Delirium Book Review

"It's so strange how life works: You want something and you wait and wait and feel like it's taking forever to come. Then it happens and it's over and all you want to do is curl back up in that moment before things changed."
 
The whole idea behind this trilogy just shouldn't work, but it does. It was beautiful, romantic, and action packed. The writing style was great, for me at least. I think that it might not work for some people though. Lauren Oliver writes with a lot of metaphors, and some people might find that annoying, and I do a little bit. But they are such beautiful metaphors that I had a problem hating them.

"Love: a single word, a wispy thing, a word no bigger or longer than an edge. That's what it is: an edge, a razor. It draws up through the center of you life, cutting everything in two. Before and after. The rest of the world falls away on either side."

See, don't you think that is just beautiful? So for me, the writing style was a big plus. I also felt for the characters. When they hurt, I hurt, it was really emotional. It was just a great start to the trilogy.

Our main character is Lena. She lives in Portland, where love is considered the most deadly of all diseases. They have borders around the cities, curfews, and cures to protect them from the "deliria". You can only get the cure once you are 18, or it has bad side effects. Well really it has bad side effects anyways. It makes it so you can't love, can't feel, and the sick thing is that everyone believes in the cure. They believe that being in love will kill you and that the government is just trying to protect them by beating people for going to parties and killing them for getting the deliria.

They have different schools for boys and girls and lots of scary stories to make them believe they will get sick if they kiss someone and what not. Lena always believed their stories until Alex makes her change her mind. Alex is an "invalid" that meets Lena and they fall in love. Invalids are people that live outside of the protected cities and rebel from the idea that love is a disease. They live in the Wilds and barely survive every day, but they are free.

Lena has a best friend named Hana. Her and Hana run together and later on Hana shows her that their is another way to live your life. She was actually one of my favorite characters, besides Alex, because she was a rebel and was a free thinker. But Alex was my favorite. He was so romantic and selfless, basically your dream guy. He read poetry to her for crying out load.

This book was great for me. It is a romantic thriller that you can't miss.

Rocker Nail Art

I hope you all had a good Easter! This spring break has been crazy to say the least. I went to my cousin's house in Wisconsin for Easter, which was so fun! It was great to see them all again. Then came home and went to a Easter party at my aunt's house. Then I had a job interview today! I am hopefully on my way to being a dishwasher at a camp. It would be nice to have money and buy some more nail polish and books *cough cough*. I think it went pretty well, so we will see!

Today I have some rocker nail art that I did about a week ago. I really like these, they are edgy and just fun to wear.

What Happened To Goodbye book review

“Two a.m.' He swallowed, then said, "You know. The person you can call at two a.m. and, no matter what, you can count on them. Even if they're asleep or it's cold or you need to be bailed out of jail...they'll come for you. It's like, the highest level of friendship.” 

I had to read this for my english class. You know those projects where you pick a book and do projects on it. Well I picked this one. It was only 400 pages, an easy read, and romantic. I figured that I wouldn't have a problem with it because I have always loved Sarah Dessen. While I did enjoy this book, it had a few problems. I'll get to them after my summary of the book.

Mclean Sweet doesn't know who she really is. Her parents had a bloody awful divorce and she basically hates her mom for cheating on her dad. Espically because the dude is the coach of Mclean's Dad's favorite basketball team. It was really a low blow. Now the coach and her mom are married and they have two kids. Mclean travels with her dad for his work. He works at the company FOOD INC. They like fix restruants and such and help them get on their feet.

So Mclean changes herself every time she moves. Her name and her personality. But when her dad and her go to the new town and the Luna Blu, everything changes for her. She uses her real name and is her real self, even though she doesn't really know who that is. She meets Dave, the boy next door, and they get attached. He kind of helps her find out who she is. She makes friends and they work on a community project together. But things are about to get really bad with her mom and she doesn't know what to do.

Okay, so I did like this book. It was light and fun and easy to read. I read through about 200 pages in one day, which isn't normal. But that was after the beginning. God, the beginning was bad. It was really hard to get through. It was just boring and had like no talking. It was all explaining about her life and meh. So I took a star off for that.

Then I took a star off because I didn't really feel or connect with the characters. While I liked them, I never connected to them in anyway. But other then that, it was a good book. If you are looking for light summer read, this is for you!

Bigger, Better, More Beautiful Nail Polish Haul

Hey guys! Things have been pretty crazy lately. My mom had to go to the ER last night and didn't get out until this afternoon. She was having an awful migraine and was really confused. Like the where am I, who am I, kind of confused. So we found out that she has a muscle in knots in her neck and was effecting her brain. So she is home now and everything is okay, but it was pretty scary for a while. Now I am watching The Voice and doing a NAIL POLISH HAUL!

I don't really go on "nail polish hauls", more like buying polish all of the time in small amounts. So I have combined two nail polish hauls together. First I went out and bought the two new NYC glitters. My nearest Target like redid their beauty area and it seems like they updated the NYC section too. So I don't know if they are new or not but oh well! Then I got the other two at target on another time.

NYC Disco Inferno:

Disco Inferno is an awesome mix of holo silver glitters and blue glitters. It honestly isn't a unique combo but I love it anyway. The holo is really insane in the glitters and it is like a disco ball. It was glitter packed and just an awesome glitter. Here is one coat over NYC Black Velvet.




NYC Top of the Gold:

Top of the Gold is a gold flacky polish with a clear base. Like Disco Inferno, its not unique but its a nice glitter. I put it over brown, which probably wasn't the best choice but I couldn't really think of a color to put it over. It is has a ton of glitter too. Here is one coat over Sinful Colors Nirvana.




Sinful Colors Easy Going:

Easy Going is a very light pink creme. Like most Sinful Colors formulas, it wasn't the best. But I don't think it was awful. The color is just really pretty and girly. Here is two coats without top coat.




Nicole by OPI Be Awesome:

Be Awesome has a clear base with different colored large diamond glitters. Some of the glitters are holographic! I found that this polish was really goopy and didn't have the best formula. I had to fish for the glitters a lot. It is about 100 times better if you do glitter placement on it. Here is two coats over Sinful Colors Easy Going.



Here is a glitter placement manicure I did with it. I love this to pieces!




Which one of these was your favorite? My personal favorite is Be Awesome, it has major formula issues, but the glitter placement options make up for it. Have a great day!

Happy 1st Birthday to A Polished Bookworm!

So a year ago today, I posted my first post on A Polished Bookworm, which was Kacey's Nails at the time. I did a REALLY REALLY shitty tutorial on stripes. I don't know why I did a tutorial. I mean I barely even knew what I was doing at the time. But I do remember sitting there and refreshing the page and being excited at every pageview I got.



For the watercolor design I used Nina Ultra Pro Orange Flame, China Glaze Celtic Sun, China Glaze I'm With The Lifeguard, Maybelline Keeping The Flame, and Sally Hansen Blue Me Away. The heart and the number one is NYC Black Lace Cream.

The Maze Runner Book Review

Sally Hansen Pumped Up Pink Swatches and Some Nail Art

Hey there! I filled out another job application yesterday. It is for being a dishwasher at a camp. It would be a lot of work but it seems like a good first job. I'm just waiting to here from them!

I went to a baby shower about a week ago and my aunt came with me and my mom. We hung out with her for a while after wards and she gave me a bottle of nail polish! I have this compulsive need to swatch every nail polish I have, so here we go! I will also have some nail art at the end.

Sally Hansen Pumped Up Pink:

Pumped Up Pink is a shimmery pink. I like it a lot, which is surprising because I'm normally not a pink fan. It has a good formula and doesn't have any problems. It dried really fast too. Here is two coats without top coat. 





And here is some waterfall nail art that I did with it!

Fun with Striping Tape

Hey guys! We are getting so much snow here! When will it ever stop? I was looking forward to some sun, but I guess it isn't happening. Well fine mother, HAVE IT YOUR WAY. As you can tell, I'm very passionate on the subject.

To happier things, I have some nail art for you today! Striping tape has never been my strong suit. Not really sure why, but it wasn't. So I sat down a few days ago and mastered it! I did 5 designs and I gotta say that I love every one. But my thumb is my favorite. The designs aren't mine or anything, I just saw them over Google.

Clockwork Prince & Clockwork Princess Book Reviews

Hey guys! Today I have a double review for you. The 2nd and 3rd books in the Infernal Devices trilogy by Cassandra Clare! The Infernal Devices is a spinoff of The Mortal Instruments series, and one of my favorite series of all time. I finished the 2nd one about a week ago and forgot to review it, so I will do both reviews here. You can find the Clockwork Angel review (the first book) here! As always, there will be spoilers if you haven't read the book before it in the series, but not for the actual book that I am reviewing.


"We live and breath words."

Clockwork Prince was breathtaking. Out of the 8 books that I have read of Cassandra Clare's there all got 5 stars. So I always go into her books with very high expections. This one didn't disappoint. It had everything that I always have loved about her writing: action, passion, humor, suspense, and just pure talent on her part.

You can find my review of Clockwork Angel here, to catch up. Clockwork Angel ended with Tessa's brother betraying her and her decision to say at the Institute with Charlotte. I'm sorry if this review is a bit short, because I read it a week or so ago and don't remember every single detail. But anyways, the Magister is still coming after her and Tessa has no clue what she is or why he wants her.

In Clockwork Angel, Will hurt her so bad and she takes refuge in Jem's kindness. As her and Jem grow closer, secrets are revealed and we learn why Will pushes every one away. There ends up being a traitor in the Institute. Gideon Lightwood and Sophie get attached to each other over training. And blah blah blah. I wish I could tell you more, but spoilers.

I loved every word of Clockwork Prince. Who would I recommend it too? Any teen or adult who likes supernatural, romance, or the victorian era.




“Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.”

Clockwork Princess took my breath away. The ending made me bawl (THE EPOLIGUE, SHIT) and it was just a fantastic ending to a wonderful trilogy. The whole book was just intense feels everywhere. I feel like something bad or very good was constantly happening. It had me on the edge of my chair. Its funny because my brother came up to me about an hour ago when I had like 50 pages and asked me if I wanted to do something with him and I said "I am not going to do anything until I am done, then I will need about an hour for feels." 

I. Could. Not. Put. This. Book. Down. I can seriously say that I lacked a lot of sleep this week while reading it. Since I am a night reading and read until about 2 am most days. But it was 4 am for a few days lately. I know, I'm awful. Sorry not sorry. 

So Clockwork Princess starts about a month or so after the ending of Clockwork Prince. Jem and Tessa are engaged. Will is depressed and still very much in love with Tessa, but they put off their love for Jem. Then Jem is on his death bed and Tessa and Will set out for a cure. But they never finish because Tessa gets taken by the Magister and Will goes after her. 

This book was crazy good but the series was beautiful and good. I suggest you go read them too, and let them have the same impact they did on me, to you.