Reading Is All There Is

Violet Markey is the popular girl in school. Although she has just lost her older sister, Eleanor, in a car accident. They were both in the car when it ran over a bridge, but Violet's the only one who survived. She feels both sad and guilty - as anyone would.  Theodore Finch is called the freak of the school. He has two close friends, Charlie and Brenda. Finch, as he is called, is humorous and jokes around a lot. But he is still very serious and he reads a lot about suicide. Once in a while, Finch goes through some really dark times where he isn't able to do much.  One day, Violet and Finch meet at their school's bell tower. One of them wants to jump off, but the other stops the person from doing it. Rumors start spreading around school about a hero. Soon a  new friendship starts. This book was great. It was even amazing. I loved Finch's character although he was depressing and it made me sad to read the parts about him. The thing with Finch is.. that he is s...

Set in the late 90's and the beginning of the new Millennium, computers and the internet is not something everyone's quite familiar with. 28-year-old Lincoln is hired as the new IT guy at a newspaper called  The Courier . Lincoln's job is to read the employees' mail and warn anyone who ends up in the so-called WebFence folder for using any inappropriate words and such. The job makes Lincoln feel bad. What he's doing is wrong, but there's one thing holding him back from quitting his job. Since Lincoln started working at the newspaper, he has been enjoying reading the email-exchange between the friends Beth and Jennifer. Lincoln continues his work, although it's boring, and nothing much happens in his life. The emails between Beth and Jennifer are just about the only exciting part of his life, but he soon grows too attached to one of the women, but is it possible to fall in love with someone you've never even met? Everyone in Lincoln's social ...

Tessa McCaide is unlike others. She has a special talent which has always been a big struggle. Especially in her social life. She has a hard time finding friends since everyone thinks she is a freak. Tessa has a chance to start over when her fathers gets a new job in a different state. Although at a party, Tessa is bitten and her life forever changes.  To me, the main character Tessa, has the same personality as any other main character in a fan-fiction. She likes books, she's lonely, she has a special person in her life and she has a secret. This novel did seem like fan-fiction to me. The writing style reflected it. Tessa is humorous. Although her jokes seemed extremely cliché to me and therefore I mostly just rolled my eyes at them. Tessa McCaide was nothing special to me. She didn't seem real and I had a hard time relating to her.  Tessa's new group of friends seemed loyal, but not realistic either. If you take Meredith, Tessa's new BFF, she's just t...

Melanie lives in a cell. Every morning starts the same. After getting dressed, soldiers step into her cell. One holds a gun pointed to her face while another straps her to a wheelchair with no chance of moving around. Depending on which day it is, Melanie is rolled into class with other children just like her. Melanie is happy to learn, but mostly when it's a Miss Justineau day. Justineau is kind and tells great stories. Everything about her is perfect and Melanie admires her.  The children don't know when they came to live in the cells. They don't know anything about their past or what they are. But they are something special and have a purpose. They could be the answer to make the world great again.  First off, I'm a bit disappointed with this novel. It was not like anything I had expected. Then again, I had no clue what the novel was about when I picked it up. At first, I was very intrigued. I thought: "This is going to be such a great book. " Then...

A few years have gone by since the Dark War where several Shadowhunters were killed. In this new series by Cassandra Clare, we follow the Shadowhunter Emma Carstairs and her parabatai Julian Blackthorn who live in the Los Angeles institute alongside Julian's younger siblings; Livia, Ty, Dru and Tavy. In the Dark War, Emma lost her parents. The Clave said they were killed by Sebastian Morgenstern, but Emma does not believe them. She knows that her parents' death means something and she seeks vengeance. After the war, the Cold Peace was enacted by the Clave. The Fair Folk are no longer protected by the Clave under the Accords. This also means that Shadowhunters aren't allowed to communicate with the fairies or help them. Therefore, Julian's older sister and brother, who are half fairy, were taken away. Helen on Wrangel Island and Mark in the Wild Hunt. A family separated. Then Mark shows up again after 5 years with some other fairies regarding the murders that have bee...

Summary Louisa Clark is 26 years old and has just lost her job. Her entire family, consisting of her mother, father, sister Treena, nephew Thomas and Grandad, all rely on her income. So she has to pull herself together and find a new job. This is not easy. Louisa/Lou doesn't have an education and the jobs that are offered aren't entirely great. She tries different things for some weeks, but just as Lou is about to loose hope, a new job offer comes in. Although she isn't keen on the idea of being someone's caretaker and having to wipe someone's butt, Louisa takes the job. She becomes the carer of Will Traynor who is a 35-year-old quad. Which means that he has no movement in his legs or arms. Therefore, he needs care 24/7. Louisa and Will are not happy with each other. They are two entirely different people with entirely different perspectives on life. Louisa is chatty and almost always in a good mood. Whereas Will has lost all hope. Some days he does not speak to...

I finally came around to read Insurgent . At first I wasn't all that amazed by the book because I had already watched the movie (which I can't even remember now). Although it did excite me and I've always been captured by the love between Tris and Tobias. I think they're so cute together and in this book so much drama happens between them. Their love is really tested and oh my heart.. I honestly felt like my heart was torn in peaces at some points. But how about I start out with a short summary:  "Divergent" ended on a train with Tris, Tobias, Marcus (Tobias' psycho dad), Peter (Tris' enemy) and Caleb (Tris' brother) heading towards the Amity headquarters. Here they stayed for some time, but rules were set out for them. Since Amity is all about keeping the peace, they could not start any conflicts. - or else they would be thrown out. As we know, the Dauntless are very loud and not afraid to start conflicts. What's bad is the fact that Pe...

I've told myself time and again that I need to start blogging in English. That's what I'm doing now. This is my first blog-post in English. I really hope you enjoy it: Tessa Young is a sweet and well-behaved girl. She does well in school and she has a loyal boyfriend. In addition, she got into one of the best colleges out there. Actually it's the college her mother has always wanted her to go to. There's never been a doubt that she had to go to Washington State University. Tessa, being the great daughter she is, chose to please her mother. As Tessa begins in college, she meets people who are far different than her. Steph, her roommate, has piercings and tattoos, which is a bit frightening, but the two girls quickly get along. College is just as expected until Tessa meets Hardin Scott. The man who took her by surprise and led Tessa to realise who she truly was. However, things are never like they seem. Tessa goes through lots of hardship, especially with Hardi...

America Singer er én af de fire piger i Eliten. Hun har fået lov til at blive i Udvælgelsen, men hun møder stadig en del modstand fra bl.a kong Clarkson. Han truer hende og vil ikke have hende med længere, men Maxon kæmper for America. Aspen og America kommer længere fra hinanden, idet Americas følelser for Maxon bliver større, men Maxon er også tilbageholdende omkring sin kærlighed for hende, og det tynger deres forhold. Oprørsgrupperne er stadig brutale, og de finder på nye planer, som både er rystende og voldsomme. America udvikler sig mere og kan stadig ikke beherske sig selv, hvilket får hende i problemer, men det gør også, at hun bliver en favorit blandt folket. America viser sig mere og mere som en dronning, men med det vil der også være  flere forhindringer på adskillige fronter.  Min mening omkring bogen er lidt blandet. Ærligt har jeg aldrig brudt mig ret meget om serien pga. sproget og skrivestilen. Men det bunder sikkert i, at jeg læser den på dansk. Alligev...

"Stormfulde højder" er en engelsk klassiker skrevet af Emily Brontë (1818-1848) i 1847. Desuden er det hendes eneste overleverede værk. Da bogen blev udgivet, blev den kritiseret en del, og det var først i nyere tider, at man begyndte at anerkende og prise den. Jeg har altid gerne villet læse "Stormfulde højder", da jeg har læst en del om den og hørt rigtig meget om den. Jeg synes tit, at den nævnes i de bøger, jeg læser, og derfor ville jeg gerne finde ud af, om "der var noget om snakken", som man siger.  "Stormfulde højder" strækker sig over en del år. Det er en slægtshistorie om kærlighed, sorg og hævn. Vi befinder os i Yorkshire, England, hvor vi i begyndelsen af historien møder Mr. Lockwood, som er lejer af The Grange - et storslået hus/gård midt ude i ingenting. En aften beslutter Mr. Lockwood sig for at besøge ejeren af The Grange, som bor på Stormfulde Højder. Her møder han Heathcliff, Josef, Cathy og Hareton. Selvom mr. Lockwood i...