12.27.2011

Book & Music Update - Episode 11

I haven't done a book & music update in a really really long time. I have been in a not reading much phase so there aren't a ton of books but my music isn't lacking.

MUSIC:
ColdPlay
Mylo Xyloto

Rating: MMMM1/2 (out of 5)
Genre: Alternative Rock
Top 3 Songs: Hurts Like Heaven, Paradise, & Up in Flames

I have never been a huge Coldplay fan but than all of sudden they started playing like 4 different songs from this album on the radio and I was really digging them. They were different from there past songs. There are still a couple of songs on the album I don't dig but most of them are awesome!





Grouplove
Never Trust a Happy Song


Rating: MMMM (out of 5)
Genre: Indie Rock
Top 3 Songs: Love Will Save Your Soul, Colours, & Itchin' on a Photograph

Grouplove is new to me. They play Colours on the radio so I tested out the album and was kind of digging it and than bought it! I really enjoy this album, the songs have nice beats and catchy tunes.








Kelly Clarkson
Stronger
Rating: MMMMM (out of 5)
Genre: Pop Rock
Top 3 Songs: What Doesn't Kill You, You Love Me, Alone, or maybe Let Me Down, oh wait maybe The War is Over

Haha when you can't pick a top 3 you know it is a good album. And the fact that there is 18 songs on this album. You get a real bang for your buck with Kelly. I have been a fan of her since album 1 and this one is at the top of her favorite albums. I love the sassy, angry rock chick songs. This album is a must and one that is so awesome to sing along at the top of your lungs in your car!




Mat Kearney
Young Love

Rating: MMM1/2 (out of 5)
Genre: Folk Rock
Top 3 Songs: Hey Mama, Count on Me, Young Dumb and in Love

My Mom loves Mat. I have never really been a fan but her and my sister always burn me his CD for my collection. I listen to this album and was kind of diggin it. His first album well shall we say bored me. But this one is pretty sweet.






Panic! at the Disco
Vices & Virtues
Rating: MMMM (out of 5)
Genre: Alternative Rock
Top 3 Songs: Ready To Go, Let's Kill Tonight, Trade Mistakes

Everyone knows the Ballad of Mona Lisa. Whoooaa Mona Lisa... You know, that one?? That is from this album and the rest of the songs are just as good. Panic! never disappoints me.








Paul Cardall
New Life



Rating: MMMM1/2 (out of 5)
Genre: Piano
Top 3 Songs: Gracie's Theme - Favorite

I couldn't tell you the names of my other favorites! With no lyrics and always listening to the album on shuffle I don't know which is which. But I can tell you this is a beautiful album. I go to bed every night wishing I could play beautiful music like Paul Cardall. It calms the soul.





BOOKS:
Uglies
by Scott Westerfeld

Rating: MMMM (out of 5)
Genre: Young Adult Fiction

This book is about this town that lives in control of there government and at the age of 16 the teenagers get a surgery that turns them from ugly to pretty. But of course there has to be some rebels... I liked this book. It is a series of 4 but I haven't jumped out to buy the rest of the series yet. The story was good but it wasn't one of those books you can't put down. I will definitely read the rest but I am not sure when!

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter
By Seth Grahame-Smith

Rating: MM (out of 5)
Genre: Mashup Novel (pulled from Wiki!)

This is a book about Abraham Lincoln's life. His True Life. Waahahaha (evil life). It seriously is about Abraham Lincoln as a Vampire Hunter. It pretty much takes his life and adds the twist of this secret Vampire Hunting Life. To be honest I couldn't tell what was real and what wasn't in this book. Obviously he wasn't really a Vampire Hunter but the writer throws my off in a few different things. I have yet to finish this book though. I started in October... I am not one that really likes to read biography's and I feel like this is what this is. There isn't a strong story for me to grasp on too.. Look it up though. It will interest you.

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