ARC Review: The Lies About Truth by Courtney C. Stevens

The Lies About Truth
Author: Courtney C. Stevens
Publication Date: November 3, 2015 by HarperTeen

Summary:

Sadie Kingston, is a girl living in the aftermath. A year after surviving a car accident that killed her friend Trent and left her body and face scarred, she can’t move forward. The only person who seems to understand her is Trent’s brother, Max. 

As Sadie begins to fall for Max, she's unsure if she is truly healed enough to be with him — even if Max is able to look at her scars and not shy away. But when the truth about the accident and subsequent events comes to light, Sadie has to decide if she can embrace the future or if she'll always be trapped in the past.

I'm so sorry, this is so late, and I haven't posted anything in months. I'm sorry.
I wrote this review in November, and I never scheduled. I'm sorry.



I received an E-ARC from HarperCollins through Edelweiss (thank you so much!). This does not change or affect my thoughts. All the quotes are not final, and were quoted just to show their beauty. I do hope that my favorite quotes from this book are in the final thing!

If nothing changes, nothing changes. If you keep doing what you're doing, you're going to keep getting what you're getting. You want change, make some.

THIS IS SO GREAT. Like story plus the quotes equals bam. I actually featured this book on my birthday Waiting on Wednesday post, and I'm glad I wanted to read this one since, like June. Hahahaha.

Okay so first of all, while I'm still a bit fangirly, I LOVE THE COVER.

The theme. The Lies About Truth was about forgiveness and letting go, and friendship. I felt like their friendship was strong. The romance in this book wasn't the "feeeelllssss!!!" kind of romance, and that was right for the theme.

The quotes.  I love, love the quotes. I did screenshot several times to remember them. Quotes legit make me like books more.

Maybe forgiveness was giving the past less power to hurt me. Or even building new memories that were stronger than the painful ones.

The parents.  This is a big plus. Sadie's parents support her, but she's not spoiled or anything. In a lot of stories, parents aren't shown that much, and I love how the parents (mainly Sadie's) were really part of the story. Plus, they're cool. They always remind their children to watch their language.

The ending felt right, I can't find the right word to describe it, but for now, let's say peaceful.

RATING: 4.75/5

Review: Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

Everything, Everything
Author: Nicola Yoon
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: September 1, 2015

Summary:

My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I’m allergic to the world. I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla. 

But then one day, a moving truck arrives next door. I look out my window, and I see him. He’s tall, lean and wearing all black—black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking and stares at me. I stare right back. His name is Olly.

Maybe we can’t predict the future, but we can predict some things. For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. It’s almost certainly going to be a disaster. 

{Special thanks to Bibliophile Soprano and Pinoy Book Tours for the review opportunity! (I borrowed the copy before Bibliophile Soprano returned it.)}

Review:

All her life, Maddy has lived in a white room, where everything is clean and safe. She has this disease wherein you don't know what you're allergic of, so you're basically allergic to the world. One magical day, a family moves in next door. (I can already imagine this scene happening in a movie. Like there's this slo-mo and stuff.) And there's this boy.

I expected this book to be a "poignant" one, since there's this disease, but no it's not. It's actually much more lighthearted than I expected. The romance is cute, the main characters are cute, but it's like a kissing book? (I'm exaggerating. But you know.)

My excitement was evenly distributed- there was almost no dull moment. Plus, I love the illustrations! Speaking of illustrations, the cover is gorgeous. The cover is the type of cover that will definitely make me want a book. (Or want a book more.)

It's actually rare for me not to fangirl over the main guy, (if you haven't seen my previous reviews, I really usually do) but yeah. Carla is my favorite character because I personally think that Maddy wouldn't be who she is without Carla.

The ending felt perfect! It's very positive and I didn't kick walls or anything just because this and that should've happened. I love it.

"Spoiler Alert: Love is worth everything. Everything."

I recommend reading this book because of the quotes, and the illustrations and the diversity (mixed-race characters, and I have never heard of SCID before reading Everything, Everything.) and because it's nice. PLUS, MADDY READS BOOKS!!!1!!

RATING: 4.75/5

I am so sorry because I can't really say much without spoilers.

Book Haul-ish? (3): Invisible Book Haul

Book Haul-ish? is a weekly feature created and hosted by me and Bibliophile Soprano. We encourage bloggers to post about their hauls no matter how small or invisible it might be. Yay.

For those who want to participate:

-You can use the picture above, or create your own. Up to you. :) Just link the picture to this blog or to Bibliophile Soprano.
-Ideally, we'll post every Saturday (8 AM EST). Oh whale, I'm late. Anyways, you don't have to post on a Saturday if you don't feel like it, you can post on
-Just talk about your book haul-ish, you can post pictures if you want :))
- You can include ebooks you purchased, digital review copies (DRCs), physical ARCs, books you purchased, anything.
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August 30- September 5 

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Sooo. Here's a perfect example of an invisible book haul. Yay. I'm sorry for not posting about my [invisble] book hauls for 2 weeks!

ARC Review: Tonight the Streets Are Ours by Leila Sales

Tonight the Streets Are Ours
Author: Leila Sales
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
On sale date: September 15, 2015

Goodreads Summary:

Seventeen-year-old Arden Huntley is recklessly loyal. Taking care of her loved ones is what gives Arden purpose in her life and makes her feel like she matters. But she's tired of being loyal to people who don't appreciate her—including her needy best friend and her absent mom. 

Arden finds comfort in a blog she stumbles upon called "Tonight the Streets Are Ours," the musings of a young New York City writer named Peter. 

When Peter is dumped by the girlfriend he blogs about, Arden decides to take a road trip to see him.
During one crazy night out in NYC filled with parties, dancing, and music—the type of night when anything can happen, and nearly everything does—Arden discovers that Peter isn't exactly who she thought he was. And maybe she isn't exactly who she thought she was, either. 

SO HI GUYS! I MISSED YOU ALL.

Review:

UGH. I DIDN'T WANT THIS BOOK TO END.

Book Haul-ish? (2): *extremely thankful*

Book Haul-ish? is a weekly feature created and hosted by me and Bibliophile Soprano. We encourage bloggers to post about their hauls no matter how small or invisible it might be. Yay.

For those who want to participate:

-You can use the picture above, or create your own. Up to you. :) Just link the picture to this blog or to Bibliophile Soprano.
-Ideally, we'll post every Saturday (8 AM EST). Oh whale, I'm late. Anyways, you don't have to post on a Saturday if you don't feel like it, you can post on
-Just talk about your book haul-ish, you can post pictures if you want :))
- You can include ebooks you purchased, digital review copies (DRCs), physical ARCs, books you purchased, finished copies, anything.
-Please tweet us! We'll try to RT as much as we can. :) (@CelestialPages & @bookishsongs) 

The post after this shall be a review. :) I don't wan't this blog to be made of features.