Book 16 - Persuasion

My sixteenth book was Persuasion by Jane Austen. I have now read all of Jane Austen's books! This one was pretty good. It was her last book. The book is about Anne Elliot, who was in love with a man named Fredrick Wentworth, who her family felt was below them. So, she turned him down. Now, she's 27 years old and still unmarried. She meets up with Wentworth, who is now Captain Wentworth, who has a large fortune now. She's still in love with him, but he seems to be indifferent to her. She also has to deal with her vain father and sister, her stuck up married younger sister and her extended family, and her conniving cousin William Elliot.

Book 15 - The Pacific

My fifteenth book was The Pacific by Hugh Ambrose. This book focuses on what happens to the different branches of the military during World War II in the Pacific Theater. It focuses on Sid Phillips, Eugene Sledge, and John Basilone who are in different divisions in the Marines, Austin "Shifty" Shofner who was a POW imprisoned at Cabanatuon, and Vernon "Mike" Micheel, who was a pilot in the Navy. Everyone that has ever served in the military is a hero, but the stories of the men in this book take the cake. The only thing that I didn't like was that, unlike the HBO miniseries which this book is the campanion piece too, the book didn't focus on Robert Leckie. He was one of the main characters in the miniseries and he was only mentioned a couple of times in the book. He had a great story, along with a book he wrote, and I think he should have been mentioned a little more. This book is a great read, although it is very long. It reads more like a novel than a history book, but it's still not as good as his father's, Stephen Ambrose, work.

Book 14 - Nights in Rodanthe

My fourteenth book was Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks. This was a pretty short book. Especially by Sparks' standard. I've read almost all of his books, this is my next to last. I wasn't really looking forward to reading it, because I wasn't a fan of the movie, but I was pleasantly surprised. The book only took me a day and a half to finish. The book is about Adrienne, a woman who has just been divorced by her husband, is watching her friends' inn for the weekend. The only guest is a man named Paul, who is also divorced. They talk and fall in love over the weekend. However, they both know he is leaving on Tuesday to go to Ecuador for a year, to reconnect with his son. So, they decide to wait for each other for a year, while he's away. But, in true Nicholas Sparks fashion, something happens to keep them apart.

Book 13 - Jenna and Jonah's Fauxmance

My thirteenth book was Jenna and Jonah's Fauxmance by Emily Franklin and Brendan Halpin. First of all, I loved this book. It was a very easy and enjoyable read. It wasn't "profound", but it was very cute and took your mind off of everything else. The book is about two actors, Charlie (who is a girl) and Aaron (who everyone knows as Fielding Withers, his stage name), who are the stars of a popular tv show called Jenna and Jonah's How To Be A Rock Star. But, their roles don't end there. They also have to pretend to be dating in real life to increase interest in the show. The only problem is that they can barely stand each other. They were actually good friends while filming the first season, but when they were forced to act outside of the set, they became enemies. When some nasty rumors come out about Aaron and the show is cancelled because of these, they are forced to band together to save their careers. Only, what Charlie doesn't know, is that Aaron just wants to have a normal life and go to college; he isn't interested in acting anymore. Can they work together long enough to at least salvage her career? Does she even want to anymore?

Book 12 - You Killed Wesley Payne

My twelfth book is You Killed Wesley Payne by Sean Beaudoin. I've never heard of this author, but the cover looked so cool, I thought I would try it. It's a good, interesting book. It's just very, very hard to understand, until you get the "lingo" down. Seriously...the lingo is difficult. Luckily, there's a dictionary in the back. The book is about a private detective who is investigating the death of a student at Salt River High. Along the way, he meets some very "interesting" students and cliques at this school.

Book 11 - Prada and Prejudice

My eleventh book is Prada and Prejudice by Mandy Hubbard. This was the first book I read by Mandy Hubbard, the second being You Wish, which is one of my favorite books. This one is good, but her writing is clearly getting better. This book is a "modernization" of Pride and Prejudice. Although, you can't really call it a modernization because most of the book happens in "Jane Austen time". A girl named Callie is desperate to be popular, so she buys a pair of real Prada high heels. On her way out of the store, she trips and hits her head. When she wakes up, she's in 1812 and has nowhere to stay the night. While walking through the woods, she finds a road and follows it to the beautiful mansion that is called Harksbury. This mansion is the home to Emily, a kind hearted teenager, Alex, the pompous Duke of Harksbury, and Victoria, Alex's mother. Emily mistakes Callie, with her American accent, for her friend, Rebecca, who is visiting from America. Callie must learn to navigate the complex 1812 society and come up with a plan to get back home before they learn that she's not Rebecca. But when she does come up with a plan, will she even want to go back home?

Book 10 - Chaos

My tenth book was Chaos by Ted Dekker. It's the fourth book in the Lost Books Series. This book was much better than the last one. The last one was quite aggravating because the characters were acting kind of stupid. While some of them are stupid in this book too, it's all worth it when you read the last chapter. It was epic. This book starts where the last book ended, Johnis and Silvie meeting up in Las Vegas. They are trying to find the rest of the Lost Books and their search leads them to this world. If you get past the annoying behavior in the beginning of the book, it's worth it, I promise. This book is probably my favorite so far.