tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90325477943705007052024-03-13T23:35:19.895-04:00music, books, and other things we lovetwo teens. an addiction to reading and hard rock. this could get interesting.Amy and Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13578677777935300347noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032547794370500705.post-70175718059222036132011-01-02T22:30:00.001-05:002011-01-02T22:31:30.063-05:00"Good Riddance"Hello. It's Lydia, and I have some news for y'all. <br />
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Amy and I have been talking about this for a while, and we think that it's best if we shut down this blog. Don't worry, we're still the best of friends, I've just wanted to do a solo blog, and Amy says that she hasn't really been pumped about posting and stuff. So we've agreed to shut down this blog. <br />
Amy's considering starting a music blog, but she's not totally sure about it yet. <br />
I just started up another book review blog, and if y'all still love me, you can contuine to follow me on my book journey at: <a href="http://www.readingstandsforever.blogspot.com/">readingstandsforever.blogspot.com</a><br />
Thanks for everything. Y'all are the best!<br />
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"it's something unpredictalbe, but in the end it's right. i hope you had the time of your life." -"good riddance (time of your life)" by green day<br />
~Lydia~Amy and Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13578677777935300347noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032547794370500705.post-27038610604896178242010-12-13T22:45:00.000-05:002010-12-13T22:45:44.522-05:00Lydia is Lazy..hello all. It's Lydia (duh), and I'm going to be really lazy today. I'm going to list the top 25 most listened to songs on my iPod (according to iTunes) and make comments, because i'm tired and lazy right now. i hope you enjoy!<br />
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25. "I Want You" by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - this song is awesome, even though it talks about drugs...but i mean, that's sorta who joan is!<br />
24. "Hell is for Children" by Pat Benatar - ok, i know the title sounds horrible, but it's about child abuse, and its sad. if your heart breaks easily, don't listen to this song.<br />
23. "Cherry Bomb" by The Runaways - ok, this song is slut central. BUT it was written in 1975 by a group if 15 year old girls...<br />
22. "Love is a Battlefield" by Pat Benatar - best of her music videos. and the song is so true. love is a frikin battlefield. <br />
21. "The Only Exception" by Paramore - i have an only exception. <br />
20. "21 Guns" by Green Day - it's about giving up, and knowing when you've been beat. screw optimism. <br />
19. "Welcome to Paradise" by Green Day - is it talking about christmas break? i think so.<br />
18. "School Days" by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - i hate school. and this song makes me feel better, knowing that i'm not the only one. <br />
17. "I Love Rock N Roll" by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - no explanation needed. who isnt in love with rock n roll?<br />
16. "21st Century Breakdown" by Green Day - my generation is zero. <br />
15. "Queens of Noise" by The Runaways - great song about how girls can rock just as hard as guys. <br />
14. "All I Wanted" by Paramore - all i wanted was you...<br />
13. "Turn it Off" by Paramore - it talks about how technology can be talking over our life. it's still an amazing song. <br />
12. "We Are Broken" by Paramore - i cannot figure out what this song is about. i get that it's about a song about a relationship that went bad, but i can't figure out the meat of the song...i sort of like it that was. <br />
11. "Know Your Enemy" by Green Day - i have so many enemies, this just fits in at #11<br />
10. "Emergency" by Paramore - about divorce. very fitting. thanks mom and dad. <br />
9. "Paperback Writer" by The Beatles - how did this manage to be the only beatles song on this list? i don't comprehend...<br />
8. "Ignorance" by Paramore - hehe. some people can be so ignorant. <br />
7. "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day -this kind of explains my life right now. "my shadows the only one that walks beside me, my shallow hearts the only thing thats beating, sometimes i wish someone out there will find me. till then, i walk alone" has an amazing video too. <br />
6. "Feeling Sorry" by Paramore - "we've got no time for feeling sorry" (we don't)<br />
5. "All We Know" by Paramore - i love this song. over the summer, everything i knew fell. <br />
4. "Basket Case" by Green Day - this is possibly the best music video ever. just go watch it. <br />
3. "Playing God" by Paramore - please, just trust me, awesome video and song. and...yeah...<br />
2. "Bad Reputation" by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - this song is SO badass!!! its totally me. <br />
AND THE NUMBER ONE MOST LISTENED TO SONG ON MY iPOD IS:<br />
1. "Misery Business" by Paramore - there will be no comments about this song. i love it. <br />
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now someone explain to me how ONLY green day, paramore, pat, joan, the runaways and ONE beatles song made it to this list....WHERE IS THE BON JOVI? AC/DC? KISS? EUROPE? DEF LEPPARD? ZEPPLIN? NIRVANA? VAN HALEN?<br />
some please explain this to me. <br />
i do not comprehend.<br />
"well, i'll still say that you shine brighter than anyone!!" "brighter" by paramore. this song was #26. it made me sad that it just barely missed the cut. i love this song, <br />
~lydia~Amy and Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13578677777935300347noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032547794370500705.post-39303590440167327632010-12-11T09:28:00.000-05:002010-12-11T09:28:22.384-05:00Best of 2010 SurveyHello Everyone! It's Lydia, and I found this survey on <a href="http://www.freneticreader.com/2010/12/2010-survey.html">Khy's blog</a>, and it made me excited, so I decided I should do it as well. I do realizee that it's not the end of 2010 yet, but if it really needs to be changed, i will come back and edit it wit new books (if they make the list). It was originally posted on <a href="http://perpetualpageturner.blogspot.com/2010/12/end-of-2010-survey.html">The Perpetual Page Turner</a>. I was going to put covers with these, but I listed so many books, it's just not possible, plus a lot of books have covers with their reviews. Here goes:<br />
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<strong><u>Best Book of 2010:</u></strong><br />
This is REALLY, REALLY hard, but I'm going to have to say it's a three way tie between: <em><a href="http://amyandlydiareview.blogspot.com/2010/02/two-books-and-sorry.html">Hate List</a></em> by Jennifer Brown (my review for this is horrible, and I want to do a new one SOON), <em><a href="http://amyandlydiareview.blogspot.com/2010/02/two-books-and-sorry.html">Thirteen Reasons Why</a></em> and <em><a href="http://amyandlydiareview.blogspot.com/2010/10/vinyl-princess-by-yvonne-prinz.html">The Vinyl Princess</a></em> by Yvonne Prinz. Also <a href="http://perpetualpageturner.blogspot.com/2010/12/end-of-2010-survey.html">Khy</a> (hello again Khy) keeps mentioning <em>Anna and the French Kiss</em> (by Stephanie Perkins) on her blog, so I got the free sample on iBooks on my iPod, and OMG. This book was AWESOME. So, it'd be a four-way tie, except I haven't finished <em>Anna and The French Kiss.</em><br />
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<strong><u>Worst Book of 2010:</u></strong><br />
<em>The Black Sheep</em> by Sandy Rideout and Yvonne Collins. I'm sorry, but I didn't even finish this book (SO RARE) it was just no good at all. I couldn't read big chunks of it at a time, it wasn't my favorite. <br />
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<strong><u>Most Dissapointing Book of 2010: </u></strong><br />
I think I'm going to have to go with <em>That Summer</em> by Sarah Dessen. I know that in the YA world that last sentace was pratcially a crime, but I just wasn't a fan of it......I LOVE SARAH DESSEN TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH AND BACK, but <em>That Summer</em> just wasn't for me. Another would be <em>Teen, Inc.</em> by Stefan Petrucha. I just plain didn't like this book...<br />
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<u><strong>Most Surprising (in a good way) Book of 2010:</strong></u><br />
<em>The Murder of Bindy Mackenzie</em> by Jaclyn Moriarty, for sure. This book surprised the hell out of me! After the frist hundred or so pages, I was about to give up, then the ending twist came, and I was like: WOAH! What just happened?! I was reading it at lumch (that's your anti-social Lydia for you), and I sort of look up at the hustle and bustle of a High School cafeteria, and was like what if this is all a conspiracy?? It was awesome!<br />
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<strong><u>Book You Reccomended Most to People in 2010:</u></strong><br />
This is a billion way tie, because I tell lots of people about lots of books, and yeah... I'll just make a list: all three books from the first question, <em><a href="http://amyandlydiareview.blogspot.com/2010/09/someone-like-you-by-sarah-dessen.html">Someone Like You</a></em> by Sarah Dessen, <em><a href="http://amyandlydiareview.blogspot.com/2010/06/happy-belated-book-launch.html">Between a Heart and a Rock Place: A Memoir</a></em> by Pat Benatar (which reminds me, i need to post a review for that, the link is for Amy's annoncement of it's release date), <em><a href="http://amyandlydiareview.blogspot.com/2010/03/okso-i-have-2-reviews.html">Twenty Boy Summer</a></em> by Sarah Ockler, <em>Uglies</em> by Scott Westerfeld,<em> <a href="http://amyandlydiareview.blogspot.com/2010/10/year-of-secrets-assignments-by-jaclyn.html">The Year of Secret Assignments</a></em> by Jaclyn Moriarty, and <em><a href="http://amyandlydiareview.blogspot.com/2010/04/boyfriend-list-by-e-lockhart.html">The Boyfriend List</a></em> by E. Lockhart. AMAZING BOOKS. <br />
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<u><strong>Best Series You Discovered in 2010:</strong></u><br />
Ok, this is a tie between The Ruby Oliver Novels by E. Lockhart, and the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld. I haven't finished either of these series, but they are both totally AMAZING, and would reccomend to everyone who reads this blog!<br />
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<strong><u>Favorite New Authors You Discovered in 2010:</u></strong><br />
Novel Authors: Sarah Ockler, Scott Westerfeld, Jennifer Brown, C.J. Omloulu, E. Lockhart, Yvonne Prinz, Brian Lee, Ellen Hopkins, Sophie Kinsella, Robin Benway, Carrie Ryan, and SO MANY MORE. <br />
Memoir Authors: Pat Benatar, Cherie Currie, Ozzy Osbourne and a few more<br />
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<u><strong>Most Hilarious Read of 2010:</strong></u><br />
This is hard. <em>Twenty Boy Summer</em>, and <em>The Boyfriend List</em> would defently be my top two. <br />
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<strong><u>Most Thrilling, Unputdownable Book of 2010:</u></strong><br />
I have three: <em>Someone Like You</em> by Sarah Dessen. I got this book from PaperBackSwap, sat down in this big, plushy chair I have, and read it, from start to finish. It wasn't thrilling persay, but it was really good, and got through the action quick. By far my favorite Dessen read. Number two was<em><a href="http://amyandlydiareview.blogspot.com/2010/04/spring-break.html"> Fang</a></em> by James Patterson. This is the fifth (?) book in the Maximum Ride Series, (which if you have not read, you are insane), and it is AWESOME. The last one is <em><a href="http://amyandlydiareview.blogspot.com/2010/04/two-important-things.html">Dirty Little Secrets</a></em> by C.J. Omolou. This book hit me like one of our famous southern heat waves. It was a topic I didn't really understand, (and now that they're covering it one Degrassi, I get it now) and that's what made it so awesome. They were so detailed to the point where it was almost making fun of hoarders. She was standing on that thin white line between perfect and a complete mess. <br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><u><strong>Most Memorable Charachter of 2010:</strong></u></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Gosh...this is really hard. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Allie (aka the Vinyl Princess) was totally awesome!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Valerie (from <em>Hate List</em>) was awesome. </div>Ruby Oliver (she just wins by default)<br />
Hannah (from <em>Thirteen Reasons Why</em>)<br />
Jazz (from <em>Define "Normal"</em> by Julie Anne Peters)<br />
Lydia, Emily and Cass (<em>The Year of Secret Assignments</em>)<br />
Anna, Frankie and Matt (<em>Twenty Boy Summer</em>)<br />
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<strong><u>Most Beautifully Written Book in 2010:</u></strong><br />
This is really easy: <em>The Forest Of Hands and Teeth</em> by Carrie Ryan. I'm reading thi right now, and so far: AMAZING. It's written so well, I'm now a huge Carrie Ryan fan!<br />
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<strong><u>Book That Had the Greatest Impact On You in 2010:</u></strong><br />
I don't know..<em>Hate List</em> hit me hard, and so did <em>Wintergirls</em> (by Laurie Halse Anderson, love her!). I think I read <em>Speak</em> last year, but it's still going on this Survey. <em>Speak</em> was the most moving book I've read (probably other than the Bible) and I reread it often. <br />
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<strong><u>Book You Can't Believe You Waited UNTIL 2010 to Read:</u></strong><br />
<em>Uglies</em> by Scott Westerfeld. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Book Blogging in 2010 (optional):</span><br />
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<strong><u>New Favorite Blog You Discovered in 2010:</u></strong><br />
I Love Maddz from <a href="http://maddzslightlybookish.blogspot.com/">Slightly Bookish</a>, and Larissa from <a href="http://www.larissaslife.com/">Larissa's Bookish Life</a>! There are SO many more that I would love to list, but I don't have time. Sorry other wonderful bloggers! i still love you!<br />
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<strong><u>Favorite Review You Wrote in 2010:</u></strong><br />
I loved my review of <em>The Vinyl Princess</em>! Not to sound really braggy, but either that one or my review of <em>Someone Like You</em>. Either one of those would be my top two. <br />
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<strong><u>Best Discussion You Had On Your Blog:</u></strong><br />
Ok, hands down this is the post that Amy and I wrote together when we were on the trip to my aunt's beach house. <a href="http://amyandlydiareview.blogspot.com/2010/06/new-layout.html">Here</a> is the link, if you were wondering. <br />
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<strong><u>Most Thought Provoking Review or Discussion You've read on Somebody Else's blog:</u></strong><br />
This survey. Mostly because it's fun.<br />
<strong><u>Best Book-Related Even You've Participated in:</u></strong><br />
When Amy and I went to see Liz Kessler. It was so hilarious, because Amy loves mermaid books, and she gets tounge tied in front of authors and such, so I had to talk for her. I totally wish someone had been recording that! We had to drive an hour to get there, then three hours back to Amy's house. It was so fun because Amy talked about it for days after. <br />
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<strong><u>Best Moment of Book Blogging in 2010:</u></strong><br />
See above, or the whole Speak Loudly thing. I didn't get much into it in the blog, but it was still a big deal to me, because <em>Speak</em> and <em>Twenty Boy Summer</em> are two of my favorite books. <br />
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<strong><u>Best Bookish Discovery of 2010:</u></strong><br />
Um....Pat Benatar's memoir? I'm not really sure what this question is asking...<br />
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Woah! This is for sure the LONGEST POST EVER. I feel very special. goodbye for now. <br />
oh, and i've decided that i'm going to end each post with a quote, either movie or music. <br />
"i wanna rock n roll all night! and party every day!" -"rock n roll all night" by KISS<br />
~lydia~Amy and Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13578677777935300347noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032547794370500705.post-74968840006555936962010-11-16T21:59:00.000-05:002010-11-16T21:59:55.489-05:00Music Video: "Playing God" by ParamoreIt's Lydia (again), and I am writing my first ever music video review, and I am proud to say that the artist is one of my top three favorite bands. Paramore is tied with The Runaways and Bon Jovi for my number one spot. Ok, moving on. The song is "Playing God" and here is the music video:<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC7LJYopCYE">"Playing God" by Paramore</a><br />
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Ok, I realize that you have to go to YouTube to watch it, but again this is my first time. Please forgive. Here is my review:<br />
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I am in love with this song, but have mixed feeling about the video. I love the part where Hayley is in the basement, screaming to the guys who are all roped up. I love the whole "rope" theme that was throughout the enitre music video. Also, where they showed the empty frames that are on the back cover of <em>Brand New Eyes</em>. <br />
Some things, that I need to point out that were'nt my favorite, like when they were at the table and....well...all of that. Also, Hayley's dresses throughout the video. I'm not a fan of dresses, and I just plain didn't like those. <br />
Did anyone else notice that when they were in the basement, with the guys roped up, and the single lightbulb hanging down over them, the set looked really similar to the set for the "Ignorance" video? It might just be me though.<br />
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Overall, this music video was fun, quirky, and totally Paramore. LOVED IT!<br />
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rock on!<br />
~lydia~Amy and Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13578677777935300347noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032547794370500705.post-35021561210994759062010-11-09T20:10:00.001-05:002010-11-09T20:10:34.713-05:00HAPPY RELEASE DAY TO BON JOVI!!Yes, you read right! Today is the release day for <em>Bon Jovi Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection</em>. I love Bon Jovi and am so extremely happy that they have a greatest hits out. They are one of my all-time favorite bands, and if you've never heard of Bon Jovi or never listened to any of their songs, then you are either a. living under a rock b. are stuck in an aslyum with no internet (which would make no sense, how are you reading this??) or c. delusinal. The track list for this awesome, AWESOME album consist of:<br />
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"Livin On A Prayer"<br />
"You Give Love A Bad Name"<br />
"It's My Life"<br />
"Have A Nice Day" <br />
"Wanted Dead or Alive"<br />
"Bad Medicine"<br />
"We Weren't Born to Follow"<br />
"I'll Be There For You"<br />
"Born to Be My Baby"<br />
"Blaze of Glory"<br />
"Who Say's You Can't Go Home?" (deut featuring Jennifer Nettles)<br />
"Lay Your Hands On Me"<br />
"Always"<br />
"Runaway"<br />
"I These Arms"<br />
"Someday I'll Be Saturday Night"<br />
"Lost Highway"<br />
"Keep the Faith"<br />
"When We Were Beautiful"<br />
"Bed of Roses"<br />
"This Ain't a Love Song"<br />
"These Days"<br />
"(You Want To) Make A Memory"<br />
"Blood on Blood"<br />
FEATURING FOUR ALL NEW TRACKS<br />
"What Do You Got"<br />
"No Apologies"<br />
"This is Love This is Life"<br />
"The More Things Change"<br />
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Wow, that was a lot. Did you read that?? FOUR all new tracks!?! I must get on iTunes NOW and get these new songs. If you don't know Bon Jovi to start with "Livin On A Prayer", "I'd Die For You" (not on there) or "Wanted Dead or Alive". But I promise you, you may think you've never heard Bon Jovi, but you have. Unless you're in an asylum, like I said earlier. Alright, go get some Bon Jovi!!!<br />
rock on!! <shreds guitar=""><br />
~lydia~Amy and Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13578677777935300347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032547794370500705.post-77591244914101731172010-11-07T08:58:00.001-05:002010-11-16T22:00:24.745-05:00Top Five Songs of the WeekHello. It is Lydia, and Amy and I have decided that, even though we review books. We are music junkies too. So, it seems fit that we review some music as well... And as you can see, we've changed out name! music, books, and other things we love! I'd love comments on the new name/direction we're going. But for now, I'm going to start us off with a Top 5 Songs of the Week. Later, this might become a meme, but we're just starting, so we'll see how it goes. Also, this is not gonna be sugary pop, it's gonna be real music. Our favorite songs this week.<br />
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5. "The Final Countdown" by Europe<br />
Genre: Metal<br />
Best line: "it's the final countdown!!!"<br />
Ok. I first hear this on <em>Metal Mania</em> on VH1 Classic, and fell in love. The guitar is epic, the words fit, the time is right (5:20), and the beat works so well. I love this song. And Europe. <br />
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4. "Playing God" by Paramore<br />
Genre: Alternative<br />
Best Line: "how could that be logical? just keep on cramming ideas down my throat!" OR "it's just my humble opinion, but it's one that i believe in"<br />
I love Paramore, and this is one of my favorite songs by them, and kind of defines some stuff for me. Plus it had two best lines! Which rocks. Amy gave me their latest CD, <em>Brand New Eyes</em> this summer, and I love it. Guitars are played, drums are bashed, lyrics are yelled. That is Paramore.<br />
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3. "Love is Pain" by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts <br />
Genre: Rock<br />
Best Line: "you listen true, i will make you black and blue!"<br />
I love Joan Jett. She's awesome, and this is one of my favorite songs by her. One of the best female rockers of the 80's, and she's still with a band. Amy said that (i think on The Runaways movie comentary) that she says (about The Runaways breaking up) "We were coming of age. What were we running away from?" I love that, but I love The Runaways. <br />
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2. "I'd Die For You" by Bon Jovi<br />
Genre: Rock<br />
Best Line: "in a world that don't know romeo and juliet!!"<br />
Bon Jovi rocks. This is my favorite of their songs. And currently on my favorite show, this defines the relatonship between my two favorite charachters. (<em>Degrassi</em>, Eli and Clare. I love Eli....but I'm talking about music, not TV...ok Lydia, Eli can wait...) Plus look at that line! That is one of my favorite quotes ever!! It's epic. Go buy this song. Now.<br />
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1. "Misery Business" by Paramore<br />
Genre: Alternative<br />
Best Line: "i'm in the business of misery, let's take it from the top."<br />
This is my #2 favorite song of all time. My number 1 is coming later in the future. I think I love this song so much because I can play it on guitar hero, and I like Paramore's early stuff <em>All We Know Is Falling </em>and <em>Riot! </em>are my two favorite of their (3) albums. The guitar is awesome, the drums are awesome, and Hayley's vocals are amazing! Thanks for this hit Paramore!<br />
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So, again, I want your comments on the new name!!<br />
rock on!<br />
~lydia~Amy and Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13578677777935300347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032547794370500705.post-28128765346204915622010-10-31T09:48:00.000-04:002010-10-31T09:48:46.077-04:00In My Mailbox (Lydia)HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! It's Lydia and it's time for....In My Mailbox!! Im My Mailbox is a weekly meme started by <a href="http://www.thestorysiren.com/">The Story Siren </a>and inspired by <a href="http://www.aleapopculture.blogspot.com/">Pop Culture Junkie</a>. Ok, What Lydia got this week....<br />
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Library:<br />
<em>And Then I Found Out The Truth</em> by Jennifer Sturman (Sequel to <em>And Then Everything Unravled. </em>You can find my review <a href="http://amyandlydiareview.blogspot.com/2010/02/and-then-everything-unraveled-by.html">here</a>) <br />
I really liked the first one, and when I found out that it had a seqeul, I got it out of the library as fast as I could. Hopefully it will live up the the hype in the first one. <br />
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<em>Little Blog on the Prairie</em> by Cathleen Davitt Bell<br />
This book looks really, really cute. I loved the Little House books, and a takeoff would be cool, so hopefully this is good. <br />
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<em>The Local News</em> by Miriam Gershow<br />
I'm not totally sure if this book is YA or what, but it looks to be good. Plus there's a charachter named Lydia. If you read my last post, you will find out I enjoy books with my name in it. \\<br />
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<em>The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May and June</em> by Robin Benway <br />
Robin Benway wrote <em>Audrey, Wait!, </em>a book which I read this summer, and will hopefully have a review for ASAP. This looks so AWESOME! I love mysterious books, and this looks mysterious. Awesome, right?<br />
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<em>The Ghosts of Ashbury High</em> by Jaclyn Moriarty <br />
I love this author. She wrote <em>The Year of Secret Assignments</em> which I loved and reviewed yesterday! <a href="http://amyandlydiareview.blogspot.com/2010/10/year-of-secrets-assignments-by-jaclyn.html">Here</a> is the post. So, in this book, it looks like this is a different story, but she brought back Lydia, Emily and Cassie from <em>The Year of Secret Assignments</em>. I love it when authors bring in charachters from their last books (espically when it's not a sequel)! I'm excited for this book!<br />
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<em>The Snowball Effect</em> by Holly Nicole Hoxter<br />
I'm not sure if this is a Tenner, Deb or whatever, but halfway through it and it's AWESOME! I can't wait to finish and review it!<br />
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Bought:<br />
<em>The Forest of Hands and Teeth</em> by Carrie Ryan<br />
Ok, Zombies are totally my thing right now, and Amy told me this is about zombies, so naturally when I went to Barnes and Noble (alone, which I should add, it not very safe) I had to purchase it. It looks good. I had to go to the eye doctor yesterday (my mom wants me to get contacts), and I tried to read it, but there were two problems with that 1. before I went in there, <em>House</em> was on TV and it's one of my favorite shows, so I had to watch it. and 2. When I came out, the dialation was so bad I couldn't read..<br />
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So there's my IMM for this week! What's everyone (who celebrates it) doing for Halloween!? I LOVE Haloween, but this year I might be stuck handing out candy at my aunt's house. She has a new baby, and doesn't want the doorbell ringing all night..Oh well, I'm going to see if some kids let me take pics of their cool costumes! If they let me, I will give them extra candy!!! Also if they let me, I will post some of the cute ones here!<br />
rock on!<br />
~lydia~Amy and Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13578677777935300347noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032547794370500705.post-65839575977542813962010-10-29T22:24:00.000-04:002010-10-29T22:24:09.612-04:00The Year of Secrets Assignments by Jaclyn MoriartyHello wonderful readers! Lydia here, and don't worry, I'm trying to get Amy to post, but she's got a TON of homework. So, because I'm not doing well on my coming-up-with-other-ideas-other-than-reviewing plan, i guess that I have another review...<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/412CKF8WDYL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/412CKF8WDYL.jpg" width="216" /></a><em>The Year of Secret Assignments</em> by Jaclyn Moriarty (back of book)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The Ashbury-Brookfield pen pal program is designed to bring together the two rival schools in a spirit of harmony and "the Joy of the Envelope." But when Cassie, Lydia, and Emily send their first letters to Matthew, Charlie, and Sebastian, things don't go quite as planned. What starts out as a simple letter exchange soon leads to secret missions, false alarms, lock picking, mistaken identities, and an all-out war between the schools--not to mention some really excellent kissing.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Ok, the main reason that I picked up this book was because there is a main charachter names Lydia. You don't see many Lydia's, so it made me excited. You get excited when your name is in a book. Or at least I do, because there are only a few books I have ever found that have my name in it. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I read <em>The Year of Secret Assignments</em> at camp, and absolutly loved it. It was really cute, and the charachter Lydia is extremely similar to me! Like, at the beginning, she was testing to see how smoke decetors worked, and that is TOTALLY something I would do! </div>Lydia, Cassie, Emily, Matthew, Charlie and Sebastian (Seb) are some of the funniest and wittiest charachters I've ever read about. I loved how at the beginning of the pen pal program, Lydia and Seb were testing to see if their teachers actually read their letters. They decided to pretend like they were selling pot (or some other drug), and it made me laugh out loud (legitly) during "rest hour" at camp. <br />
Overall <em>The Year of Secret Assignments</em> was one of the funniest books I've ever read. If you've never read this book, you must go to the store, or library, or wherever and get our hands on a copy of this book NOW!<br />
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so there is my review for Friday/Saturday. I will be back on Sunday (HALLOWEEN!!!!! I LOVE HALLOWEEN SOOO MUCH!!) for my IMM. <br />
rock on! ~lydia~Amy and Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13578677777935300347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032547794370500705.post-85856801068749089162010-10-25T18:59:00.002-04:002010-10-25T20:21:18.478-04:00The Vinyl Princess by Yvonne Prinz<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">It's Lydia, and as I promised you, i have an epic review!!<em> </em>I'm kind of out of my reading slump, so we'll see how much more I get read. Right now I'm reading<em> She Theif</em> by Daniel Finn. It's pretty good, but nowhere near <em>The Vinyl Princess</em>.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1247673128l/6543764.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1247673128l/6543764.jpg" width="212" /></a><em>The Vinyl Princess </em>by Yvonne Prinz (description from inside of book)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">How does a sixteen-year-old vinyl junkie get by?</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Summer is here and Allie is excatly where she wants to be: working full time at the ultra-cool Bob & Bob Records in Berkeley. Here Allie can spend her say bantering with the street people, talking the talk with the staff. shepherding the uncool bridge-and-tunnel shoppers-all while blissfully surrounded by music, music, music. It's the perfect setup for her to deelop her secret identiy as The Vinyl Princess. Her very first ine is about ready to print and her new blog, <a href="http://www.thevinylprincess.com/">http://www.thevinylprincess.com/</a>, is up and running. From the saftey of her favorite place on earth, Allie's poised to launch a vinl revolution-or at least reach some fellow music geeks out there.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">They <em>are</em> out there....aren't they?</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>Ok, as I said, this is now my #2 favorite book ever. (Harry Potter is at an eternal reign as #1). Allie is the perfect charachter. I want to be Allie so much. She is awesome! I love the whole mysterious "M" boy at the beginning of the book, and the end result with him. I am a vinyl junkie as well, or at least a beginner collector, so this book was perfect for me. <br />
Another thing I absolutly LOVE about this book, is that there are just about no cliches! Cliches are boring, and annoying, and take a lot out of books. Allie and Kit are the perfect best friends, total oppisites, and I loved Kit's road trip idea! I think Amy and I should do that sometime! (Just kidding Mom.....maybe ;D) I also think that the whole mysterious Zach thing was really cute, and how they had their musical banter. I so wish I had a Zach in my life :D<br />
Yvonne Prinz is the cofounder of Amoeba Records (aka the world's largest independant record store AND a place I need to visit), and that makes her probably one of the third or forth most important musical-related women in my life. Pat Benatar, Joan Jett and Hayley Williams are the top three. I went on their website last night, and found out that Bob and Bob's Records is based on the first Amoeba Records store which is legit on Telegraph Ave in Berkely, CA, which is where <em>The Vinyl Princess</em> is set!!!<br />
Overall, <em>The Vinyl Princess</em> is one of the best books I have ever read. It shows the true personality of all music and vinyl freaks out there. We are real, and <em>The Vinyl Princess</em> shows the world how awesome we are, whether other people like it or not.<br />
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So, you all know now how much this book means to me. It is so awesome and every single person who read this post needs to go and get this book from the library, or buy it, or whatever, but you need to get it and read it. Ok, I have been reduced to rambling, I need to read. goodbye wonderful blog readers!<br />
~lydia~Amy and Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13578677777935300347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032547794370500705.post-38306073052383301242010-10-24T14:50:00.000-04:002010-10-24T14:50:49.642-04:00i have an amazing review coming upHello dear readers (if there are any left). It's Lydia and I know it's been, like amonth since I posted, but do not worry, I still love you all. I am actually posting this from the library, becuase...well I've looked at the shelves twice already, and don't want to leave. <br />
BUT I found this AMAZING book that I have started and will post a review for ASAP. Let me give you a preview of this book. <br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1247673128l/6543764.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1247673128l/6543764.jpg" width="212" /></a></div>Ok, If this does not look amazing, you must be insane. It's about this girl, Allie (I swear I want to be her) who's brain might as well be a encyclopedia of music. She loves vinyl (hence the name), and wants to start a revolution against downloading. <br />
In my opinion, I agree with her, vinyl is SO MUCH BETTER, but I need my iPod for the 45 minute drive between my parents' houses every few days, and thus downloading....<br />
So, I hope to review <em>The Vinyl Princess</em> soon, but we'll see how much work my Bio teacher gives me tomorrow....<br />
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long live vinyl!<br />
~lydia~Amy and Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13578677777935300347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032547794370500705.post-83503967727690426162010-09-26T20:41:00.000-04:002010-09-26T20:41:48.175-04:00In My MailboxHello wonderful blog readers!! Lydia here, and I have an IMM for you this week! In My Mailbox is a weekly meme started by Kristy over at <a href="http://www.thestorysiren.com">The Story Siren</a>. This will probably be a pretty short post, because I did not get many books this week. Also, same rule apply as the last post where I listed books, like with italics and such.<br />
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Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen - see below post<br />
Dreamland by Sarah Dessen - I've started this already, and it's pretty good.<br />
Amazing Grace by Megan Shull - this book was not really good or worth reviewing<br />
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Ok, so those are all the important books that I have received this week, and yes I had a low book week, and I need to get Zombies vs. Unicorns or I might die. So yes, how was everyone else's weeks??<br />
~lydia~Amy and Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13578677777935300347noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032547794370500705.post-86136384464912099722010-09-24T17:29:00.000-04:002010-09-24T17:29:27.278-04:00Someone Like You by Sarah DessenLydia here, and last night i started this book at like 9:30, and kept reading until i finished this 300 (give or take 20) page book two and a half hours later. SO FREAKIN WORTH IT! Here we go:<br />
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<em>Someone Like You</em> by Sarah Dessen (back of book)<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_c4Dlr2QPR9s/TJ0WUJDjIXI/AAAAAAAAACY/dJqSy5i1Z9A/s1600/pic+one.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_c4Dlr2QPR9s/TJ0WUJDjIXI/AAAAAAAAACY/dJqSy5i1Z9A/s320/pic+one.jpg" width="209" /></a>Halley and Scarlett have been best friends ever since they met. Halley has always been the quiet one, Scarlett braver and more outgoing. Halley has always turned to Scarlett when things get rough, and Scarlett has always known just what to do. It's the perfect setup. But everything changes at the beginning of their junior year. Scarlett's boyfriend is killed in a motorcycle accident; then Scarlett finds out that she is carrying his baby. For the first time ever, Scarlett really needs Halley. Now Halley has to learn how to be strong for Scarlett. It won't be easy, but Halley knows that she can't let Scarlett doiwn. Because a true friend is a promise you keep forever. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">OH. MY. GOSH. This book is amazing. Sarah Dessen is one of my all-time favorite authors, and this book just shot to a very high postion on my list of favorite books. There are twists and turns that kept me reading until midnight. It's the only book that I've ever read in one sitting. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The charachter's relationships seemed so real, it was like I was transported everywhere Halley and Scarlett went. The role that Mason played with Halley and that he was Michael's best friend made everything more intense. That first time that Halley is tempted with trying sex, was so different than any other I've read. The way she was different with everyone she knew (her mom, Scarlett, Macon ect.) was facinating and easy to relate to. All the charachters had a good history together, and you could tell Sarah [Dessen] spent time molding the charachters into what they were ment to be. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">For some reason I am attracted to books with depression, death, or teenage pregnacy in them. Please do not ask me why, but I just like reading about those things, and <em>Someone Like You</em> had two of those three things, so this book was considered amazing to me. Thank you Sarah Dessen for all your awesome books!!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">for those of you who care, I'm currently reading <em>Dreamland</em> by Sarah Dessen (who else??) and hope to post again tomorrow!!!!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">~lydia~</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">ps-i've stopped doing toodles. for some reason it does not speak to me as much anymore...</div>Amy and Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13578677777935300347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032547794370500705.post-66179486981845325012010-09-21T22:25:00.000-04:002010-09-21T22:25:02.661-04:00AGH!!!Hey everyone! Lydia here, and I know it has been forever since I posted, but I just wanted to let you know that Amy and I are both alive and not dying of some flesh eating disease or something equally horrifying that would keep me from posting on this magnificent blog to all my wonderful readers. All seven (8?) of you. Ok, so this post is not really a review or anything special, it is just Lydia droning on and on about what it going on in her life, book-related or otherwise.<br />
So, today I went to this creative writing class at the community college near me, and it was epic. Like we started this first class getting to know each other, and because it was all adults we could talk about music. (FYI if you do not know me or Amy, we love classic rock, like from the eighties and stuff..) it was cool, plus we have a writing assignment for next week, which is to write about something that you think about a lot. I know this is going to sound stupid, but I can't figure out what to write, so if you can help me, please post a comment about what i should write about. <br />
I think biology is trying to kill me. I have decided that it is my worst enemy and conjugating French verbs is its sidekick. Why do I not get a sidekick?? Am I not cool enough for a sidekick?? No fair. <br />
I think Id should update you on the books that I am reading. Yes books, plural. Oh, and I know it is grammerly correct to write book titles in italics, but I am tired, and doing this on my aunts iPad, and therefore it is too difficult to do..<br />
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling. <br />
Yea, I have already read this book. I am rereading it before the movie comes out in like November. I realize this is stupid because I will finish it by like the end of the week.<br />
2. Amazing Grace by Megan Shull<br />
This is a cute book, but the second I am reading about a celebrity who goes into hiding, so the plots are getting mixed up<br />
3. Guitar Girl by Sarra Manning<br />
This book is great. Look for it in an upcoming review.<br />
4. Rebel by Willo Davis Roberts<br />
I'm mot sire if this book is YA or MG, so we'll have to see how I like it.<br />
5. True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet by Lola Douglas<br />
Really sugary title, and kind of a sugary book, but i got it at a half price book sale and it had a waterproof cover, so I guess it's worth finishing...<br />
GUESS WHAT CAME OUT TODAY?!?! That's right, zombies vs unicorns. If you are not aware of what this book it, you are living under a rock. So, go buy it. <br />
Ok, I need to sleep. . Goodnight.<br />
TEAM ZOMBIES<br />
~lydi~Amy and Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13578677777935300347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032547794370500705.post-42265017758499362782010-08-22T10:25:00.000-04:002010-08-22T10:25:07.200-04:00No IMM This Week....<em>Secrets of My Hollywood Life: Broadway Lights</em> by Jen Calonita<br />
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Hollywood teen queen Kaitlin Burke packs up her entourage (showbiz family, friends, assistant, and publicist, but unfortionatly not the dreamy boyfriend) and moves to the Big Apple for the summer for her Broadway debut. Kaitlin is the toast of the town and she hits the most exclusive New York nightspots, enjoys the best food (Hello, Magnolia Bakery!), and even guests as a celebrity host on Saturday Night Live! <br />
But the acity that never sleeps isn't all cupcakes and virgin daiquiris. Long distance and a handsome new costar puts a strain on Kaitlin's relationship with Austin, and it turns out Broadway os a whole different breed of neurosis and compteion from Hollywood starlets. <br />
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I really like this series, and I'm glad that Jen wrote it where she went to New York, and that Liz could come with her. The storyline of this one, was better than the one before. One thing that I liked about this, was how it was LONG. I'm into long books right now, and I guess that just something weird about me.....<br />
Ok, i think it's obvious I'm in a reviewing slump right now, and you can tell by the really suckiness of my review....Please forgive. I haven't done a good review in a while....<br />
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toodles!<br />
~lydia~Amy and Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13578677777935300347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032547794370500705.post-64378485914375736342010-08-10T20:41:00.000-04:002010-08-10T20:41:05.343-04:00back to school....hello wonderful readers! Lydia (me) isback in school :( and so I need a fun review. Another Natasha Friend is a good post to start the school year! ALSO I want to send a BIGGGGG thank you to Ari of <a href="http://www.teensactuallyread.blogspot.com/">Teens Actually Read</a> who gave us a blog award!!!!!!!! We are going to post more about that later though. So, onto the review!<br />
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<em>Perfect</em> by Natasha Friend (back of book)<br />
Isabelle Lee has a problem. And it's not just her little sister, April (aka Ape Face), who has just ratted her out to their mother. It's not even Group, which she now attends once a week as part of "the deal" with her mother. The problem is, everything seems "fine" at home, but in fact Isabelle's family is still reeling from the death of her father. Isabelle's mother has taken all the pictures of him off the walls and cries herself to sleep every night. When April catches Isabelle in the bathroom, forcing herself to throw up, Isabelle can't bribe her to stay quiet and ends up in "Eating Disorder and Body Image Therapy Group". Trapped in a room with no air circulation and orange carpet, Isabelle is amazed when Ashley Barnum, the prettiest, most popular girl is school-aka Royalty-walks through the door. <br />
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I love Natasha Friend. So by default, I have to love this book. The charachters were so funny. I loved Ashley and her effect she had on Isabelle. When they were hanging out at her house, the way that she seemed to be such a natural, it kind of surprised me. I haven't read that many books about bulimic girls, but for some reasons, I like those kind of books, like about kids with problems....weird, huh? I guess I'm just weird. But overall, this book was so cute and sweet and good!!<br />
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toodles!<br />
~lydia~Amy and Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13578677777935300347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032547794370500705.post-1513452959993660652010-07-31T08:19:00.000-04:002010-07-31T08:19:13.546-04:00Teen Inc. by Stefan PetruchaI (Lydia) actually read this book a while ago, and it was ok, so I'm going to review it. Also, Amy has a lot of books to review (end quote), so if there are two posts today, so be it. That's just how awesome we are. <br />
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<em>Teen, Inc.</em> by Stefan Petrucha (inside flap of the book)<br />
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Jaiden Beale has it all: a killer plasma TV, top-of-the-line computer, a ton of video games and his own bathroom. He has it all, that is, except a family. Instead he has NECorp. <br />
When Jaiden's parent's were killed by faulty equipment manufactured by NECorp, the company decided to adopt baby Jaiden as its own. Now, fourteen years later, a team of executives decides what school he goes to, who is friends are, and even who he is allowed to date. Jaiden just wante to live a "normal" life, but nobody gets to choose his parents....right?<br />
When he uncovers some damaging fnformation about the company, Jaiden's loyalty to NECorp is tested. Can he betray the only family he's ever known in order to do what he feels is right?<br />
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When I started out reading this book, it was blah. Then as I got more and more into it, I could not read large chunks of it at one time. Overall, when I was reading it, it wasn't my favorite. But when I was done, and thinkng about what had happened...my view on the book changed a little. The charachters were created well in their scenes, but when Jaiden is on his study date withe the girl (abby? I don't remember...), they didn't seem to mix well...But most ofeverything else worked. I liked how the team Jaiden had all these meetings, and everything.....so funny!<br />
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Well, that's all for now! I'm going to go find a cookie!<br />
toodles!<br />
~lydia~Amy and Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13578677777935300347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032547794370500705.post-90256652233647701042010-07-29T20:21:00.000-04:002010-07-29T20:21:17.792-04:00LYDIA IS BACK!!!Hey y'all!! It's Lydia, and I just got back from camp today, so I am makng sure that I post. I have not posted in over a month, and it makes me VERY sad! I'm really sorry that I haven't been able to post. While I was at camp, I started the <em>Uglies</em> series by Scott Westerfeld, and have been LOVING IT. I am currently on the third one, <em>Specials</em>. IT IS SO FREAKING AMAZING!!!! I would recomend it to any teenager!!! I will post a full review later, when I have time. Right now, I have to go eat my taco.....yum!<br />
toodles!<br />
~lydia~Amy and Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13578677777935300347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032547794370500705.post-20702607658248752832010-06-19T00:38:00.000-04:002010-06-19T00:38:23.947-04:00HAPPY BELATED BOOK LAUNCH!!!Hey! It's Amy, and the title of this post goes to the AMAZING Pat Benatar!! Her memoir <b>Between a Heart and a Rock Place</b> came out on Tuesday. She is my favorite singer and my role model. I was so excited (as you can imagine) when I heard she wrote a book! Congrats, Pat! And I can't wait to see you in concert soon!!!!!!!!Amy and Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13578677777935300347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032547794370500705.post-38276043316161209092010-06-14T23:03:00.000-04:002010-06-14T23:03:58.015-04:00New Layout!!Ok, so it seems like everyone in the YA blogging world is changing their layout. Since, we are new here, we thought we should go with the flow. Like (just to give examples) our buddy, Khy (<a href="http://www.freneticreader.blogspot.com/">The Frenetic Reader</a>), and Kristi (<a href="http://www.thestorysiren.blogspot.com/">The Story Siren</a>) have both changed their layouts for the better. We are so fancy now! Anyway, we are currently hanging out for a few days, so decided to do another Buddy Blog! :D<br />
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We really don't have anything to talk about, but when we got back from dinner, we went up to use my (Lydia) aunt's computer. We are trying to take a good profile picture, and also watching book reviews on YouTube. So, we are now going to show you are many attempts. When you look at our profile picture, you will see which one was the best.<br />
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Amy: I think my hair looks bad<br />
Lydia: I like it!! Mine's in a ponytail, like it always is...besides this is our first attempt, it's allowed to suck!<br />
A: So you admit my hair looks bad!<br />
L: No! It looks fine! Oh, and for the people who haven't figured it out yet, I'm the one on the left, holdng <i>Twenty Boy Summer</i> by Sarah Ockler, and Amy is on the right.<br />
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L: I love this shirt! This is me showing the people of the world my amazing shirt! Amy says that it describes me....probably because I like to write!<br />
A:This is how we usually look.....<br />
L: with you looking at me like "how the hell did this girl escape from her mental hospital??"<br />
A: EXACTLY!!<br />
L: maybe that says more about <i>you</i> than me...<br />
A: Hey! I didn't escape from the loony bin!<br />
L: i was NEVER in the...you know what....lets just go on to the next picture!<br />
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A: Need I say more??<br />
L: yes.<br />
A: There's so many ways I could put this....<br />
L: does it involve me in a straight jacket?<br />
A: Yeah....you "standing in a room made up of only big white walls..."-Fences, Paramore<br />
L: oh, by the way people who read our blog...we also LOVE the band, paramore!! Shout out to Hayley and her awesome hair!! we're listening to their music now!<br />
A: I look like the boring one!<br />
L: well.....<br />
A: ...<br />
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L: you're a good pillow, except for your bony shoulder!!<br />
A: Well, don't put your head on it! This shows Lydia, a little more calmed down.<br />
L: i'm going to go get a brownie!!<br />
A:I want one!!!<br />
(both exit)<br />
(both return)<br />
L: you realize that this is not safe, right?<br />
A: Well, soon I'll be just as hyped up as you!<br />
L: is that even possible??<br />
A: With a brownie, anything is possible!<br />
L: WITH POPSICLE, IT'S POSSIBLE!<br />
A:Lydia...just...bit...off...some...of...my...brownie.....I'M GONNA KILL HER<br />
(maims Lydia)<br />
L: OW!!<br />
A: You can have the rest! Ya butthead<br />
L: do you want to keep doing this instead of uploading more pictures? we have all week to upload pictures!!<br />
A: I don't think the eight people who read this, would want to hear us babble about nothing when they came for book reviews....<br />
L: who cares? its our blog, this is fun, and i'll post a review tomorrow if you want!<br />
A: Well, fine! We drew on our Converse today....<br />
L: mine failed<br />
A: I like yours!<br />
L: i like the green and purple stripes on yours!!!! so amazing!<br />
A: Not really. I wanna go swimming<br />
L: it's almost 11 at night and both my mom and grandmother are asleep. We can't swim after 10 alone. I sorry.<br />
A:Shoot fire crud dog gone it....Indiana Jones????<br />
L: um....do u need a hug?<br />
A: From Indiana Jones, hell yes!!!<br />
(Lydia hugs Amy)<br />
L: are you satisfied now? plus when we get up early in the morning, if i am injured in any way by you, or anything attached to you (clothes...ect) you will pay, sunscreen queen!<br />
A: 1. Am I satisfied?? Are you Harrison Ford??? 2. I can't promise anything (I'm not a morning person) 3. I have pale skin and my mom always annoys me about stupid sunscreen.....<br />
L: 1. no, but I do have spidey senses!! 2. you better not injure me, especially if i will be standing on a freakin ladder! 3. im not even going to comment on that...<br />
A: you don't have any spider powers or any senses that don't include the normal five!!<br />
L: um, i think i do.....<br />
A: Oh really?? Let's see you shoot a web from your hand and swing on buildings like freakin King Kong!!<br />
L: i never said i had spider<i>MAN</i> senses! i just said spidey senses!!<br />
A: Same thing!<br />
L: um no it's not....lets just drop the subject and talk about books!<br />
A: ok....I'm reading too many and haven't finished one in a while!<br />
L: i'm trying to finish <i>Keeping the Moon</i> by Sarah Dessen, and I really want to finish it at the beach tomorrow!<br />
A: I want to finish <i>Treasure Island</i> by Robert Louis Stevenson, but I have a book to read for school!<br />
L: we'll read pleasure at the beach, and school stuff at the house! i'm getting tired...<br />
A: Me too....GOODNIGHT BLOG-READIN PEOPLE!<br />
L: GOODNIGHT BLOG READERS!!!<br />
toodles<br />
~amy and lydia~Amy and Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13578677777935300347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032547794370500705.post-52594585025265067982010-06-06T17:39:00.000-04:002010-06-06T17:39:14.238-04:00Busy, Busy, Busy!!I've been really busy lately, like I just got back from an amazing retreat with my church, and I'm going to the beach with my brother and dad this week, and with Amy next week!! Then, I'm helping out at my church's VBS, then camp!!!! So, as you van see I'm really busy, and will not have that much time to post soon. So here is a review for now!<br />
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass (description from inside flap of book)<br />
On their first birhtday, they learned to walk. On their fifth, they planted seeds in handmade pots. On their tenth, they learned there are some words you can never take back.<br />
Amanda's eleventh birthday should have been a happy occasion. Instead she's dressed in an itchy cosutme he mother picked out for her Hollywood-themed party (Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz, even though the flying monkey always creeped her out). Meanwhile. across town, her ex-best friend, Loe is celebratingtheir joint brithday with a huge bash including a hypnotist, a football star, a giant iguana and a rock band. SO not fair!<br />
Amanda can't wait for the day AFTER her birthday so she can stop thinking about the fight that led her and Leo to have seperate parties for the first time in their lives. There's just one problem. The next day is her birthday all over again. <br />
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I LOVE this book! I've talked about it before, but never revied it. I love Wendy Mass, and love the charachters. They work well toghether and the writing is amazing. Wow, this review sucks. I'm sorry. I'm so tired. I have to go. <br />
toodles<br />
~lydia~Amy and Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13578677777935300347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032547794370500705.post-24055698322155937432010-05-30T08:35:00.001-04:002010-05-30T08:36:36.357-04:00Another Review...It's Lydia, and I have another review. As I said in my last post, I know that reviews are boring somethies, so I'm looking for ideas of things to post about OTHER than reviews! Thanks!<br />
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<em>The Good Girl</em> by Kerry Cohen Hoffmann (summary from inside flap of the book)<br />
Ever since her brother Mark's accidental death, fifteen-year-old Lindsey has been the good girl--good daughterm good friend, good student. She puts everyone's needs before her own. Secretly though, she's frustrated by her family's silence about Mark; she wishes she had the never to tell off on of her so-called best friends, a queen bee who wants the new boy at school all to herself; and she longs to ditch obligations that prevent her from starring in the school musical. But instead of speaking her mind, Lindsey does somethine else. She starts to steal-and immediately wonders how good she really is. <br />
The pressure to be what others expect fuels Lindsey's impulse to take things. Each time the risk becomes greater, and each time she thinks she'll be caught. Wants to be caught. And then, finally she is...<br />
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I've never read a book about a theif before, so I though t it would be a cool change of pace. And it was. At the beginning of the book, When Lindsay first steals, and he sister gets blamed for it, I thought that was going to contune for the whole book, and I'm glad that it didn't. If it did, I probably wouldn't have finished it. I also liked when she asked her principal about switching lockers, and what her excuse was. Then the chain of events that lead to the ultimate downfall at the end of the book. <br />
The charachters didn't seem to mesh well with each other, some relationships to believable or unbelieveable to be real. And the cover didn't make much sense in relationship to the book. Overall, it was good, with a good plot, but some of the senerios didn't seem to make much sense..<br />
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toodles<br />
~lydia~Amy and Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13578677777935300347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032547794370500705.post-87444037804914585132010-05-28T17:34:00.000-04:002010-05-28T17:34:48.440-04:00HEYYYYYYY Hello everyone! It's Amy, and I don't really have a review....I just felt like posting and I wanted to apologize for being gone. I also wanted to say two things (and I'm very very very very late at saying them!!): happy book launch day to Liz Kessler and a happy blogaversary (I know I spelled that wrong) to Khy. Sorry for being so late one those!! And thank you to all of our followers!!! We have 8 now!!! I know that's nothing compared to other blogs, but we are excited. <br />
I'm reading about seven books at the moment, so that's why I haven't posted. I did read a comic book. It's called <b>Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Gods</b>, but it's the fourth in a series, and I didn't read the first three. So, I can't really tell you what's going on. Great art though! Um...This post is really awful. Oh! I deleted the picture of me lying on the books in our Buddie Post, because it looked quite bad. Lydia, don't be mad I bet all of our followers will stop reading after this. Bye!Amy and Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13578677777935300347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032547794370500705.post-18266183334122866232010-05-27T13:47:00.000-04:002010-05-27T13:47:51.037-04:00Lush by Natasha FriendIt's Lydia, and I have another review (yay!) although reviews are helpful, I think they are getting kind of boring, so PLEASE give me some tips about things to post about OTHER than reviews. Thanks!<br />
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<em>Lush </em>by Natasha Friend (summery from inside of the front flap)<br />
Samantha has a secret....It's hard to be a thirteen-year-old girl. But it's even harder when your father's a drunk. It adds an extra layer to everything-your family's reactions to things, the friends you're willing to bring home, the way you see yourself and the world. For Samantha, it's something that's been going on for so long that she's almost used to it. Only, you never get used to it. Especially when it starts to get worse. <br />
Sam knows things have to stop. But she doesn't know how to make them stop. So she picks a random girl in the library and starts sending her notes, asking for advice. And she keeps an extra-close eye on her little brother, trying to protect him from getting hurt. Sam doesn't want her family to fall apart. But that might be what has to happen for things to be okay again. <br />
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This book was compleatly amazing. I love Natasha Friend. She's a great author, and I've read <em>Bounce, Perfect </em>and now <em>Lush</em> and they were pretty freakin amazing. The book starts great with Sam sending the note in the library, and ends amazingly, with...well I'm not going to spoil it. But when Sam goes to the party...that part was so freaking awesome, and shows Sam excatly what alchol will do to people. I would recomend this book to anyone. It seems like a girl book, but I think guys would love it too. <em>Lush</em> is written well, and powerful and kind of moving, while also being compleatly AWESOME!<br />
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toodles,<br />
~lydia~Amy and Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13578677777935300347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032547794370500705.post-65128619835276185622010-05-23T12:50:00.000-04:002010-05-23T12:50:46.536-04:00My First Middle-Grade Review!Ok, it's Lydia again, and Amy has not posted in a while becasue she is (once again) book-hopping, and just got two new ones that she has been DYING for! I'm personally dying for <em>Thirteen Plus One</em> by Lauren Myracle, but that's just me... ok, on to the review!!<br />
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<em>It's Raining Cupcakes</em> by Lisa Schroeder (summary from inside flap of the book)<br />
Tweleve-year-old Isabel is dying to get out of Oregon. She spends her free time in the library, reading and dreaming about faraway places. When her mom decides to open a cupcake shop in their little town of Willow, Isabel feels just like buttercream frosting to a cupcake--stuck. <br />
It seems as if it will be another disappointing summer, until Isabel learns of a baking contest. If she can come up with a winning recipe, she might have a chance of competing in the bake-off in New York City!<br />
But Isabel's best friend, Sophie, is also entering the contest, and things <em>always</em> seem to go Sophie's way. To make matters worse, Isabel and her mom don't excatly see eye-to-eye on the type of recipe Isabel should enter.<br />
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I thought that this was a cute read. It's exam time, and it kind of relieved the stress of exams for a few minutes a day. I liked it a lot, but there were some parts of it that didn't seem very real to me, like when Isbels's hair gets messed up, that just didn't seem very much like that something that would happen. And the relationship between Sophie and Isabel was kind of shaky throughout the book. <br />
Other than a few small flaws, <em>It's Raining Cupcakes</em> was was a fun, cute and sticky sweet book, just like cupcakes!<br />
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toodles!<br />
~lydia~Amy and Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13578677777935300347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032547794370500705.post-63605270051672608982010-05-14T20:39:00.000-04:002010-05-14T20:39:09.311-04:00Reading Slump?ok, so, as you can tell from the title, I'm in a reading slump. And if you haven't guessed yet, it's Lydia. well, it's not really a slupm, but I'm reading a series that I started a while ago, and am finishing. I didn't want to post a review for a book that would spoil the rest of the seires. Plus I'm rereading two of my favorite books. <em>11 Birthdays </em>by Wendy Mass and <em>20 Boy Summer </em>by Sarah Ockler. I might post a review on <em>11 Birthdays</em>, but I'm not sure yet, because tomorrow my family is having a garage sale, and I don't know how much reading time I'll have.<br />
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So yeah....is there anything you'd like me to post about to keep me from going so long between posts?? Please comment. thanks!!<br />
toodles?!<br />
~lydia~Amy and Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13578677777935300347noreply@blogger.com1