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I was going to review this together the Best Girl, still by Emma Harrison… but I might loose the excitement on this book once I start reading the other.
So here it goes:
I give it 5/5 stars.
First off, Tourist Trap just hit the ball out of the park. It is about a country hardworking girl, often referred to as Responsible, Predictable Cassie Grace, trying to work the entire summer for her college future only to fall hard for the rich obnoxious but extremely hot boy next door, Jared Kent. Only that, the small town has issues with the Kents with fear that history may repeat itself… hence, the cliche of the forbidden love.
For me to love a book, there’s only one thing on the checklist: Make me fall for not only the story and not only the characters, but both. And it did.
The thing is, the plot may be as cliche as it is, but it’s the classic Romeo and Juliet that seems to make us love it no matter what. It may seem that easy to fall for but that easy light plot would be nothing if not for good writing… and Tourist Trap had that in the bag right on the first chapter. Nothing keeps you reading like good writing.
And the characters… oh I can’t even begin with the characters. The leads just make you fall for them, female or male… whichever, you will fall… fall hard. To make it short, they are different, good different. Its really hard for me to appreciate how the author makes really diverse personalities work in a variety of ways in such a simple plot… and I did here.
So if that hasn’t gotten me to express how much I really love this book… I don’t even know what will. A million words maybe? I could keep going you know… :)
3 weeks ago on May 07, 2012 at 08:33pm
Reading break.
I would review Tourist Trap now… but it’s so good, I’m off reading another Emma Harrison book right now…
I’ll review them together as soon as I’m done and no longer book-hunting for more… :D
-being.too.much.of.a.bookworm
3 weeks ago on May 07, 2012 at 07:58pm
Feeling better. Time to read.
I’ve recently been reading, rating and reviewing book this summer. And after reading a bunch of serious books with much depth and drama… I turned to light-reading. Meaning a bunch of summer romances and growing up and a lot less dystopian at that.
I can’t re-review the books I’ve read… cause the lazy me can’t keep up with that much work. So I give you the link to my page in Goodreads where I have recently been hanging out… virtually. :)
You can see there a bunch of the books I’ve read, rated and reviewed… and also my reading list.
But from now on… I’ll try my best to post there and here in this I-think-nobody-really-cares-about-this-post blog.
So yeah… I’ll go back to reading now.
-bookworm.forever
3 weeks ago on May 07, 2012 at 02:55pm
Bad day. Good start?
Everyone will always have a bad day. Even me and this is a very bad day…
I have really been thinking about starting to blog in tumblr again. I miss being outspoken, or more like out-typing, my opinion on a bunch of relevant and irrelevant stuff. But I didn’t get the initiative and motivation until now.
You see, I’m almost in college… BA Creative Writing in UP-Diliman. And today we went to get my Medical Certificate for the Enrollment tomorrow. But it turned out really bad for me…
Don’t you hate it when parents ask for your opinion and when you start to say something they cut you off because it doesn’t go with what their planning? And then you end up the bad guy.
My parents are planning to move to a condo unit two floors above where we are now… just because it has 2 more cabinets. I know, I know… it’s probably a better deal since the rent will be the same. But the thing is… I have started to get comfortable with where we are now… and I like it here.
I have a lot to say… and I can’t say it. Because if I do, it won’t matter anyway… it will be irrelevant so why bother?
This has been going on for years and I want to explode… So I’ll explode here.
It’s been long, really long since I’ve blogged… It’s not really a good motivation to restart but what the heck?
I need somewhere to explode… and I hope I found it.
-pissed.of.almost-college-student
3 weeks ago on May 07, 2012 at 02:37pm
I know that I said I’m back and I’ll be blogging again… but I’m sorry. I didn’t have the time… I went into a period of mass insanity over a book I can’t put down - Delirium.
So I’ll queue some stuff up today… and hopefully I’ll have the time to not stop blogging…
=)
-a.girl.with.amor.deliria.nervosa
2 months ago on March 07, 2012 at 11:37am
I’m back. =)
Finally our school’s hell week is over and I can go back to blogging random stuff.
-back.blogger
2 months ago on March 02, 2012 at 10:12pm
Happy Birthday.
Last year, a few weeks after I started tumblr, I posted this some kind of thank you message for the people surrounding my life.
But this year, I’m just gonna go simple. Because one, I don’t have time. And second, I seriously don’t have time. :)
I still wanna give all my thanks though.
To my friends, who have truly surprised me this past year.
To my relatives, who I have gotten much closer to.
To my family, who has given me unending support.
And to God, who has guided me through the rough year.
I love you all. ^^
I wish I could have given a longer message like last year. But time just won’t permit right now.
So, just a recap… thank you. :P
-i.am.sixteen
p.s.
Of course I won’t forget… my dear wonderful followers! I love you guys… thank you as well. =))
3 months ago on February 01, 2012 at 12:19am
I’m back… but I’m still busy. So meet the queue. =)
-almost.16
4 months ago on January 29, 2012 at 04:12am
Hiatus… test torture week.
-i.hate.this
4 months ago on January 24, 2012 at 01:37am
Well… Kong Hei Fat Choi! :)) (Taken with instagram)
4 months ago on January 22, 2012 at 07:09pm
It may not be a big deal to most… but it is very much to me.
Maybe I haven’t told you dear followers that I took tests to three universities here in the Philippines. And one by one the results started to appear this January… and I’m very glad to say the score is 3/3.
Right now I’m crying while making this post. Happiness and emotions just overcame by me when I found out I passed UP - Diliman, the most renowned campus of the University of the Philippines.
I seriously don’t know what to say.
A few days ago, when the DLSU results were released, I was so happy to make my parents proud. And I thought it would end there after all the bad luck I had the past year (no offense 2011).
And just today at dawn, when I checked for the UST results, I found out I also passed, which seriously made my day.
But the one thing I wasn’t expecting was the third. UPCAT is the most popular entrance test in college here in the Philippines. And I didn’t expect to be accepted to their top campus.
But when I saw the notifications in facebook greeting me congratulations, I just cried right away.
I didn’t pass by first choice in the Diliman campus. I passed in my second, BA Creative Writing. But even though I’m not that fond of that course, knowing that I was able to pass the test just overwhelmed me so much.
Tears started to flood my eyes. But when family, relatives and friends started congratulating me, I just brawled out tears.
I know I’ve probably filled this blog, mostly with rants. But this post is me being grateful. Not only to passing all the three tests I took and not only to God who gave me the guidance I needed. But I want to give my greatest gratitude to the people who supported me.
My parents, my uncles and aunts, my cousins, my relatives, and my friends. I don’t know how many more thanks I want to give you.
Dear followers, forgive me for this long post. But after the downfalls I had last year; the failing grades, the hard pressure, the disappointments I caused, this day is just overwhelming and I want to say it somewhere.
I also want to give a shoutout to all the DLSUCET, USTET, and UPCAT passers out there! We made it!
-a.grateful.child
4 months ago on January 18, 2012 at 11:02pm
Youth offers the promise of happiness, but life offers the realities of grief.
Nicholas Sparks, The Rescue
4 months ago on January 17, 2012 at 12:08am
Basta gani Einstein… xD (Taken with instagram)
4 months ago on January 10, 2012 at 01:38am
Happy Birthday and stay beautiful Ma’am! (Taken with instagram)
4 months ago on January 09, 2012 at 08:30pm
