Just Listen by Sarah Dessen

Just Listen
By Sarah Dessen

Paperback, 400 page
Published on July 5th 2007

Amazon.com Book Description,

Last year, Annabel was "the girl who has everything"—at least that’s the part she played in the television commercial for Kopf ’s Department Store.This year, she’s the girl who has nothing: no best friend because mean-but-exciting Sophie dropped her, no peace at home since her older sister became anorexic, and no one to sit with at lunch. Until she meets Owen Armstrong. Tall, dark, and music-obsessed, Owen is a reformed bad boy with a commitment to truth-telling.With Owen’s help,maybe Annabel can face what happened the night she and Sophie stopped being friends.

In this multi-layered, impossible-to-put-down book, Sarah Dessen tells the story of a year in the life of a family coming to terms with the imperfections beneath its perfect facade.

Annabel Green was one of those girls who had everything, model looks, great family, cool friends; but then all that is just from the outside, just as the glass house she lives in, from outside it is just perfect but really no one bothers to know the inside. Annabel's likes to keep to herself her views, her thoughts so as to not hurt anyone with the bitter truth. Everything really starts changing fer her, when her grandmother dies suddenly and her mother starts going downhill. She really can't bear the sadness and puts up with the modeling, which is her mothers favorite hobby. She has 2 elder sisters, who would not to talk to each other and one of them has an eating disorder, which her family ignores, until it is too late.
Well, Annabel has a good friends following, until one night everything changes. She feels it safer to hide from them, than confront them. She, now is only friends with Owen who is a loner by choice! Owen is the only bright spot of her school life and her whole day in it's entirety.
When it comes to music or Annabel’s inner monologue, Owen’s advice remains the same:

don’t judge...just listen.

Actually a super fast and cosy read!
Grab it now :)!

A late Monday and a beautiful Cover!

It was a very long weekend for me and I was excited about it too! and amidst all the hubble-bubble, fun - I totally forgot about my postings!
SORRY!


So, :) my week starts on this Wednesday :)
I finished Twilight, oh my! it was AWESOME! I am hunting for the 2nd installment already :). Review to follow soon.

And started -


This one also becomes my Cover Attractions post. God alone knows how many times I have stopped reading and gazed at the books cover - into the startling grey-blue eyes of Chiyo-Chan!

Head over to J.Kaye's to know what everyone else is reading :)
And also to Marcia's to see what other covers you should be ogling at! :)

Have a very good week ahead!

When I was a Soldier by Valeri Zennati

When I was a Soldier
By Valerie Zenatti
235 Pages
Published in 2005


When I was a Soldier is the story of a teenage girl named Valerie who has this perfect life of a teenager with 2 best friends whom she hangs out with all the time. After her bac exam, Valerie like everyone just turning 18, gets ready to start the 2 years of compulsory military service. This memoir is an account of her experience in the military service.
It is nothing like you could imagine happening in your own country. In Israel, boy or girl turning 18 after there high school exams have to spend there 2 years in military service. Valerie's voices the teenage views of many down there, and takes us through an ocean of different issues she and her like face during this period.
It gives you a peep into the Palestinian and Israeli conflicts that are still on and how the teenagers look at it. At the effect the wars have had on people! It is small book which necessarily does not give you a deep insight into the issues, but one girl's perspective of the country which was not hers, but where she belongs now.

My first OT-09 book! 4 stars :)

Cover Attractions~~ One book and 2 covers!

I found 2 covers of the same book [ thanks to Sandra's post where I saw the cover]. And liked the both!


Another cover that I really found kinda cute was from All About {n}



I know it is kind of weird, but I like it ;)
I love the yellow footwear and everything :)

Head over to Marcia's to get a visual treat :). Thanks Marcia!

Wassup on Monday?!

For other responses please do visit J.Kaye's Book Blog!

I am immersed in the story of Bella and Edward :)

Yeah! I finally started Twilight! I had my reservations, I really thought I will NOT like it :)
But I cannot be happier when I announce that Twilight is un-put-downable :)
Loving it so far!

I finished Just Listen by Sarah Dessen, and actually liked that one too! Review to follow soon!
What are you reading and what are you loving this week?!

Sam's Letters to Jennifer by James Patterson

Sam' Letters to Jennifer
James Patterson
2006, 272 pages

From Amazon.com,

Jennifer returns to the resort village where she grew up to help a beloved relative-and ends up experiencing not one but two of the most amazing love stories she's ever known. The first is completely unexpected. In a series of letters that Jennifer finds, her relative reveals that she has concealed a huge secret for decades: Her great love is not the man she was married to for all those years. As Jennifer reads about this passionate partnership, she learns more about love's imperatives and secrets than she ever dreamed possible. And then comes the biggest surprise of all. At a time when she thought she could never love again, Jennifer lets her guard down for a moment-and is suddenly caught up in the greatest flight of exhilaration she's ever known.But, just as suddenly, she learns that this new love comes with an unbearable cost.Jennifer doesn't think she can survive the pain-but the letters she's been reading make her think that love may help her find a way.

This book was a part of Readers Digest Selected Editions, along with 3 other books that came as a set. I am thankful I read the abridged version, because I don't think I would have really finished the full version. No, don't get me wrong, I didn't completely hate the book but then...

This is the story of Jennifer who recently lost the love of her life because of an accident, for which she blames herself. She is shocked when she gets a call telling her that her great-grandmother had fallen and was in a coma. Jennifer is shattered at the very thought of losing Sam, her great grand mom. She leaves everything aside and rushes to Sam's beautiful house, where a bunch of numbered letters are awaiting her. As she meets up with Sam and lives in her house and aits for her recovery... she reads Sam's letters a few at a time. Through the letters, unfolds a story, she would have never known or thought about, about her grandmom. Through those letters she finds the courage to open herself to love and to life.

Somewhere I found it was similar to PS. I love You [ I have seen the movie]. Of course the story is different, but I couldn't help but compare.

Actually it is a very nice story. There are some questions that you really want answers too, and you just move through, to find the answers. Light, emotional read. But at times, I found it boring. And most of the times, I thought many of it was predictable.

So, you know I am kind of not sure, if i want to give it 3 or 2 star :)!

For being a quick read and nice story... I give it a 3 star :)

Cover Attractions

Saw the above one while surfing Sarah Dessen's books :)


Saw the above one @ S. Krishna's and loved it! What do you think?!

What are the covers you are attracted to this week?! Find out about others at Marcia's

I WON! I WON!

YES!
YAY!
I won a copy of In Over Her Head @ Dar's Peeking Between the Pages!
She is been so nice to send me her copy :) :)

YES! and this post is to thank her :)

Thank you so very much for this lovely jesture and giving me a chance to win :) I really hope to enjoy this one :)
I know I will

Thank You Dar!

Did you guys win anything?! :) :) I did! I did! YAY!

Monday's here, what are you reading this week?!

Thanks J. Kaye for hosting this. Head over to J. Kaye's to see everyone elses responses!

I am reading -

Apart from this I am STILL reading some of the books from last week :'(
I finished 'When I was a soldier'! So that's the only good news I have :)

What are you reading on Monday?

T4MC Week 2!

Completed -
A Book about a Biblical Character [ 15 points]

A book I read just because I like the cover - [ 5 points]


A book by an author you have not read so far [ 10 points!] - pending book review
Total - 30 points! :) :)

I am slow, but I am definitely making progress! :)

Join this challenge!