Untold Stories of My Mind

I went to Chapters last week and got two books. They were cheap so I thought I would buy them. It’s basically just a distraction until Golden Lily by Richelle Mead comes out and Thirteen by Kelley Armstrong.

The first book I got is called: Hush, Hush by Becca Fitspatrick. The book was five dollars. Its the first book I haven’t researched before reading, but it was five dollars, a supernatural type of book, I couldn’t resist. I haven’t started to read this book yet. I have a couple I need to read before it.

The book I am currently reading is called: Enthralled by Melissa Marr and Kelley Armstrong. It’s an anthology. If you don’t know what an anthology is, it basically is a series of mini stories by various authors in a book. No story is the same, but they do contain a common theme. Other authors in this book are: Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Sarah Rees Brennan, Rachel Caine, Allie Condie, Kimberly Derting, Claudia Gray, Kami Garcia, Jackson Pearce, Mary E. Pearson, Carrie Ryan Jeri Smith-Ready, Margaret Stohl, Jessica Verday, and Rachel Vincent.

So far I have really liked the stories. I can’t wait to reach Melissa Marr and Kelley Armstrong’s. Do you want me to review each short story or just give you an all over review??

So I’m sick. Yeah it’s pretty awesome. I’m sitting in bed, feeling like crap. The upside, my sister recently bought seasons one and two of Criminal Minds!!!! Yeah that’s right, marathon time (at least for the first two seasons). It helps pass the time between puking and rolling on my bed yelling “WHY ME!” Yeah I get dramatic when I’m sick :p

Criminal Minds has recently become my new obsession. I used to just watch it whenever it came on TV, but now I have to watch it all in order! I love this series. In a way, it kind of creeps me out. No. Scratch that. It freaks the hell out of me. One of the reasons I like my supernatural story lines is because I know they are not true. But when it comes to these realistic fiction TV shows, they mess with my head. That being said, I absolutely love this series!! Spencer is my favourite! I love Garcia (spelling?) and Morgan’s relationship. They are so flirty, but in a cute way. I doubt they ever get together and I kind of hope they don’t. I like their relationship like this!! (I’m on season one the second to last disk. I’m about to watch: Charm and Harm)

Are you a Criminal Minds fan?

Another book review! I’m making up for lost times and reading like a maniac :)

Todays book is Torment by Lauren Kate, the sequal to Fallen.

I liked the book Fallen, the first novel. I think my only little pick on the book was that she was obsessed with Daniel. Which, let’s face it, most teenage girls are obsessed with their first love. So it was a bit stupid to pick that out, but it was how I feel.

In this book, Torment, Luce grows a back bone. No longer will she take being kept in the dark. She wants answers and she will do whatever she can to get them. I like that she grows some balls in this book and won’t just sit around day dreaming about her boyfriend.

The characters in this book are awesome. I love them even more than the ones in the first book. Miles was my favourite by far! He was so cute! I fell in love with him instantly!! Shelby took me some time to love, but you will understand why if you read the book!

I highly recommend you continue the series and read the next book. I seem to be saying this too often. Why can’t the first book of the series be awesome??

I don’t have the next book, Passion, yet so there will be a while before another review. There are a few more books I want to buy in the mean time! The Golden Lily will be coming out next month :)

Happy Reading!

Alright so I thought I would do a post on how my life is right now, and things I have been doing lately.

So far, with life, I can’t really complain. Things have been going great lately (knock on wood). I’ve mentioned before that I got a job! Huge step. If you’ve been following me for almost the past year, then you probably know a lot about my anxiety. If you are new to my blog, then I will tell you, I have severe social anxiety. For about three years I barely left my house. I remember once never leaving my house for 6 months straight. After months of seeing a therapist and some prescribed medicine, I started to get better. We finally found out my trigger: being bullied in high school. And I was taught how to grow from it all. Sounds easy, but was truly the hardest three years of my life. Now, 19 years old, I have come a long way. I not only leave the house, but I go out with friends. I got a job. I’m in college. I can’t wait to see what else the future has in store for me.

Recently I have been talking about going vegan. And yes, even though I haven’t posted a lot about it lately, I am still on the vegan wagon. I think the hardest part for me, has been dairy. I have been considering sticking to vegetarianism, and then gradually taking away dairy instead of doing it cold turkey like I have been. I haven’t decided yet though! As far as makeup, clothes, and other necessities being vegan, I have yet to advance to that stage. Right now I am just focusing on the food aspect of it all. (I’ve even lost a few pounds in the process).

After taking a long hiatus on reading, I have jumped right back into the book pool with both feet. OMG I forgot how addicting reading can be. As soon as I started reading City of Ashes, I caught the bug all over again. Now I can’t decide whether I want to read more or write more. I need to find a healthy balance there. I finished City of Glass which I just did a book review on. There are two or three more books in the series, but I do not own them as of yet. So I will be taking a break from that series. My current book of choice is the second book in the Fallen series by Lauren Kate. My sister bought me this book for my birthday so I thought it would be a great book to read in the mean time. So expect a review soon!!!

Right now, I’m glad to say, I am genuinely happy. I am content with the way my life is. It’s moving in a positive direction and I find myself in a positive atmosphere. I hope this feeling lasts (knock on wood) because it’s a feeling that has long since being forgotten. I forgot how to be happy for the longest time and it’s nice to finally remember.

I hope you guys are happy too!!!

Are there any topics you guys want me to talk about? They can be personal to me or to you (completely anonymous). If you’re interested in advice or just friendly conversation/information message me, okay?

Okay so I read this book pretty fast. We had a few days of absolute downpour here in BC so I turned on the electric fireplace, cozied on the couch with a cup of tea and read my heart out.

WELL FINALLY! So Clary and Jace are not related. Thank freaking God! It was getting to be too much. When they were getting a little intimate after Jace’s home crumbled down, I was so grossed out. How could you want to have sex with your brother? Because of this weird story line, I probably will never love the books, but I definitely found them entertaining.

My favourite relationship by far was Alec and Magnus! When they kissed OMG! I loved it. They are so opposite and yet so right for each other. In my last review I said I was excited for Maia and Simon, I’ve changed my mind. I thought the Isabelle and Simon story line was over so I didn’t consider it, but now! Oh I hope they end up together. He’s enough of a good guy so that her parents will like him, but also bad because he’s a downworlder. Everyone gets what they want!

I just about screamed when Jocelyn and Luke got together. Perhaps there are too many happy endings, but I just love this turn out. That being said, there are two or three more books to read, so who knows.

I wish Jace or Clary would have killed Valentine, but it made sense to make the angel do it. Probably neither of them could bare the thought of murder on their hands even if the guy deserved to die a death far worse than he got.

I really liked how Cassandra Clare showed you all sides of Valentine. He was just a masochistic asshole, he had depth. I think a part of him did love his biological children, Jace and even Jocelyn. I just think he didn’t love them enough to sacrifice his big picture. In the end I was glad he died, mostly because I didn’t want him to be the heart of another story line the next book. However, I don’t think is the last time we will read about Sebastian/Jonathan…

What did you think of City of Glass by Cassandra Clare?

Okay I tried to post this before so hopefully it works this time!

Book review! YAY!

Okay so my book review for the first Mortal Instruments novel wasn’t exactly a positive one. I pretty much said I hated it. Which isn’t exactly true. I do believe I said that the book itself was good but the ending ruined the whole thing, which is my honest opinion. The ending creeped me out and turned my off completely. I will never read that book again. Honest engine. So that’s why it has take me so long to write a review for the next book, I just really didn’t like the first.

But alas, I sat down and read the second book: City of Ashes. Of course I started this book with a horrible attitude and picked at everything they said, but after the third chapter I started to chill and in fact, get into it. Again, I think the book overall was great. I definitely liked it more than the second one. However, the Jace and Clary relationship still grosses the hell out of me. The fact that they now know they are brother and sister and are making out, that’s just gross. Although to be honest, I’m thinking we’re later going to find out they aren’t related. When the Inquisitor whispered something to Jace before she died…I don’t know…something is going on there.

I didn’t like how Clary and Simon dated. She wasn’t into it and it bothered me how she led him on. (This isn’t hate on the book, the characters should have gone through this and tested the waters, I just happen to love Simon to bits and hated to see him hurt). I’m really interested in Simon’s relationship with Maia. I think that will be awesome.

I really liked Simon becoming a vampire. I like that now he could be a part of Clary’s whole life and have a bigger part in kicking the ass of demons. Simon can be pretty bad ass when he wants to be and I like that.

By far my favourite couple of this book was Alec and Magnus! I thought they were so cute. I really hope I read more about their relationship in the next book and perhaps a little bit of Clary’s mom with Luke.

I really, really liked this book more than first and highly recommend people to continue reading even if you are turned off by the first book like me. I’m still disgusted by Jace and Clary’s relationship so I hope something transpires there soon. I can’t imagine kissing my brother. I don’t have one, but if I did, that would be absolutely disgusting. Even if I fell in love with him before I knew, the fact that he was my brother would just turn me right off. Incest is never sexy.

What did you guys think of the second book?

So today I went to the mall with my mom. We were going watch shopping and happen to pick up a few things a long the way. It was, over all, a really good day. It started out shaky with my anxiety, but my mom is pretty good at keeping me sane and also the shiny objects in the stores distracted me :p

One of the things I wanted to talk to you guys about was tattoos. For a while now I have been considering getting a tattoo on both my wrists. One would say: JUST and the other would say: BREATHE. It’s fitting because of my anxiety and I just thought that would be nice in a pretty scripture. But here’s the deal, I can’t decide if it’s something I one hundred percent want to do and that’s because of the pain. It has nothing to do with me questioning the tattoo itself.

My mom is down with the idea as long as I purchase it myself. No biggy. I just need the actual balls to go through with it. Anyways I just wanted to share this with you <3 What is your take on tattoos? Do you have any other suggestions for words to put on my wrists?

So today was my birthday, I’m officially 19 years old!!! In Canada that’s the golden age. I can now drink (which I won’t) and smoke (which I won’t) and I can get into places my eyes are too virgin to see.

The best part of my birthday was the presents. I don’t mean to sound greedy. What I meant was, the meaning behind my presents.

My parent’s gift in particular made me smile and gave my heart a warm squeeze. They bought me two Skinny Bitch Vegan Cookbooks. Okay, so I know what you’re thinking, what’s so sweet about that? Well if you read my blog than you know my parents have been less than supportive about this whole “vegan thing”. In fact, they were on verge of being pretty mean. But this changed everything. This present was their way of saying “We don’t understand it, but we accept it.” Kind of like I just came out of the closet.

In any case, I was touched and super excited to start reading these books. They hold more facts than I thought possible. Currently my eyes are glued to: Skinny Bitch Book of Vegan Swaps. Which is basically a guide to going vegan (much needed). I also got the newest book by Skinny Bitch. I got a couple of books from my sister and a promise from my mom that on Saturday we will go to the mall and get me a nice watch! Pretty damn spoiled if you ask me.

We did end up going out tonight and I just had salad and spaghetti. No big deal. They met me halfway with vegan brownies for my birthday cake. It’s all about compromise. I hope this paves the path for a better relationship. My mom even went as far as to say “If you make dinner, I’ll try those recipes!” What a turn-a-round! So happy right now!

Thank you by the way to the messages I got about my birthday, that meant a lot to me!

What are your favourite vegan cookbooks?