Reader Girls Blog

Even with two back-to-back snowstorms (of which one was a lengthy N'oreaster),  we still had mail service most of the days.  From swapping we received:        Dream Life by Lauren Machling        Tombstone Tea by Joanne Dahme        A Match Made in High School by Kristin Walker        You've Got Blackmail by Rachel Wright        The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade We purchased:        Gone by Lisa McMann        Token of Darkness by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes We won:        An autographed copy of Fallen by Lauren Kate. (Thanks to BITTEN BY BOOKS!) In My Mailbox was started by The Story Siren

Publisher : Hyperion Books Date : January 2010 Page Count : 200 Reading Level : Ages 13-17 BOOK DESCRIPTION: Daelyn Rice is broken beyond repair, and after a string of botched suicide attempts, she's determined to get her death right. She starts visiting a website for "completers"- www.through-the-light .com. While she's on the site, Daelyn blogs about her life, uncovering a history of bullying that goes back to kindergarten. When she's not on the Web, Daelyn's at her private school, where she's known as the freak who doesn't talk. Then, a boy named Santana begins to sit with her after school while she's waiting to for her parents to pick her up. Even though she's made it clear that she wants to be left alone, Santana won't give up. And it's too late for Daelyn to be letting people into her life, isn't it? MY REVIEW: This book shows what can happens when the cruelty of others takes the recipient over the edge. Most of us ...

Publisher : Signet Book Date : September 2006 Page Count : 448 BOOK DESCRIPTION: Even within the vampire brotherhood, Zsadist is feared. Still bearing the scars from a tortured past, he is renowned for his unquenchable fury. Anger is his only companion, and terror is his only passion-until he rescues a beautiful female from the evil Lessening Society. MY REVIEW: With the amount of YA books I read I sometimes forget about the adult titles. Being a vampire fan, I've heard a lot about the Black Dagger Brotherhood series so I decided to catch up on my reading. LOVER AWAKENED is book number three and centers around Zsadist, or "Z", a brother who suffers from being sexually abused as a slave when he was younger. When the story opens the Brotherhood is rescuing Bella, a female vamp from an aristocratic family. Z met her in the preceeding book so we're aware of his attraction, which is mutual. Z and his brethren locate Bella, kill the Lessers (their enemies), and retur...

Publisher : Harlequin Books Date : October 2009 Page Count : 379 Twenty-four-year-old barista Belle Jamison dreams of a better job and a decent love life. Until a crazy scientist spikes her mocha latte Suddenly Belle can wield the four elements--earth, wind, fire and water--with only a thought. Coffee too hot? No problem. Hair in need of a blow-dry? Done. Gorgeous government agent Rome Masters has been sent to neutralize Belle. But he's not the only one after her. Together they must outrun the rogue agents on their trail and find a way to control her powers. There's just one problem: the sparks Belle and Rome generate are even hotter than the ones flying from her eyes--and with her future on the line, now is the worst possible time to fall in love.... MY REVIEW: I haven't read a Gena Showalter book I haven't thoroughly enjoyed. She pens entertaining stories with quirky characters and add enough action to keep any reader engaged. PLAYING WITH FIRE is centered arou...

  I have always been fascinated with the entire adaptation process and finding this weekly blog topic is great. I just rented BRIGHT STAR last week and can still feel the after effects from viewing it. The story, despite its sad outcome, was inspirational and made me realize what a talent Keats was and is. Like Jane Austen (and others), the power of his written words are everlasting. The tale told in this film lasts for three years. Fanny lives next door to Charles Armitage Brown (Paul Schneider), a writer and host to Keats. It becomes obvious he is envious of Keats--of his talent and love for Fanny. He is especially hard on her and the scene in which he grills her over her supposed reading of literary classics displays his meanness. But Fanny is spirited and sassy, with an independent streak as strong as  Austen's Elizabeth Bennett.  She pursues Keats much to the dismay of society. Keats, ever the gentleman, cannot give in to his desires unless he can amply provide for ...

       Waiting for: HOURGLASS by Claudia Gray Publisher : Harper Teen Date : March 2010 Page Count : 352 Reading Level : Ages 12-UP Bianca will risk everything to be with Lucas.  After escaping from Evernight Academy, the vampire boarding school where they met, Bianca and Lucas take refuge with Black Cross, a fanatical group of vampire hunters. Bianca must hide her supernatural heritage or risk certain death at their hands. But when Black Cross captures her friend--the vampire Balthazar--hiding is no longer an option.  Soon, Bianca and Lucas are on the run again, pursued not only by Black Cross, but by the powerful leaders of Evernight. Yet no matter how far they travel, Bianca can't escape her destiny.  Bianca has always believed their love could survive anything . . . but can it survive what's to come? The EVERNIGHT series by Claudia Gray is one of my favorites. I liked EVERNIGHT and loved STARGAZER , so I anticipate no...

We lost our internet connection yesterday and couldn't post in time, but we still wanted to put up what we received last week. We had a FANTASTIC week. We won a contest and received a BOX of books. We also received some to review and took others out of the library.   We won: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater, Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick, Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco Stork, Possessed by Kate Cann, Numbers by Rachel Ward and Wherever Nina Lies by Lynn Weingarten.  We also received (by swapping)  Kiss of Death (A Generation Dead novel) by Daniel Waters, Breathing by Cheryl Herbsman and First Drop of Crimson by Jeaniene Frost (thrilled about receiving this one). From the library we took out The Summer King by O.R. Melling and Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward. There may be a snow day tomorrow so if there is we will be reading!