So behind....

I am so behind with posting reviews here.  It's been a rough few months, what with both of my parents being sick.  Unfortunately, my dad lost his battle with cancer on July 15, 2013.  I am so grateful that I was able to spend his 72nd birthday with him just two weeks before.  I will get the reviews up there soon.  I promise.  For now you can read most of them on goodreads.  http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3110580-kelli-belli

Book #12

The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I loved this book!  Even though there were times I wanted to punch Sydney in the face, and the ending completely pissed me off, I still absolutely loved it.  I love this series.  I love Adrian.  I think the next book should just be about Adrian.  All Adrian, all the time.

Book #11

Wait for You by J. Lynn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Ok, this is your typical girl and boy with tragic pasts meet and try NOT to fall in love, fail miserably at that but not without a couple of road blocks on the way.  BUT the way J. Lynn writes it, makes it anyting but typical.  I finished this book yesterday and I am still thinking about Cam and Avery.  I'm so glad that there is going to be another book.  I suggest listening to Shiver, Shiver by Walk the Moon and Arms by Christina Perri after (or while) you are reading.  Those too songs totally make me think of Cam and Avery.  Oh, and I heart Cam.  Hard.  JLA has a way with book boys, I have to say.

Book #10

Requiem by Lauren Oliver

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

SPOILERS!!!!  SPOILERS!!!  SPOILERS!!!

First of all, let me just say that I love Lauren Oliver, I love this series and I really, really did like this book.  BUT, being that it is the last one of the series, it fell a little flat for me.  I feel like the ending was rushed in trying to tie up all the loose ends, almost like the book couldn't be more then x amount of pages long.  I didn't like that Alex and Lena got a 5 second reunion after all the agnst we had to go through during the books, especially these last two.  I didn't like that Hana was just left wandering around in the woods.  Did she get far enough away when the bomb exploded to survive?  Did the bomb even go off?  I did like how both Lena and Hana were kind of going back to their original way of thinking about the disease and I'm happy that Hana's cure didn't work.  Although, I have to admit, I was worried that Lena was going to turn herself in and get cured to get over the pain of Alex.  Having just read Annabel, I'm also glad that Lena and her mother finally were together.  An Epilogue would have been nice though.  Maybe there will be a novella to let us know what the future held for everyone. Hint, hint. Nudge, nudge, Ms. Oliver.  ;)

Book #9

Annabel by Lauren Oliver
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Wow! I loved reading about Lena's mom and all she went through! I loved knowing that she really did love her husband and children. I hope this means she is going to show up in Requiem!

Book #8

Deadly Little Lessons by Laurie Faria Stolarz
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

While Camelia did kind of annoy me in the beginning, this was my favorite book of the series.  I'm sorry that it's the last one now.  But is that true, because there seems to be a bunch of loose ends, especially where Alexia is concerned.  I'm just gald the whole love triangle thing got worked out because that was my least favorite thing about the entire series.

Book #7

Stealing Parker by Miranda Kenneally
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

3.5 Stars I think if there was less talk about God and being a good Christian I would have liked this book better.  Her church sounded more like a cult to me and I couldn't understand why they would continue to go there considering how they were treated.  All the scenes at church just frustrated me to no end.  I just wish Parker had stuck up for herself more.  Just because she's kissed a lot of boys, doesn't make her a bad girl.  I really didn't care for Brian.  I did in the beginning but once I realized how old he was, I thought he was kind of gross.  I loved Corn Fritter though!

Book #6

The Perfect Game by J. Sterling
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I liked this book....but I didn't.  Cassie annoyed me to no end.  One minute she's thinkging she's hot shit, the next she has no self-esteem.  She has all these trust issues and daddy issues but we never learn why.  Because her dad said he was going to get a band to play her prom and didn't and that embarassed her?  If my dad told me that, I'd laugh at him.  We never learned what her deal with her parents was that caused her to havs "issues".  She also seemed to care to much about what other people thought.  I hated the whole mugging scene.  It served no purpose to the plot of the story at all and i have no idea why it was there.  I hated the whole cheating/pregnancy thing.  It seemed to come out of, pardon the pun, left field. Jack and Cassie's relationship was going great, even with the long distance and suddenly, after calling her, he gets so drunk he cheats?  Sorry, I don't buy it.  It also reminded me too much of An Officer and a Gentleman.  And can we please talk about the nickname "Kitten".  There is only one Kitten in my literary world, and that is Katy and only Daemon can call her that.  There were other things too that made me think of my favorite alien series (Cassie not knowing whether she wanted to punch Jack's face or kiss it sounded really familiar).  I hated that Cassie turned into a typical whiney girl after she and Jack started dating.  She lost all of her snark that had me almost liking her in the beginning of the book.  And why didn't Melissa and Dean hook up?  Or even date anyone for that matter?  The best friend and brother should have gotten a little bit of action.

Okay, so what did I like about this book, you ask?  Two words Jack effingCarter.  I loved his cockiness.  I loved that he was an asshole. I loved that he has black hair.  I loved that he is a baseball player. I loved how he changed with Cassie, yet didn't, whereas Cassie seemed to become a completely different person when they started dating.  But Jack, oh no.  Jack was true to form and still an asshole to other girls.  I liked the love story for the most part, I just could have done without a lot of the silly drama that really didn't need to be there.  The end (and Jack) really saved this book for me.  Now, I want to go find my own baseball player to date.

Book #5

The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden by Jessica Sorensen
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

3.5 Stars WTF, with that ending Ms. Sorensen?!??!?  GAH!!!!  I probably would have given this 4 stars if it weren't for that cliffhanger ending.  I am not a happy camper with how this was left off. Am I the only one hoping that Luke and Seth hook up?  I seriously kept waiting for that to happen everythime they ran into each other alone.

Book #4

In the Band by Jean Haus
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

It was cute, but kind of typical.  Girl and boy meet.  Girl and boy hate each other.  Girl and boy hook up. Girl finds some assinine reason to deprive herself of boy. Girl realizes she loves boy and gets him back.  Girl and boy live HEA. Nothing new there.  I'm glad we got Romeo's POV of Riley's audition at the end because that helped clear up why he was such a dick to her.  I didn't like how every guy in the band, every guy who saw the band and her male best friend are all in love with her though.  I would have liked it much better if Marcus had been strictly the MBFF and secretly lusting after Chloe.

Book #3

Rockoholic by C.J. Skuse
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

3.5 Stars - This book was not what I thought it was going to be.  For starters, I didn't realize that the Protagonist was 16 and the Rock Star was 27!!!???!!!  That was kind of ick for me.  Then I hated the way Mac and Jackson both spoke to her.  Mac is supposed to be her best friend and he treated her kind of crappy throughout the book.  Jackson, he's a rock star, so I guess it's to be expected?  It was still a really cute read and was fun to see how Jody started to find herself throughout the story.  I have to admit, I LOVED the last chapter and the epilogue. They made me tear up a bit and then just smile until the end.

Book #2

Pretty Amy by Lisa Burstein
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Regardless of what the blurb on the back of the book says, I didn't find this book hilarious or heartwarming.  I thought this book was going to be a cutesy, quick read that made me cry a little and laugh a lot.  It didn't turn out that way.  At all.  The last 27 pretty much saved this from getting a 2 Star rating.  Unfortunately there was more about this book that I didn't like than I did.  I didn't like that the protagonist had such low self esteem or the fact that her two best friends fed of that, not helping matters at all.  I didn't like her crazy mother or idiot father.  No wonder Amy felt so poorly about herself.  The only character I did like, was Joe and he wasn't in it nearly enough. Once I hit page 300 though, I was all in.  Unfortunately, it was a little too late then.

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Book #1 of 2013

Happy New Year!!  I hop 2013 is lucky for all of us!!


The Hook-Up Doctor's Guide by Nyrae Dawn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was really cute.  A little extra Sebastian for us all!  I would like more though.  ;)