Review: Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I don't think I'm the intended audience for this book but it was nice.

I think most people love it for the nostalgia of it, but unfortunately this was my first time reading it.

It's like a children's book with very similar vibes to Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren for the main characters innocence, purity, heart, and imagination! And plus they both have red hair lol :P But Pippi was a perfeft sizes book for the audience. Anne of Green Gables would have been better and more appropriate to children if it was shorter, but it's the length of a full grown adult book and boy does it drag on haha about nothingness really.

There's no overall story, no climax, no villain really. But this book was first published in 1908 after all and stories weren't really proper back then I guess. It's just simply a story of a girl living her life.

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Review: Principles: Life and Work

Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

First of all to edify Ray Dalio and who he is - Ray started his company out of his 2 bedroom apartment and built it to: 5th most important private company (Fortune), 1 of the 100 richest people in the world (Forbes), and one of the 100 most influential (Time)

I learned some "principles" in this book but I didn't get as much as I was hoping for. There are some very good concrete principles but there is so much repetition I started losing my mind lol if he says "Idea Meritocracy" one more time!!! I'm gonna lose it lol

I like how Dalio was interested in psychology and neuroscience to enhance the morale and productivity of his employee's, he was always striving for excellence in every department.

I liked the chapter on Decision Making, I think that it's a good re-read chapter"

My big take away's:
- Run your company as an idea meritocracy.
- Be open minded.
- Work together.
- Hire the right people and when they're not right or just don't fit anymore move on.
- When you make a mistake write it down, create a better system for next time, learn from it.
- If you automate decision making and assure yourself of your values it free's up brain power for other things.
- If you can create computer algorithms to research and decide things for you, the past repeats itself.
- It’s very important to understand where people are coming from, and put yourself in their shoes, and understand that everyone needs to be treated differently because everyone is different.

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Review: The Crown

The Crown by Kiera Cass
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

This series has finally come to a close! If anything it has taught me that it doesn't take much to create a successful teen series and is inspiring me that maybe I can actually write something because it would for sure be better than this.

You know that girl who's really annoying and talks to much and ins't very intelligent? That's what this whole series has felt like lol... I almost feel guilty for being mean >_<

This book was the worst of all, so empty, so pointless, so meaningless, so boring, so typical, so ugh. The only good things about it were some wisdom in relationships here and there and that's it. I'm not going to dive into all the reasons it didn't make a good book because it's just too much and I just want to move on with my life lol. The series overall would have been better without the last 2 books, but even then it still would have just been ok/good.

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Review: Blood Bound

Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Wow did I actually finish reading this in less than 24hr? Huh.. lol I guess I enjoyed it! :P

This one was better than the first book! I was 50/50 on if I should continue this series because I only semi enjoyed the first one. But I'm pleased I continued on. It's still not the greatest series by no means.

I love the culture of werewolves, vampires, shape-shifters, walkers, witches, demons, and wizards lol I also enjoyed learning more about the vampires this book. It's kinda like how True Blood but a lot less sexualness which sucks :P This series needs more of that!

My main complaint about this book is the pace, the beginning - good, the middle - SOOO SLOW, the end - too quick... Also I expected more for the ending.

(view spoiler)[ and it was waayyyyy too easy for Mercy to kill Cory Littleton and Andre!!! Also, I'm starting to form a real crush on Stefan XD (hide spoiler)]

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Review: Caged

Caged by Ellison Cooper
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Not my genre. I'm actually surprised I read it all the way through lol I'm the type of person who didn't even really enjoy the movie Se7en with Brad Pitt lol

This book was like this - oh we're pretty sure who the killer is now! chase chase chase, oh wait nooooo that's not the killer, oh wait wait over here! chase chase chase.. hmm.. noooooo... oh here here here! this is it! .... nope lol over and over again.

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Review: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

There's no point to reading this book lol maybe that's what makes it funny.

This has got to be my least fav in the series, it doesn't have as much sly silly humor as the first ones had. Nearer to the end it gets funnier though I found myself chuckling.

There's a new character which makes things a bit more interesting. But the book is so jumpy, the parts I most enjoyed was when it wasn't jumping around frantically and just settled down for a second.


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Review: Absolute Boyfriend, Vol. 1

Absolute Boyfriend, Vol. 1 by Yuu Watase
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Classssssicccccccc! Probably my 2nd fav manga of all time.

Absolute Boyfriend is about a 18 year old girl from Tokyo who orders a 3 day free trial boyfriend off the net (which turns out to be a living breathing sex doll). Turns out that the 3 day free trial is over and now she owe's $1,000,000 to pay for him lol Night is a really kind person and tries to offer to return him or to work part time for the money that's owed. When they can't pay for him the company suggests Night gather female data to better understand the female mind. So now they're in school together, should be interesting in the Vol 2.

I like all the little author notes in the far left column every once and a while, Yuu is an inspiration ;)

Before this I read the manga series Couple which was also cute and some sexualness, but Couple was more funny and more pervy lol, but Absolute Boyfriend has a better story!

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Review: Couple

Couple by Jae Sung Park
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I enjoyed this manga. This volume was my least favorite though, it's mostly about their hooker friend that lives in the same building as them.

I don't have book 4 so I'll be stopping here. The author stopped after book 4 for some reason, maybe he lost the inspiration.

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Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox

Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Loved it as expected from Roald Rahl.

This book was the shortest book I've read by him and also the least imaginative. But very well written and funny rhymes that made it entertaining. It's a short read and the story never dulls.

The Fantastic fox lives on while the 3 idiots man their posts lol

"Boggis and Bunce and Bean
One fat, one short, one lean.
These horrible crooks
So different in looks
Were nonetheless equally mean."

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Review: Redwall

Redwall by Brian Jacques
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

Ugh! I'm sorry I'm sorrryyyyyyy I just did not enjoy this book at all. I have no idea how a child or teenager would be able to focus and read all the way through. Each page and chapter was such a drag I really should have made it a DNF but I felt bad since Redwall is so well known and loved. But alas, I did not like it.

The story is VERY basic... Redwall Mathias mice vs. Cluny's rats, back and forth and back and forth through this tug of war... with Martin's sword and Martin's tapestry as a trophy during the war.

This book is so basic I would recommend to children but then it's so frikkin long it has to be at least teenagers who read it. Also it's quite gruesome and there's lots of death and murder which I definitely wouldn't want my child to read.

This book felt similar to Watership Down by Richard Adams, because it's a basic story that's meh but it's way too long and drawn out that it sucks. I don't think I'm a fan of reading about animals anymore lol it's just too juvenile.

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