Blue Lily, Lily Blue
By Maggie Stiefvater
Hardcover, 391 pages
Published October 21st 2014 by Scholastic Press
3.75 Stars
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Synopsis:
Blue Sargent has found things. For the first time in her life, she has friends she can trust, a group to which she can belong. The Raven Boys have taken her in as one of their own. Their problems have become hers, and her problems have become theirs.
The trick with found things, though, is how easily they can be lost.
Friends can betray.
Mothers can disappear.
Visions can mislead.
Certainties can unravel.
In a starred review, The Bulletin called The Dream Thieves, the previous book in The Raven Cycle, "a complex web of magical intrigue and heart-stopping action." Now, with Blue Lily, Lily Blue, the web becomes even more complex, snaring readers at every turn.
My Thoughts:
​The more I read Stivater's writing the more I fall in love with it. Her poetic style is so lyrical, at times almost poetic.
In this third book Moira has disappeared looking for Buttercup, or Artemis, Blue's father. At the start of the book Moira has been gone for almost a month. Blue stressed by the differences of her, mother on top of the start of her senior year insists that the quad starts to search for her mother. At the same time Greenmantle and his wife Piper come to Henrietta to show Mr. Grey that they know his excuses did not work. Greenmantle has wormed his way into Aglinebee. He has taken over the position of the Latin teacher, a tool he use to get a Ronan for obvious reasons. 
This hunt for Moira and a way to get rid of Greenmantle leads to the discovery of the Cave of Ravens. 
This book was different than the others because it was darker than the two previous books had been. It was also a lot stranger, I would say that this third book also had a higher dose of suspense  do to the search for Miora. 
In this book we see the realationships between the quad grow. Ronan and Adam word hard to understand their powers and possibly something else. As Blue tries to deal with the confusion she turns to Gansy. They both know the risks as they grow closer but it seems inevitable.
This book is clearly a lead up to the finale, At times it felt like some sections weren't quiet necessary,  but looking back at it, it is pretty clear where those puzzle pieces fit in.  I give this one 3.75 stars, just because of those almost extra parts. But the character development we saw made it worth it.
I am excited to read finale and figure out what happens. But I am also terrified for these character's futures. 
Till next time
 Katelyn Costello
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Camp Nanowrimo, the event that happens twice a year that for some reason I can never win.

Bookworms,
I come to you again on the side of defeat when it comes to Camp Nanowrimo. I talked with a few people in my writing cabin this year and we all felt the same. Camp Nanowrimo in April and in July has no where near the same feeling as it does in November. There isn't the same urgancey to write when you make the goals, and sometimes no matter how high the goal is, you just can't seem to reach it. There were several days last November where I was writing close to 3000 words. This past July? I couldn't get down more than 1000 a day sometimes every two days if I was lucky? Why is it different? I don't really have an answer for that.
I had plenty of ideas in mind for the story since it is my thesis. I had a start of an outline, at least a general path I could mosey my way though, and I had a cabin filled with some wonderful people including Kristen Martin and Vivian Reis on youtube. But for some reason when ever I sat down to write the ideas would hit a wall and refuse to flow. My goal for the summer is to write 55,000 words by August 31st. As of right now I am on my way, trying to sit down and write a few hundred words everyday, but it has been a struggle. I have changed things as I went and thought of new things for my characters that requires deleting and rewriting several scenes. But progress doesn't always have to be linear.  That is something I learned this past month. Even if I can't get through a scene I can still write others. It is taking me weeks to get through one plot point. It just won't come out, but I know others will so, I bounce around. Editing me may absolutely HATE this action later. But for now it is what I need to do to get the words on the page.
I want to get back into doing these writing updates more regularly if this is something you want to see too, let me know on twitter at @scripturineting or on instagram @scripturient101
Thesis Stats
Start of July: 3,000 (ish) words
End of July: 16,771 words
Words left for summer goal: 38,229

​Katelyn Costello
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 The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky
Paperback, 213 pages
Published February 1st 1999 by MTV Books and Pocket Books
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The critically acclaimed debut novel from Stephen Chbosky, Perks follows observant “wallflower” Charlie as he charts a course through the strange world between adolescence and adulthood. First dates, family drama, and new friends. Sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Devastating loss, young love, and life on the fringes. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it, Charlie must learn to navigate those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up.
My Thoughts:
I have heard about this book for years.  And I have wanted to read it for years. But never really had the motivation. I am not a huge fan of contemporary fiction so just kinda kept putting it off. And I am kinda glad I did. Because now I have a better understanding of some of the things discussed. Somehow I went into this mostly blind. I knew there were three friends, one was gay, and that someone died. I didn’t realize the death would be in the first few pages. I was one the edge of my seat, scared that someone else was going to die at any time. The book is told in a series of letters that Charlie sends to an anonymous person. One, who he didn’t want to feel like he pulled at random. In a way animinity makes it seem like the letters are written to the reader. You feel more included in that way. These letters tell the story of Charlie’s freshman year of high school. We the reader see the things he fears, the things he love, and the things he hates. Charlie is honestly brilliant. He is given book  read by Bill that I didn’t read until college.
Chbosky, doesn’t hold back in this book. While it is only 213 pages long it covers so much ground.  In a book which for the time in the late 90’s would have been kinda ground breaking. He covers, love, sex , relationships, abortion, abuse, homosexuality, homophobia, anxiety/ panic attacks, assault, drugs, medications, hospitalizations, loss, suicide, just- just everything! But even though he managed to cover so many things, none of it felt cheezy. None of it felt fake, it all seemed so real, so genuine. Like a few other books I have read this year it felt real, and raw, and beautiful. I want to watch the movie and trust it will do it justice, I just. I want it to be done well. I wanted to read the book first so I haven’t seen the movie either. (Classic book snob moments) I loved this book. Go read it for yourself please if you haven’t go read it now.
Katelyn Costello
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