Moonwalking with Einstein By: Joshua Foer

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★★★★★

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Wow wow wow! What a thought provoking book. I learned a lot about the mind, memorizing, learning, the school system, literature.

Started Reading: July 3, 2014
Finished Reading: April 8, 2015

Rise By: Anna Carey

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★★★☆☆

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3.5/5 stars. I love all the adventure in this book, there was rarely a dull moment and things were constantly happening, hence why I finished the book in a few days.

Eve reminds me of Katniss from the Hunger Games, very similar character.

I would have given it 4 stars but the writing quality was not the best.

*SPOILER ALERT*

Near the end really put me off when Eve found Caleb and Anna never really even described the feelings going through Eve, it was suppose to be a twist but the way Anna wrote it was that Eve found Caleb and lived happily ever after lol.. And they should of made a character we know from reading the book the president, wasn't that the whole purpose of the rebellion? To get a new leader to power and change things? Then Anna writes that it's this random guy that's in power. It should of been Arden or Charles that took power. And what ever happened to the boys from the dugout?

Good series all in all though.

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Finished Reading: February 19, 2015.

Sisterhood Everlasting By: Ann Brashares

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★★★☆☆

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A good close to the series. I was engaged into the book because I could relate to the characters.

There's a lot of touching moments that made me just stop and think about things in life.

*SPOILER*

The reason I didn't rate it 4 stars is because it really dragged on in the middle of the book with the death of Tibby. It was really repetitive and it was also random, I'm not sure why that character had to die, would have been nice to see what she did with her life. And I knew that she didn't kill herself from the beginning.

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Finished Reading: February 18, 2015

The Amber Spyglass By: Philip Pullman

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★★★☆☆

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A very adventurous, imaginative and creative book. I thought this series was going to be childish and I was wrong. I think they should make movies out of book 2 and 3 of this series.

Started Reading: June 8, 2013.
Finished Reading: February 8, 2013.

The Kill Order By: James Dashner

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★★☆☆☆

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Wasn't really into this book.

There were lots of actions scenes in it and I'd rather see that in a movie rather than a book, but maybe it was just because I didn't like how the action scenes were described.

I thought there would be more things to find out about the maze runner series and I was disappointed in that.

Started Reading: October 1, 2014.
Finished Reading: October 10, 2014.

The Millionaire Next Door By: Thomas J. Stanley & William D. Danko

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★★★★☆

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Very informative book.

It's all about the study of the millionaire's mind.

They have a lot of interesting statistics in the book too.

The only thing I didn't like was that it drags on a lot and is very repetitive.

Started Reading: October 1, 2014.
Finished Reading: October 10, 2014.

The Automatic Millionaire By: David Bach

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★★★★☆

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Best way to not have to be disciplined and budgeted is to make everything automatic.

If it's automatic you don't have to think about it and it's just running in the background.

Even saving 5% of your pay will make a huge difference in the end.

Started Reading: July 3, 2014.
Finished Reading: July 4, 2014.

Today Matters By: John C. Maxwell

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★★★★☆

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"Money doesn't change men, it merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish or arrogant or greedy, the money brings that out, that's all.” - Henry Ford

Sacrifice now, for more options later, money may not bring happiness but it does bring options.

This book is about having value, prioritizing, and practicing them. Really enjoyed this book.

Started Reading: June 9, 2014.
Finished Reading: June 9, 2014.

The Richest Man in Babylon By: George S. Clason

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★★★★★

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Classic values and lessons of dealing with money and persistence.

Always set aside at least 10% of what you made and pay yourself.

Never have money idle, make sure you're making investments to grow the existing money. Yet still enjoy life and treat yourself.

Started Reading: May 27, 2014.
Finished Reading: May 30, 2014.

Cold Hard Truth By: Kevin O'Leary

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★★★★☆

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Kevin is actually a pretty cool guy, he seems so harsh and cold on tv but reading his words changed my opinion of him.

He's so driven and ambitious it's infectious.

It was interesting to see where he's come from and his background. He has a lot of set values that I admire and he inspires me.

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Finished Reading: February 13, 2014

Fifty Shades Freed By: E.L. James

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★★☆☆☆

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Oh man this book seriously dragged on like crazy, if I didn't have to listen to the audio book and I had to actually read it I would of stopped reading it a quarter way in… SOOOOO repetitive it can can really boring.. I liked in the end though where they show in the future, and a scene from Christian's perspective.

Started Reading: October 9, 2013.
Finished Reading: November 8, 2013.

Burned By: P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast

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★★★☆☆

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This book took me a while to read because it was slow, the end it really picked up.

I like how this book was different than the others, more spiritual and fantasy.

I like how it had a lot to do with love and honor.

Started Reading: July 20, 2013.
Finished Reading: October 13, 2013.

How to Win Friends & Influence People By: Dale Carnegie

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★★★★★

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Life changer. Just read it.

Started Reading: April 8, 2013.
Finished Reading: August 18, 2013.

Thinking, Fast By: Daniel Kahneman

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★☆☆☆☆

Goodreads

Hella boring lol.. I could barely finish it

Started Reading:
Finished Reading: August 1, 2013.

Divergent By: Veronica Roth

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★★★★☆

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Fun book to read. It reminded me of Hunger Games, but not as good.

Some parts dragged on a bit but overall it had an interesting story line and relatable characters. I'm going to read the next one.

Started Reading: January 24, 2013.
Finished Reading: July 20, 2013.

The Great Gatsby By: F. Scott Fitzgerald

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★☆☆☆☆

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I'm sorry I just really did not enjoy this book at all... I was bored out of my mind, it was so hard to finish it! I'm still going to go see the movie though.

Started Reading: May 8, 2013.
Finished Reading: June 23, 2013.

What the Dog Saw By: Malcolm Gladwell

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★★☆☆☆

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This book was a little difficult to read since it didn't have an overall purpose, it was just study after study, which was interesting but you couldn't read it for hours.

And the studies weren't very interesting either, they were just okay.

Started Reading: April 25, 2013.
Finished Reading: June 4, 2013.

The Subtle Knife By: Philip Pullman

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★★★☆☆

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A children's book but I wouldn't want my child to read it, it's actually quite violent and aggressive.

All in all a good book though. I like how there's so many weird things about it and the sci-fi aspects are pretty neat.

There was something missing in this book though and I can't seem to pinpoint what it is.

Started Reading: April 13, 2013.
Finished Reading: April 20, 2013.

Rich Dad Poor Dad By: Robert T. Kiyosaki

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★★★★☆

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Read: April 10, 2013.

Good moral's, excellent read for a young person. For me personally I didn't learn much but there was much to learn if your not familiar with money management. The author loves to repeat himself a million times about what he preaches which is a good/bad thing. I found the way he thinks is extremely similar to my thinking.

Read again Feb 4, 2016
Great book explaining the mind set of how the rich think. It teaches how to separate yourself from the masses and to take risks and take a path less taken, like owning your own business. There's many perks to operating a business including tax savings compared to the heavy tax from a job (just over broke). Life is not about - Go to school, find a good company to work for, instead, go to school, find a good company to buy. Accumulating assets, and/or assets that produce cash flow, instead of liabilities. "Broke is temporary, poor is eternal."

Torment By: Lauren Kate

★★☆☆☆

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This book was good but pretty slow and tough to get into, like the first book.

It kinda reminds me of the House of Night series (not the vampires, but the highschool/Hogwarts type feel with the abnormal powers/abilities people posses.

It's good enough to read the next one.

Started Reading: January 29, 2013.
Finished Reading: April 9, 2013.

The Giver By: Lois Lowry

★★★★★

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Amazing book.

The Giver starts off utopian yet through reading the reader learns this world is actually dystopian.

I also really enjoyed the movie too.

Started Reading: January 24, 2013.
Finished Reading: January 28, 2013.

Beneath the Glitter By: Elle & Blair Fowler

★★☆☆☆

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Reminded me a lot of Lauren Conrad's book L.A Candy which was strictly meh.

This book is not really about anything, it's just 2 girls trying to make a brand for themselves while they talk about boys, people, and animals... I expected a little twist or something to make things happen, but it was just 2 girls talking the whole time.

I'm not interested in reading the next book. I only bought this book because the authors are on youtube.

Started Reading: December 3, 2012.
Finished Reading: January 24, 2013.

White Fang By: Jack London

★★★☆☆

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I've never read a book like this before, it's very unique. It's also very barbaric and primitive.

The beginning is like living in the perspective of a new born baby and everything is new and confusing and exciting.

The book jumps from different perspectives from time to time and you have to follow who's perspective you're in.

Started Reading: September 4, 2012.
Finished Reading: December 1, 2012.

Fifty Shades Darker By: E.L. James

★★★☆☆

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This book was a disappointment in comparison to the first one.

Looking at it alone I give it 3 stars, it was strictly good, not bad, not great, good I suppose.

I'm worried the third book won't be much better.

How is Christian so successful yet 95% of his time is fooling around with a girl? It's not realistic lol... and I wish they would show more of his business in the book.

Started Reading: July 30, 2012.
Finished Reading: November 14, 2012.

Eldest By: Christopher Paolini

★★★★★

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Loved this book.

It was super long though, and the overall plot is strictly okay, but it's what happens in between the overall plot that's interesting to me.

It's the settings, the people, the descriptions that I really enjoyed.

I also liked the little twist in the ending. It took me a couple months to read it, not because I didn't enjoy it, it's because it's a really big book. I'm excited to read the next one!

Started Reading: August 31, 2012.
Finished Reading: November 3, 2012.

The Catcher in the Rye By: J.D. Salinger

★★★☆☆

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So many "god damn" and "christ sakes" and "...I really did." and "that killed me."

Holden is always so depressed and lonely and he's a hard nut to crack until late in the book when he talks to his sister you understand him more.

Not much plot but a lot of character development, it's all about growing up and figuring out what you wanna do with your god damn life :P

Started Reading: August 20, 2012.
Finished Reading: August 22, 2012.

The Fault in our Stars By: John Green

★★★★★

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What a touching novel, a real tear jerker..

You get really attached to the characters and learn to love them.

A life changing book, you appreciate life more after reading it, similar to Tuesday's with Morrie.

Read: August 15, 2012.

Hunted By: P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast

★★☆☆☆

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I love this series but this book was pretty lame.. It dragged on and on about nothing.. And not much happened in this book #5.

I like how she has boy problems but she complains about it so much its starting to get really annoying

.. hopefully #6 picks up

Read: August 11, 2012.

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner By: Stephenie Meyer

★★☆☆☆

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It was strictly okay.

Read "Bitten" by Kelley Armstrong, it's similar but much better.

Minimal character development and it was boring.

I liked how at the end they linked this novel to the Twilight novels at least.

Read: July 13, 2012.

The Last Unicorn By: Peter S. Beagle

★★★☆☆

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A fairytale story <3.

The writing style is very old! I mean it was written in 1968 so just keep that in mind. It's okay that it's old but it just makes it different to read, kinda confusing and hard to follow at parts.

It was a fast read though, I enjoyed it.

Read: June 25, 2012.

The Death Cure By: James Dashner

★★☆☆☆

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*SPOILER ALERT*

This was the ending?... Gotta say I expected much more! Especially since 2 books worked up all the way to this ending.

I was hoping a huge twist would happen or that Thomas would regain all his memories and we'd get to see the whole picture. Or it turns out everything was a test for WICKED and everything was fake, friends, memories, places..

So was Theresa and Brenda on their side in the end? Still questions to be answered here.

None of the series could have happened and the immunes could have just gotten in a boat an gone to that island they ended up in - make the journey long enough so only the immunes would survive it I dunno... In a way I feel like I wasted my time almost.

But I did enjoy the journey of the series... even though I was very disappointed at the ending.

Read: May 29, 2012.

The Scorch Trials By: James Dashner

★★★★☆

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Pretty good book. The beginning was really good, middle okay, ending really good.

I love how the reader gets confused and intrigued at what's happening and so many questions pop up.

Read: May 11, 2012.

The Maze Runner By: James Dashner

★★★★★

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What an exciting book! boom boom BOOM! There was constant excitement like I was always at the edge of my seat.

I enjoyed the character development of all the boys. Loved how there were so many questions throughout the book, and some twists too.

Read: Mar 30, 2012

The Lightning Thief By: Rick Riordan

★★★★☆

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This was surprisingly a pretty good book! I mean if I read this book when I was say 16 I would have loved it. It had mystery, adventure, character development, similar to the most loved Harry Potter series.

I'm glad I didn't see the movie since it would have deterred me away from reading the series. I learned a lot about greek mythology which was cool!

It was very creatively and imaginatively written. I'll be reading the rest of the series! ;)