A Friday Five (#11) Dead Silence (The Body Finder #4) by Kimberly Derting

Each Friday I'll feature one of my favorite books or a book I read in the last week and come up 5 words to describe it.  View it as a super mini review.  This week I'm featuring Dead Silence (The Body Finder #4) by Kimberly Derting

This is another book I had intended to write a full review for, but never got around to it.  So the Friday Five treatment is the next best thing.  Here are my five words:

1. Sad
2. Satisfied
3. Worthwhile
4. Thoughtful
5. Vibrant  

Sad:  I used this word to describe how I felt before reading the book, while reading the book, and after I finished reading the book.  Why sad?  I'm so very, very sad there will not be another one.  At least not another that is planned.

Satisfied:  So while I'm sad, I was very satisfied with the book.  It has all my favorite elements of this series in abundance, and I walked away happy and satisfied.  Just sad too.  I loved the mystery, I loved the characters, I loved the relationships. 
  
Worthwhile: This actually applies to the whole series.  If you haven't read the series, first of all, what are you waiting for? and secondly, you better get on it.  If found the whole series to be so worthwhile.  I have read so many books that have not been worth my time, this series has never fallen into that catagory.

Thoughtful:  This was so well thought out.  Once again the story was tight, although the ending was pretty open, I still found the whole thing to flow so well and there was nothing that was skipped over.  It was just really thoughtfully done. 

Vibrant:  I'm actually using this word to describe the characters and the world they inhabit.  Each of the characters were so well written. I loved learning more about them and their motives.  Particularly Violet's BFF. And of course I never mind any scene with Jay in it. In addition, everything was so well explained that I could picture the people and places in my head.

Bottom line, is I thought this was a great addition to the series, and I highly recommend it. 

"Waiting On" Wednesday (#12) To Be Perfectly Honest: A Novel Based on an Untrue Story by Sonya Sones

“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.

This week I'm picking:
To Be Perfectly Honest: A Novel Based on an Untrue Story by Sonya Sones
 Expected publication: August 27, 2013 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

From Goodreads:
Can honesty lead to heartbreak if the truth is subjective? A compelling novel in verse from Sonya Sones.

Colette is a compulsive liar. She considers it storytelling, a fun way to make a boring life more interesting. Because when you’re stuck playing backseat to your beautiful movie star mother, and your promised vacation in France is exchanged for a middle-of-nowhere summer babysitting your little brother on location for your mom’s new movie, you’ve got to do what you can to liven things up.

Then Colette meets Connor. He’s gorgeous, funny, and totally into her. So what if she lied about her age and a few other pertinent details? Nobody’s really interested in the truth, are they? But when some of the details of Connor’s stories don’t add up, Colette begins to suspect that she’s not the only one skilled in the art of deceit. And as the dishonesty deepens, Colette will have to decide what kind of stories she really wants to tell about her life—and who she wants to tell them to.

Why I'm Waiting:
I have really enjoyed the author's other works, and I do love a good contemporary.  This one looks like a lot of fun.  

Teaser and Top Ten Tuesday (#12) 05/14/13

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! 

White Lines by Jennifer Banash

From loc 996 33% in of my e-ARC*

There's something impenetrable about him that makes me afraid to look him in the eye.  He's old enough to be my father, and in real life I'd be completely grossed out, but somehow, over the past few months, my life has slid far away from anything approximating real, and so Christoph, like everything else in the shadowy dream world I inhabit when the lights go down, has somehow become a possibility.

 *This is and ARC copy.  Page number and quotes may not be the same in the finished copy.

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

Top Ten Books Dealing With Tough Subjects

If I Stay (If I Stay #1) by Gayle Forman
I know I have talked about this before, but it is such a powerful book about death, and finding the will to live. So amazing and so powerful.





Looking for Alaska by John Green
Another book that deals with some hard subjects.  I won't go into what, but it is so amazing.  Honorable mention goes to The Fault In Our Stars.  I didn't want to put two John Green books on here, but it is equally as powerful.

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
I may have mentioned this book before, but it remains one of the most powerful books I have ever read.  It is just simply amazing.  I think it should be a must read for everyone.

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
I read this years ago, and it's still with me.  A great look at suicide and what would cause someone to pick that option. 

Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks
I know, I know. This is a work of fiction meant to be a autobiography.  Doesn't matter.  I read this in middle school and it kept me off of drugs my entire life.  Scared the crap out of me.

Life is But a Dream by Brian James
I thought a really well done look at mental illness.  I found it to be very engaging and real.

Identical by Ellen Hopkins
Really you can put any Ellen Hopkins book in here and it will be a book dealing with tough subjects.  I don't know if she's ever written a happy fun book.

Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
I don't know if any of my lists would be complete without a book by Sarah Dessen.  This one deals with a few hard topics, and it just so very good to book. All of her books deal with tough issues.  But they are so very good.

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
I debated a while putting this on the list. I don't normally think of it as a book dealing with tough issues, but really it does.  Between orphaned kids, abused & neglected kids, social issues, murder.  There are some things going on here.

Pushing the Limits (Pushing the Limits #1) by Katie McGarry
Yes, it's a love story, but that doesn't take away from the fact that the characters are dealing with some pretty tough issues.