Books You Should Read

My friend Mad(s) recently asked me if I had any good book recommendation. This sparked the idea for a new post under the label Recommendation: Book Recommendations. I have three completely different genres in which I will give you a few books under. I tried my best to do books that are pretty unknown. So here we go!

If you like . . . .

Fantasies/Sci-Fi/Supernatural 

you should read. . .

The Mortal Instruments (Series) - Cassandra Clare

• Book One - City of Bones
• Book Two - City of Ashes
• Book Three - City of Glass
• Book Four - CIty of Fallen Angels
• Book Five - City of Lost Souls
• Book Six - Coming Soon!

(Note - There is a second and third series, but they are trilogies. Okay, so these books are pretty well known. But they're really good!)

The Books of Beginning (trilogy) - John Stephens

• Book One - The Emerald Atlas
• Book Two - The Fire Chronicle
• Book Three - (Not come out yet)

Fablehaven (series) - Brandon Mull

• Book One - Fablehaven
• Book Two - Rise of the Evening Star
• Book Three - Grip of the Shadow Plague
• Book Four - Secrets of the Dragon Sancuary
• Book Five - Keys to the Demon Prison

If you like . . . 

Dystopias

you should read . . .

Divergent (series) - Veronica Roth

• Book One - Divergent
• Book Two - Insurgent
• Book Three - Coming soon!

(Again, not exactly unknown. But the best. Books. Ever.)

Uglies (series) - Scott Westerfeld

• Book One - Uglies
• Book Two - Pretties
• Book Three - Specials
• Book Four - Extras

(I thought these books were okay, but I know a lot of people who would like them, so yeah.)

If you like . . . 

Mysteries

you should read . . . 

The 39 Clues (Series) - Multiple Authors

• Book One - The Maze of Bones, Rick Riordan
• Book Two - One False Note, Gordon Korman
• Book Three - The Sword Thief, Peter Lerangis
• Book Four - Beyond the Grave, Jude Watson
• Book Five - The Black Circle, Patrick Carman
• Book Six - In Too Deep, Jude Watson
• Book Seven - The Vipers Nest, Peter Lerangis
• Book Eight - The Emperors Code, Gordon Korman
• Book Nine - Storm Warning, Linda Sue Park
• Book Ten - Into the Gauntlet, Margaret Peterson Haddix
• Book Eleven - Vespers Rising, Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, Peter Lerangis, Jude Watson

Cahills vs. Vespers (Followup Series to the 39 Clues) - Multiple Authors

• Book One - The Medusa Plot, Gordon Korman
• Book Two - A Kings Ransom, Jude Watson
• Book Three - The Dead of Night, Peter Lerangis
• Book Four - Shatterproof, Roland Smith
• Book Five - Coming Soon
• Book Six - Coming Soon

What did I miss? Let me know in the comments!

Top 20 #1: My Top 20 Singers/Bands

20. Megan Nicole

Must hear: Bea-utiful

19. Karl Wolf

Must hear: DJ Gonna Save Us Tonight, Mash it Up



18. Victoria Justice

Must hear: Five Fingaz to the Face, Freak the Freak Out, Make it Shine

17. P!nk

Must Hear: Blow Me One Last Kiss

16. Adele

Must hear: Someone Like You, Skyfall

15. Nicki Minaj

Must hear: Va Va Voom, Starships, Super Bass, Pound the Alarm

14. Ke$ha

Must hear: Die Young, We are Who We are

13. The Wanted

Must hear: Chasing the Sun, Glad You Came

12. Maroon 5

Must hear: Payphone, One More Night

11. Demi Lovato

Must hear: Give Your Heart a Break, Skyscraper

10.Danielle Wade

Must hear: No originals yet . . . .

9.Bruno Mars

Must Hear: Locked Out Of Heaven, Grenade

8.Taylor Swift

Must hear: I Knew You Were Trouble, Back to December, Teardrops on My Guitar
7. One Direction

Must Hear: Live While We're Young, One Thing

6. Rihanna

Must Hear: Where Have You Been, You Da One, Diamonds



5. Carly Rae Jepsen

Must Hear: This Kiss, Curiosity


4.Selena Gomez

Must Hear: Whiplash, Who Says, Hit the Lights, When the Sun Goes Down


3.AJ Bridel

Must Hear: She doesn't have any originals yet . . . .

2. Justin Bieber

Must hear: Beauty and a Beat, As Long As You Love Me, All Around the World



1.Katy Perry

Must hear: Wide Awake, The One That Got Away 

Random . . . :)

My Top Ten Funny Quotes

I didn't say who they were from but just know they're not from me.

10. "I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize!"

9. "If the shoe fits . . . it obviously isn't in style."

8. "I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was going to blame you."

7. "When nothing goes right, go left."

6. "'If you were my husband, I would poison your coffee!' 'If you were my wife, I would drink it!'"

5. "I didn't hit you, I simply high-fived your face."

4. "I hate it when someone takes that piece of food you've mentally claimed."

3. "'I am a ninja,' 'No, you're not.' 'Did you see me do that?' 'Do what?' 'Exactly.'"

2. "A jealous woman does better research than the FBI."

1. "Buy one bag of chips for the price of two and get a second bag of chips absolutely free!"

Memories (An Awesomeness Award Show)

Well, folks. We're finally at one thousand views. Finally!  So I'd like to welcome you to the first annual AAS (Awesomeness Award Show) This award show is focused on . . . MEMORIES!!!! Yeah!

You guys wanna guess who the 1000th viewer was? Well you can't, because I'm gonna tell you. Viewer number one thousand of Awesomeness was. . . . .

Elisa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and Elisa has been a super big supporter over the past year so she's the first person I'm gonna thank. Thank you Elisa! :))) :D :D

Anyway, next up, we've got the first . . . everything.

Here was the first post:

The Winter Holidays

It's  . . . Saara! Time to blog - haven't done it in a LOOOOOOONG time! Anyway, today I will blog about the Winter Holidays - the top six things about it! So . . . 

1. The first thing that comes to everyones mind - NO SCHOOL! WAHOOOOOOO!!!! Well, also no math, which is good because I really hate math. And along with no school, no homework, which means i get free weekdays to watch all the TV I like. 

2. The second thing that comes to everyone's mind - CHRISTMAS! Which means PRESENTS! And CAROLS! And a whole bunch of other stuff, however it would take me into my 20's to list all of it. 

3. SNOW! I love to play in it. Rolling around in it is so cold and so fun at the same time! I remember how I always try to build a snowman but end up, well, let's just say not doing a very good job. Oh, and last year i tried ot build a snow fort, but i couldn't even get inside it. :(  Sad story. But I still love the snow, oh yeah, AND the christmas carol :) . Happy story.

4. RELAXATION! No one rushing to get out of or in to bed. plus you can do whatever you want, and learn to love sleep along the way. (However I only learn to love sleep when I'm sick, and when i'm not - "OH, you're going DOWN sleep!")  This leads me to my next one . . .

5. TELEVISION! Well, mostly because during the Winter Holidays, there are ALWAYS good christmas specials, which my friends and I LOVE to watch! Also - this ties along with television - there are brand new christmas movies out, and they tend to be simply the funniest movie EVER!

6. SALES IN THE STORES! It's shopping time! During the Winter Holidays, there are always sales, which means more shopping! :)

Can't wait to write next time! See ya!

I know, I was so energetic back then, wasn't I?

Anyways, the first member/follower who subscribed to my blog was . . . 

Samantha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, Sammy, you have no idea how good I felt when I saw you had subscribed. I felt so . . .AMAZING!!! I owe you one, Sam. Thanks so much.

The first comment? Again . . . 

Samantha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, Sammy. You are truly awesome!!!!!!

The first email subscriber goes to . . . 

Amelia!!!!!

you make me laugh every day, Mia. Keep being the amazing friend you are right now! :)

Next up, we've got the most . . .everything

The most comments? I'm gonna give that one to . . . 

Stefanie!!!!!!!!!!!

you are just plain amazing Stefanie. Thank you for being so nice to me and being loyal to comment so much I just stopped tallying and gave the crown for you to wear.

The month with the most posts?

December!!!!!!

Thank you for being an Awesome month, December. And for having my birthday in your month. You rock!

Congratulations to our winners and to our nominees:

Fiona

Kiran

February

Me (Yes,me)

Elisa (for a different one)

January

Ali

And everyone else who's reading this - you guys get the award for being fabsomaziperb!!!!! (a combination of the words fabulous awesome, amazing and superb)

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD NIGHT!

Funny Signs (Taken from Pretending People Care)

Pretending People Care: Funny Signs

Movie Anticipation - Rise of the Guardians

The movie Rise of the Guardians hits theatres November 21, 2012. That isn't exactly an eon away, so I decided to give you a prediction of what I really think Rise of the Guardians is.

A failure. A total failure.

I hate to pull a Simon Cowell here, but *high pitched nasal voice* honest is the best policy. (I can see you rolling your eyes!!!). The first time I noticed this when I saw in the trailer "From the makers of How to Train Your Dragon." That movie was just a waste of my time - it had no meaning, no sense of direction, and now, even with objections from Sam, I don't want to look at the book. All that flashed through my mind as soon as I saw those nine simple words.

The jokes pathetic, the message a downfall, and the characters not well built. And while it can exciting at some parts, it's more "exploding toy factory" exciting then "fantasy heroes gonna save the world" exciting. And honestly, I expected the tooth fairy to be a little more seductive, Santa a little more supporting, etc. In my mind Sandy is not a clumsy nitwit, rather an excuse to make the film longer. Of course, I'm only reviewing the trailer here. Hopefully the movie is a bit more exciting . . . . But honestly, the chances aren't high.