Can't Wait Wednesday #1 - What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera

Can't Wait Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Wishful Endings. 
I've decided to switch to this since Waiting On Wednesday has been over for a long time now. But its basically the same concept. Books that I cant wait to get my hands on or am really interested in that are to be released soon.
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Why I Can't Wait:
Because!!!!!!!

What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera

Arthur is only in New York for the summer, but if Broadway has taught him anything, it’s that the universe can deliver a showstopping romance when you least expect it.

Ben thinks the universe needs to mind its business. If the universe had his back, he wouldn’t be on his way to the post office carrying a box of his ex-boyfriend’s things.

But when Arthur and Ben meet-cute at the post office, what exactly does the universe have in store
for them?

Maybe nothing. After all, they get separated.

Maybe everything. After all, they get reunited.

But what if they can’t quite nail a first date . . . or a second first date . . . or a third?

What if Arthur tries too hard to make it work . . . and Ben doesn’t try hard enough?

What if life really isn’t like a Broadway play?

But what if it is?

Published by: HarperTeen

The Release Date for the book is:
October 9th 2018

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The Boy Who Knew Everything by Victoria Forester | Book Review #98

The Bookish Island's Book Review:
The Boy Who Knew Everything by Victoria Forester

Are there spoilers?

No.
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This is one of the books I read after the passing of Hurricane Maria here in Puerto Rico. With no water, electricity or internet I took to reading my books.

I decided to not do this for the books I've read on 2018. But it has been 6 months since Hurricane Maria. And I'm happy to announce that now we have water, and electricity.  

Title - The Boy Who Knew Everything
By - Victoria Forester
Publication - October 25th 2016 by Square Fish
Copy -  Paperback, 416 pages

Genre - Middle Grade, Adventure, Fiction, Fantasy

An epic modern fantasy about an unforgettable friendship.

There is a prophecy.

It speaks of a girl who can fly and a boy who knows everything. The prophecy says that they have the power to bring about great change . . . .

The boy is Conrad Harrington III. The girl is Piper McCloud. They need their talents now, more than ever, if they are to save the world-and themselves.

Victoria Forester does not disappoint in The Boy Who Knew Everything, the long-awaited sequel to New York Times-bestselling The Girl Who Could Fly, which Stephenie Meyer praised as "the oddest/sweetest mix of Little House on the Prairie and X-Men."

The Rating:

My Review:

I started and finished this book on September 30, 2017.

The day after Hurricane Maria passed by Puerto Rico I was supper stressed and freaked out. And I was very worried about my cat, Yang. Because I had left her behind and went upstairs to safety cause the whole first floor had flooded. I was crying, hysterical and again, freaking out. Both because I felt I failed Yang and my moms bird Juan, for leaving them behind and because I was losing everything that I had.
Mom was frantically trying to get water out of everywhere and taking care of my grandma who was having mini heart attacks and seeing that the neighbors who are mostly older people were okay. And I felt like I was useless because I couldn't do anything. So I read the book I had randomly picked out and cried as I read the book in the middle of the night. I started having a panic attack about Yang being all alone and surrounded by water. No one understood. Especially my grandmother. Her pet was comfy in the corner of the kitchen, dry and warm. While Yang was in an over 5 inches of water house with no place but the sofa to be on. But its not moms house so we couldn't say anything. And she also reassured me that Yang is really smart and she would climb up something higher than the water and be safe. But my mind was set on worrying, so I just cried and cried and by the morning the next day I had read The Girl Who Could Fly. It was my good place. To be in that world with those characters helped me take my mind off reality. So it obviously has a good spot in my heart. And I already had the second book in the series so I read it next and it didn't fail me.
So I totally recommend this book and the first one. They are middle grades but it doesn't feel like a kid story. Its really good.

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My Faire Lady by Laura Wettersten | Book Review #97

The Bookish Island's Book Review:
My Faire Lady by Laura Wettersten

Are there spoilers?

I don't really think so.
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This is one of the books I read after the passing of Hurricane Maria here in Puerto Rico. With no water, electricity or internet I took to reading my books.

I decided to not do this for the books I've read on 2018. But it has been 6 months since Hurricane Maria. And I'm happy to announce that now we have water, and electricity.  

Title - My Faire Lady
By - Laura Wettersten
Publication - June 2nd 2015 by Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers                           
Copy -  Paperback, 352 pages

Genre - Young Adult, Cotemporary, Romance

Rowena Duncan is a thoroughly modern girl with big plans for her summer—until she catches her boyfriend making out with another girl. Heartbroken, she applies to an out-of-town job posting and finds herself somewhere she never expected: the Renaissance Faire.

As a face-painter doubling as a serving wench, Ro is thrown headfirst into a vibrant community of artists and performers. She feels like a fish out of water until Will, a quick-witted whip cracker, takes her under his wing. Then there’s Christian, a blue-eyed stunt jouster who makes Ro weak in the knees. Soon, it’s not just her gown that’s tripping her up.

Trading in the internet and electricity for stars and campfires was supposed to make life simpler, but Ro is finding that love is the ultimate complication. Can she let the past make way for her future?

The Rating:

My Review:

I started and finished this book on November 6, 2017.

My Faire Lady is by the author Laura Wettersten.
This was my first ever online purchase and the first book I ordered from book outlet.
I knew nothing about this book or even read any of the reviews on Goodreads or anywhere else. I just got it. Mostly because I had earned some money and was saving it. So I spent it on a book.

My Faire Lady is about a girl named Ro who had just been dumped by her girlfriend because he wanted to be with someone else. Not only does that suck but her ex is also going to be working at he mall where she was going to be working over the summer vacation with her friends. Last minute she decided she's not going to be able to handle that so she reads the paper and finds that someone is looking for a face painter. And that's the start of this cute contemporary set in a Ren faire (Renaissance faire).

I loved how I even though I didn't know what a Renaissance faire was or what it looked like and stuff, I could totally visualize it thanks to Laura's descriptions of the clothing and events.

It was a book full of cliché YA contemporary romance stuff. With love triangles, hot guy vs. nerd boy. When you know from the beginning she will end up with the nerd who actually likes her as opposed to the hot guy who just wants to sleep with her. I knew what was going to happen with the romance from the start but I still liked this book.

I would totally read another one of the authors books if they are like this one. Just no more dumb love triangles please.

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The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli | Book Review #96

The Bookish Island's Book Review:
The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

Are there spoilers?

I don't really think so.
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This is one of the books I read after the passing of Hurricane Maria here in Puerto Rico. With no water, electricity or internet I took to reading my books.

I decided to not do this for the books I've read on 2018. But it has been 6 months since Hurricane Maria. And I'm happy to announce that now we have water, and electricity.  

Title - The Upside of Unrequited

By - Becky Albertalli

Publication - April 11th, 2017 by Balzer + Bray 
     
Copy -  Paperback, 336 pages

Genre - Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Seventeen-year-old Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love—she’s lived through it twenty-six times. She crushes hard and crushes often, but always in secret. Because no matter how many times her twin sister, Cassie, tells her to woman up, Molly can’t stomach the idea of rejection. So she’s careful. Fat girls always have to be careful.

Then a cute new girl enters Cassie’s orbit, and for the first time ever, Molly’s cynical twin is a lovesick mess. Meanwhile, Molly’s totally not dying of loneliness—except for the part where she is. Luckily, Cassie’s new girlfriend comes with a cute hipster-boy sidekick. Will is funny and flirtatious and just might be perfect crush material. Maybe more than crush material. And if Molly can win him over, she’ll get her first kiss and she’ll get her twin back.

There’s only one problem: Molly’s coworker Reid. He’s an awkward Tolkien superfan with a season pass to the Ren Faire, and there’s absolutely no way Molly could fall for him. Right?

The Rating:

My Review:

I started and finished this book on March 24, 2018.

Who is it by?
The Upside of Unrequited by the author, Becky Albertalli.
I love her writing. After reading Simon I just fell in love with every word. So I was glad I got The Upside of Unrequited because it didn't fail me. That's why Becky is among my favorite writers. 

What is it about?
This is about a girl named Molly who has had over 20 crushes in her life and still no boyfriends. She doesn't think its ever going to happen. To her boys just don't see her that way. Till she meets a hipster guy who might be into her and a coworker who she might be into.


Why did I read it?
I actually decided I needed to read this book because I had just finished Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda and loved it so much. So I went back to where I bought that and convinced my mom to help sop in so I could get The Upside of Unrequited.

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Did I like it?

I did. I was so happy to have read this book because not only did I loved it but I felt it spoke to me in so many ways.
The main character, Molly, was so much like me as a person. Her many crushes, her shyness, her inability to talk to boys casually. That is all me.
She has many crushes that don't go anywhere. Which is a lot like me. My total is unknown since I lost count a long time ago. But its definitely over 30.
I also can't talk to boys. I just never know what to say.
So you already know I cried when I read this book. Even for the little things. 

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American Gods by Neil Gaiman | Book Review #95

The Bookish Island's Book Review:
American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Are there spoilers?

I don't really think so.
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This is one of the books I read after the passing of Hurricane Maria here in Puerto Rico. With no water, electricity or internet I took to reading my books.

I decided to not do this for the books I've read on 2018. But it has been 6 months since Hurricane Maria. And I'm happy to announce that now we have water, and electricity.  

Title - American Gods
By - Neil Gaiman 
Publication - March 28th 2017 by William Morrow Paperbacks
Copy -  Paperback, TV Tie-In, 541 pages

Genre - Contemporary, Fantasy

Days before his release from prison, Shadow's wife, Laura, dies in a mysterious car crash. Numbly, he makes his way back home. On the plane, he encounters the enigmatic Mr Wednesday, who claims to be a refugee from a distant war, a former god and the king of America.

Together they embark on a profoundly strange journey across the heart of the USA, whilst all around them a storm of preternatural and epic proportions threatens to break.

Scary, gripping and deeply unsettling, American Gods takes a long, hard look into the soul of America. You'll be surprised by what - and who - it finds there...

This is the author's preferred text, never before published in the UK, and is about 12,000 words longer than the previous UK edition.

The Rating:

My Review:

I started reading on June 3, 2017 but I stopped reading it. Then started again on October 31, 2017 and finished this book on November 6, 2017.

Who is it by?
American Gods is by the author, Neil Gaiman.
I've not read anything by him before so I was doubting whether I would like his writing or not. But I was glad I got to read this book because even though it is amongst the longest books I've read I didn't completely hate everything that was going on.


What is it about?
This book follows the character Shadow who has been recently let out of jail after his wife Laura dies. And how with that he is forever changed. A strange man comes into his life, his wife may not e dead, and he discovers that his world is bigger than he thought. And a lot stranger.


Why did I read it?
I have two reasons why I started reading this book. First of all is the fact that I started watching the series when it came out. It was so cool, with a different than I'm used to, story-wise, and it was beautifully done. So you could say that I loved it and wanted to know more about these characters and this world. 
It also didn't hurt that I had just recently, to the show coming out, won a copy of the book via Goodreads giveaway. I was so happy that I got it but then so intimidated by it because the pages were so thin and it was over 500 words. Becoming one of my biggest books, page-wise.


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Did I like it?

It was a lot more than the show. So I don't know if I like it as much. I just know that I was never bored. And that I managed to read the entire thing so that must mean something. It was wordy and a lot to take in but I didn't hate it.
So now that month have passed since I read it I think I don't completely agree with my original star rating. And that I might be somewhere between 3 stars or 3 and a half stars. Because I didn't hate the ook but I also think the show is better. Don't get me wrong I like Neil Gaiman's writing and how creative this story is. Using real mythology and mixing it with his own way of telling the stories of these gods in modern-day America.
But if I take into account the show and how it brought to life the characters in a really awesome way. Then I don't like the book as much.
Does that make sense?

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Monthly BookHaul | February 2018

February Book Haul 

So earlier in March I did a book haul video featuring all the books I got from my last purchase from Bookoutlet. One of the reasons I got so many books was because I needed to get classics for one of my classes. Which is a spanish literature class but I'm going to translate what I read myself. I took the books I got and showed them to the professor -she wasn't that impressed or even interested- and we ended up choosing Hamlet as the book I was going to read for this project we all have to do that counts for most of the grade. Which was amazing because Hamlet is short and most of the information I need is on the internet. So yay for me. 

😂😂😜

Anyways. Here is the video to that book haul. it's very short but still good. 

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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli | Book Review #94

The Bookish Island's Book Review:

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Are there spoilers?

I don't really think so.
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This is one of the books I read after the passing of Hurricane Maria here in Puerto Rico. With no water, electricity or internet I took to reading my books.

I decided to not do this for the books I've read on 2018. But it has been over 4 months since Hurricane Maria. And I'm happy to announce that now we have water, and electricity.  

Title - Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
By - Becky Albertalli
Publication - April 7, 2015 by Balzer + Bray

Copy -  Paperback, 300 pages

Genre - Young Adult, Cotemporary, Romance, LGBTQ

Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn’t play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone’s business. Worse, the privacy of Blue, the pen name of the boy he’s been emailing, will be compromised.

With some messy dynamics emerging in his once tight-knit group of friends, and his email correspondence with Blue growing more flirtatious every day, Simon’s junior year has suddenly gotten all kinds of complicated. Now, change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he’s pushed out—without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he’s never met.

The Rating:

My Review:

I started this book on February and finished this book on March 3, 2018.

For me its much easier to divide reviews in parts. I don't know if it has anything to do with my English or that it just looks cleaner and aesthetically pleasing. Like the way I used to do it last year. But I stopped doing it that way to easily write a quick review and post it. So I'm going to go back to the 2017 version but much smaller. Using 4 questions.


Who is it by?
After reading this book I fell for Becky Albertalli's writing. I related with Simon so much. Like I understood what he was going trough and how much he liked Blue. I like her writing style so much she is amongst my top 5 favorite female YA writers.


What is it about?
This is the story of Simon and how he just wants to be himself. But it is difficult for him to do that because everyone else around him, his friends and family and everyone else, has an image of who he should be. Except its not true to him. He's gay and he feels alone. Then there's a boy named Blue who anonymously reveals himself, on the schools tumblr, as gay.


Why did I read it?
I read this book because I was hearing so much good stuff about the movie and I just couldn't resist convincing my mom to get me a copy of this book to read it and I was glad the convincing was fruitful since it usually isn't.


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Did I like it?

I loved it.
And I want to say more but I'm supposed to not be writing this and instead should be doing my home work so I have to go before my ride gets here to pick me up. So I cant really tell you just how much I love Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda.
PS. I loved it!!!

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No Love Allowed by Kate Evangelista | Book Review #93

The Bookish Island's Book Review:
No Love Allowed by Kate Evangelista

Are there spoilers?

I don't really think so.
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This is one of the books I read after the passing of Hurricane Maria here in Puerto Rico. With no water, electricity or internet I took to reading my books.

I decided to not do this for the books I've read on 2018. But it has been 4 months since Hurricane Maria. And I'm happy to announce that now we have water, and electricity.  

Title - No Love Allowed
By - Kate Evangelista
Publication - April 19th 2016 by Swoon Reads
Copy - Paperback, 256 pages

Genre - Young Adult, Cotemporary, Romance

It's all fun and parties until someone falls in love in this modern fairy tale from author Kate Evangelista.

Caleb desperately needs a fake girlfriend. Either he attends a series of parties for his father’s law firm with a pretty girl on his arm, or he gets shipped off to Yale to start a future he’s not ready for and isn’t sure he wants. And sadly, the last unattached girl in his social circle has just made the grievous mistake of falling in love with him. Fortunately, Didi, recently fired waitress and aspiring painter, is open to new experiences. As the summer ticks by in a whirl of lavish parties, there’s only one rule: They must not fall in love!

The Rating:

My Review:

Started this book on December 29, 2018.
I finished reading this book on January 1, 2018.

For me its much easier to divide reviews in parts. I don't know if it has anything to do with my English or that it just looks cleaner and aesthetically pleasing. Like the way I used to do it last year. But I stopped doing it that way to easily write a quick review and post it. So I'm going to go back to the 2017 version but much smaller. Using 4 questions.


Who is it by?
No Love Allowed is by the author Kate Evangelista. I haven't read any of her other books but I can already tell I like her writing. It was easy to follow so I could understand what was going on in the story without getting confused. Which for me I a big thing since I often get lost when I read a book I don't understand. So Kate wins big points in my book.


What is it about?
No Love Allowed is threw story of Caleb who is the son to this big and serious lawyer who has his own law firm. And how in order for his father to let him go freely to Europe he has to get a solid girlfriend to parade around him in the parties his father throws. That's when Didi comes in. Didi is the daughter of a single mother and its just the two of them against the world sort of situation. Also they are poor and have multiple jobs. On top of that Didi also has Bipolar Disorder and has to keep that in check by taking her meds and not being around impulsive situations.
Right, so. Then she's working at a country club as a server/waitress and is serving at the table Caleb and his "girlfriend" are sitting. Also he is breaking up with. Except they were never girlfriend/boyfriend cause he doesn't believe in love. On top of that Didi's not in a great mood so she accidentally pours her drinks on the girl. Didi looses her job and Caleb dives in(literally) and gives her the opportunity to be his fake girlfriend. She agrees


Why did I read it?
I had been given the opportunity to read this book before. But as always I didn't get very far. I just read 10 pages of it. Still I liked it enough to get myself a copy and read the whole thing.

I think what attracted me to this book was the whole fake girlfriend aspect of the story. I had previously read Kasie West's The Fill-In Boyfriend which has a similar theme and liked it a lot so I thought I would like this book too. And I did.


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Did I like it?

I liked it. Not only was Didi's mental health written well but I loved that Caleb didn't just turn around and run. He loved her regardless and even wanted to help her out. There was also Didi's artistic nature that I adored. Because I get her obsessive nature when it comes to her paintings. She was driven by it and I get like that too. I obsess.

Caleb was such a rich kid, asshole with daddy issues. And I hated him trough most of the book except in the very, very end.

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