Showing posts with label Etienne St. Clair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Etienne St. Clair. Show all posts

Thursday, 29 December 2011

My Ultimate Book Boyfriend of 2011

The year 2011 has almost ended. I've been thinking of doing posts like my Top 10 books read, covers but I have a big difficulty choosing since I've read lots of books this year! I almost thought of not doing it but I couldn't resist for sharing my favourite book boyfriend of the year. Now, may I present you....


 My Ultimate book boyfriend of this year is the one and only Étienne St. Clair from Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins. I remember reading this book in August and completely fell head over heels for this book. This is a truly unforgettable read which I'll keep on recommending to everyone! Even when I'm old (LOL)
My favourite contemporary book of the year!
Found this in Google and absolutely love the remake!
Kinda looks like how I imagined St. Clair would be like. I Googled Etienne St. Clair and found this!
Love this Pic too! Found it in Google...again.
Love this remake of the cover too!!! Found this Google...again and again.
The reason why I love St. Clair so much is because he's French, British and American at the same time. How cool is that?? He has a cute British accent, I-pretend-I-don't-care-but-I-really-do hair and of course, he's gorgeous. His only flaw is his height (he's not that tall) but I don't care because I'm not that tall either! He also walks confidently that you won't realize that he's actually not that tall. Besides, it is difficult to find someone who is completely perfect without any flaws!

I'd like to thank Stephanie Perkins for writing such an amazing book which I'm really grateful for. This book made me really want to go to France a lot, particularly Paris and see the Eiffel tower myself! Well, that's all from me! If you want to share your Top Ten Book Boyfriends too, please leave links below. I love checking out your posts! I hope this year has been a great year for you guys!

Monday, 19 December 2011

Inkcrush: Faves of Twentyeleven Book Awards - The Characters

If you guys don't know, Inkcrush is an Aussie blog that hosts this award annually and I've decided to join the first time in this particular category! 
Day Two: The Characters
1. Favourite female main character: This is so difficult to answer. The thing is, I've read so many books and I am forgetting the female characters I've read. But probably, the one that sticks in my mind a lot as a great female main character would be Tris from Divergent. This ties with Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games. Both are such an awesome heroine and I would want to be like them!

2. Favourite male main character: Again, this is so difficult. I loved lots of male main characters in books. But again, the one that I'm still so obsessed about and sticks in my mind for a long time because he's so realistic and I wonder if I can find someone like him is the one and only Monsieur Étienne St. Clair ♥ from Anna and the French Kiss. I just love everything about him. Including his I-pretend-I-don't-care-but-I-really-do hair and his gorgeous British accent. Enough said.

3. Best couple: This one I can answer quite easily. Anna and Étienne from Anna and the French Kiss ♥. Their relationship is a bit complicated and when they are finally together for real, I practically screamed of joy. I love how their attractions grew gradually as the time they spend together and it wasn't like an insta-love although there is an attraction when they first met each other.

4. Who I so want to be best friends with: It's really the year of Anna and the French Kiss for me. I just can't forget this book so yes, the answer is Anna. I love her personalities, her style and I find her easy to connet when I read about her. So I want to be her best friends and perhaps I can snag someone like St. Clair too! 

5. Who I fell completely in love with (new literary crush): Again and again, this goes to Étienne St. Clair ♥ from Anna and the French Kiss. I read Anna and the French Kiss this year in August precisely, and I completely fell in love with Étienne. I just can't seem to stop obsessing about this one French-American-British guy even after reading other YA books with fabulous male characters.

6. Worst (best & baddest) villain: Okay, when I read books, I have to admit I don't really want to care about the villains and seem to forget them easily. But particular characters called President Snow from The Hunger Games and Lokesh from The Tiger Saga made me really hate them. They are just pure evil and I am disgusted!
 
7. Best character twist (who you loved then hated or vice versa): I am still laughing at myself for saying this but it's Warner from Shatter Me. I really hated him at first but then I don't know why, I felt a deep pity towards him and I am really interested in him. I don't really love him but more like I am interested. I no longer hate him. 

8. Best kick-arse female: This is definitely Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games. She is such a strong and fierce female and I really adore her. She's the girl on fire after all! 

9. Best kick-arse male: Jace from The Mortal Instruments series. He is a great shadowhunter and his arrogance can be quite annoying but definitely a powerful fighter who will protect you with all his might. This also goes to Will Herondale from The Infernal Devices series. His fighting abilities and coldness can be quite similar to Jace which makes him a great kick-arse male character too!

10. Broke your heart the most: This I can answer quite easily too. It's William Herondale from The Infernal Devices. My heart completely breaks for him. I don't want to spoil things away but the ending of Clockwork Prince made me cry for Will. He's just so understanding and I really want to hug him to give him the support he needed. After everything he's been through and the reason why he treated others coldly, trying to distance himself away, he couldn't get what he wanted most. Poor Will. This also goes to Adam from If I Stay by Gayle Forman. His promise and what happened to him in the beginning of Where She Went completely broke my heart. I want a man like him, who made promises and kept them until the end.  

11. Favourite pet/animal character award: Tigers from The Tiger Saga. Okay, they're not really pets but more like the main characters are able to transform to tigers but I just love them. Tigers are so gorgeous and they're strong. They're also soft so you can cuddle them and sleep with them! 

12. Best YA parents award: My head is getting dizzy trying to remember any parents who are really great but let's see, I can say I love Mia's parents from If I Stay. They're very supportive of their children, loving, interesting but sadly, they died in the car crash. It's so sad since they were such great parents!

13. Favourite sibling relationship: Easy! I love The Fuentes Brothers . They are very supportive of each other, they care for each other and they all have awesome girls. I love their relationship and how they are willing to protect each other from getting badly involved with the Latino Blood gang. 

14. Favourite best friends/friendship award: I love the friendships in Saving Francesca: Francesca, Justine, Tara, Siobhan, even Thomas. They are friends that would stay in your life forever and will always support you no matter what. I would definitely want to be one of their friends!
 
15. Best/worst character names: This is easy for me again! The one and only Étienne St. Clair. That is the BEST NAME EVER. Seriously, I never encountered this name in my whole life until I read Anna and the French Kiss. I am so in love with French language after reading this book and particulary this coolest name of course.

Bonus: best love triangle - The love triangle between Tessa, Will and Jem from Clockwork Prince. What made me think it was the best? The way Clare writes it is just so great that I loved both combinations of Tessa + Will and Tessa + Jem. The love triangle is not annoying at all, but more like sad. I wanted Tessa to be able to choose Will but then I want her to choose Jem. This love triangle is so good because the 2 boys have such a sad past and life that they deserve Tessa a lot. I can't imagine being faced with this decision, like Tessa!
 

THANK YOU FOR READING MY POST ON THIS CATEGORY. BY KNOW, YOU'D KNOW THIS IS THE YEAR OF ANNA AND THE FRENCH KISS FOR ME!

I love this remake! It seems so perfect and a great representative of Anna and St. Clair!
Leave links for your posts on this category and I'll definitely check it out!

Friday, 16 September 2011

My first book review: Anna and the French Kiss

Anna and the French Kiss
Genre: Young Adult
Pages: 372
Published: December 2nd 2010
Author: Stephanie Perkins


Summary from Goodreads:
Anna is looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. Which is why she is less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris - until she meets Etienne St. Clair: perfect, Parisian (and English and American, which makes for a swoon-worthy accent), and utterly irresistible. The only problem is that he's taken, and Anna might be, too, if anything comes of her almost-relationship back home.

As winter melts into spring, will a year of romantic near - misses end with the French kiss Anna - and readers - have long awaited?



My review:
Even before reading this book, reading the summary have made me swoon over one character: Etienne St. Clair. His name is very beautiful and it's very French. I've been reading mostly YA books that are not realistic. Vampires, werewolves, faeries, etc have always been the theme of the books I've read. But, when I saw many positive reviews about this novel, I thought I had to pick it! I ended up getting one and read it non-stop for a day. This novel tells the story of Anna who didn't want to go to SOAP (School of America in Paris) when her father forced her to go. She had a crush back home (who might become her boyfriend) and a best friend. She never thought that she would fall in love with Etienne St. Clair (a.k.a St. Clair or Etienne). What I love most about this story is that Stephanie Perkins introduces you to Paris while developing the love story between Anna and Etienne. Paris is a very romantic city and it's a very perfect setting for this novel. Anna is a wonderful character. She really tries to understand St. Clair, never asking to develop their friendship further until the end (which I will not spoil for those of you who haven't read this book). St. Clair is probably the first character I fell in love who is not perfect. In the world of YA, most male characters are almost perfect and it's really hard to believe that they exist in the world somewhere. But with St. Clair, he's not perfect. He has a crooked smile, not tall but BRITISH ACCENT (swoon-worthy!), speaks French, English and he's American! Definitely swoon-worthy! It is quite annoying for St. Clair to develop his friendship with Anna more than just 'friends' when he is someone else's boyfriend. Though, you're forgiven St. Clair because you did what you had to do in the end! 


Friendship, relationships, Paris, Love are few words I can summarize for this book. I've read this book twice in a week and I've never done this before with other YA books. Usually, it takes me about a month to read the book again or probably a week. This book is really breath-taking. Every single page is very enjoyable and not only do we get to see the love building between Anna and St. Clair, but  a view of the most romantic city in the world, PARIS! This is a must read for everyone! Merci, Stephanie Perkins for writing this spectacular novel. 


Overall: One word: WOW! Bored with paranormal YA books, male characters that seems too perfect to find in reality? This book promises a whole lot of things we can find in our lives. Someone who truly loves you and understand who you are!


5 forget-me-not flowers rating for Anna and the French Kiss!
Note: Lola and the Boy Next Door, Stephanie Perkins's companion novel for Anna and the French Kiss is going to be out 29th September! Grab it as soon as possible if you loved Anna and the French Kiss novel!
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