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Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Signet; Original edition (November 2, 2010) Summary: Savannah's most unconventional tattoo artist, Riley Poe, lives on the edge. Now she's put over the edge when her younger brother is taken by a sinister cult led by vampires. Her only ally is the hot-tempered vampire Eli Dupre, attracted to Riley's beauty and rare blood type. To save her brother from certain un-death, Riley faces dangers she's never dreamed of, ruthless bloodthirsty enemies, and an evil of endless hunger that wants to devour it all... My review: I found the book cover intriguing and after reading the summary figured it was worth checking out. It was. I was really surprised how much I liked this book. Afterlight , the first title in The Dark Ink Chronicles  trilogy, started out slow moving but the cemetery scene with main character, Riley Poe, following her younger brother, Seth, and his friends drew me in immediately. Riley runs her own tattoo shop where she live...

Rikki Donovan's Steampunk Challenge sounds like a lot of fun and this is one genre we definitely plan on reading more of. Some of the titles we have decided to read: The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi Soulless by Gail Carriger Changeless by Gail Carriger Blameless by Gail Carriger Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare Cold Magic by Kate Elliot Incarceron by Catherine Fisher Sapphique by Catherine Fisher The Boneshaker by Cherie Priest Dreadnought by Cherie Priest Leviathan by Scott Westerfield The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade Corsets and Clockwork: 13 Steampunk Romances and others TBA.

Some of the BEST books we read this year were contemporary titles so joining The Contemps challenge was a no brainer. Eighteen books? We're up to the challenge and that's why we signed on when this was first announced. Titles we plan to read: Losing Faith by Denise Jaden Girl, Stolen by April Henry    READ The DUFF by Kody Keplinger    READ Freefall by Mindi Scott The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney Fixing Delilah by Sarah Ockler Fall for Anything by Courtney Summers Trapped by Michael Northrop Rival by Sarah Bennett Wealer   READ Sean Griswold's Head by Lindsey Leavitt Like Mandarin by Kirsten Hubbard Family by Micol Ostow Pearl by Jo Knowles Saving June by Hannah Harrington Between Here and Forever by Elizabeth Scott The Day Before by Lisa Schroeder Small Town Sinners by Melissa Walker and others TBA

We have decided to once again join  The Story Siren's 2011 Debut Author Challenge . We plan to read the following for 2011: YA novels: Unearthly  by Cynthia Hand XVI  by Julia Karr Timeless  by Alexandra Monir The False Princess  by Eilis O'Neal Across the Universe  by Beth Revis The Trouble with Half a Moon  by Danette Vigilant Choker  by Elizabeth Woods Angelfire  by Courtney Allison Moulton Rival  by Sarah Bennett-Wealer A Touch Mortal  by Leah Clifford Haven  by Kristi Cook Where I Belong  by Gwendolyn Heasley The Iron Witch  by Karen Mahoney So Shelly  by Ty Roth Wake Unto Me  by Lisa Cach Wither  by Lauren DeStefano Entwined  by Heather Dixon Born at Midnight  by C.C. Hunter Ten Miles Past Normal  by Frances O'Roark Dowell Blood Magic  by Tessa Gratton The Emerald Atlas  by John Stephens Divergent  by Veronica Roth After Midnight  by Lynn Viehl Half-Blood ...

We have taken  YA Bliss ' challenge to embrace and read more MG and YA historical novels. We think we can handle Level 2: 10 YA/MG books in 2011. We will update this area with the titles after we've read them.  The titles we want to read so far (it's still early so this may change) are: Wrapped  by Jennifer Bradbury Fateful  by Claudia Gray Strings Attached  by Judy Blundell In the Shadow of the Lamp  by Susanne Dunlap Crusade  by Linda Press  Wulf Sigrun's Secret  by Marie-Louise Jensen Father of Lies  by Ann Turner Chime  by Franny Billingsley Once Every Never  by Lesley Livingston The Vespertine  by Saundra Mitchell Dark Mirror  by M.J. Putney