YA-Lounge: And For Your Information... - Denise Deegan

Book Review: And For Your Information... by Denise Deegan

Sometimes you come across a book that surprises you. It doesn't happen all that often to me anymore. I guess I spend to much time on Goodreads and on other blogs. I hesitate writing a review of this book because I really think you should go read it first, and then come back and let me know what you thought.  Anyway, And For Your Information... is the second Butterfly Novel, the first one is And By The Way which you should have read before starting this one, as it's going the spoil it otherwise.

And For Your Information... by Denise Deegan. A Butterfly Novel

Everyone thinks they know who I am - ditzy Sarah, who cares more about appearances than she does about anything real. And yeah, I do care about what people think of me. Take my friends Alex and Rachel. We all go to Strandbrook College, Dublin. We're supposed to be best friends. But Alex and Rachel - they're really close. They tell each other things that they would never tell me. I try not to mind. And then there's Simon. He's my sort-of boyfriend but we hardly see each other. And when we do, I feel like he doesn't really 'see' me, you know? Everything's such a mess right now. My dad left us to be with Her; my mum is really angry all the time; and my brother Louis, he just doesn't care. I guess that's why the shoplifting started. It makes me feel good. In control. I just want everything to change. And it does. The day I got caught...

My Review

Oh, you're still here?! (or back again :) )

I still think one should start reading this book without knowing anything about it. Because I didn't. And let me tell you, this book took my heart out of my chest and punched it. Several times. Then it put it back all battered and bruised.
So, yeah, I've already destroyed it for you. I'm sorry.

I started And For Your Information... right away when cute Postie came by with it. Maybe it was the wrong time for me, as I just had some very bad Family news and still felt really emotional. I wanted to read something that cheered me up and I thought this would be the perfect book for that. I was wrong.
It started already in the beginning of the book. The scenes between Sarah and her mother felt so real and raw, they made me feel so frustrated I wanted to punch something.
I've read And For Your Information in one day. In the end I actually hid it under my bed because I didn't want to finish it, so I tried to ignore it, but that didn't work obviously.

In My Mailbox # 25

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren , find out more about it on her IMM-page.


Hello and welcome to my IMM. I got a few books this week I'm really excited about and can't wait to read. Please excuse the bad quality of the photos, I only had my phone at hand when it came to taking pictures, that's also why there are so many of them :). All links go as usual to Goodreads.

Chain Reaction - Simone Elkeles. I loved the two previous ones in the serious, looking forward to reading this.

Shut Out - Kody Keplinger. OMG, I'm Kody's biggest fan! Review coming on Monday.

And for Your Information... - Denise Deegan.( A Butterfly Novel, #2 in a series) I loved this one, it made me cry. The butterflies on the cover are cute :)

Soul Beach - Kate Harrison. The Colors! Look at the colors! I want to have this cover as a poster on my wall. It's so gorgeous. Really looking forward to reading this, as I'm a big fan of Kate's adult novels.

Pure Red - Danielle Joseph. Cute little book with lots of color in the story.

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? - Claudia Carroll. This book was sent to me from Harper Collins. Not really sure why, maybe I won it in a competition somewhere?

Star Struck - Jane Lovering. I love Jane's previous novel, short review here. Can't wait to read this one!

Families and Other Nonreturnable Gifts - Claire LaZebnik. I'm currently reading this and l'm loving it so far. I'm a big fan of Claire LaZebnik.

Welcome to my World - Miranda Dickinson. When I was browsing on the bookdepository I saw that this book was really cheap, so I just had to buy it :)

Kindle Books:

Graffiti Moon - Cath Crowley (Netgalley)

The Sweetest Thing - Christina Mandelski (Netgalley)

Dash & Lily's Book of Dares - Rachel Cohn & David Levithan

If I Tell - Janet Gurtler (Netgalley)

That's it from me this week, what did you all get?

Happy Reading!

August Favourites (Monthly favs #8)

My favourite books of August.

August has been another month during which I just couldn't read, it's been an emotional month for me with lots of setbacks and books just couldn't help me this time. According to Goodreads I've read 9 books in August, a few of them were Re-Reads.


My hands down favourite book in August was:

Wanderlove by Kirsten Hubbard

It all begins with a stupid question:

Are you a Global Vagabond?

No, but 18-year-old Bria Sandoval wants to be. In a quest for independence, her neglected art, and no-strings-attached hookups, she signs up for a guided tour of Central America—the wrong one. Middle-aged tourists with fanny packs are hardly the key to self-rediscovery. When Bria meets Rowan, devoted backpacker and dive instructor, and his outspokenly humanitarian sister Starling, she seizes the chance to ditch her group and join them off the beaten path.

Bria's a good girl trying to go bad. Rowan's a bad boy trying to stay good. As they travel across a panorama of Mayan villages, remote Belizean islands, and hostels plagued with jungle beasties, they discover what they've got in common: both seek to leave behind the old versions of themselves. And the secret to escaping the past, Rowan’s found, is to keep moving forward.

But Bria comes to realize she can't run forever, no matter what Rowan says. If she ever wants the courage to fall for someone worthwhile, she has to start looking back.

Kirsten Hubbard lends her artistry into this ultimate backpacker novel, weaving her drawings into the text. Her career as a travel writer and her experiences as a real-life vagabond backpacking Central America are deeply seeded in this inspiring story.

I'm in LUUURVE with this book! I loved everything about it. The Road-Trip-y feeling, the gorgeous guy, the locations and descriptions of them and the DRAWINGS! There are wonderful drawings in this book that give the story that little extra something. I'll post a review of this wonderful book a little closer to its Release Day in March next year.
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The second book that made it into my *Favourite* list was an unexpected one:

And For Your Information... by Denise Deegan. A Butterfly Novel

Everyone thinks they know who I am - ditzy Sarah, who cares more about appearances than she does about anything real. And yeah, I do care about what people think of me. Take my friends Alex and Rachel. We all go to Strandbrook College, Dublin. We're supposed to be best friends. But Alex and Rachel - they're really close. They tell each other things that they would never tell me. I try not to mind. And then there's Simon. He's my sort-of boyfriend but we hardly see each other. And when we do, I feel like he doesn't really 'see' me, you know? Everything's such a mess right now. My dad left us to be with Her; my mum is really angry all the time; and my brother Louis, he just doesn't care. I guess that's why the shoplifting started. It makes me feel good. In control. I just want everything to change. And it does. The day I got caught ...

This cute little book took me completely by surprise. I think I've never ever cried so much while reading a book, I got really emotionally invested. I read it almost a week ago and it still hasn't left me. I'll be posting a longer review next week :)