2012 Spring Semester Book Challenge

Title: Anna and the French Kiss
By: Stephanie Perkins
Summary of the book: The book is about a teenage girl Anna and her journeys at a boarding school in Paris, France. She meets a handsome boy named Etienne St. Clair, but can't help but still misses her crush back in the states. Will Anna make the right choices or near misses along the way?
What I rate it: 4 1/2 Stars out of 5 Stars
What I liked about the book: It what was a great story that you can also relate to.
What I did not like about the book: In some parts of the book I feel like Etienne St. Clair was a jerk. 






Title: Touch of Frost (Mythos Academy)
By: Jennifer Estep
Summary of the book: This book is about a girl named Gwen Frost who goes to school were myths and magic exist. She makes enemies rather than friends. A young girl named Jasmine Ashton gets murdered in the Library. Then someone steels a very important artifact that could end the world. Will she crack this case in time? 
What I rate it: 4 Stars out of 5
What I liked about the book: It gets you hooked at the beginning of the book. It is a great adventure.
What I did not like about the book: It is kind of like some other books that I have read before. 




Title: Mixed Bags (Carter House Girls #1)
By: Melody Carlson
Summary of the book: This book is about a teenage girl name DJ who upon losing her mother is moved in with her grandmother. Her grandmother was a famous 1960's fashion model named Katherine Carter. DJ's grandmother then decides to create a boarding house for teenage girls. She forms friendships and make new enemies. 
What I rate it: 3 Stars out of 5
What I like about the book: It was a good book and I grown to enjoy the main character DJ.
What I did not like about the book: The reason why I give it a 3 because it had a really slow start to the book.  






Title: Evermore (The Immortals #1)
By: Alyson Noel
Summary of the book: The book was about a girl named Ever Bloom who after a terrible accident that claims the lives of her family can now see auras, and hear peoples thoughts. At her high school she is branded as a freak, but things change when she meets a boy named Damen Auguste. She is lead to a deeper and more enticing world fool of mystery. 
What I rate it: 4 Stars out of 5
What I liked about the book: It was different and liked that fact that it has more of spiritual side of the book.
What I did not like about the book: It does not really go into more details about something in the book.  




Title: The One That I Want
By: Jennifer Echols
Summary of the book: This book is about a teenage girl named Gemma. She considers herself unimportant until a star football player starts to flirt with her one day at a summer camp, but there is only one problem her best friends likes him too. Things happen in this teen drama that could change Gemma's life forever.
What I rate it: 4 Stars out of 5
What I liked about the book: I liked the fact that it was fast paced and that it did not leave you guessing for to long with some of the parts.
What I did not like about the book: I thought somethings could of had more details. 



 Title: Sister Light, Sister Dark (The Great Alta Saga #1)
By: Jane Tolen
Synopsis from the back: Jenna was a warrior. Raised on a mountainside, she learned the arts of the warrior, and from the mountain woman the magic of the ancient lore. But the greatest magic of all was her ability to call forth her dark sister from the depths of the mirror of the land of light and shadow. Skada was the dark one, able to exist only when the moonlight cast a shadow or lamplight flickered in a darkened room. This is the story of Jenna and Skada. Sister Light and Sister dark...
What I rate it: 3 1/2 out of 5 stars.
What I like about the book: It was good and fool of action and adventure. What I did not like about the book: It was slow in some parts of the book. 

Title: The Candidates(The Delcroix Academy #1)
By: Inara Scott
Summary of the book: The book is about a teenage girl named Danica Lewis. She lives a unimportant life until two recruiters from Delcroix Academy shows up one day to tell her that she has been recruited for the school. She is shocked at first, but somethings get complicated then she realizes what she is really here for.
What I rate it: 5 out of 5 stars.
What I liked about the book: I liked that idea of a conspiracy the surrounds the events that take place in the book. 
What I did not like about the book: There is only one cheesy moment that I did not like about the book. 


 Title: Pretty In Pink
By: H.B. Gilmour
Summary of the book: Andie Walsh is both pretty and smart. She has her own unique style, but she is also consider a "zoid." She is happy being best friends with Duckie Dale. Then one day a richie named Blane McDonough enters her life.
What I rate it: 4 1/2 to 5 out of 5 stars.
What I liked about the book: It is a very relatable story. I also liked the alternative ending in comparing with the movie.
What I did not like about the book: I thought that some of the characters were not as likable. 


Title: Deadly Little Secret
By: Laurie Faria Stolarz
Summary of the book: Camelia has lived an oridnary life until one day three months ago. She meets a mysterious boy named Ben who starts school his junior year at her high school. Rumor is that he was somewhat responsible for his ex-girlfriend's accidental death. Ben is ostracized by everyone at school. Except for Camelia despite everything she has heard about him. Then Camelia starts to receive eerie phone calls and strange packages. Is it the boy she is drawn to or is it someone else?
What I rate it: 4 1/2 out of 5 stars
What I like about the book: It was really good and suspenseful up until the last page.
What I did not like about the book: Some of the characters were not as likable as I hoped. 


Title: That Summer
By: Sarah Dessen
Summary of the book: Haven a fourteen-year-old feels like there is too much going on in her life. Her father gets married. Then her sister wedding to someone that she particularly does not like named Lewis. Not too mentioned the fact that she is six feet tall and growing. She feels like she does not fit any where and then someone from her past shows up and suddenly things feels out of control. 
What I rate it: 4 out of 5 stars
What I like about the book: I really enjoyed this book and almost as much as books I have read from her in the past. 
What I did not like about the book: I feel like it had a slow start to the book, but the ending was much better that is why I gave it four stars. 

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