What's in my Book Purse 1/21/2013: Gosling vs Efron

Hey y'all and Happy New Year! I'm so sorry I haven't blogged in AGES-school started and it has been kicking my ass from here to North Carolina. So for this book haul, I got three books and two of them has two very sexy characters that I think you all know and love. So without further ado, here's the books for the month of January/February.

From Left to Right:

Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts

The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks

The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks

Yep...I got The Notebook and The Lucky One, or as I like to call them, Gosling vs Efron. I already read Channing Tatum (Dear John) already and boy it was good. Now I'm reading Gosling first and boy is it good. Already I'm falling for Gosling's character (and if I ever meet Ryan Gosling, I would jump him, drag him to my room, and have my way with him without his current girlfriend knowing) and I just wanna slap Rachel McAdams's character but that will be in a review real soon. 

Now the Lucky One I haven't seen the movie yet but when I do, I would probably want to jump Zac Efron's bones after I get done with Ryan Gosling. But I have a feeling that I'm going to love Efron's character as well...I think...

I don't normally read Nora Roberts books but I tried to read Happy Ever After and I decided to read it again and already I'm in love with it and about to ship the book's main characters. I'm not going to tell you who but in a future review I will. 

Time to Abuse My Netflix: Once Upon a Time

I thought I start a new segment on here called 'Time to Abuse my Netflix' where I'm bored and I need something to do with my life so I get on Netflix and see what's good. 

So today's show is Once Upon A Time and I keep getting reconmended to watch this show because its really really good. I've seen the first episode of this show when it first premiered on ABC and I absolutely LOVED it a whole lot. So today and all of this weekend I'm going to be watching this movie with popcorn and a drink because I'm going to bloody enjoy this a whole lot.

Lauren Conrad's Starstruck: A Fame Game Novel

Are the stars of The Fame Game ready for their close-ups?

Madison Parker has discovered that not all publicity is good publicity. After turning herself in for stealing some bling, the reality star is stuck doing community service while her Fame Game castmates soak up all the screen time. Not that newcomer Kate Hayes needs more attention—ever since her breakout song became an overnight sensation she's suddenly acting like she's Katy Perry. Aspiring actress Carmen Curtis is finally making a name for herself, but she's finding it harder than ever to get out from behind her famous mother's shadow. And in Hollywood, leading men are a dime a dozen, but a good man is hard to find. So when two of the girls have their eye on the same guy, that can mean only one thing: on-camera drama.

In the second novel in bestselling author Lauren Conrad's Fame Game series, friendships are tested, lines are crossed, and fashion crimes are committed—and that's before the cameras even start rolling.

Anyone who has ever wondered what it is like to make it in Hollywood will love this fun, addictive series written by someone who has seen—and lived—it all. Full of dishy details about young Hollywood that only an insider can reveal, bestselling author, fashion designer, and television star Lauren Conrad shows that the real drama happens behind the scenes.

[via goodreads.com]

So I read this book while listening to the Falcons/Giants game and I absolutely loved it.  It tells how Madison covered for her father and did community service at Lost Paws, and while she was there, she saved the life of a dog named Samson, fell in love with her boss Ryan, and when Gabby ends up in the hospital, she snaps on her sister Spohia and quits The Fame Game. 

Carmen is currently doing a movie for a television show called The End of Love, and she's trying to get out of her mother's shadow. But she's fake-dating Luke (who fake-dates?) and she feels like she's hurting Kate, but when they fake break up, her and Kate becomes friends again and then her Mother, Cassandra, comes back into the photo, kicks her out of her house, and now Carmen's crashing on Luke's...well, bed.

Now Kate...Kate is one of the girls I acutally like.  She's down to earth, a singer and she's trying to get over her stage fright. Trevor sends her and films her doing all these things to cure stage frights and while she's doing all these shows and stuff, Drew, Carmen's friend, is there to help her. 

I do reconmend this book a whole lot and I hope y'all would love it like I did!!

What's in My Purse Bag: December 2012

Hey y'all and it's December-the last month of the year and its my favorite time of the year, Christmas. It's where we put up Christmas trees, lights and decorations, write our Christmas lists to Santa Claus and then wait till Christmas Eve, where you just can't go to sleep because you're waiting on Santa to come down the chimney to bring you Christmas. So this month, the books I got are....

From Top to Bottom:

The Legend of Drizzit Book IV by R.A. Salvatore

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Divanomics by Michelle McKinney Hammond

Starstuck: A Fame Game novel by Lauren Conrad

Books I Brought (not photoed)

Bullet: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novel by Laurell K. Hamilton

Books Mailed to Me (Not Photoed)

Tarnished: The St. Croix Chronicles by Karina Cooper

Lord of Temptation by Lorraine Heath

Unending Devotion by Jody Hedlund

Yep...I have a whole lot of reading to do and a whole lot of book reviewing to do...but don't worry I'll be book reviewing real soon so don't you worry! So have a merry Christmas and an amazing new year!!! I know I will!!!

Review: Secrets of the Tudor Court: The Pleasure Palace by Kate Emerson

Beautiful. Seductive. Innocent. Jane Popyncourt was brought to the court as a child to be ward of the king and a companion to his daughters — the princesses Margaret and Mary. With no money of her own, Jane could not hope for a powerful marriage, or perhaps even marriage at all. But as she grows into a lovely young woman, she still receives flattering attention from the virile young men flocking to serve the handsome new king, Henry VIII, who has recently married Catherine of Aragon. Then a dashing French prisoner of war, cousin to the king of France, is brought to London, and Jane finds she cannot help giving some of her heart — and more — to a man she can never marry. But the Tudor court is filled with dangers as well as seductions, and there are mysteries surrounding Jane’s birth that have made her deadly enemies. Can she cultivate her beauty and her amorous wiles to guide her along a perilous path and bring her at last to happiness? Basing her gripping tale on the life of the real Jane Popyncourt, gifted author Kate Emerson brings the Tudor monarchs, their family, and their courtiers to brilliant life in this vibrant new novel.

First off, I didn't even know that this book was based off a real person after I got done reading it. It was actually a really good book that I enjoyed. So this book is about Jane and how she became the companion to Princess Mary and Margret and also became a child of the ward to the King of England (before Henry VIII). Once she grew up, she receives attention from the young men until she becomes a mistress to a French prisoner or war. Then she goes to France to find love and to get her home back and to find out she's royalty. 

This is a good book and I do reconmend this book a whole lot if you like the Tudor Period, if you watched the show The Tudors, or you just wanna read it because its really good.

Character Casting for 'This Duchess of Mine' by Eloisa James

Hello all!

So I have been thinking about the casting of the two characters (aka lovers) in This Duchess of Mine and the more I think about it, the more it came to me. You know those videos on YouTube about character castings of who people think who's who in the books? Well I got to thinking one day about who the main characters (Jemma and Elijah-Jemijah) and I thought, who better to play the two than Natalie Portman and Daniel Gillies?

At first, I didn't know who would play Elijah in the book but I kept hearing Daniel Gillies' voice as Elijah from TVD saying everything Elijah said in the book. 

Book Review: 6 Rainier Drive by Debbie Macomber

6 RAINER DRIVE
CEDAR COVE, WASHINGTON

DEAR READER,

As you may have heard, we’ve recently had quite a shock. My husband, Seth, and I lost our business, The Lighthouse restaurant —- to arson. The investigation continues. The prime suspect is a young ex-employee named Anson Butler, who disappeared right after the fire.

So Seth and I are trying to sort out our lives. (And let me tell you, this kind of crisis is not good for a marriage.) In the meantime, life goes on for everyone else in Cedar Cove —- with marriages, births, reunions and even the occasional scandal. One of the most interesting pieces of news is that Cal, who works on Cliff Harding’s ranch, is now rescuing wild mustangs from Wyoming.

I have to run —- I’m meeting an old friend, Warren Saget, for lunch. Let’s talk soon, and I’ll fill you in on everything that’s happening in town!

JUSTINE

Uh...so yeah...I read this book....and I liked it. I've read a Debbie Macomber book before but I never finished it but after I read this book, I felt...I don't know. Weird. Like I lived in Rainier Drive for so long with my husband and kids (in book world, when you read a book, you somewhat have a life there...in this case, I'm married to a banker named Josh and we have two girls named Marissa and Ashley and we live next door to the Gundersons) so what's been going on lately in Cedar Cove? Well...

• Seth and Justine is trying to find out who burned down The Lighthouse
• Jon and Maryellen had a baby boy named Drake Joseph; Jon has horrible feelings for his mother and father
• Allison is trying to get Anson (the person who was a suspect to the fire) back to Cedar Cove and trying to figure out where he is
• Warren Saget is trying to hard to win back Justine...but it didn't work at all
• Teri ran off to cut Bobby Polgar's hair and she fell in love and got married
• Rachel is terrified to meet her boyfriend's parents

Yeah....all that happened. Do I recommend this book? Yep. Is this book confusing? Maybe. Did I enjoy it? Hell yeah.