https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog Books I've read in 2016-2018 en-us 2016-08-29 17:53:03 UTC 2026-02-12 21:49:31 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Doubleheart.png rachelw2022 https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/120964254 One of my 5 books over the summer that I read was Disneylanders by Kate Abbott. I chose to read this book mainly because the cover and title interested me. When I read the description, I was hooked. This book is about a high school girl going on her annual Disneyland trip with her family, but this year, she is not looking forward to it. When she finally gets there, she meets a boy. Throughout the book, she deals with issues like her parents and not having enough freedom. While reading, I did not want it to end. I absolutely love this book. ]]> 2016-08-31 21:25:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/120964254 rachelw2022 https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/120965792 The mystery book I read over the summer was Nancy Drew; The Mystery of the Glowing Eye. This book was about a young detective trying to solve the mystery of her friend going missing. Overall, this book was alright. Personally, it was not favorite book. It was a littlest of an easy read for me. However, if you are looking for a quick book to read and enjoy mystery novel, I would definitely recommend.  ]]> 2016-08-31 21:39:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/120965792 rachelw2022 https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/122300923 This is the second book in Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. I could try to summarize this book or I could say basically re-word what I said in the two other Diary of a Wimpy Kid book. If I tried to summarize this book, I truly couldn't. In my opinion, this book really has no plot or story line. After reading these three Diary of a Wimpy Kid books, I learned that I do not like this series. I might have been able to enjoy it when I was younger, but now I could not. ]]> 2016-09-08 00:57:23 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/122300923 rachelw2022 https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/122301116 Like I said earlier, I only read this for the length of it. This is Jeff Kinney's newest book of his 10 book Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. I would not recommend this book to any middle schoolers and older. However, this book would be great for elementary students. ]]> 2016-09-08 00:58:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/122301116 rachelw2022 https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/122301173 Okay, honestly I am a little embarrassed about the next three books. Well, a little more than a little embarrassed. For about half of my summer reading books I read Diary of the Wimpy kid books. I read them because I knew I could finish them in a day or less, which I needed due to a busy summer. This book was an unbelievably easy read and personally, I thought that it had no substance. ]]> 2016-09-08 00:59:02 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/122301173 rachelw2022 https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/130284492 I recently read the book Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum. Before I say anything else, if you were to read this book, be warned that there is more mature content throughout the book. Anyway, this book is about a teenage girl named Jessie. Her mother had died and her father had just gotten remarried. So her father moves her away from her home and best friend Chicago to L.A where she attends a rich kid, L.A. style school. One day, Jessie suddenly gets an email from Somebody/Nobody or SN. After chatting for months, Jessie finally gets to meet him. However, she stills doesn't know who it is? Honestly, this book is 100% in my top three favorite books. I absolutely loved it and recommend it to most girls. Yes, girls. This is more of a girly book that I wouldn't necessarily see any guy reading. ]]> 2016-10-12 21:29:16 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/130284492 rachelw2022 https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/144366950 Another book that I recently read was "The Start of Me and You" by Emery Lord. While reading, I never wanted it to end. It was so engrossing that you felt like you were in the book with them.  It truly describes and captures the life of a teenage girl. I am absolutely in love with this book. 10/10 recommend. ]]> 2016-12-19 18:31:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/144366950 rachelw2022 https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/150996002 The Night We Said Yes by Lauren Gibaldi was another mind blowing page turner that I read. It's about a group of high school friends just going out and saying yes to everything. Basically, you could say it's an "emotional rollercoaster" if you want to get cheesy. Lauren Gibaldi perfectly emphasizes the way you would feel if your heart was ripped out and stomped on. While reading along and learning about a girl and her broken heart, you just completely get mesmerized. ]]> 2017-02-01 21:22:09 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/150996002 rachelw2022 https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/150997263 Another book that I recently finished was The Outsiders by S.E Hinton. This was a class assignment that personally was not my favorite. Although at times I enjoyed the book, it was not my favorite. At the end, it was a good book but I would not read it again. ]]> 2017-02-01 21:29:17 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/150997263 rachelw2022 https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/151000220 This book was part of an assigned project and I can some up my feelings about it in one sentence.
I hated it. 
I know hate is a strong word, but that it how much I disliked this book and how painful it was to read it. ]]> 2017-02-01 21:44:14 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/151000220 rachelw2022 https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/156826771 Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the book that drew me in and made me emotionally attached. No word in the English dictionary or human language can describe how much I loved this book. Without trying to ruin it, the books is about a 16 year old girl who meets and falls in love with a 16 year old boy, but there's a little catch. She has bipolar disorder. How will this affect her? I'm not kidding, you need to read this book as much as you need oxygen. ]]> 2017-02-28 18:43:51 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/156826771 rachelw2022 https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/156828591 The most recent book that I have read is my social studies book. Really there is no point of trying to review it. This book may in fact be the most boring book I have ever read, at least in the top 5. ]]> 2017-02-28 18:49:17 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/156828591 rachelw2022 https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/157183273 Personally, I did not really enjoy this book. It just isn't the kind of book I typically read and is not in my genre of choice. ]]> 2017-03-01 21:23:23 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/157183273 rachelw2022 https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/173213276 Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon is a mind blowing read. While following the life of an eighteen year old girl who has never been outside, you begin to get absorbed, you can´t stop reading. You feel so connected and begin to relate to Madeline, this beautiful sick young woman, even though nothing like this has ever happened to you. After eighteen years, Madeline gets antsy. She suddenly wants to do everything she couldn´t, nothing is good enough for her anymore. When a boy her age moves in next door, she can keep her dreams tucked away any longer. She wants to be normal. She wants to travel. She wants to explore. All of this with her life at stake. You find yourself wanting to be in the book with her, meeting her, helping her. I thought this book was unique, in the best way possible. Something that is not like any other book. Ten out of ten for sure. Should you read it? Yes! Will you find yourself wanting more of it? Definitely! 

]]> 2017-05-22 17:52:30 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/173213276 rachelw2022 https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/173475884 I fell in love with this book. Just like almost all of the books I read, I found this amazing. I clearly have a type, book wise. I only read books in teen fiction or teen romance, which is under the big umbrella of realistic fiction. They are all similar. It's about a teen girl with a problem. However, every time I read a book in that category, it's always different and I always fall in love. This book is no exception. ]]> 2017-05-23 18:55:26 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/173475884 rachelw2022 https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/173475925 I've said before that I only read one main type of book. This book falls under that category, but it's a little different. This book wasn't what I expected. I wasn't looking forward to reading it and I didn't expect to like it. However, I couldn't have been so wrong. Now, it's not my favorite book, but I do really like it. ]]> 2017-05-23 18:55:38 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/173475925 rachelw2022 https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/173478206 This is a book I have now read three times. I re-read it this year, and as always, of course I recommend it. ]]> 2017-05-23 19:06:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/173478206 rachelw2022 https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/180779819 The Problem With Forever by Jennifer Armentrout is one of my favorite books that I've read. The author makes the characters come to life and gives them such a reality that is attached to them. It's so vividly written, you can perfectly imagine everything, and you think it's real. ]]> 2017-08-11 20:37:01 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/180779819 rachelw2022 https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/180780156 This Adventure Ends is about a lost young woman. She moves away from her home town and miraculously finds friends. Friends so meaningful that she'll go on a crazy adventure just to find one object they miss. ]]> 2017-08-11 20:41:13 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/180780156 rachelw2022 https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/180780579 Not going to lie, this book did make me cry. It's exactly what it sounds like. Taylor gets a second chance at summer to make things right with her friends, her ex, and her dad. ]]> 2017-08-11 20:44:52 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/180780579 rachelw2022 https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/180780720 While reading Let's Get Lost, you follow the story of four complete strangers, all from different states, and how they met one magical person her way to see the northern lights. With each new character, you and that person fall in love with who Leila is. With each characters story, you don't want it to end. Until you're half way through the next one and find yourself in a trance. ]]> 2017-08-11 20:46:54 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/180780720 rachelw2022 https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/180781114 In this book, you read about two sixth graders who start to "like" each other. Personally, I did not enjoy reading this book. It was hard for me to connect to the story and characters and it felt more like a chore to read it then a hobby. ]]> 2017-08-11 20:49:33 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/180781114 rachelw2022 https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/192242347 Refugee by Alan Gratz was my literature circle book. It's about three different kids and their three different stories on how they immigrated from three different countries during three different time periods. It was so eye opening to read and realize that my life has been so easy compared to what these young kids have to go through and experience. ]]> 2017-09-28 18:59:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/192242347 rachelw2022 https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/208320518 What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum was a really good read. It was the second book I read by this author, and that is why I chose it. I really enjoyed reading it and it opened my eyes on topics that I've never put much thought into. ]]> 2017-11-17 22:53:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/208320518 rachelw2022 https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/208320717 The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson. ]]> 2017-11-17 22:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/208320717 rachelw2022 https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/224903961 This book was a great read. Such an eye opener. It really educated me on this topic and helped me to better understand what happened in the Holocaust. 10/10]]> 2018-01-25 23:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelw2022/booklog/wish/224903961