The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

Today I'll be reviewing the first two books from The Mara Dyer Trilogy by Michelle Hodkin, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer and The Evolution of Mara Dyer.

The story follows Mara, a seventeen-year-old girl who is a survivor of an accident that killed her best friend, her ex-boyfriend, and her boyfriend's sister. Mara is trying to remember what happened on the day of the accident, as she does not remember the events of the accident. Mara experiences hallucinations and nightmares as she tries to uncover the details of the event. This book made me feel like I was going insane which I think was what the author was trying to do. I whizzed past the two books in a couple of days.

While the plot line was very dark and twisted, the book was very witty and I related to Mara a lot in the first book. She's a very different protagonist and I really enjoyed the dialogue between her and the other characters. I especially love the relationship between Mara and her brother Daniel, they have such a strong and sweet relationship.

I definitely recommend these books! It's a very creepy yet funny book which I think is a very unique mix. I can't decide which book I liked better as they were both very interesting and unique. It took me a while to get into The Evolution of Mara Dyer and some scenes just made me feel bored. I started to find Mara and Noah more annoying in the second book as well. However, The Evolution of Mara Dyer had so many intense and amazing scenes towards the end.

Both books were spectacular and I hope you guys enjoyed this book review.

Thank you for reading!

Blood of Olympus | Part 2

Hi everyone!

Today I'll be doing a part two to my review of Blood of Olympus, as I forgot to mention some minor details in the last blog post. Again, this will be a blog post with many a spoiler! So go read the book first then come back to discuss with us. ^_^

I did a spoiler-free review (there wasn't anything to spoil) on Percy Jackson's Greek Gods on whimsical daydream, click here to go check it out!

Spoiler Alert!

Hangzhou | Part 2

So this is the second part of my trip to Hangzhou. I still have another blog post to upload because I spent a while in Hangzhou (2 weeks) and took lots of pictures. We visited Xihu River and ate lots of delicious food. At the time we were visiting. there were many lotus flowers blooming in the river. It was so nice walking along the beautiful river. It was extremely hot and by then end of the day I felt like I had taken a shower but so worth it. Can't wait to return soon. ^_^

Thanks for reading <3

The Blood of Olympus

Hi everyone,

Today I'll be talking about the final book in The Heroes of Olympus series, The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan.

Love how Jason is the focal point of this cover... -_-

This post will have spoilers about the book! So go read it first and then we can discuss.

Spoilers ahead!

Summer Days

Hi everyone

So the past weekend I took a few pictures of the scenery in my yard. It was nice to just chill and relax with the weather being perfect. While it was still sunny, the weather was nice and cool. It's been pretty warm recently, even thought it is October. In the area that I live in, I feel that we don't really get an autumn. Can't wait until the colder months come! ^_^

Hope you are having a lovely day. <3 Sorry for the lack of blog posts recently! I've been really busy and feeling a bit uninspired. Hope you enjoy this little blog post in the meantime.

Hangzhou│Part One

Hi everyone!

So this is part one of my trip of Hangzhou. The first few days I spent in Hangzhou were quite relaxing and laid-back, as I just spent a lot of time with my relatives that live in China. We celebrated my grandpa's eighty-fourth birthday which was really nice. It was so nice to see my relative who I hadn't seen in four years. I loved spending time with them and I think that was the most amazing thing about this trip. I also went to various little markets in China that sold fun little knickknacks, but I actually forgot to bring a camera to take photos.

After a couple of days of being in Hangzhou, I went on this hike and it was amazing. It was extremely hot that day and hiking was so tiring but so worth it. The views were so beautiful and being surrounded by nature was amazing. There was actually a cave on the hike that was extremely cool inside; a relaxing place to sit after hiking in the humid and hot weather. It was nice to see the place where my family lived before and learn more about their past.

These were the first few days that I spent in Hangzhou. I didn't want this post to be too long so I decided to split the blog post into pieces. I hope you enjoyed and thank you for reading. ^_^

Gathering Blue

Hi everyone!

It's been a while since I updated and I thought I would bring you guys a book review. My travel post about Hangzhou will be up soon, I'm still working on it. :)

Anyways, today's review is on the book, Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry. It is the second book in The Giver Series, which I had no idea was a series.

Speaking of The Giver, I watched the movie a couple of weeks ago and it was such a nice movie. Very emotional and some parts of it were quite different than the book but a really nice watch. ^_^

Gathering Blue follows the story line of a different character and the world they live in is very different as well. While The Giver was a futuristic dystopian/utopia society, Gathering Blue follows the story of a girl name Kira who lives in more primitive society.

I really enjoyed reading this book and I found this book very interesting. However, this book was very short and I felt half of it was missing. There was no ending to this book, no closure to a plot that would not continue in another book. I would have liked this book so much more if there was some closure to the ending. By the end of the book, I felt like nothing had happened with the plot and nothing was achieved.

Despite the lack of a strong ending I really liked the writing style and it was good book. I definitely recommend giving it a read. :) Out of ten I'd give this book a eight.

That's all for my short, spoiler free review. I have plenty more book reviews to catch up on as I read a lot on my trip. Blood of Olympus is also coming out soon which I am so excited for! :D

Alright that's all for today! Thanks for reading! <3

Seoul

Hi everybody!

Today I'll be blogging about my trip to Seoul and about the final days on the cruise.

Arriving at Incheon!

Driving from Incheon to Seoul

Yummy foods

Black bean noodles

Myeongdong

Visited a palace

Night time

Back on the ship with a towel elephant waiting for us

Dinner ^_^

Bye Korea!

Next morning eating brunch

Final night on the ship

Lobster!

Back in Shanghai :) the water is so clean lol

After we got off the boat we ate some beef noodle soup :)

At the train station about to head to Hangzhou!

Okay so those were my final days on the ship and the time I spent in Korea. It was lots of fun and I hope to return soon! I had a very nice time on the ship, it was very relaxing. :)

That's all for this blog post! I'll be posting my blog post about China very soon. ^_^