Impulse

Impulse 
By: Ellen Hopkins
Published: January 23, 2007
Pages: 666
Rating: 



Summary:

Sometimes you don't wake up. But if you happen to, you know things will never be the same.

Three lives, three different paths to the same destination: Aspen Springs, a psychiatric hospital for those who have attempted the ultimate act -- suicide.

Vanessa is beautiful and smart, but her secrets keep her answering the call of the blade.

Tony, after suffering a painful childhood, can only find peace through pills.

And Conner, outwardly, has the perfect life. But dig a little deeper and find a boy who is in constant battle with his parents, his life, himself.

In one instant each of these young people decided enough was enough. They grabbed the blade, the bottle, the gun -- and tried to end it all. Now they have a second chance, and just maybe, with each other's help, they can find their way to a better life -- but only if they're strong and can fight the demons that brought them here in the first place. Goodreads

Review:
   I put "Impulse" last on my list thinking I wouldn't like it. I have proved myself wrong. the swirl of emotions and the raw, bitter thoughts that travel thought these 3 characters minds are truly amazing. I kept thinking to myself I don't want it to end. I fell deep in love with this book, for it has took me on an amazing journey to somewhere I never expected to go. The pain that Connor, Tony and Vanessa all share is truly hard to imagine, that's the one thing that ties them together. What sets them apart is the difference in what pain they have.
   Connor wants to feel loved from his mom, the mom that never kissed him, the one who always compared him to his "Perfect" sister Cara. Connor feels that he will never impress his parents, that he will never be better than Cara. For this Connor pulled the trigger. Will he try again? Time will tell. 
   For Tony his secrets come out, deep dark over powering, mind blowing hidden secrets. Tony was neglected as a child, when he did what was "right" he spent most of his childhood years behind bars. For Tony being gay is what he thought he knew, being raped a 8, by Larry made him believe that. Is he really gay? you wonder, you will see. 
   Vanessa loves the control of where she can bleed, she loves the thrill. When her mom is Bipolar, and Daddy isn't around Vanessa sinks down to a hue of blue. She wants someone to care about someone to love and feel the warmth of their skin. When she loses that she cuts a little deep almost deep enough, but not quite. 
   These lives were saved, but will their minds be after they being brought to "Aspen Springs" ? one will never be home again,and that's why they did it, because they couldn't bare the thought of dealing with "home"

Bumped

"Bumped"

2 Twins, 2 totally different backgrounds, 2 amazing guys, and 1 life changing night.

Melody never expected Harmody, her long lost identical twin sister to just show up on her doorstep at Otherside. No. Harmody was un-expected, and her short trip there changed everyones life forever.

      Their story takes place in the year 2035, and their world is far from ours. "Teens are the most important people in the world", a virus now is circling their world, where about 80% of the population cant get pregant after the age of 18. Melody signed almost 3 years ago to preg for profit, but hasnt found the right person, and her best friend Zen is to "short" for the job. Meldoy is under so much presure from Lib, her parents, and the world. Melody never knew the world was such a harsh place.
 Her long lost twin is "enganged" and hasnt had a baby yet either, which is strange for someone from the Goodside. Harmody comes to Otherside to show Melody that pregging for profit is a sin. But I think Harmody is the one who learns a real lesson.

                                                                                                      9of10 ~Kayla.<3

Perfect

"Perfect"

Ellen Hopkins

After reading "Impulse" I truly couldn't get enough. I couldn't just let the characters slip away, not like that. I tried to hang on to this book as long as possible, but all things must come to an end, right? Connor felt he could never measure up to his parents expectations, feeling this way almost all the time did quite the number on his mind and in his heart. Cara is or was his twin. In Impulse you only hear Connor side to her, you only hear what he tells you. But in Perfect you meet this "Perfect" twin. and she isn't so perfect after all. Cara has to deal with her parents crazy high expectations along with a love for the same sex. She never wanted to believe it, she wanted the feelings,but they weren't  to go away. She never knew she could love like the way she loves Dani.

  But Sean her ex wont give up the best thing of his life, not to a guy or to a girl. Wanting to talk and smooth everything over wont save their relationship. But Sean isn't laying off the "roids" making him feel a little to pumped a little to anger. Snapping some pics for facebook wont do any good if a girl doesn't have any friends. For Sean, he planned his whole future around Cara, and now that he lost her what will he do?

  Kendra was deep in love with Connor, or maybe it was lust that she fell for. But now that she cant see him, or talk to her she craves nothing in the food groups. Nothing will make her happy that has to do with her eating. She wants to be a model, and being skinny is the name of the game. right? Well being 5'10 and weighing like 100 pounds shouldn't be. Kendra wants to be a model so bad counting each and every calorie is part of her everyday life. Kendra struggles with abuse, but you wont find out what kind till the end. Her secrets are deep enbedded in her thin skin. "Pretty isn't good enough" Once that cruel miror says so, she believes it in a heart beat. Trying to fix anything and everything is smiply impossible. The little bump on her nose, is something she is dieing to get off. just because its an imperfection. Will she fix everything, or just be to blind to see whats actually making her imperfect

  there is one more character in this book, a boyfriend of Kendra's sister Jenna. He wants to dance, to be a dancer. But daddy wont agree, more like daddy doesnt know. His love for Jenna is a one sided relationship. Jenna cant love someone, maybe its because she doesnt know how or being left behind was to hard to deal with she promisesd she would never love so she would never hurt. He ties knots together and all together made the book more complete.

10 out of 10!!!!

Ten Things We Did

"Ten Things We Did"
By:Sarah Mlynowski

Being a "good"girl isn't easy, so when the time comes to totaly rebel April jumps at the chance. Moving in with a close friend and no parents sounds amazing. Right? Well when Apirl's dad is in Ohio and her mother in France April gets to room with Violet and her mom (who is in Chicago). Having all the freedom she wants is hard to handle for Apirl, but somehow she manages. Apirls life might sound totaly amazing and i would trade anyday, but in the end her new life will have side effects. This was a well written book, about an amazing journey living almost Independant. I enjoyed the book, but it wasn't my favorite book. I give it a 7 out of 10. Hope you read it :) -Kayla
(Read in October)

Dead Is Not An Option

"Dead is Not An Option"

 By: Marlene Perez

Wow. If you enjoy a good mystery and a dash of romance, then this is perfect for you. I really am delighted that theses books are filled with mystery and excitement. Daisy is trying to solve a missing persons report as well as figure out who is behind her father's disappearance. While reading I, myself was trying to figure it out. Daisy is one lucky girl. not only does she have amazing powers, she also has the hottest and sweetest boyfriend ever. His name is Ryan, and yes there is something special about him to, he is a Were. Read it to find out why i love theses    books so much, and when your done you can thank me ;)  

13 Reasons Why

"13 reasons why"

By Jay Asher.

For Hannah life was to hard to bare, knowing she could end it  made her last day some how barable. After Hannah is gone, you find 13 tapes,and 13 reasons why. Hannah showed signs, signs all of them missed. She wanted someone to notice, someone to care, someone to tell her she was going to be fine, that they understood her and she didnt have to kill herself. Only it came to late. No one did, maybe it was they were to blind to see it or maybe because they didnt want to. You follow along Hannah's voice learn secrets you never expected to hear, you learn about the real Hannah. I really enjoyed this book, even though the ending wasn't what I wanted in the end. 9 out of 10 Stars

Saving Zoe

"Saving Zoe"
The only thing that Echo wants is to feel close to the sister that she lost almost a year ago. When Zoe's (ex)boyfriend shows up with Zoe's journal, everything that Echo thought she knew about her sister wasn't all that true. Echo starts to uncover deep and dark secrets about her sister, secrets Zoe tried so hard to hide. I really enjoyed the over all book, I think Allyson Noel is a very talent writer and I will hopefully read some more of her work in the future. Saving Zoe is a must read, it really brought me closer to my sister.

Where She Went

"Where She Went."
I really enjoyed "If I Stay" the first on to this novel, but after reading this one, I'am totally in love with this book. I loved how it's from Adams point of view, so you get both Mia and Adams sides of the story.I was really happy the way the book ended, no questions were roaming my head. I would recommend this book to anybody and everyone. The whole time reading I could see what Adam was going through and how he was feeling. I'm all for paranormal and powerful novels, but I enjoy a good love story every now and then.

Want To Go Private?

"Want to go Private?"

 This book is about a 14 year old girl named Abby, she is shy and so when she starts High School, things change, her best friend Faith is meeting new people and new friends and Abby really doesn't want to she wants things back to the way they were. So when Abby feels lonely she goes online and meets "BluSkiBoi" a nice 27 year old guy  named Luke Redwood from new jersey, abby has something to look forward to, someone to talk to, and most of all someone to love. As you peel back the pages of this book you understand the question everyone asks her "how could you be so stupid."



Books I'm reading

As of now I'm reading four books! I know that seems like alot but I don't always read four at a time. The books I'm reading are "Identical" by Ellen Hopkins one of my absolute favorite authors, and my hero :), I'm also reading "Fallout" byEllen Hopkins as well. The third book I'm reading is "Drity little Secrets" by C.j. Omololu, now I read some serious werid books and I should read the back of a book but I can't help it I grab it buy it read the first page and relize that I should have read the back and If I would have read the back I probably wouldn't have got the book. Oh well my fault. The fourth book I'm reading is"the boyfriend list" by E. Lockhart, I started reading it and really liked it and put it off to the side and I finally got back to it. So those are the books I'm currently reading. So enjoy I hope you guys read them to and comment, even if you hated the books just let me know :)

Zombie Blondes



"Zombie Blondes"

When i got this book i didn't think this book would be one of my favorite books in the world. turns out i was RIGHT. What i mean is that i liked the book but I was mad at the ending, I'm not going to give it away though :) Welcome :) . I would however recommend the book to people that like thrillers and Zombies and Mystery, Thanks for reading <3Kayla 

Go Ask Alice

"Go Ask Alice"



i started reading "Go Ask Alice",and by the time i got to page 10 i couldn't put the book down. My fingers cramped from turning pages and my wrists hurt from holding up the book, but that didnt stop me from reading "Go ask Alice". Her words inspired me they took me places i thought i would never go before. This book is Truely inspiring to me and many others. If you haven't read "Go ask Alice" i would strongly recommed it to all readers 13 and above. I will never forget this book and i would totally read it again.!

<3 Kayla.