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November Wrap-Up and December TBR

12/6/2015

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Hi guys,

So, this month hasn't exactly been the most productive reading month. I read a grand total of two books (one of them was for school), but I do have a reason. If you take a look to the sidebar, I actually participated in NaNoWriMo this month and WON! I wrote 50,000 words (which took up my reading and blogging time) which still amazes me. A million late nights and baggy eyes were totally worth it in the end for this huge accomplishment.

Anyways, here are the books that I read in the month of November:
  • Never Always Sometimes: So, I picked this book up at Barnes and Noble and have absolutely no idea why, especially because I NEVER buy books at full price, but I needed Carry On and this managed to sneak over to the counter with it. So I gave this three stars on Goodreads, just because it felt like such a forgettable book. If you don't know what Never Always Sometimes is about, it is about these two best friends named Dave and Julia who make a list about cliches that they'll never do in high school, but come senior year, they decide to do all of them. Some of them are completely true, like dyeing your hair an obscure color (which has pretty much become the norm at my school) but others don't really apply to school anymore, like hooking up with a teacher. Coming from a high schooler, that DOES NOT HAPPEN. Just as a side note about the whole hair dyeing thing, that is so common at my school: I know one person with legitimately red hair, two people who have dyed their hair orange, a bunch who have bleached their hair, one kid with mustard yellow hair, one person who used to have green hair, someone with blue hair and the entire girls' swim team dyed their hair purple. Rubik's Cubes are also a huge trend, so a good chunk of the school all knows how to solve them and goes to competitions, so I am no longer impressed by people who can solve a Rubik's Cube (sorry, not sorry). Back to the book, when they do all these different 'cliches,' they find that they actually enjoy a lot of the things that they are doing. I felt like Never Always Sometimes was really forgettable, even though the whole book was about defeating cliches. It was meant to be entirely different but, honestly, another book about the flat indie characters that are too good for everyone else just blends in with so many other contemporaries. There was nothing spectacular about the storyline or the writing, but nothing terrible either. It felt like a contemporary you read just to get a break, but not one that you find yourself picking up for a sheer desire to read something amazing.
  • A Parcel of Patterns: I actually read this book for school, so I have to write a full review of it for school, but I'm not a hundred percent sure that I will get to post it here too. Our teacher is having us publish our reviews on Goodreads, so keep checking up on my Goodreads for that. A Parcel of Patterns is about a girl named Mall who lives in Eyam, England during the 1500s. Her life is pretty good, she has parents and a secret boyfriend, who she's hoping to marry soon. One day, a parcel is shipped to Eyam from London, containing fabric that has fleas that have the bubonic plague. Since that part of England was previously unaffected by the plague, they decide to completely isolate the entire village until it's gone. No one in and no one out. The whole book is written in old English, so I took it a bit slowly at first, just to try and get used to the rhythm of the style. Once I adjusted, I flew through it. I love learning about the bubonic plague, it's one of my favorite things to study, so the book was really interesting for me. The main character, Mall, was a great narrator, but she skipped around time in the beginning. I took one star off for that, just because the order was a bit confusing at first. Despite that, I had a great time reading this book and discussing it with the other people reading it. Highly recommend if you're looking for something different or a bit more challenging.

So those are the books that I've read in November.

This is what I'm planning to read for December:
  • Carry On by the fabulous Rainbow Rowell. I'm already about halfway through this, but I hope to finish it before winter break. If you don't already know that it's about, in Rainbow's other book, Fangirl, Cath is obsessed with this equivalent to Harry Potter called Simon Snow. She writes a fanfiction about the series, called Carry On Simon, but that's not the book. The book isn't canon either, meaning it's not what Rainbow referred to as the actual Simon Snow series. It is basically Rainbow's fanfiction about the series. I know that it's kind of hard to explain and I was confused about it for a while, but this is what I've taken from the author's note at the end. You don't need to read Fangirl to read this, but I do love Fangirl, so I still do recommend reading that, even if it's after you read Carry On.
  • David by Mary Hoffman. Since I finished A Parcel of Patterns early, I chose to read another one of the selections for a 16th century novel. This was my second choice, which is about Italian art and politics during that time. It follows the model for a statue of David and all the problems that follow him. I'm really enjoying it so far and hopefully will have it done within another one or two weeks.
  • Mystical by Michael Weekly. I was actually lucky enough to recieve an ARC of this book from the author, so I will be posting a review of it on Goodreads and Amazon. It's basically about this girl named Eliza, who is a witch but not the kind that casts spells. She has a broomstick, but it definitely doesn't fly, instead it's a deadly weapon. The book follows her on her journey discovering what it means to be a witch and learning more about the mystical world that has elves and mermaids. You can read the first ten chapters on Wattpad and the whole book comes out on December 8, so make sure to go pick it up when you have a chance.
  • Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay. This is another book that I'm reading for class, so I'm hoping to have it finished some time in January, but I'm going to try and keep reading it. Sarah's Key is a parallel plotline following a nine year old girl during the Vel d'Hiv Roundup in France and an American journalist who is writing about that time and stumbles upon Sarah's story. It's a rather dark story, but very well written.
  • Secrets in Phoenix by Gabriella Lepore. I don't know too much about this book, but I recieved a review copy from the publisher, Of Tomes publishing. I hope to have a full review of this book, but my review will be done by the end of the month. I've heard really good things about this book, so I'm definitely excited to read it.

Those are all the books that I want to read for sure in December. I hope to get to more, but I really want to have those done first.

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​Caramel
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September TBR

9/3/2015

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Hi guys, today I have my September TBR for you. I'm trying to finish up some series, and also start one that is going to be a movie very soon. There aren't as many books as usual just because I have NO IDEA how much time I'm going to have to read this month, but I still do want to reach my goal of reading 100 books this year! So here are the books I'm going to be reading this month:


  • To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee: I just need to finish this book, I'm already about halfway through it, so I plan to finish it this Labor Day weekend.
  • Lois Lane: Fallout by Gwenda Bond: This book has just been on the slow side, I'm about 2/5 through it already, so I hope to have it also done this Labor Day weekend.
  • Shades of Earth by Beth Revis: This is the final book in the Across the Universe trilogy and I just want to get this book done because the second book ended in somewhat of a cliffhanger.
  • The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey: The 5th Wave is actually being turned into a movie and I saw the trailer which looks EPIC. I NEED IT NOW
  • Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes by Rick Riordan: I got this the day after it came out and I haven't read it yet, but I'm going to because I'm so ready for Magnus Chase, and this is my way of saying goodbye for right now to Percy. It's been a great 10 years.
  • It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han: This is the second book in the Summer trilogy. I talked about the first one in my August Wrap-Up, which is right underneath this post, so go look at that if you haven't already.
  • Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher: I got this book in my August bookhaul, and I still haven't read it. I've heard good things about it, so I'll be picking that up this month.
  • Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella: This book is about a girl with social anxiety and I have really bad social anxiety when it comes to meeting new people. I really want to see how Audrey deals with it because my hope is to one day get over this fear of talking to people.


So those are all the books that I am planning to read this month, but I'll probably pick up other books and read those too.

I'll see you guys with a new post,
Caramel
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August TBR

8/4/2015

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  • Percy Jackson's Greek Gods by Rick Riordan
  • Across the Universe by Beth Revis
  • The PJO/HoO series by Rick Riordan (duh)
  • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  • Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider
  • Lois Lane Fall Out by Gwenda Bond
  • The Cure for Dreaming by Cat Winters
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July TBR

7/14/2015

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  • The Retribution of Mara Dyer
  • Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
  • Throne of Glass
  • 13 Little Blue Envelopes
  • Sarah's Key
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April TBR

4/27/2015

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Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson

Popular by Maya Van Wagenen

American Born Chinese (Teen Book Club Book of the Month)

The Selection by Kiera Cass

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

The Queen of the Tearling (Booksplosion Book of the Month)

The rest of the Mortal Instruments series

The rest of the Infernal Devices series

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March TBR

3/18/2015

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There's like a million and one books I need to read, so here's the few I plan to read this month. 
  • The rest of the Mortal Instruments series
  • The Infernal Devices series
  • Rebel Belle
  • Of Poseidon
  • Dorothy Must Die
  • Red Queen
  • These Broken Stars
We'll see how it goes! These reviews should be coming soon

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    Caramel's Read Books

    The Summer I Turned Pretty
    A Million Suns
    Extraordinary Means
    The Blood of Olympus
    The House of Hades
    The Mark of Athena
    The Son of Neptune
    The Lost Hero
    The Elite
    The Last Olympian
    The Battle of the Labyrinth
    The Titan's Curse
    The Sea of Monsters
    Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal
    The Lightning Thief


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