30 Day Book Challenge!

(This isn't me!)

For the 30 day book challenge you have 2 choices:
1. You can read 1 book a day for 30 days
Or
2. You can read a certain amount of pages a day to equal out to the amount of pages you wish to read in the total 30 days.
ex: If my goal was to read 6,000 pages for the 30 day challenge, I'd divide that by 30 end up having to read 200 pages a day for 30 days. This will equal up to my goal of 6,000 pages. 

*option number 2 is easier* :D

More information is listed here in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcZDF7...

Let us know in the comments what books you're going to be reading!

I'm killing you guys with all the challenges right? But the more challenges you do, the more you'll complete the others you have! I know it sounds complicated, but it makes sense in my head. Just jump on inside, and you'll get it! :D

The Legend of the Seeker!

Okay, everyone, the Legend of the Seeker is my FAVORITE show as you will soon come to know. I've watched all episodes of every season MULTIPLE times. Literally. *Fangirl moment* AHHHHHHH! Okay, I'm done. Now back to business. 
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If you don't know already, the Legend of the Seeker (LotS) has been cancelled and didn't come back for a 3rd season. I believe it was cancelled back in 2010...? Anyways, I came to tell you guys about http://www.smgo.tv, a website that is dedicated to bringing back popular TV shows that were cancelled. With the help of the Save Our Seeker campaign, we've exceeded our goal in getting enough votes! In fact, we actually went OVER the 15,000 votes!

"You are the first show to reach and surpass 
15,000
16,000 17000 votes! Way to go! We wanted to extend a special thank you to the leaders over at Save our Seeker – they have done an exemplary job organizing this campaign and keeping you informed. Thank you again Save our Seeker we look forward to continuing to work with you to keep seeker fans informed with any major events (that we can talk about)." 

"Our goal is to get a cable TV network interested in purchasing a 13-episode run of Legend of the Seeker." And as you can see, the voting is still open! The more votes we can get the better! 
SMGO is still working very hard to find a network willing to keep the Legend of the Seeker running.

So please, nag your friends and family and get them to vote! It'll be worth it :-)

Veronica Roth!

Veronica Roth is from a Chicago suburb. She studied creative writing at Northwestern University, and wrote DIVERGENT (Katherine Tegen Books, May 2011) and INSURGENT (May 2012). The third and final book in The Divergent Trilogy, ALLEGIANT, will come out on October 22, 2013. In the meantime she will spend endless hours browsing Wikipedia in her pajamas as she eats corn flakes. (Or some other kind of bland breakfast cereal.)

Visit her blog!  http://veronicarothbooks.blogspot.com/

Visit her Goodreads! http://www.goodreads.com/VeronicaRoth

Provided by Goodreads :)

BOOKTUBE-A-THON!

I was browsing through my newfeed on YouTube looking for any new BookTube videos and I found this ^.^ (This isn't me! It's a video I came across in my newsfeed)

"This Read-A-Thon will be taking place from July 15-21! Leave me a message in the comments letting me know if your going to join, if your not going to be able to, or any questions!

Book-A-Thon

Challenges:

1. Read an average of 300 pages a day

2. Read a book with over 500 pages

3. Re-read one book

4. Finish a series/trilogy

5. Read a book that's been on your shelf FOREVER!

6. Listen to an audiobook

7. Read a classic!!!!!"

If you don't know what a 'BookTuber' is is just people that post videos about books on YouTube! They may make book reviews, or show books they bought, bookshelf tours,etc!!!

Some BookTubers that will be participating:

1. Raeleen from padfootandprongs07

2. Ariel from ArielBisset

3. Christine from PolandBananasBOOKS (I LOVE her Channel)

4. Jesse from Jessethereader

5.Liz from ElizzieBooks

and many more!!!!

Make sure you stay up to date on Raeleen and Ariel's twitters since they are the creators and they will be posting cool challenges to do! Also I will be posting updates here on my blog about how I'm doing! Be sure to let me know if you join! Byeeeeeee 

~Trinity

Altered by Jennifer Rush~ Book Review

Title: Altered
Author: Jennifer Rush
Publisher: Little Brown
Purchased: Books~a~million
Rating: ★★★★✰ 4.5 ✰'s
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"Jennifer Rush's debut novel had me turning pages long into the night. Thrilling and suspenseful, Altered surprised me in the best possible way." ~Michelle Hodkin
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Synopsis:
When you can’t trust yourself, who can you believe?

Everything about Anna’s life is a secret. Her father works for the Branch at the helm of its latest project: monitoring and administering treatments to the four genetically altered boys in the lab below their farmhouse. There’s Nick, Cas, Trev . . . and Sam, who’s stolen Anna’s heart. When the Branch decides it’s time to take the boys, Sam stages an escape, killing the agents sent to retrieve them. 

Anna is torn between following Sam or staying behind in the safety of her everyday life. But her father pushes her to flee, making Sam promise to keep her away from the Branch, at all costs. There’s just one problem. Sam and the boys don’t remember anything before living in the lab—not even their true identities.

Now on the run, Anna soon discovers that she and Sam are connected in more ways than either of them expected. And if they’re both going to survive, they must piece together the clues of their past before the Branch catches up to them and steals it all away.
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Review
"Jennifer Rush's debut novel had me turning pages long into the night. Thrilling and suspenseful, Altered surprised me in the best possible way." ~Michelle Hodkin

I couldn't agree more with Michelle Hodkin. I was literally up all night reading this book. When I first started it, I was interested, but not intrigued. But as I read more and more, I found myself unable to put it down. It was fast-paced and full of action! It left me wanting more and I loved the character development. Jennifer Rush had me shocked at every page and I can't wait for book 2 to come out!

I loved the scenes where Anna showed that she no longer was the little Anna Banana in the lab and that she could fight back. It was as if every page had a plot twist, and in the end, I was left speechless. I also liked Anna's character the most because of how easily I connected with her.I felt what she felt and I think the author did a great job in creating these characters. Because I connected so well with Anna, I was able to get lost in the story really well. The beginning was a little slow for me, which was why I gave it 4.5 stars. But all in all, the mystery and action really made it an amazing story about how the boys (and Anna) find out who they were before the lab.

About the author, Jennifer Rush

Jennifer Rush

Jennifer Rush lives in a little town on the shoreline of Lake Michigan with her husband and two children. She grew up wanting to be an Egyptologist, but realized she hated the desert and declared herself a writer instead. She won her first writing award in the fourth grade (a Mickey Mouse pencil was the prize) and has been crafting stories ever since. In her free time, she likes to read, Photoshop, and consume large amounts of caffeine.




Provided by Jennifer Rush herself on Goodreads :) 

The Hunger Games Review!

• Age Range: 12 and up 
• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Press (September 14, 2008)

           I found The Hunger Games a very enjoyable read. I was hooked from page 1 and I couldn't put it down since. This was the first book that brought me out of my reading slump and it was also my first dystopian novel. I reccomend this book to anyone that wants to get back into reading again or just needs a really good book. Some people may be turned off by the fact that you're put in arena and are forced to kill each other, but it is sooo much more than that. There is a lot of character development and world building. The book isn't just focused on the killing part, but of how twisted the government and President Snow is. This is a great 1st book in a trilogy that helps you to understand the world, the people while keeping you on the edge of your seat the whole time. I give this book a 5 out of 5 stars! It was really enjoyable, heart warming, and brilliantly plotted. The fact that Katniss would take her sister's place in the Hunger Games was simply amazing and even to other characters in the book. As you read on, many more problems will occur making it even more intriguing! You'll never regret reading this book! :)

" A violent, jarring, speed-rap of a novel that generates nearly constant suspense.... I couldn't stop reading."-- Stephen King.

Buy the Hunger Games Trilogy!

Learn more about Suzanne Collins!

Suzanne Collins!

 Suzanne Collins
Suzanne Collins has had a successful and prolific career writing for children's television. She has worked on the staffs of several Nickelodeon shows, including the Emmy-nominated hit Clarissa Explains It All and The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo. Collins made her mark in children's literature with the New York Times bestselling five-book series for middle-grade readers The Underland Chronicles, which has received numerous accolades in both the United States and abroad. In the award-winning The Hunger Games trilogy, Collins continues to explore the effects of war and violence on those coming of age. Collins lives with her family in Connecticut.

Visit her website! http://www.suzannecollinsbooks.com/