Top 10 Tuesday : Top 10 Book Characters That Really Pissed Me Off

You guys know the drill. CLICK HERE to go check out the creators of this weekly meme. This week's Top 10 Tuesday is a make it your own type of thing. I decided to do Top 10 Characters That Really Pissed Me Off.

 These are in no particular order. 

10. Count Olaf from The Series of Unfortunate Events

What a psycho! Don't get me wrong I do believe he makes the story, but he is such a jerk.

Sn: Jim Carrey played him perfectly. 

9.  T. Ray from The Secret Life of Bees

One word: Grits. If you've read it then you know what I'm talking about. 

8. Tom from The Great Gatsby

He is extremely annoying throughout the entire novel. He is the epitome of a douche. 

7. Trish and Maxwell from The Art of Racing in the Rain

They make me so upset throughout the whole story. Not only does Denny have to worry about his sick wife, he also has to worry about her pesky parents. If you haven't read this book yet it is a great adult contemporary told from a dog's point of view. 

6.Celeste from The Selection 

Celeste is an uber-biotch. Just think Mean Girls, and Celeste is Regina. At one point she actually rips America's dress because if she couldn't have it neither could America. 

5.August from Water for Elephants

Not only did he treat his wife terribly, he also abused the animals in the circus. 

4. Hilly from The Help

She deserved every bit of that pie ; ) 

The Help is one of my favourite books. Please read it or at least see the movie. It is fan-freaking-tastic. 

3. Anna from The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

She was the popular mean girl at school. I could handle that, but when she stole Mara's notebook I was pissed. She tried to embarrass Mara in front of tons of people at school by showing off her sketches of Noah, the super cute popular boy.

2.Queen Levana from Cinder

Ugh! She is pure evil. I don't want to give too much away, but just trust me when I say she is completely 100% terrible.

1. President Snow from The Hunger Games Triology

He is such a jerk. He makes my skin crawl just thinking about him. He is the worst person ever. He kills kids for fun. What a psycho!

Until next time,

Bre

Book Review: Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Book 1 in The Lunar Chronicles Series

Pages: 387

My Rating: 4/5

Goodreads Rating: 4.09

Cinder is a retelling of Cinderella, but with a sci-fi twist. Cinder is a cyborg who lives in New Beijing. She is the best mechanic in town. She can fix almost anything, except the kingdom's epidemic. One day, Prince Ky comes to Cinder's Mechanic booth, and drops off his android. The Prince and Cinder really hit it off. She caught herself thinking about the prince often, and he was also interested in her. There is are some big problems though, he doesn't know she is a cyborg or that she is planning on running away from his country. There is a big twist, although predictable, that keeps the reader hooked. This book had some predictable moments, but I still got lost in the story. I loved this book, and I gave it a 4 out of 5 stars on Goodreads.

Spoilers:
I enjoyed this story a lot more than I thought I would. The whole cyborg thing really through me off. I loved the Cinderella references. I could not stand her stepmom. The author did a great job creating her family. I really enjoyed Peony. She was a breath of fresh air for Cinder. It crushed me when she got sick. I wish Cinder would have been able to save her. I actually did not think she was going to die. Once she got the antidote, I was literally yelling at Cinder to hurry up and get it to her.

Prince Ky was awesome. The first time we met him at Cinder's booth, I fell for him. He was such a nice and caring person. He has so much going on between his father's death and the visit with the Lunar Queen, that Cinder never tells him about her. I wish that Cinder would have at least told him about being Cyborg. The Lunar part was still new to her so I'm not blaming her for that one. The way the Prince interacted with Cinder was just adorable. He was so sweet. They are just the cutest little "thing." (I can't say couple even though that is totally what I'm wishing for)

I cannot stand the Lunar Queen. She is so terrible. She had the cure the whole time and just let Ky's father die. She is a cold hearted witch. I'm struggling with her character because I hate her but at the same time respect her because she is an awesome villain. Her powers are a bit weird. I can't wait to see what happens now that we are in the moon. Shots about to get real : )

I can't do a review without mentioning Iko. She is Cinder's android and my favourite character. I loved her personality. She is such a good friend to Cinder. I almost teared up when she was sold for parts. She was the perfect sidekick. I'm excited to see if she comes back in Scarlet.

Cinder is a Lunar. I was expecting it, but as I was reading I was in denial. I did not want it to be true. I felt so bad for Prince Ky at the end. How do you chose between your "love interest" and the fate of your country. I would have done the same thing. At least, we know that he has a plan to rescue her .

I'm ready to see what happens in book 2. I know it is a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, and Scarlet is the main character. I read the summary and there is a Wolf. What? How? I'm intrigued. I hope we get to learn more about the Lunars.

Until next time,
Bre

Currently Reading & Book Haul:

Happy Saturday!

I wanted to update you guys on what I'm currently reading. I'm reading three books right now. It's crazy I know. I have never read more than one book at a time before. I'm still trying to finish Panic before the month is over. I only have about 100 pages left in Cinder, and I'm almost 200 pages into The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. Hugo is a very interesting book. It is made up of hand drawn pictures and prose. I will post some pictures of the artwork, but first let's admire the cover.

I love the cover. Not only is it beautiful, but it relates to the story. Hugo is a young boy who works on the clocks in a busy Paris train station. His father and him worked on all types of little trinkets. Until one day, his father discovered an extremely unique treasure that will consume his life. His father died unexpectedly, so now Hugo must continue on in his father's footsteps to figure out the mystery behind the treasure and his father's death.

Now time for the mini book haul. I recently placed an order from bookoutlet.com and Amazon. I was so surprised that I found all of these books for such a great deal. Without further a do, here are my new books : )

Click on any of the titles, and it will take you to the book's summary.

Born Of Illusion by Terri Brown

Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Poison Princess by Kresley Cole
Burn for Burn by Jenny Han & Siobhan Vivian

I have two more orders coming from book outlet. I will post them as soon as I get them. So be on the lookout for that.

Until next time,
Bre

#Friday Reads + Library Haul

#Friday Reads is a book hashtag that was created on Twitter. The hashtag will bring up what people are reading for the weekend all over the world. I decided it would be cool to feature it on my blog.

So this weekend I am reading Panic by Lauren Oliver. I'm currently 130 pages in, but I'm just not super into it. I might start a book I got from the library.

The books from the library and their summaries from Goodreads:

Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.

Golden boy Ezra Faulkner believes everyone has a tragedy waiting for them—a single encounter after which everything that really matters will happen. His particular tragedy waited until he was primed to lose it all: in one spectacular night, a reckless driver shatters Ezra’s knee, his athletic career, and his social life.No longer a front-runner for Homecoming King, Ezra finds himself at the table of misfits, where he encounters new girl Cassidy Thorpe. Cassidy is unlike anyone Ezra’s ever met, achingly effortless, fiercely intelligent, and determined to bring Ezra along on her endless adventures.But as Ezra dives into his new studies, new friendships, and new love, he learns that some people, like books, are easy to misread. And now he must consider: if one’s singular tragedy has already hit and everything after it has mattered quite a bit, what happens when more misfortune strikes? Robyn Schneider’s The Beginning of Everything is a lyrical, witty, and heart-wrenching novel about how difficult it is to play the part that people expect, and how new beginnings can stem from abrupt and tragic endings.

In 1923, fifteen-year-old Hattie Shepherd flees Georgia and settles in Philadelphia, hoping for a chance at a better life. Instead, she marries a man who will bring her nothing but disappointment and watches helplessly as her firstborn twins succumb to an illness a few pennies could have prevented.  Hattie gives birth to nine more children whom she raises with grit and mettle and not an ounce of the tenderness they crave.  She vows to prepare them for the calamitous difficulty they are sure to face in their later lives, to meet a world that will not love them, a world that will not be kind. Captured here in twelve luminous narrative threads, their lives tell the story of a mother’s monumental courage and the journey of a nation. Beautiful and devastating, Ayana Mathis’s The Twelve Tribes of Hattie is wondrous from first to last—glorious, harrowing, unexpectedly uplifting, and blazing with life. An emotionally transfixing page-turner, a searing portrait of striving in the face of insurmountable adversity, an indelible encounter with the resilience of the human spirit and the driving force of the American dream, Mathis’s first novel heralds the arrival of a major new voice in contemporary fiction.

 

She calls herself Calexa Rose Dunhill—names taken from the grim surroundings where she awoke, bruised and bloody, with no memory of who she is, how she got there, or who left her for dead.She has made the cemetery her home, living in a crypt and avoiding human contact. But Calexa can’t hide from the dead—and because she can see spirits, they can’t hide from her.Then one night, Calexa spies a group of teenagers vandalizing a grave—and watches in horror as they commit murder. As the victim’s spirit rises from her body, it flows into Calexa, overwhelming her mind with visions and memories not her own.Now Calexa must make a decision: continue to hide to protect herself—or come forward to bring justice to the sad spirit who has reached out to her for help...