FREEEDOM!!

WHAHAHAHAHAHA...ha...ha...ha...ok, outburst over. I sold all my twilight books! So well, LIBERATING! To explain myself, I should let you all know that I am not a Twilight fangirl, and I am also OCD. The story is that I bought the first book, and then, since I can't stand not having the entire series when I've started it, I had to buy the rest, and once I decided I couldn't stand them anymore, I sold them.

Remembering Raquel By: Vivian Vande Velde

Cool name for an author huh? Great alliteration. This is in response to a request from a friend to reveiw a sad book. So here ya go! Remembering Raquel is a story about a girl named Raquel who was killed when she stepped (or fell) off a street corner, and was hit by a car. It is told from the perspective of kids at her school and the witnesses to the accident. It is sad, certainly, but it also raises the question: how would you like to be remembered when you die? It is a very sweet book, and some of the insights from the girls at her school are very true in real life. I am definatly going to suck it up and buy this one!

WOOOHOOO

School is FINALLY out for summer break (a whopping six weeks! They wouldn't want to spoil us now would they?) Now I can focus on freaking out about stuff and getting more stressed than I do during the school year! (sound familiar to anyone?)

The Swan Maiden By: Heather Tomlinson

This book is one that I would reccomend for any female. It is (yet another) fairytale retelling (I read a lot of those. They are too good to pass up!) It is the story of Doucette, the youngest doughter of a french count who has always wished to be a Swan Maiden like her older sisters, but she was supposedly born without a swan skin like they were. When she discovers her skin, she decides that her life has been a lie for far too long, and goes to train in the study of magic with her Aunt. Along the way she falls in love with a shepherd, and is forbidden marriage with him. I will NOT give away the ending, but it is fairly obvious, no? Innocent romance, well written, great plot, familiarity, what's not to like?