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2013-06-09

Books Im reading on my vacation +

Good Day readers.
Im going on a vacation in four days, Im travelling to Sri Lanka and I will be there for almost four weeks.
But don't you worry guys, I will have tons of blog posts that will be posted automatically almost everyday for you guys to enjoy, even though I might not always have access to internet.
Enough about that, let me tell you what Im going to read While im gone.

Obsession (Arum, #1)
Obsession
By Jennifer L. Armentrout
370 pages
He’s arrogant, domineering, and... To. Die. For.

Hunter is a ruthless killer. And the Department of Defense has him firmly in their grasp, which usually doesn’t chafe too badly because he gets to kill bad guys. Most of the time he enjoys his job. That is, until he’s saddled with something he’s never had to do before: protect a human from his mortal enemy.

Serena Cross didn’t believe her best friend when she claimed to have seen the son of a powerful senator turn into something... unnatural. Who would? But then she witnesses her friend’s murder at the hands of what can only be an alien, thrusting her into a world that will kill to protect their secret.

Hunter stirs Serena’s temper and her lust despite their differences. Soon he’s doing the unthinkable—breaking the rules he’s lived by, going against the government to keep Serena safe. But are the aliens and the government the biggest threats to Serena’s life… or is it Hunter?



Easy
Easy
By Tammara Webber
310 pages
Rescued by a stranger.
Haunted by a secret
Sometimes, love isn’t easy…



He watched her, but never knew her. Until thanks to a chance encounter, he became her savior…



The attraction between them was undeniable. Yet the past he’d worked so hard to overcome, and the future she’d put so much faith in, threatened to tear them apart.



Only together could they fight the pain and guilt, face the truth—and find the unexpected power of love.




My Life Next DoorMy Life Next Door

By Huntley Fitzpatrick
394 pages 

�One thing my mother never knew, and would disapprove of most of all, was that I watched the Garretts. All the time.”

The Garretts are everything the Reeds are not. Loud, numerous, messy, affectionate. And every day from her balcony perch, seventeen-year-old Samantha Reed wishes she was one of them . . . until one summer evening, Jase Garrett climbs her terrace and changes everything. As the two fall fiercely in love, Jase's family makes Samantha one of their own. Then in an instant, the bottom drops out of her world and she is suddenly faced with an impossible decision. Which perfect family will save her? Or is it time she saved herself?






Goddess (Starcrossed, #3)
Goddess
By Josephine Angelini
421 pages
After accidentally unleashing the gods from their captivity on Olympus, Helen must find a way to re-imprison them without starting a devastating war. But the gods are angry, and their thirst for blood already has a body count.



To make matters worse, the Oracle reveals that a diabolical Tyrant is lurking among them, which drives a wedge between the once-solid group of friends. As the gods use the Scions against one another, Lucas’s life hangs in the balance. Still unsure whether she loves him or Orion, Helen is forced to make a terrifying decision, for war is coming to her shores.









The Elite (The Selection, #2)
The Elite
By Kiera Kass323 pages 
Thirty-five girls came to the palace to compete in the Selection. All but six have been sent home. And only one will get to marry Prince Maxon and be crowned princess of Illea. 
America still isn’t sure where her heart lies. When she’s with Maxon, she’s swept up in their new and breathless romance, and can’t dream of being with anyone else. But whenever she sees Aspen standing guard around the palace, and is overcome with memories of the life they planned to share. With the group narrowed down to the Elite, the other girls are even more determined to win Maxon over—and time is running out for America to decide.
Just when America is sure she’s made her choice, a devastating loss makes her question everything again. And while she’s struggling to imagine her future, the violent rebels that are determined to overthrow the monarchy are growing stronger and their plans could destroy her chance at any kind of happy ending.

All of these books are not too long, and yet not too short, I have mixed great summer read books with dystopias and fantasy, I can not wait until I get to start with Goddess!!

2013-05-27

beaches, ocean, sun kissed leg's, friends... perfect summer books

the summer is here, at least for me! And since I live in Sweden and we get our summer super late I guess you guys also have gotten a feel on the summer. I have been laying on the balcony sunbathing ( not to get tan thou, I just really like the sun) and enjoying myself with a book and lemonade. Summer break is almost here for me. I know some of you guys already have summer break (lucky you...) and who know, maybe you are going on a road trip, vacation, maybe you are going to baby sit or just be at home and hang out with friends and read! whatever you do there is always time to escape in a book. That's why I searched up my most appriciated summer reads! all of these books are easy fun and heart warming, and it isn't too deep to make you forget all about your summer break and make you sit at home and read all day long hehe.
Down below are some of my favorite summer reads. they are all worth taking a look at. Maybe you have a book tip for me? comment below! :)

The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1)
The summer I turned Pretty
The Notebook
The Notebook
Perfect You
Perfect You
The Vincent Boys (The Vincent Boys, #1)
the Vincent Boys
What Happened to Goodbye
What Happened to Goodbye
How to Ruin a Summer Vacation (How to Ruin, #1)
how to Ruin a Summer Vacation
Amy and Roger's Epic Detour
Amy & Roger's Epic Detour
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood, #1)
the Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
the Lightening Thief
On the Jellicoe Road
Jellicoe Road



























































































~ stay smart, stay chic
xoxo Lihini

2013-05-25

House Rules

By Jodi Picoult

Hardcover532 pages
Published March 2nd 2010 by Atria Books


House RulesWhen your son can't look you in the eye...does that mean he's guilty?
Jacob Hunt is a teen with Asperger's syndrome. He's hopeless at reading social cues or expressing himself well to others, though he is brilliant in many ways. But he has a special focus on one subject - forensic analysis. A police scanner in his room clues him in to crime scenes, and he's always showing up and telling the cops what to do. And he's usually right.
But when Jacob's small hometown is rocked by a terrible murder, law enforcement comes to him. Jacob's behaviors are hallmark Asperger's, but they look a lot like guilt to the local police. Suddenly the Hunt family, who only want to fit in, are directly in the spotlight. For Jacob's mother, Emma, it's a brutal reminder of the intolerance and misunderstanding that always threaten her family. For his brother, Theo, it's another indication why nothing is normal because of Jacob.
And over this small family, the soul-searing question looms: Did Jacob commit murder?

This book was very special. I haven't read a mystery book since I was 13, and they hardly even count. Jacob was a very unpredictable character, you never knew what he would do until he did it. His mother had struggled his whole life with trying to give him everything that he desired, and to do that she had to give away her life too. 
this book was told from five people's point of view and it somehow worked. The book contained so many small details that one sidestep would have lead to a disaster with all the different minds. in the beginning I didn't see why we got to read from some peoples pov, like Oliver, but all these five peoples life's got connected at some point to the end. And talking about the end

What on earth was that!? are you kidding me, the book ended, like really ended with a effing CLIFFHANGER? there isn't even a follow up book!

I give this book a strong 3,5 / 5
I really liked her way of writing, and I liked hr characters, but she could have used less examples in her book, for an example "Jacob looked at me the way h used to look at me when he was twelve and we would sit under the cherry tree and he would look at me and say that cherry trees aren't really trees..." etc, u get the point (that wasn't a citation from the book)
and the big mystery in the book wasn't really a mystery to me when they revealed it at the end, I had the whole thing figured out 250 pages ago.

~stay smart, stay chic
xoxo Lihini