How I became a Nerdfighter

As I said in my last post, I have been watching the vlogbrothers. They are amazing and kinda changed my life. I can't really explain how, but it's there and always will be. I wish I could say that I have been watching since 2007, but I haven't. I started a few months ago when I was bored, but I didn't just jump in. I went all the way back to the first video and watched from there. It took a long time, but I finished today. I am officially caught up. YAY. I think it's pretty cool that I finished today because today is the second day of Project for Awesome. For anyone who doesn't know what that is, go here.
While I will not be doing a video, or even very much for P4A, I wanted to say how awesome I think Nerdfighters are and how they show that so many awesome people can join together and create awesome. Awesome isn't energy or matter. Awesome can be created. And on that note, Best Wishes.
DFTBA!
JennaRose
P.S. I might be making references to them to you might want to watch  some of their videos...

Heheh...

It's been a long time, eh? How many times do I have to apologize? I come bearing news though!
1. I have a new video that isn't too horrible. (see below)
2. The Muppets movie is awesome. Just saw it!
3. I might have two of my friends help with my blog. That would mean more frequent updates/posts.
4. One of the reasons I haven't been posting is that I have been watching Brotherhood 2.0 (aka Vlogbrothers) from the beginning, so I don't miss anything.
5. The other reason is that I have been reading. A LOT. So I am planning to do a post on those soon.
See ya
JennaRose

VIDEO-

Books. Many, many books.

This past week I read a lot of books. I also forgot to blog about them as soon as I finished them, so this post is going to be 7 books long and will be slightly different from my other reviews. I will still have the cover picture but not the synopsis. I will say a little blurb about the book and then move on. And I am trying to think of a rating system. If you like this format better than my other one, let me know.
So, first up is...

The Goddess Test by Aimée Carter
BECOME IMMORTAL OR DIE TRYING
A wonderful retelling of one of my favorite myths.You don't quite know what is going to happen until the last chapter.The characters are funny and it is easy to understand Kate's feelings. I recommend it.











Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken
This fantasy takes you to a whole new world. A world that you have never encountered before. It took me a while to get into this beautifully woven (hehe) tale but when I did I didn't want to come back to the real world. Plus, this book has a map. You can't go wrong with mapped books.










Wither by Lauren DeStefano
LOOK AT THE COVER. Now that I've said that, imagine a story that was as pretty and as awesome as the cover. Add into that story forbidden, forced, and unrequited love, humans that have predestined life-spans of 20 (females) and 25 (males), and a wonderfully dystopian future. Now add a little more awesomeness. Your final mental image should be somewhere near what Wither was like for me.








The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
IRON. ICE. A LOVE DOOMED FROM THE START.
After months of my mom saying that she loved this series, I read it. I just want to say that she should have locked me in a room with nothing to do except read this book. This book is hilarious and filled to the brim with sarcasm. If you have a sudden urge to read this book, that is because I am using subliminal messages.

Paper Towns by John Green
Look! More maps! And if we are following what I said earlier about maps, this book can't go wrong. This book starts with an adventure, slips into a mystery, and builds tension as high as the Empire State Building. This is a MUST READ.

The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
This book is a treat. It is sweet and wonderful and you can't seem to get enough.It is filled with sweets and magic of a small Southern town. Everyone has secrets and in this town the secrets are larger than life.

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
I couldn't read this haunting tale fast enough, yet I didn't want it to end. It was beautiful and brimming with desolation. So many things that seem to contradict each other walk hand in hand. I have also decided that authors are getting too good at building tension.









My next read will most likely be rereading both the Secret Series by Pseudonymous Bosch and Night by Elie Wiesel. And to stop any confusion I may have started, the Reading Recommendations page is for you to recommend books that I should read and review.

Virginia Has Trees

I have found that almost anywhere I go in Virginia I will more than likely see a tree. Here are some of the trees I have seen on my Virginian travels.
These are from my trip to around D.C.

TREES!

Stop Lights!

Truck!

Shadow!

Road!

YAY!

Sky!

Hay Bales!

Grass!

And...

TREES!

(Bet you didn't see that one coming...)

Sadly that's all I got from that trip but I also have some from on the way to Fluvanna.

Here we go!

Trees!

Parking Lot!

Church!

Ground!

And... OH NO!

A Fallen Tree!

Leaves!

Sign!

Post!

Trees!

 And look!

The speed limit is 35 mph!

And now from around town.

My Bus Stop at 7AM

yay...

PLASTIC TREE!

and a poster...

but more importantly...

A PLASTIC TREE!!!

HI PLASTIC TREE!!!

It's nice to see you again!!!

Thank you for being so patient for this post :)

I would also like to say a bit about today. I know that I am not old enough to remember what happened on this day ten years ago, but I know how terrifying it was for those of you that do. I felt it would be disrespectful if I didn't say anything, so even though I wasn't truly aware of what happened until last year, I'm sorry for everyone's loss, I admire everyone's bravery and endurance, and I wish I could say more but I can't.

EMERGENCY POST!!!!!!

You know how I promised that I wouldn't post anything else until I did the tree post? Well this post is an exception. I have a really awesome thing to share with you. It's a giveaway that Lauren DeStefano is doing for her new book FEVER (sequel to Wither (my current read)). She will explain all HERE. Now go forth and read her books and do anything else she tells you to do.

grrr...

Hey everyone, I am so sorry I haven't been posting a lot recently. I need to get back into the hang of school and then I will have a much more regular and consistent blog posting schedule thingie... I PROMISE that the next post will be my mega awesome trees post, I just need to collect more trees...

Willow knows she’s different from other girls, and not just because she loves tinkering with cars. Willow has a gift. She can look into the future and know people’s dreams and hopes, their sorrows and regrets, just by touching them. She has no idea where this power comes from. But the assassin, Alex, does. Gorgeous, mysterious Alex knows more about Willow than Willow herself. He knows that her powers link to dark and dangerous forces, and that he’s one of the few humans left who can fight them. When Alex finds himself falling in love with his sworn enemy, he discovers that nothing is as it seems, least of all good and evil. In the first book in an action-packed, romantic trilogy, L..A. Weatherly sends readers on a thrill-ride of a road trip - and depicts the human race at the brink of a future as catastrophic as it is deceptively beautiful.
They’re out for your soul . . . and they don’t have heaven in mind.
The most recent book I read was Angel Burn by L.A. Weatherly. I really enjoyed it and I look forward to reading more. The cover is pretty too...  I just returned it to the library so I can't say much.
The story was told wonderfully and I never doubted that I wasn't gonna like it. I like the way the angels are in this one. It seems as though angels have been steadily getting darker and darker. I was sorta reminded of the Weeping Angels from Doctor Who while I was reading this. No the angels here aren't statues but, they eat human and living things' life forces.
I diverge. What I want to say is I liked it a lot. If you've read it, what did you think? And if you haven't read it, I think you should and then you should answer the other question... Plus the cover is pretty...

See ya later,
JennaRose
:)

And I'm Back... At School

Yup, school started. This will not effect my reading much but, it will effect how often I can post. I hope to do two or three posts a week but it will all depend on what I'm doing. Hope everyone has a great year... starting... NOW!!!
JennaRose