The Complex Infrastructure Known as the Female Mind

As some of you might know from This Post on my other blog, I LOVE the band Relient k (because they are so fawesome). And when I found out that my favoritest band in the world had written a book, well, I just HAD to read it. I didn't even really care what it was about. As it turns out, this is a book about girls, for girls.
First a quick quiz:
1.) Have you ever wondered what a boy was thinking?
2.) Have you ever felt like you don't fit in?
3.) Have you ever felt strangely drawn to the bathroom mirror and don't know why?
4.) Do you ever wonder how some girls could possibly be so popular while others aren't?
5.) Do you want to know why it takes a girl longer to get ready for school than a guy?
6.) Do you own 1 or more Relient K albums?
7.) Have you ever cried during a movie?
8.) Do you like boys?
If you answered yes to 3 or more of these questions then this book is for you.

In an attempt to understand the female mind, Matt, Matt, Brad, Dave, and Mark Nicholas have researched and describe 12 different types of girls, from the Athlete to the Homecoming Queen to Vanilla Pudding. What is Vanilla Pudding you ask? It's not just a delicious desert any more, read the book to find out! What kind of girl type are you?After exploring the many types of girls, they go into the only 2 types of guys! But guy types have a special secret to them... Then the guys start on relationships, first with girl-girl friendship, and then onto the ever so mysterious guy-girl relationship. They finish off with a short survival guide that I can guarantee will help you in any relationship.
I think I like this book almost as much as I like the band. I mean I REALLY REALLY liked it. It was helpful and insightful. I am a girl yet they seemed to know more than I know about myself and my friends. It's like they're psychic or something. I also learned a lot about guys that I might never have known otherwise. I had fun comparing the many girl types to my friends and family, and trying to find the one that is me. The authors also filled this book with wit, voice, and humor that made it all that much more enjoyable. And the survival guide was perfect. Overall very entertaining and educational. I dub this book a phenomenal 8 kinds of fawesome!!!


Boy-ponding, Mind-exploring, Relient K-loving-ly yours,

Peeps (or for the Brits: Parasite Positve)

For my second reviews, I read Scott Westerfeld's Peeps. This was Scott Westerfeld's new, fresh taste on the Vampire. In his version, Vampirism is a disease, a parasite. The parasite causes the "vampire," or peep, to hate everything they used to love. They trash all their stuff, they hate the sun so live underground, and they eat people. The parasite causes, yes, cannibalism. It also causes black fingernails, super strength, an intense craving for meat, advanced night vision, and overall insanity.
Luckily for our main character, 19-year-old New Yorker Cal Thompson, he is only a carrier. This basically means he still has all the side effects minus the hating stuff, cannibalism, and insanity. But it's not all peachy keen. The parasite withing him makes him extremely horny, and whoever Cal kisses (or bites, as if he would want to do that) gets the parasite.
Our story begins with Cal catching his eighth and final girlfriend that he had kissed/infected after he had been infected with The Parasite. When this is accomplished, Cal is set with the mission of finding the girl who infected him. Unfortunately, the bar Cal met her in doesn't exist, he was drunk the whole time, and he only remembers one thing about the girl who'd infected him: her first name is Morgan. That's it. In his hunt, Cal meets Lace who now lives in Morgan's old apartment. The previous inhabitants of Lace's whole floor have mysteriously disappeared and strange things have been written on the walls in blood. With the help of Lace, Cal is launched into an eerie expeditions, full of rat infestations, possessed peep cats, strange monsters rumbling in the Underworld and smelling of death. But if Cal doesn't act fast, the whole world might be infected...
I REALLY liked this book. It was full of action, mystery, voice, creepiness, and, of course, romance. Also, every other chapter, Scott/Cal describes a real life parasite, which added so much substance to the book. With all the amazing science, he almost had me thinking the parasite was real. It's not. Or at least, I REALLY hope it's not... Anyway, I rate this a whopping 8 kinds of fawesome!


Science pondering, vampire loving, parasite infecting-ly yours,

Review Numero Uno: An Abundance of Katherines

Ok, so this is kind of cheating the system, because I already posted this review Here on my other blog, but I am posting it again! *Maniacal Laugher*

As my first attempt, I have review John Green's book An Abundance of Katherines. Colin Singleton is a -- or was a -- child prodigy, but he's not really a child anymore. After graduating highschool at age 17 and having been dumped by his nineteenth Katharine (K-19), Colin feels like he just doesn't matter. Colin had dated 19 different girls named Katherine --well technically only 18 different girls but you have to read the book to understand. No Kats, no Katies, god forbid a Catherine. K-A-T-H-E-R-I-N-E. But even after being dumped by each and every one of them, K-19 finally broke his heart. So instead of continuing to lie face down in his carpet, Colins best/only friend Hassan (don't worry he's not a terrorist) takes Colin on a road trip to ease the pain. This road trip take the dynamic duo all the way from Chicago to Gutshot, Tennessee, population 864, where Colin meets Lindsey Lee Walls who's mother owns the local tampon string factory and offers Colin and Hassan jobs interviewing the townspeople. So Colin and Hassan end up in Gutshot, and... well I'm not going to tell you. *evil laughter* you will just have to go read the book!!
Ok, opinion time! I really did like this book in the long run. It had a solid plot, romance, deep characters, even a bit of mystery, not to mention LOADS of humor!! :D And on top of all that it has a good amount of beautiful math that would make Dess* proud. Oh! oh! and it also has tons of random fun facts that would even make Hunter** jealous! So yes I liked this book a lot. But what I didn't like was the constant profanity (I'm sorry I just can't help it). Although John managed to only drop one F-bomb ("fug" is like every other word though). Also there were a few -- ahem -- "naughty" scenes. Nothing real bad but again I can't help myself. It just bugs me. So as long as you are over the age of 13 and know how babies are made (or at least have a general idea) then don't be afraid to read this book. Overall, I rate it 6.5 kinds of fawsome.


Cheating-ly, fugging-ly, anagraming-ly yours,


*What? You haven't read Midnighters?!? Come on! GO READ IT NOW!
**Again, have you not read So Yesterday?! Ouch! Now you're going to tell me you haven't even read Uglies. You have read Uglies haven't you?!

UPDATE: Oh my gosh! I almost forgot to mention, Colin loves anagraming. I also loved that about the book.

Nobel Cause

In honor of the noble cause that is teen (really everyone) reading, I have set up this entirely separate blog to review any book that I read. I love reading and I think everyone should read more often. I usually like most books that I read, especially right after I finish it, so most of these will be positive reviews. Also, if you would like me to read and review any book, just leave a comment on the most recent post and I will add it to my list. So before the reviewing begins, a few brief points:
1.) The Rating System:
I will be rating every book that I review by "Levels of Fawsome" the highest being 9. This idea was stolen from Scott Westerfeld's book The Last Days (I hope you aren't mad Scott-la, after all I am using it for good instead of evil, right?). I actually still have yet to finish TLD but I assure you as soon as I finish you will be seeing a review on it.
2.) Other good review blogs:
I actually kinda stole the idea to have this blog from the 3 evil cousins, who's blog is 9 kinds of fexcellent! Following their style, there is also Maelstrom. And of course by my fellow Scott Westerfeld fan, we have Amy-la's reviews. These are all great book reviewing blogs made for teens by teens. Check them out.
3.) A little about me:
I am a teenager and I love to read. I hope to frequently be reading and reviewing books, but you know how life can get. I also have another amazing blog HERE that is just all about my life and such in general.

Let the ravenous reviewing BEGIN!

Rapidly reading, reviewing, and stealing,
Bri