Quote of the Day 11/26

“I think unhappiness comes from unfulfilled expectations.”
― The Distance Between Us by Kasie West

Quote of the Day 9/29

“Well, if you’re a mess then I’m a natural disaster.”
“The cutest natural disaster I’ve ever seen.”
― The Fill-In Boyfriend by Kasie West 

Quote of the Day 9/11

“I slide my feet onto the seat next to him, my ankle brushing against his thigh. ‘No shallowness of breath? No rapidly beating heart?’
He rests one hand on my foot as he continues to mess with his phone. His eyes meet mine in amusement. ‘Are those the indicators? I might have an issue after all.'”
– The Distance Between Us by Kasie West

Quote of the Day 8/24

“‘You know what we’ve succeeded in doing with this game?’
‘What’s that?’
‘Increasing the anticipation.’
He laughed. ‘I know, right? Can I just be fill-in Bradley forever?'”
― The Fill-In Boyfriend by Kasie West

Quote of the Day 8/6

“‘We run out of gas in our attempt to find our way out and get trapped in the forest for three days straight. I, being fearless and strong, decide to leave the car and search for help.’
‘This sounds like the beginning of every horror movie.’
‘Another half day passes and you’re famished. You reach for the 7-eleven bag and you pull out. . . ‘
‘If it’s been three days , I’ve probably eaten all my snacks by now.’
I could hear the smile in his voice when he said, ‘There’s one thing left.’
‘Looks like your bag of M&M’s. You must’ve been too busy being fearless and strong to remember to take it with you. I’m going to eat those.’
He snatched the bag of dried bananas from my hand and I opened my eyes.
‘Dried bananas and M&M’s it is,’ he said, ‘You will not be stealing mine.'”

–The Fill-In Boyfriend by Kasie West

Quote of the Day 7/24

“I threw the baseball I held after all. Not hard and it didn’t even hit him but it almost did.
His eyes went wide with surprise.
“So you weren’t really offering me a target?”
He gave a small laugh. “I didn’t think you’d take me up on it.”
― The Fill-In Boyfriend by Kasie West

Quote of the Day 7/6

“’The Odd Couple. Is this that one where the one guy is a mess and the other is a neat freak?’
‘Yes, it is.’
‘And you are?”
‘A mess.’ Then he looked at the book in my hands. ‘Oh, you mean in the play? I’m the neat freak. Felix.’”
― The Fill-In Boyfriend  by Kasie West

Book Haul!

For the first time in three(ish) months, I have acquired new books. I actually got them at the beginning of the month, so I’ve read all but one of them, but, still, it’s very exciting. All of them were on my “To Buy” list, and I loved all of them that I read. They’re also very loveable because, with the combination of my Barnes and Noble membership, and the fact that they’re all paperback, I got four book for less than $40, and my mom was the one paying, so free books!

(Covers are linked to Goodreads summaries.)

The first book I got was Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson. I have been wanting this book basically since I read Amy and Roger’s Epic Detour. Which was last summer. I kept waiting for it to come out in paperback (the only hardcover contemporary romance novel I own is Fangirl) and when I saw it I immediately picked it up. I didn’t want to get my expectations too high, because that never works out, but I feel like even if I had, this book would have lived up to them. Love. This. Book.

The second book I got was The Fill-In Boyfriend by Kasie West. And I read it the day I got it. And it was amazing. Kasie West is an Auto-Want author (as I am too broke to have auto-buy authors.) I have all three of her contemporaries, and I loved all of them SO MUCH.

The third book I got was The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. Smith. I was hesitant about this book because while The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight is one of my favorite books ever, This Is What Happy Looks Like didn’t really impress me. This book though. Any doubts I had are definitely gone. (Also, I have decided to collect postcards.)

The last book I got at Barnes and Noble is Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz.This book was all the rave a little while ago, but I wasn’t really sure if I wanted to read it. But, the cover is so pretty, and the summary intrigued me, so I decided I might as well read it, because it’s better than not knowing. I still haven’t read it though. 😦

I also bought books two and three of the Harry Potter series. I’ve already read them, and I already own them, but there are so many covers to this series, and hey, there’s nothing wrong with double copies. Also, my copy of Chamber of Secrets is super bulky, and the new one will fit easily in a purse.

Quote of the Day 6/18

“‘How come the dog isn’t named?’ He reads aloud the title on the box. ‘Peggy and dog.’
‘Because people tend to want to name animals after their beloved pets.’
‘Really?’
‘No. I have no idea. I can give you the number of Peggy’s creator if you want to ask.’
‘You have the phone number of this doll’s creator?’
‘No.’ I punch the price into the register and push Total.
‘You’re hard to read,’ he says.”

–The Distance Between Us by Kasie West

X is for Xander

Okay, so technically his name is Alexander, but the only person who calls him that is his grandmother, soooo. . . . I’m counting it.

Book(s) He’s In: The Distance Between Us by Kasie West.

Favorite Characteristic(s): Well, there is the fact that his name starts with X. Kind  of. Other than that though, I think I would explain Xander as adorably oblivious. He’s a great guy, but at times he seems stupid-rich. Like when he mentions spending $30 on socks, and not knowing what a colander is. But he gets her hot chocolate and muffins from Eddie’s, and it’s adorable and kind of makes up for all that.

Favorite Quote(s): “I didn’t realize we were playing a game.” It’s kind of like their always, except to a lesser extent.