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Update 30/10/2011

2011-10-30T15:13:00.000+00:00

Well, todays been a hetic day! I have another review coming out for you guys today or tomorrow.
Currently my internet is being updated and router changed and all that jazz so should be good!

This month will also be a slow one thanks to NaNoWriMo. Wish me luck on that and add me on antiwings!

Thanks guys!

Charmfall - Chloe Neill Cover Reveal!

2011-10-25T20:26:00.000+01:00

I'm so excited that Chloe Neill has another Dark Elite novel on its way to bookshelves across the globe in 2012.

The cover is just stunning isnt it? I loved the first two and can not wait for more Scout!

Protecting Chicago from the dark side can be an exhausting job, especially when you're a sophomore. So when the girls of St. Sophia's start gearing up for Sneak, their fall formal, Lily decides to join in on some good, old-fashioned party prep - even if it means not giving demons, vampires and the twisted magic users known as Reapers her undivided attention. But when a Reaper infiltrates the school, Lily doesn't forget what she's sworn to protect. She reaches deep into herself to draw out her magic - and finds that it's gone. And it turns out she's not alone. A magical blackout has slammed through paranormal Chicago, and no one knows what - or who - caused it. But Lily knows getting back her magic is worth the risk of going behind enemy lines .

Sound good to you? I think so!

Bloodthirsty by Flynn Meaney

2011-10-25T18:10:00.000+01:00

Finbar Frame is a bit of a dweeb. He's alergic to the sun, dealthy pale, has cold hands and is kind of moody. All things that vampires have in common.

When Finbar decides to turn himself into a vampire to attact girls to him, he didn't realise how much of a commitment it was. Finbar finally convinces his school, after a fight, that he's supernatural and a girl that Finbar has a crush on, finally admits she likes him for who he is, and not what hes trying to be.

This is a very small but clever book and takes the fame and fortune of other vampire novels like Twilight and makes a parady of real teenage life and how pretending to be something your not can back fire. This was a very light and fluffy read which can be enjoyed by boys and girls alike, if you boys aren;t thrown off by the cover!!

Until I die cover reveal

2011-10-24T21:30:00.000+01:00

Theres been so many cover releases lately, I just can't believe how many wonderful books are coming out!!

When I reviewed Die for me by Amy Plum, I wished that it would be a series, I loved the characters, the consept and was left wanting more. Well, Plum has now released the english cover and a blerb!

Kate has chosen to leave the comfort and safety of her human world in order to join Vincent in the dangerous supernatural universe he inhabits. For his part, he has sworn to go against his very nature and resist the repeated deaths that are his fate as a revenant—even though it will bring him immeasurable suffering.

Heady with romance and rife with danger, the second book of the DIE FOR ME trilogy follows Vincent and Kate as they search—separately—for a solution to their plight, pursuing their quest from the glamorous streets of Paris to the city’s squalid underbelly. Although the experiment that Vincent attempts is progressively destroying him, he insists on seeing it through to the end. This prompts Kate to strike out on her own into the dangerous world of the revenants to find another way. But she unwittingly puts everyone she loves at risk when she discovers a family of ancient healers who hold the key to a secret that could help the bardia—the good revenants—overthrow their murderous enemies, the numa, forever.

And while the lovers search for something they have little chance of finding, a new threat arises among the numa. Kate finds herself in the midst of an ancient and deadly war, not as a bystander...but as a target.

Are you excited? I am! The cover is beautiful! I even think I love it more then I did with Die for me. What do you think readers?

NaNoWriMo

2011-10-24T19:12:00.000+01:00

As some of you may know, in the month of November, its national writing month! Every year people from around the world sit down with pens and paper, laptops and keyboards and write 1700 est words a day, and if completed that pretty much makes a novel.

Now this is going to be my first ever NaNoWriMo, and I'm so excited! I'm making rewards for myself as well.

Now, I can only have one of these, so if I finish 20000 by the end of november I will only get a teddy bear, if I only write 100 I will only get a cup of coffee.

100 words - Coffee
1000 words   - Chinese take away
5000 words   - A new note pad
10000 words   - A new sims game
20000 words - build a bear
30000 words - 4 books
40000 words - hair cut
50000 words - a build bear, a fancy dinner out, and 10 books and a hair cut :D

Easy enough?

Covers!

2011-10-23T21:28:00.000+01:00

So, in the next few months there are some book releases that I'm super excited about! And, I know I'm pretty late, but I want to share them with you!

A Million Suns - An across the universe Novel
By Beth Revis

You may remember me reviewing Across the Universe a while ago, And I'm so happy that Revis decided to write a sequal!

10th Jan 2012

I loved Matched by Ally Condie, The dystopian novel that made me gag for more.

Crossed has a beautiful cover with a girl getting out of the bubble. Very fitting!

This novel comes out 24th November 2011

Torn by Cat Clarke is coming out on 22nd December 2011.

Someone buy me this for christmas?!

Thats it for now, I will post more! I promise!

Jinx By Meg Cabot

2011-10-22T18:16:00.000+01:00

Meg Cabot, who is a highly acclaimed children and teenage novilst has written many best selling books including The Princess Daries, The mediator series And Avolon high.
I'm not going to lie to you readers, I never thought of picking up any of Meg Cabots books because I felt like they were too young for me, and to be honest the covers were too girly and made me feel like a 12 year old when I even looked at them.
But while at work one day I realised that I didn;t have a book with me to read, so like any other bookworm I headed over to the discount bookstore by my work and looked round.
I found Jinx in the sale section and for once it didn't have a super girly cover, but had a cover that would be okay to read on a bus and not feel weird about.

Jean is a girl who always has bad luck. As the title suggests shes a jinx and when she arrives at her families house in New York to escape a staulker from her old home town, her bad luck is only just beginning. Tory, Jeans cousin, is heavily into witch craft and has made it her personally mission to make Jeans life a misery.

I never really pick up witchy books, I mean I read sweep series by Cate Tiernan, but that's as far as my experience goes, and the edition of Jinx that I brought doesnt have a blerb. I didn't know when I picked it up what it was about but thought its a teen book why not?

To be honest, It wasn't bad. Admittedly it took me around 4 weeks to read it in the middle of other books and projects that I've been doing. I wouldn't call this book the best book I've read but at only 260 pages, it was a easy read, with a compelling story, simple story line and simple dymatic. Theres a few principle characters but not enough to get confused and just seems like a glorified short story. Saying that, I think this book is worth more as a borrow from a library then a buy. At £5.99 in most bookstores is a little steep for what it is, I'm thankful I only paid 99p for it!

Thank you for reading!

Eyes like stars by Lisa Mantchev

2011-10-20T21:44:00.000+01:00

Eyes like Stars is a book set in a theatre, Beatrice Shakespear Smith, otherwise known as Bertie, has been raised in a theatre after being abandoned there as a child. But, this is no ordanary theatre, the characters from plays are real within the walls thanks to a magical book and soon the book becomes under threat, in which Bertie has to save the say along with her side kicks, and love interests.

I picked this book up because it looked pretty. I know I've said it before, but its true. I'm drawn to lovely covers and this one had a Harry Potter feel, like they took a scene of the book and used that. I love that! Many YA novels these days use a symbol or a pictire of a girl to empathise the story through the cover. And I have to say, I want Berties hair in the picture. Just plain beautiful.

Bertie is a very intelegent character, a trickester and a good friend to Peaseblossom, Moth, Cobweb and Mustardseed, along with Nate and Ariel. All of these characters have unique characteristics and joys about them. The fairies of course were the highlight. All of them were funny and every oportuinity they had they said something that made me laugh. Including embarrisingly on a bus.

Theatre itself enchanted me. All characters from every play ever written can be found within its walls, all brought out by a book which has them all in. This makes the theatre an endearing setting for this magical book.

The pacing in this novel are fast pace, which at somepoints a little too fast and I found myself having to double back and rereading parts to ensure that I didnt miss anything out. But in all it was a very active read, and once you start you don;t realise that your reading, the discription is so vivid and breathtaking.

I would recommend this book to anyone, and now, I'm loaning this book out to a friend. Just hope she loves it like I do!

Currently reading

2011-10-17T16:18:00.000+01:00

Hey guys, I thought since I was reading so many books at the moment, all in the stages of midway or less because at the moment getting back into the swing of writing is just so frustrating, that I have decided just to tell you what I am reading, so you can expect those to come out soon, or see what books I'm not currently interested in!

So this is how its going to work. Every Monday I will tell you what I am reading and give you a general update on bloggish things. Maybe we could turn it into a meme?

Current reading list

Eyes like stars by Lisa Mantchev
Wish me dead by Helen Grant
Arrow by R.J Anderson
Bumped by Megan McCafferty
Jinx by Meg Cabot

Yes, I read many books at a time. The reason being I have a very short attention span. Also, if I forget to take a book to work, I tend to buy one!

Heres a little update on blog stuff. Now I haven't recieved any subscribers or comments which, to be honest, I'm pretty bummed about. So please, even if its just to say hi, please leave a comment or subscribe to Bookish Bloggish.I'm thinking of having a contest, of when I reach 100 subscribers I'll randomly pick one of those to recieve a gift. International of course!

Also I'm looking into buying a domain name. I'm so excited!

Now, Off to the bookshelves with me. Happy reading.

Bookshelves!

2011-10-15T17:58:00.000+01:00

I love book cases, I love how they look and how they can tie a room together. Currently I'm designing my own book case to store my 600 books. Heres some inspiration!

Most of these won't work in my tiny bed room but arn't they pretty?

Sweetly byJackson Pearce

2011-10-14T20:30:00.004+01:00

When I heard that Jackson Pearce had a second book heading to the market I jumped up and danced around. From Sisters Red I could tell that Pearce took her writing seriously and took great pride in her work, and after seeing several interviews I could see that she took her research seriously too. I appauld authors who take the time into researching there content to ensure that the stories gel together.

Sweetly is a loose sequal from Sisters Red, both havingthe same enemy and I believe love interests from the same family. (This hasn't been confirmed as far as I know but the simularties are noticable.) The story follows a brother and sister called Gretchen and Ansal who when they were children had to face a tragety of loosing Gretchens twin to a witch. The loss shadows the siblings lives taking their mother and father from greif.

When Gretchen and Ansel are old enough their step mother kicks them out and they have to make it on there own, but breaks down in a small town which no one likes outsiders and girls are going missing. They stay with a chocolate maker called Sophia and everything seems perfect until Gretchen notices things are wrong and embarks on a journy of self discovery and discovery of what happens to the girls of the town; with the help of the love interest Samuel.

I love strong female characters but I also like those who are weak but instead of letting it control them they deside to take it within themselves and fight, which is exactly what Gretchen does in this novel. Through out the novel I couldn't help but be proud of the progress that has been made by Gretchen with the help of Samuel.

The plot flows beautifully and there was never a moment that I thought, I need to get to the next part this is boring. The only thought going through my head was must keep going, I want to know what has happened here. The pacing was good too, everything just fell into place, very impressive!

The characters are all believeable, real and have a beauty that is difficult to capture in pen and paper. I was sad to finish the novel as I assume I wont see these characters again... direct sequal next time maybe?

My one complaint that really isn't a complaint is when I read this novel, I had a huge chocolate craving and must have eaten several bars of chocolate throughout reading. Jackson Pearce you have ruined my diet! Saying that, maybe you should include some recipies? Cheers :P

Thanks for reading my review!

Looking for Alaska by John Green

2011-10-12T18:22:00.000+01:00

When one of my best friends told me to read Looking for Alaska by John Green; I did everything I could to delay reading it. I borrowed it from the libaray and had to give it back before I could read it. I had several books before it on my to read list at all times. I just thought "I would never enjoy this book"

But finally I picked it up at my local discount book store, because there was a deal of 3 books for £5, and I only started to read it because the other books I got were later in series that I havent started yet but have, and I didnt have a book on me while at work. So, I sat down and opened it.

I was imediatly drawn to the count down of "One Hundred and Thirty Six days before." The thought went through my head of, before what? So I continued and found that John Greens writing style is full of Angst and is one of the most realistic portrayal of teenagers I've seen from an adult novelist.

Our main character Miles moves from a school were he has no friends and doesn't care about anything apart from famous last words. Alaska is described as gorgeous, clever funny, sexy and screwed up, but Miles is fasinated by her and is in love with her. They have a group of friends at the new school and pull pranks on the other people there.

The book leads up to a tragic accident which leaves the group asking what happened and why, then having to accept what happens and move on. This book is a delightful little tale, which softens the hearts and brings a tear to your eyes. I laughed and cired while reading this and it has honestly changed my life. So, Good job; John Green.

Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick

2011-10-10T19:53:00.000+01:00

After a long period of antisipation, begging and pleading, and bargining with mice and cat treats; I have finished Silence and it was good.

In Cresendo we are left with a major cliff hanger and in Silence it picks up several months later, and Nora can not remember the past 5 months. So memory of her kidnapping, no memory of Patch. Now she's back with her mother and wants to know what happened to her and will stop at nothing until she finds out.

I picked up this book expecting this to be the last, and with the ending I was confused, it left it open to another book; which Fitzpatrick has already confirmed on Twitter earlier this week. I read this book in one sitting, something I havent been able to do for a while but I could not put it down.

The relationship of Patch and Nora is as complicated and intrecuit as it has always been with the other books, and to be honest its what I love about this series. Each book gives the couple a brand new comflict that tears them apart and then they fight to be together, It seems more real then other books that I have read.

The book brings us a colourful cast of characters including those like Vee, who is Nora's best friend, although in this book she is more of a side throught rather then a main part of the events which upset me. In Hush Hush and cresendo, time with Vee was paramount!

If you haven't read this book or started the series then where have you been? This is such an amazing book, where the pacing is perfect and the characters are well rounded with developed personailties which is rarely present in young adult novels these days! So please, check them out!!

Thank you for reading :)

Update 09/10/2011

2011-10-09T18:49:00.000+01:00

Hey book lovers! Today is just a quick update about my kitty and other book related things!

Firstly my kitten Nyx is now 6 months old and will soon be joining the older cats down stairs after shes been neutered.
She's been a menice, not letting me read and going on my laptop has been difficult too! So thank you to all my readers who has continued to check even though I haven't been updating. Now that Nyx is joining the down stairs cats I should be able to get on top of my book reading and making posts more reguarlly!

Next point, since now I have more retime then when I had when she was a kitten I have started to organise my books! Its been tough but now I have them all in one place, my bed! I haven't counted them as of yet but I will post a blog soon when I do. But just to give you an idea...

This is just a small part of the book collection, theres also shelves, and several crates full of books. As you can tell this is going to take me a while to sort these books out. It will also take the help of my friends Zoe and Vykie who are book fans like me... Although I may have to search them after!

As for the last part of the update, I reacently went to my local bookstores and I got a few good deals, and signed books! First being Silence by Becca Fitzpatric. Apprently she signed 6000 books for UK book giant waterstones and they;ve been flying off the shelves at most waterstones. I'm personally number 178! Thank you waterstones for this opportunity for those who can not get to book signings to buy a signed edition. This now makes all my hush hush series to be first edition... Now I just need Hush Hush and Cresendo signed!

2nd book that I brought that was signed was Heist Society by Ally Carter. She was at Bluewater waterstones a few weeks back signing these editions, and when I went there on Saturday they had a pile just waiting to be brought! So needless to say, my phone bill isn't being paid just yet.

Thank you to all my readers and I'll be posting again soon!!

Forever by Maggie Stiefvater

2011-10-08T21:46:00.000+01:00

There comes a time in ever book bloggers life when they pick up a book, and because the predesessors were fantastic; they assume the last book will be epic.

Sadly, this isnt the case for Forever. After the stunning conclusion of Linger, fans across the world antisipated a book filled with light and fantasy. Instead they read a book that lacked in every aspect. Coles and Isabelles relationship continue to develop into a conclusion of its own, which I have to say was the most forfilling part of the final book as a whole. On the other hand the relationship and characters of Sam and Grace, our main protagonist and romance seemed to devolve into sap and drivel.

I hate to say horrible things about a book, expecially one that I loved the previous books for but the story was unexplained and dull, nothing kept me hooked and it seems so many questions have been left unanswers like if there is a cure to being a wolf, and what causes it in the first place. What happens to the wolves now that they have moved to a new home?

I feel that those like me who feel like they need to finish off a series because of loyalty to a series should attempt to read it, but if you're one of those who can be satisfied with only reading the first book then please do so.

This is bookish bloggish, Thank you for reading :)

Wither by Lauren Destefano

2011-08-14T20:25:00.000+01:00

Wither By Lauren Destefano is the first novel in "The Chemical Garden Trilogy" and was published in 2011 and has 538 pages in the English edition.

I love Dystopian novels that reflect aspects of todays life, In the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld, we see a world where everyone is deemed to be pretty. In Wither on the other hand, we have a society that wanted to be so amazing that everyone in that generation took medication to become healthy and perfect human beings. The first generation after the ones that were injected died when they were either 20 for girls or 25 for boys.

Rhines parents were part of the generation who took the medication. Rhine is our main character, she lives in a world with her twin brother where girls are baited and kidnapped to become wives for men to bare children so that the world can continue. Rhine and Rowen live in the basement of there house trying to escape the fate of people in there generation.

Rhine arrives at a house, and is forced to be a wife to Linden. A rich man whose first wife is 20 and is dying so his father makes him marry Rhine, and two other girls.

This book shows the struggle of Rhine, she wants to escape from her fate in the house, bu is scared of what Lindens father can do to her. Vaughn has dead bodies in the house basement and he's doing experiments on them.

I loved this book, I read it very quickly. I feel like I ignored my new kitten a little just to be able to read it, but luckily she left me alone as long as I read it to her! I loved the struggle that Rhine faces every day while she tries to escape and live in the wives floor of her prison.

The book has a love triangle between Rhine, Linden and a slave called Gabriel, it was designed so that you would support Gabriel, but to be honest I was rooting for Linden! Even though Rhine was being kept there against her will, Linden was a sweetheart to his wives and I think that he doesn't deserve the treatment that Rhine gives him. Also Rhine knows that her relationship with Gabriel is dangerous and may get him killed yet she carries it on.

To be honest, even though I loved this book, I hated Rhine. She was annoying, and her values were horrible. I found myself wishing that she would give up on her "Freedom" and just to give up and stay with Linden and be a good wife!

Thanks for reading my review!

2011-08-13T13:43:00.003+01:00

Victoria Hammond
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Guest Blog Monthly

Vykie (Victoria) Hammond is a lovely friend of mine (twitter @vykcentricity) who has agreed to be my first guest blog! This section will continue every month on the 13th! If you'd like to be featured, send me an email bookishbloggish@live.co.uk

Lyra's Oxford by Phillip Pullman, a side story for the His Dark Materials trilogy, is an enchanting short story that stands alone from its mother-tale while still delving deep into its own history and laying the foundations for a future. The simplicity of a small chapter, that Pullman so often weaves together to create something much grander, Lyra's Oxford shows us a moment beyond the end, or what we took as the end. In this novella, Lyra is confronted with her own naivety, her absolute trust in what some say simply because of who they are, and as in the trilogy this changes her slightly and allows her to grow. Lyra's world will always change, much as ours does, and her story, full of cleverness and the absurdity of youth, will always grow and never truly end. Pullman portrays that perfectly, by writing a short story that ends, yet doesn't. He leaves us questions that are not desperate, they are not a cliff-hanger, they are simply an acknowledgement of all that continues, even after nobody knows it does.

In my honest opinion, Lyra's Oxford is a fantastic little read, and a wonderful companion to the trilogy it stems from. While reading His Dark Materials is not necessary to enjoy the story, if you wish to understand all of the references I highly suggest it. Hell, I suggest it anyway! Anything from this multiverse always seems to pull me in and take me on a wonderful journey.

Blood Magic by Tessa Gratton

2011-08-11T15:50:00.000+01:00

Hi this is Bookish Bloggish and this is the review for Blood magic by Tessa Gratton, Published in England by double day and has 405 pages. This is Gratton's début novel and the beginning of a series.

The book is layed out with three different perspectives. Silla, Nick and Josephine whose diary entries are plastered through out the novel

The story centres around two young people called Nick and Silla. Nick recently moved to Yalaylah with his father and step mother after his grandfather died. Silla is Grieving over her mother and fathers death which has been classed as her father murdering her mother then taking his own life.

Silla and Nicks lives are soon entwined when The Deacon, a mysterious man that is mentioned several times through out the novel sends Silla a book of spells that has been written by her father, and while trying out a spell on her parents graves, she turns a dead life from red back to green. Nick while walking through the cemetery see’s the magic and it reminds him of his mother who used to cast magic spell of her own.

The book centres around Nick, Silla and her brother finding out about magic and learning what they can do and gradually learning how to cast spells of there own. It shows how a teenager may grieve for her parents by clutching onto an idea that seemed to have been important to her father, and she is convinced that her father did not kill her mother.

The characters in this novel are strong, Silla is very convincing as a grieving teenager, but can be slightly annoying in the beginning of the novel, I found my self hoping to come to a Nick part. Nick on the other hand was strong in other respects, he struggles with his stepmother and gives her a nickname that he seems to fit her, namely Lilith.

Tessa Gratton does a fantastic job on her début novel, its not perfect but for a first attempt was pretty good. Her writing flowed and had a magnificent pace making it hard to put the book down. I loved how in the end the characters find the diary, and use it to help themselves over come obstacles in their way.

Although one annoying thing about the book was the multiple names for the characters. I personally was confused in some places as Lilith for example is known as four different things through out the novel, including Lilith, Mary and Josephine.

The cover for this book is amazing, In England we have the white edition which slightly upset me as the black american edition was even better then the edition I brought. I truly can not wait for the next book!

Apologies for my hiatus

2011-07-13T11:51:00.000+01:00

As my regular followers will know that I haven't posted in a few weeks, While I know there's no excuses that will cover this, I feel like I need to tell you the reason at least.

On the 25th of June I brought home a kitten. When I got her home she decided that I wasn't allowed to read or go onto my laptop. Now she's a little older she now allows me to read and go onto the laptop (occasionally) so hopefully I'll be able to put some new reviews up for you soon!

Sorry again!

Die for me by Amy Plum

2011-06-23T18:45:00.001+01:00

"Would you risk your life for love?"

Amy Plums début novel left me sighing from page one. All though "sighing" Could be taken in two ways, one being "this is lame" and the other being "Aww thats so sweet." I must confess I use both senses of the word.

It wasn't until half way through the book that this one became a page turner and made me compulsive to read more. Kate and Georgia's parents died and with that the sisters headed to Paris to live with there grandparents. Kate struggling with her parents death becomes a recluse, choosing to spend her days wallowing in her own pity and misery following her parents accident. Her sister, unlike Kate chose to spend her time with others to forget the pain.

Kate then meets Vincent, a french boy who she saw saving a girls life when she tried to kill herself. So starts the complicated romance where life and death are so close together. Like other YA fiction on the market at the moment, Die with me, has a boy with a mysterious past and something supernatural about him. But unlike others I love the twists. Die with me is one of the most original books I've read in a while and I really enjoyed it.

Although I have to admit i felt that the relationship between Vincent and Kate was slightly annoying, I did like how it felt more real as they broke up and got together many times through out the book.

Thanks for reading and comment below!

Beautiful dead Book 2 - Arizona by Eden Maguire

2011-06-21T18:34:00.000+01:00

So I read Jonas a month ago and it interested me no end. Eden Maguire again captured the emotion portrayed by the characters beautifully as they dealt with the deaths of Arizona.

So this book goes along the same structure. Darina must find out how Arizona died or Arizona will be condemned to remain in limbo for eternity. Darina must overcome obstacles of Arizona's ex boyfriend, her family and even Darina's own family.

Like Jonas, Arizona left me craving more. When I started to read I felt hatred towards Arizona but as the novel went on my opinion of her changed into something that I loved. I felt sorry for her and even compassion and understanding about the way that she is.

I personally understand what Arizona went through in this novel, having someone you love used against you and having a brother that has something wrong with them. I even know someone who is in the same boat as Arizona with her brother so I felt a connection to her that I otherwise couldn't.

I love this series of books as with each novel a new mystery about how the beautiful dead died. I can not wait for Summer!

Thank you for reading and leave a comment below!

0.4 By Mike Lancaster

2011-06-19T18:27:00.001+01:00

"My name is Kyle Straker and I don't exist anymore."

I've never really picked up a science fiction novel knowingly before. I saw the cover and thought it looked interesting and the blurb caught my attention more. I have an obsession about dystopian books and 0.4 sounds like one, but this book has a twist of being the start of a dystipian society.

The layout of the book is original, instead of a regular narrative, the book is set out as a transcript taken from a analogy recorder. The story is about a town called Millwall and a boy called Kyle Straker. He tells the story about how he was hypnotised by a friend of his called Danny, and how himself and the other 3 volunteers "wake up" to find that everyone in the town has stopped moving.

The phones are dead, the televisions have blue screened and the computers all have a weird language on them. They realise there in trouble. From there the people in the town wake up and starts the journey that the four have to take to work out what had happened.

This book as the feel of films like "The forth kind" and "The blair witch project." as it has the feel of second hand data made into something that'll scare those who watch and read it into believing in that type of thing existing. I enjoyed the book as it made the reader guess as to what is going on with the town. This is the type of book that everyone should read now and again. The only draw back however is that the twist is not very believable.

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes things "Based on real events" But what did you think? Leave a comment below!

Across the universe By Beth Revis.

2011-06-17T19:51:00.004+01:00

When it comes down to the types of books that I like, there used to be a very select collection of genres that I would read. Mainly these books consist of Vampires and Werewolfs and the occasional Angel. Lately though I have gone down a very different path and headed to the Dystopian novels.

I read Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, I read matched by Ally Condie, but I have never read anything like Across the Universe.

Amy is frozen in a cryogenic chamber along with her mother and father; and a hundred other people. They are put on a ship going to a new place to live and colonise which will take 300 years to get to. While Amy and the others are frozen life on the ship continues developing its own culture and believes.

50 years before landing Amy is unfrozen in an attempt to kill her, now her and a boy she met on the ship need to find out who is trying to kill all of the frozen people before they are all dead.

This book has so many twists and turns it will keep you reading until you reach the very last page. The pacing and themes of the novel come together perfectly. I love novels like this because I get a sense that this sort of thing can actually happen especially if we humans find out we can not live on earth for much longer.

The Characters are very well developed, but one character stood out for me more then any other and that was Harley. He reminded me of Van Gough in that he was a tortured artist.

I feel like I will deficiently reread this novel as it fascinates me, even though it made me feel claustrophobic while reading. Revis shows Amy's disdain for the ship perfectly and ensures that we can feel Amy's loneliness and fear throughout the book. Although there are some graphic content, I believe anyone can enjoy this novel.

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The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer

2011-06-15T18:05:00.000+01:00

Even though while reading the other Twilight saga books I noted that even though they were poorly written and didn't have a very good story. When I saw the little novella in my library I thought what the hell? It's a very tiny book, only around 200 pages long and it seemed silly to buy it when I thought Twilight was "okay" at best.

While reading the story of Bree Tanner, I was surprised.I didn't know why this book was better then Twilight, it had the same narration style, it was about the vampires that sparkle in the sunlight but I still read it and I still enjoyed it, It only dawned on me after I put the book down and looked at my notes on this book that I realised that this book was better because It was not about Bella Swan and Edward Cullen. It seems without any doubt the reason that Twilight was only "okay" in my mind was because I did not like Bella what so ever but Bree was a better person to listen to.

Unlike Bella, Bree had flaws. She ran away from her home and was picked up by Raoul and turned into a vampire. Her reasoning? She was hungry and Raoul offered her food. And while it sounds like a terrible reason, it has to be better then Bellas reasoning for becoming a vampire.

Now I know I can not convince anyone to read this if they already do not like Twilight, but I urge those like me who were unsure about if they liked Twilight to read this novella as it gives a lot more insight and is generally just a better book!

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Marked - A house of Night Novel by P.C and Kristin Cast

2011-06-13T18:50:00.000+01:00

I love it when authors take vampires and turn them into something different, which is exactly what the Mother and Daughter duo of Cast do.

In this novel Vampyre are different, they are marked with tattoos on their bodies and faces to show what they are. They do not need to drink blood until they are a lot older and they eat normal foods. Oh, and you can either change into a full vampyre or reject the change and die. Theres not a lot else to say about the vampyre, just really the same as most other vampyre book in the teen section nowadays. Just pretend they're not vampires and you should get through this!

The book is about Zoey Redbird, a half american half Cherokee teenage girl who was marked at her school. After battling her parents just to go to The House of Night, which is described by Zoey as a vampyre finishing school, she eventually escapes her parents and heads to grandmas house so that she can be taken to the school. After passing out she see's the goddess Nyx who tells her shes special and needs to do her bidding.

The series currently consists of 8 books but its rumoured to be heading up to 15! Marked however is only the start of Zoey's journey and seems to me like it's just a little but of fun and background into the world before we get into the good stuff, which I can assure you will start very soon in the series!

Happy reading guys!