Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

Attachments
By Rainbow Rowell
Pub Date: April 14th, 2011
Source: Gift

"Hi, I'm the guy who reads your e-mail, and also, I love you . . . "

Beth Fremont and Jennifer Scribner-Snyder know that somebody is monitoring their work e-mail. (Everybody in the newsroom knows. It's company policy.) But they can't quite bring themselves to take it seriously. They go on sending each other endless and endlessly hilarious e-mails, discussing every aspect of their personal lives.

Meanwhile, Lincoln O'Neill can't believe this is his job now- reading other people's e-mail. When he applied to be "internet security officer," he pictured himself building firewalls and crushing hackers- not writing up a report every time a sports reporter forwards a dirty joke.

When Lincoln comes across Beth's and Jennifer's messages, he knows he should turn them in. But he can't help being entertained-and captivated-by their stories.

By the time Lincoln realizes he's falling for Beth, it's way too late to introduce himself.

What would he say . . . ?

Or maybe closer to 4.5 stars? I'm not sure. Honestly, it took me about 100 pages to really get into this story, but after that I was hooked! This story was so darn cute! I was a little frustrated that we didn't get too many character descriptions early on in the story... It kind of bugs me when I don't know how old the characters are or what they look like. I ended up just  picturing some super dorky guy that was falling in love with Beth, but I was definitely wrong! It was kind of fun in a way to learn what Beth and Lincoln looked like from one another! One of my favorite parts of the book was when Beth would talk about "Her Cute Guy" haha Lincoln was such a cutie and even more so because he didn't really know he was one.  I really liked all of the character development and I was rooting for Lincoln the whole time. I loved the ending and I finished this book with a big smile on my face. I'm looking forward to reading more adult books by Rainbow (Landline isn't too far away!)

I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella

I've Got Your Number
By Sophie Kinsella
Pub Date: Oct 31st, 2011

I’ve lost it. :( The only thing in the world I wasn’t supposed to lose. My engagement ring. It’s been in Magnus’s family for three generations. And now the very same day his parents are coming, I’ve lost it. The very same day! Do not hyperventilate, Poppy. Stay positive :)!!

Poppy Wyatt has never felt luckier. She is about to marry her ideal man, Magnus Tavish, but in one afternoon her “happily ever after” begins to fall apart. Not only has she lost her engagement ring in a hotel fire drill but in the panic that follows, her phone is stolen. As she paces shakily around the lobby, she spots an abandoned phone in a trash can. Finders keepers! Now she can leave a number for the hotel to contact her when they find her ring. Perfect!

Well, perfect except that the phone’s owner, businessman Sam Roxton, doesn’t agree. He wants his phone back and doesn’t appreciate Poppy reading his messages and wading into his personal life.

What ensues is a hilarious and unpredictable turn of events as Poppy and Sam increasingly upend each other’s lives through emails and text messages. As Poppy juggles wedding preparations, mysterious phone calls, and hiding her left hand from Magnus and his parents . . . she soon realizes that she is in for the biggest surprise of her life.

My Rating:

My Thoughts:

This was my first Sophie Kinsella book and I REALLY enjoyed it! I borrowed an audiobook from my library and hope to someday buy the book! As far as the audiobook goes, I thought that the reader was fantastic! She has a British accent(which was obviously appropriate since Poppy is British) and I really enjoyed listening to her voice!

Footnote: Which of course is a very important factor in choosing audiobooks. I mean, I listened to this lady talk for 13 1/2 hours.. I had BETTER like her voice... (ha! see what I did there? Okay, so what if it's not at the bottom of the page. I'm writing a review, OKAY?)

Anyways, I really enjoyed reading about Poppy's life, and although this may make me sound insanely selfish, I was kind of enjoying that fact that someone was having a worse day than I was. I may think that school is really terrible and hard right now, but the things that Poppy goes through in this book are hysterical. For example, the part with Wanda's birthday gift had me laughing out loud!

I loved the character development in this book, and found it really neat that two imperfect people found each other, and together become more of a complete person. (I don't think I'm making any sense..) Okay, so basically I liked that Poppy became more sure of herself and learned to stand up for herself. I myself am pretty similar to Poppy in that I always try to help others and I struggle with being assertive and getting my own feelings across sometimes. It made me feel really good about myself as well and kind of made me feel empowered. I think it's really important to stand up for yourself.

This book surprised me and I was very pleased with how it ended. I definitely didn't see a few things coming which is always nice in books like this.

The rest of this review is now going to turn into a rant/discussion. If you haven't read this book, and are a fan of chick lit I highly recommend this book!

I was a tad annoyed though. I mean, REALLY annoyed at some parts. (This was probably the main reason for the -half a star). Although I really liked her, I was SO frustrated with Poppy at times. Like towards the end.. HE CHEATED ON YOU AND HE SUCKS AND WHY ARE YOU MARRYING HIM OH MY GOODNESS. YOU DON'T NEED A MAN IN YOUR LIFE. JUST BE SINGLE AND WAIT FOR SAM. Ya.. I was freaking out a bit. Poor Sam is just texting her and he asks her to go get a cup of coffee, and she's just like hey, lets snap a picture of myself in my wedding dress and give Sam a heart attack. Okay. (Sorry I'm rambling a bit. This is why I'm going to film a video about this book.) 

This book brought out A LOT of emotions from me, good and bad. I'm so happy that I ended up reading this book and can't wait to read more by her in the future!

Let me know what you thought of the book in the comments below!

Fan of Sophie Kinsella? Recommend some more books by her to me!

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

Game of Thrones
By George R.R. Martin
Pub Date: 1996
Series: A Song of Ice and Fire #1
Pages: 807

In A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin has created a genuine masterpiece, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill the pages of the first volume in an epic series sure to delight fantansy fans everywhere.

In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes of the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom's protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.

My Rating:

My Thoughts:



I really enjoyed this book. I was very happy that I didn't have trouble reading it because I thought it might be a little bit of a tough read. I was afraid that I might confuse all of the people (because let me tell you there are SO many characters introduced in the beginning), but I didn't have much of a problem! (Another thing that I think helped me is after the first 100 pages or so I watched the first episode of the TV show and was able to remember all of the faces). I DO like the TV show by the way, although they made the characters a lot older of course. I don't mind at all.

Okay, BACK to my review. So, I like that this story jumps around to different people's perspectives. I couldn't imagine if this story had been told from say JUST the Starks or something.
I enjoyed this book although there is definitely a lot of violence, including rape so I obviously don't recommend this to children.(Which is why this is an Adult novel) but anyways, I really started to love this book about half way through the book. Some of my favorite characters are Tyrion Lannister, Daenarys Targaryen, and Arya Stark. I also really liked Bran and Jon.. and Robb. There's just a lot of likeable characters in this story (and a lot of unlikeable characters). I enjoy that some of the character have these gray areas to them (which I'm sure we will learn more about in rest of the series). I highly recommend this book to fantasy lovers!


This is the end of my review without spoilers. I want to discuss now some of the characters and events that took place in this book in more detail! So please, don't continue reading unless you've also reading this book!


As I mentioned before, there are many characters that have a lot of gray areas to them, and aren't very clear cut. Joffrey is one of the main characters that I disliked. From the beginning I thought he was a snob and I'm just happy poor Arya wasn't paired with him (she would have probably tried to kill him and then in turn would have been killed), in a way I was happy it was Sansa, mainly because I didn't really care for her character. Like there's practically A WAR going on around her, and yet she is just focused on her pretty dresses. SO many times in this story I wanted to slap her. Although now that I've finished the book I obviously pity her and I'm extremely happy that she finally sees what a slug Joffrey is. I think most of her faults just came from her naivety. She is basically trapped there with Joffrey unless someone comes and saves her. Of course, at one point in this story she would have LOVED to be trapped in a castle with Joffrey. Be careful what you wish for Sansa...
I didn't expect that Joffrey was actually Jamie and Cersei's child. I feel like it was really, really obvious and yet I missed that. I intensely detest Joffrey though. Like at the end when he told Sansa he would give her Robb's head as a gift? GTFO Joffrey.

Okay that's the end of my rant on him.
As I mentioned above Tyrion was one of my favorite characters. I feel a lot of sympathy for him and I like that instead of just despairing that he will never be as strong as say his brother Jaime, instead he spends his time readings and "sharpening his wits." I really liked his character and obviously don't believe that he was ever part of the ordeal with the knife and Bran's attacker.

I really enjoyed Dany's character although I felt a lot of sympathy for her. She had to deal with her crazy, power hungry brother. I admit I was surprised that his life in this book didn't last as long as I would have expected. I thought he was going to be around for a lot longer. His death though.. ugh.
I felt terrible that Dany was forced into this marriage, although as time goes on she obviously starts to learn the new Dothraki customs. Her status was apparently a precarious one which we see when Khal Drogo gets injured. It makes total sense by the way that he would be brought down by an infection. Like he's never lost a fight, but his cockiness was his downfall.. He should have tried to take better care of himself. I suppose men that fight as much as him usually have early deaths though.
I was actually really sad when her son didn't make it. I wonder why it was born the way it was, all scaly and stuff? Was it because she went into that tent where when Drogo was being "saved." That part was a bit confusing for me. And then Drogo is basically a vegetable afterwards and Dany ends up killing him in the end anyways...
That ending though. DRAGONS. How cool is that? I'm so eager to read the next book to figure out how they will play into this!

So many things haven't been explained yet such as who really did set up the attack on Bran? I don't believe that Tyrion had anything to do with it. Another thing we still don't know has to do with the Wall. We still don't where the freaky dead people came from and why they came back to life. If was pretty freaky when every single animal (aside from Ghost) is trying to get away from the dead men. Yuck.
I want to know more about Jon's mother too! I hope that others knew about Ned and Jon's mother's relationship. I hope it didn't die with Ned.