Rachel Rambles About All You Never Wanted

All You Never Wanted by Adele Griffin
From Goodreads:
With my eyes closed and Alex's core friends all around me, it was like I'd become my big sister, or something just as good. And so who cared if they were calling it Alex's party? One thing I knew: it would be remembered as mine.

Alex has it all—brains, beauty, popularity, and a dangerously hot boyfriend. Her little sister Thea wants it all, and she's stepped up her game to get it. Even if it means spinning the truth to win the attention she deserves. Even if it means uncovering a shocking secret her older sister never wanted to share. Even if it means crying wolf.

Told in the alternating voices of Alex and Thea, Adele Griffin's mesmerizing new novel is the story of a sibling rivalry on speed.

When I first started reading All You Never Wanted, I honestly didn't think I was going to like it that much. Both of the characters seemed too extreme to relate to, and I thought that the story was going to be too dramatic and unrealistic to get into. However, as I continued to read, I found myself getting sucked into the world of Alex and Thea, and I became fully invested in their story.

The sibling rivalry between the girls is something I struggled to get used to throughout the book. I have two sisters, but my relationship with them is absolutely nothing like the relationship between Thea and Alex. Thea is jealous of Alex's seemingly perfect life, but Alex is busy fighting her own inner demons and hiding herself from the rest of the world. The way the girls relate to each other is difficult to get used to, because I just couldn't understand how they could treat each other the way they do. But after awhile, I accepted it, and by the end of the novel, I had no problem believing that the relationship the girls shared was real and could exist with any pair of sisters.

What's interesting about this book is the fact that I had pretty much nothing in common with either of the main characters. They each struggled with countless personal problems, and their lives seemed dark and twisted and unhealthy. But that didn't stop me from feeling connected to the story. I grew to love these girls, despite their flaws, and I began to see the world through their eyes. Throughout the novel, I began to understood Thea and Alex more and more, until eventually I got to a point where their actions and decisions made a lot of sense to me.

All You Never Wanted is not a light read. It touches on a lot of heavy topics, and the wrecked home life of the two main characters is the main focus. I may have felt like the characters seemed too unrealistic in the beginning of the book, but by the end, I felt like they were real girls struggling with real problems. This book made me sad at times, and it made me angry or frustrated at others, but I think that overall, it opened my eyes. I went into this book extremely wary, but I turned the last page with a more open mind. I saw the world from the perspective of two girls so wildly different from myself, and I'm so glad I got the opportunity to understand Thea and Alex instead of closing the book after only reading a few pages, like I wanted to.

All You Never Wanted was not the easiest book to read, and I had a really difficult time getting into it, but I'm glad that I decided to stick with it. The characters are fascinating and layered, and the writing style is gorgeous. This is the first Adele Griffin book I've ever read, but if she is always this good at telling stories, then it definitely won't be my last.

Waiting on Wednesday (20)

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine.

Just One Year by Gayle Forman
From Goodreads:
After spending an amazing day and night together in Paris, Just One Year is Willem's story, picking up where Just One Day ended. His story of their year of quiet longing and near misses is a perfect counterpoint to Allyson's own as Willem undergoes a transformative journey, questioning his path, finding love, and ultimately, redefining himself.


Just One Day has to be one of the best books I've ever read, and I'm DYING to know Willem's side of the story! Gayle Forman is such a fantastic writer, and I just can't get enough of her books. I'm counting down the days until I get to read Just One Year!

What are you waiting on this week? Leave links to your WoW posts below so I can check them out!

Reading Slumps and Harry Potter

I've been in a bit of a reading and blogging slump lately, as I'm sure you can tell by the lack of blog posts and tweets and everything. I'm not really sure why I'm in this slump, but for whatever reason, I just haven't been in the mood to read or talk about books that much. I mean, I've still been reading, of course, but not like I usually read. I've been reading a few books a month as opposed to like ten or so, which is really bad for me!

The other day, I decided to pick up Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Since I didn't read the Harry Potter series for the first time until about two years ago (I KNOW. WHAT WAS I THINKING?!), I've only read the whole series once. Over the past several months, I've been slowly working my way through the series again, reading a chapter or so every once in a while, but not actually sitting down and reading the whole book. So I'd made my way through the first three books, and about half of the fourth, when I found myself in the midst of a reading slump, with no desire to pick up any of the hundreds (yes, I mean hundreds) of books in my TBR pile.

So I picked up Goblet of Fire, and this time, I didn't put it down. I read the last half of the book in a few days, not focusing on any of the other books I was feeling pressured to read. I just let myself forget about my TBR pile and the reviews I needed to write. I forgot about all that, and just focused on Harry Potter.

I think it was just what I needed. Because as I was reading Goblet of Fire, I found myself falling in love with the Harry Potter series all over again. Not the movies or the actors or the fandom, but the actual books. I'd forgotten how beautiful and simple and amazing the books were. And as I read, not only did I fall in love with Harry Potter all over again, but I think I fell in love with reading all over again.

I'm glad I took a break to read Harry Potter, because now I'm ready to read other things and write blog posts and get back into my usual reading and blogging and tweeting routine. I'm excited to go to BEA in just a few days, and I think I'm totally ready to start reading like a maniac again.

Whenever I find myself in another reading slump, I hope I remember to just chill out and reread a favorite book. It's amazing how quickly I can forget how much I love reading, but it's also amazing how quickly I can make myself fall in love with reading again.

For those of you who've experienced a reading slump, how have you gotten out of it? Let me know below! I'm really curious to know how other people deal with them.

GUESS WHO'S GOING TO BEA!!!

More about Power Readers here

On Saturday, June 1st, BEA opens up to the public with its super special Power Reader ticket things, and we will be there! *HAPPY DANCES* Since we didn't register as bloggers, we'll only be there the one day, BUT THAT ONE DAY IS GOING TO BE FILLED WITH AWESOME.

The Power Readers thing is really cool, by the way, because it's open to normal readers. You don't have to be a blogger or anything related to the industry. You just have to be an enthusiastic reader, which I think we more than qualify for. :D

I am so excited! I spend every book conference/convention hunched over my laptop, jealously scrolling through twitter, where every blogger and author I follow is excitedly tweeting about all the fun they're having. But this time, I will be one of those bloggers making everyone else jealous!

THIS IS GOING TO BE WONDERFUL.

Megan and I have never been to BEA or any book conference ever before, so this is going to be a new experience for us. Assuming all goes well, we hope to go to more of them in the future, because BOOOOOKS.

So yeah, we're pretty excited. Even though we only live about an hour outside of NYC, we weren't really planning on going to BEA because money and school and transportation and the whole we're-only-sixteen thing. It just didn't seem like we'd be able to make it happen. But then our wonderful librarian told us about the Power Readers option, and it sounded perfect. It's only one day, so it won't be the whole epic experience that lasts a few days, but I think it's a good way to (hopefully) ease our way into attending book conferences more often.

IT'S GOING TO BE SO MUCH FUN.

Megan and I are bringing along our friend Katherine, my sister Lauren, and Megan's mom. (Okay, so Megan's mom is bring all of us along. Whatever.) (By the way, THANK YOU MEGAN'S MOM FOR BEING THE BEST EVER OMG.) It's basically going to be a big Girl's Night Out. Except not at night, and with more books and nerdiness.

I CAN'T WAIT.

We didn't do a very good job with the planning ahead thing and we only got the tickets last night, so I feel sort of out of the loop. Are any of you guys going to BEA? If so, let us know so we can possibly meet or something?

I AM SO EXCITED.

Rachel Rambles About The Catastrophic History of You and Me

The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jess Rothenberg
From Goodreads:
Dying of a broken heart is just the beginning.... Welcome to forever. 

BRIE'S LIFE ENDS AT SIXTEEN: Her boyfriend tells her he doesn't love her, and the news breaks her heart—literally. 

But now that she's D&G (dead and gone), Brie is about to discover that love is way more complicated than she ever imagined. Back in Half Moon Bay, her family has begun to unravel. Her best friend has been keeping a secret about Jacob, the boy she loved and lost—and the truth behind his shattering betrayal. And then there's Patrick, Brie's mysterious new guide and resident Lost Soul . . . who just might hold the key to her forever after. 

With Patrick's help, Brie will have to pass through the five stages of grief before she's ready to move on. But how do you begin again, when your heart is still in pieces?

I adored The Catastrophic History of You and Me with all my heart. It was one of the most beautiful and emotional books I've ever read, and I am so glad I decided to pick it up.

The book started off with the end of Brie's life, and let me tell you, it was pretty emotional. I was reading the beginning of the book in English class (while I was supposed to be doing an assignment, but shhhhh!) and about twenty or so pages in, I started crying. I was not expecting to be so invested in the story so early on, but from the first page, I felt like Brie's story was one I'd known my whole life. Everything about Brie's life seemed so familiar and easy to relate to, and it wasn't hard to get inside her head and see the world from her perspective.

The Catastrophic History of You and Me had a unique and creative version of the afterlife, and there was a great balance between the sort of magical, heaven-like world of the afterlife and the real world Brie had left behind. The story followed Brie as she struggled to accept her death and forgive her family and friends for their actions following her death. Brie's journey throughout the novel as she struggled to get used to her death was complicated, messy, and realistic, and I think I would have handled it the exact same way.

The idea that Brie died of a broken heart is a smart and fresh look at teenage love. The book never seemed like a silly, cheesy (heh, cheese :P) story about how foolish young people act when they're in love. Just because Brie was only sixteen didn't mean that she wasn't really in love and that love wasn't capable of breaking her heart. This book wasn't a little teenage romance. It was a deep, thought-provoking look at how powerful love can truly be, which is both beautiful and terrifying at the same time.

Another thing I loved about this book was that even though it was about the serious topics of death and love and the afterlife, it still managed to be a fun read that made me laugh out loud at several different parts. The banter between Brie and Patrick had me grinning like an idiot half the time, and the other half of the time was spent tearing up at the deep and emotional moments. I laughed just as much as I cried, which is a tough combination to achieve.

I believe I've called this book "beautiful" at least a million times at this point, but I'll say it again: The Catastrophic History of You and Me is beautiful. It's emotional and simple and powerful, and I loved every single page. Also, it had the most cheese-related jokes in any novel I've ever read. So that right there earns it a five-star, A+, would recommend rating from me.

Megan Rambles About The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
From Goodreads: ...It's also a love story, of sorts, the narrative of Gatsby's quixotic passion for Daisy Buchanan. The pair meet five years before the novel begins, when Daisy is a legendary young Louisville beauty and Gatsby an impoverished officer. They fall in love, but while Gatsby serves overseas, Daisy marries the brutal, bullying, but extremely rich Tom Buchanan. After the war, Gatsby devotes himself blindly to the pursuit of wealth by whatever means--and to the pursuit of Daisy, which amounts to the same thing. "Her voice is full of money," Gatsby says admiringly, in one of the novel's more famous descriptions. His millions made, Gatsby buys a mansion across Long Island Sound from Daisy's patrician East Egg address, throws lavish parties, and waits for her to appear. When she does, events unfold with all the tragic inevitability of a Greek drama, with detached, cynical neighbor Nick Carraway acting as chorus throughout. Spare, elegantly plotted, and written in crystalline prose, The Great Gatsby is as perfectly satisfying as the best kind of poem.

First of all, I would just like to tell everyone how sorry I am that I've been kind of absent from blogging lately. The spring is kind of crazy for me because I play two sports, running track at school and playing soccer on a club team, plus I still have a ton of homework to do. Basically I haven't had the energy to do anything else besides eat, sleep, and occasionally do homework. I'm going to try to make more time to get involved again and hopefully once summer finally gets here I'll do nothing but read and write blog posts. :) So anyway, on to the review.

A while ago I found some old books that used to belong to my mom in her parents' house. Among them was her copy of The Great Gatsby and with the movie coming out, I decided that I needed to finish it before I saw the movie in order to be able to decide how accurate it was. 

First of all, I love Gatsby. Even though like the rest of the characters he had moments where I just wanted to shake him, for the majority of the time I just felt for him. I mean, the poor guy has spent the last five years looking for Daisy because he can't get over how in love with her he is. Plus, I really just want to go to one of his parties. Partying with Jay Gatsby sounds totally awesome. 

As far as the rest of the characters go, I absolutely hated Tom Buchanan. He came across as a rich snob who was completely obsessed with himself and being in control. This was probably the intention behind the way F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote his character, but he still bothered me more than the others. His wife Daisy was irritating most of the time, but I still felt bad for her a few times. She seemed to be constantly smothered by her husband. The rest of the characters I was a bit indifferent towards. Nick didn't have much of a personality himself because he was narrating everyone else's lives, but it was pretty funny how he was the perpetual third wheel. Overall though, the characters all served their purpose in the story well and there was good development throughout the story too.

The descriptions in this book, while sometimes a bit difficult to follow, were beautifully written and created a clear picture of the setting in my mind. The symbolism was also a definite strong point with the green light and the eyes on the billboard. The Great Gatsby was another classic book that I really liked and I would definitely recommend it, especially if you love the 1920's. 

Finally, a quick word about the movie. On Friday, Rachel and I went to see it with a group of our friends. There were about nine of us taking up an entire corner of the theater and fangirling the entire time. The movie was really accurate to the book and all of the famous quotes were left in there. They were also able to make some creative decisions like inserting a few one liners that actually gave Nick some personality or using modern music that made the movie interesting. I loved getting to see all of the settings brought to life and in some cases it actually cleared up the descriptions in the book for me. While there were a few minor things that I didn't like, I thought the movie was really good for the most part and I would definitely call it a success. 

As for whether or not Leonardo DiCaprio made a good Gatsby, my friends and I all agreed that he made a GREAT Gatsby. :P Plus, Rachel actually said she liked him in a movie, so he must have done something right! If you liked the book, I'd definitely recommend seeing the movie. It definitely did the book justice. 

Random Ramble: Doctor Who (Part 2)

So I finished seasons three and four of Doctor Who, and I have some THINGS I'd like to say about them. Some very spoiler-y things, so if you haven't experienced the EMOTIONAL PAIN that is Doctor Who, I suggest you look away now!

Also, this post is literally just me writing in caps lock with very little punctuation and screaming and crying and fangirling over a TV show so there is seriously nothing intelligent or professional whatsoever. Just a warning.

Okay, so first of all, we meet Martha Jones, who is AWESOME. I adored Martha right from the start, and the scene in the Shakespeare episode when she said EXPELLIARMUS made me squeal with joy because MARTHA IS A HARRY POTTER FAN CAN WE JUST TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND BECAUSE OMG.

LOOK AT THEM I LOVE THEM SO MUCH

I guess I actually don't have all that much to say about season three. Every episode was just freaking amazing. I met the Weeping Angels, which was wonderful and terrifying (I can't look at angel statues anymore without freaking out so YAY) and then FREAKING CAPTAIN JACK CAME BACK and I cried tears of joy and then the Master happened and ahhhhhhh.

The very last episode of season three was completely EMOTIONALLY EXHAUSTING. The Master and the Valiant and Martha being the most badass person ever in the history of badasses! It was all so epic and intense and I LOVED IT.

I also loved that when Martha left, it was really open-ended and there was room left for her to come back (which she did). Much better than having your OTP trapped in two separate parallel universes that will never meet ever again!

*cries*

Anyway, so yeah, season three was just great and I don't really have that much to say about it other than YES GOOD BRILLIANT I LOVE IT.

BUT SEASON FOUR IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT STORY.

Donna Noble. DONNA FREAKING NOBLE.

FAVORITE COMPANION EVER SHE IS THE BEST I LOVE DONNA SO MUCH I CANNOT EVEN HANDLE IT.

The adipose episode was so great and the adipose were so adorable and gah I just want to squeeze them I mean look at them CAN WE JUST

And Donna is absolutely fantastic. I was SO EXCITED to see her come back, and the entire exchange at the windows between the Doctor and Donna might be my favorite moment in Doctor Who ever because it was just brilliant.

IF YOU DON'T THINK THIS IS THE BEST SCENE EVER YOU ARE WRONG

Like, seriously, I cannot even handle how much I love Donna. She is the best companion and her relationship with the Doctor is wonderful and perfect and I love everything about it.

DAT SASS.

I MEAN COME ON.

JUST LOOK AT THEM.

SOMETIMES THEY HAVE REALLY SERIOUS EMOTIONAL MOMENTS AND I JUST ALFCAHCIOWENIOUWAEO

And then the WONDERFULLY KIND PEOPLE behind this CHEERFUL AND HAPPY SHOW were like "let's frustrate the hell out of the fans for THE ENTIRE SEASON by bringing Rose back" I mean WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO ME?!?!?!

I thought I was going to go INSANE every time Rose's face popped up. The first time she appeared, when Donna was just casually talking to a blonde girl and then she turned around and IT WAS ROSE, I screamed. And then, when the credits at the beginning of one of the episodes said: "David Tennant, Catherine Tate, and Billie Piper" I SCREAMED EVEN HARDER.

My brain was basically just: cdkahawofoicoaioewufoacjpoQREWHIUO ROSE IS BACK ROSE IS BACK ROSE IS BACK HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE THIS IS WONDERFUL I JUST CAN'T FEEEEELSSSSSS

So then we get to the Stolen Earth and Journey's End. JOURNEY'S FREAKING END. AKA WHY. AKA NO. AKA STOP. AKA I AM GOING TO DIE OF FEELS OVERLOAD.

Every character ever just started showing up and I was screaming and laughing and crying and jumping around because I had so many feels that I didn't even know what to do with.

WHEN THEY WERE ALL IN THE TARDIS TOGETHER HUGGING AND LAUGHING.

THERE WERE FINALLY ENOUGH PEOPLE TO OPERATE THE TARDIS.

XCJKJHQIODHOIAWDOPJIOEOWIDPOIJ

I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO EXPLAIN TO YOU JUST HOW HARD I CRIED SOBBED.

And then there were TWO DOCTORS. TWO DOCTORS TWO DOCTORS TWO DOCTORS.

TWO DAVID TENNANTS. AND ONE WAS NAKED AND DONNA WAS LIKE "OMG YOU'RE NAKED" AND I WAS GIGGLING LIKE AN IDIOT BECAUSE TWO DOCTORS.

And Donna, freaking Donna, turned out to be LITERALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT WOMAN IN THE ENTIRE FREAKING UNIVERSE good god I was SCREAMING.

Everything looked like it was going to be really happy and fun but then they were like LET'S GO BACK TO THE BEACH and I was like OH HELL NO THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.

Why. Would. You. Go. Back. To. The. Beach.

THAT IS NOT OKAY. DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW NOT OKAY EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT BEACH IS. WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO ME.

THE BEACH IS THE WORST PLACE IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE.

So then Rose got to go off and have a life with the Doctor who is not REALLY the Doctor but he kind of is because of a scientific reason that makes PERFECT SENSE (????) and I was like "okay this is strange but it's a happy ending for the most part so YAY I'M SO HAPPY FOR ROSE!"

But then the Doctor and Donna went back into the TARDIS and EVERYTHING FELL APART.

My two favorite companions are Donna and Rose, so of course I want them both to have happy endings. But in order to give Rose her happy ending, DONNA GOT THE WORST ENDING IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE OMFG OMFG OMFG.

HER FREAKING MEMORIES ARE YOU EVEN KIDDING ME I CANNOT HANDLE THIS WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU DO THIS TO ME AKAOKJHFMCOHOIUEHIKAFNOIYOIuo

STOP JUST STOP DON'T DO IT WHY.

WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY.

Donna always thought she was nothing special and she wasn't important and she didn't matter, and then she met the Doctor and she did all these amazing things and she saved all these people and worlds and she turned out to be LITERALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT WOMAN TO EVER EXIST BECAUSE SHE SAVED LITERALLY THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE and then all of those memories were taken away from her.

SHE WILL NEVER REMEMBER HOW AMAZING AND WONDERFUL AND SPECIAL SHE WAS. SHE WILL NEVER REMEMBER ALL OF THE GOOD THINGS SHE DID. SHE WILL NEVER REMEMBER THE DOCTOR AND THE BEAUTIFUL RELATIONSHIP SHE HAD WITH HIM.

You know when you see a GIF floating around on the internet and then you finally see the movie/TV show it's from and it has an entirely new meaning? *SOBS*

I watched that episode almost three weeks ago at this point but not a day has passed since that I haven't thought about Donna Noble and cried. EVERY DAY I think about it. IT HURTS SO MUCH.

HELP I'M CRYING NOW.

Alright, so a bunch of other stuff happened in Doctor Who that I'd love to talk about, but right now I can only focus on MY FEELS.

Which brings me to The End of Time.

As soon as I read the title, I obviously knew that this couldn't end well. And I was well aware of the fact that Matt Smith started Doctor Who at season five...so yeah, I was expecting a lot of tears and feels. Because I was SO NOT READY to say goodbye to David Tennant.

The Master came back with blonde hair and he was super hungry, and I was just thinking to myself, "this might be the strangest episode of Doctor Who I've seen so far" which is saying A LOT because, you know, it's Doctor Who. And then the Master was LITERALLY EVERYONE and I was like "woah I didn't think things could get any weirder but okay."

Wilfred is THE BEST COMPANION. The conversation he and the Doctor had in the cafe about dying? DESTROYED ME. I SOBBED SO HARD.

Throughout the episode, I was just amazed at how brilliant Wilfred's character was. GAHHHH I LOVE HIM.

JESUS CHRIST JUST LOOK AT THIS BRILLIANT MAN OH GOD I'M CRYING.

And then the Doctor saw Donna through a window and she was loud and obnoxious and I JUST HCIAHFEOPOCANAIUEWFHOIAICMOIAWHROIHAFOIHOIFHOIWOICIOHO DONNA I MISS YOU SO MUCH.

It looked like the entire world was going to end (again) but of course it didn't because of reasons BUT THEN THE FREAKING GLASS CASE THING AND THE KNOCK FOUR TIMES HAPPENED AND I JUST COMPLETELY LOST IT.

AGAIN WITH THE GIFS HAVING ENTIRELY NEW MEANINGS GOOD GOD.

The Doctor went back and visited all of his companions. Martha and Mickey are married now, which was weird and random but OKAY SURE. Jack and ALONSO OMG I CANNOT EVEN WHAT JUST ALLONS-Y ALONSO GAHHHHH. Donna who couldn't actually SEE THE DOCTOR OR SHE WOULD FREAKING DIE I'M STILL PISSED ABOUT THAT AFP0AOICODHOAIOI. And Rose. ROSE. ROSE. ROSE. ROSE. ROSE.

LOOK AT HOW BEAUTIFUL SHE IS AND THE SNOW I JUST OMG

OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD.

*DROWNS IN FEELS*

BUT THEN. BUT THEN THE WORST THING HAPPENED.

I KNEW IT WAS COMING.

BUT I STILL WASN'T PREPARED.

HOLY GOOD GOD I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER CRIED THIS MUCH OH MY GOD.

I DON'T WANT YOU TO GO EITHER DAVID TENNANT. DON'T GO. PLEASE.

I JUST CAN'T THOUGH WITH HIS FACE. OH MY GOD LOOK AT HIM. 

*DROWNS IN FEELS*

SOMEONE HELP ME I CAN'T STOP CRYING AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

HE'S NOT READY TO REGENERATE. HE DOESN'T WANT TO. HE DOESN'T WANT TO GO.

ACHWIOEOCOWIOIEOICNKWJEIIOWEIROUEKEKAFOIEUOIEOIREJE.

And then he regenerated and I couldn't handle it because I was in complete denial.

I did finish the fifth season, and I have A LOT of things to say about it, but I'll save that for another post for when I finish season six.

Also, I didn't mention this before but obviously I met RIVER SONG so that was quite an interesting experience. But I'll talk more about her in my next post about seasons five and six.

Alright, I guess that's all for now. Here are a few GIFs to sum up this post:

 HAVE A NICE DAY.

The Love and Death Tour

Hello everyone! I feel like I have to say this way too often, but I'm sorry we haven't been around much lately!

I haven't been very inspired to blog lately. I haven't even been inspired to read very much lately. I honestly haven't been inspired to do much except sleep and eat ice cream and watch Doctor Who. Hopefully this little phase will come to an end soon, because it's quite pathetic. :P

But the good news is Megan and I have less than two months before we're done with school for the year! THANK GOD. So once summer starts, I'm hoping I'll actually want to do more blogging/reading things and have time to do those blogging/reading things. Right now, I don't want to force myself to write blog posts. It should be fun, and I don't want to put stuff out on the internet that I'm obviously not enjoying.

But I did just want to write this quick post about the book signing I went to last weekend with Megan and my sister at our favorite bookstore, Books of Wonder. It was for the Love and Death tour, and there were so many awesome authors there!

We had so much fun getting to meet all the wonderful writers of these awesome books. We'll be posting rambles about all of the books at some point in the near(ish) future, and those rambles are going to be very positive. :D I can't even begin to tell you what a fantastic and talented group of writers these ladies are. They were all so nice and funny, and I adored all of their books.

Jess Rothenberg, Megan, Rachel, Rachel Shukert, my sister Lauren

Rachel, Megan, Lauren, Lenore Applehans, Kate Ellison, Adele Griffin

Lauren, Lauren Morrill, Rachel, Megan

Lauren, Rachel, Megan, Lauren Oliver

As you can see, there were a few Rachels and Laurens in attendance, which was really fun for my sister and me. :D 

Books of Wonder is seriously the best little indie bookstore in the entire world. This is actually the first book signing we've attended there in about a year, so it was really great to finally go back. I missed this store a lot, and book signings are always so much fun. If anything's going to encourage me to get back into my normal reading routine, it's a book signing brimming with readers and writers who are all made of awesome. :D