L. A. Candy

Summary:

Los Angeles is all about the sweet life: hot clubs, cute guys, designer . . . everything. Nineteen-year-old Jane Roberts can't wait to start living it up. She may be in L.A. for an internship, but
Jane plans to play as hard as she works, and has enlisted her BFF
Scarlett to join in the fun.

When Jane and Scarlett are approached by a producer who wants them to be on his new series, a "reality version of Sex and the City," they can hardly believe
their luck. Their own show? Yes, please!

Soon Jane is TV's hottest star. Fame brings more than she ever imagined possible for a girl from Santa Barbara—free designer clothes, the choicest tables at
the most exclusive clubs, invites to Hollywood premieres—and she's
lapping up the VIP treatment with her eclectic entourage of new pals.
But those same friends who are always up for a wild night are also out
for a piece of Jane's spotlight.

In a city filled with people chasing after their dreams, it's not long before Jane wakes up to the reality that everyone wants something from her, and nothing is what it
seems to be.

L.A. Candy is a deliciously entertaining novel about what it's like to come of age in Hollywood while starring in a reality TV show, written by a girl who has experienced it all
firsthand: Lauren Conrad.

What I though: Well I'm not really sure what I thought of this book. I wasn't a fan of The Hills so I really don't know why I picked this book up. I liked parts of the book and have to say that they tried to make Scarlett unlikeable and she was probable my favorite character. Jane annoyed me with the pity me my friend is hotter then me. Madison was a physio. And Gaby was just kind of there. I like Hannah but she wasn't really around much. Even though I didn't watch the Hills I had an idea of who everyone was in the book.

The Help

Summary: Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step.

Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her
mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter
would normally find solace with her beloved maid Constantine, the woman
who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared and no one will tell
Skeeter where she has gone.

Aibileen is a black maid, a wise, regal woman raising her seventeenth white child. Something has shifted
inside her after the loss of her own son, who died while his bosses
looked the other way. She is devoted to the little girl she looks after,
though she knows both their hearts may be broken.

Minny, Aibileen’s best friend, is short, fat, and perhaps the sassiest woman in
Mississippi. She can cook like nobody’s business, but she can’t mind
her tongue, so she’s lost yet another job. Minny finally finds a
position working for someone too new to town to know her reputation. But
her new boss has secrets of her own.

Seemingly as different from one another as can be, these women will nonetheless come together
for a clandestine project that will put them all at risk. And why?
Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and
their times. And sometimes lines are made to be crossed.

In pitch-perfect voices, Kathryn Stockett creates three extraordinary women
whose determination to start a movement of their own forever changes a
town, and the way women—mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends—view one
another. A deeply moving novel filled with poignancy, humor, and hope, The
Help is a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide
by, and the ones we don’t.

What I thought: This was a five star book for me. I really started to question what kind of person I would be if I lived in the South in the 60's. I really hope I would have been a Skeeter and had the guts to stick up to Hilly! I found myself cheering and crying right a long with the characters. It makes me sick that the world used to be like that and I'm really glad I didn't live in those times.

Moon Called

Summary: Mercy Thompson's life is not exactly normal. Her next-door neighbor is a werewolf. Her former boss is a gremlin. And she's fixing a VW bus for a vampire. But then, Mercy isn't exactly normal herself.

My thoughts: I have to say I loved how this book was written. I can't wait to continue this series and see who Mercy picks. I really hope it is Adam, but Sam is a close second. I loved all of the characters even the bad ones. Everyone seemed so life like. Mercy is an average walker (a person that can change into a coyote at will). She was raised with Werewolves. In this book you watch Mercy try to save that local Alpha (leader of the werewolves in the area, Adam) and reunite with her old love of her life (Sam). In the middle of all of the craziness the guys still try to out male each other. Out of all the werewolves Sam is the third highest and Adam is the fourth highest. So on to the story Mercy finds out that someone is creating new werewolves and selling them. While trying to figure everything out Adam's daughter Jesse gets kidnapped and Adam is badly wounded. Mercy has to take him to the Monak (I think that is spelled wrong), Bran which is when it starts getting really crazy.

The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)

Summary: Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school...again. And that's the least of his troubles. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. And worse, he's angered a few of them. Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect.

Now Percy and his friends have just ten days to find and return Zeus's stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the true thief: he must come to terms with the father who abandoned him; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of betrayal by a friend; and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves.

What I thought: I really enjoyed this book. I have to say that YA books are probable my favorite books to read though. I loved following Percy and his friends as they try to figure out what to do next once they are on their own and no longer have anyone to point them in the right direction. Rick Riordan really did a good job of showing what it is like being a new kid. The feeling of being alone. I really can't think of anything I didn't like about this book.

Getting off the Couch 2

I have been doing a really good job of staying off the Couch. I have been walking my dog a lot and working out with my workout dance yourself slim tapes! I have lost 3 pounds in the last week. YAY me. My pants are getting a little bit lose.

Twilight

Kristen Stewart Compares Taylor Lautner And Robert Pattinson
NOV 11, 2009 AT 01:14 PM

Kristen Stewart compared her two leading men, Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson, when she sat down with Entertainment Tonight. I'm sure she had to tread carefully here! She says Taylor and Robert aren't much alike in real life.

"I mean, they're just completely different guys. I mean, Taylor's like really happy-go-lucky. He's really light and actually that sort of mirrors, that's how Jacob is too. He's always smiling and he's sort of ... he's just a really good guy."

As for Robert?

"Rob is a really good guy, too. He's like a little bit more ... I don't want to say that he's more complicated because I bet if you broke down their character, I bet they're both equally complex. I think Rob considers things a little bit more, I think he drives himself a little bit crazier, like as well as I do. If we could take a lesson from Taylor, I think me and Rob could probably both have easier lives."

Is that how they strike you (from watching the interviews, etc)?


This is how I picture both of them. Maybe it is because of their characters in the books. For me I would have picked Jake but for Bella I think Edward is perfect. I perfer them happy and pick me up when I am down.

Getting up off the Couch

Ok so I'm planning on starting to walk and run again. I haven't been doing anything lately and I really need to change that. All of the things that I enjoy doing involve sitting, sowing, knitting, and reading. Like most people I need encouragement. My hubby doesn't like me going walking by myself but he never wants to come with me. He also says that I am abandoning him when I go walking and he is at home. He makes it really hard to get out there and walk.