Welcome, Summer!

Hello everyone!
  Today is the official start of summer! I have just spent the last week at the beach with my family, so I was able to welcome the summer, and all the adventures that come with it, beach side.
   Every summer has a story. Whether if it's a cross country trip, three months at the beach, or time spent at home, every summer has memories attached to it. Pictures dedicated to it. A small slice of your heart given.
   And this summer, I hope to make many, many more memories, because this is the summer before my junior year. This coming school year I will be an upperclassman, I'll turn seventeen. And it's just starting to hit me how little more childhood I have left. All of my friends, my cousins, we're growing up. We're not kids anymore. I only have these two summers of childhood left, and I intend to live them out!
   So, when we leave tomorrow and head on back home after a heavenly week hear at the beach, I'm going to go home, write up a storm, and make this summer an awesome one.
   This is just the beginning.

Book Review: The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith

  A lot can happen in 24 hours. You can sit on your couch and read all day, tea and coffee mugs piling beside you as you read. You can shop in a bookstore, you can drive in the country or walk around a city. But in Hadley's case, she is off to her father's wedding to a woman she's never met, in London, and she knows that her life as she knew it will be over soon. Hadley does not start her day off well, missing her plane to London by four minutes. Cutting it close, she books the next flight to London.
  Hadley meets Oliver, an English boy who is also flying across the sea to change. Hadley and Oliver spend the whole flight talking. And when they arrive to London, Hadley doesn't really want to leave. But there isn't much time, as Hadley rushes to her fathers wedding.
  Hadley and Olivers' day is a whirlwind of surprises, new beginnings, endings, and love. Like I said, a lot can happen (and change) in 24 hours...
~Lizzie Rose~

Book Review: Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins

  So I have mentioned before of my admiration of the author Stephanie Perkins. I reviewed her first book Anna and the French Kiss a while back, but I never reviewed its sequel Lola and the Boy Next Door.
  The novel centers around Lola, a creative costumer high school senior who has 3 withes for the year. For her parents to approve of her rocker boyfriend Max, to go to the winter formal as Marie Antoinette, and to never see the Bell twins again.
  But when the Bells move back into their old house next door to Lola's, her wishes start to go up in smoke. As time goes on, Lola and Cricket start to become friends again, but Lola is wary, dead set on making her relationship with Max work. But as Lola and Cricket grow closer and closer, she starts to feel old feelings again.
  I loved Anna and the French Kiss, as did many Stephanie Perkins fans, but many have given Lola and the Boy Next Door thumbs down. I can see where some are coming from. Lola is a compulsive liar, both to herself and others. But where people say it isn't as well written as it's predecessor, I must agree to disagree.  The story is just right for Lola, and I think that it is the perfect sequel (we even see Anna and St. Clair from time to time during the book!). I can't wait for the third book, Isla and the Happily Every After, to come out in 2013! I'm dying in suspense!
~Lizzie Rose~

Book Review: What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones

  So while I was looking over some of my old posts, I saw that I said I would review this book, What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones. But as I looked back, I saw that I never did post a review, so I thought I would now! No time like the present, right?
  What My Mother Doesn't Know is a novel in verse. Actually, It's the one that inspired me to write my own! Sophie is a fifteen year old high schooler struggling with family issues, boy craziness, relationships, breakups, and first love(s). Sophie is just like you and me, making this book so realatable, sometimes it might feel like you're looking into a mirror. Sophie is just trying to make sense of the world, of her heart, and most of all, growing up, and is doing so in her poetry (and art). What My Mother Doesn't Know is a beautiful narration of this, and should be read by every girl entering the scary years of adolescence.
~Lizzie Rose~

Book Review: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephan Chbosky

So if you have been following my blog for a while, you'll know that I'm obsessed with this book, the movie, Logan Lerman. But I don't recall ever actually reviewing the book, so I will now!
The book is composed of letters from high school freshman Charlie. Starting each letter with "Dear friend," Charlie writes of his first year of high school. Struggling with family issues, relationships, friendships, and the ghosts of his past, we see how Charlie grows from a boy to a young man during the progression of the book. With a surprising twist ending that no one expected, this book is impactful and will stick in your mind for years to come.
Being a teenager myself, I think that everyone entering high school should read this book. Please go check it out now!
~Lizzie Rose~

Book Review: Shakespeare's Secret by Elise Broach

   Shakespeare's Secret by Elise Broach is a wonderful little book, a childrens' mystery. Hero is starting sixth grade in a new town and a new school., and Hero is less than thrilled to be the new kid again. But this new move might prove to be much more interesting than the other countless moves that her family has made. When Hero meets her new neighbor, the elderly Mrs. Roth, she is told of the Shakespearean mystery that centers around Hero's new home and it's previous owners. Intrigued by the mystery, Hero feels compelled to solve it with the aid of Mrs. Roth. But then comes along Danny Cordova, who wants to help solve the mystery, too. But Hero soon finds out that Mrs. Roth and Danny are mysteries all on their own
  This has been one of my favorite books since 5th grade. And even though it's been years since I first bought my copy at my elementary school's book fair, I have reread Shakespeare's Secret over and over ever since. If you're in the mood for an interesting little mystery, Shakespeare's Secret is the way to go!
~Lizzie Rose~

Happy Birthday Post #1

Hi everyone!
So, as you know, today is this blog's first birthday! So,  have a couple things planned. Firstly, I have prepared 5 book reviews for you all! I have read (or reread) all of these books in this past year, and I love love love them all! So I hope you enjoy those...
Also, I have planned a couple more things for the celebration. I went through all of my old posts, and made a list of the Songs of the Days. So, without further ado, lets start with the Songs of the Days from 2011-2012!

Endtapes- The Joy Formidable 12-29-11

A Thousand Years- Christina Perri 12-30-11

We Wish You A Merry Christmas 12-31-11

Marry The Night- Lady Gaga 1-1-12

Dead Hearts- Stars 1-6-12

Set Fire to the Rain- Adele 1-16-12

Superman- Taylor Swift 1-27-12

The Way You Look Tonight- Frank Sinatra 1-28-12

Rumour Has It- Adele 2-3-12

Firework- Katy Perry 2-27-12

We Live for Love- Pat Benatar 3-8-12

Paperback Writer- The Beatles 4-17-12

Summer's Not Hot- Selena Gomez 6-9-12

Santa Will Find You- Poema feat. Aaron Marsh 12-21-12

Poison and Wine- The Civil Wars 12-26-12

So I hope you enjoyed the Songs of the Days for the past year, and I'll start posting those reviews right away! Enjoy!

~Lizzie Rose~