Playlist Week of 10/27/14-11/2/14

Dig With Me- Allie Moss
I Don't Wanna Wait- Rosi Golan
My Own Hands to Hold- Sara Haze
Why Don't You Love Me- Hot Chelle Rae
Wedding Dress- Matt Nathanson
Young and Beautiful- Lana Del Rey
Please Don't Stop the Rain- James Morrison
Oh Darling- Plug In Stereo
Say You Like Me- We The Kings
Lullaby- Rosi Golan

Margo Roth Spiegelman

Paper Towns by John Green

Rating: 5 Stars
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                By now you should know that I’m a huge John Green fan. This is the third of his books that I’ve read and I loved every bit of it. The writing is amazing, the story line is amazing, and the very subtle jokes dispersed throughout the book are amazing. This was one of those books where I had to get out my little post-it notes and flag pages and quotes to go back to later. And there were quite a few of them. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Green does a magnificent job of making you feel as if you were actually on this great adventure with his characters. You feel as if you are right beside Quentin, Margo, and their friends the whole time. Paper Towns definitely lived up to my expectations of a John Green novel and it is very high up on my recommendation list.

Next Post: November 10^th, 2014

Playlist 10/20/14-10/26/14

Here is the playlist for the week of 10/20/14-10/26/14. Happy listening!

Bloom-The Paper Kites
Bulletproof Weeks- Matt Nathanson
The Longer I Run-Peter Bradley Adams
Dream-Priscilla Ahn
Pitter-Pat- Erin McCarley
What I Know-Parachute
Prove You Wrong-He Is We
Lovely- Sara Haze
When a Heart Breaks- Ben Rector
Hazy- Rosi Golan ft. William Fitzsimmons

Announcement

I've decided to change things up a bit. I'll still be posting the book reviews on the regular schedule, every other Monday, but I'll also be adding a few things to the blog. I have an obsession with music, so every Wednesday (starting today) I'm going to post a playlist to share with you guys. This is kind of a quest for me to find new music as well as expose you all to some of my favorite songs. Also, I really love to write poetry, so I'd like to start posting some of that on here too, but I'll wait a little while for that. The first playlist will be up in a few minutes!

P.S I changed the name of the blog to "Morgan's Musings" but I can't change the URL so it will still be morgansbookoasis.blogspot.com

City of Stairs

***This is a Blogging for Books review***

City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett

Rating: 3 stars

     I had a really difficult time getting into this book. The start was slow moving and confusing. This review will be short because I personally did not care for the book, but any rating below three stars would be wrong because I was completely captivated by Bennett's magnificent world-building. The Continent, Saypur, and Bulikov are the results of a wonderful imagination that cannot be overlooked. The reviews I read for this book had me excited to read it, but it just didn't live up to my expectations. This was one of those books where I can't even pinpoint why I didn't enjoy it, I only know that I was counting down the pages to the end.

Beechwood Island

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Rating: 5 stars
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                I don’t even know how to start this review. I loved the book. This was one of the best, not to mention most powerful, books I’ve ever read. It started out a little slow and it took a few pages for me to really become interested. But, when I did, I was entranced. Lockhart uses fragmented sentences often and it can be frustrating to read at times, but she manages to pull you in with Cadence’s story and make you feel as if you were one of the Liars. Lockhart’s writing and the ending to We Were Liars reminds me a lot of John Green’s. This book was tragic. It was beautiful.  It was so unpredictable and I was completely taken by surprise at the ending.

Next Post: October 27^th, 2014