My summer/ holiday reading list!

So today was my last day of school and tomorrow I'm going to England, Eastbourne for 3 weeks so I'm going to read  a bit!

"Opposition" by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Lux-series book 5)
Katy knows the world changed the night the Luxen came. She can't believe Daemon stood by as his kind threatened to obliterate every last human and hybrid on Earth. But the lines between good and bad have blurred.

Daemon will do anything to save those he loves, even if it means betrayal. But when it quickly becomes impossible to tell friend from enemy, and the world is crumbling around them, they may lose everything to ensure the survival of their friends...and mankind.

I'm so scared to read this book bc it's the last one of the series, my favourite series. I know that some of you aren't going to get this, but don't worry I'm going to review every single book of this series soon!

"Shadows" by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Lux-series book 6, Dawson's story)

The last thing Dawson Black expected was Bethany Williams. To him, human girls are...well, fun. But since the Luxen have to keep their true identities a secret, falling for one would be insane. Dangerous.

Bethany can't deny the immediate connection between her and Dawson. And even though boys aren't a complication she wants, whenever they lock eyes, she's drawn in. Captivated.

Dawson can't stop risking everything for one human girl. Or stop a fate that is as unavoidable as love itself.

A extra story about Daemons brother Dawson. He's like a mystery so I'm really curious how they fell in love and got in that much trouble!

"Sophie's World" by Jostein Gaarder
Looking in her mailbox one day, a fourteen-year-old Norwegian schoolgirl called Sophie Amundsen finds two surprising pieces of paper. On them are written the questions: 'Who are you?' and 'Where does the world come from?'

The writer is an enigmatic philosopher called Albert Knox, and his two teasing questions are the beginning of an extraordinary tour through the history of Western Philosophy from the pre-Socratics to Sartre. In a series of brilliantly entertaining letters, and then in person ( with his dog, Hermes), Albert Knox opens Sophie's enquiring mind to the fundamental questions that philosophers have been asking since the dawn of civilization.

But as soon as Sophie begins to find her feet in this dazzling, exciting new world, she and Albert find themselves caught up in a plot which is itself a most perplexing philosophical conundrum...

Yup, I do read classics and I think that I either really love or hate this book. My father gave it to me bc he knows that I like this kind of questions and I often think about how weird our world really is, but that's another post...should I write it? Pls comment below. But back to the topic; He has shown me his favourite quote in this book, "What if you slept? And what if, in your sleep. you dreamed? And what if, in your dream, you went to Heaven and plucked a strange and beautiful flower? And what if, when you awoke, you held the flower in your hand? Ah, what then?".
It could be a dream or not. I hope that the whole book is something lie this quote bc it makes me question things and just THINK.

"Rivers of London" by Ben Aaronovitch
Meet DC Peter Grant. He will show you his city. But it's not the capital that you all see as you make your way from tube to bus, from Elephant to Castle. It's a city that under its dark surface is packed full of crime. And of magic. A city that you never suspected...

Grant's story starts when he tries to take a witness statement from a man who was already dead. And takes him down a twisting, turning centuries' old mystery that reckons to set modern London on fire...

This book sounds so cool! I'm going to visit London two times during my stay, so it's going to be fun searching for all the mystic places described in this book!


That's it, see you in three weeks! HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!!!

Love,

"It's Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

“People are screwed up in this world. I'd rather be with someone screwed and open about it than somebody perfect and...you know... ready to explode.” 

Sooo... this book was very interesting, I'd say. I had to read it for my English class and I read it in like one day, so it's not a bad book, but I just don't like the genre "depressed young adult". Still, it was a good book, just not my favourite.

Ambitious New York City teenager Craig Gilner is determined to succeed at life - which means getting into the right high school to get into the right job. But once Craig aces his way into Manhattan's Executive Pre-Professional High School, the pressure becomes unbearable. He stops eating and sleeping until, one night, he nearly kills himself.

Craig's suicidal episode gets him checked into a mental hospital, where his new neighbors include a transsexual sex addict, a girl who has scarred her own face with scissors, and the self-elected President Armelio. There, Craig is finally able to confront the sources of his anxiety. (source: goodreads)

I think that this book can help a lot of teens, who feel depressed. I mean some "dark"-books don't end well, so there is no positive help in it, but this one's awesome. Craig just understands that life's worth living and fighting for. You can jump, swim, love ,eat ,drink, have fun, feel.
And I think that's the most important thing in life. I would never want to stop feeling things. Never.
So that's what I love about Craig. He's just so positive and intelligent (I mean most of the people just jump and don't think twice about what they're loosing)  and the book's just so accurate!
For example, I love how Craig just says that he loves peeing, because it's easy. You're never going to read THAT again!

All in all I'd recommend this book to teens, just so they can get an idea of how it's like to be depressed and maybe even help depressed teens. Even if you don't like the genre (like me) it's worth reading.

Love,