Gabbie's bookish thoughts

For the longest time I have been surrounded by creators of arts in all different shapes and forms,so I thought it would only be appropriate to share with the world the people who inspire me on a daily basis. I can't not start with a writer and we all know it,it's simply impossible. Petru Emanuel "Pepe" Ciuta has wanted to be a writer for as long as I have known him for -which,you know,if you take in consideration the fact that I have pretty much known him for as long as he has been on this planet,is an awful lot of time. With two kick-ass already in mind,"either A.J. Christie or Peter Atkinson ",as he tells anyone that listens,he is ready to take on the world of crime novels.Of course,there is the problem of living in a small country where this is a yet to be developed market and,well,the fact that he tends to be quite unhappy with his works and eternally ecstatic over the idea of new ones. With a passion for Agatha Christie and Sephen Kin...

Goodreads page:     https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11590.Salem_s_Lot My rating:   3/5 Plot: The book follows one of your tiny all american villages in circumstances that are quite unusual.With a large number of characters to follow,the book shows the way all these people's lives are affected by the unexpected forces that come to their little town and are meant to change Jerusalem's Lot forever. Thoughts on the book: Just to get it out of the way from the very beginning,I'm still not the biggest fan of Stephen King's writing style,nor am I blown away by it.Sure,I can appreciate it and some aspects of it do intrigue and impress me,but it's still not doing it for me.That being said,let's get on to the book. Although the book as a whole was quite enjoyable and managed to pull me in pretty early on,I did have quite a few issues with it.The main issues must've been regarding the characters.Being one to always look for greatly written c...

Goodreads page:    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23573418-i-ll-give-you-the-sun My rating:   5/5 Plot: The story follows the lives of a set of twins,Noah and Jude.It keeps switching between timelines as the chapters and narratives change,Noah's chapters take place in the past,when the two of them were 13-14 years old,whereas Jude's are when the two of them are 16.The two of them used to be close ( epic understatement )but they drift apart and the book is basically the story of that and of them coming back together. (It's pretty hard to give more details about the story,since talking about part of it will spoil the other part and I feel like I am the best at ruining that,so I'll say nothing more). Thoughts on the book: Just to get it out of the way,I LOVED THIS. The writing style is just amazing.I feel like I say this most of the time with a lot of books without actually giving reasons,but,truth be told,I don't even real...

Rating:   5/5 Plot: I'm not quite sure what it is that I could share about the plot so that I don't give away too much and ruin the charm of the story and the pleasure of getting to know the characters and their story not knowing much about them beforehand.I think I'm trying to do that a lot nowadays. To put it as plainly as possible,it's honestly as simple as it promises,it's the story of a girl who learns how to live from a boy who wants to die.However simple and complicated at the same time this might sound,it doesn't even start to cover everything,yet perfectly describes it. !warning:  there's a lot of talk about suicide in the book,so if you find that triggering,please do try and avoid getting to it Thoughts on the book: It's hard to even figure out where to start talking about this book,this is how big of an impact it had on me,so I guess I'll just start at the beginning. Once again,I've made the mistake (because this i...

Goodreads page:   https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1418488164l/22914373.jpg Overall rating:   4.291(6) Contents:  twelve winter romances 1."Midnights" by Rainbow Rowell In typical Rainbow Rowell style,this was incredibly adorable.The characters themselves seemed really great,although you obviously can't take much from such a short piece,but they did.The romance didn't feel rushed despite the short lenght of the story and the relations with the other characters seemed natural and well built. I liked this one a lot. 5/5 2."The lady and the fox"  by Kelly Link I'm not exactly sure how I felt about this story.It was pretty enjoyable,but there where things that bugged me a little.I'm not sure how I felt about the main character and although I found the story had potential after the beginning and looked forward to the entire supernatural element the clearer it became,I just sort of found the story going worse and worse as it progre...

Goodreads page:  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16099393-soulmates My rating:  3/5 Plot: Poppy.17 year-old college girl with a cynical attitude and a strong love for banana milkshakes. Noah.Teenage rock star.Known as a "man whore".Greatest catch in the city of Middletown. Although these two might not seem like it at first,they happen to be soulmates.However,there's quite a bit of drama brough by that simple fact and it may or may not involve the possibility of the world ending because of them.No pressure.This brings them in the eyes of a secret organisation trying to prevent the end of the world (because who wouldn't),which leads to the two having to choose between ending the world or living their lives without each other. My thoughts on it: This is a well known fact about me,but I'll just say it again: romance,especially when in excess,makes me want to roll my eyes.A lot.Which is obviously why I had really really  low expectations from thi...

Goodreads page:   https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23507628-i-was-here My rating:   5/5  What it's about: The story follows our heroine Cody after her best friend Meg's suicide.Cody and Meg have been best friends since early childhood,yet after Meg commits suicide,Cody comes to the conclusion that maybe she's never known Meg at all. Cody doesn't only try to get to know the side of Meg that she's never seen and look for some answers about the dead girl's secret life,but she also finds out things about herself along the way that maybe she's never even known where there. Thoughts on the book: I don't think I have enough words to describe how brilliant this was. I've been highly anticipating this book ever since it was firrst announced,I think.I've been expecting to adore it and have been waiting for it to arrive for what feels like forever,but in the time it took for it to be delivered,I've seen some rev...

Goodreads page:   https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22168240-grace-s-guide My rating:   5/5 What this is about: Grace Helbig -one of my personal favourite Youtubers/comedians/persons/some sort of being that appear human,yet I tend to question whether they are or not- sprinkles some of her life lessons upon the masses. Filled with trade-mark Grace-esque comments and jokes,the book comes with tips for being the best possible adult you can possibly be in this particular era (or any,I don't know what is to come/what was before I was here).This comes with tips for things like getting over a hangover and break-up to doing a shameless walk of shame and making a carb-full dinner.It's got all the tips you need (and if it doesn't,you can just add more,probably). Thoughts: Although I might be a little biased because of my love for everything that Grace Helbig does,I do have to say that this book was a bit of a masterpiece.It wasn't just great content wise,b...

Goodreads page:    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18166936-the-strange-and-beautiful-sorrows-of-ava-lavender?ac=1 My rating:  5/5 Plot: The story mainly follows the life of the Roux/Lavender family.We start off with the story of Emilienne Roux,Ava's grandmother.We learn about how the Roux family moved from France to the US and how their lives have been affected by that,the sorrows that followed and that would stay with Emilienne forever.Then,as the story progresses,the focus shifts from Emilienne's story to Viviane's,her daughter's,and the challenges that she has to face,simply to end up reaching the point where we finally learn about the narrator,Ava Lavender (and her twin brother Henry).Ava,like everyone in her family,was rather peculiar.She,however,was a lot stranger than even the others in her family and much more different from everyone else,as she had been born with wings.We learn the story of how she lived with them and what challanges life b...

Goodreads page:   https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17455585-white-hot-kiss?ac=1 My rating:   3.5/5 Plot: Layla is a not so usual teenage girl.She is half demon,half gargoyle (living in a world where gargoyles,Wardens, were basically created to kill demons,so you can see her problem).She tries to keep as close as possible to her Warden heritage,yet the demon pulls are strong.Her life gets even more complicated after she meets Roth,one of the strongest demons,then I suppose it's quite obvious that everything becomes a bit of a roller-coaster. Thoughts on the book: Let's just say that all books should have as great of a first line as "There was a demon in Mc Donald's."Really,if that sentence doesn't get you hooked from the very beginning,I don't know what would. On a (sort of) more serious note,the book was really surprisingly good.I thought that the world was a bit odd to get into at first,I found it weird that Wardens were called Wardens...

Goodreads page:    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11808950-sweet-evil My rating:  4.5/5 Plot: Paranormal romance story focused on angels/demons. Sixteen year old Anna Whitt has lived her life with only her stepmother to look after her knowing that she has powers quite out of the ordinary,yet has never really known how it came to happen.For example,she can see people's auras,figure out their emotions,has better senses than usual human beings and a surprisingly great memory (aka can remember things like her birth and even before that).Obviously,things get a bit more complicated after the boy meets girl,girl meets boy,there's a weird attraction there and things are about to get cray cray.In this case,the charming Kaidan Rowe is the one to sort of mess things up for Anna.Point it,they are both fathered by demons,which can make life not as bright,ya' know?Her heritage makes Anna have an odd pull towards drugs and alcohol,but obviously,that's still too simple...

Goodreads page:   https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15990969-ten-tiny-breaths?ac=1 My rating:   3.5/5 Summary/plot: The story follows 20 years old Kacey who runs away with her sister to Miami so that the two can start a new life and burry their past.This past is full of sadness,four years earlier,the two lost their parents in a tragic accident caused by a drunk driver,accident which also lead to the death of Kacey's besti friend and boyfriend that were in the same car as her and her family.Adter 4 years spent with their aunt and uncle,they finally manage to escape,but the new life they hope for might just take a turn neither was actually expecting. Thoughts: The first thing the book made me realise is that I am not a New Adult kinda gal'.Although this is just genre appropriate and that the book is still quite mild for the genre (according to my New Adult loving friend Julia),I was still pretty uncomfortable quite a few times while reading the book.Yes,I shall k...