading the book you think wow, I'm glad this never happened to me and then you          realize that it actually happened to her

5. I cried for a moment, that never happens

6. Paige Rawl didn't think that being HIV positive was a big deal for a while, until she told her best         friend

7. I've met her, and she is amazing (only 20!)

8. She has a very rich life, and one that you should look up to

9. She's from the Midwest

10. She wants to help find a cure, or treatment, or vaccination for HIV by getting into that field

10 Reasons Why I Loved The Maze Runner by James Dashner

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

1. Figuring out a maze
2. Minho, Newt, and Thomas
3. Runners
4. Grievers (because they scare me so much)
5. Frypan's cooking sounds delicious
6. Being Stung/ The Changing
7. Maps
8. Chuck being the best friend ever, even after Thomas was sort of a jerk to him
9. A functioning society...sort of
10. The Box

(11. Newt's British accent
 12. Gally being such a jerk
 13. The names
 14. Ivy Vines
 15. Being attacked in the woods)

10 Reasons Why I Loved Falling Into Place

Falling Into Place by Amy Zhang

1. I love the name Liz
2. Amy Zhang is from Wisconsin
3. There are tough issues confronted but not so much that it was an after school special
4. Liz isn't nice
5. There is drinking and swearing, but it isn't encouraged
6. Jake is a cliche
7. Silence
8. No one notices all of the mistakes she has made, and she never gets in trouble
9.  Her father
10. Crying in the rain

10 Reasons Why I Love Before I Fall

before i fall by Lauren Oliver
(No, I did not forget to capitalize)

1. You don't love her
2. 7 times is just the correct number of times to relive your death
3. She is a bully, and she is friends with all bully
4. Roses
5. Those three words just before she dies
6. Saving Juliette's life
7. Clothing
8. Hazelnut coffee
9. The woods behind her house
10. Breaking up with her gross boyfriend

10 Reasons Why I Didn't Love The Fault In Our Stars

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

1. It's another strong female protagonist
2. Hazel?
3. I'm sick of cancer books
4. I don't understand the title
5. She just goes over to his house, no more than 1 question asked?
6. Okay? Okay.
7. Augustus is the one that dies? At least it's not Hazel because otherwise it would be worse.
8. Cigarettes? It's a metaphor, well no one really cares.
9. The literal heart of Jesus
10. She's too thin

It was well written, and I can see why people loved it, but I didn't so don't argue.

10 Reasons Why I Love 17 First Kisses

17 First Kisses by Rachel Allen

1. Soccer
2. Her best friend is male
3. She's got 3 female friends
4. Tampon in the nose
5. Luke turning out to be a jerk (spoiler, sorry)
6. Redneck Riviera (it just sounds so terrible)
7. The way that it is a chapter and then a story about one of her kisses
8. Sam used to be fat but is now in shape (I just think it gives us all hope)
9. Timothy (it's sad, but it added depth)
10. A photographer for a mom

10 Reasons Why I Love Delirium

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

1. Lena runs
2. Meeting Alex at sunset, sort of
3. Pairing (it's just weird)
4. Partying is illegal
5. Their house that they love
6. The messed up family of Lena's
7. Invalids
8. Sheep
9. The cure (it just seems terrible)
10. Escaping (sorry, spoiler)

10 Reasons Why I love The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

1. Archery
2. Survival
3. Katniss being awesome
4. Tracker jackers
5. Foxface
6. Thresh being nice to Katniss after she was nice to Rue
7. Cato being so evil
8. The capital
9. Training for it sounds so cool
10. Effie

10 Reasons Why I Love Shatter Me

Shatter Me by Tahehreh Mafi

1. Crossing out words and sentences
2. (Spolier) Adam being from Juliette's childhood
3. Notebook
4. A touch of death, it's just cool
5. Cold showers (it just makes you shiver)
6. Warner just being so evil
7. Radioactive zone
8. Fighting in a dress
9. Adam and her in that steamy shower
10. Not knowing how to drive

10 Reasons Why I Love if i stay

if i stay by Gayle Forman
(No, the words are not capitalized)

1. Cello!
2. I've met Gayle Forman an Chloe Grace Moretz
3. The Flashback way it was written
4. Adam
5. How in the entire book you didn't know what she was going to choose until the very end
6. Gran and Gramps
7. Kim's coffee
8. Two types of people in this world
9. Rocker family
10. My deep love of hospitals (Yes, I do know this is messed up and weird)

10 Reasons Why I Love Panic

Panic by Lauren Oliver

1. It's written in third person but feels like first person, which I kind of like
2. The crappy town that it takes place in
3. Panic sounds crazy awesome
4. Running across the interstate
5. Heather's little sister
6. Tigers
7. Parent problems
8. FIRE
9. Joust
10. The lines of swearing by the old, grumpy guy

10 Reasons Why I love Divergent

Divergent by Veronica Roth

1. Tris is really awesome when she kicks ass
2. Five factions actually sound really cool
3. You would only go to school and be a child until 16, then you're on your own
4. Fear landscapes sound terrifying, but also oddly awesome
5. Learning how to throw knives
6. You either hate characters or you love them, most of the time
7. Beating the bad guys
8. The idea of being divergent
9. Not having to choose your own clothing in Abnegation
10. Zip lining threw Chicago (loved you in this scene V. Roth)

10 Reasons Why I love The Chocolate War

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

1. It's old and I like older things
2. It's different because it is written in 3rd person
3. The movie had Adam Baldwin in it, and he is awesome
4. You go in not expecting much, but you come out with a huge book hangover
5. You hate a lot of the characters, but at the same time love them for their intelligence, power, or stubbornness
6. The Goober loves running
7. You have to read it a million times because of how much you love it, and when you do re read it, it is still A-M-A-Z-I-N-G
8. Sub-consciously- or consciously-, you root for the bad guys
9. Do I dare disturb the universe?
10. After reading the second book or watching the movie you feel the urge to re read it until all memory of those things are gone

A Review of We Were Liars

The first thing I must do is tell my thoughts about the end: OMG!!! WHAT?! HOW DID I NOT SEE THAT COMING???

Now, down to earth.

The cover is actually really fun to just run your finger across, which I did many times while soaking up the pages. There are five parts to the 225 page story, and each of them make perfect sense. Chapters end in the middle of the page, and then the next chapter begins immediately after that (underneath it).

When you google what this wonderful books is about there isn't really anything there that will help you decide whether to read it or not, and I can't help you on that because I know that I will either say nothing or everything. Just read it, it is amazing.

You are immediately grabbed into the book- I read it in one day- but it isn't like a BAM sort of grab, it is a much more mysterious type of come read me. It is an amazing books that I couldn't put down until I had read every last word, I was up very late. It is amazing. Once I got to the end, even though I was about to fall asleep, I couldn't because my mind had so many thoughts rushing through it about that end.

Anyway, read it. It is amazing.