The Liebster Award

I was nominated by Stephanie from Doodle's Book Reviews and Sandra from Sandra The BookWorm for the Liebster Award. Thank you so much!

This award is in place so bloggers big and small can interact with one another and promote friendships through the similar hobby of blogging. There are few steps to this award whichI will go through as I complete each section. First though, I must state the rules. 

Rules 

* Link back to the person that nominated you for this award.

* Give 11 random facts about yourself.

*Answer 11 questions from your nominator.

* Nominate 11 bloggers.

* Come upo with 11 questions for your nominees and inform them that you have nominated them.

11 facts about myself

1. I love to sing.

2. I'm a born again Christian.

3. I only started reading YA books last 2013.

4. I still haven't read Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, The Mortal Instruments, Twilight. I know!!!

5. I am very quiet at school.

6. My most hated subjects are Math and Physics.

7. Hot choco and coffee addict!

8. I live in the Philippines.

9. I really want to go to Canada and America.

10. My books are mostly paperbacks (I only have 4 hardbacks because they're expensive!)

11. I can make friends easily through the internet, but not in real life lol.

11 questions Sandra asked me (Since two bloggers nominated me in this award, I chose the one who gave the easier questions)

1. Who is your book girlfriend?

My book girlfriend would be Mia Hall from If I Stay by Gayle Forman because Chloe Moretz played her on the book-to-movie adoptation haha.

2. Used or New Books?

New books!!!

3. Where do you like to read?

On my bed. Just like everybody else. 

4. What is your favorite series?

Is The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins a series? If so, I chose it.

5. Stand Alone or Series?

It really depends on the story.

6. Do you read one book at a time or several?

Only one book at a time.

7. Most hated character?

Chiyoko Takeda from Endgame by James Frey

8. Least favorite book?

For now it's Cinder by Marissa Meyer.

9. Favorite love triangle?

Juliette, Warner and Adam from Shatter Me series by Tahereh Mafi!

10. Favorite character?

Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games

11. What world of the books you have read would you like to live in?

Anna and The French Kiss because it is set in Paris!!!

11 questions for the bloggers I nominate

1. What is your favorite book of all time?

2. Do you read while eating?

3. Physical books or ebooks?

4. Hardbounds or Paperbacks?

5. What book do you wish to become a movie but never heard about the movie rights?

6. Do you listen to music while reading?

7. Who is the author you really want to meet?

8. How many books do you finished reading in a month?

9. Buying books from the bookstores or online book shopping?

10. If you are going to another country for a vacation and you could only bring one book you already read, what book would it be?

11. For you, what book/s has changed your life the most?

Bloggers I nominate

Bea from Confessions of a Pinay Bookaholic

Kevin from Tomebound

Pearl from BiblioPearl

Eunice from Nerdy Talks

Nanna from Overflowing Shelves

Audri from Baked Book Pages

Patricia from Let's Talk Books

April Wrap-up

Last April I only read 3 books. A big one, a normal one and an ebook. Even though it's only three, I did enjoy them all.

1. Endgame by James Frey

Click Here To See My Review For Endgame

5/5 Stars

2. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

Click Here To See My Review For The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

5/5 Stars

3. Blood, Ink & Fire by Ashley Mansour 

Review Will Be Up Soon 

5/5 Stars

[BOOK REVIEW] The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer #1) by Michelle Hodkin

Synopsis from Goodreads:





Mara Dyer doesn’t think life can get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there.
It can.

She believes there must be more to the accident she can’t remember that killed her friends and left her mysteriously unharmed.
There is.

She doesn’t believe that after everything she’s been through, she can fall in love.
She’s wrong.





Genre : Young Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal Romance

Publication Date : October 23rd 2012

Date Read : April 29th 2015

Publisher : Simon & Schuster 

Format : Paperback

Pages : 456

My Review:

Fast - Paced. A real page - turner. Creepy

The first thing I noticed is the paced of this book. It was fast and refreshing because Michelle's writing style was great! 

This book is a perfect blend of Paranormal and Romance. The love/romance going on with Mara and Noah was incredibly fantastic while the creepiness are still present while Mara Dyer is hallucinating and stuff. When I was in the middle of the book, I thought the paranormal aspect was left out but when I reached the second half, I was wrong. The last half of this book is the most creepiest which I liked.

“Thinking something does not make it true. Wanting something does not make it real.” 

I don't have much to say about the characters but I think they are actually good especially Mara Dyer and Noah Shaw.

The plot itself is very intriguing and mysterious that's why i can't put down this book because I want to know more! Even though The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer is dark and paranormal, Michelle Hodkin did not forget to put a smile on my face or laugh because of some funny things.

This is my first time reading a Paranormal Romance book, I believe, and I enjoyed it and I want to read more from this genre. Thanks to this book for not disappointing me to introduce to Paranormal with romance world!

The ending was a cliffhanger. Too bad I still don't have the book 2 because I really need to read more from Mara Dyer!

As I said, Michelle Hodkin's writing style was fantastic it made me not want to put the book down. It was fast - paced and I finished this book for only 2 days which is not fast enough compared to the other readers but for me it's good because I usually read a book for 3 days - 1 week if I'm not that busy. For those who haven't read it yet, please read it now! You don't want to miss the world of Mara Dyer ;)

Ratings: 5/5 stars

My Top 5 TBR Books

Hey everyone! On this post I will be showing you my top 5 tbr books!!!

This picture is from my Instagram account which is @bookishfanboy

1. Every Day by David Levithan

SYNOPSIS:

I wake up.

Immediately, I have to figure out who I am. It's not just the body - opening my eyes and discovering whether the skin on my arm is light or dark, whether my hair is long or short, whether I'm fat or thin, boy or girl, scarred or smooth. The body is the easiest thing to adjust to, if you're used to waking up in a new one each morning. It's the life, the context of the body, that can be hard to grasp.

Every day I am someone else. I am myself - I know I am myself - but I am also someone else.

It has always been like this.

2. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

SYNOPSIS:

Mara

 Dyer believes life can't get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there.

It can. 

She believes there must be more to the accident she can't remember that killed her friends and left her strangely unharmed. 

There is.

She doesn't believe that after everything she's been through, she can fall in love. 

She's wrong.

3. The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

SYNOPSIS:

When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder― much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing―not even a smear of blood―to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?

This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know...

Exotic and gritty, exhilarating and utterly gripping, Cassandra Clare's ferociously entertaining fantasy takes readers on a wild ride that they will never want to end. 

4. Cinder by Marissa Meyer

SYNOPSIS:

Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl.

Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future. 



5. Looking For Alaska by John Green

SYNOPSIS:


Before. Miles "Pudge" Halter's whole existence has been one big nonevent, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave the "Great Perhaps" (François Rabelais, poet) even more. He heads off to the sometimes crazy, possibly unstable, and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed-up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young, who is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart.

After. Nothing is ever the same.




I am so excited to read all of my tbr books especially these five!


- All synopsis that are included are from goodreads.com -