Review: Anna And The French Kiss

Anna And The French Kiss
By Stephanie Perkins 
Publisher:  Dutton, December 2nd 2010 
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Review:
Cute, charming and love-able! I can’t think of better way to describe this book. Yet it’s also probably one of the worst words I could use in a review. It gives you the completely wrong idea about the story. While it was filled with adorable moments that make you smile and laugh it also was filled with plot and real problems. That’s why I think Anna and the French Kiss so well liked. It was cute but realistic.

Anna And The French Kiss was about Anna being sent to a boarding school in Paris for her senior year by her father. Exciting right? Not for Anna, she would rather finish her last year at high school with her all her friends, and the crush who kissed her before she left. Anna doesn’t really start enjoying the wonders of Paris until Étienne St. Claire starts showing her around. She and St. Claire quickly becoming very close friends. Of course, Anna knows he’s insanely hot, with a swoon worthy accent but she also knows he has a girlfriend. Plus she has her crush back home in Atlanta, which complicates things.

Humor! There’s so much of it through out the whole novel. I loved reading in Anna’s point of view she has this sarcastic and hilarious attitude that always kept me laughing. Then there’s St. Claire who seems so perfect yet has many flaws. It made him so realistic, I mean he was shorter then Anna! You don’t see this to often in YA fiction. The guy is usually a ‘perfect’ bad boy.

The plot of Anna and the French Kiss was completely it’s own. It wasn’t just one of those novels completely about romance. These characters were thrown into so many different complications. It seemed almost impossible for them to be happy. Once they get into a grove that seemed to work something would throw them off. This book touched so many different topics. I don’t want to give too much away. You should just know it’s not another romance novel. Stephanie Perkins is an author you’re going to want to watch.

If you don’t believe me about the epic-ness of Anna and the French Kiss well take a look at some of these reviews. This should help convince you.

The Story Cellar

Reading Teen:

"Very sly. Very funny. Very romantic. You should date this book."
— Maureen Johnson
This is a quote that can be found on the hard cover copy. I wish I could date this book Hint-Hint St. Claire.

"Imagine a mug of rich, thick hot chocolate. Now add a swirl of sweet whipped cream. Yummy? Oui. Well, Anna and the French Kiss is richer, sweeter, and—yes—even hotter. You're in for a very special treat."
— LAUREN MYRACLE
Another quote from the hard copy but they are just so true that I have to share them.

--Danielle

Barnes and Noble Nook Review

I've never reviewed anything other then a book. I don't know much about the e-ink technology, but I am a reader. This is my opinion on the nook as an avid reader.



Here are a few links about things I mentioned in the video.
The Nook: here
The Nook Color: here
Angelfire: here
Jonathan Adler Cover: Here
Jolly Ranchers! : here

If you have any questions about the nook leave them in the comments! I would love to help you if I can.

Trends In YA: Beautiful Covers

I haven’t done one of these since 2010! I’m so sorry!!!! I have been packed with school work with finals and new classes. I have no math homework today so I’m writing as many posts as I can. Anyway here’s the Trend in YA for today…
Beautiful Covers!

This is a slightly different trend then I have been doing, but a new year calls for new things right? I have definitely have been noticing a large number of beautiful covers in Barnes and Nobles lately. Here are just a few of them.

This has to be one of my favorite covers EVER! I was in love with the one on the ARC but it person it blew me away. This is one you have to see in person. P.S. I really want her dress. :)

I just keep staring at that flower. It's beautiful, the whole cover is. I love how the focus is on the flower and the girl in the back is blurred. The purples. blues, reds and yellows work wonderfully together. This just is just perfect. period. Best in the series.

This one has a REVERSIBLE cover! How can you do better then a reversible cover? You can't. Both covers are beautiful. The colors in this one are eye catching and beautiful. It captures the attention of both the science fiction novel lovers and the romantics. (I loved this book, if you haven't read it yet GO READ!)

This one is just so different. The circles have you focus you attention on certain aspects of the cover. That's something different that I haven't seen before. The green and blue color scheme is also very pretty.

This cover reminds me of Unearhtly. I'm not sure why, maybe it's just because they are both incredibly beautiful. The font in the middle is very pretty. I also love the design on the outer parts of the cover. It has a delicate feel to it. The castle in the background I didn't notice at first but it's a very nice touch. The colors all work together perfectly.

You can DOWNLOAD Dreaming Anastasia for FREE

You can DOWNLOAD Dreaming Anastasia for FREE from Feb. 1^st to Feb. 7^th—wherever eBooks are sold—in celebration of the launch of Haunted.

Anastasia Romanov thought she would never feel more alone than when the gunfire started and her family began to fall around her. Surely the bullets would come for her next. But they didn't. Instead, two gnarled old hands reached for her. When she wakes up she discovers that she is in the ancient hut of the witch Baba Yaga, and that some things are worse than being dead.

In modern-day Chicago, Anne doesn't know much about Russian history. She is more concerned about getting into a good college—until the dreams start. She is somewhere else. She is someone else. And she is sharing a small room with a very old woman. The vivid dreams startle her, but not until a handsome stranger offers to explain them does she realize her life is going to change forever. She is the only one who can save Anastasia. But, Anastasia is having her own dreams…

I wanted to let you know about this amazing opportunity! I know that I will be downloading it for myself to read. This one has been on my TBR list for a long time. Can't wait to read it.

--Danielle

Winner of the CSN giveaway!

The winner of the CSN giveaway is.....

...drum roll...

Callie!

Congrats! If you didn't win make sure you keep your eyes open for another giveaway sometime soon. My birthday is coming up (Febuary 16th), so I think I'm going to do a giveaway for that.

Anyway I'm going to give Callie a while to answer because of the power outages from the blizzard. So don't hope to win because the winner takes to long to answer.

--Danielle